Three Growth Factors Induce Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Precursor Cells In Vitro and Support Cell-Transplantation after Spinal Cord Injury In Vivo by Alexander Younsi, Guoli Zheng, Moritz Scherer, Lennart Riemann, Hao Zhang, Mohamed Tail, Maryam Hatami, Thomas Skutella, Andreas Unterberg, Klaus Zweckberger

“…Moreover, “Stride length” and “Average Speed” in the CatWalk gait analysis were significantly improved 8 weeks after SCI, representing beneficial effects on the functional recovery with NPC transplantation and the administration of the three growth factors. …”
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Maintained physical activity and physiotherapy in the management of distal arm pain: a randomised controlled trial by Karen Walker-Bone, David Coggon, Gary J Macfarlane, Paul McNamee, Gareth T Jones, Kim Burton, Peter Heine, Candida McCabe, Alex McConnachie, Rachel Zhang, Daniel Whibley, Keith Palmer

“…We hypothesised that remaining active would reduce long-term disability and that fast-track physiotherapy would be superior to physiotherapy after time on a waiting list.Methods Adults referred to community-based physiotherapy with distal arm pain were randomised to: advice to remain active while awaiting physiotherapy (typically delivered after 6–8 weeks); advice to rest while awaiting physiotherapy, or immediate treatment. Intention-to-treat analysis determined whether the probability of recovery at 26 weeks was greater among the active advice group, compared with those advised to rest and/or among those receiving immediate versus usually timed physiotherapy.Results 538 of 1663 patients invited between February 2012 and February 2014 were randomised (active=178; rest=182; immediate physiotherapy=178). 81% provided primary outcome data, and complete recovery was reported by 60 (44%), 46 (32%) and 53 (35%). …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict the unfavorable outcomes in elderly patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative disease by Peng Cui, Shuaikang Wang, Haojie Zhang, Peng Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

“…Abstract Objective Failure to understand long-term quality of life and functional outcomes hinders effective decision making and prognostication. …”
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Influence of drainage retinotomy on anatomical and visual outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment by Andrew Davies, Imran Khan, David Yorston, David H Steel, Jonathan Smith, Assad Jalil, Timothy Cochrane, Heinrich Heimann, Carl Groenewald, Roxane Hillier, Mariantonia Ferrara, Tsveta Ivanova, Teresa Sandinha, Abdallah A Ellabban, David H W Steel, Craig Goldsmith, G Anthony, Jonathan Park, Aman Chandra, Huw Jenkins, Sonali Tarafdar, Vaughan Tanner, James Paget, George Moussa, Stephen Winder, Nikolaos Tzoumas, Andrew H.C Morris, Angelina Meireles, Assad Jalil Casswell, Atiq Babar, David Alistair H Laidlaw, Deepak Vayalambrone, Diego Sanchez-Chicharro, Edward H Hughes, Edward N Herbert, Enslin Uys, Ian A. Pearce, Ibrahim Masri, Izabela Mitrut, J Julio, Rumana N Hussain, Sandro Di Simplicio Cherubini, Shi Z. Tan, Tom H. Williamson, Vasileios T Papastavrou

“…Prospectively collected data were extracted from the Britain & Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons and European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) RD database, including baseline features, surgical details, and anatomical and functional outcomes. …”
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Interpretable machine learning for predicting isolated basal septal hypertrophy. by Lei Gao, Boyan Tian, Qiqi Jia, Xingyu He, Guannan Zhao, Yueheng Wang

“…This is a common echocardiographic finding with a prevalence of approximately 7-20%, which may indicate early structural and functional remodeling of the left ventricle in certain pathologies. …”
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Determination of left ventricular ejection fraction and C-reactive protein by the state of ischemic myocardium – capabilities of ECG digitalization by V. K. Tashchuk, O. V. Malinevska-Biliichuk

“…The study included clinical examinations, questionnaire, analysis of biomarkers and data of functional methods of examination (echocardiography, coronary ventriculography, ECG digitalization with the assessment of its parameters based on the “Smart-ECG” medical software platform). …”
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Abstract 218: Evaluating Thrombectomy Candidacy in Large Core Strokes: Lessons from the SELECT2 Trial at Our Institution by Mohammad Khasawneh, Eve Moll, Brendan Eby, Laura Heitsch

“…Patients with large strokes are frequently excluded from receiving treatment with mechanical thrombectomy. Analysis of a larger data set, including large stroke patients from 2018 to 2022, is currently pending. …”
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Nurses’ perceptions regarding the establishment of clinical education and training units in public hospitals in the North-West Province: a qualitative study by Mmapule Motshabi Maria Mosete, Isaac Ontchebile Mokgaola, Leepile Alfred Sehularo, Miriam Mmamphamo Moagi

“…From 09 September 2023 to 07 December 2023, the researcher used face-to-face group discussions to collect data and it was analysed using six steps of inductive thematic data analysis as outlined by Braun and Clarke. …”
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Can we predict neurological complications in patients with metastatic spinal tumors? by Chul Jung, Hee Tae Shin, Cho Rong Bae, Joon Hee Lee, Jin Hoon Park, Jae-Hwan Cho, Choong Guen Chee, Jae Yong Jeon

“…This study provides valuable insights for predicting 1-year functional outcomes and determining management strategies for spinal metastases.…”
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Prognostic value of temporalis muscle thickness as a marker of sarcopenia in intracerebral hemorrhage by Waldemar Gubarev, Jan Klinke, Ulrike Voßmann, Daniel Cantré, Bijan Zendeh Zartoshti, Artem Rafaelian, Milos Arsenovic, Daniel Dubinski, Sae-Yeon Won, Florian Gessler, Thomas Freiman, Alexander Storch, Matthias Wittstock

“…It has not been conclusively clarified whether sarcopenia is predictive for the functional outcome in ICH. Determining the temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) may be helpful for estimating sarcopenia. …”
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Near-infrared spectrometry for rapid and real-time prediction of specific quality attributes in intact cactus pear fruits (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) by Willis O. Owino, Daisy Lanoi, Daisy Lanoi, Samuel Imathiu, Peter Kahenya, Winnie A. Nyonje, Dennis Yegon, Dennis Yegon

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First-Principles Study of Mechanical Properties of Pb(Zr_xTi_1−x)O₃ in the Cubic and Tetragonal Phase by Xudong Ran, Shaolan Zhou, Shaowen Zhou, Wei Lei, Lin Xiang, Yang Wu, Bingfei Hu, Jianquan Tao, Qiang Chen

“…In this study, we employed the first-principles method based on density functional theory to calculate the elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and density of states for both cubic and tetragonal phases of Pb(Zr_xTi_1−x)O₃. …”
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Comparisons of the QLICP-HN and FACT-H&N instruments for measuring quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer by Fan Shen, Fan Shen, Wenhua Chi, Xizi Yang, Gaofeng Li, Jianfeng Tan, Chonghua Wan

“…This investigation aimed to employ data procured from patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer to conduct a comparative analysis of these two assessment tools.MethodsQuestionnaire outcomes were scrutinized at the subscale level by utilizing scale measurement analytics, correlation evaluation, validation examination, and association analyses.ResultsCorrelations between the two QoL instruments: the QLICP-HN and the FACT-H&N, fluctuated from r = 0.30 (indicating weak agreement) within the social/family domain to r = 0.80 (indicating robust agreement) within the psychological domain. …”
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Neurobehavioral mechanisms of fear and anxiety in multiple sclerosis by Lil Meyer-Arndt, Rebekka Rust, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Lajos Marko, Sofia Forslund, Michael Scheel, Stefan M. Gold, Stefan Hetzer, Friedemann Paul, Martin Weygandt

“…Participants completed a functional MRI (fMRI) fear generalization task to assess fear processing and diffusion-weighted MRI for graph-based structural connectome analyses. …”
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Differences in Perioperative Outcomes Between Conversion Total Hip Arthroplasty After Previous Proximal Femur Fracture and Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty by Brook Biniam, BSc, Jonathan Bourget-Murray, MD, Paul Beaulé, MD, Paul Kim, MD, Wade Gofton, MD, George Grammatopoulos, MBBS, DPhil

“…Conclusions: Conversion THA after extracapsular PPF is associated with higher reoperation rates and poorer functional outcomes than primary THA for osteoarthritis. …”
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Identification of Suitable Villages for Agritourism Development (A Case Study of Semirom County) by Narges Vazin, Ali Sadeghi, Zahra Barati

“…A researcher-made questionnaire was used for data collection. SPSS software and descriptive and one-sample t-tests were employed for data analysis. …”
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Analyzing Repetitive Narrative Patterns in Samad Behrangi’s Stories by Moharram Rezayati kishekhaleh, Mina Mehr Afarin

“…The current study investigated the effect and linguistic function of repetition in the context of Samad Behrangi's stories, which were primarily aimed at child and adolescent audiences. …”
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Murine MPDZ‐linked hydrocephalus is caused by hyperpermeability of the choroid plexus by Junning Yang, Claire Simonneau, Robert Kilker, Laura Oakley, Matthew D Byrne, Zuzana Nichtova, Ioana Stefanescu, Fnu Pardeep‐Kumar, Sushil Tripathi, Eric Londin, Pascale Saugier‐Veber, Belinda Willard, Mathew Thakur, Stephen Pickup, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Horst Schroten, Richard Smeyne, Arie Horowitz

“…We show by magnetic resonance imaging that contrast medium penetrates into the brain ventricles of mice carrying a Mpdz loss‐of‐function mutation, whereas none is detected in the ventricles of normal mice, implying that the permeability of the choroid plexus epithelial cell monolayer is abnormally high. …”
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Formation of a comprehensive rehabilitation program for patients considering the clinical and diagnostic features of the course of vertebral thoracic pain due to degenerative-dystr... by Ye. I. Maramukha

“…All patients had a functional block of the 2nd degree in the thoracic spine. …”
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Principles of effective out-patient diagnostics of diffuse liver diseases by Komova A. G., M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Results. Abnormal liver functional tests were revealed in 30,6% of industrial city inhabitants — in 1461 of 4768 cases (232 patients were excluded from the study due to partial data loss), significantly more frequently in men in comparison to women, i.e. 49,7 and 25,5% respectively (p<0,001). …”
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