Background Traditional Chinese acupuncture has been widely applied for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) with outstanding efficacy.However, recognized and unified outcome indicators remain to be absent, which impedes the translation of research into high-quality clinical evidence.Therefore, the establishment of core outcome indicators for

In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), innumerable intermediate nodes interchange information without the need for infrastructure.In these networks, nodes depend upon each other for routing and forwarding packets, and communication among them is very important.Forwarding packets consumes network bandwidth, local CPU time, memory, and energy.Therefore,

Node localization is critical for accessing diverse nodes that provide services in remote places.Single-anchor localization techniques suffer co-linearity, performing poorly.The reliable multiple anchor node selection method is computationally intensive and requires a lot of processing power and time to identify suitable anchor nodes.Node localizat

Anthropogenic activity leads to changes in sediment dynamics, creating imbalances in sediment distributions across the landscape.These imbalances can be variable within a littoral system, with adjacent areas experiencing sediment starvation and excess sediment.Historically, sediments were viewed as an inconvenient biproduct destined for disposal; h

The risk of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumour is quite high (71- 90%), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion procedures like ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt, Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and external ventricular drainage (EVD) are emergency procedures and may improve symptoms like bow pasties headache and vomiting.However, post-operat