A Thickened Coracohumeral Ligament and Superomedial Capsule Limit Internal Rotation of the Shoulder Joint: Report of Three Cases by Masashi Koide, Junichiro Hamada, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Kenji Kanazawa, Kazuaki Suzuki

“…Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (also known as frozen shoulder) is a painful and disabling disorder with an estimated prevalence ranging from 2% to 5% in the general population. …”
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Grape Seed Proanthocyanidins Exert a Neuroprotective Effect by Regulating Microglial M1/M2 Polarisation in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Wen-zhao Liu, Zhan-jun Ma, Ji-he Kang, Ai-xin Lin, Zhao-heng Wang, Hai-wei Chen, Xu-dong Guo, Xue-gang He, Xue-wen Kang

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a highly disabling disorder for which few effective treatments are available. …”
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Factors affecting fatigue progression in multiple sclerosis patients by Dima Machtoub, Callie Fares, Hassan Sinan, Moustafa Al Hariri, Rim Nehme, Joelle Chami, Ronny Joukhdar, Raya Tcheroyan, Salim Adib, Samia J. Khoury

“…Abstract Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and disabling symptoms among patients with MS, but there is limited research investigating the longitudinal determinants of fatigue progression. …”
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Effects of Genipin Concentration on Cross-Linked Chitosan Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering: Structural Characterization and Evidence of Biocompatibility Features by Simona Dimida, Amilcare Barca, Nadia Cancelli, Vincenzo De Benedictis, Maria Grazia Raucci, Christian Demitri

“…Also, the degradation rate was shown to decrease while increasing the cross-linking degree, with the high cross-linking density of the scaffold disabling the hydrolysis activity. Finally, basic biocompatibility was investigated in vitro, by evaluating proliferation of two human-derived cell lines, namely, the MG63 (human immortalized osteosarcoma) and the hMSCs (human mesenchymal stem cells), as suitable cell models for bone tissue engineering applications of biomaterials.…”
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Management of Rett Syndrome in the Controlled Multisensory (Snoezelen) Environment. A Review with Three Case Stories by Meir Lotan

“…It is characterized by a variety of physical and perceptual disabilities, resulting in a need for continuous intervention programs to be administered on a regular basis throughout life. …”
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Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Neuropathy: Futuristic Strategies Based on These Targets by Reddemma Sandireddy, Veera Ganesh Yerra, Aparna Areti, Prashanth Komirishetty, Ashutosh Kumar

“…Among the vascular complications of diabetes, diabetic neuropathy is the most painful and disabling, fatal complication affecting the quality of life in patients. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Voice-Controlled Elevator System to Improve the Safety and Accessibility by Ander Gonzalez Docasal, Jon Alonso, Jon Olaizola, Mikel Mendicute, Maria Patricia Franco, Arantza Del Pozo, Daniel Aguinaga, Aitor Alvarez, Eduardo Lleida

“…This work introduces the design and assessment of a voice-controlled elevator system aimed at facilitating touchless interaction between users and hardware, thereby minimizing contact and improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities. The research distinguishes three distinct deployment scenarios—on cloud, on edge, and embedded—with the ultimate goal of integrating the entire system into a low-resource environment on a custom carrier board. …”
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Spectrum of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Children: A Report from PICU of a Resource Limited Country by Qalab Abbas, Qurat ul Ain Merchant, Bushra Nasir, Anwar ul Haque, Basit Salam, Gohar Javed

“…Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in children is a rare but disabling disease that accounts for almost half cases of stroke. …”
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Intra-articular injections with Carboxymethyl-Chitosan in patients affected by knee osteoarthritis non-responders to hyaluronic acid: a pilot study by Nicola Manocchio, Concetta Ljoka, Nicolò Piacentini, Roberto Sorge, Giulia Vita, Calogero Foti

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease that causes pain and functional limitation. …”
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Ectopic expression of the cation-chloride cotransporter KCC2 in blood exosomes as a biomarker for functional rehabilitation by L. Caccialupi Da Prato, A. Rezzag Lebza, A. Consumi, M. Tessier, A. Srinivasan, C. Rivera, C. Rivera, J. Laurin, C. Pellegrino

“…BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disabilities in industrialized countries. Cognitive decline typically occurs in the chronic phase of the condition, following cellular and molecular processes. …”
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Differential Grey Wolf Load-Balanced Stochastic Bellman Deep Reinforced Resource Allocation in Fog Environment by S. V. Nethaji, M. Chidambaram

“…In the event of an overutilized VM pool, a grey wolf optimization strategy based on differential evolution can detect both under and overutilized VMs, allowing for smooth transit between fogs. This step disables a number of virtual machines in order to reduce latency. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF BRAIN GYM THERAPY IN ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA EXPERIENCING MEMORY IMPAIRMENT AT UPTD GRIYA WREDA JAMBANGAN SURABAYA: CASE STUDY by Rusdi Effendi

“… Introduction: The aging process that occurs in the elderly can be described linearly through three stages: weakness (impairment), functional limitations, lack of ability (disabled), and obstruction (handicap). These will be experienced simultaneously with process setbacks, Good physique, mental or social. …”
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Orofacial Granulomatosis among Pediatric Patients Well Controlled by Corticosteroid Treatment: A Rare Case Series by Taku Kimura, Ken-Ichiro Sakata, Shunichiro Takezaki, Takuya Asaka, Shohei Oshima, Aya Yanagawa-Matsuda, Yoshimasa Kitagawa

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Infection-Induced Elevated Plasma Perampanel in a Patient with Hemimegalencephaly by Yuya Kinoshita, Hiroe Ueno, Hirofumi Kurata, Chizuru Ikeda, Erika Hori, Takumi Okada, Tomoyuki Shimazu, Isao Fujii, Makoto Matsukura, Hoseki Imamura

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Exhausting the (Human) Problem by Annalaura Alifuoco

“…Here exhaustion becomes a disabling condition of human morphologies and mythologies. …”
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Orthostatic Hypotension Is a Predictor of Fatigue in Drug-Naïve Parkinson’s Disease by Jong Hyeon Ahn, Jin Whan Cho, Jinyoung Youn

“…Fatigue and orthostatic hypotension (OH) are common and disabling nonmotor symptoms (NMSs) of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but none of the studies have reported on the longitudinal association between fatigue and OH. …”
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Mini Review: Anticholinergic Activity as a Behavioral Pathology of Lewy Body Disease and Proposal of the Concept of “Anticholinergic Spectrum Disorders” by Koji Hori, Kimiko Konishi, Misa Hosoi, Hiroi Tomioka, Masayuki Tani, Yuka Kitajima, Mitsugu Hachisu

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Sex differences in psychiatric comorbidities of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children, adolescents, and adults: A nationwide population-based cohort study. by Pei-Hsin Kao, Chung-Han Ho, Charles Lung-Cheng Huang

“…Among the cohort, 83.50% were children (0-12 years) presenting primarily with learning disabilities and tics, while adolescents (13-18 years; 11.88%) had higher instances of oppositional defiant and conduct disorders. …”
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Epidemiological trends and healthcare disparities in onychomycosis: An analysis of the All of Us research program. by Aditya K Gupta, Vasiliki Economopoulos, Tong Wang, Vincent Piguet

“…Lower income and education were associated with a higher likelihood of debridement and trimming procedures, while Black and Hispanic patients were less likely to undergo these procedures. Patients with disabilities also received different treatments when compared to able-bodied individuals, being less likely to receive ciclopirox, efinaconazole and terbinafine, but more likely to undergo debridement and trimming procedures. …”
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Effect of Attention Based Exercises in Balance Control and Fall Risk in Elderly Females - An Interventional Study by Arunima Sasidharan, L Gladson Jose

“… Background Aim Fall related injuries in elderly population are one of the most disabling predicaments particularly in the age group of 60-70 years. …”
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