EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF POLYDIOXANONE THREAD EMBEDDING ACUPUNCTURE COMPARED WITH ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A PROTOCOL FOR A PILOT, ASSESSOR-BLINDED, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Importance: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease in aging populations.Knee OA is difficult to cure and requires ongoing management.Thread embedding acupuncture (TEA) is a popular Korean medical treatment for knee OA.However, clinical evidence of its effectiveness and safety is insufficient.Objective: This study aims to ev

New empirical relationship is proposed to calculate instantaneous maximum diameters on the sample during compression test.The proposal is a relationship between instantaneous maximum diameter, friction coefficient, initial dimensions of the sample and the displacement during the compression test.Seventeen compression tests were carried out to coppe

The Forward Observer (FO) role is vital in military operations, especially in the Medan Artillery unit.FO was in charge Toddler Bed of directing artillery fire against the target.In the execution of artillery fire, several types of artillery fire formations are often carried out to hit the target correctly.The formation includes Tama, Tamu, Seka, S

Scrub typhus is a neglected disease and one of the most serious health problems in the Asia-Pacific region.The disease is caused by an obligate intracellular bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by L-ORNITHINE chigger bites or larval mite bites.Scrub typhus is a threat to billions of people worldwide causing different health compli

Abstract Background In social insects, interactions among colony members trigger caste differentiation with morphological modifications.In termite caste differentiation, caste-specific morphologies (such as mandibles in soldiers, genital organs in reproductives or wings in alates) are well developed during post-embryonic development under endocrine