Equity and Efficiency of Medical Resource Allocation in National Central Cities, China by Zhou M

“…Minghua Zhou Department of Administration Office, Luzhou People’s Hospital, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Minghua Zhou, Email minghuawind@126.comObjective: To analyze the equity and efficiency of medical resource allocation in national central cities in China in order to promote the development of medical resources in national central cities.Methods: Data on medical resources in 9 national central cities were extracted from 2018 to 2022, descriptive analysis, health resource density index (HRDI), and health resource agglomeration degree (HRAD) were used to evaluate equity, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate efficiency.Results: The HRDI of medical resources in national central cities is higher than the Chinese average from 2018 to 2022. …”
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Assessment of the Characteristics, Scopes and Limits of the Application of Digital Innovations in the Financial Sector by E. S. Zeleneva

“…The overall degree of financial development of the State depends on innovative development of the financial sector. …”
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Glaucoma-related Changes in the Mechanical Properties and Collagen Micro-architecture of the Human Sclera. by Baptiste Coudrillier, Jacek K Pijanka, Joan L Jefferys, Adhiraj Goel, Harry A Quigley, Craig Boote, Thao D Nguyen

“…Meridional strains were on average larger in diagnosed glaucoma eyes compared with normal specimens. …”
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Epidemiological profile of 0–18-year-old child victims of burns treated at the Plastic Surgery and Burns Service of a University Hospital in Sou... by Marcelus Vinicius de Araújo Santos Nigro, Sara Merlin Maschietto, Renata Damin, Carolina Scapim Costa, Giovana Landal de Almeida Lobo

“…Results: A plurality of the sample were infants (43%), and the average age of the sample was 12.6 years. Most of the sample was comprised males, and the patients remained hospitalized for an average of 14.5 days. …”
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Correlation between glycemic control and retinal nerve fiber layer parameters in type 2 diabetics without retinopathy: a case control study by Eman L. Elnagar, Islam Y. Swaify, Nahla B. Abuhussein, Mariam R Fadel, Mohamed B. Kenawy

“…HBA1c shows a statistically significant negative correlation with average, superior and inferior RNFL thickness as well as average, superior, and inferior GCC thickness. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Ecosystem Carbon Sources/Sinks in Hebei Province from 2000 to 2020 by ZHAO Yi-xing, QIE Xin, YANG Qing-feng

“…Additionally, a scientific analysis of the degree of carbon neutrality was conducted. [Results] (1) The overall carbon emissions from energy consumption in Hebei Province showed a continuous upward trend from 2000 to 2019, with emissions in 2019 reaching approximately four times those of 2000, at an average annual growth rate of about 6.98%. (2) The total NEP (Net Ecosystem Production) in Hebei Province from 2000 to 2020 showed significant fluctuations but an overall upward trend. …”
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Using Entropy Metrics to Analyze Information Processing Within Production Systems: The Role of Organizational Constraints by Frits van Merode, Henri Boersma, Fleur Tournois, Windi Winasti, Nelson Aloysio Reis de Almeida Passos, Annelies van der Ham

“…Entropy values in the university obstetric clinic range from 0.92 to 2.23, average degrees vary between 3 and 4.08, and maximum degrees range from 7 to 9. …”
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A Step in the Right Direction. An Analysis of the Most Popular Online Ankle Fracture-Related Patient Education Materials by Haad A. Arif BS, Gavin Lebrun, Simon Moore BS, David A. Friscia MD

“…Methods: After conducting a Google search using six terms related to ankle fractures, we collected the first 20 non-sponsored results for each term. …”
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Sustainability of social and economic development of municipalities in the Voronezh Region, Russia by N. V. Yakovenko, R. V. Ten, I. V. Komov, О. V. Didenko

“…The results of calculations of the integral sustainability index allowed us to identify 5 groups of municipalities, characterized by a certain degree of social and economic sustainability: a group with a high level of socio‐economic sustainability, a group with an above‐average level of socio‐economic sustainability, a group with an average level of socio‐economic sustainability, a group with a low level of socio‐economic sustainability and a group with a crisis level of socio‐economic sustainability. …”
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Relationship between Pain and Medial Meniscal Extrusion in Knee Osteoarthritis by Hiroaki Kijima, Shin Yamada, Koji Nozaka, Hidetomo Saito, Yoichi Shimada

“…In knee osteoarthritis, the degree of pain varies despite similar imaging findings. …”
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Effect of 12-Week Progressive Resistance Training on Balance, Fatigue and Disability in Women with MS by Asghar Tofighi, Yaghob Saki, Keyvan

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 12-week progressive resistance training on balance, disability and fatigue in women with MS. Subjects and Methods: Based on a quasi experimental method, 24 women with MS (30.5 ± 5.9 years old, 68± 11 kg, height 160± 7.6 cm) with 1 to 4 Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) degree participated and randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. …”
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Application Effect of External and Internal Elevation of Maxillary Sinus in Implant Restoration of Posterior Maxilla by Xuan Deng, Rujie Shi, Jia Zhan, Fang Yang

“…According to the random number table method, they were divided into the observation group (n = 42) and the control group (n = 42). …”
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Is surgical treatment necessary in all hydronephrotic kidney allografts? by Topuzović Čedomir, Radovanović Milan N., Pejčić Tomislav

“…There were 19 cadaveric donor recipients and 23 living donor recipients. The average follow-up was 15,2 (range 12–21) months. The average recipient`s age was 41,6 years. …”
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Spatial-temporal dynamics of thermal pollution of the environment in Essentuki by E. A. Skripchinskaya, D. S. Tasenko, M. B. Kagan

“…The key task of the study is to identify the dependence of changes in the temperature of the earth’s surface on the degree of residential development and landscape. Methods of remote sensing and geographic information systems have been applied. …”
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Mammoplasty with mirrored “D” technique and laser-assisted liposuction by Juan Carlos Sánchez, Patricia Jacqueline Erazo, Pia Simone Lara-Zambrano

“…Parenchyma resection from 80 to 1,100g, average 477.1g. Laser-assisted liposuction between 150 to 790ml, average 438.6ml. …”
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A Pilot Investigation Into the Use of Teledentistry and Artificial Intelligence to Assess Dental Erosion in Competitive Swimmers by Jacopo Lanzetti, Federica Ferrati, Lorenzo Pavone, Federico Mussano

“…The participants reported that they carried out an average of 2.40 h of training per day, 4.45 days per week. …”
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Clinical diversity of ankylosing spondylitis in the real practice of a rheumatologist in Russia (Part 1) by Evgeny Vladimirovich Volnukhin, E A Galushko, A G Bochkova, A V Smirnov, Sh F Erdes

“…Objective: to study the clinical picture of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), the association of its manifestations with the degree of disability in the real practice of a rheumatologist in Russia. …”
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Selecting indicator-diatom taxa and its application for simplifying trophic diatom index for biological water quality assessment by Seoung Min Kim, Jung Ho Lee

“…Species excluded from indicator-diatom taxa were identified two methods. They were identified up to genus level and received the average sensitivities and indicator values of the genus in TDI. …”
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Optimization of dynamic parameters of straddle monorail vehicle to improve pantograph-catenary contact quality by ZHANG Yuejun, YANG Zhen, DU Zixue, WEN Xiaoxia, XU Zhouzhou

“…In order to reduce the abrasion on the sliding block, a sensitivity analysis method was used in this paper to analyze the influence degree of vehicle dynamics parameters on the coupling force of pantograph and catenary based on the dynamic simulation analysis model of "vehicle-pantograph-catenary" system. …”
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Socio‐economic security of the Voronezh region by N. V. Yakovenko, R. V. Ten

“…The results of the calculations of the integral index of socio‐economic security made it possible to identify 5 groups of municipalities that have a certain degree of socio‐economic security: high; medium, below average, low and crisis. …”
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