Use of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) as adjuvants in the treatment of neuropathic pain by Fernando Antonio Silva de Azevedo-Filho, Yasmim Machado Chaves de Castro, Marcos Pinho Cerqueira, Thiago Arruda Rodrigues, Yussef Ali-Abdouni, Patrícia Maria de Moraes Barros Fucs

“…After 12 weeks of treatment, the patients responded to the same instruments. RESULTS: 86 patients completed treatment. …”
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A Rapid Screening Method for Sibutramine Hydrochloride in Natural Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements by Qi Liang, Yue Zhuang, Jun Ma, Jinyan Wang, Rui Feng, Ruisi He, Zhuoya Luo, Honghao Wang, Ruoting Zhan

“…For these reasons, this method is especially suitable for underdeveloped settings because it can be employed onsite without any instrumentation. In addition, this approach could rapidly exclude most of the negative samples to boost efficiency in large-scale samples assay. …”
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Effect of Particle Size and Solution Leaching on Water Retention Behavior of Ion-Absorbed Rare Earth by Zhong-qun Guo, Yuan-ming Lai, Jie-fang Jin, Jian-rong Zhou, Zheng Sun, Kui Zhao

“…To discuss effects of particle size and solution leaching on water retention behavior of ion-absorbed rare earth, soil-water characteristic tests of samples with different particle sizes before and after the solution leaching were carried out by using a pressure plate instrument. Soil-water characteristic curves during drying and wetting were analyzed. …”
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An Unusual Case of Radicular Pain Caused by Bilateral Lumbar Synovial Cyst: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by David Ruiz-Picazo, José Ramírez-Villaescusa, Ana Verdejo-González

“…There are different treatment options that range from conservative management to interventions like image-guided epidural steroid injection or direct cyst puncture and finally to open or endoscopic spinal canal decompression and spinal bone fusion with/without instrumentation. A discussion of current management options for this unusual disease is presented. …”
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Factor structure and longitudinal measurement invariance of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the whole perinatal period: a multicenter cohort study in China by Jichun Yang, Yu Jiang, Yimin Qu, Yongle Zhan, Haihui Ma, Xiaoxiu Li, Dongmei Man, Hongguo Wu, Ping Huang

“…The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an efficient and effective instrument for perinatal depression. However, few studies have examined its longitudinal measurement invariance (LMI) during the whole perinatal period, which is particularly important in longitudinal studies, such as exploring developmental trajectories of perinatal depression and evaluating the effects of certain interventions. …”
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Electromyography as a Means of Assessing Masticatory Muscle Activity in Patients with Pain-Related Temporomandibular Disorders by Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Monika Machoy, Mariusz Lipski, Krzysztof Woźniak

“…The electromyographical (EMG) potentials of the temporalis and masseter muscles were measured with a DAB-Bluetooth Instrument (Zebris Medical GmbH, Germany) at rest and during maximum voluntary clenching (MVC). …”
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Image-guided orbital surgery: a preclinical validation study using a high-resolution physical model by Andrew Dickson, Kealan McElhinney, Conor Murphy, Rizwana I Khan, Ronan P Kileen, Donncha F O’Brien

“…Objective Preclinical validation study to assess the feasibility and accuracy of electromagnetic image-guided systems (EM-IGS) in orbital surgery using high-fidelity physical orbital anatomy simulators.Methods EM-IGS platform, clinical software, navigation instruments and reference system (StealthStation S8, Medtronic) were evaluated in a mock operating theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, a tertiary academic hospital in Dublin, Ireland. …”
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PACE Technique to Error Categories: Its Effectiveness in Improving Word Problem Performance in Mathematics among the 7th Grade Students by Roghene A. Coloma, Florante P. Ibarra, Amirul Mukminin, Lenny Marzulina, Herri Mulyono, Kasinyo Harto

“…The study utilized quasi-experimental research design with a validated researcher-made 7th Grade Mathematics test as the main instrument. The test was administered to 38 students before and after the implementation of the PACE technique. …”
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Scales’ validity and reliability for pain assessment. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Cienfuegos 2023 by Jayce Díaz Díaz, Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Zulema Sánchez Acosta, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Felicia Rodríguez Solís

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an instrument validation study was carried out from January to November 2023. …”
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Feasibility of transpedicular screw placement through the posterior arch of C1: A CT study in the Emirati population by Ivan James Prithishkumar, Dineshwary Suresh, Nerissa Naidoo, Rashid AlSharhan, Usama Al Bastaki, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Baylis Vivek Joseph

“…Background: Instrumentation of the lateral mass of first cervical vertebra (C1) is required in atlantoaxial instability. …”
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Retrieval of NO2 Columns by Exploiting MAX-DOAS Observations and Comparison with OMI and TROPOMI Data during the Time Period of 2015–2019 by Ahmad Iqbal, Naveed Ahmad, Hassan Mohy ud Din, Michel Van Roozendael, Muhammad Shehzaib Anjum, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali Khan, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar

“…It is pertinent to mention that TROPOMI measurements can capture the local NO2 pollution much better than OMI and its predecessor instruments like GOME-2, SCIAMACHY and GOME. Seasonal trends of NO2 column densities have shown a peak in the winter season (November–January) while lowest NO2 column density is recorded in monsoon season.…”
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Determining the effect of frailty on survival in advanced ovarian cancer: study protocol for a prospective multicentre national cohort study (FOLERO) by Daniel Hunde, Niklas Ekerstad, Mihaela Asp, Päivi Kannisto, Madelene Wedin, Charlotte Palmqvist, Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirna Abraham-Nordling, Kristina Åhlund, Vilhelm Mörlin, Nina Groes-Kofoed, Sahar Salehi

“…Three different frailty instruments are evaluated preoperatively, blinded to the caregiver. …”
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Operational Deflection Shape Extraction from Broadband Events of an Aircraft Component Using 3D-DIC in Magnified Images by Ángel J. Molina-Viedma, Elías López-Alba, Luis Felipe-Sesé, Francisco A. Díaz

“…They provide a global insight into the structure or component behaviour which implies massive spatial information, unaffordable by traditional sensor instrumentation. Moreover, phase-based motion magnification (PMM) is a methodology which, based on a sequence of images, magnifies a periodic motion encoded in phase time-domain signals of the complex steerable pyramid filters employed to decompose the images. …”
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Validation Spanish of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale in the Postpartum - City BITS by Ayelén Acosta, Aquiles Pérez Delgado, Mercedes Lotufo, Angela Zayas, Sandro Giovanazzi

“…Conclusions: The Spanish adaptation of the City Birth Trauma Scale is confirmed as a reliable and valid instrument, consistent with original research findings and subsequent validations, articulating postpartum PTSD in two symptom categories: birth-related and general.…”
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Data-driven prediction of critical diameter for deterministic lateral displacement devices: an integrated DPD-ML approach by Shuai Liu, Peng Zhang, Anbin Wang, Keke Tang, Shuo Chen, Chensen Lin

“…This leads to significant economic and time costs, while the complexity of instruments and algorithms further raises the barrier for DLD design and optimization. …”
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Robotic pedicle screw placement for minimal invasive thoracolumbar spine surgery: a technical note by Luthfi Gatam, Luthfi Gatam, Luthfi Gatam, Phedy Phedy, Phedy Phedy, Syafruddin Husin, Harmantya Mahadhipta, Asrafi Rizki Gatam, Asrafi Rizki Gatam, Asrafi Rizki Gatam, Mitchel Mitchel, Karina Sylvana Gani, Erica Kholinne, Erica Kholinne

“…These advantages establish robotic assistance as a crucial innovation for enhancing surgical precision and patient safety, although it requires careful handling of technical challenges like alignment changes in highly flexible bones and ensuring accurate instrument trajectory during screw placement.ConclusionRobotic-assisted spine surgery improves pedicle screw accuracy with real-time planning and trajectory adjustments, reducing complications and radiation exposure. …”
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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New... by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…Removing any items from the WHOBARS led to a decrease in the overall reliability of the instrument.Conclusions Assessing checklist administration quality is important for promoting improvement in its use, and WHOBARS offers a reliable approach for doing this.…”
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Anti-Apoptosis Effects of Green Tea in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Doses of Ionizing Radiation by Najmeh Anbiaee, Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Hosein Azimian, Zoha Sahebnasagh, Sepideh Abdollahi Dehkordi, Majid Kianmehr, samaneh soudmand salarabadi, Maryam Najafi Amiri

“…Afterward, lymphocytes were exposed to X-radiation by OPG, CBCT, CT and radiotherapy instruments. The protective effects of the green tea polyphenol on Bcl-2 and Bax genes expression levels were evaluated in cultured lymphocytes obtained from treated cells (24 h and 1 h before and 1 h after exposure to ionizing radiation) and non-treated cells (Receiving X-radiation and non-receiving green tea).Results: The results of this investigation demonstrated Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, as an index of the radiation sensitivity, was significantly decreased in groups which had been received dose of 2 Gy in treated cells groups of 1 h before and 1 h after X-radiation (p<0.05).Conclusion: The results indicated different effects of green tea on low and high doses of X-radiation. …”
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Exoscope-assisted spine surgery: Current applications and future directions–A short review by Tomas Ferreira, Sakshi Roy, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Vallabh Shet, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Adrenito Nicolas, Toufik Abdul-Rahman

“…The application of exoscopes have improved spine surgeries such as spinal fusion procedures, decompression surgeries, instrumentation surgeries, minimally invasive and complex surgeries. …”
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Diabetic Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy: Correlation of Clinical, Laboratory, and Electrophysiologic Studies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yi-Ching Weng, Sung-Sheng Tsai, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Chun-Che Chu, Long-Sun Ro, Ming-Feng Liao, Hong-Shiu Chang, Chiung-Mei Chen, Jawl-Shan Hwang, Hung-Chou Kuo

“…The modified Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (mMNSI) and Douleur Neuropathique 4 were used to evaluate the severity of DSPN and DPNP, respectively. …”
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