Minimally Invasive Technique for PMMA Augmentation of Fenestrated Screws by Jan-Helge Klingler, Christoph Scholz, Evangelos Kogias, Ronen Sircar, Marie T. Krüger, Florian Volz, Christian Scheiwe, Ulrich Hubbe

“…Retrospective evaluation of cement extravasation and screw loosening was carried out in postoperative plain radiographs and thin-sliced triplanar computed tomography scans. Results. Twenty-seven, largely prevertebral cement extravasations were detected in 157 screws (17.2%). …”
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Practice of clean intermittent catheterisation in children with spina bifida: A scoping review by Denis Nono, Andrew S. Ssemata, Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Janet Seeley

“…Full-text assessment for eligibility excluded 202 articles. Twenty-two articles were reviewed and twelve full-text articles were excluded because of limited content. …”
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Comparison of Social Physique Anxiety of Fitness and Pilates Exercise in Women by Yeliz Doğru

“…Exercises continued for eight weeks. Twenty-seven sedentary women between 20 and 30 participated in the study voluntarily. …”
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Effectiveness of advanced cardiovascular life support in hyperkalemic cardiac arrest: A randomized experimental study in pigs by Najmiddin Mamadjonov, Wan Young Heo, Kyung Woon Jeung, Yong Hun Jung, Hyoung Youn Lee, Seok Jin Ryu, Byung Kook Lee, Yong Soo Cho, Tag Heo

“…We hypothesized that myocardial ischemic contracture would be less severe in hyperkalemic cardiac arrest compared with ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest, resulting in higher cerebral perfusion pressure, brain tissue oxygen tension, and coronary perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Twenty-two pigs randomly underwent either electrically induced ventricular fibrillation arrest or hyperkalemic arrest induced by potassium infusion. …”
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Les géographes français et les États-Unis, XXe siècle by Marielle Wastable

“…This article presents the exchanges, transfers and go-betweens that influenced the twentieth Century French geographers' discourses on the United States. …”
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Appropriate Prescription of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Geriatric Patients—A Systematic Review by Carolina Costa, Diana Soares, Ana Borges, Ana Gonçalves, José Paulo Andrade, Hugo Ribeiro

“…From 2086 articles identified, 39 studies met the inclusion criteria. Twenty studies analyzed cardiovascular safety, fourteen gastrointestinal safety, and four renal safety. …”
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Simultaneously acquired rSUV and rCBF of 18F-FDG/MRI in peritumoral brain zone can help to differentiate the grade of gliomas by Hong Qu, Yuping Zeng, Lifeng Hang, Jin Fang, Hui Sun, Hong Li, Guihua Jiang

“…This is accomplished by comparing the relative standardized uptake values (rSUV) and relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) obtained from hybrid 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (18F-FDG PET/MRI) within different regions of interest, including the solid portion (SP) and the PBZ. Methods: Twenty-four patients with gliomas who underwent preoperative 18F-PET/MRI were enrolled in this study. …”
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68Ga-NOTA-RM26 PET/CT in the evaluation of glioma: a pilot prospective study by Yilin Li, Rongxi Wang, Jingci Chen, Zhaohui Zhu, Yu Wang, Wenbin Ma

“…This study aimed to firstly evaluate the feasibility of 68Ga-NOTA-RM26 PET/CT imaging in glioma and analyze the relationship between the imaging characteristics and glioma grade, classification and molecular alterations. Results Twenty-two patients were confirmed as glioma by surgery or biopsy. …”
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Contraceptive Use among Basic School Pupils in Ghana: A Case Study of a Municipality by Fred Yao Gbagbo

“…The research design was a cross-sectional and mixed-method survey involving four hundred and twenty-seven (427) respondents randomly selected from four hundred and eleven (411) basic schools (102 from private and 309 from public basic schools) within Effutu Municipality of Ghana. …”
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Evaluation of grain yield and quality in maize hybrids of various origin under the conditions of Primorsky Territory by E. S. Butovets, I. N. Danilenko, N. A. Kraskovskaya

“…This study was dedicated to the evaluation and selection of maize hybrids of different origin for important agronomic traits and for protein and oil accumulation in grain under the conditions of Primorsky Territory, as well as for their possible use as source material for breeding.Materials and methods. Twenty-two grain maize hybrids of various geographic origin were studied at the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. …”
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Relationships Among Growth, Carcass Characteristics, and <i>Myf5 Myf6</i>, <i>MyoD,</i> and <i>MyoG</i> Genes Expression Level in Saanen Male Kids with Varying Slaughter Weights by Uğur Şen, Dilek Gökçek, Ömer Faruk Yılmaz, Hüseyin Mert Yüksel, Hasan Önder, Emre Şirin, Sibel Bozkurt, Sezen Ocak Yetişgin, Ceyhun Yücel, Karlygash Omarova, Thobela Louis Tyasi

“…The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the MRF gene family members and slaughter characteristics in Saanen kids with varying slaughter weights. Twenty male kids of the Turkish Saanen breed were individually fattened for 60 days after weaning under an intensive management system. …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Subjects and methods This research of 70 individuals with CLD comprised 30 without PVT and 40 with PVT. Twenty patients with PVT-linked hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 20 patients with non-HCC-PVT comprised the two subgroups from the 40 PVT patients. …”
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Occurrence and antibiotic susceptibility of vibrio spp., aeromonas spp. and listeria spp. in seafoods by Nihat Telli, Arife Ezgi Telli, Yusuf Biçer, Gamze Turkal, Hatice Ahu Kahraman, Yusuf Doğruer

“…., Aeromonas spp. and Listeria spp. with the rate of 19.4% (33/170), 14.7% (25/170), 4.1% (7/170) and 13.8% (18/130), 13.1% (17/130), 6.2% (8/130), respectively. Twenty-nine (9.7%) and 9 (3.0%) of the Vibrio spp. isolates were identified as V. parahaemolyticus and V. cholerae, respectively. …”
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Clash of Past and Present: Production of Historical and Representational Spaces in Oscar Wilde’s Poetry by Emre Çakar

“…Lefebvre's book The Production of Space, published in 1974, was influential in the second half of the twentieth century as it examined the historical development of the concept of space and evaluated it politically. …”
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Effects of probiotics in elderly hospitalized tube-fed patients with antibiotics use by Chu-Hsuan Hsia, Hsiu-Yueh Su, Yue-Hwa Chen, Han-Chuan Chuang, Yi-Wen Chien

“…Anthropometric data, laboratory data, medication records, nutritional status, nutrition intake and data on stool form were collected. Results Twenty-nine patients served as probiotic group. 11 patients completed the study in both groups. …”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) among Women with Macerated Stillbirth: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study from Mwanza, Tanzania by Helmut A. Nyawale, Elieza Chibwe, Fridolin Mujuni, Lidya Maiga, Albert Silvin, Alda Ester Chongo, Bertrand Msemwa, Vitus Silago, Mtebe Majigo, Doreen Kamori, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…By log multinomial regression analysis, only urban residence (RRR.4.43: 95% CI 1.53-12.80, p=0.006) independently predicted HCMV IgG seropositivity among women with stillbirth. Twenty-one (30.9%) of women with positive HCMV IgG antibodies had low avidity index (<40%) indicating recent infection. …”
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Urban value proposition of industrial built heritage by Kees Geevers

“…There was a substantial connection with Philips as appeared from the decision in the twenties to locate the Dutch branch of Bat’a in the town of Best, not far from Philips. …”
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How Were the Elderly RA Patients Doing Over the Past Year?&mdash;A Post Hoc Analysis for Telephone Based Following Up to RA Patients in Zunyi China by Chen Y, Chen YJ, Luo JF, He M, Zhao SJ, Tian SD, Zhang YQ, Chen XL, Yang CJ, Luo YZ, Nandakumar KS, Tian M

“…Data from 1166 patients with RA who visited the rheumatology department of Zunyi Medical University Hospital were followed up and retrospectively analyzed.Patients and Methods: Data from 1166 patients with RA who visited the rheumatology department of Zunyi Medical University Hospital (2021.1– 2022.8) were followed up and retrospectively analyzed.Results: Twenty cases passed away at 61.55 ± 8.11y, which was 6.75 years less than the local average age of death. …”
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Factors affecting implementation of interventions for oral health, substance use, smoking and diet for people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a community-based qualitative s... by Sheena E Ramsay, Richard G Watt, Falko F Sniehotta, Eileen Kaner, Martha Paisi, Neha Jain, Martin Burrows, Emma A Adams, Gillian McLellan, Emma C Joyes, Laura J McGowan, David Landes, Lorenzo Iafrate

“…The data were analysed iteratively using thematic analysis.Results Twenty-eight people experiencing SMD (age range: 27–65 years; 21% females) and 78 service providers, commissioners and policymakers (age range: 28–72 years; 63% females) were interviewed or included in focus groups. …”
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Skin Temperature in Parkinson’s Disease Measured by Infrared Thermography by Mathias Møller Purup, Karoline Knudsen, Pall Karlsson, Astrid Juhl Terkelsen, Per Borghammer

“…Between-group differences in autonomic parameters and questionnaires were explored. Methods. Twenty-one PD patients and 19 HCs were examined by thermographic infrared imaging of standardized anatomical locations on the trunk and upper and lower extremities at baseline and after exposure to cold stress test (CST). …”
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