Efficacy and Safety of Chia Seed Powder, Pea Protein, and Xyloglucan in Patients with Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Pl... by Mariya Armova, Martina Stefanova Nikolova, Petar Martinov Draganov, Petya Valentinova Peneva, Jean Marc Sabaté, Javier Santos

“…This multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of xyloglucan, pea protein, and chia seed powder (XP + CS) in irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Methods: Sixty patients received twice-daily XP + CS or placebo for 28 days. …”
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Efficacy of centchroman in treating mastalgia and fibroadenoma: A comprehensive institutional analysis by Shaikh Md Nafis Jahangir, Shakil Jawed, Manotosh Biswas, Imdadul Haque

“…Aims and Objectives: The study aimed to assess the effect of ormeloxifene (Centchroman), a selective estrogen receptor modulator, on mastalgia and fibroadenoma. Materials and Methods: Women aged 35 and under with benign breast disease sought treatment at a surgery outpatient department from October 2023 to September 2024. …”
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Differences in pretreatment symptoms of patients receiving injections or surgery to treat cartilage lesions of the knee: an International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservat... by Gwenllian F. Tawy, Michael J. McNicholas

“…The hypothesis was that there would be no clinical difference in scores between the 2 cohorts. Methods: Anonymous data from the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society Registry were exported: demographics, type of intervention, pretreatment Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores (KOOS) and Visual Analog Scores (VAS). …”
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The reversible impairment of behavioral variant frontotemporal brain sagging syndrome: Challenges and opportunities by Wouter I. Schievink, Marcel Maya, Zachary Barnard, Rachelle B. Taché, Ravi S. Prasad, Vikram S. Wadhwa, Franklin G. Moser, Miriam Nuño

“…Methods We performed DSM in the lateral decubitus position under general anesthesia in 21 consecutive patients with frontotemporal dementia brain sagging syndrome (4 women and 17 men; mean age 56.2 years [range: 31–70 years]). …”
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Nomogram for predicting the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids based on oxytocin experimentation and ultrasonographic features: a retrospec... by Sheng Chen, Danling Zhang, Guisheng Ding, Mengqi Chen, Songsong Wu, Jianzhong Zou

“…Objective To develop and validate a nomogram for predicting the effectiveness of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation for uterine fibroids based on oxytocin experiments combined with sonographic features.Methods Sixty patients with uterine fibroids treated with HIFU combined with oxytocin for uterine fibroids were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Phacoviscocanalostomy versus phacoemulsification alone for glaucoma associated with cataract: a meta-analysis by Dillan Cunha Amaral, Milton Ruiz Alves, Karina de Oliveira Caneca, Ana Luiza Machado Ribeiro Pimentel, Bruna Gabriel Miranda, Adroaldo de Alencar Costa Filho, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro, Jaime Guedes, Ricardo Noguera Louzada

“…ABSTRACT Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis compare the safety and efficacy of phacoemulsification alone versus combined phacoviscocanalostomy in glaucoma and cataract patients. Methods: We followed PRISMA guidelines. PubMed®, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Embase were searched for randomized clinical trial and non-randomized clinical trial studies comparing phaco versus phacoviscocanalostomy in patients with any glaucoma and cataract type. …”
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Real-World Outcomes of Brolucizumab Treatment in Japanese Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A 12-Month, Multicenter Study by Masayuki Ohnaka, Yoichi Sakurada, Atsushi Hayashi, Kazuaki Kadonosono, Hitoshi Ohno, Ryusaburo Mori, Hidetaka Matsumoto, Ippei Nagamori, Yuki Murata, Tina Maio-Twofoot, Helene Karcher, Hidenori Takahashi

“…Abstract Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the real-world outcomes of brolucizumab use in Japanese patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Methods PHEASANT was a retrospective, multicenter, single-arm cohort study. …”
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The clinical utility of musculoskeletal ultrasonography in hemiplegic shoulder rehabilitation poststroke by Jun Liu, Huijuan Pan, Huijuan Pan, Yong Bao, Yong Bao, Li Huang, Li Huang, Yunyun Hu

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the utility of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) in the rehabilitation of stroke patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain.MethodsWe conducted a study involving 80 stroke patients with hemiplegia and concomitant shoulder pain on the affected side, admitted to our hospital between April 2020 and March 2021. …”
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Brolucizumab for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: An Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Analysis by Marco R. Pastore, Serena Milan, Stefano Gouigoux, Olimpia Colombo, Silvia Rinaldi, Gabriella Cirigliano, Daniele Tognetto

“…<b>Objectives</b>: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the structural and functional outcomes after the loading phase with brolucizumab in switched patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) and to identify potential predictive biomarkers of treatment response. <b>Methods</b>: A total of 28 eyes with DME, switched to brolucizumab, were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Dexamethasone intravitreal implant monotherapy in naive patients with macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion: long term follow-up retrospective cohort study by Gamze Karataş, Akın Çakır, Tahsin Uzundede, Öznur Aday, Ahmet Melih Özoğuz, Mehmet Egemen Karataş, Aslı Kırmacı Kabakcı

“…AIM: To investigate the efficacy and safety of repeated dexamethasone implants with real-life data in eyes with naive retinal vein occlusion (RVO) with macular edema (ME) at a minimum of 60mo follow-up. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, the data about best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), serous macular detachment (SMD), hard exudate, hyperreflective foci (HRF), cystoid degeneration, pearl necklace sign, epiretinal membrane (ERM), disorganization of retinal inner layers (DRIL), ellipsoid zone and external limiting membrane (EZ-ELM) integrity, intraocular pressure (IOP) and lens condition were recorded. …”
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YOLO-WTB: Improved YOLOv12n Model for Detecting Small Damage of Wind Turbine Blades From Aerial Imagery by Phat T. Nguyen, Duy C. Huynh, Loc D. Ho, Matthew W. Dunnigan

“…Although predictive maintenance methods based on machine learning, deep learning, and traditional visual inspection have been widely studied, detecting small faults from aerial images remains a major challenge. …”
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Low level of the dental health as an indicator of malignant of the oral mucosa by E. V. Kochurova, V. N. Nikolenko, E. O. Kudasova, O. I. Panferova, O. S. Guiter, A. V. Sepp, A. V. Zotov

“…To evaluate a correlation between malignancy of the oral mucosa and the burdened dental status of patients.   Materials and methods. A controlled study was conducted which included 142 patients with cancer of the oral mucosa without sequential or parallel inclusion of patients in groups. …”
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Association between prognostic nutritional index and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in American adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yuqing Lei, Shaohong Tao, Yubo Yang, Fang Xie, Weining Xie

“…BackgroundThe current research was to investigate the relationship between prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and mortality, with a focus on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, for those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).MethodsData from 20,142 patients who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which was carried out between 2005 and 2014, were included in this research. …”
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Two-stage surgery with oblique lateral interbody fusion and posterior fixation in degenerative scoliosis with lumbosacral curve-driven degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a feasible opt... by Zuoran Fan, Qingyang Huang, Weiguo Zhu, Wei Wang, Xiangyu Li, Yu Wang, Dongfan Wang, Tao Hu, Xiaolong Chen, Shibao Lu

“…Furthermore, clinical outcomes and imaging results are analyzed between OLIF with posterior fixation and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with fixation for lumbosacral curve-driven degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). Methods 146 patients with type 2 DLS who underwent OLIF or PLIF between January 2019 and November 2023 were included. …”
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The Monocyte‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio Was Associated With Intraplaque Neovascularization of the Carotid Artery on AngioPLUS by Mingfeng Zhai, Xiao Sun, Jian Wang, Jimei Xu, Fuqin Bian, Menglin Wu, Yafei Yang, Hongwei Chen, Jinghong Lu

“…This study aims to investigate the relationship between MLR and carotid intraplaque neovascularization (IPN) in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Methods We performed the Angio Planewave Ultrasensitive (AngioPLUS) screening for patients with carotid plaques. …”
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One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Kimchi Cabbage Downy Mildew Detection Using Aerial Hyperspectral Images by Yang Lyu, Lukas Wiku Kuswidiyanto, Pingan Wang, Hyun-Ho Noh, Hee-Young Jung, Xiongzhe Han

“…Traditional disease detection methods based on visual inspection are labor intensive and time consuming. …”
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Diet components associated with specific bacterial taxa shape overall gut community compositions in omnivorous African viverrids by Malou B. Storm, Emilia M. R. Arfaoui, Phumlile Simelane, Jason Denlinger, Celine Alfredo Dias, Ana Gledis daConceição, Ara Monadjem, Kristine Bohmann, Michael Poulsen, Kasun H. Bodawatta

“…This led us to establish diet compositions that diverged from what has previously been found from visual identification methods. Specifically, while the two genera have been categorised into the same dietary guild, we detected more animal dietary items than plant items in C. civetta, while in Genetta spp., we observed the opposite. …”
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Rehabilitation of patients after surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a specialized sanatorium by R. V. Tarasov, E. V. Krasnikova, D. F. Gorlov, M. I. Chushkin, M. A. Bagirov

“…The effectiveness of rehabilitation measures was assessed by spirometry, oxygen saturation, goniometry, visual analog pain scale (VAS), Borg CR10 scale, mMRC dyspnea scale.Results. …”
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Measurement of Accommodative Amplitude Using Wavefront Aberrometer by Robert Edward T. Ang, MD, Jennifer Aurea S. Sarmiento, MD, Jocelyn Therese M. Remo, MD, Gladness Henna A. Martinez, MD, Lilette Marie B. Canilao, MD

“…Objective: To measure and compare the accommodative amplitude of Filipino patients with different accommodative conditions using a wavefront aberrometer. Methods: A total of 120 eyes of 67 patients seen in a private eye center were included and divided into two groups (phakic and pseudophakic). …”
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Acute Vitreous and Intraretinal Hemorrhage with Multifocal Subretinal Fluid in Juvenile X-Linked Retinoschisis by Sidra Ibad, Carl S. Wilkins, Alexander Pinhas, Vincent Sun, Matthew S. Wieder, Avnish Deobhakta

“…To report a rare case of spontaneous vitreous and intraretinal hemorrhage in a patient with juvenile X-linked retinoschisis which was managed conservatively. Methods. Single patient case report. Introduction. …”
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