Increased Femoral Neck Anteversion is Prevalent in Male Elite Youth Soccer Players with Chronic Ankle Instability.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare femoral neck anteversion (FNA) and determine the prevalence of increased FNA in male elite youth soccer players with and without chronic ankle instability (CAI). Secondary aims were to evaluate the utility of FNA in predicting CAI and compare ankle and hip muscle strength in the two groups.

Materials And Methods: The study included a total of 44 male elite youth soccer players, 22 with CAI (mean age 16.

Intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasound during laparoscopic myomectomy: a narrative review.

Intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasound (IOLUS), a dynamic imaging technique, has emerged as a valuable instrument for guiding surgery in various medical specialties. As IOLUS provides accuracy, improved visualization, and real-time guidance, the integration of IOLUS into many surgical procedures has occurred and IOLUS assists surgeons during advanced procedures. Today, laparoscopic myomectomy has become a prominent surgical procedure in gynecology.

Oestrogen and progesterone concentrations in intrapartum cows with insufficient cervix dilation.

The cervix is an important organ that has to dilate sufficiently at delivery to allow the foetus to transition to extrauterine life. Insufficient dilatation of the cervix (IDC) is a frequent cause of dystocia in cattle. The mechanisms underlying cervical opening and the pathogenesis of IDC are still widely unclear.

A rare case of a simultaneous post-dissection saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and large pulmonary artery aneurysm with secondary embolism: a case report.

Background: Aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries and the ascending aorta are rare, and both bear a high mortality risk if left untreated. In general, these entities are primarily caused by etiologies such as hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, infection or congenital disorders. Treatment requires a rapid diagnostic work-up or even immediate surgical intervention in acute cases.

Unobtrusive Sensors for Synchronous Monitoring of Different Breathing Parameters in Care Environments.

Respiratory problems are common amongst older people. The rapid increase in the ageing population has led to a need for developing technologies that can monitor such conditions unobtrusively. This paper presents a novel study that investigates Wi-Fi and ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna sensors to simultaneously monitor two different breathing parameters: respiratory rate, and exhaled breath.

The Influence of Contamination and Different Cleaning Methods and the Effect of Plasma Treatment of CoCr Alloy on Tensile Bond Strength to Composite Resin.

Purpose: To investigate the influence of contamination and different cleaning methods on resin bonding to cobalt-chro- mium (CoCr) alloy disks.

Materials And Methods: A total of 160 CoCr disks were divided into 3 groups. The first group (N = 64) was air abraded with alumina particles and contaminated with a silicone disclosing agent and saliva; the second group (N = 64) was air abraded but not contaminated; the third group (N = 32) was neither air abraded nor contaminated.

Antibiotic susceptibility and resistance genes profiles of in a rainbow trout (, Walbaum) farm.

Disease outbreaks negatively affect fish production. Antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of diseases become ineffective over time because of antibiotic resistance developed by bacteria distributed in the aquaculture environment. This study was conducted for 4 months (cold period) in a fish farm to detect the fish disease, cold water streptococcosis.

Long-duration immediate postoperative knee flexion positioning results in better functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of affected knee flexion for 24 vs. 72 hours on blood loss, pain, range of motion, and functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty.

Patients And Methods: The present study included 46 participants with a mean age of 64.

Crescent Antennas as Sensors: Case of Sensing Brain Pathology.

Microstrip crescent antennas offer compactness, conformability, low profile, high sensitivity, multi-band operability, cost-effectiveness and ease of fabrication in contrast to bulky, rigid horn, helical and Vivaldi antennas. This work presents crescent sensors for monitoring brain pathology associated with stroke and atrophy. Single- and multi-element crescent sensors are designed and validated by software simulations.

Dual-Planar Monopole Antenna-Based Remote Sensing System for Microwave Medical Applications.

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) can be life threatening and have chronic impacts on patients and society. Timely diagnosis and treatment are imperative to prevent deterioration. Conventional imaging modalities, such as Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), are expensive and not readily accessible to patients.

Novel statistical time series data augmentation and machine learning based classification of unobtrusive respiration data for respiration Digital Twin model.

Digital Twin (DT), a concept of Healthcare (4.0), represents the subject's biological properties and characteristics in a digital model. DT can help in monitoring respiratory failures, enabling timely interventions, personalized treatment plans to improve healthcare, and decision-support for healthcare professionals.

A versatile model for lifetime of a component under stress.

In this study, a versatile model, called [Formula: see text]-monotone inverse Weibull distribution ([Formula: see text]IW), for lifetime of a component under stress is introduced by using the [Formula: see text]-monotone concept. The [Formula: see text]IW distribution is also expressed as a scale-mixture between the inverse Weibull distribution and uniform distribution on (0, 1). The [Formula: see text]IW distribution includes [Formula: see text]-monotone inverse exponential and [Formula: see text]-monotone inverse Rayleigh distributions as submodels and converenges to the inverse Weibull, inverse exponential, and inverse Rayleigh distributions as limiting cases.

Evaluation of falls in older persons in the emergency department during the early Coronavirus-2019 pandemic and pre-pandemic periods.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, outcomes and healthcare costs of older patients presented to the emergency department (ED) with falls in the periods before and during the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: Hospital records one year before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were retrospectively analyzed through "International Statistical Classification of Diseases-10th Revision" codes. Age, gender, falls, triage classification, length of stay (LOS) in the hospital and the ED, COVID-19 status, Glasgow Coma scale, consultations-comorbidities, injury status, outcomes in the ED, and costs were recorded.

Evaluation of serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations following treatment with vitamin D in Holstein Friesian heifers.

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in the blood of dairy cattle are associated with the count of antral follicles (AFC), ovarian function. Numerous studies, particularly in human medicine, have shown that vitamin D3 (Vit D3) has a positive effect on AMH levels. To our knowledge, the effects of Vit D3 on serum AMH levels in heifers have not been investigated.

Are YouTube videos claiming to describe lumbar spinal manipulation techniques adequate?

Background And Objective: YouTube has become a digital visual library in almost all fields of life, including medicine. Healthcare professionals and students frequently use YouTube to gain new skills and knowledge; however, the content of these videos has not been scientifically evaluated. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the descriptive adequacy and quality of YouTube videos on lumbar spine manipulation techniques (LSMTs) prepared by different healthcare professionals.

Determination of optimum operating parameters of MWCNT-doped ethanol fueled HCCI engine for emission reduction.

Carbon based metallic additives were widely researched to improve combustion charecteristics of spark ignition and compression ignition engines. It was proven that carbon nanotube additive shortens ignition delay period and improves combustion characteristics especially in diesel engines. HCCI is a lean burn combustion mode which provides high thermal efficiency and simultaneously low NOx and soot emission.

Effect of uterine torsion intrapartum on concentrations of placental estrogens and progesterone in cattle.

Objective: The current study investigates how uterine torsion influences placental oestrogens and progesterone blood concentrations in intrapartum cows. Our research tests the hypothesis that intrapartum uterine torsion impairs the ability of the placenta to synthesize steroids and may also suppress the release of synthesized steroids into the maternal circulation.

Methods: The study included a total number of 37 intrapartum dairy cows of various breeds and ages.

Design and Evaluation of Wearable Multimodal RF Sensing System for Vascular Dementia Detection.

Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia and a leading cause of death. Brain stroke and brain atrophy are the major degenerative pathologies associated with vascular dementia. Timely detection of these progressive pathologies is critical to avoid brain damage.

Crowdsourced Indoor Positioning with Scalable WiFi Augmentation.

In recent years, crowdsourcing approaches have been proposed to record the WiFi signals annotated with the location of the reference points (RPs) extracted from the trajectories of common users to reduce the burden of constructing a fingerprint (FP) database for indoor positioning. However, crowdsourced data is usually sensitive to crowd density. The positioning accuracy degrades in some areas due to a lack of FPs or visitors.

3D Printing of Extracellular Matrix-Based Multicomponent, All-Natural, Highly Elastic, and Functional Materials toward Vascular Tissue Engineering.

3D printing offers an exciting opportunity to fabricate biological constructs with specific geometries, clinically relevant sizes, and functions for biomedical applications. However, successful application of 3D printing is limited by the narrow range of printable and bio-instructive materials. Multicomponent hydrogel bioinks present unique opportunities to create bio-instructive materials able to display high structural fidelity and fulfill the mechanical and functional requirements for in situ tissue engineering.