An Alternative Model of Care for the Treatment of Adolescent Athletes with Extension-Based Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. by Mitchell Selhorst, Richard Rodenberg, Nick Padgett, Anastasia Fischer, Reno Ravindran, James MacDonald

“…Patients in the biomedical model who did not sustain a vertebral injury returned to sport sooner than the physical therapy first model (3.4 days versus 51 days), while those with a vertebral injury took longer in the current model (131 days versus 71 days). …”
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Waterbirds habitat mapping using unmanned aerial vehicle in Belawan Mangrove Ecosystems, North Sumatera, Indonesia by Thoha Achmad Siddik, Fauziyah Laely Nur, Jumilawaty Erni, Marwan Mochammad Akbar

“…The results of mapping using UAVs obtained a mangrove forest waterbird habitat covering an area of 1,01 hectares. The results of aerial photo identification found that the number of birds in the study area was 23,454 birds with a density of about 2 birds/m2. …”
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How do crime and neighborhood environment affect transit ridership? Evidence from five metropolitan cities in the Texas Triangle by Qian He, Jianling Li

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An analysis of the cultivation, consumption and composition of home-grown cannabis following decriminalisation in the Australian Capital Territory by Cilla Zhou, Isobel Lavender, Rebecca Gordon, Danielle McCartney, Richard C. Kevin, Miguel A. Bedoya-Pérez, Iain S. McGregor

“…Various cultivation challenges were identified, most commonly mould, nutrient deficiency and spider mites. Cannabis samples (n = 71) generally exhibited moderate THC content (mean 8.99 ± SEM 0.51% [w/w]) and low CBD content (< 0.1%). …”
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Effects of COVID-19 Emergency Response Levels on Air Quality in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China by Jie Li, Haotian Yang, Shuping Zha, Nu Yu, Xingang Liu, Ruofei Sun

“…The NO2 concentration was reduced by 47.0%, 25.5%, and 12.1% at emergency response levels 1, 2, and 3, respectively. …”
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An injectable, expandable polyacrylamide cryogel decreases blood loss and improves survival in a porcine model of junctional hemorrhage by Al-Murtadha Al-Gahmi, Syed Muntazir Andrabi, S. M. Shatil Shahriar, Carlos P. Jara, Jingwei Xie, Mark A. Carlson

“…Mean total blood loss was lowest in EPC groups (~ 590 mL) versus no treatment (1,683 ± 570 mL), XStat (784 ± 407 mL), and CG (1,181 ± 721 mL; p < 0.001 ANOVA). …”
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Evaluation and Management of Women who Have Experienced Stillbirth in Their Previous Pregnancies by Erdem Fadiloglu, Atakan Tanacan, Canan Unal, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…The mean gestational week at birth was 36.4±0.51, while the mean birthweight was 2882±381.01 g. …”
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Electrochemical skin conductance to assess peripheral neuropathy in rheumatic diseases with or without type 2 diabetes using sudoscan by Osama M. I. Mohamed, Nagwa M. M. Ali, Mohammed O. Ibrahim, Dana Sarmini, Farah Ibrahim, Mariam Al Hosany

“…There were 55 females (67.9%), and 26 males (32.1%) attended an ambulatory healthcare clinic in Abu Dhabi, UAE. …”
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Assessment of post-harvest fish losses at the fishers’ level in Lake Tana, Ethiopia by Solomon Birie, Minwyelet Mingist, Mulugeta Kibret

“…The main causes of loss were identified as delays in net hauling, poor post-harvest handling, and the absence of a market for open sun-dried fish. An average of 1.45 ± 0.51 kg of raw fish loss was estimated per fishing trip. …”
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Workload Comparison of Contemporary Interval Throwing Programs and a Novel Optimized Program for Baseball Pitchers by Brittany Dowling, Christopher M Brusalis, John T Streepy, Alexander Hodakowski, Patrick J Pauley, Dave Heidloff, Grant E Garrigues, Nikhil N Verma, Glenn S Fleisig

“…The three ITPs had throwing schedules ranging from 136 days to 187 days, ACWR spiked above or fell below a literature-defined "safe" range (i.e. 0.7 -- 1.3) 19, 21, and 23 times. A novel ITP, predicated on a 146-day schedule and with a final chronic workload of 14.2, was designed to have no spikes outside of the safe range…”
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Effectiveness of aspirin in preventing deep vein thrombosis following proximal femoral fracture surgery in Japan by Takao Ohmori, Kazukiyo Toda, Takuya Taoka, Takeshi Ishihara, Yasuo Ito

“…DVT incidence was not statistically significant between the aspirin (54) and control groups (60) (OR: 0.81; 95%CI: 0.49- 1.36; p = 0.44). Proximal DVT incidence was also similar (OR: 2; 95%CI: 0.50–7.00; p = 0.33). …”
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Antibiotic resistance among Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli isolated from patients with oral inflammatory dysbiotic conditions—a retrospective study by A. Basic, S. Blomqvist, G. Charalampakis, G. Dahlén

“…Ten isolates (4.1%) were phenotypically classified as ESBL positive. …”
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Forecasting PM2.5 in Malaysia Using a Hybrid Model by Ezahtulsyahreen Ab. Rahman, Firdaus Mohamad Hamzah, Mohd Talib Latif, Azman Azid

“…The results showed that the hybrid model of ANN and TES presented the lowest RMSE (Root Mean Squared Error) (4.25–8.56 µg m−3), MAE (Mean Absolute Error) (2.51–4.95 µg m−3), MAPE (0.13–0.2%), and MASE (Mean Absolute Scaled Error) (1.45–2.01) in different areas of pollution compared with other models. …”
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Development and Optimization of a Nanoparticle-Based Imidacloprid Insecticide for Effective Control of Blattella germanica by Ismael Saba, Amir Amani, Mozhgan Baniardalani, Hamidreza Basseri

“…The LC50 value for the nanoen­capsulated imidacloprid decreased from 4.656 to 3.081 mg/m2 and the LC90 value decreased from 8.381 to 4.486 mg/m2 when compared to imidacloprid technical. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of rubella in Wuxi City from 2015 to 2023 by YANG Xu, WANG Xuwen

“…Xishan District and Huishan District had the higher reported incidences, at 0.44/105 and 0.42/105, respectively. There were 101 male confirmed rubella cases and 53 female cases, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.91∶1. …”
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THE USING OF DIGITAL TOOLS IN THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALTIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Liudmyla Nezhyva, Svitlana Palamar, Nataliia Semenii

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Impact of telephone follow-up on COPD outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation patients: A randomized clinical trial by Stefanie Tonguino Rosero, Juan Carlos Ávila Valencia, Jhonatan Betancourt Peña

“…Significant improvement from baseline to endpoint in both groups: LINQ (PRTE 4±1.1, *p*=0.003, PRTETFU 5.8±10.6, *p*=0.000), mMRC (PRTE 1.6±0.3, *p*=0.000, PRTETFU 0.6±0.3, *p*=0.036) and functional capacity (PM6M: PRTE 45.9m±16.1, *p*=0.013, PRTETFU 62.8m±21.4, *p*=0.010). …”
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Direction-Specific Signatures of Sport Participation in Center of Pressure Profiles of Division I Athletes by Stephen M. Glass, Scott E. Ross

“… # Methods One-hundred sixty-seven NCAA Division-I varsity athletes (80 female: 19.12±1.08 years, 169.79±7.03 cm, 65.69±10.43 kg; 87 male: 19.59±1.33 years, 181.25±9.06 cm, 76.40±12.73 kg) representing four sports (basketball, soccer, tennis, and cross county) participated in this study. …”
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Biochemical demonstration of malnutrition state in early weaned halfbred zebu calves by J.A. Coppo

“…Comparando los resultados finales de ambos grupos, C versus E, en este último fueron registradas disminuciones séricas (p < 0.05) de las concentraciones de albúmina (3.39±0.29 versus 3.20±0.24 g/ dl), urea (0.30±0.04 versus 0.25±0.03 g/l), triglicéridos (0.36±0.10 versus 0.21±0.09 g/l), hemoglobina (13.8±1.1 versus 11.7±1.4 g/dl), hierro (112±17 versus 92±20 ug/dl), cobre (80±19 versus 59±20 ug/dl) y peso (158.7±11.7 versus 139.4±11.6 kg). …”
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Perinatal Outcomes among Cases of Predicted and Unpredicted Macrosomia by Merita Isaku, Enxhi Vrapi, Tedi Bimbashi, Ina Cala, Kizjona Perdja, Redi Hoxhallari, Astrit Bimbashi

“…Women with predicted macrosomic fetuses were more prone to perineal traumas, such as episiotomy (48.9% vs. 31.3%) or third/4th -degree lacerations (4.8% vs. 1.95%). …”
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