Effect of the location and severity of partial ureteral obstruction on urinary system stone disease formation by Kemal Demirhan, Hasan Salih Saglam, Haci Ibrahim Cimen, Bilge Elcin, Erdem Cokluk

“…A partial ureteral obstruction was created according to the type of obstruction by a surgical procedure. After 5 days of intraperitoneal glyoxylate injection, the urine, blood samples, and kidney tissues of the rats were examined. …”
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A rubric for assessing conformance to the Ten Rules for credible practice of modeling and simulation in healthcare. by Alexandra Manchel, Ahmet Erdemir, Lealem Mulugeta, Joy P Ku, Bruno V Rego, Marc Horner, William W Lytton, Jerry G Myers, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli

“…The Committee on Credible Practice of Modeling & Simulation in Healthcare was established to help address the need for processes and procedures to support the credible use of M&S in healthcare and biomedical research. …”
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The Validity and Reliability of the MacNew Heart Disease Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire: The Indonesian Version by Nur Basuki, Doa El-Ansary, Stefan Höfer, Bambang Dwiputra, Nantinee Nualnim

“…Methods: Forward and backward translation procedure was used to develop the Indonesian MacNew. …”
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Seroprevalence of HIV and frequencies of haemoglobin genotypes, ABO and Rh blood groups, among premarital couples in Port Harcourt, Nigeria by Zaccheaus A. Jeremiah, Imoh A. Okon, Theresa A. Jeremiah

“…Methods: Fifty (50) premarital heterosexual couples (50 males and 50 females) were screened for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), haemoglobin genotypes, and ABO and Rh blood groups using standard laboratory procedures. Results: The prevalence of HIV in this study was found to be 2.0%. …”
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Consumption expenditure effects of adoption against drought tragedy in drought prone area of Eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia by Jafer Mume Ahmed, Jema Haji, Moti Jaleta, Kedir Jemal

“…Irrigation practices and crop diversification practices were mainly practiced and considered as climate smart agricultural practices here. Multistage procedure applied and data collected from 430 samples during 2023 year. …”
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INTERPRETING FAULT DYNAMICS IN TERMS OF HYPOCENTER RELOCATION AND FAULT CHARACTERIZATION by M. F. I. Massinai, O. S. Bamba, A. Ical, S. Aswad, M. A. Massinai, . Sulastri

“…Based on the statistics, the time residuals from –2.5 to +2.5 ms resulting from the relocation procedure are better close to 0 than those of –4.5 to +4.5 ms for the events before relocation. …”
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Analyzing Students’ Difficulty in Learning Geometry at Upper Secondary School in Cambodia: A Case Study on Vector by Sieng Veasna

“…The study highlighted that (1) students struggled with creating geometrical drawings, including difficulties with visual, symbolic, and verbal representations, and (2) students had difficulty grasping correct mathematical concepts and performing correct mathematical procedures related to visual presentation. The findings suggest focusing on various representations and connecting the meanings of vector operations across these representations to improve students’ understanding of Geometry concepts. …”
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Parrilla urethra: A sequalae of electric shock torture to genitals in men. A 40 case series in Kashmir (India) by Abdul Rouf khawaja, Manzoor Dar, Yasir Dar, Javeed Magray, Tariq Sheikh, Suhail Zahur

“…Patients were treated with standard urethroplasty procedures after addressing the urethral stricture.This improved both physical and psychological sequelae of torture.…”
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Job satisfaction, work commitment, and intention to leave among cardiac technologists in Saudi Arabia by Lamia Al Saikhan

“…All respondents were women, and the majority(76.9 %) were aged 25–30 years, had a bachelor's degree(95.2 %), and were per-forming noninvasive procedures(echocardiography; 68.3 %). Most respondents worked eight to nine hours daily, and 56.6 % worked at government hospitals. …”
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Biogenic nano-silver doped grapefruit peels biocomposite for biosorptive photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by Magda A. Akl, Doha M. M. Elawady, Aya G. Mostafa, Elsayed R. H. El-Gharkawy

“…Abstract In the present study a novel biogenic nano-silver doped grapefruit peels biocomposite (GFP@Ag) has been synthesized in a single-step procedure. The GFP@Ag nano-biocomposite was characterized using UV Visible spectrophotometer, Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), (EDS), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Proton nuclear resonance (1HNMR), and N2 adsorption desorption isotherm (BET). …”
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Mathematical Simulation about Gas Transport in a Dual-Porosity Tight Gas Reservoir considering Multiple Effects by Jing Chen, Xinmin Song, Baozhu Li, Wuguang Li, Changlin Liao, Lei Yang

“…A finite difference procedure was compiled and applied to solve this numerical model and predict the productivity of a production well in a dual-porosity tight gas reservoir. …”
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Methodology for classification of land use and vegetation cover using MODIS-EVI data by Vagner P. Mengue, Denise C. Fontana, Tatiana S. da Silva, Daniel Zanotta, Fernando C. Scottá

“…The study period comprised the months from June 2013 to June 2014. The procedures included the use of MODIS Sensor images, altimetric data and nighttime images, associated with a hierarchical decision tree classifier, constructed using the C4.5 algorithm. …”
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Improving Classification Performance by Addressing Dataset Imbalance: A Case Study for Pest Management by Antonello Longo, Maria Rizzi, Cataldo Guaragnella

“…The high variability in the number of samples composing each category might force learning procedures to become biased towards classes with major cardinality and disregard classes with low instances. …”
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Diagnosing schistosomiasis by detection of cell-free parasite DNA in human plasma. by Dominic Wichmann, Marcus Panning, Thomas Quack, Stefanie Kramme, Gerd-Dieter Burchard, Christoph Grevelding, Christian Drosten

“…The sensitivity of these procedures is variable due to fluctuation of egg shedding. …”
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Antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori in Mongolia by Mandkhai Bolor-Erdene, Bira Namdag, Yoshio Yamaoka, Sarantuya Jav

“…The urease positive samples by rapid urease test were cultured according to standard microbiological procedures and H. pylori were grown under microaerophilic conditions on selective Pylori agar. …”
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Decision-making framework with q-rung picture fuzzy linguistic information and its applications to logistics hubs during disaster response establishment by Gia Sirbiladze, Harish Garg, Bidzina Midodashvili, Irakly Parshutkin, Bezhan Ghvaberidze

“…The different results of the extended Choquet aggregations compared to the classical Choquet integral aggregations are explained, which are mainly due to the high degree of attributes interaction in decision-making procedure. The obtained results are also compared to the ranked aggregations of well-known decision-making methods such as TOPSIS, VIKOR and TODIM.…”
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Modeling the Complex Susceptibility of Magnetic Nanocomposites for Deep-Seated Tumor Hyperthermia by Matteo B. Lodi, Nicola Curreli, Giuseppe Mazzarella, Alessandro Fanti

“…To this aim, a fitting procedure based on genetic algorithm is used to derive the Cole-Cole model parameters. …”
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Epidemiological Studies of the Eye Pathology over a Long-Term Follow-Up Period in the Population Affected by Chronic Radiation Exposure in the Southern Urals by L. D. Mikryukova

“…According to the findings of the study (1955–2019) it has been stated that cataract incidence increases with age and thus with the aging of the cohort, improvement of the quality of the diagnosing procedures and examination of the patients. The number of cataracts in women significantly exceeds that in men (3,169 and 1,489, respectively). …”
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Otomycosis risk after non-suppurative middle ear surgery by Fatih Gul, Ozgenur Kocak, Ali Ozturk, Mehmet Ali Babademez

“…The study analyzed the patients’ follow-up six months after the surgical procedure. Otomycosis occurring within 30-days of surgery was classified as “early otomycosis”, while those occurring later were classified as “late otomycosis”. …”
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The effect of recombinant hirudin on rabbit ear flaps with venous insufficiency by Serdar Duzgun, Mustafa Nisanci, Erkin Unlu

“…In the control group, no additional surgical or medical procedures were performed and the ear flap was inset to its original location. …”
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