Stimuli-responsive, methyl cellulose-based, interpenetrating network hydrogels: Non-covalent design, injectability, and controlled release.

This paper demonstrates the molecular design of stimuli-responsive, methyl cellulose-based, injectable hydrogels consisting of two orthogonal supramolecular networks. Rapidly injectable hydrogels that undergo autonomous gelation without permanent cross-links are crucial for biomedical applications due to minimal invasiveness, adaptability to irregular target sites, and precise spatiotemporal control. However, they often lack sufficient mechanical strength, physicochemical stability, and high biocompatibility.

Impact of COVID-19 infection during the postoperative period in patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery: a retrospective study.

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to significant global casualties. This study examines the postoperative impact of COVID-19 on patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery, considering their heightened vulnerability to infections and increased morbidity and mortality risk.

Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary center and patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery between January 2022 and February 2023 were included.

Floristic inventory and distribution characteristics of algific talus slopes in a specific area of forest biodiversity in South Korea.

Background: This study conducted a survey for establishing in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures for northern lineage plants that are vulnerable to climate change and for designating Forest Genetic Resource Reserve for 25 algific talus slope sites, which are specific areas of forest biodiversity. The survey was conducted in South Korea within a distance of 50 m to the east, west, north and south from the core area where wind blows to the algific talus slopes. The study was conducted once or twice per season from April 2016 to November 2021.

Visual Algorithm of VR E-Sports for Online Health Care.

The need for non-face-to-face online health care has emerged through the era of "untact". However, there is a lack of standardization work and research cases on the exercise effect of immersive content. In this study, the possibility of the exercise effect of VR e-sports among e-sports cases were presented through a visual algorithm analysis.

A Novel Model on Reinforce K-Means Using Location Division Model and Outlier of Initial Value for Lowering Data Cost.

Today, semi-structured and unstructured data are mainly collected and analyzed for data analysis applicable to various systems. Such data have a dense distribution of space and usually contain outliers and noise data. There have been ongoing research studies on clustering algorithms to classify such data (outliers and noise data).

Correction to: Beet root (Beta vulgaris) protects lipopolysaccharide and alcohol‑induced liver damage in rat.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s43188-019-00030-4.].

Beet root (Beta vulgaris) protects lipopolysaccharide and alcohol-induced liver damage in rat.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective effects of beet root ( var. rubra) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and alcohol induced liver damage. ethanol extract (BVEE) showed good antioxidant activity in the contents of polyphenol and flavonoid compounds, and the electron-donating ability and ABTS radical scavenging activity.

Face Recognition at a Distance for a Stand-Alone Access Control System.

Although access control based on human face recognition has become popular in consumer applications, it still has several implementation issues before it can realize a stand-alone access control system. Owing to a lack of computational resources, lightweight and computationally efficient face recognition algorithms are required. The conventional access control systems require significant active cooperation from the users despite its non-aggressive nature.

Trans-tendon suture bridge rotator cuff repair with tenotomized pathologic biceps tendon augmentation in high-grade PASTA lesions.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether trans-tendon suture bridge repair with tenotomized pathologic biceps tendon augmentation improves mid-term clinical outcomes for high-grade partial articular-sided supraspinatus tendon avulsion (PASTA) lesions or not.

Methods: A retrospective review of a consecutive series of arthroscopic trans-tendon suture bridge repair with tenotomized pathologic biceps tendon augmentation was conducted. Total 115 patients (44 men and 71 women) with minimum 2 years follow-up were enrolled in our study.