Rethinking village malaria workers in Cambodia: Perspectives from the communities, programme managers, and international stakeholders. by Long Heng Orng, Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal, Panarasri Khonputsa, Lek Dysoley, Siv Sovannaroth, Thomas J Peto, James J Callery, Christopher Pell, Richard J Maude, Marco Liverani

“…However, there was a clear demand in the communities for additional services including treatment for common illnesses, monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and relief of general symptoms through medication, such as for fever, headache, and stomach pain. …”
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Prolonged Myelosuppression due to Progressive Bone Marrow Fibrosis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia by Yuta Inagawa, Yukiko Komeno, Satoshi Saito, Yuji Maenohara, Tetsuro Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Taku Saito, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Yasumasa Hatada, Tomiko Ryu

“…Oral loxoprofen was prescribed for pain relief. On day 33 of the third consolidation, white blood cell and neutrophil counts were 320/μL and 20/μL, respectively. …”
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Comparison of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Microcurrent Nerve Stimulation (MENS) in the Management of Masticatory Muscle Pain: A Comparative Study by B. Saranya, Junaid Ahmed, Nandita Shenoy, Ravikiran Ongole, Nanditha Sujir, Srikant Natarajan

“…MENS showed better and immediate effect in relief of pain. Microcurrent also has the advantage of being subthreshold, and hence the side effects such as tingling sensation and paresthesia seen to occur in some patients following TENS are absent. …”
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Intertransverse process block versus subcostal transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial by Qian Chen, Xinyue Zhou, Fang Wang, Yang Zeng, Bin Qian, Haiyun Du

“…Conclusion This study showed that the double-shot bilateral ITPB could reduce opioids consumption and achieve longer and better pain relief. Additionally, it promoted early postoperative activity and improved patient satisfaction. …”
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Early and midterm efficacy of oxiplex gel on postoperative pain intensity, physical disability, and musculoskeletal power in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy by Alireza Tabibkhooei, Maziar Azar, Mohsen Nabiuni, Javad Jahandideh, Mohsen Benam, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Feizollah Ebrahimnia, Ali Moradi

“…It serves to cover the surgical site, preventing adhesions and providing relief from pain and symptoms. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the extent of its beneficial effects on postoperative pain intensity, level of disability, and overall improvement of musculoskeletal conditions. …”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder (WAD): Part 5 – Surgical and Injection-Based Interventions for Chronic WAD by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…For the treatment of chronic WAD, there was moderate evidence supporting radiofrequency neurotomy as an effective treatment for whiplash-related pain, although relief is not permanent. Sterile water injections have been demonstrated to be superior to saline injections; however, it is not clear whether this treatment is actually beneficial. …”
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Association Between Patient-Reported Pain and Remission or Low Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from RA-BE-REAL Prospective Observational Study by Peter C. Taylor, Walid Fakhouri, Samuel Ogwu, Ewa Haladyj, Inmaculada de la Torre, Bruno Fautrel, Rieke Alten, Peter Nash, Eugen Feist

“…Almost half the patients who were in remission/LDA receiving baricitinib achieved ≥ 70% pain relief. At 3 M, the proportion of patients in remission/LDA with pain VAS ≤ 20 mm was 62.1% (cohort A), 55.0% (cohort B-TNFi) and 55.6% (cohort B-OMA), while for those not in remission/LDA, it was 8.5% and 8.7% (cohort A and B-TNFi, respectively) and 5.3% (B-OMA). …”
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Feasibility of individualized home exercise programs for patients with head and neck cancer-study protocol and first results of a multicentre single-arm intervention trial (OSHO #9... by Sabine Felser, Julia Rogahn, Änne Glass, Lars Arne Bonke, Daniel Fabian Strüder, Jana Stolle, Susann Schulze, Markus Blaurock, Ursula Kriesen, Christian Junghanss, Christina Grosse-Thie

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Patients with head and neck cancer (PwHNC) benefit from targeted exercise interventions: symptom relief, compensation for dysfunction, improvement in quality of life (QoL). …”
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Intraoperatively identified patellofemoral osteoarthritis: no significant impact on short-term outcomes of medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Bei Li, Changyu Huang, Bingqian Zheng, Zida Huang, Xinyu Fang, Xiaoyong Wang, Wenming Zhang

“…Although lateral PFOA had some impact on UKA efficacy, patients still experienced significant postoperative pain relief and functional improvement. Differences in the tibial component posterior slope angle (TCPSA) were noted among the groups, particularly between the medial and lateral groups (P < 0.05). …”
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Determination of Cenozoic Sedimentary Structures Using Integrated Geophysical Surveys: A Case Study in the Hebei Plain, China by Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Junjie Wu, Pei Li, Xingchun Wang, Qingquan Zhi, Guojiang Hao, Jianhua Li, Xiaohong Deng

“…In this study, gravity, magnetotelluric (MT) sounding and shallow seismic methods are used to explore the basement relief and stratigraphic structure of the alluvial proluvial area in front of Taihang Mount in the North China Plain so as to understand the geological structure and sedimentary evolution of the area. …”
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Gastroprotective Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Broccoli Stems on Acute Injury in Rats: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Gastric Function and Inflammatory Responses by Jihye Choi, Yuseong Jang, Hyeon-Gi Paik, Melissa Hyun-Joo Ha, Jungkee Kwon

“…<i>Results</i>: The BSE 250 mg/kg group exhibited significant relief of clinical signs compared to the negative control group. …”
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Gaussian process latent variable models-ANN based method for automatic features selection and dimensionality reduction for control of EMG-driven systems by Maham Nayab, Asim Waris, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Dokhyl AlQahtani, Ahmed Imran, Syed Omer Gilani, Umer Hameed Shah

“…In individual comparisons, GPLVM had the shortest computational time (29 s), which was significantly less than that of all the other models (p &lt; 0.05), with PCA following at approximately 35 s and Relief at approximately 57 s, while PPCA took approximately 69 s, and Lasso exhibited higher computational costs than all the models but lower computational costs than did the original set. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Different Acupuncture Treatments for Cancer-Related Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Tianle Xie MD, Can Liu MD, Yudi Wu MD, Xiuxiu Li MD, Qianyun Yang PhD, Jing Tan PhD

“…Network meta-analysis showed that, compared to Usual Medicine, Acupuncture + Usual Medicine + Traditional Chinese medicine (MD = −1.83, 95% CI: −2.86 to −0.80) could reduce NRS scores, Acupuncture + Traditional Chinese medicine (OR = 30.86, 95% CI: 3.75-254.20) could improve cancer pain relief, Moxibustion + Usual Medicine (MD = 2.12, 95% CI: 0.43-3.80) could effectively improve KPS score, Acupuncture + Application of Chinese medicine (OR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.04-0.66) is associated with a lower incidence of constipation, Electro-Acupuncture + Usual Medicine (OR = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.03-0.45) shows a lower incidence of nausea and vomiting, Acupuncture + Moxibustion + Usual Medicine (OR = 0.29, 95% CI: 0.09-0.90) is associated with a lower incidence of dizziness. …”
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Comparative clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with manipulation and other non-pharmacological interventions in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a prospective, multi... by Fudong Shi, Haibao Wen, Yuzhang Liu, Zuoxu Li, Jiao Jin, Ning Liu, Guojun Wang, Chun Chen, Yadi Feng, Hai Lin, Shimin Zhang

“…There were no significant differences between the acupuncture and manipulation groups (P &gt; 0.05), while the traction group showed significantly less improvement compared to the other groups (P &lt; 0.05).ConclusionThis study demonstrates that acupuncture combined with spinal manipulation significantly reduces pain and improves lumbar function in LDH patients compared to other tested interventions. The symptom relief rate was significantly higher in the acupuncture + manipulation group compared to the acupuncture, manipulation, and traction groups.Clinical trial registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn/index.aspx, identifier ChiCTR2200058598.…”
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mHealth-based exercise vs. traditional exercise on pain, functional disability, and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of r... by Liang Tang, Meng-Ming Wang, He-Xia Wang, Xiao-Ya He, Yue-Shuai Jiang

“…However, a statistically significant difference was found between mHealth-supported exercise compared with unsupervised traditional exercise in terms of pain (SMD = −1.03; 95%CI: −1.49 to −0.57; P &lt; 0.001) and functional disability (SMD = −0.89; 95%CI: −1.71 to −0.06; P = 0.04).ConclusionmHealth-based exercise was found to be more effective than unsupervised conventional exercise in promoting pain relief and enhancing functional disability in patients with OA. …”
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Intravenous Oxycodone versus Intravenous Morphine in Cancer Pain: A Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Active-Control Study by Kyung-Hee Lee, Jung-Hun Kang, Ho-Suk Oh, Moon-Ki Choi, Byoung-Yong Shim, Young-Jun Eum, Hye-Jeong Park, Jin-Hyong Kang

“…While this reduction was similar between groups (3.5 ± 2.2 versus 3.1 ± 1.8, P value = 0.562), oxycodone achieved faster pain relief (average pain: 3.0 ± 1.6 versus 3.9 ± 1.6, P value = 0.020) on Day 2 and significant NRS reductions for worst pain on Day 2 (P value = 0.045) and current pain on Day 2 (P value = 0.035) and Day 5 (P value = 0.020) compared to morphine. …”
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LA GEOPEDOLOGIA COMO BASE PARA ZONIFICAR LA APTITUD FORESTAL EN UNA CUENCA DEL NOROESTE DE LA PATAGONIA ARGENTINA by Maria Cristina Frugoni, Romina González Musso, Gabriel Falbo, Dolores Zapiola

“…According to this approach three landscapes were recognized: glacial modeled mountains, plateau and valley. The relief consists mainly of steep to very steep slopes, and valley bottoms with poorly drained soils. …”
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Continuously relapsing (for two years) course of diarrheal variant of IBS (<i>Clinical case</i>) by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Prescribed treatment included dioctaedric smectite, probiotic and antipsychotic drug, which had led to complete relief of all symptoms.Conclusion. Careful taking past history and carrying out detailed laboratory and instrumental tool investigation allowed to establish clinical diagnosis in the patient, and pathogenicly proven treatment promoted achievement of disease remission.…”
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Lecture poétique des langues locales : cas de Nyanndra Mun (Proverbes) du Roi Salomon by Koffi Samuel N’ZI & Kouamé Gilles YAO

“…Elle a porté essentiellement sur la langue baoulé[1] et permis, à travers l’analyse de quelques extraits de Nyanndra Mun (transcription en Baoulé du livre des proverbes du Roi Salomon), de mettre en relief les riches dimensions linguistiques et littéraires de cette langue locale. …”
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Assessing The Impact of Tea Production on The Economic Development of Local Community: A Case Study of Kayonza Tea Factory in Kayonza Sub- County Kanungu District. by Tukwasibwe, Joab

“…The study findings show that the factors that have favoured tea production were land availability which is a major factor consisting 90% of the respondents, farm labour, relief, agro-input use and the growing promotion as a strategic agricultural enterprise, the contributions of tea production in Kayonza sub-county Kanungu District were a source of income which is the major contribution of tea production (97%), employment opportunities, foreign exchange earner for the county, contributing to food security, infrastructural development, and the challenges affecting tea production in Kayonza sub-county Kanungu District were pest and diseases which is the major challenge to tea production (90%) cost of production, lack of comprehensive policies, , poor road networks and infrastructures, poor agricultural technology, marketing and value¬addition constraints, climatic changes and seasonal effects and poor access to information. …”
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