Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars by Mohamed El Sayed, Kamis Gaballah

“…The pain perception of male and female patients during the cold test and gold standard was compared using the Fisher exact test. The following diagnostic parameters were calculated using an online statistical calculator: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, accuracy, and Youden index. …”
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Protocol for evaluating the effects of integrating music with taekwondo training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial. by Clare C W Yu, Kam M Mok, Emma Mak, Chun T Au, Dorothy F Y Chan, Stanley Wu, Raymond C K Chung, Matthew C K Ip, Simpson W L Wong

“…Seventy-two children aged 7 to 9 years who meet the diagnostic criteria of ASD will be recruited and randomized into either the "Taekwondo training with elements of music therapy" group or the "Taekwondo training alone" group. …”
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Genomic characterization and evolutionary analysis of a Getah virus variant from piglets in central China by Zhenhua Guo, Yao Jiang, Peng Li, Gaiping Zhang, Gaiping Zhang, Gaiping Zhang, Gaiping Zhang

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The Recent Progress and Applications of Digital Technologies in Healthcare: A Review by Maksut Senbekov, Timur Saliev, Zhanar Bukeyeva, Aigul Almabayeva, Marina Zhanaliyeva, Nazym Aitenova, Yerzhan Toishibekov, Ildar Fakhradiyev

“…At present, even in low-income countries, diagnostic and medical services are becoming more accessible and available. …”
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Understanding personality pathology in a clinical sample of youth: study protocol for the longitudinal research project ‘APOLO’ by Nagila Koster, Igor Lusin, Paul T van der Heijden, Odilia M Laceulle, Marcel A G van Aken

“…Data collection is set up to build a data set for scientific research, as well as to use the data for diagnostic assessment and systematic treatment evaluation of individual patients. …”
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Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…BACKGROUND: The clinical course, pathophysiology, and therapeutic options for valvular and subvalvular (accompanied by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, HCM) aortic stenosis are well known separately, but the rare combination of severe aortic stenosis (AS) and obstructive HCM presents great diagnostic and treatment challenges. The combination of these diseases during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with significantly worse hospital outcomes, including cardiogenic shock, renal failure, and death. …”
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The use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of unilocular radiolucent images of the jawbone: a systematic review of the literature by Zaghden Olfa, Debré Timothé, Nguyen Thien Huong, Duong Lucas, Ferré François

“…MRI can identify dentigerous cysts (DCs), inflammatory cysts, odontogenic keratocysts (OKs), or other unusual lesions, such as ameloblastoma (AB). A list of diagnostic criteria can therefore allow a more detailed analysis compared to CT or CBCT and establish a more accurate presumptive diagnosis. …”
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Quantitative proteomic studies of the intestinal mucosa provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of ulcerative colitis by Yandong Guo, Dahal Pabitra, Lei Pan, Lanbo Gong, Aimin Li, Side Liu, Jing Xiong

“…Thus, there is a need for novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for UC. Methods Intestinal mucosal biopsy tissue specimens of inflamed (ulcerative colitis-inflamed, UC-I) and non-inflamed (ulcerative colitis-noninflamed, UC-N) tissue were obtained simultaneously during colonoscopy from newly diagnosed UC patients prior to any treatments. …”
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Effect of vehicle operating parameters on fuel consumption and the overall energy efficiency of the drive system by Jaroslaw Gonera, Michał Janulin, Oleksandr Vrublevskyi

“…The data for criteria calculation were acquired using a diagnostic tester with a functional parameter recording function. …”
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Expression of some circulating microRNAs as predictive biomarkers for prognosis and treatment response in glioblastoma by Elham Ali, Marwa Adel Ahmed, May A. Shawki, Lobna R. Ezz El Arab, Mohamed K. Khalifa, Menha Swellam

“…The expression levels of target miRs were analyzed pre- and post-treatment using qRT-PCR and evaluated in relation to both clinical GBM criteria and the patient’s survival modes. The diagnostic efficacy of target miRs was assessed using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. …”
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A modified non-contrast MRI in the preoperative examination of periacetabular osteotomy at 3.0T by Chuanhui Xu, Xin Pan, Baochen Song, Guangwei Zhang, Daguang Zhang

“…Conclusion For preoperative hip-preserving surgery in DDH patients, the modified non-contrast MRI performed similarly to the d-MRA at 3.0T in diagnostic capabilities. The labral injury mostly occurs in the anterior upper quadrant.…”
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Effectiveness of the Laser Application in Temporomandibular Joint Disorder: A Systematic Review of 1172 Patients by Abdalwhab Zwiri, Manal Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Mohammad Khan, Wan Muhamad Amir W. Ahmad, Nur Karyatee Kassim, Jawaad Ahmed Asif, Khoo Suan Phaik, Adam Husein, Zuryati Ab-Ghani

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Increased Serum Angiotensin II Is a Risk Factor of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Pilot Study by Yue Li, Feng Xiong, Wen Xu, Side Liu

“…Multivariable analysis showed that Ang II level is an independent risk factor of NAFLD whether abdominal ultrasound (OR=1.056, p=0.037) or FibroScan Cap value (OR=1.069, p=0.013) was deemed as the diagnostic standard. Furthermore, stepwise regression analysis was carried out between Ang II with other parameters and we discovered that Ang II had a linear correlation with IL-1β. …”
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Transparent memory tests with even repeating addresses for storage devices by V. N. Yarmolik, I. M. Mrozek, V. A. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets

“…Algorithms for the formation of such sequences and examples of their implementations are given. The maximum diagnostic ability of new tests is shown for the case of the simplest faults, such as constant (SAF) and transition faults (TF), as well as for complex pattern sensitive faults (PNPSFk). …”
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2D Fast Vessel Visualization Using a Vessel Wall Mask Guiding Fine Vessel Detection by Sotirios Raptis, Dimitris Koutsouris

“…The paper addresses the fine retinal-vessel's detection issue that is faced in diagnostic applications and aims at assisting in better recognizing fine vessel anomalies in 2D. …”
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Differentiation of Isolated Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease from Other Small Bowel Ulcerative Diseases: Clinical Features and Double-Balloon Enteroscopy Characteristics by Meng Niu, Zheng-Hao Chen, Meng Li, Xing Zhang, Chun-Xiao Chen

“…Longitudinal ulcers (OR 14.293, 95% CI 4.920-41.518, p<0.001) and large ulcer (OR 0.128, 95% CI 0.044-0.374, p<0.001) contributed to the differentiation of ISBCD from OSBUD. We constructed a diagnostic model, ISBCD index (AUROC=0.877, 95% CI: 0.830-0.925), using multifactorial binary logistic regression to help distinguish between these two groups of diseases. …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…All variables such as year and region of study, age, sex, symptoms, diagnostic information, treatment details, and follow-up duration, were recorded and analyzed. …”
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Targeted Plasma Bile Acid Metabolomic Analysis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Hepatitis by Yuta Hirata, Yasunaru Sakuma, Hideo Ogiso, Ryozo Nagai, Kenichi Aizawa

“…<b>Background:</b> Even though many metabolic liver diseases can now be diagnosed using blood tests and diagnostic imaging, early diagnosis remains difficult. …”
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High prevalence of p16 staining in malignant tumors. by Noémi De Wispelaere, Sebastian Dwertmann Rico, Marcus Bauer, Andreas M Luebke, Martina Kluth, Franziska Büscheck, Claudia Hube-Magg, Doris Höflmayer, Natalia Gorbokon, Sören Weidemann, Katharina Möller, Christoph Fraune, Christian Bernreuther, Ronald Simon, Christian Kähler, Anne Menz, Andrea Hinsch, Frank Jacobsen, Patrick Lebok, Till Clauditz, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Rainer Krech, David Dum, Till Krech, Andreas Marx, Sarah Minner

“…It is concluded, that a positive and especially strong p16 immunostaining is a feature for malignancy which may be diagnostically useful in lipomatous, urothelial and possibly other tumors. …”
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The efficiency of interferon stimulated gene 15 expression in peripheral blood for early pregnancy prediction in Awassi ewes by Eman H. Lazim, Khawla A. Hussein, Dhafer M. Aziz

“…In conclusion, ISG15 expression demonstrated high accuracy as an early pregnancy marker in Awassi ewes, with greater diagnostic reliability on day 25 compared to day 15 of gestation.…”
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