Concurrent Validity of The Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) by Lauren Butler, Alexa Martinez, Ashley Erdman, Dai Sugimoto, Alex Loewen, Eryn Milian, Charles Wyatt, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Sophia Ulman

“… # Study Design Cross Sectional # Methods Sixty female athletes (age 14.1 ± 1.5 years) who regularly participated in cutting/pivoting sports performed a sidestep cut with 2D video and 3D motion capture simultaneously recording. …”
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Covert marketing in films and series by Dimitrijević Ljiljana, Gojković Marija, Kolar Janez

“…Its influence is growing, and through advertising through celebrities, who immediately draw attention to a certain brand or service, its attractiveness is growing. …”
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The Dynamic Innovative Balance System Improves Balance Ability: A Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Study by Bunyamin Haksever, Irem Duzgun, Gul Baltaci

“… # Study Design Randomized controlled trial # Methods Thirty-six healthy males (18 to 32 years) were randomly assigned to group DIBA (n=18) or to the control group (n=18) who performed balance training using a balance board, a wobble board, the BOSU, or a soft cushion block for eight weeks. …”
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Rapid preparation of bioactive composites for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion by Baozhi Ding, Xin Wang, Changqing Zhao, Jie Zhao

“…To solve this problem, the bone mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) screen-enrich-combine circulating system (SECCS) was created to rapidly enrich stem cells and combined with β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) to immediately produce bioactive MSCs/β-TCP composites. 37 patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery were included in this study and randomly divided into two groups. …”
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The Role of Dental Implant in Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Rizgari Teaching Hospital. by Othman A. Omar

“…Inclusion criteria were, 18 years old or above, patients who lost facial structure unit/s (mandible, maxilla, orbit, nose, auricle, etc...). …”
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Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Average Person in Developing Countries by Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Yahya Saeed

“… Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (DCBT) is an effective treatment choice for Mental Health Conditions (MHC), particularly for those who face constraints in accessing traditional in-person therapy. …”
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Analysis of Pedagogical-Digital Competence in Teacher Educators: Practices and Perceptions by Lorena Berríos-Barra, Margarita Calderón-López

“…The development of digital teaching competence (DTC) also involves those who train teachers. This study focuses on exploring the beliefs of university professors to analyze their impact on the use of technologies in ITE. …”
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Are we Really Improving the Quality of Life after Hemiarthroplasty of the Hip in the Elderly? An Observational Study by T. Adarsh, Mruthyunjaya, C. S. Likhit, Nawab Akthar Khan

“…Methods: Prospective observational study was conducted on 100 elderly patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty. The hip function was scored with the Harris Hip Score (HHS) and activities of daily living were rated by the Barthel Index. …”
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Physical Therapy Interventions for the Management of Biceps Tendinopathy: An International Delphi Study by Amy W. McDevitt, Joshua A. Cleland, Simone Addison, Leah Calderon, Suzanne Snodgrass

“…# Background Shoulder pain related to the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) tendinopathy can be debilitating and difficult to treat especially in athletes who often elect for surgical intervention. Conservative management is recommended but there are limited established guidelines on the physical therapy (PT) management of the condition…”
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Treatment of extrasphincter rectal fistulas with bioplastic substance application by A. M. Kuzminov, Sh. T. Minbayev, V. Yu. Korolik, L. P. Orlova, O. Yu. Fomenko, N. A. Polyakova, A. A. Safoyan, S. M. Khermez

“…Experience of monitoring of 34 patients who underwent surgery for extrasphincteric fistulas of rectum of various degree of complexity with application of plastic material is presented.Results. …”
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Women’s experiences of ceasing to breastfeed: Australian qualitative study by Jennifer Elizabeth Ayton, Leigh Tesch, Emily Hansen

“…Proactive counselling and debriefing are needed to assist women who are managing feelings of ‘breastfeeding grief’.…”
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LLM-based collaborative programming: impact on students’ computational thinking and self-efficacy by Yi-Miao Yan, Chuang-Qi Chen, Yang-Bang Hu, Xin-Dong Ye

“…To explore the effectiveness of integrating LLMs into collaborative programming, we conducted a quasi-experiment involving 82 sixth- and seventh-grade students, who were randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. …”
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Neonatal presentations to the paediatric emergency department in Singapore by Jia Mei Vanessa Lim, Vigil James, Yong Jie Edwin Yeo, Yi Mei Low, Yi Rong Chew, Sashikumar Ganapathy

“…Interestingly, 87.0% of the well babies who presented to the emergency department were brought in owing to parental concerns by the parents themselves, without prior consultation with the doctor. …”
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EXPERIENCE OF TRANSVERSEABDOMINAL PLANE (TAP) BLOCK VERSUS LOCAL ANESTHESIAINFILTRATION AT SURGICAL SITE IN OPEN APPENDICECTOMIES by Rabia Tabassum et al

“…Patients aged 60 years, presented with American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) I or II, who had to be planned open appendectomy were enrolled. …”
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Controlling the Boundaries of Morality: The History and Powers of Ayelala Deity by Oluwafunminiyi Raheem, Mike Famiyesin

“…Among these deities is Ayelala, a water goddess, who is not only worshiped with pomp and pageantry but also highly revered and respected for its judicial powers. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Apixaban for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Algeria by Yazid Aoudia, Thitima Kongnakorn, Evie Merinopoulou, Mohamed Said Bettayeb, Sid Ahmed Kherraf

“…The model included patients for whom vitamin K antagonist (VKA) treatment is suitable and could initiate on acenocoumarol, rivaroxaban or apixaban, and those unsuitable for VKA treatment who could initiate on aspirin or apixaban. Over a lifetime time horizon, costs were estimated in Algerian dinars (DZD) and outcomes included life-years (LYs), quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). …”
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Brief report: impact of consolidation durvalumab on unresectable non-small cell lung cancer with driver mutations by Jason C.S. Ho, K.M. Cheung

“…Among the 123 patients who underwent definitive chemoradiation, 33 had common driver mutations, including EGFR mutations, ALK rearrangements, ROS1 rearrangements, and RET fusions. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Methods: A total of 450 participants who had used cannabis at least once in their lifetime were recruited from the National Addictions Management Service, prisons, the Community Rehabilitation Centre and halfway houses from August 2017 to May 2018. …”
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DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE. by AHMED MUSA, BASHIR ABDULLAHI, MOHAMMED AUWAL, UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO

“…With the advent of democratic rule in Nigeria, the powers and control of traditional political institutions began to dry up and seem to have only opportunity of stakeholders in the state with advisory position because of the systematic enforcement of political leaders who at some time lack the knowledge of their societies and are coming into power by chance which make them to represent their personal interest using democracy as a tool, rather than making their society’s interest a priority. …”
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Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital by Simone Varrasi, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giuseppe Alessio Platania, Sabrina Castellano, Concetta Pirrone, Pasquale Caponnetto, Costanza Nicolosi, Francesca Insanguine, Emanuela Greco, Mariacatena Perrone, Carmen Pulvirenti, Diletta Randazzo, Gabriele Ferro, Maurizio Consoli, Santo Di Nuovo

“…# Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers, who have taken on the major problems triggered by the emergency. …”
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