Risk factors of recurrent periprosthetic joint infection of the knee after two-stage reimplantation by Do Weon Lee, Hyuk-Soo Han, Du Hyun Ro

“…Revision TKA at the time of initial PJI, mixed pathogen-type infection, and higher serum ESR level were three significant risk factors of PJI recurrence. …”
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Agronomic application effects of organic wastes on a squash crop production by Graciela Pellejero, Jonathan Menéndez, Julieta Palacios, Gabriela Aschkar, Francisco J. Garcia-Navarro, Juan M. Trujillo-Gonzalez, Juan L. Chacon-Vozmediano, Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta

“…The experiments were designed with different dose combinations in experimental units (4 m wide x 8 m long deep). There were three treatments: organic fertilization (two compost doses 6 and 8 kg m-2); mineral fertilization (45 kg N ha-1 urea), unfertilized control. …”
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The Role of the Military-Political Elite of Egypt in the Struggle for National Independence in the Post-World War II Period (1945-1952) by I. E. Ibragimov

“…While forming the Egyptian statehood and the Kingdom of Egypt, there were three centers of power – Wafd party led by Saad Zaghloul, the king and his supporters, as well as Great Britain, which retained control over Egypt. …”
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On-Farm Experimentation with Improved Maize Seed and Soil Amendments in Southern Ghana: Productivity Effects in Small Holder Farms by E. Marfo-Ahenkora, K. J. Taah, E. Owusu Danquah, E. Asare-Bediako

“…The study adopted a 3 × 4 factorial arranged in an RCBD with four replications in the major season. The factors were three maize varieties (Omankwa, Obatanpa, and Ahomatea) and four soil amendments (goat manure at 5 t·ha−1; inorganic fertilizer (N-P2O5-K2O at 95-37.5–37.5 kg·ha−1); 50% goat manure (2.5 t·ha−1) + 50% inorganic fertilizer (N-P2O5-K2O at 47.5–18.75–18.75 kg·ha−1); and the control (no soil amendment)).To evaluate the residual implications of these soil amendments in the minor season, each plot used in the major season was further divided into two except for the control plot, resulting in a split plot design with factorial of 3 maize varieties × 7 soil amendments. …”
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The combined effect of water and potassium on physiological traits of jujube leaves and fruit yield under drip irrigation in Southern Xinjiang by SUN Shihao, AI Pengrui, MA Yingjie, FU Qiuping, XU Yuan

“…[Method] The field experiment was conducted from 2022 to 2023 in an 8-year grey jujube orchard in Aksu, Southern Xinjiang. There were three irrigation treatments by irrigating 100% (T1), 75% (T2) and 50% (T3) of estimated evapotranspiration. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding High Salt Intake and Association With Hypertension Among Rural Women in Chandpur District of Bangladesh by Pradip Chandra, Aminul Islam, Shahara Robertson, Abu‐Al‐Rafe, Md. Abu Sayed, Afra Anjum Ahona, Mst. Nadira Parvin, Pradip Sen Gupta

“…Results The result gives evidence that participant who added always salt to their meals were three times more likely to be hypotensive (AOR: 2.99; CI: 1.40, 6.42). …”
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Dietary diversity and opportunistic infections among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy in Kumasi metropolis; a facility-based cross-sectiona... by Charles Apprey, Hammond Yaw Addae, Monica Osei, Irene Danquah, Reginald Annan

“…The respondents with inadequate dietary diversity were three times more likely to have an OI than their peers with adequate dietary diversity [AOR 3.03, (95% CI: 1.20 to 7.64), p = 0.019]. …”
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Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…**Methods:** There were three phases to this qualitative study. First, a targeted literature review was conducted to inform a draft conceptual model. …”
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Outcomes of Cranioplasty Using Autologous Bone or 3D-Customized Titanium Mesh Following Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Differences in Complications by Junwon Kim, Jang Hun Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, Taek-Hyun Kwon, Haewon Roh

“…Results In the autologous bone flap group, there were three cases of surgical infection (3/24, 12.5%) and 11 cases of bone flap resorption (BFR) (11/24, 45.83%). …”
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Wear Resistance of Ceramic Cutting Inserts Using Nitride Coatings and Microtexturing by Electrical Discharge Machining by Marina A. Volosova, Anna A. Okunkova, Elena Y. Kropotkina, Enver S. Mustafaev, Khasan I. Gkhashim

“…This work considers the wear resistance of the cutting insert of silicon nitride with two unique development coatings — titanium–zirconium nitride coating (Ti,Zr)N and complex quad nitride coating with TiN content up to 70% (Ti,Al,Cr,Si)N with a thickness of 3.8–4.0 µm on which microtextures were produced by the assisted electric discharge machining with the electrode-tool of ø0.25 mm. The microtextures were three parallel microgrooves of R0.13^+0.02 mm at a depth of 0.025₋₀.…”
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Lysosome-related proteins may have changes in the urinary exosomes of patients with acute gout attack by Jitu Wang, Na Liu, Mei Hu, Man Zhang

“…Results A total of 1896 proteins were detected between AD group and ID group, of which 121 proteins were differentially expressed (FC > 1.5 and p < 0.05). There were three lysosomal-related proteins differentially expressed in urinary exosomes between AD group and ID group. …”
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The Relevance of CD117-Immunocytochemistry Staining Patterns to Mutational Exon-11 in c-kit Detected by PCR from Fine-Needle Aspirated Canine Mast Cell Tumor Cells by A. Sailasuta, D. Ketpun, P. Piyaviriyakul, S. Theerawatanasirikul, P. Theewasutrakul, A. Rungsipipat

“…The result has substantially shown that there were three staining patterns identified in the cells. …”
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Level of and trends in women’s empowerment inequalities in antenatal care services in Ethiopia: further analysis of the Ethiopia demographic and health surveys, 2000-16 by Gebretsadik Shibre, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Damen Haile Mariam

“…The outcome variables were three measures of antenatal care services: quality antenatal care, early antenatal care, and four or more antenatal care services. …”
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An Interactive Pain Application (MServ) Improves Postoperative Pain Management by Richard Gordon-Williams, Andreia Trigo, Paul Bassett, Amanda Williams, Stephen Cone, Martin Lees, Brigitta Brandner

“…Patients with a device were three times less likely to be prescribed strong opioids on discharge (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.95). …”
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Classification of Emerging Scoliosis in Congenital Scoliosis After Hemivertebra Resection and Short Segmental Fusion by Chenkai Li, Xiaohan Ye, Bingtai Han, You Du, Yiwei Zhao, Dihan Sun, Shengru Wang, Jianguo Zhang

“…The ES could be further divided into three types: balance‐related ES, complication‐related ES, and separated ES. There were three balance‐related ESs, six complication‐related ESs, and four separated ESs. …”
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Family Perceptions of Palliative Care for Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients at Home by Mariam Dasat, Sigit Mulyono, Uswatul Khasanah, Stepanus Maman Hermawan

“…The main theme that emerged was family perceptions of participation in palliative care programs for cancer patients at home. There were three subthemes: family administering additional treatment, the patient being resigned to and accepting their condition, and the patient being helped by treatment. …”
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Effect of Pressure, Post-Pressing Time, and Polymerization Cycle on the Degree of Conversion of Thermoactivated Acrylic Resin by Rafaella de S. Leão, Sandra L. D. de Moraes, Kátia A. da S. Aquino, Cristina P. Isolan, Bruno G. da S. Casado, Marcos A. J. R. Montes

“…The statistical tests used were three-way ANOVA, t-test, Tukey’s test, and Levene’s test, with a margin of error of 5%. …”
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Primary tracheo‐bronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma: A surgical series with literature review by Kaouther Ben Amara, Imen Bouassida, Rahma Ayadi, Mariem Affes, Amina Abdelkbir, Mahdi Abdennadher, Salma Ben Othmen, Ayda Ayadi‐Kaddour, Hazem Zribi, Adel Marghli

“…We conducted a retrospective study of eight patients operated on between 1994 and 2022 and whose definitive pathological examination concluded with primary TBACC. There were three men and five women with an average age of 44 years. …”
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Delphi consensus survey: the opinions of patients living with refractory ulcerative proctitis and the health care professionals who care for them by Philip Smith, Stuart Bloom, Christian Selinger, Ailsa Hart, Christopher Lamb, Anjan Dhar, Helen Steed, Matthew Brookes, Jonathan Macdonald, Ian Arnott, Shellie Radford, Gordon W Moran, Susan Ritchie, Victoria Fletcher, Jonathan Segal, N Sharma, Shahida Din, Daniel Gaya, J Butterworth, S Andrews, P Adams, Deborah Morris, Pearl Avery, Philip Oppong, Mario Guslandi, Maro Kyriacou, Rachel Linger, Madhoor Ramdeen, John Appleton, John Anneh, B Kussel

“…Following this, there were three rounds of Delphi surveys in which the participants were asked to rank the importance of the statements and provide any additional comments or clarifications. …”
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High Compliance with the 11+ Injury Prevention Program Results in Better Win-Loss Records by Holly Silvers-Granelli, Mario Bizzini, Bert Mandelbaum, Amelia Arundale, Ryan Pohlig, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“…Compliance and team performance were recorded. There were three compliance categories that were defined prospectively, low (LC, \< 1 dose/week), moderate (MC, \>1 and \<2 doses/week), and high (HC, \>2 doses/week). …”
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