An Innovation to Address the Anterior Pelvic Ring Disruptions by Ramesh Perumal, Harish Mahesan, Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan

“…Hemodynamically unstable are stabilized with external fixator as a damage control procedure and planned for plating as a secondary procedure. Postoperative X-rays included AP, inlet, outlet, and lateral views and were reviewed at 4 and 12 weeks and 6 and 12 months for the evidence of loss of reduction, loosening of screws, hardware failure, and functional outcome (Majeed score). …”
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Improving the survival under gastric conditions of a potential multistrain probiotic produced in co-culture by Marcelo Fernando Valle-Vargas, Yesica Vanesa Rojas-Muñoz, Ruth Yolanda Ruiz-Pardo, Luisa Villamil-Díaz, María Ximena Quintanilla-Carvajal

“…As the main result, a high concentration of di-sodium phosphate (2.63% w/v) increased the viability of L. lactis A12 (9.05 to 9.46 Log10 CFU/mL) and Priestia species (0.00 to 6.88 Log10 CFU/mL), survival to pH 3.00 (60 to 93%), survival of bile salts (58– 93%) antagonistic activity (8.74 to 15.56 mm), and final pH of culture medium (4.34 to 6.95). …”
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Health Risk Assessment of PM2.5-bound Components in Beijing, China during 2013–2015 by Tianchu Zhang, Yangfan Chen, Xiaohong Xu

“…Cancer risks by source were, in descending order, road dust (7.3E-5), fossil fuel combustion (4.4E-5), vehicle exhaust (3.8E-5), soil dust (8.4E-6), metal processing (8.2E-6), secondary sulphur (8.0E-6), and biomass burning (6.4E-6). …”
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The drivers of mental health service utilisation among public primary healthcare workers in Negeri Sembilan. by Norhafizah Mohd Noor, Ahmad Azuhairi Ariffin, Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat, Lim Poh Ying, Umi Adzlin Silim

“…Mental health services were predominantly utilised for screening (96.3%) and treatment purposes (28.4%), primarily accessed through health clinics (85.1%), and interaction with paramedics (44.0%) and medical officers (38.8%). …”
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Stent as a bridge to surgery for malignant colonic obstruction: a retrospective study on survival and outcomes by Thanawin Wong, Tanawat Pattarapuntakul, Nisa Netinatsunton, Jaksin Sottisuporn, Thanapon Yaowmaneerat, Wongsakorn Chaochankit, Siriboon Attasaranya, Pimsiri Sripongpun, Naichaya Chamroonkul, Viraksakdi Chongsuvivatwong

“…The SBTS group had higher rates of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) (65.5% vs. 16.9%, p < 0.001) and shorter postoperative stays (POS) (7 vs. 9 days, p = 0.026). …”
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Conhecimento de profissionais de saúde sobre síndrome da apneia obstrutiva do sono em hospital particular do Recife by Jorge Luís Cassiano Alves Veras, Frederico Lins e Silva Pires Neto, Patrícia Gomes de Matos Bezerra, Suélem Barros de Lorena

“…RESULTADOS: Um total de 82 profissionais participaram do estudo, sendo 22 enfermeiros, 31 fisioterapeutas, 5 fonoaudiólogos e 24 médicos. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Cases among the Foreigners Visiting Sulaimani City from 2013 Through 2016 by Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Asan Baram Hasan, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…In 2016 the highest prevalence of HBV infection was among Syrians which was 2.5% while highest HCV prevalence was among Europeans 0.82%. Ages of the patients ranged between (18-65) years, 85.4% were males, 65.2% of males and 45.7% of females were married. …”
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A comparative analysis of global and Chinese trends in the burden of kidney cancer from 1990 to 2021 by Zhongli Qiao, Jun Xiong, Shenyu Zhang, Lin Chen, Jialin Wang, Runze Chen

“…The (1-MIR) of renal cancer increased from 0.36 to 0.62 in China and from 0.49 to 0.58 globally. …”
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Estimación de potencial hídrico en vid por medio de medidas termográficas y espectrales by H. VILA, I. HUGALDE, M. DI FILIPPO

“…Por regresión se obtuvieron las ecuaciones YL = -1,21659 + 0,445078 * TC; R2 =0,19, p = 0,0000 y YL = 1,83399 - 0,613766 * NDVI + 0,0447517 * TC -1,45787 * WI, R2 = 0,36, p = 0,0000. Al mapear mediante krigeado los YL observados y los estimados por los tres procedimientos, para analizar las similitudes en distribución espacial se observó una apreciable semejanza entre ellos a pesar de los bajos coeficientes de regresión encontrados. …”
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Genomic characterization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in patients of African ancestry by Cecilia Bonolo de Campos, Chantal E. McCabe, Laura A. Bruins, Daniel R. O’Brien, Sochilt Brown, Renee C. Tschumper, Cristine Allmer, Yuan Xiao Zhu, Kari G. Rabe, Sameer A. Parikh, Neil E. Kay, Huihuang Yan, James R. Cerhan, John N. Allan, Richard R. Furman, J. Brice Weinberg, Danielle M. Brander, Diane F. Jelinek, Marta Chesi, Susan L. Slager, Esteban Braggio

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Keamanan dan Kualitas Makanan Pendamping ASI (MPASI) Ransum Bencana dengan Teknologi Pengemasan Retort Pouch by Nanang Nasrulloh, Iin Fatmawati, Richard Endang Srihari Mochni

“…Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari faktor perlakuan lama penyimpanan terhadap kandungan gizi yaitu kadar karbohidrat (p-value=0,272), protein (p-value=0,730), lemak (p-value=0,748), abu (p-value=0,848) dan kadar air (p-value=0,806). Demikian pula tidak ada pengaruh signifkan dari lama penyimpanan terhadap total bakteri yang nilainya masih dalam batas aman (<10 koloni/g).  …”
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Machine learning assisted radiomics in predicting postoperative occurrence of deep venous thrombosis in patients with gastric cancer by Yuan Zeng, Yuhao Chen, Dandan Zhu, Jun Xu, Xiangting Zhang, Huiya Ying, Xian Song, Ruoru Zhou, Yixiao Wang, Fujun Yu

“…Among these models, RF and NB demonstrated the highest predictive performance, achieving an AUC of 0.928, while SVM and XGBoost achieved a slightly lower AUC of 0.915 and 0.869, respectively. Conclusion ML algorithms based on imaging information may prove to be novel non-invasive models for predicting postoperative occurrence of DVT in GC patients.…”
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Factors accounting for limited sexual reproduction in a long-lived unisexual plant species by Irene Bisang, Flavien Collart, Flavien Collart, Alain Vanderpoorten, Lars Hedenäs

“…We finally modelled sex expression and sporophyte production depending on these topo-climatic predictors.ResultsAmong the 63% of reproductive samples across the entire latitudinal gradient, females outnumbered males by a factor 5.6, and 8% of the female samples bore sporophytes. …”
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Oxidative Stress in Endometrial Flushing Fluid of Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Endometrioma and Uterine Leiomyoma: Comparison with Healthy Controls by Mustafa Demir, Onur Ince, Bulent Yilmaz, Mert Ulas Barut, Ulviye Cansu Ozturk, Avni Kılıc, Ahmet Berkiz Turp, Recep Sutcu, Seyithan Taysi

“…RESULTS: Mean age of groups was 28.90±5.45, 37.25±2.73, 32.84±6.62 and 32.15±5.18 in Polycystic ovary syndrome, myoma uteri, endometrioma and control groups, respectively (p<0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“…When the diabetic group was divided into subgroups, the group with the highest sialic acid level was type I diabetes (46.25±3.6). The others, in decreasing order, were participants with Type II diabetes (33.00±4.1) and gestational diabetes (20.87±3.7) and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). …”
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Radiological assessment of cup anteversion with a novel 3D-printed highly-porous titanium dual mobility cup by Nicole Puteo, Edoardo Matteo Valentino, Vittorio Davidoni, Domenico Tigani

“…Lewinnek resulted more accurate for RA than Woo-Morrey, differing by + 0.4° (p = 0.06) and + 4.4° (p < 0.001) from GeoGebra, respectively. …”
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The relationship between cholesterol levels and thyroid eye disease by Caroline Cardo, Roberto Bernardo Santos, Ana Beatriz Pinotti Pedro Miklos, Sabrina Barbosa Jaconis, João Hamilton Romaldini, Danilo Villagelin

“…Disease severity was associated with reduced HDL cholesterol (P < 0.05, OR: 0.973, 95% CI: 0.948–0.999), elevated LDL cholesterol (P < 0.005, OR: 1.013, 95% CI: 1.004–1.023) and active smoking (P < 0.05, OR: 2.881, 95% CI: 1.190–6.971). Conclusion: Elevated LDL cholesterol may serve as a potential indicator of TED. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Coal-Fired Power Plant Operations: Management, Technical and Air Pollution Aspects by Zamzam T. A. Ramly, Mohd Y. Ishak, Ahmad M. Abdullah, Marzuki Ismail, Samsuri Abdullah, Amalina Abu Mansor

“…The results showed that 15 principal components were valid, with a KMO value of 0.836 (greater than 0.50) and a Bartlett Test value below 0.05. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: a prospective cohort study by Zeyin Hu, Mengna Luo, Ruoying He, Zhenming Wu, Yuying Fan, Jia Li

“…Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to identify independently associated risk factors of PICC-RVT and develop a risk prediction model. 275 patients were finally included for data analysis, and 18 (6.5%) developed PICC-RVT. Four risk factors were identified as key predictors of PICC-RVT, including “diabetes requiring insulin (OR: 8.016; 95% CI 1.157–55.536), major surgery (within 1 month and operation time > 45 minutes) (OR: 0.023; 95% CI 1.296–30.77), reduced limb activities of the PICC arm (OR: 6.687; 95% CI 2.024–22.09)” and “catheter material (OR: 3.319; 95% CI 0.940–11.723)”. …”
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A synergistic effect of secondhand smoke with vitamin D deficiency on cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross sectional study by Yan Li, Qianqian Shen, Chengyu Chen, Xueru Yin, Xinru Wang, Xiyue Yang, Xueqian Zhang, Lei Chen, Jian Xu, Guifang Gong

“…Although it only had an association with cognitive impairment indicated by DSST and the Animal Fluency test (AFT) in the crude model, SHS exposure showed significant synergistic effects with VDD on DSST (aOR: 3.03, 95% CI: 1.57 ~ 5.83, Pinteraction = 0.001) and AFT (aOR: 2.40, 95% CI: 1.34 ~ 4.29, Pinteraction = 0.003), respectively, after adjusting for the possible confounders. …”
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