The effect of ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral nerve block combined with hydromorphone on postoperative analgesia and inflammatory response in thoracoscopic surgery: a rand... by Lin Zeng, Xiaoxue Yu, Ting Yang, Jing Liao, Yinghui Ouyang

“…The patients were randomly assigned into two groups of UTPB combined with hydromorphone PCIA group (T group) and hydromorphone PCIA group (H group) according to the random number table method. T group underwent UTPB with ropivacaine before induction of general anesthesia. …”
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Effects of sufentanil in combination with dexmedetomidine for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia after renal transplantation by Ma Jun, Yang Yawen, Sun Linhao, Wu Tingting

“…Nowadays, the most convenient analgesic method is patient-controlled intravenous injection of one or more adjuvant drugs. …”
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Efficacy of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate in Patients With Detrusor Underactivity or Acontractile Bladder by Seongik Choi, Jong Hoon Lee, Jiwoong Yu, Jin Seok Kang, Kwang Jin Ko

“…The VE trend over time was visualized using Python’s Seaborn library with the locally weighted scatterplot smoothing method, and plots were generated using Matplotlib. …”
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Research hotspots and development trends of Brucellar spondylitis in the past 30 years: a bibliometric analysis by Jinyu Wu, Jinyu Wu, Hongxia Yuan, Hongchao Chen

“…This study employed bibliometric analysis to visually illustrate the scientific advancements and research trends in the field of Brucellar spondylitis research, providing a scientific basis for public health prevention and control strategies.MethodThe data were sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection database, covering the period from January 1, 1984, to December 31, 2023. …”
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Ultra-short stem intercalary prosthetic reconstruction for joint preservation in metaphyseal tumor management: a retrospective review of twenty-five cases by Leming Mou, Dayong Liu, Wanping Zhu, Dengxing Lun, Shilong Zhu, Jingyu Zhang, Yancheng Liu, Yongcheng Hu

“…Survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan–Meier method, and complications were classified according to the Henderson system. …”
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A MEMS seismometer respiratory monitor for work of breathing assessment and adventitious lung sounds detection via deep learning by Brian Sang, Haoran Wen, Greg Junek, Wendy Neveu, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Justin Romberg, Farrokh Ayazi

“…Since these assessment methods are subjective, a low-profile device used for an accurate and quantitative monitoring approach could provide valuable preemptive insights into respiratory health, proving to be clinically beneficial. …”
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FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION IN ECONOMIC CRIME INVESTIGATIONS by Artem Kovalenko, Mykola Zhdan, Oleksandr Shapovalov

“…The study employs a combination of general and specialized scientific methods. Using the formal-legal approach the authors clarify the procedural status of physical documents as evidence under the current Ukrainian criminal procedure legislation. …”
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Construction of a nomogram prediction model for the influencing factors for spinal nerve injury in elderly parturients after intraspinal block by SHI Yu, YUE Xiuqin, WANG Zhen

“…Objective To establish a nomogram model for predicting the influence factors for spinal nerve injury in elderly parturients after intraspinal block. Methods A total of 480 elderly parturients who received intraspinal block for delivery in our hospital from February 2019 to December 2021 were enrolled. …”
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Potato precision planter metering system based on improved YOLOv5n-ByteTrack by Cisen Xiao, Changlin Song, Junmin Li, Min Liao, Yongfan Pu, Kun Du

“…Currently, manual statistical methods are inefficient and challenging to evaluate in real-time. …”
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Industrial Image Anomaly Detection via Synthetic-Anomaly Contrastive Distillation by Junxian Li, Mingxing Li, Shucheng Huang, Gang Wang, Xinjing Zhao

“…Industrial image anomaly detection plays a critical role in intelligent manufacturing by automatically identifying defective products through visual inspection. While unsupervised approaches eliminate dependency on annotated anomaly samples, current teacher–student framework-based methods still face two fundamental limitations: insufficient discriminative capability for structural anomalies and suboptimal anomaly feature decoupling efficiency. …”
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Efficacy analysis of arthroscopic reduction combined with orthopedic robot-guided screw placement for Hawkins type II fractures of the talus neck by Mingliang Xu, Renlong Li, Rongjian Shi, Guoliang Chen, Lin Li, Jing Chen, Chun Wang

“…According to the blind envelope method, 21 patients were enrolled in the study group, and 21 patients were enrolled in the control group. …”
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Development of content for a mobile application aimed to increase medication adherence among older adults by Aysu Selcuk, Selin Soydan, Volkan Atmis, Ahmet Yalcin, Asuman Bozkir, Murat Varli

“…The aim of this Delphi survey study is to develop the content of a mobile application aimed to improve medication adherence among older adults by obtaining views from a panel including healthcare professionals, patients and patient care givers. Methods An online Delphi method was implemented by using a questionnaire platform to obtain consensus on key content for a mobile application. …”
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Rescue of a dislocated intraocular lens with silicone tip aspiration: a novel technique by Haibo Li, Xiuju Chen, Shuxin Cai, Ranqing Lin, Xiaoxin Li

“…Abstract Background To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a novel surgical technique using a 25-gauge active aspiration of flute needle for treating the dislocation of posterior intraocular lens (IOL). Methods This retrospective study included 12 eyes in 12 patients with posterior dislocated IOL. …”
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Acceptability of an AI-enabled family module in a mobile app for enhanced diabetes management: Patient and family perspectives by Sungwon Yoon, Rena Lau, Yu Heng Kwan, Huiyi Liu, Razeena Sahrin, Jie Kie Phang, Yichi Zhang, Nicholas Graves, Lian Leng Low

“…Objective To explore the acceptability of family support through an AI-enabled mobile app and identify preferences for its novel family module features among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and family members. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients with T2DM and family members. …”
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Efficiency and safety of Tapentadol with immediate release for postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgery patients by L. S. Sorokina, D. V. Fomina, M. A. Semenkova, A. A. Eremenko

“…The intensity of the pain syndrome during the patient’s motor activity (cough, deep breath) and at rest was assessed on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). As an additional objective criterion for the effectiveness of analgesia, the method of incentive spirometry was used. …”
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Morphological reflection of highly purified chondroitin sulfate action in patients with decompensated form of knee osteoarthritis by T. B. Minasov, A. M. Lila, A. G. Nazarenko, I. V. Sarvilina, N. V. Zagorodniy

“…Objective: to study the morphological reflection of the parenteral form of highly purified chondroitin sulfate (CS) action in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee joints (KJ) during total knee arthroplasty (TA).Patients and methods. An open, prospective, controlled, randomized study included 67 patients (24 men and 43 women aged 41—73 years) with stage III knee OA and grade 2 functional insufficiency. …”
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Compression-Aware Hybrid Framework for Deep Fake Detection in Low-Quality Video by Lagsoun Abdel Motalib, Oujaoura Mustapha, Hedabou Mustapha

“…Despite its handcrafted nature, our approach matches or surpasses the existing state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods. Grad-CAM visualizations further reveal both strengths and failures (e.g., occlusion and misalignment), offering valuable insights for refinement. …”
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Spatial accessibility and equity of primary healthcare in Zhejiang, China by Rixiang Xu, Caiming Xu, Lang Wu, Xuefeng Xie, Tingyu Mu

“…The two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method, weighted by a Gaussian function, was employed to measure the SA of PHC institutions, general practitioners (GPs), and beds across various residential areas. …”
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Management of patients with autoimmune liver diseases on the basis of the latest EASL recommendations and our own experience (lecture to a practical doctor) by Yu. M. Stepanov, S. V. Kosynska, O. V. Pavlenko

“…A highly specific PBC marker is AMA-M2, while p-ANCA can be determined in PSC. Among the visualizing methods of the hepatobiliary system, MRCP was identified as an accurate method for evaluating the duct system in PSC and liver elastography for evaluating the degree of fibrosis.Treatment of autoimmune liver diseases, according to the latest EASL recommendations, includes immunosuppressive therapy with hormones, azathioprine, other cytostatics, UDCA. …”
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Predicting the evolution of pH and total soluble solids during coffee fermentation using near-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics by Vicente Tirado-Kulieva, Carlos Quijano-Jara, Himer Avila-George, Wilson Castro

“…Currently, coffee fermentation is visually operated, which results in incomplete or excessive processes and coffees with undesirable characteristics. …”
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