No Effect of Return to Sport Test Batteries with and without Psychological PROs on the Risk of a Second ACL Injury: A Critical Assessment of Four Different Test Batteries by Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Johan Högberg, Roland Thomeé, Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski

“… # Results A total of 419 patients (male, n=214; 51%) were included, of which 51 (12.2%) suffered a second ACL injury within the first two years after RTS. …”
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Higher Consumption of Carbonated Drinks and Fast Food Related to Depression and Quality of Life in Adolescent Girls by Abbas Ali Sangouni, Zahra Darabi, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and SF-12v2 questionnaire were used to assess depression and QoL, respectively. …”
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Дослідження впливу шорсткості поверхні вуглепластиків на герметичність рознімних з’єднань в РКТ... by Олександр Літот, Тамара Манько

“…Беручи до уваги, що значну частину сухої ваги ракети-носія складають такі деталі як паливні баки та кріогенні трубопроводи, особливо критичним є завдання зменшення ваги верхніх ступенів ракети-носія, а також всього легкого класу, де реалізувати ефективні цільнокомпозитні безлейнерні конструкції кріогенних паливних баків та трубопроводів технологічно можливо [1]. Це призводить до необхідності виконувати рознімні фланцеві з’єднання у стику деталей бак-трубопровід, та забезпечувати його герметичність в умовах експлуатації. …”
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Effect of genomic regions harboring putative lethal haplotypes on reproductive performance in closed experimental selection lines of Nellore cattle by Gustavo R. D. Rodrigues, Joslaine N. S. G. Cyrillo, Lúcio F. M. Mota, Patrícia I. Schmidt, Júlia P. S. Valente, Eduarda S. Oliveira, Lúcia G. Albuquerque, Luiz F. Brito, Maria E. Z. Mercadante

“…Matings between carrier dam and carrier sire led to a reduction of up to -203.46% in pregnancy success probability, an increase of 275.15% in probability of pregnancy loss, 295.03% for stillbirth occurrence, and 301.40% for pre-weaning mortality when compared to non-carrier dam and sire matings. …”
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Rapid left ventricular dimension normalization following transcatheter ventricular septal defect closure in children by Hui Yuan, Wenjing Zhu, Jianli Lv

“…Age showed an inverse association (OR 0.41, p = 0.036) and VSD size a positive association (OR 1.53, p = 0.007) with LVEDD Z-score normalization at 1 month. …”
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Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…Logistic regression identified age (OR = 1.705, 95%CI 1.262 ~ 1.987), gender (OR = 2.401, 95%CI 1.909 ~ 3.134), education level (OR = 3.083, 95%CI 2.434 ~ 3.957), average monthly household per capita income (OR = 3.721, 95%CI 2.553 ~ 4.405), and the time since T2DM diagnosis (OR = 2.470, 95%CI 1.755 ~ 3.262) as significant predictors of dietary compliance. …”
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Immunoinformatic strategy for developing multi-epitope subunit vaccine against Helicobacter pylori. by Md Nahian, Md Rasel Khan, Fabiha Rahman, Hossain Mohammed Reza, Imren Bayil, Tanjum Ahmed Nodee, Tabassum Basher, Mostafizur Rahaman Sany, Rabeya Najnin Munmun, S M Ariful Habib, Lincon Mazumder, Mrityunjoy Acharjee

“…In this study, we employed an immunoinformatic strategy to design a set of candidate multi-epitope subunit vaccines by combining the most potent B and T cell epitopes from three targeted antigenic proteins (BabA, CagA, and VacA). Out of the 12 hypothetical vaccines generated, two (HP_VaX_V1 and HP_VaX_V2) were found to be strongly immunogenic, non-allergenic, and structurally stable. …”
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AMMI analysis of elite bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) selections for genotype by environment interaction and stability of grain yield in Southern Ethiopia. by Liyew Alemayehu, Mesfin Kebede, Eyasu Wada

“…The results showed that individual and combined analysis of variance (ANOVA) exhibited the presence of highly significant variability (P<0.01) among the locations, genotypes, and GEI effects for most of the traits including grain yield. …”
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El papel de la propiedad en el desarrollo departamental. Evidencias para el caso colombiano by Catalina Trujillo-Osorio, Carlos Iván Correa-Valencia, Paola Andrea Loaiza-Trejos, Francisco Wilfredo Eraso-Torres

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Bioconcentración de metales pesados (Zn, Hg, Pb) en tejidos de Ariopsis felis y Diplodus annularis en el río Ranchería, norte de Colombia by C. Doria Argumedo

“…Se encontraron diferentes valores de concentración de metales pesados: en orden decreciente, Zn > Hg > Pb, en sedimento, y Hg > Zn > Pb, en el tejido biológico. …”
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Does Daily Physical Activity Differ Between Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome and Patients with Hip Dysplasia? A Cross-Sectional Study in 157 Patients and 60 Heal... by Lisa C. U. Reimer, Signe Kierkegaard, Inger Mechlenburg, Julie S. Jacobsen

“… # Results Fifty-five patients with FAIS (20 males; mean age 36 years), 97 patients with HD (15 males; mean age 30 years) and 60 healthy volunteers (24 males; mean age 31 years) were included. …”
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Smokeless tobacco excise taxes in the US: Standardizing the measurement for empirical analysis by Yanyun He, Zezhong Zhang, Qian Yang, Ce Shang

“…In the fourth quarter of 2020, the average specific tax for chewing tobacco, moist snuff, dry snuff, and snus was $0.36, $0.91, $0.74, and $1.27 per ounce, respectively. The average ad valorem tax for chewing tobacco, moist snuff, dry snuff, and snus was 57.4 %, 47.5 %, 42.6 %, and 38.8 % of wholesale prices, respectively. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics and Family Relatives among Thalassemic Patients in Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…0.01), from major types of thalassemic patients; 85 (94.4%) of them were both father and mother are carrier of thalassemia. …”
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Método para la determinación del volumen de una muestra de granos de arroz mediante el procesamiento digital de imágenes by M.S. CLEVA, G.M. SAMPALLO, A.O. GONZALEZ THOMAS, C.A. ACOSTA

“…Los valores de k obtenidos para las distintas variedades y composiciones fueron muy similares entre sí, con un promedio de 0,63 y desviación estándar de 0,01. Con el valor de k de cada variedad y el promedio de todas las variedades, se determinaron los respectivos volúmenes y se los contrastó con el correspondiente obtenido por el método de desplazamiento de tolueno, donde la diferencia, en general, fue inferior al 3%.…”
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Deterioro cognitivo, ¿indispensable evaluar en una comunidad tercermundista? by Ana Consuelo Tascón de Peñaranda, Gloria Inés Rodas Muñoz, María José Lozano Peñaranda, Juan David Peñaranda Meléndez

“…La edad predominante de la población evaluada fue de 60 y 70 años; en cuanto al nivel de formación académica, se obtuvo que el 35.5% contaba con formación básica primaria, 36.6% con formación básica secundaria, el 3.33% sin escolaridad alguna pero con lectoescritura autónoma, el 14.44 % con formación superior universitaria (pregrado) y el 6.67%, con formación de posgrado; datos correlacionados con Chi2 de Pearson= 36.975 con un nivel de significancia p <0.001. …”
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Diet quality and characteristics of family environment in a school from Itajaí-SC by Ana Luisa Pereira Michereff, Larissa Tachini, Tatiana Mezadri, Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann

“…Children of parents having higher scores in diet and physical activity presented a better diet quality as compared to those with lower scores (p < 0.001) (61.1% and 25.9%, respectively). The worst diet quality of children was associated to family environment, strengthening the need of nutritional interventions involving the families for promoting effective changes in food habits.…”
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Hip and Groin Problems in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Juan Diego Stadelmann, Freddy Reichmann, Romana Franceschini-Brunner, Andrea Mosler, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Mario Bizzini

“…Comparisons between the participants with vs without hip and groin problems were made, and correlational statistics were used to examine relationships between strength and HAGOS scores…”
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Quadriceps Strength following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Normative Values based on Sex, Graft Type and Meniscal Status at 3, 6 & 9 Months by Nicole A. Schwery, Michael T. Kiely, Christopher M. Larson, Corey A. Wulf, Christie S. Heikes, Ryan W. Hess, M. Russell Giveans, Braidy S. Solie, Chrisopher P. Doney

“… # Methods One hundred and twenty-five participants who underwent ACLR with either a hamstring tendon (HT), bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) or quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft were included. …”
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Багатоцільова оптимізація рішень щодо аутсорсингу на віртуальному підприємстві by Тетяна Гринько, Сергій Дулєпов

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Dentinal Crack Formation and Quality of Obturation Using Two Single File Systems and Two Obturation Techniques: A micro-CT Study. by Shaban Shaban Omar, Bahar Jafaar Selivany

“…There were significant differences between the obturation groups in the number of voids present after obturation (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The instrumentation of root canals induces dentinal microcracks. …”
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