Local Infiltration Anesthesia in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Arnau Verdaguer-Figuerola, MD, Vito Andriola, MD, Albert Soler-Cano, MD, Anna Alavedra-Massana, MD, Alejandro Carballo, MD, PhD, Marc Tey-Pons, MD, PhD

“…Patients were randomized to receive either LIA or non-LIA during surgery according to an accepted protocol. Surgical procedures were standardized, and outcomes including pain, blood loss, length of hospital stay, functional outcomes, and patient satisfaction were assessed. …”
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The complexities of self-harm in foot & ankle surgery by Preeti Kumrah, DPM, MS, Niral A. Patel, DPM, MS, Kayli Hurst, DPM, MS, Patrick A. Deheer, DPM

“…The paper also identifies areas for future research, including the direct impacts of self-harm on postoperative outcomes and wound healing, and the need for further assessment in podiatric procedures.…”
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The effect of a proposed training program on developing some bio motor abilities and improving the performance of kinetic chain skills on the floor and parallel bars in artistic gy... by Jumaah Mohammed Awadh, Jasim Nafi Hummadi, Nabhan Hameed Ahmed, Wathiq Hasan Mubder, Othman Adham Ali

“…Objective: To identify the impact of the proposed and followed training programs in developing some biomotor abilities and improving the performance of kinetic chain skills on the ground and parallel movements in artistic gymnastics. Procedures: The experimental approach was used. The program included (20) training units for (10) weeks and two training units per week; after conducting the pre-tests and applying the training program, the post-tests were conducted, and information and data were collected for statistical analysis by the statistical bag. …”
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Effect of auriculotherapy on anxiety-fatigue and sleep disturbances in cancer patients: A scoping review by Silmara de Oliveira Silva, Vinicius dos Santos Lemos Pereira, Mariane Elivânia Silva, Jucielly Ferreira da Fonseca, Maria Carolina Batista da Silva, Roberta Paolli de Paiva Oliveira Arruda Camara, Rodrigo Assis Neves Dantas, Daniele Vieira Dantas

“…Conclusions: The results of this review highlight the effects of auriculotherapy in the management of anxiety-fatigue and sleep disturbance in cancer patients, demonstrating symptom improvement and benefits that outweigh the minor side effects associated with the procedure.…”
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Descending aortic transection for recurrence of a pseudoaneurysm previously treated with a stent graft after extra-anatomical bypass for aortic coarctation: a case report by Keisuke Shibagaki, Shingo Kunioka, Yuta Kikuchi, Naohiro Wakabayashi, Tomonori Shirasaka, Natsuya Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Kamiya

“…Conclusions Aortic transection between the CoA and the distal anastomosis site may be a useful additional procedure in patients previously treated with TEVAR for PAs in the distal anastomosis site after EABG.…”
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Autoimmune intestinal leiomyositis as a rare cause of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in children: Case report with literature review by Milovanović Ivan D., Popovac Nevena, Sretenović Aleksandar, Ristić Nina, Janković Radmila

“…After diagnostic evaluations and failure of conservative treatment measures, surgical formation of an ileostomy was performed. During the procedure, intestinal samples were obtained, revealing T lymphocyte infiltration of the intestine. …”
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A nomogram for predicting non-curative resection in patients with early gastric cancer based on white light imaging by Mengyu Cao, Linlin Ren, Congcong Min, Zeyuan Diao, Hao Chen, Hua Liu, Xiaoyu Li, Jiahui Xu, Zibin Tian, Tao Mao

“…However, cases undergoing non-curative resection (NCR) may still undergo additional surgical procedures. We aimed to analyze the features of NCR under white light imaging (WLI), and develop a prediction model to assess the risk of NCR before ESD. …”
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Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools to Improve the Literature Review Process: Pilot Test with the Topic “Hybrid Meat Products” by Juana Fernández-López, Fernando Borrás-Rocher, Manuel Viuda-Martos, José Ángel Pérez-Álvarez

“…This new strategy for reviewing scientific literature could be a major advance on from the traditional literature review procedure, making it faster, more open, more accessible to everyone, more effective, more objective, and more efficient—all of which help to fulfill the principles of open science.…”
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Odontogenic carcinosarcoma: a comprehensive review of clinical and therapeutic insights by Muhammad Osama, Cyril Kocherry, Farid Ullah, Safiyyah Ubaid, Maryam Ubaid, Ubaid Ullah, Aishah Binte Nawaz, Hanan M. Qasem, Ramez M. Odat, Muzammil Farhan, Raheel Ahmed

“…Recent advancements in molecular oncology and surgical techniques, including robotic-assisted procedures and 3D-printed reconstructive aids, offer promising avenues for improving patient outcomes. …”
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Dermatological Practice in Nepal during COVID-19 Crisis: Recommendations of National Panel of Experts by Sudip Parajuli, Dinesh Binod Pokhrel, Sudha Agrawal, Ajay Kumar, Kumar Pokhrel, Anup Bastola, Sabeena Bhattarai, Shristi Shrestha, Manisha Shrestha, Shekhar KC, Smita Joshi, Anil Kumar Das, Mahesh Shah, Nidhi Shah, Shambhu Dutta Joshi, Sushil Paudel, Shashi Hirachan, Upama Paudel, Saraswoti Neupane

“…Recommendations have been made for opening of dermatological services – opening of outpatient department, performing dermatosurgical and cosmetic procedures as well as strategies on triage of patients and use of masks. …”
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Case Study-Based Learning Media Innovation Integrated With Lumi Education to Improve Student Critical Thinking by Mifta Rizka, Silvia Permatasari, Jumili Arianto, Filma Alia Sari, M. Yogi Ryantama Isjoni, Sahara

“…Riau University. This research procedure follows the 4-D development model. However, it only reaches the development stage, which includes three stages: Define, Design and Develop.Defining stage includes analyzing needs, developing case concepts, designing case structures and determining supporting materials, Second, the Design Stage which includes making materials, designing learning media based on case studies and media validation by experts. …”
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Partitioning Dichotomous Items Using Mokken Scale Analysis, Exploratory Graph Analysis and Parallel Analysis: A Monte Carlo Simulation by Gomaa Said Mohamed Abdelhamid, María Dolores Hidalgo, Brian F. French, Juana Gómez-Benito

“…In this study we perform simulation-based comparisons of two EGA methods (EGA with graphical least absolute shrinkage and selector operator; EGAtmfg with triangulated maximally filtered graph algorithm), two MSA methods (AISP: automated item selection procedure; GA: genetic algorithm), and two widely used factor analytic techniques (parallel analysis with principal component analysis (PApc) and parallel analysis with principal axis factoring (PApaf)) for partitioning dichotomous items. …”
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Disproportionality analysis of adverse events associated with pacritinib: a real-world study based on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database by Huiling Zhang, Yaping Huang, Chengjie Ke, Chengjie Ke, Maohua Chen

“…Significant disproportionality was observed in the following system organ classes: gastrointestinal disorders, investigations, and surgical and medical procedures. Common preferred terms were identified, including diarrhea, fatigue, death, nausea, platelet count decreased, and hemoglobin decreased. …”
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Investigation of the Ultrasonic Treatment-Assisted Soaking Process of Different Red Kidney Beans and Compositional Analysis of the Soaking Water by NIR Spectroscopy by Matyas Lukacs, Tamás Somogyi, Barasa Mercy Mukite, Flóra Vitális, Zoltan Kovacs, Ágnes Rédey, Tamás Stefaniga, Tamás Zsom, Gabriella Kiskó, Viktória Zsom-Muha

“…The processing of beans begins with a particularly time-consuming procedure, the hydration of the seeds. Ultrasonic treatment (US) represents a potential environmentally friendly method for process acceleration, while near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) is a proposedly suitable non-invasive monitoring tool to assess compositional changes. …”
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Task Similarity-Aware Cooperative Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation for Reusable Tasks in Dense MEC Systems by Hanchao Mu, Shie Wu, Pengfei He, Jiahui Chen, Wenqing Wu

“…., task offloading, resource allocation, and power allocation, which are solved using a similarity-based matching offloading algorithm, a cooperative-based resources allocation algorithm, and a concave–convex procedure (CCCP)-based power allocation algorithm, respectively. …”
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The 2024 revised clinical guidelines on the management of thyroid tumors by the Japan Association of Endocrine Surgery by Iwao Sugitani, Naomi Kiyota, Yasuhiro Ito, Naoyoshi Onoda, Tomo Hiromasa, Kiyomi Horiuchi, Seigo Kinuya, Tetsuo Kondo, Sueyoshi Moritani, Kiminori Sugino, Hisato Hara

“…Necessary background knowledge of diseases and established clinical procedures for understanding the recommendations are presented in “Notes”, while information that may be clinically useful but for which evidence remains insufficient is included in “Columns”, based on the current state of evidence. …”
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Aspects of thermal radiation for the second law analysis of magnetized Darcy–Forchheimer movement of Maxwell nanomaterials with Arrhenius energy effects by Vinodkumar Reddy Mulinti, Malleswari Kakanuti, Ajithkumar Moorthi, Elkamchouchi Dalia H., Ali Farhan, Nath Jintu Mani, Khan Umair, Khashi’ie Najiyah Safwa

“…This research has practical applications in escalating thermal transfer systems employed in industrial procedures, freezing technologies, and energy systems. …”
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Digital Justice in the Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction: The Quickness Principle Based on ICTs as an Instrument for Judicial Decongestion in Colombia by Carmen Cecilia Diz Muñoz, Carlos Andrés Sánchez Peña, Daniela María Orozco Poveda, Yassith Yaneth Muskus Tobias

“…This reform of the Code of Administrative Procedure and Administrative Litigation (2011) carries out a significant development of the quickness principle through its different precepts, including portals, web, and technological systems. …”
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Showing—intentional communication—in dogs (Canis familiaris) by Marianne T. E. Heberlein, Marianne T. E. Heberlein, Lina V. Oberliessen, Zsófia Virányi, Christiane Lutonsky, Dennis C. Turner, Dennis C. Turner

“…Two experiments were conducted: (1) hiding food in the presence of dogs either with or without their owners observing the hiding procedure, and (2) hiding food in the presence of dogs and a cooperative or a competitive human partner. …”
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Phycobacteria Biodiversity, Selected Isolation, and Bioactivity Elucidation of New Bacterial Species of Highly Toxic Marine Dinoflagellate <i>Alexandrium minutum</i> amtk4 by Xiaoling Zhang, Zekang Pan, Jinkai Zhang, Bingqian Liu, Qiao Yang

“…Furthermore, based on a combinational enhanced cultivation strategy (CECS) procedure for the selected isolation for cultivable phycobacteria, a new yellow-pigmented bioactive bacterium designated ABI-6-9 was successfully recovered from cultivable phycobacteria of the highly toxic <i>A. minutum</i> strain amtk4. …”
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