Biomechanical Advantages of Sustained Dynamic Compression Over Static Fixation in Subtalar Arthrodesis by Christopher E. Gross MD, Shannon King MS, Ryan Brown, Taylor Filicette, James Johnson PhD, David Safranski PhD

“…In efforts to address these hardware failures, sustained dynamic compression (SDC) devices were developed, enabling the application of continuous compression in the setting of bone resorption or postoperative joint settling. …”
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Preparation and properties of asymmetric porous antimicrobial nZnO/P34HB composite guided bone regeneration membrane by LIU Chang, LIU Wei, LUO Jingmei

“… Objective To develop an asymmetric porous guided bone regeneration (GBR) membrane made from antibacterial zinc oxide nanoparticle (nZnO)/poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxy butyrate) copolymer (P34HB), and detect its osteogenic performance. …”
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A qualitative study on health education knowledge demands of patients after gastric cancer surgery before discharge (胃癌术后患者出院前健康教育知识需求的质性研究)... by LAI Shurong (赖淑蓉), LAI Xiaoning (赖小令), YU Xiaoqing (喻小青), HUANG Xiaoyi (黄小恬)

“…Methods An interview outline was developed based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. …”
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Use, Usability, and Experience Testing of a Digital Health Intervention to Support Chronic Kidney Disease Self-Management: Mixed Methods Study by Courtney J Lightfoot, Thomas J Wilkinson, Roseanne E Billany, Gurneet K Sohansoha, Noemi Vadaszy, Ella C Ford, Melanie J Davies, Thomas Yates, Alice C Smith, Matthew P M Graham-Brown

“… BackgroundWe developed My Kidneys & Me (MK&M), a digital health intervention (DHI) that delivers specialist health and lifestyle education, to improve self-management in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Fluoride ion removal from mine water via nucleation crystallization pelleting process by Xiyu ZHANG, Shuning DONG, Hao WANG, Pengkang JIN, Xiaodong WANG, Qiangmin WANG, Tao ZHANG

“…Process optimization experiments on a laboratory scale were conducted using a continuous flow chemistry system with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 45 min and an upward flow rate of 1.8 m/h. …”
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Determining the probability of spondyloarthritis in patients with uveitis by A. A. Godzenko, I. Yu. Razumova, S. I. Glukhova

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Radiological and Inflammatory Markers Predicting the Spontaneous Transit of Mid and Lower Ureteric Stones: A Prospective Observational Study by Souvik Chatterjee, Indra Prakash Mandal, Debansu Sarkar

“…Among them, four patients were lost to follow-up and another two patients had to be excluded as they developed urosepsis with acute pyelonephritis. Hence, data was collected from 102 patients. …”
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Stability of vaccine strains of seasonal live attenuated influenza vaccines when adapted to MDCK cell culture by Victoria A. Matyushenko, Arina D. Kostromitina, Ekaterina A. Stepanova, Larisa G. Rudenko, Irina N. Isakova-Sivak

“…Currently, the vast majority of influenza vaccines in the world are produced using developing chicken embryos as substrate, but there is an urgent necessity for transferring vaccine production to continuous cell lines, which would ensure uninterrupted production during an avian influenza pandemic and also allow the vaccine to be administered to individuals with chicken protein allergies. …”
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Lessons Learned About the Education Needs of Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Mixed-Method Study by Michelle L. Gabriel, Lucy Chen, Sharon Lee, Jenny Accettura, Emily E. Campbell, Melanie Dissanayake, Teresa J. Valenzano-Hacker, Michelle Nash, Lindita Rapi, Niki Dacouris, Weiqiu Yuan, Tiffany Thai

“…Patients revealed that their support system helps to develop self-reliance and support their transition after transplant to allow them to recover and manage challenges after transplant. …”
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Diagnóstico situacional del proceso enseñanza aprendizaje en posgrados de una unidad académica de Medicina. Una aproximación desde la percepción de docentes y profesionales estudia... by Sonia Arza Fernández, Jorge Ortiz, Miguel Franco, Jorge Flores

“…Results: Analyzing 22 interviews with teachers and focus groups with 16 final-year postgraduate residents, it was identified that the pedagogical model currently implemented is mostly content-based, with insufficiently developed innovations. Teachers with heterogeneous training and involvement in higher education and implementation of the new model. …”
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Ethylene during controlled atmosphere transport of fruits and flowers: concentrations, causes and consequences by Leo Lukasse, Marcel Staal, Rob Schouten, Taylor Person, Fátima Pereira da Silva

“…Active CA seems to yield lower ethylene concentrations due to its continuous flushing of the container atmosphere. Elevated ethylene levels were often observed during the first days of transport. …”
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Analysis of electrocorticographic signal activity characteristics in motor cortex glioma by ZHAO Wen-yu, LIU Yan-hui, MAO Qing, JIANG Ning, HE Jia-yuan, YANG Yuan

“…During the awake state, 2 min resting-state electrocorticographic signals were continuously recorded. After preprocessing steps including filtering, signal activity characteristics across θ, α, β, γ1, γ2, γ3, γ4 frequency bands were extracted. …”
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Evaluation of the Digital Support Tool Gro Health W8Buddy as Part of Tier 3 Weight Management Service: Observational Study by Petra Hanson, Farah Abdelhameed, Mohammed Sahir, Nick Parsons, Arjun Panesar, Michaela de la Fosse, Charlotte Summers, Amit Kaura, Harpal Randeva, Vinod Menon, Thomas M Barber

“…MethodsW8Buddy, a personalized digital platform, provides a tailored weight management plan to empower individuals and was collaboratively developed with input from patients, the clinical team, and DDM Health. …”
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Particularidades de la medición de presión sonora y vibraciones en grupos electrógenos MAN 18 V48/60 B // Distinctive features for sound pressure level and vibration measurements o... by Yanexi Cepero‐Aguilera, Evelio Palomino‐Marín, Yanet Ponce‐Toste

“…</p><p>_________________________________________________________________</p><p>Abstract<br />A research project for condition monitoring of engine generator sets is developed as part of main<br />researches at Maintenance Engineering Research Center. …”
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An RTM-Driven Machine Learning Approach for Estimating High-Resolution FAPAR From LANDSAT 5&#x002F;7&#x002F;8&#x002F;9 Surface Reflectance by Guodong Zhang, Gaofei Yin, Yi Zhang, Jiangchuan Hu, Zongyan Li, Changjing Wang, Dujuan Ma, Jiangliu Xie

“…The demonstrated approach creates opportunities to generate a long-term 30-m FAPAR record by leveraging the continuity of Landsat observations to advance vegetation productivity monitoring and carbon science.…”
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Antecedents of Trust in Sharing Economy Platforms: Prioritization Using the Best-Worst Method by Navid Khanjanzadeh Kakeroodi, Ali Adabi Firoozjaei, Soheil Nejat, Hamidreza Fallah Lajimi

“…Regarding the validity of the categorization, a coding and categorization guide was developed and reviewed by two subject-matter experts. …”
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The Problematika Profesionalisme Keguruan dan HAM dalam Perspektif Kode Etik Guru (Studi Fenomena Kekerasan Secara Fisik Kepada Siswa di Indonesia Tahun 2022) by Siti Fatonah

“… Abstract To relize the next generation of the nation who are educated and have Pancasila morals, it is necessary to have several supporting roles so that students who after taking education are ready to enter and continue the relay of leadership of this nation. In this case, the main key lies in the role of teachers who can guide and direct their students towards the educational goals of the National Education System, namely Law no. 20 of 2003 article 3 concerning the purpose of education to develop the potential of students to become human beings who believe and fear God Almighty, have noble character, are healthy, knowledgeable, capable, imaginative, independent and incarnate as a democratic nation that is also responsible. …”
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CPAP management of COVID-19 respiratory failure: a first quantitative analysis from an inpatient service evaluation by Abdul Ashish, Alison Unsworth, Jane Martindale, Kanishka Kavuri, Luigi Sedda, Martin Farrier

“…Objective To evaluate the role of continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) in the management of respiratory failure associated with COVID-19 infection. …”
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Features of the welded seam material crystalliza-tion in Ti-TiB alloy under electron-beam welding conditions by Petro Loboda, Volodymyr Zvorykin, Constantine Zvorykin, Eduard Vrzhyzhevskyi, Tatjana Taranova, Valery Kostin, Leonid Zvorykin

“…The presence of a significant amount of non-equilibrium boride phase in the welded seam indicates the residue of non-equilibrium boron in the titanium matrix and continuation of growing of boride fibers in the crystallized welded seam. …”
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Mechanism and quantitative traceability of anomalous outflow of unloaded gas from protective layer mining under complex tectonics by Xuexi CHEN, Xingyu CHEN, Jiaying HU, Aitao ZHOU, Jian XIAO, Jihong SUN, Zhilong YAN

“…The results show: When the protective layer working face advances from 40 m to 200 m, the depth of plastic damage of the floor increases from 8.5 m to 25 m, the maximum vertical stress rises from −19.09 MPa to −29.17 MPa, and the maximum stress release rate increases from 62% to 100%, indicating that as the advance distance increases, the coal and rock strata are significantly damaged by mining, and the floor rock mass fractures develop and connect to the No. 5 coal seam, with the stress relief range and degree continuously increasing. …”
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