Swallowed Topical Tacrolimus Induces Clinical and Histological Remission in a Subset of Patients with Severe Lymphocytic Esophagitis by Alain Schoepfer, Sofia Asikainen, Luc Biedermann, Andrea Kreienbuehl, Anne Godat, Corina Dommann, Alex Straumann, Thomas Greuter

“…We compared clinical (visual analogue scale [VAS] 0–10), endoscopic (VAS, Endoscopic Reference Score [EREFS]), and histological (peak lymphocyte count) disease activity before versus after treatment. …”
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Retrospective analysis of patients with acromioclavicular joint dislocation treated with a specialized plate by O. V. Dolhopolov, M. L. Yarova, S. O. Bezruchenko

“…The best results assessed by the Constant–Murley and Visual analogue scale scores were achieved in the group with the hook plate removal from the acromioclavicular joint after an interval of 4 to 6 months. …”
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The impact of group music therapy on anxiety, stress, and wellbeing levels, and chemotherapy-induced side effects for oncology patients and their caregivers during chemotherapy: a... by Andrés Salgado-Vasco, Juliana Torres-Morales, Clara Inés Durán-Rojas, Lucy Yolima Beltrán-Sánchez, Moshé Amarillo, Mark Ettenberger

“…Participants filled out pre- and post-intervention Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) assessing their anxiety, stress, and wellbeing levels, and for patients the intensity of chemotherapy-induced side effects. …”
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Incidence and risk factors for recurrence after surgical treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a retrospective cohort study by Abdelrahman M. Tawfik, Ahmed Mohamed Eweidah, Rawan Adel Hassanien, Shrouk F. Mohamed, Rawan Ashraf Kasem, Mohammed Ghoneem

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted at Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt, including 134 patients who underwent RRD surgery (pars plana vitrectomy [PPV] or scleral buckling [SB]) between March and September 2023. …”
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Implementing LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy: implementation strategies across five clinical trials by Audrey Harkness, Zachary A. Soulliard, Eric K. Layland, Kriti Behari, Brooke G. Rogers, Bharat Bharat, Steven A. Safren, John E. Pachankis

“…This study systematically identifies and evaluates implementation strategies for LGBTQ-affirmative CBT. Methods First, we identified and operationalized implementation strategies used across five trials of LGBTQ-affirmative CBT using the Pragmatic Implementation Reporting Tool. …”
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Short-term changes in the health state of children with group B meningococcal disease: A prospective, national cohort study. by Iain T R Kennedy, Albert J van Hoek, Sonia Ribeiro, Hannah Christensen, W John Edmunds, Mary E Ramsay, Shamez N Ladhani

“…After imputation, the median health index was -0.056 (IQR, -0.073 to 0.102) on the worst day of illness, and 1 (IQR 0.866 to 1.000) on the date of questionnaire completion. The respective Visual Analogue Scores (VAS) were 6.5/100.0 (IQR, 0.0 to 20.0) and 95.0/100.0 (IQR, 90.0 to 100.0). …”
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Awareness of Common Ocular Conditions Among Trinidad Population: A Cross‐Sectional Pilot Study by Ngozika E. Ezinne, Akera Pope, Moesha Tyson

“…The study is aimed to assess the awareness of common ocular conditions among adults in Trinidad. Methods A cross‐sectional study of Trinidad and Tobago (T & T) adults was conducted to determine their awareness of common ocular conditions. …”
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Barriers to effective outpatient hypertension treatment: a view of physicians and patients by S. V. Nedogoda, A. V. Sabanov, O. I. Bychkova

“…To study the opinion of primary care physicians and hypertensive (HTN) outpatients with different compliance rate on factors preventing effective antihypertensive therapy (AHT).Material and methods. Primary care physicians and HTN outpatients were questioned. …”
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A heuristic mixed real-time task allocation of virtual utilization in multi-core processor by Hongbiao Liu, Mengfei Yang, Tingyu Wang, Chenghao Song, Shenghui Zhu, Xi Chen

“…In order to improve the utilization of multi-core processors and ensure the real-time performance of the system, it is necessary to adopt a reasonable real-time task allocation method, but the existing methods are only for single-core processors or the performance is too low to be applicable. …”
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Cumulative dissipated energy during phacoemulsification is associated with bleb failure in eyes with prior trabeculectomy by Amer Mosa Alwreikat, Cansu Yüksel Elgin, David J. Ramsey, Paul R. Cotran

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis was conducted to visualize bleb survival over the two-year study period. …”
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Assessment of Reader Technologies for Over-the-Counter Diagnostic Testing by Mia Cirrincione, Maren Downing, Kevin Leite, Samuel Dolphin, Adam Samuta, Mack Schermer, Kimberly Noble, Brian Walsh

“…A growing number of these are adopting reader technologies, which provides an alternative to visual readouts for results interpretation, allowing for improved accessibility of OTC diagnostics. …”
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Mid- to Long-Term Outcomes of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Treatment of Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease: A Systematic Review and... by Yan Hu, Guohua Lv, Siying Ren, Daniel Johansen

“…The long-term functional outcomes (NDI, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) neck and arm pain scores, the Short Form 36 Health Survey physical component score (SF-36 PCS)), patient satisfaction and recommendation, and the incidence of superior adjacent segment degeneration also favored patients in CDA group with statistical difference. …”
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Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Blood Loss and Patient Outcomes in Orthognathic Surgery: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Thunshuda Sumphaongern, Soranun Chantarangsu

“…The secondary outcome variables were the stability of the vital signs, overall pain score and opioid requirement, anaesthetic time, quality of the operative visual field, surgeons’ satisfaction, hospital stay length and side effects. …”
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Effect of mild sedation and analgesia on radial artery cannulation in novice residents: a prospective, randomized controlled trial by Ya-zhi Xi, Zhen-ping Li, Qing-he Zhou

“…This study aimed to compare the success rates of resident physicians performing radial artery cannulation with mild sedation and analgesia versus without. Materials and methods This study was a prospective, single-center, double-blind randomized controlled trial. …”
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Prevalence of corneal arcus and associated factors in a German population-Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. by Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik, Ulrike Hampel, Lisa Ries, Ruah Faysal, Andreas Schulz, Jürgen H Prochaska, Philipp S Wild, Irene Schmidtmann, Thomas Münzel, Manfred E Beutel, Karl J Lackner, Norbert Pfeiffer, Alexander K Schuster

“…Refraction, distance-corrected visual acuity, non-contact tonometry and anterior segment imaging were performed for the five-year follow-up examination. …”
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AlgaeOrtho, a bioinformatics tool for processing ortholog inference results in algae by Mary-Francis LaPorte, Neha Arora, Struan Clark, Ambarish Nag

“…We tested AlgaeOrtho using three case studies, for which orthologs of proteins relevant to bioengineering targets, were identified from diverse algal species, demonstrating its ease of use and utility for bioengineering researchers.DiscussionThis tool is unique in the protein ortholog identification space as it can visualize putative orthologs, as desired by the user, across several algal species.…”
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Reverse shoulder joint replacement in rheumatoid arthritis: medium-term results in 37 patients by M. A. Makarov, A. A. Roskidailo, M. V. Panteleev

“…Objective: to assess functional results and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after reverse shoulder joint replacement.Patients and methods. Examinations were made in 37 patients with RA involving the shoulder joint, who underwent shoulder joint replacement using a reverse DeltaX-tend DePuy prosthesis in 2006–2017. …”
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Systematic review on barriers and enablers for access to diabetic retinopathy screening services in different income settings. by Mapa Mudiyanselage Prabhath Nishantha Piyasena, Gudlavalleti Venkata S Murthy, Jennifer L Y Yip, Clare Gilbert, Maria Zuurmond, Tunde Peto, Iris Gordon, Suwin Hewage, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Diabetic retinopathy (DR) can lead to visual impairment and blindness if not detected and treated in time. …”
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SPECIES COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND CARBON STOCKS OF DEADWOOD OF THE «KOLOGRIVSKY LES» NATURE RESERVE FORESTS AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC WINDTHROW OF 2021 by A. V. Lebedev, N. V. Ivanova, D. Yu. Gosteva, V. V. Gostev, I. G. Krinitsyn, M. P. Shashkov

“…Three different ways for the deadwood carbon stock evaluation on transects were used. These methods were based on the basic wood density at different stages of decomposition and how the carbon content in deadwood changes with its volume. …”
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Factors Affecting Ray Trace LASIK Data Acquisition in Clinical Practice: Options for Addressing Accommodation by Thananjeyan AL, Bala C

“…In nine eyes where the wavefront SEQ (4 mm) was less myopic (by 0.5D or more) than the manifest SEQ and no adjustment was made, all achieved uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) of 20/20 or better. In 274 eyes (21.4%), wavefront SEQ (4mm) was more myopic (by &gt; 0.5D) than manifest SEQ. …”
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