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No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Lucenti, L., Maffulli, N., Bardazzi, T., Pipino, G., Pappalardo, G., & Migliorini, F. (in press). No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(23), https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13237214

Background: The impact of smoking in arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabolar impingement (FAI) is controversial. This systematic review updates and discusses current evidence on the influence of cigarette smoking on the outcome of arthroscopic mana... Read More about No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review.

Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. (2024)
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Gunasekara, S. D., Agampodi, T. C., Weerasinghe, M., Fernando, M. S., Price, H. P., Wickramasinghe, N. D., & Agampodi, S. B. (2024). Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(11), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088714

ObjectiveTo assess community awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in a disease-endemic district in Sri Lanka.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional study.SettingThis study was conducted in selected 158 Grama Niladhari divisions covering all the... Read More about Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study..

Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry (2024)
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Evans, A. D., Coggon, R. M., Harris, M., Carter, E. J., Albers, E., Guérin, G. M., …Teagle, D. A. (2025). Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 650, Article 119116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119116

As ocean crust traverses away from spreading ridges, low-temperature hydrothermal minerals fill cracks to form veins, transforming the physical and chemical properties of ocean crust whilst also modifying the composition of seawater. Vein width and f... Read More about Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry.

Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016 (2024)
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Jackson, J., Sultana Shanta, I., McKee, C., P. Luby, S., Haider, N., Sharker, Y., …S. Gurley, E. (2024). Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016. PloS one, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313904

Nipah virus spillovers via consumption of date palm sap in Bangladesh vary substantially between years and have been associated with lower winter temperatures and precipitation. However, the mechanisms driving the interannual variation and the influe... Read More about Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016.

Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Schäfer, L., Kubach, J., Betsch, M., & Pasurka, M. (in press). Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Pharmaceuticals, 17(11), Article 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17111557

The present meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) injections for knee osteoarthritis. The outcomes of interest were the visual analogue scale (VAS) and Western Ontario McMaster Osteo-Arthritis Index (WOMAC) s... Read More about Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence. (2024)
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Gupta, A., & Maffulli, N. (2024). Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence. Pain and Therapy, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-024-00684-5

A multidisciplinary approach is recommended to manage shoulder pain, the third most common musculoskeletal disorder, but traditional modalities have limitations, providing only temporary symptomatic pain relief instead of targeting the underlying pat... Read More about Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence..

Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS (2024)
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Song, S., Yang, J., Liu, L., Bai, G., Zhou, J., & McKay, D. (2024). Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS. Ecological Informatics, Article 102903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102903

Warming of lakes' surface water leads to accelerated loss of biodiversity and eco-environmental collapse of aquatic systems. Changes in lack surface water temperature (LSWT) are a crucial indicator of lake warming. LSWT growth potentially leads to a... Read More about Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS.

A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution (2024)
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Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T. A., Duc, M., Dunn, J. C., & Bensch, S. (2024). A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution. Parasitology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024000878

Haemoproteus bobricklefsi sp. nov. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) was found in the dunnock Prunella modularis and represents the first blood parasite described in accentor birds of the Prunellidae. The description is based on the morphology of blood... Read More about A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution.

Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review (2024)
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Baroncini, A., Maffulli, N., Pilone, M., Pipino, G., Memminger, M. K., Pappalardo, G., & Migliorini, F. (2024). Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(22), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13226864

Background: Low back pain is common. For patients with mechanic or non-specific chronic LBP (cLBP), the current guidelines suggest conservative, nonpharmacologic treatment as a first-line treatment. Among the available strategies, physiotherapy repre... Read More about Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.

Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone (2024)
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Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Zechmeister, T., Mouritsen, H., & Holland, R. A. (2024). Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2034), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1363

Migratory birds are able to navigate over great distances with remarkable accuracy. The mechanism they use to achieve this feat is thought to involve two distinct steps: locating their position (the “map”) and heading towards the direction determi... Read More about Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone.

‘Re‐Wilding’ an Animal Model With Microbiota Shifts Immunity and Stress Gene Expression During Infection (2024)
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Will, I., Stevens, E. J., Belcher, T., & C. King, K. (2024). ‘Re‐Wilding’ an Animal Model With Microbiota Shifts Immunity and Stress Gene Expression During Infection. Molecular Ecology, Article e17586. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17586

The frequency of emerging disease is growing with ongoing human activity facilitating new host–pathogen interactions. Novel infection outcomes can also be shaped by the host microbiota. Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes experimentally colonised by a w... Read More about ‘Re‐Wilding’ an Animal Model With Microbiota Shifts Immunity and Stress Gene Expression During Infection.

Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Pilone, M., Kämmer, D., Hofmann, U. K., Nobili, A., …Bell, A. (2024). Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact. Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 25(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10195-024-00794-y

Introduction: This study investigated stem subsidence following primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) with a Corail stem in patients who underwent two-staged bilateral THA. The second outcome of interest was to investigate whether a specific single co... Read More about Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact.

Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model (2024)
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Perry, J., Mennan, C., Cool, P., McCarthy, H. S., Newell, K., Hopkins, T., …Roberts, S. (2024). Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model. Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035241287832

Objective To determine if mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human umbilical cords (hUC) could reduce degeneration developing when injected into the knee of a large animal model of osteoarthritis (OA). Design Ten million culture-expanded U... Read More about Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (2024)
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Orfanos, G., McCarthy, H. S., Williams, M., Dugard, N., Gallacher, P. D., Glover, A. W., …Kuiper, J. H. (2024). A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035241279943

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Traditional autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) involves arthroscopically harvesting a cartilage biopsy (stage 1), followed by arthrotomy 3-4 weeks later to apply a periosteal patch and implant culture-expanded chondrocytes underneat... Read More about A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation.

Rapid screening for resistance to Sitobion avenae (F.) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) in winter wheat seedlings and selection of efficient assessment methods (2024)
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Qonaah, I. A., Simon, A. L., Warner, D., Rostron, R. M., Bruce, T. J. A., & Ray, R. V. (in press). Rapid screening for resistance to Sitobion avenae (F.) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) in winter wheat seedlings and selection of efficient assessment methods. Pest Management Science, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8485

BACKGROUND: Sitobion avenae (F.) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) are harmful pests of wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.)]. No genetic resistance against the aphids has been identified in commercial wheat varieties and resistance phenotyping can be time‐consum... Read More about Rapid screening for resistance to Sitobion avenae (F.) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) in winter wheat seedlings and selection of efficient assessment methods.

Molecular characterization of reassortant infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) strains of genogroup A3B1 detected in some areas of Britain between 2020 and 2021. (2024)
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Reddy, V. R. A. P., Bianco, C., Poulos, C., Egana-Labrin, S. C., Brodrick, A. J., Nazki, S., …Broadbent, A. J. (in press). Molecular characterization of reassortant infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) strains of genogroup A3B1 detected in some areas of Britain between 2020 and 2021. Virology, 600, Article 110269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2024.110269

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes a major immunosuppressive disease of chickens. As part of ongoing epidemiological surveillance for IBDV, the hypervariable region (HVR) of the VP2 capsid gene encoded by segment A, and a region of the VP1... Read More about Molecular characterization of reassortant infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) strains of genogroup A3B1 detected in some areas of Britain between 2020 and 2021..

The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study (2024)
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Tessema, S. B., Hagos, T., Kehasy, G., Paintain, L., Adera, C., Herrero, M., …Mulugeta, A. (in press). The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(10), Article e0012423. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012423

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important public health problem, which mainly affects the poor rural dwelling communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. However, little is known about the health and economic burdens of this diseas... Read More about The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study.

Risk factors associated with cutaneous anthrax outbreaks in humans in Bangladesh (2024)
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Chowdhury, S., Islam, M. S., Haider, N., Hossain, M. B., Alam, M. A., Sharif, M. A. R., …Haque, F. (in press). Risk factors associated with cutaneous anthrax outbreaks in humans in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1442937. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1442937

Objectives: To determine the risk factors associated with cutaneous anthrax infection in humans. Methods: During 2013–2016, we investigated total 26 anthrax outbreaks across the country. We additionally conducted a case–control study to identify risk... Read More about Risk factors associated with cutaneous anthrax outbreaks in humans in Bangladesh.

Empowering rural communities for effective larval source management: A small-scale field evaluation of a community-led larviciding approach to control malaria in south-eastern Tanzania (2024)
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Mapua, S. A., Limwagu, A. J., Kishkinev, D., Kifungo, K., Nambunga, I. H., Mziray, S., …Okumu, F. O. (2024). Empowering rural communities for effective larval source management: A small-scale field evaluation of a community-led larviciding approach to control malaria in south-eastern Tanzania. Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 27, Article e00382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00382

Introduction
Larval source management, particularly larviciding, is mainly implemented in urban settings to control malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. In Tanzania, the government has recently expanded larviciding to rural settings across the... Read More about Empowering rural communities for effective larval source management: A small-scale field evaluation of a community-led larviciding approach to control malaria in south-eastern Tanzania.