Effects of fishing restrictions on the recovery of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) population. by Pekka Jounela, Miina Auttila, Riikka Alakoski, Marja Niemi, Mervi Kunnasranta

“…We additionally used the potential biological removal (PBR) procedure to assess bycatch sustainability. The study shows that gillnet restriction areas are reflected in the timing of juvenile bycatch mortality of the Saimaa ringed seal. …”
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Management of benign nodular thyroid disease: a nationwide survey of endocrine specialists in Spain by Juan J Díez, Juan C Galofré

“…Most of them, 147 (69.7%), recommended periodic monitoring, 43 (20.3%) surgery and 21 (10.0%) minimally invasive procedures (MIP). No participant opted for levothyroxine or radioiodine. …”
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From Analysis to Classification: Automation of Residential Building Classification Using GIS Tools by Mara Vogrinec, Simon Koblar, Alenka Fikfak, Janez P. Grom

“…Traditional spatial data analysis methods are time-consuming and often rely on manual procedures, limiting their efficiency and applicability for large-scale projects. …”
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A Systematic Review of Antibiotic Administration Incidents Involving Neuraxial Routes: Clinical Analysis, Contributing Factors and Prevention Approaches by Santosh Patel

“…Fifteen (of 22) incidents happened in the post-surgical or post-chronic pain procedure period. Most errors (14 of 22) occurred via the epidural route. …”
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Higher education responses to COVID-19 in the United States: Evidence for the impacts of university policy. by Brennan Klein, Nicholas Generous, Matteo Chinazzi, Zarana Bhadricha, Rishab Gunashekar, Preeti Kori, Bodian Li, Stefan McCabe, Jon Green, David Lazer, Christopher R Marsicano, Samuel V Scarpino, Alessandro Vespignani

“…To perform these two comparisons, we used a matching procedure designed to create well-balanced groups of counties that are aligned as much as possible along age, race, income, population, and urban/rural categories-demographic variables that have been shown to be correlated with COVID-19 outcomes. …”
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Sécurité et bien-être des intervenantes fragilisés, sécurité et bien-être des enfants et des familles vulnérabilisés au Québec compromis by Isabelle Le Pain, Alexis Truong, Katharine Larose-Hébert, Laurie Kirouac, Mélina Pitre, Sarah Fugère

“…The results also show a decrease in the intensity of follow-ups, of empathy towards users and a fallback behind procedures, as well as a decline in the ability to manage uncertainty and in the quality of work.Conclusion: We discuss the importance of depersonalizing ED at work by acting on the structures and conditions of practice, as well as valuing and promoting emotional labour in the interest of practitioners, children and families followed.Contribution: This article contributes to a better understanding of ED and the psychological difficulties of social workers, and the role played by emotional labour in human and health service professions and relationships with users.…”
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Targeting HIV-1 conserved regions: An immunoinformatic pathway to vaccine innovation for the Asia. by Akmal Zubair, Ahmed Al-Emam, Muhammad Ali, Syeda Maryam Hussain, Ranya Mohammed Elmagzoub

“…Subsequently, the molecular docking procedure utilized the refined model structure to bind to the immunological receptor TLR-3 in lymphocyte cells. …”
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Generation of Sequence Signatures from DNA Amplification Fingerprints with Mini-Hairpin and Microsatellite Primers by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Peter M. Gresshoff

“…The ASAP strategy is a dual-step amplification procedure that uses at least one primer in each fingerprinting stage. …”
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Comparative analysis of equipment performance in nuclear medicine by Vitor Moura de Paula, Lidia Vasconcellos de Sá, Delson Braz

“…QC is a routine practice where the essential quipment performance  or procedure is evaluated by comparing the results to a predefined acceptable range. …”
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UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF RECOGNITION AND RECALL ACTIONS ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS by Noor Saeed, Can Uzun

“…This study applies the investigate-and-redesign method to reveal the retrieval and design action patterns and conducts protocol analysis through the think-aloud procedure. We use a two-stage quasi-experiment method for “investigate and redesign” parts. …”
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Evaluating patient outcomes and quality of life following laparoscopic extended totally extraperitoneal repair for ventral hernia: A prospective study by Cuddapah Manoj Krishna, Pothula Rajendra Vamsi Krishna, Vembuluru Dwarakanath Reddy, Dhaval Patel, Bonny Natesh

“…There is a never-ending debate regarding the best procedure for hernia repair. Moreover, very few studies have studied the Quality of Life (QOL) in these patients. …”
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Model order reduction for left ventricular mechanics via congruency training. by Paolo Di Achille, Jaimit Parikh, Svyatoslav Khamzin, Olga Solovyova, James Kozloski, Viatcheslav Gurev

“…We further develop a procedure for congruency training of a surrogate low-order model from multi-scale finite elements, and we construct an example of parameter optimization based on medical images. …”
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Management of strangulated inguinal hernias in a district hospital: About 73 cases by Haboubacar Maman Boukari, Abdoulaye Maman Bachir, Adakal Ousseini, Rouga Mohamed Mohamed, Maikassoua Mahaman, Harissou Adamou, Lassey James Didier, Sani Rachid

“…RESULTS: We collected 73 cases of strangulated hernias representing 2.76% of admitted surgical emergencies and 1.92% of surgical procedures. The mean age was 49.30 years with extremes ranging from 20 to 80 years and a standard deviation of ±17.21. …”
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A standardized protocol for anal fistula induction in a rat model by Paulo Cesar de Castro Junior, Jenif Braga de Souza, Ruy Garcia Marques

“…Results: All 26 animals tolerated the procedure well, with an average weight gain of 64.3 grams in 30 days. …”
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Increasing incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus in Germany: an analysis of the Federal Statistical Office Database from 2005 to 2022 by Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Ahmed Salih, Srikar R. Namireddy, Florian Ringel, Andreas Kramer

“…Surgical interventions increased by 8.4% (p < 0.001), with ventriculoperitoneal shunt being the predominant procedure. The study highlights a 48% rise in NPH incidence in Germany from 2005 to 2022, particularly affecting the elderly. …”
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Sine Cosine Optimization With Deep Learning–Driven Object Detector for Visually Impaired Persons by Hadeel Alsolai, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi, Abdelwahed Motwakel, Suhanda Drar

“…Object detection technology benefits visually impaired persons and contains the procedure of determining several individual objects from the image and recognizing their place with bounding boxes with class labels. …”
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Industrialization in development countries based on the MABAC method and Hamacher power aggregation operators for circular spherical fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic information by Zeeshan Ali, Miin-Shen Yang

“…The term “Industrialization” is particularly used for the procedure of the economic transformation from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. …”
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Effectiveness of Calcium Sulfate Bone Graft with Platelet Rich Fibrin in Oroantral Fistula Closure by Mahmoud Altabba, Issa Wehbeh, Ahmad Alnada

“…Results: We showed successful closure of oroantral communications in this case, with clinical and radiographic follow-up for 6 months post-procedure. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that the technique of using calcium sulfate graft material with platelet-rich fibrin is a successful, cost-effective, and easily applicable method for managing moderate-sized oroantral communications. …”
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Conformal Array Pattern Synthesis Using a Hybrid WARP/2LB-MOPSO Algorithm by Roghieh Karimzadeh Baee, Keyvan Forooraghi, Somayyeh Chamaani

“…Finally, to examine the mutual coupling consideration in array design, the same procedure was applied ignoring the mutual coupling between elements. …”
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R RELATIONSHIP OF CHARACTERISTICS WITH NURSE COMPLIANCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID TRIAGE IN IGD by Hanura Aprilia

“…The implementation of this triage must be carried out in accordance with the guidelines or procedures that have been set, but there are nurses who have not complied with it. …”
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