STABLE trial of spectacle provision and driving safety among myopic motorcycle users in Vietnam: study protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial by Vinh Chi Le, Kien Gia To, Van Dat Le, Le Nguyen, Graeme MacKenzie, Lovemore Nyasha Sigwadhi, Prabhath Piyasena, Mai Tran, Ving Fai Chan, Rohit C. Khanna, Mike Clarke, Lynne Lohfeld, Heather Dickey, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Asha Latha Mettla, Sridevi Rayasam, Han Thi Ngoc Doan, Dung Van Do, Phuoc Hong Le, Charlie Klauer, Richard Hanowski, Zeb Bowden, Lynn Murphy, Joanne Thompson, Susan McMullan, Cliona McDowell, Raja Narayanan, Julie-Anne Little, Huong Thu Ha, Sangchul Yoon, Rahul Goel, Lan Luong, Xuan Nguyen, Nathan Congdon

“…Secondary outcomes include visual function, cost-effectiveness and self-reported crash events. …”
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Immediate effect of electrical vestibular stimulation on autonomic and respiratory parameters and reaction time in patients with Parkinson’s disease by Asha G, Varun Manjunath, Karthik N, Yashica Gowda R, Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Rohit Singh Chouhan, Anitha Lakshmi

“…Pulse rate and respiratory rate were recorded manually. Auditory and visual reaction times were recorded using the RT apparatus. …”
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Outcomes of aqueous shunt surgery in glaucoma secondary to congenital aniridia by Jeremy C.K. Tan, Abdus Samad Ansari, Nicholas G. Strouthidis, John Brookes, Peng T Khaw, Keith Barton, Renata Puertas

“…The baseline IOP, medications and visual acuity were 23.4 (SD 8.3), 3.0 (SD 0.9) and 1.6 (SD 0.7) logMAR respectively. …”
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Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel relapsing fever group Borrelia from the white-eared opossum Didelphis albiventris in Brazil by Barbara C. Weck, Adriana Santodomingo, Maria Carolina A. Serpa, Glauber M.B. de Oliveira, Felipe R. Jorge, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Marcelo B. Labruna

“…This study aimed to detect, isolate and to characterize by molecular methods a relapsing fever group (RFG) Borrelia in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) from Brazil. …”
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Static and temporal dynamic changes of intrinsic brain activity in early-onset and adult-onset schizophrenia: a fMRI study of interaction effects by Jingli Chen, Jingli Chen, Jingli Chen, Yarui Wei, Yarui Wei, Kangkang Xue, Kangkang Xue, Xinyu Gao, Xinyu Gao, Mengzhe Zhang, Mengzhe Zhang, Shaoqiang Han, Shaoqiang Han, Baohong Wen, Baohong Wen, Guangyu Wu, Jingliang Cheng, Jingliang Cheng

“…The main effects of diagnosis were found in the PFC, medial temporal structures, cerebrum, visual and sensorimotor networks, the main effects of age were found in the visual and motor networks of ALFF and PFC of dALFF.ConclusionOur findings unveil the static and dynamic neural activity mechanisms involved in the interaction between disorder and age in schizophrenia. …”
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APENDIC-RADS: an ultrasound reporting system for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis by Marcos Roberto Gomes de Queiroz, Victor Arantes Jabour, José Leão de Souza Junior, Milena Ribeiro Paixão, Paulo Savoia Dias da Silva, Davi Wen Wei Kang, Gaby Cecilia Yupanqui Guerra Barboza, Guilherme Muniz Bourroul, Juliana Maria Haddad de Lamare, Irline Cordeiro de Macedo Pontes, Gabriela Cauper de Carvalho Pereira, Wanessa Rolando Roselli, Marcelo Rocha Corrêa da Silva, Antonio Rahal Junior, Cesar Augusto Passos Braga, Miguel José Francisco Neto

“…The imaging findings were classified into five categories: APENDIC-RADS 0, where the appendix cannot be visualized; APENDIC-RADS 1, indicating a normal appendix; APENDIC-RADS 2, describing an appendix that is likely normal but only partially visualized; APENDIC-RADS 3, appendicitis cannot be ruled out due to uncertain features and APENDIC-RADS 4, acute appendicitis. …”
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Assessment of printed lung cancer surgery patient education materials in the United StatesCentral MessagePerspective by Woorin Jang, BS, Savanna Kerstiens, MA, Rachel Nordgren, PhD, Anne Dijkstra, MB, Marina DePablo, MPH, DNP, RN, Lauren Gleason, MD, MPH, Darren Bryan, MD, Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR, Mark K. Ferguson, MD, Jane L. Holl, MD, MPH, Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD

“…Here we assessed printed lung cancer surgery PEMs for readability, understandability, actionability, and accessibility. Methods: Various lung cancer programs throughout the United States were contacted for their lung cancer surgery PEMs. …”
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Comparison of 25- and 27-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Repairing Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by Keiko Otsuka, Hisanori Imai, Ayaka Fujii, Akiko Miki, Mizuki Tagami, Atsushi Azumi, Makoto Nakamura

“…A retrospective nonrandomized clinical trial. Methods. A retrospective comparative analysis of 62 consecutive eyes from 62 patients with 6 months of follow-up was performed. …”
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Effect of ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors on attendance at ophthalmology appointments following referral from a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme: a retrospective cohor... by James Banks, Adnan Tufail, Ling Zhi Heng, Josef Huemer, Christopher G Owen, Alicja R Rudnicka, Yasir Khan, Abraham Olvera-Barrios, Michael Seltene, Mumina Khatun, Catherine A Egan, Zoe Ockrim, Matilda Pitt, Daisy Williams, Celestine Rutowska

“…Background/aims To examine the association between sociodemographic characteristics and attendance at Hospital Eye Service (HES) referrals from the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP), in a large, ethnically diverse urban population.Methods Retrospective cohort study (4 January 2016–12 August 2019) of people with diabetic retinopathy (DR) referred from an English DESP to a tertiary referral eye hospital. …”
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Automated fiber quantification analysis identifies tract-specific microstructural alterations in brain in intermittent exotropia by Jianlin Guo, Leqing Zhou, Ying Wang, Di Hu, Yanqiu Lv, Huiying Kang, Li Li, Yun Peng

“…Conclusions: Abnormalities in microstructural properties along visual-related fiber tracts are likely to contribute to difficulties in visual information processing in IXT patients, which could serve as the neural basis of underlying pathological mechanism of IXT.…”
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Clinical and Genetic Features of Autosomal Recessive Bestrophinopathy: A Case Series from a Vietnamese Cohort by Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, Van Khanh Tran, Ngoc Lan Nguyen, Nguyen Van Huy, Thinh Huy Tran, Le Thi Phuong, Phan Long Nguyen, Thuy Thu Nguyen, Tran Thi Quynh Trang, Do Thanh Huong, Ngo Thi Thu Huong, Trong Van Pham, Quoc Tung Mai

“…The patients underwent a visual acuity assessment, retinal multimodal imaging, and molecular testing through <i>BEST1</i> gene sequencing. …”
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Neurocognitive functioning in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1- a nationwide population-based study by Karoline Doser, Jens Richardt Møllegaard Jepsen, Line Kenborg, Kamilla Woznica Miskowiak, Vanna Albieri, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Anja Krøyer, Hanne Hove, John R. Østergaard, Christoffer Johansen, Sven Asger Sørensen, John Mulvihill, Jeanette Falck Winther, Pernille Envold Bidstrup

“…This study aimed at characterizing potential impairments of neurocognitive functions using neuropsychological tests as well as a self-report questionnaire. Methods In a nationwide, population-based study including 103 adults with NF1 and 38 age- and gender-matched NF1-free comparisons, we used a comprehensive neurocognitive test battery to assess intelligence and visual short-term memory, immediate visuospatial recall, reaction time, sustained attention, motor speed, planning, planning time, working memory as well as multitasking and a questionnaire to assess executive functions. …”
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The impact of short-course total neoadjuvant therapy, long-course chemoradiotherapy, and upfront surgery on the technical difficulty of total mesorectal excision: an observational... by Cheryl Xi-Zi Chong, Frederick H. Koh, Hui-Lin Tan, Sharmini Su Sivarajah, Jia-Lin Ng, Leonard Ming-Li Ho, Darius Kang-Lie Aw, Wen-Hsin Koo, Shuting Han, Si-Lin Koo, Connie Siew-Poh Yip, Fu-Qiang Wang, Fung-Joon Foo, Winson Jianhong Tan

“…There was no significant difference in the visual analog scale for difficulty in TME between the 3 groups (LCRT, 3.2; TNT-RAPIDO, 4.6; upfront, 4.1; P=0.12). …”
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Articular cartilage degeneration and aberrant osteocyte perilacunar/canalicular remodeling in subchondral bone of patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip by Teng Ye, Jiren Yan, Tianyou Kan, Guoming Xie, Zhichang Zhang, Wenjing Yin, Bizeng Zhao, Zhifeng Yu, Linyang Chu

“…Ploton silver staining was used to visualize lacunocanalicular network and picrosirius red staining was to visualize collagen fiber orientation in subchondral bone. …”
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Efficacy of trabeculectomy combined with collagen implant and mitomycin C compared to with mitomycin C alone in glaucoma: a retrospective cohort study by Medhat A Bakr, Ussama Alnaqib, Saleh S. Algamdi, Hatim Najmi, Askar K. Alshaibani, Moataza M. Abdel Wahab, Mohammed Barnawi, Abdulaziz I. AlSomali, Khalid B. Alburayk

“…We assessed the intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction, cup-disc (CD) ratio, visual acuity (VA), bleb morphology, and complications. …”
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SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN COMBINATION WITH X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE STUDY OF LACRIMAL PASSAGES. FIRST RESULTS by E. L. At’kova, I. O. Tomashevskiy, A. I. Luchshev, V. D. Yartsev

“…Objective: to explore the capabilities of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in combination with x-ray computed tomography (SPECT/CT) in the study of the anatomy and drainage function of lacrimal passages.Material and methods. Twelve scans were carried out in 6 healthy volunteers and in patients with different lacrimal drainage disorders (dacryostenoses, varying obstructive lacrimal passage, dacryocystitis and post-dacryocystorhinostomy). …”
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Sex Education for Individuals with Intellectual Development Disorder (IDD): A Scoping Review by Célia Oliveira, Sarah Ozorio, Verónica Gomes, Soraia Araújo, João Lopes

“…The interventions include multimodal approaches, such as visual materials, practical activities, and role-playing, resulting in significant gains in participants’ sexual knowledge. …”
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Objective Measurement of Blood Loss following Vaginal Delivery in a UK Hospital by Adam J. Devall, Christina L. Easter, Malcolm J. Price, Md Asiful Islam, Arri Coomarasamy

“…Methods: Blood loss after vaginal birth was objectively measured in 2009 women at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, UK using a blood collection drape. …”
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Social expectations or self-regulation?—study on tourists' comity behavior in taking photos by Dong Li, Dong Li, Zhaowen Duan, Xiaoliang Xu, Ying Chen, Xuyi Liu

“…IntroductionDuring travel, photos capture beautiful moments and serve as a visual narrative. However, achieving a satisfactory photo in crowded tourist scenes relies on tourists' mutual cooperation and courtesy. …”
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Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness by Laith Khasawneh, Haitham Odat, Basheer Y Khassawneh, Khalid A Kheirallah, Adi H Khassawneh, Ahmad Al Omari, Maisa Smadi, Firas Alzoubi, Safwan Alomari, Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi

“…Objective: To measure the efficacy of pillar implants in reducing snoring. Materials and methods: A total of 30 adult patients who underwent pillar implants were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the implantation. …”
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