Functional Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparing Knee Society and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores by Shahzaib Riaz Baloch, Syed Ata Ur Rahman, Mohammad Sohail Rafi, Eamaan Abid, Zardana Riaz

“…Conclusion: KSS and KOOS have both proven useful tools for computing functional outcomes after TKA. …”
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Haralick Texture Analysis for Differentiating Suspicious Prostate Lesions from Normal Tissue in Low-Field MRI by Dang Bich Thuy Le, Ram Narayanan, Meredith Sadinski, Aleksandar Nacev, Yuling Yan, Srirama S. Venkataraman

“…A total of twenty-one patients with biopsy-proven prostate cancer (Gleason score 4+3 or higher) were included. …”
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An implementation trial to mAnage siCkle CELl disEase through incReased AdopTion of hydroxyurEa in Nigeria (ACCELERATE): Study protocol. by Emmanuel Peprah, Joyce Gyamfi, John Patena, Hazal Kayalioglu, Tania Hameed, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Hyungrok Do, Dike Ojji, Deborah Adenikinju, Tayo Ajaye Oba, Maxwell Nwegbu, Hezekiah Isa, Grace Shedul, Alayo Y Sopekan, Obiageli E Nnodu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Despite the proven efficacy of evidence-based healthcare interventions in reducing adverse outcomes and mortality associated with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), a vast majority of affected individuals in Africa remain deprived of such care. …”
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Budget Impact of RefluxStop™ as a Treatment for Patients with Refractory Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease in the United Kingdom by Sam Harper, Lukasz Grodzicki, Stuart Mealing, Elizabeth Gemmill, Paul Goldsmith, Ahmed Ahmed

“…Recently, RefluxStop™, a novel, implantable medical device, has proven to be an efficacious and cost-effective treatment for patients with GORD. …”
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Metataxonomic Characterization of Enriched Consortia Derived from Oil Spill-Contaminated Sites in Guimaras, Philippines, Reveals Major Role of Klebsiella sp. in Hydrocarbon Degrada... by Kiara Nicole D. Rodriguez, Russel T. Santos, Michael Joseph M. Nagpala, Rina B. Opulencia

“…In the Philippines, traditional methods of rehabilitating oil-polluted areas were proven to be less efficient and cause further damage to the environment. …”
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The importance of field research in efficient water use in Kashkadarya region by Matyakubov B., Yakhyoev O., Karabayev A., Altmishev A.

“….), the distance between the sprinklers (1.25-1.50 m.) was used. It has been proven that irrigation water planning should be managed based on water evaporation. …”
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Health system barriers to hypertension care in Peru: Rapid assessment to inform organizational-level change. by Kendra N Williams, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Karina Campos-Blanco, Lindsay J Underhill, Armando Valdés-Velásquez, Antonia Fuentes Herbozo, Laura K Beres, Lisa de las Fuentes, Lucy Cordova-Ascona, Zoila Vela-Clavo, Gonzalo Mariano Cuentas-Canal, Juan Carlos Mendoza-Velasquez, Sonia Mercedes Paredes-Barriga, Raquel Hurtado La Rosa, Makeda Williams, Elvin H Geng, William Checkley, Joel Gittelsohn, Victor G Davila-Roman, Stella M Hartinger-Peña

“…Traditional patient- and provider-level hypertension interventions have proven insufficient to halt hypertension as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. …”
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Identification and resolution of drug-related problems in the cardiovascular surgery unit of a tertiary hospital in China: a retrospective study by Bo-Xia Li, Si-Ming Guo, Yan-Ping Wang, Ke-Xin Zhong, Yu-Hui Wei

“…Clinical pharmacists’ presence has proven effective in mitigating and preventing DRPs, thus optimizing medication therapy.…”
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The sustainability of agricultural trade: The case of South Africa by Thomas van Huyssteen, Djiby Thiam, Sanderine Nonhebel

“…Assessing the sustainability of agricultural trade has proven to be a complex challenge due to a lack of frameworks available to comprehensively assess it and the ‘silo approach’ to resource management. …”
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Comparative assessment of crises and recovery in the Romanian tourism market by Iuliana Tudose (Pop), Daniel Bulin, Luciana-Floriana Poenaru, Antonela Toma, Elena-Corina Cipu, Delia Popescu

“…The analysis shows that the Romanian tourism sector has proven to be resilient, as operational capacity exceeded pre-crisis levels after the COVID-19 crisis, although demand fell sharply and has not fully recovered to date. …”
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Multichannel marketing communications at retail enterprises by Liubov Lipych

“…Relationship marketing is closely related to multi-channel trade, which consists in the simultaneous use and management of several sales channels by trading enterprises.It has been proven that the advantages of multi-channel trade are: attracting more customers, creating an opportunity to receive and collect information about them, as well as reducing costs for this activity. …”
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Promising approach for composting disposable diapers enhanced by Cyanobacteria by D. Kusumawati, S. Mangkoedihardjo

“…This study presents a description of disposable diapers characteristics and the success-proven methods used to handle this waste. In many developing countries where an inadequate waste management system occurs, the handling method selection must consider effectivity, the affordable cost, and the end product quality. …”
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An Efficient and Robust Method to Predict Multifractured Horizontal Well Production in Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs by Ling Chen, Yuhu Bai, Bingxiang Xu, Yanzun Li, Zhiqiang Dong, Suran Wang

“…In order to solve these problems, firstly, a straight line model, representing the linear flow period in the life cycle of shale oil and gas produced by MFHWs, in the Q,lg q coordinate system is proven to be theoretically proper. Secondly, the duration of the linear flow period is verified to be over 10~15 years by using an analytical model to do the calculation with the method of Monte Carlo random sampling taking a large amount of parameter combinations of Eagle Ford shale oil and gas reservoirs into calculation. …”
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The highly prolific phenotype of Lacaune sheep is associated with an ectopic expression of the B4GALNT2 gene within the ovary. by Laurence Drouilhet, Camille Mansanet, Julien Sarry, Kamila Tabet, Philippe Bardou, Florent Woloszyn, Jérome Lluch, Grégoire Harichaux, Catherine Viguié, Danielle Monniaux, Loys Bodin, Philippe Mulsant, Stéphane Fabre

“…Prolific sheep have proven to be a valuable model to identify genes and mutations implicated in female fertility. …”
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A non-linear approach to the establishment of local biological control agent  production units: a case study of fall armyworm in Bangladesh by Mariam A. T. J. Kadzamira, Malvika Chaudhary, Frances Williams, Nirmal K. Dutta

“…The establishment of local BCA production hubs, although touted as a panacea to this problem, has no proven business case. This study makes the case for a non-linear business model. …”
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On the Behavior of Newly Synthesized Functionalized Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for Highly Efficient Extraction and Separation of Pirimicarb from Orchard Real Wastewater by Sana Zulfiqar, Uzaira Rafique, M. Javed Akhtar, Hesham Hamad

“…Consequently, this work has proven that the pirimicarb adsorption to various imidazolium-based ILs was dependent on the structures of the produced imidazolium-based ILs, which specifies its potential for practical applications in water pollutant removal and environmental remediation.…”
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Criminal liability for interfering with the legal professional activities of journalists (art. 171 of the Criminal Code): a scientific and practical comment by Movchan R., Hel A.

“…In particular, it was proven that cases of mental or physical pressure on the journalist’s close relatives should not be qualified under Art. 171, and according to Art. 345-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. …”
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Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Blood Pressure among Children with History of Low Birth Weight Appropriate for Gestational Age, Low Birth Weight Small f... by Adrian Umboh, Rocky Wilar, Valentine Umboh, Adi Suryadinata Krisetya

“…Over the past years, low birth weight (LBW) has been proven to be attributed to a wide variety of long-term morbidities, including hypertension. …”
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Ecotope-Based Entomological Surveillance and Molecular Xenomonitoring of Multidrug Resistant Malaria Parasites in Anopheles Vectors by Prapa Sorosjinda-Nunthawarasilp, Adisak Bhumiratana

“…MDR malaria is the heritable and hypermutable property of human malarial parasite populations that can decrease in vitro and in vivo susceptibility to proven antimalarial drugs as they exhibit dose-dependent drug resistance and delayed parasite clearance time in treated patients. …”
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Effect of different speed and time of centrifugations on decontamination of Leptospira spp. cultures from rat’s kidney by Budi Prasetyo, Arif Mulyanto, Kusnanto Mukti Wibowo, Kurniawan, Farida Dwi Handayani

“…This is in the process of purifying Leptospira spp using centrifugation proven to remove contaminant bacteria such as cocci, coma, and filaments. …”
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