Impact of Active and Passive Maxillary Plates on Cleft Width Morphology in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Prospective Intervention Study by Sarah Bühling, Helena Mariella Selge, Sara Eslami, Lukas Benedikt Seifert, Babak Sayahpour, Nicolas Plein, Robert Sader, Stefan Kopp

“…Infants treated with active plates had a larger reduction in cleft width than those with passive plates (<i>p</i> = 0.024), averaging 5.846 mm compared to 3.571 mm. Neither the side of the cleft nor the patient’s gender influenced the degree of cleft reduction (<i>p</i> = 0.884 and <i>p</i> = 0.245, respectively). …”
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Glycemic Control Outcomes by Gender in the Pay-for-Performance System: A Retrospective Database Analysis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Shao-Ping Yuan, Chien-Ning Huang, Hung-Chang Liao, Yu-Tzu Lin, Ya-huei Wang

“…Methods. This was a retrospective study using data collected from a diabetes quality improvement plan that began in 2002 in a medical center in Taiwan. …”
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An Analysis of the Impact of Differentiated Instruction on Academic Achievement Among Grade X Students in Vocational Education by Dedi Aviadi, Albert Efendi Pohan, Tubagus Pamungkas

“…The findings reveal that the implementation of differentiated instruction was moderately effective, with an average N-Gain score of 75.6%. There was a significant improvement in student learning outcomes following the application of differentiated instructional methods. …”
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Survey on quality control of hemodialysis in Wuhan city in 2016 by XIONG Fei, MIN Yong-long, ZHANG Yan-min, HE Da, CHEN Fang

“…Objective To investigate and analyze the data of quality control of hemodialysis units in Wuhan city,and propose countermeasures. Methods The Hemodialysis Quality Control Center of Wuhan city carried out the annual investigation of 40 hemodialysis units,including the centralized endotoxin detection of dialysis water in each hemodialysis unit. …”
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Performance on a Motor Control Test in an Asymptomatic Adolescent Population by Kari Lindegren, Kristin Bastian, Christopher Kovacs, Robyn McHugh, Catherine Quatman-Yates, Mark Paterno

“…Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, two-way analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation coefficients were utilized to analyze the data. # Results Average SDLLT score was 72.36 +/- 12.54 degrees. A significant difference between SDLLT score was present between genders with males performing better than females. …”
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Including Undocumented Immigrants in Health Research—A Narrative Review of Barriers, Effective Approaches, and Best Practices in the United States by Christopher W. Reynolds, Karthik Reddy, Samantha Peña, Priya J. Desai, Rachel I. Ekaireb, Sabrina E. Sanchez, Sarah L. Kimball, Megan G. Janeway

“…Conclusions From this narrative review on health coverage and health studies on UDI patients, we found variability in health coverage, unstandardized methods to approximate UDI patients, and creative and diverse methodologies to study UDI populations, with varied degrees of accessibility and accuracy for approximating this population. …”
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Ground Reaction Force on the Frontal Plane Directs to the Center of Mass During Gait: Analysis from Gait Database by Ryutaro Takeda MD, PhD, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi PhD, Etsuko Kobayashi PhD, Takumi Matsumoto MD PhD

“…The focus has shifted from the loading axis during static standing known as Mikulicz line, to the loading axis during gait. These methods assumed that ground reaction force (GRF) vector directed toward the center of mass (CoM) on the frontal plane in the stance phase of gait. …”
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Hyperkalaemia among hospital admissions: prevalence, risk factors, treatment and impact on length of stay by Yalin Yu, Venkat N. Vangaveti, Rudolf J. Schnetler, Benjamin J. Crowley, Andrew J. Mallett

“…It also aims to identify associations between hyperkalaemia and hospital length of stay. Methods We undertook a retrospective cohort study on adult patients admitted to Townsville University Hospital between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2022 (n = 99,047). …”
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Automatic segmentation of female urine control anatomical elements and related structures in MRI images based on deep learning by ZHANG Ziqin, WU Yi, ZHANG Xiaoqin

“…Methods‍　‍A dataset comprising 49 female pelvic floor muscle MRI images [30 women with varying degrees of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and 19 healthy individuals], obtained from Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging in Army Medical University, was used for model training and testing. …”
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Clinical and radiological characteristics of the course of the newly diagnosed tuberculosis spondylitis in adults and the effectiveness of the main course of antimycobacterial ther... by О. М. Raznatovska, V. V. Bezdenezhnyi, V. I. Mozolyuk

“…Study results were processed by modern methods of analysis on a personal computer using statistical software package Statistica® for Windows 6.0 (Stat Soft Inc., AXXR712 D833214FAN5). …”
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The experience of polyhexanide usage as a part of wet environment in the treatment of limited burns by A. S. Luzan, I. Yu. Aref'ev, I. A. Klemenova, N. G. Zasetskaya, P. V. Peretyagin

“…The results of the treatment of patients with restrictive burns I-II degrees are presented in the article. The OBJECTIVE of the research was to establish the efficiency of the usage of polyhexanide included in wet environment in the treatment of burns I-II degrees.METHODS AND MATERIALS. …”
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Evaluation of different levels of effective microorganism treated teff straw supplementation with concentrate feed on nutrient utilization and performance of yearling local lambs by Abito Asres, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Likawent Yeheyis

“…Materials and Methods: Twenty-five yearling intact local male lambs weighing an average of 22.55 ± 2.43 kg (mean ± SD) at the beginning of their lives were used in the experiment. …”
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Mortality in admitted diabetic patients in the Hospital of Puyo, Pastaza province, Ecuador by Mayra Alejandra Bayas Aranda, Johnnatan Gustavo Rivera Almeida, Edison Ramiro Samaniego Layedra, Patricia del Rocío Asadobay Escobar

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize mortality in admitted diabetic patients in the General Hospital of Puyo.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive study, carried out in the Hospital of Puyo, Pastaza province, Ecuador, during 2016 and 2017, with 168 patients, of which 20 were deceased. …”
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THE EFFECT OF INTERVAL NORMOBARIC HYPOXIC TRAINING ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHO-VEGETATIVE STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME by S. A. Pomosov, N. I. Maximov

“…Objective: to clarify the dynamics of quality of life and psycho-autonomic profi le of patients with hypertension in combination with metabolic syndrome, with the use of interval normobaric hypoxic training. Materials and methods: examined 104 patients with essential hypertension stage I — III, 1 — 3 degrees on the background of metabolic syndrome, the average age 48,29±2.23 years. …”
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Stability of Saltwater‐Freshwater Mixing Zones in Beach Aquifers With Geologic Heterogeneity by Olasunkanmi Olorunsaye, James W. Heiss

“…In this study, we used geostatistical methods to generate randomly distributed assemblages of fine and medium sand and incorporated those geologic realizations into variable‐density variably‐saturated flow and salt transport simulations to explore the influence of geologic structure on mixing zone stability in tidally‐influenced beaches. …”
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Developing the Design for a Slotted Agricultural Sprayer and Studying Its Output Parameters by V. E. Slavkina, A. S. Sviridov, G. Arumugam, Y. A. Goncharova, R. M. Kasimov

“…(Results and discussion) It was found that, on average, in the prototype sprayer made of bronze, the flow rate of the working fluid is 1.7 times greater and the spray angle is 37.16 degrees less than those of a reference polymer sprayer. …”
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Intrathecal baclofen therapy in patients with spastic paraplegia: retrospective evaluation of pretreatment drugs, test dosage, dose increments and final therapy by Stephan Kurz, Linda Maria Marth, Christoph-Heinrich Hoffmann, Jonas Hermann Maria Kummerant, Frederik Wilhelm Schneckmann

“…How common are complications? Material and methods: Descriptive retrospective analysis. Variables: age, gender, etiology, ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS), neurological level, Ashworth Scale (AS). …”
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Impact of contact tracing on COVID-19 mortality: An impact evaluation using surveillance data from Colombia. by Andres I Vecino-Ortiz, Juliana Villanueva Congote, Silvana Zapata Bedoya, Zulma M Cucunuba

“…Both the proportion of cases identified through contact tracing and the daily number of COVID-19 deaths are smoothed using 7-day moving averages. Models control for the prevalence of active cases, second-degree polynomials, and mobility indices. …”
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A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of tear substitutes for the treatment of dry eye syndrome by V. V. Dmitriev, I. A. Minenko, L. M. Balashova, T. Y. Shilova, T. V. Dmitrieva

“…Objective: to assess the effectiveness of tear substitutes in patients suffering from dry eye syndrome (DES). Material and methods. 100 patients with an established diagnosis of mild to moderate DES, averagely aged 42.0 ± 2.1, were divided into three groups: group 1 involving 33 patients (54 eyes, 13 men and 20 women) aged 42.7 ± 2.13 with mild DES, who were treated by low viscosity eye drops, group 2 involving 33 patients (56 eyes, 13 men and 20 women) aged 41.4 ± 2.07 with moderate DES, who were treated by moderate viscosity eye drops and group 3 involving 34 patients (52 eyes, 14 men and 20 women) aged 41.9 ± 2.1 with moderate DES, who were treated by high viscosity eye drops. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Critical Postperfusion Circulatory Disorders by L. A. Krichevsky, V. Yu Rybakov, O. G Guseva, A. Yu Lyamin, I. E Kharlamova, A. I. Magilevets

“…Objective: to define the prognostic value of hemodynamic monitoring data and overall oxygen balance in the postperfusion period of cardiosurgical operations. Subjects and methods. Three hundred and fifty-three patients (317 men, 35 women) aged 57±0.6 years, who had been operated on under extracorporeal circulation (78±6 min) with a Swan-Ganz catheter being used, were retrospectively examined. …”
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