Epidemiological insights into complication and outcomes in corneal refractive surgery population: findings from KNHANES 2010–2012 by Joon Yul Choi, Sun Young Ryu, Tae Keun Yoo

“…Methods This cross-sectional study included 595 participants with a self-reported history of corneal refractive surgery. …”
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Effectiveness of combining a proximal strengthening exercise program and foot orthosis on pain and performance among women with patellofemoral pain syndrome and a pronated foot: st... by Mansoureh Barati Ashtiani, Hassan Daneshmandi, Zahra Raeisi

“…Pain, as the primary outcome, will be measured by the visual analog scale before and after the 8-week intervention program. …”
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Comparison of the surgical efficacy of total hip replacement versus hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of femoral neck fractures in elderly patients with sarcopenia. by Zhaoyang Yin, Zhuzhi Zhu, Chao Wang, Xiaolong Jia, Xiuqiang Zou

“…Currently, limited research has compared the effectiveness of THA versus HA, specifically in patients with FNF and sarcopenia.<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective study included data from 109 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the period between January 2015 and December 2017. …”
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Short-Term Clinical Evaluation of Tibial Tunnel Angle and Position in Anatomical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Mücahid Osman Yücel, Raşit Emin Dalaslan, Sönmez Sağlam, Mehmet Arıcan, Zekeriya Okan Karaduman, Bedrettin Akar

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the angle and position of the tibial tunnel in the coronal and sagittal planes on short-term postoperative clinical outcomes following arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). <i>Materials and Methods</i>: This retrospective study included 40 patients who underwent anatomical ACLR between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 and had a follow-up period of at least 4 months. …”
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Cross-Scale Feature Blending Model for Surface Defect Identification in Machine Tool Elements Resilient to Contaminant Interference by Dong Wu, Chunhua Guo, Renpu Li, Zhigang Ma

“…Despite the merits of vision-oriented methods, challenges arise during image data measurement due to contaminating factors such as oil pollution or foreign material intrusion. …”
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Application of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Nursing in Patients with Brucellar Spondylitis and Its Effects on Pain, Inflammation, and Immune Function by Zhang Y, Zuo X, Yang X, Li R, Wang H, Yu J, Yang X

“…Ying Zhang,1 Xianhong Zuo,2 Xiao Yang,1 Rui Li,1 Huan Wang,1 Jiantao Yu,1 Xinming Yang1 1Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, 075000, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Nursing, Zhangjiakou University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, 075000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xinming Yang, Email yzx569@126.comObjective: This study evaluated the effects of multidisciplinary rehabilitation nursing on postoperative outcomes in patients with brucellar spondylitis, focusing on pain, inflammation, immune function, emotional state, sleep quality, spinal mobility, adverse reactions, and patient satisfaction.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 87 patients who underwent surgery for brucellar spondylitis between January 2020 and June 2024. …”
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Triolein alleviates ischemic stroke brain injury by regulating autophagy and inflammation through the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway by Chaoqun Wang, Yuntao Li, Yonggang Zhang, Daniel Smerin, Lijuan Gu, Shuting Jiang, Xiaoxing Xiong

“…Given the critical roles of inflammation and autophagy in IS pathogenesis, this study aimed to elucidate the effects of triolein in IS and investigate its mechanism of action. Methods We evaluated the impact of triolein using both in vitro oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) and in vivo middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO/R) models. …”
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Topography and Higher Order Corneal Aberrations of the Fellow Eye in Unilateral Keratoconus by Sibel Aksoy, Sezen Akkaya, Yelda Özkurt, Sevda Kurna, Banu Açıkalın, Tomris Şengör

“…Objectives: Comparison of topography and corneal higher order aberrations (HOA) data of fellow normal eyes of unilateral keratoconus patients with keratoconus eyes and control group. Materials and Methods: The records of 196 patients with keratoconus were reviewed. …”
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Delayed macular development in preterm infants with spontaneously regressed retinopathy of prematurity by Xiaojing Cai, Xiaohong Zhou, Tiancheng Wu, Yian Li, Weiming Yang, Chenhao Yang

“…Design A cross-sectional observational study. Methods Using handheld SD-OCT, OCT images were acquired in non-sedated infants ages about 37 weeks(w) post-menstrual-age (PMA = gestational age in weeks + chronological age). …”
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DYNANICS AND MODERN REGIME OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL PRECAUCASUS TERRITORY by Galina Khamzatovna Badakhova, Yury Konstantinovich Lashmanov, Vladimir Andreevich Shimelsky

“…Materials and methods: The analysis of the current mode of thunderstorm activity in the region was carried out according to daily eight-term observations of sixteen meteorological stations in the Stavropol Territory. …”
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Surgical treatment of corneal perforation by auto tissue: a clinical case by E. A. Ivachev

“…Purpose: to analyze the effectiveness of therapeutically covering cornea perforation in a cancer patient with auto conjunctiva. Material and methods. A patient with a diagnosis of cancer of the right kidney pT1N0M1, ST 4, metastasis in the left kidney and L 1-2 vertebrae; cancer rectum pT3N0M0, liver metastases in the form of a hypodense focus underwent several surgeries: radical nephrectomy of the right kidney; anterior resection of the rectum; atypical liver resection (S3, S4, S5). …”
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Liver X-ray Attenuation in Patients with Novel Coronavirus Infection (Multislice Computed Tomography Study) by А. К. Nikogosova, А. B. Berdalin, I. L. Gubskiy, V. G. Lelyuk

“…Objective: to analyze the X-ray liver attenuation values in hospitalized patients with novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in relation to the time of disease onset, the severity of pulmonary parenchymal involvement, and the disease outcome.Material and methods. Chest computed tomography (CT) findings in 635 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were analyzed. …”
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RESULTS OF LIFE’S QUALITY RESEARCH AT PATIENTS WITH GLOSSODYNIA by V.N. Kulygina, I. A. Dorosh

“…Purpose of research: analysis of life’s quality at patients with glossodynia on SF-36 questionnaire. Methods and materials. To achieve this purpose conducted research of life’s quality by questionnaire SF-36 ("The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 Items Health Survey") at 49 patients with glossodynia aged from 46 to 65 years, divided into 2 groups according to the age by classification of Markosyan (1991): II period of mature age (28 patients) and advanced age (21 patients). 24 and 18 healthy individuals of identical age served as control. …”
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Is Age-adjusted Sagittal Parameter Important for Patients Receiving Short Anterior and Oblique Anterolateral Lumbar Surgery? by Kuan-Kai Tung, Wei-Cheng Tseng, Yun-Che Wu, Kun-Hui Chen, Chien-Chou Pan, Cheng-Min Shih, Cheng-Hung Lee

“…Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether age-adjusted sagittal parameter is important for patients receiving short anterolateral lumbar surgery since the recently increased adoption of this surgery. Materials and Methods: Patients receiving anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) for degenerative spine disease were prospectively collected. …”
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DNA-Containing Extracellular Structures of Tumor Cells Inhibit the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps <i>in vitro</i> by A. N. Kazimirskii, J. M. Salmasi, G. V. Poryadin, M. I. Panina, A. E. Kim, A. G. Chakhalian, O. O. Turishcheva

“…To study the parameters of formed DNA-containing extracellular structures during co-cultivation of neutrophils from healthy donors, HСT116 adenocarcinoma cells and K562 myeloblastoma.Materials and methods. Erythrocyte sedimentation in EDTA-treated blood was carried out using Dextran 500. …”
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Pain Behaviour Scale (PaBS): An Exploratory Study of Reliability and Construct Validity in a Chronic Low Back Pain Population by Dalyah M. Alamam, Andrew Leaver, Niamh Moloney, Hana I. Alsobayel, Ghada Alashaikh, Martin G. Mackey

“…The Pain Behaviour Scale (PaBS) is an observational scale that was recently designed to uniquely measure both the presence and severity of observed pain behaviours. Methods. Twenty-two participants with chronic low back pain were observed during performance of five physical performance tests by two raters. …”
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Compatibility of endoscopic examination using i-scan technology with histopathology results in laryngeal carcinoma: prospective observational study by Gracia Cintia Massie, Agung Dinasti Permana, Shinta Fitri Boesoirie, Lina Lasminingrum, Melati Sudiro, Yussy Afriani Dewi

“…Objective To compare endoscopic findings using i-scan with histopathological results in patients with laryngeal carcinoma. Methods This study is an analytical prospective observational research with a cross-sectional design, followed by a concordance test analysis using accuracy tests and the kappa index. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance in hypermucoviscous and non-hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hiroki Namikawa, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Yukihiro Kaneko, Hiroshi Kakeya, Taichi Shuto

“…Forest plots were used to visualize the effect sizes and 95% CIs of individual studies estimated using the inverse variance and DerSimonian – Laird methods with fixed – and random-effects models, respectively. …”
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The effect of different consumption rates of the herbicide Harmony 75, VG on the level of stress in soybean plants by I. Storchous, O. Ivaschenko

“…To establish the optimally high efficiency of weed control in soybean crops with a two-time application of the herbicide Harmony 75, VG to relieve stress in crop plants. Methods. Field, laboratory, quantitative-weighing, visual, calculation-comparative, mathematical-statistical. …”
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Dynamic cross-lagged effects between healthy lifestyles and multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults in China by Xuan Zhu, He Ma, Hangjing Zhang, Yuting Zhang, Shangfeng Tang, Juyang Xiong

“…Abstract Background While healthy lifestyles mitigate the risk of multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases), their temporal dynamics in aging populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries undergoing rapid demographic structure transition, remain understudied. Methods Using longitudinal data (2014–2020) from 6,852 Chinese adults (aged ≥ 45 years) in the China Family Panel Studies, we used the subgroup analysis to investigate high risk groups in the chronic diseases status, employed alluvial diagrams to visualize diseases status transition and random intercept cross-lagged panel model to quantify the lagged effect between healthy lifestyles (sleep, physical exercise, smoking, drinking) and chronic diseases status (without diseases, single, multimorbidity). …”
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