CBCT-based online adaptive radiotherapy of the bladder – geometrical and dosimetrical considerations compared to conventional IGRT by Jann Fischer, Laura Anna Fischer, Jona Bensberg, Natalia Bojko, Mohamed Bouabdallaoui, Jasper Frohn, Petra Hüttenrauch, Mandy Klingebiel, Daniela Schmitt, Katharina Tegeler, Daniela Wagner, Alina Wenzel, Jessica Moldauer, Niklas Christian Scheele, Hanne Elisabeth Ammon, Stephanie Bendrich, Sandra Donath, Leif Hendrik Dröge, Manuel Guhlich, Andrea Hille, Olga Knaus, Martin Leu, Jan Oelmann, Rami El Shafie, Georg Stamm, Arndt F. Schilling, Stefan Rieken

“…Dose coverage on the target’s surface was analyzed using a novel method and visualized via Mercator projections. Results Despite drinking guidelines, bladder volumes varied significantly day-to-day. …”
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Cost‐effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention against cognitive decline by Christian Brettschneider, Elżbieta Buczak‐Stec, Melanie Luppa, Andrea Zülke, Bernhard Michalowsky, Anika Rädke, Alexander Bauer, Christine Brütting, Robert P. Kosilek, Isabel Zöllinger, Juliane Döhring, Martin Williamson, Birgitt Wiese, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Thomas Frese, Jochen Gensichen, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Jochen René Thyrian, Steffi G. Riedel‐Heller, Hans‐Helmut König, the AGEWELL.DE study group

“…The aim of this multicenter cluster‐randomized controlled trial was to assess the cost‐effectiveness of a multi‐domain intervention to prevent cognitive decline in older people who are at risk for dementia. METHODS We used data from a multi‐centric, two‐armed, cluster‐randomized controlled trial (AgeWell.de trial, ID: DRKS00013555). …”
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…Additionally, the reliability of this test, using the split-half method, for the overall score and dimensions of numerical reasoning, attention and memory, picture completion, quantitative reasoning, retrieval, associative recall, sentence repetition and counting, visual-spatial reasoning, problem-solving (connecting dots game), and visual-motor skills is also above 0.70. …”
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Mixed Land use Pattern in Deteriorated and Inefficient Neighborhoods of Region Eighteen of Tehran and its Role in Sustainable Neighborhood Regeneration by Mojtaba Roustaei, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Nafiseh Marsousi, esmaeil ali akbari

“…There is a positive relationship between the combination of neighborhood uses and indicators (participation with correlation coefficient (0.232), diversity with correlation coefficient (0.282) and visual richness with correlation coefficient (0.315). …”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Spitzer 4.5 μm Phase Curves of Hot Jupiters by Lisa Dang, Taylor J. Bell, Ying (Zoe) Shu, Nicolas B. Cowan, Jacob L. Bean, Drake Deming, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Emily Rauscher, Vivien Parmentier, Alexandra Rochon, Kevin B. Stevenson, Mark Swain, Laura Kreidberg, Tiffany Kataria, Jean-Michel Désert, Robert Zellem, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nikole K. Lewis, Michael Line, Caroline Morley, Adam Showman

“…The analysis, performed with the Spitzer Phase Curve Analysis pipeline, confirms that BLISS mapping is the best detrending scheme of the three independent schemes we tested for most, but not all, observations. Visual inspection remains necessary to ensure consistency across detrending methods due to the diversity of phase-curve data and systematics. …”
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Validating the SONG-PKD Pain Instrument, a Core Outcome Measure for Pain in ADPKD by Rosanna Cazzolli, Angela Ju, Patrizia Natale, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Martin Howell, Allison Jaure, Ronald D. Perrone, Eva Burnette, Niek F. Casteleijn, Arlene Chapman, Jonathan C. Craig, Sarah Eastty, Ron T. Gansevoort, Tess Harris, Marie C. Hogan, Shigeo Horie, Bertrand Knebelmann, Richard Lee, Karine Manera, Reem A. Mustafa, Richard Sandford, Gopala K. Rangan, Bénédicte Sautenet, Andrea K. Viecelli, Yeoungjee Cho

“…There was a high convergence of SONG-PKD Pain with the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF; 0.84, 95% CI: 0.80–0.87) and a visual analog scale (VAS; 0.84, 95% CI: 0.81–0.87). …”
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High burden of blindness at initial hospitalisation with primary angle-closure glaucoma in a national multicentre study in China by Xin Sun, Hong Sun, Yang Yang, Nathan Congdon, Dan Wang, Mingguang He, Weiwei Liu, Li Tang, Hong Chen, Yuanbo Liang, Kun Xiong, Shaodan Zhang, Su Jie Fan, Wenyi Guo, Zhengzheng Wu, Guoxing Li, Peng Lu, Jian Jiang, Tingting Zhou, Jinyuan Chen, Xiaoli Xing, Danyan Liu, Zhiyang Jia, Yajuan Zheng, Guoping Duan, Huiyan Mao, Qi’ao Zhang, Xue Yin, Lidong Zhuo, Xinying Zhang, Yan Dai, Huadong Xiang, Jingyi Lv, Jian-jun Ma, Jianfang Yang, Xueli Cao

“…Objective To determine the prevalence and risk factors for blindness at initial hospitalisation with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and proposed glaucoma surgery in China.Methods A multistage stratified sampling method was used to select patients with PACG (1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020) presenting for initial hospitalisation from hospitals of various levels (n=26): 2 nationally leading ophthalmic hospitals, 12 university-affiliated and provincial people’s hospitals and 12 city-level hospitals. …”
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Metabolic response to burn injury: a comprehensive bibliometric study by Yixu Li, Yixu Li, Yifan Liu, Sujie Xie, Sujie Xie, Yushu Zhu, Yushu Zhu, Xinran Ding, Xinran Ding, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Shuyuan Xian, Shuyuan Xian, Guosheng Wu, Guosheng Wu, Hanlin Sun, Hanlin Sun, Jiale Yan, Bingnan Lu, Yuntao Yao, Weijin Qian, Yuwei Lu, Yiting Yang, Dayuan Xu, Dayuan Xu, Runzhi Huang, Runzhi Huang, Shizhao Ji, Shizhao Ji

“…In this work, biblioshiny was used to visualize and analyze the data, and VOSviewer was used to verify the results.ResultsFrom a total of 8,823 publications, we found a general upward trend in annual publications and citation frequency. …”
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Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within... by Deborah D Stocken, Charles H Knowles, Jared Torkington, David Jayne, Julie Hepburn, Laura Knight, Neil Corrigan, Julie Cornish, Katie Gordon, Ashley Douglas, Kate Wilson, Megan Dale, Julie Croft, Christina Lloydwin, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Judith White, Alun Meggy, Aaron Quyn, Emily Farrow, Kheng-Seong Ng, Hannah Mather, Huey Yi Chong, Betty Tan, Ralph Powell, Andrea Warwick

“…Participants entering the RCT will be randomised between OCM, TAI or SNM, all with equal allocation ratios.Cohort and RCT participants will be followed up for a 24-month period, completing a series of questionnaires measuring LARS symptoms and QoL, as well as clinical review for those in the RCT. …”
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Effect of inhibition of reactivated alcohol-associated memories with propranolol on alcohol craving by Shuai Yu, Peng-Jiao Xu, Le Shi, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Chuan-Sheng Wang, Fang Wu, Xiao Li, Ping Cui, Rui-Ling Zhang, Lin Lu, Ya-hui Xu

“…This study hypothesized that propranolol administration during memory reconsolidation induced by conditioned stimulus (CS) would significantly attenuate alcohol craving. Methods A total of 40 patients with alcohol dependence who met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence in DSMV were enrolled. …”
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Pain, Function, and Elastosonographic Assessment After Shockwave Therapy in Non-Calcific Supraspinatus Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Observational Study by Gabriele Santilli, Antonello Ciccarelli, Milvia Martino, Patrizia Pacini, Francesco Agostini, Andrea Bernetti, Luca Giuliani, Giovanni Del Gaudio, Massimiliano Mangone, Vincenzo Colonna, Mario Vetrano, Maria Chiara Vulpiani, Giulia Stella, Samanta Taurone, Federico Vigevano, Vito Cantisani, Marco Paoloni, Pietro Fiore, Francesca Gimigliano

“…SWE proved to be a reliable method for monitoring structural and clinical changes in SNCCT. …”
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Application of Shenling lotion in nursing of perineal injury after vaginal delivery (参苓洗液在经阴道分娩产妇产后会阴损伤护理中的应用效果研究) by TANG Yang (唐杨), PENG Hong (彭鸿), WU Qiuxiang (吴秋香), WANG Yan (王燕), WANG Mingyang (王明洋), CHEN Lingfang (陈陵芳)

“…Objective To investigate the effect of Shenling lotion in nursing of perineal injury after vaginal delivery. Methods A total of 200 puerperal women after vaginal delivery were randomly divided into the control group and observation group, with 100 cases in each group. …”
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Single-centre, double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of a 12-week home-based programme of footplate neuromuscular electrical stimulation on wa... by Bruce Neal, Helen Rodgers, Grace Young, Jonathan Golledge, Amanda Moore, Vanessa Ng, Adrian Esterman, Jill O’Donnell, Samantha Peden, Jason Jenkins, Sian Campbell, Christopher David Askew, Krist Feka, Pankaj Jha, Mia Schaumberg, Karl Schulze, Daniel McGlade, Vivienne Moult, Amanda Shepherd, Mark Windsor, Fraser Donald Russell, Meegan Anne Walker, Lucas Litewka, Rebecca Magee, Daniel Hagley, Sarah Philpot, Michael Nam, David Lack, Hannah Sudell, Julie Jenkins, Michelle McGrath, Lucy Guazzo, Danella Favot, Peter Kamen, Muhammad Raza, Megan Hawkins, Andrew Kwintowski, Rachelle Seizovic

“…Therefore, the current trial will compare the effect of a 12-week programme of footplate-NMES with a placebo-control on walking capacity (6 min walking distance) and other secondary outcomes in patients with PAD.Methods and analysis The Foot-PAD trial is a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of a 12-week home-based programme of footplate NMES on walking capacity in people with PAD. …”
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The Activity of Influenza Viruses during 2017-2018 Season in Russia and Countries of the Northern Hemisphere: Conflict by the B-virus Vaccine Component by D. K. Lvov, E. I. Burtseva, E. A. Mukasheva, L. V. Kolobukhina, S. V. Trushakova, N. V. Breslav, E. L. Feodoritova, L. N. Merkulova, K. G. Krasnoslobotsev, E. O. Morozova, I. T. Fedyakina, A. V. Aristova, R. V. Vartanian, L. B. Kisteneva, A. G. Prilipov, S. V. Alkhovsky, A. G. Rosatkevich, I. S. Kruzhkova, A. L. Belyaev, E. V. Axselrod, M. V. Bazarova, S. V. Smetanina

“…The epidemic season had its own peculiarities: delayed and long-term activity of three influenza viruses, the share participation of which was almost equal, with some dominance of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus by the end of the season. …”
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First-phase ejection fraction is associated with myocardial fibrosis in the pressure overloaded heart by Shukun He, Shukun He, Jingrong Jiang, Jingrong Jiang, Yanting Zhang, Yanting Zhang, Tianshu Liu, Tianshu Liu, Wenhui Deng, Wenhui Deng, Yuji Xie, Yuji Xie, Wenqu Li, Wenqu Li, Yuting Tan, Yuting Tan, Lingyun Fang, Lingyun Fang, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Lin He, Lin He, Qiaofeng Jin, Qiaofeng Jin, Yuman Li, Yuman Li, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Phil Chowienczyk, Mingxing Xie, Mingxing Xie, Haotian Gu, Jing Wang, Jing Wang

“…Rats in the sham and MTAC groups were equally divided into different time points for examination, respectively. …”
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THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CARMOLIS GEL IN THE COMBINATION THERAPY OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS OF A MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL by I. N. Denisov, I. A. Zborovskaya, B. V. Zavodovsky, B. A. Alikhanov, I. V. Karapetyan, V. A. Shalygina, V. E. Budushkina, O. Yu. Vakulenko, A. D. Nasrullaeva, V. N. Sorotskaya, E. A. Leonova, A. I. Mironcheva, D. V. Goryachev

“…The same holds true for not only the symptomatic and disease-modifying effects of chondroprotectors, but also topical therapy options.Objective: to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Carmolis gel in patients with knee OA.Subjects and methods.The trial included 280 patients with knee OA (a study group consisted of 190 patents; a control group comprised 90 patients). …”
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Plasma biomarkers for early detection of alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study in a Japanese cohort by Masahito Kubota, Shogyoku Bun, Keisuke Takahata, Shin Kurose, Yuki Momota, Yu Iwabuchi, Toshiki Tezuka, Hajime Tabuchi, Morinobu Seki, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Ryo Shikimoto, Yu Mimura, Takayuki Hoshino, Sho Shimohama, Natsumi Suzuki, Ayaka Morimoto, Azusa Oosumi, Yuka Hoshino, Kenji Tai, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Yoshiaki Sato, Junro Kuromitsu, Jin Nakahara, Masaru Mimura, Daisuke Ito

“…HISCL-based plasma Aβ42/40 detects Aβ accumulation earlier than Aβ PET visual reading threshold, underscoring its utility as an early diagnostic marker.…”
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Serum taurine affects lung cancer progression by regulating tumor immune escape mediated by the immune microenvironment by Tu-Liang Liang, Hu-Dan Pan, Pei-Yu Yan, Jia-Ning Mi, Xiao-Cui Liu, Wei-Qian Bao, Li-Rong Lian, Cui-Fen Zhang, Ying Chen, Jing-Rong Wang, Ying Xie, Hua Zhou, Xiao-Jun Yao, Pawlec Graham, Elaine Lai-Han Leung, Liang Liu, Run-Ze Li

“…Results: Low doses of taurine, as well as taurine-infused beverages at equivalent doses, significantly enhanced lung tumor growth. Equally intriguing is that the promoting effect of taurine on lung cancer progression wanes as the dosage increases. …”
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as an adjuvant treatment for thoracolumbar acute hyperesthesia in chondrodystrophic dogs: a prospective blinded controlled clinical stud... by Débora Gouveia, Débora Gouveia, Débora Gouveia, Ana Cardoso, Ana Cardoso, Carla Carvalho, Marina Moisés, André Coelho, André Coelho, André Coelho, Maria Manuel Balça, Maria Manuel Balça, Maria Manuel Balça, Rui Alvites, Rui Alvites, Rui Alvites, Rui Alvites, Ana Colette Maurício, Ana Colette Maurício, Ana Colette Maurício, António Ferreira, António Ferreira, Ângela Martins, Ângela Martins, Ângela Martins

“…Dogs diagnosed with paraspinal hyperesthesia, classified as grade 4 or 5 on the modified Frankel scale (MFS) and with a dynamic interactive visual analog scale (DIVAS) score ≥14, were included. …”
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Negative Propagation Effects in Two-Dimensional Silicon Photonic Crystals by Ping Jiang, Kang Xie, Huajun Yang, Zhenhai Wu

“…The plane wave expansion method was used to solve the complex eigenvalue problems, as well as to find dispersion curves and equal-frequency contour (EFC). …”
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