Immediate results of aortic valve reconstruction using Ozaki method by В.М. Todurov, I.Yu. Mokryk, I.O. Aksionova, N.V. Ponych, C.M. Monastyrska, О.А. Yepanchintseva, I.M. Kuzmich, V.B. Demianchuk

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Effect of Magnesium Borates on the Fire-Retarding Properties of Zinc Borates by Azmi Seyhun Kipcak, Nil Baran Acarali, Emek Moroydor Derun, Nurcan Tugrul, Sabriye Piskin

“…Examination of the SEM images indicated that the obtained nanoscale minerals had a reaction efficiency ranging between 63–74% for MB and 87–98% for ZB. …”
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Generalized lymphatic anomaly in a pediatric patient manifesting as a rare presentation of hemorrhagic pleural effusion: a case report by Xuehong Zhang, Jiuling Wang, Shouxing Duan, Yongping Yan, Libin Wang

“…Case presentation A 6-year-old female presented with abdominal pain, shortness of breath, chronic cough with yellow sputum production, and diminished respiration accompanied by pleural effusion. Imaging revealed significant left-sided pleural effusion with mediastinal involvement, left lung atelectasis, and multiple cystic lesions in both liver and spleen. …”
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Computed Tomography Enterography: Quantitative Evaluation on Crohn’s Disease Activity by Jingyun Cheng, Hui Xie, Hao Yang, Ke Wang, Guobin Xu, Guangyao Wu

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Short-Term Clinical Outcomes after Using Novel Deeper Intubation Technique (DIT) of Ileus Tube for Acute Bowel Obstruction Patients by Yanlu Tan, Haibin Chen, Wenji Mao, Qin Yuan, Jun Niu

“…Compared with patients in the TIT group, patients in the DIT group got a lower pain score (P<0.001), shorter recovery time for anal exhaust defecation (2.87±1.50 vs. 3.37±1.52 d, P=0.040), higher recovery rate in anal exhaust defecation (24 h, 16.8% vs. 5.7%, P=0.021; 48 h, 46.3% vs. 27.3%, P=0.009), better symptomatic remission rate and imaging relief rate (P<0.05), and increased drainage volume (1006.88±583.45 vs. 821.02±358.73 ml, P=0.009). …”
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Differences in Pain Intensity of Tumors Spread to the Anterior versus Anterolateral/Lateral Portions of the Vertebral Body Based on CT Scans by Hui-Ching Hsu, Tzu-Yao Liao, Long-Sun Ro, Yu-Hsiang Juan, Chuang-Chi Liaw

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Effect of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on the Aerosol and Trace Gases Spatial Distribution over India and Adjoining Regions by Madineni Venkat Ratnam, Perumal Prasad, Sivan Thankamani Akhil Raj, Ibrahim Hoteit

“…Similar decreases in aerosol concentrations over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and south India during lockdown are noticed in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) measurements, reaching the lowest values in the satellite era. …”
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Anatomy of the coronary arteries in the congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries by O.V. Stogova, N.M. Rudenko, O.O. Motrechko, D.O. Shypov

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Monitoring Yield and Quality of Forages and Grassland in the View of Precision Agriculture Applications—A Review by Abid Ali, Hans-Peter Kaul

“…At a small scale, advanced sensors such as optical, thermal, and radar sensors mountable on drones; LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging); and hyperspectral imaging techniques can be used for assessing plant and soil characteristics. …”
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The Giardia ventrolateral flange is a lamellar membrane protrusion that supports attachment. by William R Hardin, Germain C M Alas, Nikita Taparia, Elizabeth B Thomas, Melissa C Steele-Ogus, Kelli L Hvorecny, Aaron R Halpern, Pavla Tůmová, Justin M Kollman, Joshua C Vaughan, Nathan J Sniadecki, Alexander R Paredez

“…Flangin complexes with Giardia actin (GlActin) and is enriched in the ventrolateral flange making it a valuable marker for studying the flanges' role in Giardia biology. Live imaging revealed that the flange grows to around 1 μm in width after cytokinesis, then remains uniform in size during interphase, grows in mitosis, and is resorbed during cytokinesis. …”
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Comparison of Satellite-based PM2.5 Estimation from Aerosol Optical Depth and Top-of-atmosphere Reflectance by Heming Bai, Zhi Zheng, Yuanpeng Zhang, He Huang, Li Wang

“…In this study, satellite observations of TOA reflectance and AOD from the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) onboard the Himawari-8 geostationary satellite in 2016 over Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and meteorological data are used to estimate hourly PM2.5 based on four different machine learning algorithms (i.e., random forest, extreme gradient boosting, gradient boosting regression, and support vector regression). …”
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Contribution of Organic Carbon, Moisture Content, Microbial Biomass-Carbon, and Basal Soil Respiration Affecting Microbial Population in Chronosequence Manganese Mine Spoil by S. Dash and M. Kujur

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The Development of Human-Robot Interaction Design for Optimal Emotional Expression in Social Robots Used by Older People: Design of Robot Facial Expressions and Gestures by Sujin Jo, Seongsoo Hong

“…Accordingly, we collected and analyzed human facial expression images using the Facial Action Coding System to identify action unit combinations and facial landmarks. …”
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Sonographic assessment of hand and wrist tendons abnormalities by Asmaa Hussein Habib, Hatem Mohamed El-Azizi, Salma Hesham Hefny, Omar Mohammed Nouh

“…The aim of this work was to evaluate the role of ultrasound in the assessment of different tendon pathologies in the hand and wrist and correlate imaging findings with clinical and operative data (in operable cases). …”
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Revealing excitation-inhibition imbalance in Alzheimer’s disease using multiscale neural model inversion of resting-state functional MRI by Guoshi Li, Li-Ming Hsu, Ye Wu, Andrea C. Bozoki, Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Pew-Thian Yap

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Ultrasound diagnosis and monitoring of fetal tachyarrhythmias by Yu.А. Ivaniv, N.V. Lozynska

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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain(Herniated Lumbar Disc) by Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain (Herniated Lumbar Disc), Wei ZHANG, Bidan LOU, Jinxiang LI, Rong LUO, Wenying SHI, Xiaoye LU, Jiang PAN, Jinzhong TANG

“…This guideline standardizes the diagnosis and treatment process of herniated lumbar disc from the aspects of scope, terminology and definition, diagnosis, syndrome differentiation, treatment and nursing, in order to provide guidance and reference for re-levant clinicians such as orthopedics and traumatology department of TCM, orthopedics department of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion department, massage department, rehabilitation department, etc.①The diagnosis part: the diagnosis starts from six aspects of medical history, symptoms and signs, imaging examination, diagnosis points, differential diagnosis, and syndrome diagnosis, reflecting the characteristics and advantages of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment.②Rehabilitation assessment: it mainly includes pain assessment, functional impairment assessment, neuromuscular function assessment.③Treatment: it is mainly divided into two parts: non-drug therapy and drug therapy, and the indications and recommended levels of various treatment methods were described in detail. …”
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The impact of age and sex on the occurrence of pathology in the wall of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Przemysław Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanisław Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, Arkadiusz Lubas

“…Introduction : The growing incidence of gastrointestinal diseases forces to improve both imaging techniques and the identification of the population with a greater risk of a disease. …”
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Can handheld ultrasound probes reliably measure transabdominal prostate and bladder volumes? A prospective randomized point-of-care ultrasound study by Henry C. Wright, Dillon Corrigan, Smita De

“…Measurement of PGV with handheld ultrasound (HUS) probes shows promise.ObjectiveTo compare the reliability of two HUS probes (Butterfly iQ and Clarius C3) to the BPH guideline-recommended imaging (GIm) for both prostate and bladder volumetrics.MethodsMale patients with GIm were randomized to undergo transabdominal HUS PGV with one of the two probes. …”
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Artificial intelligence may affect diversity: architecture and cultural context reflected through ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Google Maps by Ingrid Campo-Ruiz

“…AI-generated recommendations and images of Stockholm’s cultural context were compared with real photographs, GIS demographic data and socio-economic information about the city. …”
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