Do Concomitant Posterior Malleolus Fractures Affect Mid-Term Functional Outcomes in Tibial Shaft Fractures? by Gonzalo F. Bastias MD, Jose Ignacio Quezada Morales MD, Paulina Gutierrez, Felipe G. Diaz, Rodrigo Melo MD, Natalio R. Cuchacovich Mikenberg MD, Gerardo Munoz MD, CAE, Jorge Filippi MD, MBA

“…Tibial shaft fracture was treated with intramedullary nailing in 15 patients of the WPM group and seven patients in the PM group. Percutaneous medial plating was used in the rest of the cases. …”
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POSS Nanofiller-Induced Enhancement of the Thermomechanical Properties in a Fluoroelastomer Terpolymer by Daphné Berthier, Marie-Pierre Deffarges, Nicolas Berton, Mathieu Venin, Florian Lacroix, Bruno Schmaltz, Yohan Tendron, Eric Pestel, François Tran-Van, Stéphane Méo

“…Both POSS-A (with an acryloyl functional group and seven isobutyl substituents) and POSS-P (with eight phenyl substituents) lead to higher thermal stability and modulus of the composites, with respect to the unfilled FKM terpolymer matrix. covalent grafting of POSS-A onto the FKM network is found to play a critical role. …”
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Visualization of Oxidative Stress Induced by Experimental Periodontitis in Keap1-Dependent Oxidative Stress Detector-Luciferase Mice by Kota Kataoka, Daisuke Ekuni, Takaaki Tomofuji, Koichiro Irie, Muneyoshi Kunitomo, Yoko Uchida, Daiki Fukuhara, Manabu Morita

“…The luciferase activity in the periodontitis group was significantly greater than that in the control group at seven days. The expressions of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and malondialdehyde in periodontal tissue were significantly higher in the periodontitis group than in the control group. …”
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The expression of BMP4 and FGF2 in Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) post application of gourami fish (Osphronemus goramy) collagen by Chiquita Prahasanti, Niken Luthfiyya Arini, Kurnia Dwi Wulan, Onge Victoria Hendro, I Komang Evan Wijaksana, Noer Ulfah, Banun Kusumawardani, Padmini Hari, Shahabe Saquib Abullais

“…Methods: Thirty-two experimental three-month-old male Wistar rats (150-200g) were randomly divided into four groups: a seven-day control group, a seven-day treatment group, a 14-day control group, and a 14-day treatment group. …”
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Psychoeducation for adult ADHD: a scoping review about characteristics, patient involvement, and content by Henrik Pedersen, Tatiana Skliarova, Sindre Andre Pedersen, Rolf W. Gråwe, Audun Havnen, Mariela L. Lara-Cabrera

“…Most studies were conducted in Europe and followed a group format. Seven main themes were identified: Information about the diagnosis, treatment options, somatic health and ADHD, the insider perspective, ADHD and social life, coping and psychological skills, and ADHD and work. …”
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Attributable mortality of acute kidney injury among critically ill patients with sepsis: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study by Dong-Hui Wang, Jin-Chao Zhao, Xiu-Ming Xi, Yue Zheng, Wen-Xiong Li

“…The patients were categorized into two groups: those who developed AKI (AKI group) within seven days following a sepsis diagnosis and those who did not develop AKI (non-AKI group). …”
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The efficacy of Bloso fish (Glossogobius giuris sp.) in improving hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet, and albumin levels of Wistar rats with hypoalbuminemia by Muhammad Choiroel Anwar, Irwan Budiono, Natalia Desy Putriningtyas, Alfiana Ainun Nisa, Aris Santjaka, Dwi Linna Suswandany

“…This study used an experimental pretest-post-test control group design. Seven male Wistar rats were used as the negative control group. …”
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Kidney Transplantation for Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Can We Prevent Its Recurrence? Personal Experience and Literature Review by Hamza Naciri Bennani, Lionel Elimby, Florian Terrec, Paolo Malvezzi, Johan Noble, Thomas Jouve, Lionel Rostaing

“…There was no difference between the two groups in terms of progression to CKD stage 5 on the native kidneys, averaging 7 years in both groups (<i>p</i> = 0.99). In group 1, seven patients received rituximab/apheresis prophylaxis, although this did not prevent the recurrence of FSGS. …”
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Liver-Directed Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy versus Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis by Jina Kim, Hwa Kyung Byun, Tae Hyung Kim, Sun Il Kim, Beom Kyung Kim, Seung Up Kim, Jun Yong Park, Do Young Kim, Jinsil Seong

“…One patient from the sorafenib group and seven patients from the LD-CCRT group underwent curative surgical treatment. …”
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Evaluation of CRC-Metastatic Hepatic Lesion Chemoembolization with Irinotecan-Loaded Microspheres, According to the Site of Embolization by Marcin Szemitko, Elzbieta Golubinska-Szemitko, Marcin Warakomski, Aleksander Falkowski

“…There was no significant difference in complication incidence between groups (Group A: seven complications; Group B: six complications; <i>p</i> = 0.863). …”
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Major malformations risk following early pregnancy exposure to metformin: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Cécile Jaques, Cinzia Del Giovane, Alice Panchaud, Nazanin Abolhassani, Ursula Winterfeld, Yusuf C Kaplan, Beatrice Minder Wyssmann

“…In PCOS group, there were two RCTs (57 exposed, 52 control infants) and five observational studies (472 exposed, 1892 control infants); point estimates for MCM rates in RCTs and observational studies were OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.09 to 9.21) (I2=0%; Q test=0.31; p value=0.58) and OR 1.35 (95% CI 0.37 to 4.90) (I2=65%; Q test=9.43; p value=0.05), respectively. In PGDM group, all seven studies were observational (1122 exposed, 1851 control infants); the point estimate for MCM rates was OR 1.05 (95% CI 0.50 to 2.18) (I2=59%; Q test=16.34; p value=0.01). …”
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Impact of Sarcopenia on Patients with Localized Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Receiving FOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Chemotherapy by Victor Mortier, Felix Wei, Anna Pellat, Ugo Marchese, Anthony Dohan, Catherine Brezault, Maxime Barat, David Fuks, Philippe Soyer, Romain Coriat

“…Results: Seventy patients treated with gemcitabine-based (<i>n</i> = 49) and oxaliplatin-based (<i>n</i> = 21) chemotherapy were included, with a total of fifteen sarcopenic patients (eight in the GEM group and seven in the OXA group). The median OS was shorter in sarcopenic patients (25 months) compared to non-sarcopenic patients (158 months) (<i>p</i> = 0.01). …”
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Imaging of Angiogenesis in White Matter Hyperintensities by Lingling Ding, Bo Hou, Jie Zang, Tong Su, Feng Feng, Zhaohui Zhu, Bin Peng

“…Fourteen patients with increased 68Ga‐NOTA‐PRGD2 maximum standardized uptake (>0.17) were classified into group 2. Seven patients with maximum standardized uptake ≤0.17 were classified as group 1. …”
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Trajectory simulations by the numerical solution of the point-mass equations of motion for 7.62 mm/.308” rifle bullets by Soham Gangopadhyay, Richa Rohatgi

“…CONCLUSION: This project presents the numerical solution of equations of motion of the Point-Mass model for a bullet fired from a gun to computationally simulate its trajectory. A group of seven 7.62 mm/.308 rifle bullets were chosen as samples to simulate free-flight trajectories. …”
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30315 Successes in the COVID-19 Era: Novel Peer-Mentoring Series for Junior and Mid-Career Academic Faculty Across a University Campus by Lauren Chernick, Teresa Lee, Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, Marisa Span, Gissette Reyes-Soffern, Jennifer Woo Baidal, Anne L. Taylor, Daichi Shimbo, Clara Lapiner, Brett Anderson

“…(Accountability & Safe-Space to Promote, Inspire, Recharge, & Empower one another!) is a group of seven interdisciplinary mid-career academic women faculty, who began collaborations as CTSA KL2 scholars. …”
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Failure to prevent selective CA1 neuronal death and reduce cortical infarction following cerebral ischemia with inhibition of nitric oxide synthase. by Buchan, A, Gertler, S, Huang, Z, Li, H, Chaundy, K, Xue, D

“…High dose nitro-arginine caused an increase in hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rats and increased the severity of focal ischemia as measured by intra-ischemic regional cerebral blood flows. A final group of seven spontaneously hypertensive rats underwent permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion and repeated dosing with N-omega-nitro-L-arginine i.p. …”

Findings of 18F‐PI‐2620 tau PET imaging in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and healthy controls in relation to the plasma P‐tau181 levels in a Japanese sample by Shogyoku Bun, Sho Moriguchi, Toshiki Tezuka, Yoshiaki Sato, Keisuke Takahata, Morinobu Seki, Shinichiro Nakajima, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Yasunori Sano, Natsumi Suzuki, Ayaka Morimoto, Ryo Ueda, Hajime Tabuchi, Daisuke Ito, Masaru Mimura

“…Methods In the present pilot study, we performed 18F‐PI‐2620 tau PET in seven cases of probable AD (AD group) and seven healthy controls (HC group). Standardized uptake value ratios (SUVR) in regions of interest (ROIs) in the medial temporal region and neocortex were compared between the AD and HC groups. …”
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D-Methionine and 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid i alter beta-casein, proteins and metabolites linked in milk protein synthesis in bovine... by Seung-Woo Jeon, Jay Ronel V. Conejos, Jae-Sung Lee, Sang-Hoon Keum, Hong-Gu Lee

“…Metabolite analysis revealed that the D-Met treatment group increased seven metabolites and decreased uridine monophosphate (UMP) production. …”
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The Incidence Patterns Model to Estimate the Distribution of New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model. by Annick Bórquez, Anne Cori, Erica L Pufall, Jingo Kasule, Emma Slaymaker, Alison Price, Jocelyn Elmes, Basia Zaba, Amelia C Crampin, Joseph Kagaayi, Tom Lutalo, Mark Urassa, Simon Gregson, Timothy B Hallett

“…We validated and trained the model against direct observations of HIV incidence by group in seven rounds of cohort data from four studies ("sites") conducted in Manicaland, Zimbabwe; Rakai, Uganda; Karonga, Malawi; and Kisesa, Tanzania. …”
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Naphth[1,2-<i>d</i>]imidazoles Bioactive from β-Lapachone: Fluorescent Probes and Cytotoxic Agents to Cancer Cells by Victória Laysna dos Anjos Santos, Arlan de Assis Gonsalves, Délis Galvão Guimarães, Sidney Silva Simplicio, Helinando Pequeno de Oliveira, Lara Polyana Silva Ramos, Marcília Pinheiro da Costa, Fátima de Cássia Evangelista de Oliveira, Claudia Pessoa, Cleônia Roberta Melo Araújo

“…With this aim, a group of seven naphth[1,2-<i>d</i>]imidazole compounds were synthesized from β-lapachone. …”
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