Kidney transplant program in Irkutsk Region by A. V. Novozhilov, S. E. Grigoriev, O. Yu. Yakovleva, S. A. Yezhikeev

“…Length of hospital stay was 16 (range: 13–25) bed days. Primary renal function was achieved in 95 patients (77%), while 25 patients (20%) experienced delayed graft function. …”
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Modelling the effects of precipitation and temperature on malaria incidence in coastal and western Kenya by Amna Tariq, Donal Bisanzio, Francis Mutuku, Bryson Ndenga, Zainab Jembe, Priscilla Maina, Philip Chebii, Charles Ronga, Victoria Okuta, A. Desiree LaBeaud

“…Generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) were used to explore the relationship between malaria cases and temperature and precipitation, with Poisson, zero-inflated Poisson and negative binomial distribution and a logarithmic link function. The cross-correlation function assessed the time lags with peak correlations between malaria incidence, precipitation and temperature. …”
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Parboiled Rice and Glycemic Control: Effects on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin Sensitivity, and Incretin Response in Healthy and Type 2 Diabetic Individuals, a Pilot Study by Sara Alkandari, Tasleem A. Zafar, Suleiman Al-Sabah, Mohammed Abu Farha, Jehad Abubaker, Fahd Al-Mulla

“…Nevertheless, the impact of PBR consumption on insulin sensitivity, β-cell function, and incretin hormone responses remains poorly understood. …”
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PROMIS Depression Scores Improved by Surgical Intervention of Acute, but Not Chronic, Foot and Ankle Conditions by Nathaniel Zona BA, Kenneth Hunt MD

“…Conclusion: Generally, PROMIS Depression scores are consistently close to the national average before and after surgical intervention across foot and ankle conditions. Improvements don’t reach values considered to be the minimal clinically important difference of other PROMIS metrics such as Physical Function and Pain Interference. …”
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Differences in body composition between affected and nonaffected sides in cerebral palsy football athletes: Preliminary findings (Diferencias en la composición corporal entre los l... by Osmair Gomes de Macedo, Carlota Leão da Cunha, Vasco Miguel Ferreira, Maria Filomena Soares Vieira

“… To verify the symmetry of body composition distribution in cerebral palsy (CP) football players with hemiparesis, was carried out a cross-sectional study with17 football-7-a-side players with CP and hemiparesis, level I according to the Gross Motion Function Classification System and as class 7 according to the International Federation of CP Football. …”
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Quality of Life Following High-Intensity Rehabilitation Programme After Total Knee Arthroplasties by Khalid H. Alzahrani, Dhuha A. Al Hazmi, Shahad S. Al Juaid, Abdan Bin Sayeed, Ibrahim Alramadhani, Mazen M. Tayeb, Rabab S. Zaghlol

“…Although TKA reduces pain, achieving full functional recoveryis challenging.Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the impact of a high-intensity (HI) rehabilitation protocol on quality oflife (QoL) and functional outcomes in post-TKA patients.Materials and Methods: This prospective, single-centre cohort study included 41 patients undergoing unilateral TKA ina hospital unit. …”
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Numerical simulation and performance optimization of a solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with iridium counter electrode by Bethuel S.K. Langa, Azile Nqombolo, Edson L. Meyer, Mojeed A. Agoro, Nicholas Rono

“…This study theoretically investigates Iridium (Ir) metal with work function of 5.27 eV as counter electrode in ss-DSSCs using the SCAPS-1D software. …”
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Building Strong Foundations: Nonrandomized Interventional Study of a Novel, Digitally Delivered Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults by David Wing, Jeanne F Nichols, Hava Shoshana Barkai, Olivia Culbert, Daniel Moreno, Michael Higgins, Anna O'Brien, Mariana Perez, Hope Davey, Ryan Moran

“…ObjectiveOur objective was to assess the efficacy of the Strong Foundations exercise program to change markers of physical function, posture, balance, strength, and fall risk. …”
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Association of depressive and anxiety symptoms with adverse events in chronic kidney disease patients without dialysis:a prospective observational study by LING He, WANG Xiao-qin, HAN Si-ping, ZHAN Li-rui, CHEN Li, ZHANG Na

“…Depression or anxiety of CKD patients did not lead to the trend of renal function decrease. Depression and anxiety symptoms should be evaluated as early as possible. …”
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Multilevel Meta‐Analysis of Treatment Options for Patients With Iliopsoas Impingement Syndrome After Total Hip Arthroplasty by Nikolai Ramadanov, Maximilian Voss, Robert Hable, Robert Prill, Dobromir Dimitrov, Marco Ezechieli, Ingo J. Banke, Roland Becker

“…Conclusions Surgical interventions, including endoscopic tenotomy, acetabular cup revision, and open tenotomy, are effective in achieving meaningful functional improvements in IPI patients. While conservative management was the least effective of all treatment groups, the differences did not reach statistical significance.…”
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Insights and Trends in Open Note Access: Retrospective Observational Study by Randeep Singh Badwal, Paul Cavo, Mandip Panesar

“…The ratio of mobile-to-web access of notes tended to decrease as a function of increasing age, which was not observed in those aged ≥90 years. …”
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THE SARMATIAN MIRROR WITH TAMGAS FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF SEBEȘ - “PODUL PRIPOCULUI” (ALBA COUNTY, ROMANIA): 50 YEARS LATER by Vitalie BÂRCĂ

“…<br />Owing to its significance, yet especially their function and their borrowing mechanism by the neighbouring populaces, the author concludes that the Sebeș - “Podul Pripocului” mirror did not reach the intra-Carpathian area by trade or exchange.…”
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On the Compressive Behavior of Platonic- and Pacioli-Inspired Lattice Structures via FEA by Carmine Martino, Chiara Bertolin, Francesco Penta, Chao Gao

“…In these solids, the energy absorbed per unit mass is an increasing function with the number of faces, similar to porosity, which reaches a maximum value for solids comprised of 90–100 surfaces.…”
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Twin-twin transfusion syndrome: neurodevelopmental screening test by Amabile Vessoni Arias, Denise Campos, Thatiane Moura Campos-Zanelli, Daniela Silva de Souza, Cleisson Fabio Andrioli Peralta, Marilisa Mantovani Guerreiro

“…Objective To assess the neurodevelopmental functions (cognition, language and motor function) of survivors of twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). …”
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Implementation and performance analysis of real time PPP software based on GAMP by Liu Ya, He Wentao, Zhang Jie

“…Through the real-time precise point positioning experiment of four stations and UBLOX-F9T module, it can be found that the static real-time precision point positioning accuracy can reach centimeter level and the dynamic accuracy can reach decimeter level, which meets the needs of real-time precise point positioning.…”
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The evaluation of course teaching effect based on improved RBF neural network by Hanmei Wu, Xiaoqing Cai, Man Feng

“…Teaching reform is crucial to achieve this, and incorporating the Levenberg-Marquardt (L-M) into the Radial Basis Function (RBF) can help establish a fair online teaching evaluation system. …”
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Investigation of Stability Alarming for Retaining Wall Structures with Damage by Qian Xu

“…Analysis results show that, with an increase in the ERSD, the stability of the wall changes from a stable state to an unstable one. The wall reaches a critical stable state when the alarming index reaches its threshold value. …”
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The relationship between gut microbiota and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis - a literature review by Roxana-Emanuela Popoiag, Anca Pantea-Stoian, Adrian P. Suceveanu, Andra I. Suceveanu, Laura Mazilu, Irinel R. Parepa, Laura M. Serban, Mihai Paunica, Catalina Motofei, Carmen Fierbinteanu Braticevici

“…The hepatic function may also be affected by the alteration of intestinal microbiota composition. …”
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Analysis of digital intelligent financial audit system based on improved BiLSTM neural network by Zhu Xincai

“…The experimental results show that the comprehensive average accuracy of the improved algorithm reaches 92.31%, and the F1-score of the reconciliation function reaches 80.55, which are significantly higher than the other four algorithms. …”
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Investigating the Association of Ankle Dorsiflexion Range With Y Balance Test, Single Leg Hop for Distance and Body Composition in Collegiate Athletes by Mamta Tiwari, Ashutosh Singh, Deepesh Sharma

“…The study discovered strong positive correlations between YBT anterior reach, ADROM (r = 0.72, p…”
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