Are eviscerations preventable? by JULIO FERNANDES TOMASI, FABIELLE MENEZES TOLFO, LAIS MADEIRA CONSTANTINO, FELIPE ANTÔNIO CACCIATORI

“…Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, which analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent abdominal wall resuturing procedures between January 2010 and December 2023 in a tertiary hospital. …”
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Efficacy of Periarticular Infiltration with Dexamethasone and Bupivacaine plus Adductor Canal Block Relative to That of Adductor Canal Block Alone for Patients Undergoing Total Kne... by Varah Yuenyongviwat, Bunyaporn Wuttiworawanit, Nipat Panichnantho, Theerawit Hongnaparak, Khanin Iamthanaporn

“…Periarticular infiltration (PI) is a common procedure during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for postoperative pain management. …”
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High-Risk Factors for Hemorrhage in Hysteroscopic Curettage for Cesarean Scar Pregnancy by Qing Yang, Xiaodie Xiang, Cong Li

“…Conclusions: Hysteroscopic curettage is a safe and effective procedure for CSP in carefully selected patients.…”
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Empirical validation of size effects in sub-sized tensile specimens for nuclear structural materials by Longze Li, John W. Merickel, Yalei Tang, Rongjie Song, Joshua E. Rittenhouse, Aleksandar Vakanski, Fei Xu

“…Established guidelines for sub-sized specimen testing encompass best practices for specimen preparation, testing equipment, test procedures, and data analysis methods. However, prior investigations of specimen size effects in the literature typically involved a relatively small number of tests performed and analyzed. …”
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A COMPARISON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS OF PATIENTS PRE AND POST CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY by Farshid Shamsaei, Reza Safi Arian, Fatemeh Cheraghi, Mohammed Ahmadpanah

“…Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a procedure used to help improve and save the lives of thousands of coronary artery diseases patients every year. …”
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Assessment of Body Mass Index in Younger and Older Pregnant Women and Its' Effect On Their Health Status: Comparative Study by Hawraa Hussein Ghafel

“…Descriptive statistical analysis procedures (frequency, percentage ,Chi square test, T-paired test ). …”
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Biohumoral and endocrine parameters in assessment of surgical trauma in open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy by Radunović Miodrag, Radunović Miroslav, Radunović Mirko, Lazović Ranko, Panić Nikola, Bulajić Milutin

“…Background/Aim. Every surgical procedure causes metabolic, endocrine, and hemodynamic stress in the organism. …”
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Monitoring Spike Potential and Abrupt Impedance Rise with Concomitant Temperature/Contact Force Change for Timely Detection of the Occurrence of “Silent” or “Nonaudible” Steam Pop... by Chengye Di, Qun Wang, Yanxi Wu, Longyu Li, Wenhua Lin

“…The duration, power, impedance, temperature, and contact force (CF) of RFCA were continually monitored and recorded throughout the procedure. A total of 15 (2.9%) audible SP events occurred in 14 patients; 2 of the patients developed pericardial tamponade, 1 patient underwent drainage, and 1 patient underwent emergent thoracotomy. …”
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Histopathologic Pattern of Oropharyngeal Tumours Among Patients Seen in National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna: A 10 Year Retrospective Study From 2014-2023 by Maryam Ibrahim Rimi1*, Mustapha Abubakar Yaro2, Umar Salis3, Benjamin Turman Joseph3, Muhammad Kabir 4

“…Records were taken retrospectively from the Histopathology unit register (2014-2023) for all patients that have undergone oropharyngeal surgeries and local excisions to obtain tissues biopsies for histopathological analyses following standard operating procedures. A total of 1543 cases were diagnosed, 10 of which were malignant including different grades of carcinomas, 1532 were benign out of which adeno-tonsillar hyperplasia, Lobular Capillary Haemangioma, Pleomorphic Adenoma and Squamous Papilloma were diagnosed, Lastly, a case of chronic inflammation was also recorded. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Most Commonly Used Metaphors in Covid-19 News Texts during the Outbreak and Peak of the Disease by Mansour Nikpanah, Mansoureh Delaramifar

“…To this end, by using the news texts in Keyhan and Shargh newspaper, 20:30 news and online news agnecies, ISNA and IRNA, the metaphors related to COVID-19 were selected. 600 metaphors in these texts were extracted through “Metaphor Identification Procedure” pattern suggested by Pragglejaz. Then, the metaphors placed in the “disease” semantic frame, and their frame elements were identified. …”
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Photoplethysmography and Artificial Intelligence for Blood Glucose Level Estimation in Diabetic Patients: A Scoping Review by Sara Lombardi, Leonardo Bocchi, Piergiorgio Francia

“…Further studies are needed to overcome existing limitations and make this procedure available, accurate, and easy to perform.…”
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Energy-Balance-Based Plastic Design and Seismic Fragility Analysis of Steel Plate Shear Wall Coupled with Steel Side Columns by Y. T. Wu, Aozhou Liu, Jiazheng Zhao, Bo Zhang

“…To simplify the complex iteration of the conventional seismic design procedure and obtain the favorable plasticity development and distribution pattern determined by the coupling mechanism, the energy-balance concept and the plastic design method are combined to develop the energy-balance-based plastic design (EBPD) method for the SPSW–SSC coupled system with the consideration of the degradation of hysteretic behavior. …”
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First identification report for amino acid composition of red algae Gracilaria spp. obtained from Central Java, Indonesia by Klara Kharisma Bunga Chandra, Tri Rini Nuringtyas, Tri Joko Raharjo

“…We followed the LC-HRMS standard protocol with an optimized precipitation procedure. TCA/acetone precipitation was used for protein purification, after which the precipitate was subjected to protein digestion to obtain small peptide fractions. …”
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Minimally Invasive Surgery for Sternoclavicular Joint Infection with Osteomyelitis, Large Abscesses, and Mediastinitis by Hideki Ota, Hirotaka Ishida, Hidekazu Matsumoto, Tomoharu Ishiyama

“…Sternoclavicular joint infections require en bloc resection for radical cure; however, this aggressive procedure may result in multiple adverse events. Therefore, performing minimally invasive surgery is desirable. …”
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Reliability Optimization of Structural Deformation with Improved Support Vector Regression Model by Zheng-Zheng Zhu, Yun-Wen Feng, Cheng Lu, Cheng-Wei Fei

“…Then the reliability optimization model and procedure with the ISRM method were resolved by the MPGA. …”
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Should we use logistic mixed model analysis for the effect estimation in a longitudinal RCT with a dichotomous outcome variable? by Jos Twisk, Wieke de Vente, Adri Apeldoorn, Michiel de Boer

“…Regarding the logistic mixed model analysis also two different estimation procedures were compared to each other. Results: The regression coefficients obtained from the two logistic mixed model analyses were different from each other, but were always higher then the regression coefficients derived from a logistic GEE analysis. …”
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Coconut: covariate-assisted composite null hypothesis testing with applications to replicability analysis of high-throughput experimental data by Yan Li, Yanmei Li, Han Ma, Zitong Yue, Xin Zhang

“…Results We propose a robust and powerful covariate-assisted composite null hypothesis testing (CoCoNuT) procedure based on a Bayesian framework to identify replicable signals in two studies while asymptotically controlling the false discovery rate. …”
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FRESH extrusion 3D printing of type-1 collagen hydrogels photocrosslinked using ruthenium. by Richard C Steiner, Jack T Buchen, Evan R Phillips, Christopher R Fellin, Xiaoning Yuan, Shailly H Jariwala

“…Herein, we describe the procedure our group has developed to combine extrusion-based 3D printing of type-1 collagen using FRESH technology with Ru(bpy)3/SPS photoinitiated crosslinking methods to improve the strength and stability of 3D printed collagen structures. …”
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Distance learning in vocational education: topical issues by Elena Alexandrovna Panina

“…Topical issues of distance learning in vocational education are the quality of professional training of future specialists in a distance format, the lack of generally accepted standards for distance organization and the procedure for assessing students’ knowledge, technical difficulties, etc.…”
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Effects of a single intravaneous dose of zoledronic acid on bone healing following tooth extraction in ovariectomized rabbits by Esra Mavi, Peyami Turgay Hocaoglu

“…Eight weeks later, mandibular right incisors of all animals were extracted under general anesthesia. Before the procedure, Control and OVX groups were given saline and 0.1 mg/kg ZA was administered to ZOL group intravenously. …”
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