[Efficacy of transdermal lidocaine 5% patches in postoperative analgesia following knee arthroscopy].

Introduction: knee arthroscopy is a common orthopedic procedure associated with postoperative pain, so optimizing pain management is essential for patient recovery and satisfaction. Lidocaine, a local anesthetic with well-established safety profiles, offers a potential alternative to traditional analgesic methods. Research regarding lidocaine patches has been conducted in several types of surgeries (laparoscopy, gynecological surgery, prostatectomy, etc.

[Tele-rehabilitation program in patients with distal radius fracture: a controlled clinical trial].

Background: Distal radius fractures are very frequent fractures in the world, so it is necessary to establish new rehabilitation strategies.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of tele rehabilitation versus supervised treatment in the functional recovery of patients with distal radius fracture.

Method: A randomized clinical trial was conducted that included 91 patients with distal radius fractures grades AO23 A and AO23B, which were randomly assigned to a treatment group, the supervised rehabilitation group received for two weeks a program of 10 treatment sessions and the tele rehabilitation group received through the Moodle platform instructions to carry out the rehabilitation program.

Uncertain project network analysis with fuzzy-PERT and Interval Type-2 fuzzy activity durations.

Project network analysis is often subject to different uncertainties that can occur in real world scenarios. These uncertainties are not always measurable which makes its statistical estimation hard, so the use of third party information coming from experts is useful to provide an estimation of activity durations of the project. Projects usually have multiple experts who provide different estimates of their perceptions about activity durations which can be represented as Type-2 fuzzy sets in cases where experts do not agree on their estimates.

Combining exposed tree roots and UAV imagery to quantify land denudation in central Mexico.

Approximately 42 % of Mexico is affected by soil denudation resulting from moderate to severe sheet erosion and gullying processes. At Huasca de Ocampo (central Mexico), soil degradation has been linked to intense land use dating back to pre-Hispanic times as well as to unfavorable geological, geomorphic, and climatic conditions. Here, we quantify erosion rates with high precision at annual to multi-decadal timescales by combining, for the first time, dendrogeomorphic reconstructions and UAV-based remote sensing.