Application of the Double Approximation Method for Constructing Stiffness Matrices of Volumetric Finite Elements by P. P. Gaidzhurov, N. A. Saveleva

“…In computational practice, the most widespread FE are the so-called multilinear isoparametric FE with a linear law of approximation of displacements. …”
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Exploring schoolchildren’s perspectives on oral health in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in The Hague - a participatory action research project by Alice E. Grasveld, Clarissa Calil Bonifácio, Monique H. van der Veen

“…Abstract Background and aim Dental caries is the most common childhood disease worldwide, including the Netherlands. …”
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Hyponatremia and brain injury: absence of alterations of serum brain natriuretic peptide and vasopressin Hiponatremia e traumatismo cranioencefálico: ausência de alteração sanguíne... by Karina Nascimento Costa, Helen Mayumi Nakamura, Leonardo Rodrigues da Cruz, Lucas Sampaio Valente Fernandes de Miranda, Rubens Carneiro dos Santos-Neto, Susyanne de Lavor Cosme, Luiz Augusto Casulari

“…The serum levels of BNP, aldosterone, and vasopressin were normal and no relation was observed between plasma sodium and BNP, aldosterone or vasopressin. CONCLUSION: The most likely cause of hyponatremia was CSWS and there was no correlation between BNP, aldosterone and vasopressin with serum sodium level.…”
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Thermal imaging in biomedical research: a non-invasive technology for animal models by Antonio Verduzco-Mendoza, Antonio Verduzco-Mendoza, Adriana Olmos-Hernández, Antonio Bueno-Nava, Dina Villanueva-García, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Alberto Avila-Luna, Patricia Mora-Medina, Arturo Gálvez-Rosas, Ismael Hernández-Ávalos, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Marco A. Garnica, Daniel Mota-Rojas

“…The present review aims to discuss the most relevant aspects of IRT applied in biomedical research as a noninvasive technique in animal models, highlighting its importance in a clinical setting and for translational medicine. …”
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The possibilities of predicting the individual risk of cervical cancer in women of reproductive age using mathematical modeling by L. A. Klyukina, E. A. Sosnova, A. A. Ishchenko, M. M. Davydov

“…Cervical cancer (CC) refers to cancer of visual localization and in women of reproductive age remains one of the most common oncological diseases. The carcinogenesis of CC is caused by the persistence of highly oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV), the level of carcinogenicity of which is the highest based on the criteria of the International Agency for Research on Cancer. …”
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Evaluating Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents Against Two Major Cockroach Species, <i>Blattella germanica</i> and <i>Periplaneta americana</i>, in Antalya, Türkiye by Aysegul Cengiz, Burak Polat, Sevval Kahraman Kokten, Ummuhan Aslan Bıckı, Cansu Calıskan, Samed Koc, Emre Oz, Serap Kocaoglu-Cenkci, Ozge Tufan-Cetin, Huseyin Cetin

“…The results showed that <i>S. carpocapsae</i> was the most effective, causing mortality rates of 46.7% to 100% in adult German cockroaches and 20% to 66.7% in nymphs, while <i>S. feltiae</i> and <i>H. bacteriophora</i> exhibited lower efficacy. …”
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Simple and High-Throughput Quantification of Mono- and Bivalent Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Antigens by Differential Scanning Fluorimetry by Yanli Yang, Xiaojie Chen, Ming Li, Fei Xin, Yi Zhao, Chengfeng Zhang, Yiping Pan, Chuanyu He, Sun He

“…Using a multiple linear regression analysis, the simultaneous quantification of A and O FMDV in the bivalent mixtures achieved recovery rates of 82.4–105.5%, with an RSD < 10% for most of the samples. Additionally, the DSF results correlated well with the ultracentrifugation data (Pearson <i>ρ</i> = 0.9789), validating its accuracy and broad applicability. …”
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Effect of cutting parameters and tool coating on residual stress and cutting temperature in dry hard turning of AISI 52100 steel using finite element method by Sandip Mane, Rajkumar Bhimgonda Patil, Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, Choon Kit Chan, Yong Xu

“…The cutting speed was found to have the most significant impact on surface tensile stresses. …”
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Sleep disturbance, cancer-related fatigue, and depression as determinants of quality of life among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study by Abdelaziz Hendy, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Amani Darwish, Saher Al Sabbah, Abeer Yahia Mahdy Shalby, Rahmah Khubrani, Amal Elhaj Alawad, Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Nadia Mohamed Ibrahim Wahba

“…Among these factors, sleep disturbance appears to be the most influential. Interventions targeting sleep quality may help mitigate related psychological and physical challenges, thereby enhancing patients’ overall well-being.…”
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Neuromuscular Response to High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Spinal Manipulation—An Overview by Murdi S. Alanazi, Brian Degenhardt, Gwyn Kelley-Franklin, James M. Cox, Laura Lipke, William R. Reed

“…The clinical use of spinal manipulation to treat musculoskeletal conditions has nearly tripled in the United States since 1980, and it is currently recommended by most global clinical guidelines as a conservative treatment for musculoskeletal pain, despite a lack of knowledge concerning its mechanisms of action. …”
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Swallowing function management in patients with disorders of consciousness: a scoping review by Hua Long, Hua Long, Bixia Lu, Qiao Tan, Dongmei Dai, Fengfei Zeng, Fengfei Zeng

“…Rehabilitation interventions for swallowing function encompassed sensory stimulation, K-point stimulation, functional oral intake therapy, oral intermittent tube feeding, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and acupuncture therapy. Most of the included studies did not explicitly specify the timing of swallowing assessment and intervention.ConclusionA standardized approach for evaluating and intervening in swallowing function among patients with disorders of consciousness is notably lacking. …”
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Recurrence patterns and long-term survival of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients with pathological complete response after different neoadjuvant therapies followed by surg... by Jiwei Wu, Yi Qin, Keting Li, Wentao Hao, Xianben Liu, Wenqun Xing, Yan Zheng

“…Distant metastasis was the predominant pattern in the NAC (71.4%) and NCRT (80.0%) groups, while the NICT group exhibited a higher proportion of local recurrence (80.0%,P = 0.208); most recurrences occurred at a single site. The 5-year OS rates were 87.0% in the NAC group, 76.7% in the NCRT group, and not evaluable in the NICT group, with no statistical difference among groups (P = 0.189). …”
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Tetrahedral-modified magnetic nanorobotic probe for enhanced imaging of cancer-related miRNA by Xue Wu, Huijie Bai, Lingfeng Jiang, Cuiping Mao, Yi Li, Diangeng Li, Yong Wang, Shan Liu, Jinhong Guo

“…Abstract Sensitive and rapid imaging of intracellular cancer-related miRNA holds great potential for early diagnosis and treatment monitoring of cancer. However, most imaging probes are constructed on nanoparticles that rely on passive diffusion to interact and bind with the target substance, resulting a long response time and a low target recognition capability due to the solution viscous resistance. …”
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A Forecasting Method for COVID-19 Epidemic Trends Using VMD and TSMixer-BiKSA Network by Yuhong Li, Guihong Bi, Taonan Tong, Shirui Li

“…Their prediction accuracy and generalization capabilities remain insufficient, and most existing studies focus on single-step forecasting, with limited attention to multi-step prediction. …”
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Dissecting the bidirectional associations between the progression of gastrointestinal and endocrine diseases by Hongyan Liu, Hongyan Liu, Shucheng Si, Shucheng Si, Hua Zhang, Hua Zhang, Siyan Zhan, Siyan Zhan, Siyan Zhan, Siyan Zhan

“…This trend was similarly observed for most individual diseases.ConclusionsWe observed an extensive bidirectional association in overall, specific, and number of comorbidities between gastrointestinal and endocrine diseases.…”
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Using meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of Lyme borreliosis clinical manifestations in Denmark, Ireland and Sweden based on publicly-available Lyme neuroborreliosis data by Gordon Brestrich, Madiha Shafquat, Frederick J. Angulo, Alexander Davidson, Ye Tan, Kate Halsby, Julie Davis, Jennifer C Moïsi, James H. Stark

“…Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe and can manifest as localized erythema migrans (EM) or further disseminate into Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB), Lyme arthritis (LA) or other manifestations. …”
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Awareness and Competence of Pediatricians on Child Abuse: Preliminary Results of the International Cross-Sectional Study by Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova, Natalia V. Ustinova, Valeriy Yu. Albitcky, Kamilla E. Efendiyeva, Stella E. Sher, Elena A. Vishneva, Andrey V. Shulaev, Marat M. Sadykov, Airat I. Ziatdinov, Rafael F. Shavaliev

“…Physical abuse was considered as the most common form of abuse by 38 (52%) pediatricians. …”
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Safety assessment of laronidase: real-world adverse event analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) by Zhuomiao Lin, Junling Xue, Meiqing Yang, Xihui Yu, Jiahong Zhong

“…No significant difference in AEs was observed between sexes for laronidase. Most AEs (n = 763) emerged more than 360 days following laronidase treatment.ConclusionOur study has identified AEs associated with laronidase that could provide support for clinical monitoring and risk identification of laronidase.…”
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Effectiveness of SMS-based interventions in enhancing antenatal care in developing countries: a systematic review by Mats Målqvist, Mahamadou Kante

“…The study design analysis revealed that randomised controlled trials yielded the most significant results, with five of eight studies showing full significance, whereas quasi-experimental studies demonstrated consistent but less frequent effectiveness. …”
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Treatment of vascular complications following orthotopic liver transplantation. The experience of a regional cente by V. L. Korobka, M. Yu. Kostrykin, M. V. Malevanny, O. V. Kotov, R. V. Korobka, E. S. Pak, Yu. V. Khoronko, N.  G. Sapronova, I. A. Sukhanov, R. Yu. Khoronko

“…The overall incidence of VCs was 24% (n = 24): hepatic artery stenosis, 5% (n = 5); intra-abdominal bleeding, 6% (n = 6); hepatic artery dissection, 2% (n = 2); intrahepatic venous thrombosis Budd–Chiari syndrome), 2% (n = 2); portal vein thrombosis, 1% (n = 1); inferior vena cava thrombosis/iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, 2% (n = 2); inferior vena cava stenosis, 1% (n = 1); hepatic vein stenosis, 1% (n = 1); recurrent hepatic artery stenosis/thrombosis, 2% (n = 2); mesenteric vein thrombosis, 2% (n = 2).Conclusion. Most VCs following orthotopic LT occur in the early postoperative period and can lead to a high risk of graft dysfunction and patient death. …”
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