Care home managers’ perspectives on domiciliary dental care: a qualitative study by Lynn Janssens, I. Phlypo, A. Geddis-Regan, M. Petrovic, B. Janssens

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How the care workforce navigates the digital ‘skills gap’: problems and opportunities from policy to practice by Grace Whitfield, Erika Kispeter, Kate Hamblin, Diane Burns, Diane Burns

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Comprehensive characterization of tobacco-induced changes in enamel surface topography by Tamanna Kaur, Ramya Ramadoss, Nitya Krishnasamy, Sandhya Sundar, Suganya Panneer Selvam, Hema Shree K

“…To assess these changes, various methods such as visual examinations, digital photography, spectrophotometry, stylus profilometry, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) are utilized. …”
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Basic research on postoperative cognitive dysfunction in the past decade: a bibliometric analysis by Hongwei Wu, Jiannan Song, Jiannan Song, Zhanfei Hu, Zhanfei Hu, Haibo Li, Haibo Li, Qi Zhou, Qi Zhou, Congcong Dai, Congcong Dai, Yi Gao, WanLi Ma, WanLi Ma

“…This study aims to employ bibliometric methods to comprehensively summarize the current status and developmental trends of basic research on POCD, providing new ideas and strategies for future scientific investigations.MethodsRelevant literature published between January 1, 2014, and October 30, 2024, was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. …”
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Development and validation of a sliding type continuous passive motion automation device for evaluation and rehabilitation of frozen shoulder: a pilot study by Jewoo Lee, Sung-sik Yun, Kyung Rok Oh, Kyung Rok Oh, Sun Gun Chung, Sun Gun Chung, Wonjae Hwang, Wonjae Hwang, Keewon Kim, Keewon Kim, Kyu-jin Cho

“…Current rehabilitation methods, including physical therapy and passive range of motion (PROM) exercise, can be limited by cost and availability. …”
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A Comprehensive Framework for Parkinson's Disease Detection Using Spiral Drawings and Advanced Machine Learning Techniques by Mohamed J. Saadh, Waleed K. Abdulsahib, Hardik Doshi, Anupam Yadav, J. Gowrishankar, Mayank Kundlas, Nargiza Mansurova, Kamal Kant Joshi, Fadhil Feez Sead, Bagher Farhood

“…Heatmaps and ROC curves were created to visualize the results. Results The models achieved high classification performance with different configurations. …”
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Personality traits, pain perception, and patient attitudes toward orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances by Monika Lorek, Anna Jarząbek, Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, Sylwia Gołąb, Ewa Cichocka, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Krzysztof Woźniak, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld

“…The tool for data collection was a questionnaire that assessed pain experience for treated subjects, pain expectation for untreated subjects, and attitude toward treatment using a visual analog scale (VAS) marked at 10-mm intervals. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality in older adult hip fracture patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study by Zhenli Li, Jing He, Tiezhu Yao, Guang Liu, Jing Liu, Ling Guo, Mengjia Li, Mengjia Li, Zhengkun Guan, Zhengkun Guan, Ruolian Gao, Jingtao Ma

“…Next, 10 features, which were the intersection of features selected by the above methods, were further utilized to develop an XGBoost model to obtain the rank of feature importance. …”
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Internet of things-based smart system for apple orchards monitoring and management by Bahareh Jamshidi, Hossein Khabbaz Jolfaee, Kazem Mohammadpour, Mohsen Seilsepour, Hossein Dehghanisanij, Hassan Hajnajari, Hossein Farazmand, Alireza Atri

“…A dashboard was also created to visually display the results (application layer). The results showed that the smart system is able to inform the user for the best spraying times and practical recommendations to control the biological threats. …”
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Deep learning feature-based model for predicting lymphovascular invasion in urothelial carcinoma of bladder using CT images by Bangxin Xiao, Yang Lv, Canjie Peng, Zongjie Wei, Qiao Xv, Fajin Lv, Qing Jiang, Huayun Liu, Feng Li, Yingjie Xv, Quanhao He, Mingzhao Xiao

“…Methods Data and CT images of 577 patients across four medical centers were retrospectively collected. …”
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Flat footedness as a marker of systemic connective tissue and cardiac involvement in young patients with Marfanoid habitus by A. L. Korshunova, N. N. Parfenova, E. G. Malev, L. M. Smirnova, E. V. Zemtsovsky

“…The predictive potential of the visual method and plantography indices (PI) for flat footedness diagnostics in individuals with Marfanoid habitus and SCTI was assessed. …”
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Young and Older Adults Differ in Integration of Sensory Cues for Vertical Perception by Rima Abdul Razzak, Jeff Bagust, Sharon Docherty

“…Introduction. The subjective visual vertical (SVV) measures the perception of a person’s spatial orientation relative to gravity. …”
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RISK FACTORS FOR IRREVERSIBLE VISION LOSS IN TUMORS OF THE SELLAR REGION by Kateryna S. Iegorova, Mykola O. Guk, Maria A. Znamenska, Valeriia V. Musulevska

“…The goal of treatment of skull base tumors is to decompress the anterior visual pathway and to improve or restore visual function; however, in some patients, visual deficits persist despite successful surgical intervention. …”
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Fulminant endophthalmitis after open globe injury by cat claw: two case reports and literature review by Ashley Y. Gao, Ameay V. Naravane, Michael A. Simmons, Tyler Looysen, Sandra Montezuma, Dara Koozekanani, Hossein Nazari

“…He developed proliferative vitreoretinopathy with recurrent retinal detachments requiring multiple vitrectomies. His visual acuity was hand motions at 7 months follow-up. …”
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Dose-response relationship between Life's Essential 8 score and COPD risk: the NHANES cohort study 2007–2018 by Qian Huang, Quan Yuan, Wenqiang Li, Xiaoyu He, Qian He, Zhiping Deng

“…Additionally, restricted cubic spline (RCS) plots were drawn to visually display the dose-response relationship.ResultsA total of 12,517 participants were included, of which 835 had COPD. …”
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Protocol for Shenzhen-working-age cohort study (SZ-working age): a prospective observational cohort study on eye health and myopia by Wangting Li, Jiantao Wang, Lishi Luo, Fanglan Yuan, Keming Zhao, Kun Zeng

“…This study aims to investigate the incidence of eye disorders, associated risk factors and relevant biomarkers in Shenzhen, addressing a crucial gap in the research on visual health in rapidly urbanising Chinese cities.Methods This prospective observational cohort study, conducted from September 2024 to December 2029, will recruit 3000 full-time employees aged 18–65 in Shenzhen through multistage sampling across five job sectors. …”
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Contrast enhancement of digital images using dragonfly algorithm by Soumyajit Saha, Somnath Chatterjee, Shibaprasad Sen, Diego Oliva, Marco Perez-Cisneros, Ram Sarkar

“…Contrast enhancement aims to amplify the visual quality of images by modifying the contrast level because digital images may get distorted by casual acquisition. …”
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TextSCD: Leveraging Text-based Semantic Guidance for Remote Sensing Image Semantic Change Detection by H. Huang, Q. Cheng, Q. Cheng, D. Zhu, X. Huang, Q. Zhao

“…Despite significant advancements in deep learning leading to numerous successful approaches, most existing methods primarily rely on visual representation learning, thereby overlooking the potential benefits of multimodal data. …”
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An online intervention relationship enhancement couple therapy program versus systematic desensitization on sexual performance anxiety in women undergoing infertility treatment wit... by Maryam Afzal Dehkordi, Tahmineh Farajkhoda, Mahdi Khanabadi, Farimah Shamsi

“…The secondary outcome variable spouse’s satisfaction was assessed (weeks 8 and 12, via visual analog scale). Data from 29 women were analyzed in each group. …”
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A comparative study of analgesic effect between ultrasound-guided posterior vis-a-vis lateral transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy... by Rajib Sikder, Sankar Roy, Arunava Biswas, Dipasri Bhattacharya

“…The intensity of post-operative pain was evaluated by a 10 cm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Score at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 h. …”
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