Cross‐sectional area on magnetic resonance images of the semitendinosus tendon is strongly related to the collagen fibril diameter by Yushin Mizuno, Junsuke Nakase, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Kazuki Asai, Yasushi Takata, Tomoyuki Kanayama, Takuya Sengoku, Noriyuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

“…Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were determined for collagen fibril diameter and cross‐sectional area of the semitendinosus tendon on magnetic resonance imaging, and the relationship between both parameters was evaluated. …”
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Optimal Fasting Insulin Cutoff Value to Predict Clinical and/or Biochemical Hyperandrogenism in Korean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Seula Lee, Hyeonjun An, Soojin Rhee, Sungwook Chun

“…To the best of our knowledge, however, few studies have determined the optimal fasting insulin cutoff value to predict HA in PCOS patients. …”
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Differential diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma with low signal intensity on T2WI from angiomyolipoma without visible fat on MR imaging by Zi-xuan Chen, Yi Zhang, Shuai Ren, Ying-ying Cao, Qi Lan, Fan Xia, Zhong-qiu Wang, Wen-li Qiu

“…PurposeThis study aimed to determine the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters in differentiating between angiomyolipoma without visible fat (AML.wovf) and clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) with low signal intensity on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI).Materials and methodsThis is a retrospective study involving 36 cases of ccRCC and 17 cases of AML.wovf from September 2016 to July 2023. …”
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Orthostatic Hypotension and the Long-Term Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based Study. by Frank J Wolters, Francesco U S Mattace-Raso, Peter J Koudstaal, Albert Hofman, M Arfan Ikram, Heart Brain Connection Collaborative Research Group

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Between 4 October 1989 and 17 June 1993, we assessed OH in non-demented, stroke-free participants of the population-based Rotterdam Study. …”
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Inclusive educational process at the university: Theoretical and experimental model of teachers' psychological readiness by V. Z. Kantor, Yu. L. Proekt

“…The institutionalisation of inclusion in higher education determines new requirements for university teachers, what is also found in the field of psychological readiness for the implementation of the educational process with the participation of students with disabilities. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Indonesian version of the Oxford Shoulder Score for patients with shoulder pain by Romy Deviandri, MD, PhD, Afrianto Daud, PhD, Iman W. Aminata, MD, Putri Octarina, BMed, Nasywa D. Mecca, Hugo C. van der Veen, MD, PhD, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, MD, PhD

“…Following Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments guidelines, construct validity, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, and measurement error were determined. The Bland-Altman method was used to explore systematic bias. …”
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Frequency of metastasis in sentinel lymph node and its predictors in patients with laryngeal cancer T1-2N0M0 by V. I. Troian, I. O. Sinaiko, O. V. Lobova, O. M. Kostrovskyi

“…The metastasis of precricoid SNL was determined histomorphologically using surgical material. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of the Infraorbital Canal in CBCT Images: Anatomical Structure Recognition Using Artificial Intelligence by Ismail Gumussoy, Emre Haylaz, Suayip Burak Duman, Fahrettin Kalabalık, Muhammet Can Eren, Seyda Say, Ozer Celik, Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar

“…As a result of the test, the Dice Coefficient (DC), Intersection over the Union (IoU), F1-score, and 95% Hausdorff distance (95% HD) metrics were calculated. …”
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Nutrient Composition and Physical Properties of Two Orange Seed Varieties by Joseph Adubofuor, Yaw Gyau Akyereko, Vida Batsa, Osborn-Jnr Doetser Apeku, Isaac Amoah, Charles Diako

“…The proximate composition, mineral profile, antinutrient content, and physical and frictional properties of two orange seed varieties were determined using standard methods. The mean length, width, thickness, geometric, and arithmetic mean diameter of the Late Valencia and Red Blood seeds were 14.66, 8.45, 5.05, 8.47, and 9.39 and 13.74, 7.51, 4.99, 7.97, and 8.75 mm, respectively. …”
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Nurse prescribing in Iran: postgraduate nursing students’ attitudes, readiness and self-efficacy in patient care by Somayeh Mousavi, Hamidreza Haririan, Hadi Hassankhani, Mahdieh Naeri

“…This study aimed to determine Iranian postgraduate nursing students’ attitudes and readiness for prescribing and its relationship with their self-efficacy in patient care. …”
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Accumulation of artificial and natural radionuclides in hydrobionts of the Konoplyanka River (Kamianske City, Dnipropetrovsk region) by N. Hudym

“…Methodology. Classical sampling methods were used to determine natural (226Ra, 232Th, 40K) and artificial (137Cs, 90Sr) radionuclides in hydrobionts. …”
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Exploration of demographic prevalence of mild cognitive impairment using Montreal cognitive assessment: A cross-sectional pilot study in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. by David Larbi Simpong, George Nkrumah Osei, Richeal Odarko Mills, Christopher Amaleyele Anyebem, Benjamin Kofi Aikins, Charlotte Gyanwaa Melfah, Bridget Amoanimaa Osei, Ansumana Bockarie

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between educational level and MoCA score. …”
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Lungs volume status and oxygen transport in patients with coronary artery disease with various types of comorbidity before and after coronary artery bypass grafting by B. I. Geltser, E. A. Sergeev, V. N. Kotelnikov, K. A. Fogelevich, A. A. Silaev

“…Pulmonary blood volume and oxygen transport indices were determined: oxygen delivery (DO2I) and consumption (VO2I) indices, oxygen-utilization coefficient, and pulmonary shunt fraction (Qs/Qt). …”
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HEMORHEOLOGICAL PROFILE AND LIPID SPECTRUM IN PATIENTS IN THE ACUTE PHASE OF ISCHEMIC STROKE by V. V. Yakusevich, S. V. Lychenko, A. Yu. Malygin

“…Objective: to assess the specific features of the hemorheological profile and lipid spectrum in patients in the acute phase of ischemic stroke inthe presence of arterial hypertension (AH). Subjects and methods. Fifty patients divided into 2 groups were examined. …”
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Parameters of the UNIQUAC model for describing the vapor-liquid phase equilibrium of D₂-T₂, D₂-DT, DT-T₂ hydrogen isotope mixtures by T. G. Korotkova

“…Objectives. Determination of the parameters of the binary energy interaction of the (UNIversal QUAsiChemical) UNIQUAC model on the basis of mathematical processing of experimental literature data on the phase equilibrium of hydrogen isotopic mixtures D2-T2, D2-DT, DT-T2 to calculate the activity coefficients of the components D2, DT, and T2.Methods. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Farsi version of the Marwit-Meuser caregiver grief inventory-short form among family caregivers of patients with dementia by Seyedeh Reyhane Davodi, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Bahare Banazadeh, Sahar Farhadi Zadeh, MohammadJavad Rezaeian, Arezoo MohammadEbrahim Zadeh, Azadeh Kamali, MohammadReza Armat, Sima Hejazi

“…Internal consistency was determined by calculating Cronbach’s alpha, omega coefficient, and the average inter-item correlation. …”
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The Dunning‒Kruger effect in resident predicted and actual performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine in‐training examination by Theodore J. Gaeta, Earl Reisdorff, Melissa Barton, Kim M. Feldhaus, Marianne Gausche‐Hill, Deepi Goyal, Kevin Joldersma, Chadd K. Kraus, Felix Ankel

“…Pearson's correlation (r) was used for parametric interval data comparisons and a Spearman's coefficient (ρ) was determined for quintile‐to‐quintile comparisons. …”
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Point-of-care N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide testing in patients with heart failure: data from the DREAM study by F. I. Belyalov, N. G. Lozhkina, O. A. Shtegman, R. N. Yagudina, O. V. Kankharey, I. V. Reshina, E. E. Sergeeva, D. F. Belyalov, N. S. Belyalova, Z. Kh. Zhilokov, A. V. Aleynikova, E. A. Medvedeva, A. A. Kharitonov

“…To compare the blood levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP), determined using a Russian semi-quantitative point-of-care test and quantitative laboratory tests, depending on the presence and severity of heart failure (HF) and left ventricular (LV) function.Material and methods. …”
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Analysis of factors influencing the increase of extracellular water ratio in tumor patients without edema signs by Heling Zhu, Panpan Gan, Hao Jiang, Liangliang Bao, Chengjiang Liu, Jiawen Yu, Jiawen Yu

“…ECW/TBW increased with age (partial regression coefficient B = 0.009, p = 0.001), was higher in males than in females (B = −0.349, p &lt; 0.001), and was negatively affected by hemoglobin (Hgb) (B = −0.003, p = 0.039). …”
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Classification of road sections according to the degree of danger to the formation of a wear track by A. S. Aleksandrov, T. V. Semenova, D. Yu. Raskoshny

“…In the article, a study was conducted to determine the susceptibility of road sections with different traffic modes to the formation of wear ruts. …”
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