Follow-up care after metabolic surgery – a prospective study in the North-Eastern region of Romania by Sorina Boariu, Ana Maria Scutariu, Adrian Cureniuc, Anamaria Meaucă, Roxana Adriana Stoica, Anca Pantea Stoian, Delia Reurean Pintilei

“…Anti-obesity therapeutic strategies are continuously evolving. Bariatric procedures or metabolic surgery are among the most effective and longlasting therapies for obesity and its complications. …”
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Outcomes after Surgery for Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Omar Hama Ghalib Azeez Hawramy, Karzan Seerwan Abdullah, Barham M.M. Salih, Qalandar Hussein A. Kasnazani, Dana Taib Gharib, Dara Ahmed Mohammed

“…The aim of the study is to declare the role of surgery in potentially curative malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, in term of prognosis, survival and complications after the surgical procedures. Does the surgery play a significant role in the best patient’s interest even in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors? …”
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Comparing variable neighbourhood search algorithms for the direct aperture optimisation in radiotherapy by Mauricio Moyano, Keiny Meza-Vasquez, Gonzalo Tello-Valenzuela, Nicolle Ojeda-Ortega, Carolina Lagos, Guillermo Cabrera-Guerrero

“…Conventional IMRT planning entails a sequential procedure: optimising beam intensity for a certain set of angles, followed by sequencing. …”
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Applicability of Virtual Commissioning Concepts in Industrial Robotics as a Solution for Compatibility Issues Between Virtual Simulation and Logic Control Software by Alexandru Andrei, Florin-Adrian Nicolescu, Cristina Pupăză, Cezara-Georgia Coman, Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea

“…The proposed solution offers valuable procedures for any end user responsible for implementing robotic cell virtual commissioning tasks and ensures the compatibility between hardware and software components from ABB and Siemens manufacturers integrated into any robotic cell type. …”
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Reusing of intraoperative exfoliated finger epidermis in the treatment of hand scar contracture in patients with RDEB by Chong Wu, Teng Guo, Yuluo Jian, Xinhe Jiao

“…This study pioneers the clinical application of intraoperatively shed epidermal tissue for fabricating autologous epidermal finger cuffs to cover post-surgical defects, evaluating its therapeutic efficacy. 13 RDEB patients with hand contractures were stratified into experimental (n = 6, autologous epidermal finger cuffs) and control (n = 7, traditional petrolatum gauze dressings) cohorts following standardized contracture release procedures. Outcome measures included wound healing time, dressing change frequency, hemorrhage during dressing changes (VAS scale), and 6-month functional assessments. …”
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Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) distribution in a diverse Asian population: Influence of ethnicity, sex and bilaterality by Azmi Rahman, Merrill Lee, Lenice Tan, Sabine Wong, Michael Saturnino, Glen Purnomo, Ming Han Lincoln Liow, Keng Jin Darren Tay, Hee Nee Pang, Seng Jin Yeo

“…Pre‐operative anteroposterior knee radiographs were collected for 441 procedures—all had ethnicity, age, sex and body mass index data. …”
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Factors influencing the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lay rescuers: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. by Zhikang Zhong, Weiwei Li, Lin Zhou, Liang Liu

“…Finally, in relation to actual control, three themes and two subthemes were demonstrated: (1) Acquisition of CPR skills; (2) the influence of situational factors at the scene, including both supportive elements such as public facilities or procedures and obstructive factors, such as a diminished sense of responsibility at specific locations; (3) the impact of the patient's condition.…”
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Quantitative determination of 8-methoxypsoralene in mild dosage form by high-performance liquid chromatography by A. Alsayed, A. A. Prezhedromirskaya, E. A. Shnyak, S. A. Kedik

“…From the validation procedures, it was confirmed that the method is specific, linear (R2 > 0.997) and reproducible (relative standard deviation was ≤ 3.0 %). …”
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Clinical characteristics and mortality of patients with heart failure in Southern Sweden from 2013 to 2019: a population-based cohort study by Awais Ashfaq, Madlaina Costa-Scharplatz, Björn Agvall, Jason Davidge, Kristina Malene Ødegaard, Mattias Olsson

“…Furthermore, 1-year all-cause mortality was significantly higher among patients with HF who had not undergone a conclusive echocardiography at diagnosis, highlighting the importance of correct diagnostic procedure to improve treatment strategies and outcomes.…”
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Prompt Once, Segment Everything: Leveraging SAM 2 Potential for Infinite Medical Image Segmentation with a Single Prompt by Juan D. Gutiérrez, Emilio Delgado, Carlos Breuer, José M. Conejero, Roberto Rodriguez-Echeverria

“…Semantic segmentation of medical images holds significant potential for enhancing diagnostic and surgical procedures. Radiology specialists can benefit from automated segmentation tools that facilitate identifying and isolating regions of interest in medical scans. …”
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How Do Individually Ventilated Cages Affect the Welfare of Male BALB/c Mice? Comprehensive Assessment of Behavior, Metabolism, and Responses to Acute Painful Stimuli by Aslı Çelik, Cemre Ural, Hatice Efsun Kolatan, Pembe Keskinoğlu, Mehmet Ateş, Zahide Çavdar, Osman Yılmaz, Mehmet Ensari Güneli

“…At the end of these procedures, the mice were sacrificed, and the serum levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), corticosterone (CORT), ghrelin, and leptin were determined by ELISA, and the weight of the adrenal glands was measured. …”
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Effect of concomitant use of hypertonic saline injection with anal cerclage for treatment of idiopathic partial rectal prolapse in children: a double hit therapy by Belal elezaby, Ahmed Arafat, wesam mahmoud, Sherif Kaddah, Mostafa Gad

“…Anal Cerclage is one of the most popular procedures used as a primary intervention method for rectal prolapse being simple and minimally invasive. …”
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Effect of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy on cardiac cycle efficiency in coronary artery disease patients undergoing endoscopy: study protocol for randomised controlled trial by Sheng Wang, Tingting Ma, Fang Xie, Mu Jin, Xiaorui Zhou

“…Introduction Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have diminished tolerance for gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures (upper/lower) performed under deep sedation, resulting in increased incidence rates of hypotension and myocardial ischaemia among these patients. …”
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Aplicación de técnicas de control robusto QFT a sistemas navales by R. Muñoz-Mansilla, J. Aranda, J.M. Díaz, D. Chaos

“…This control problem presents interesting questions to deal with, since the plants are non-linear, multivariable, underactuated and subject to large disturbances due to waves.Three multivariable nonlinear problems are solved using different sequential procedures. It is shown that the QFT controllers synthesis achieve robust performance, decoupling, environment disturbance reduction, quick answers and tracking precision. …”
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Non-invasive fibrosis tools lack clinical utility for identifying advanced fibrosis in Fontan-associated liver disease: a retrospective cohort study by Stephen Stewart, Robert Hughes, Kevin Walsh, Paul Armstrong, Aoife Moriarty, Niamh Mehigan, Rhona Savage, Jennifer Russell

“…Objective Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) results from haemodynamic changes following the Fontan procedure for congenital heart disease and is associated with poorer outcomes. …”
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Cultural competence of maternity care professionals caring for majority population of women with a low socioeconomic position: a scoping review by Maria Dalmaijer, Nadine Emmens, Ank de Jonge, Sanne S. Visser, Esther I. Feijen-de Jong

“…Data-extraction and analysis were performed by two researchers according to a predetermined procedure. Data were grouped in the main themes of the Seeleman-framework (2009) and subsequently inductively analyzed. …”
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CLOSE-UP – a favourable protocol for limb-sparing surgery of diabetic foot osteomyelitis by A. A. N. Peterlin, A. A. N. Peterlin, L. K. Jensen, E. Gleipner-Andersen, H. Gottlieb

“…<strong>Methods</strong>: This retrospective study included 97 DFO patients (2017–2024) treated using the CLOSE-UP (Conservative surgery, Local antibiotics, Oral versus intravenous antibiotics – OVIVA, Samples, Effective limb preservation, and closUre Primary) protocol, developed to standardize DFO surgery. The one-stage procedure involved bone sampling, local debridement or minor amputation (distal to the tarsometatarsal joint), antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate–hydroxyapatite biocomposite application, and primary wound closure. …”
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Some Haemostatic Parameters among Sickle Cell Disease Children during Stable and Crisis States in Sokoto, North Western, Nigeria by Ibrahim, A.B. * , Muhammad, H.B. , Erhabor, O. , Udomah, F.P. , Jiya, N.M. , Isah, D. , Ibrahim, K.K. , Buhari, H.A. and Wasagu, I.Z.

“…Testing was carried out following the manufacturers’ standard operating procedures and processed at the Haematology Laboratory of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. …”
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‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Did the Lord Chamberlain subject the plays in French to the same censorship procedures and vigilance as those in English? By posing these and other related matters, the work argues that the debate on the superiority of French or English as theatrical languages is inevitably bound to the ever-fluctuating issue of Britishness. …”
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Evaluation of antioxidants and antioxidant capacity among Bangladeshi patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus by Rocky Sheikh, Taslimul Jannat, Sanjeda Tamanna, Nayeemul Islam Khan, Laila Noor Islam

“…Certain antioxidant biomarkers and the ferric-reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) were assayed by the standard procedures. In this study, the age at the first diagnosis of T2DM was 20-30 years in 24% of the patients. …”
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