Risk assessment for foot ulceration in a nigerian diabetic population attending university of Ilorin teaching hospital, Ilorin by John Olarinoye, Abiodun Bello, Saint Ogunkeyede, Adebiyi Aderibigbe, Babakayode Olagbaye, Kolawole Wahab

“…In addition, presence of kidney disease (P = 0.046), cardiovascular disease (P = 0.001), and visual impairment (P = 0.19) all conferred a high risk for developing DFU in our study population. …”
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Refitting Previous Presbyopic Contact Lens Dropouts with a Single Use Multifocal Contact Lens by Fogt JS, Roth M, Travis BA, Bickle KM, Gardner HP

“…A final visit was completed to assess vision and respond to survey questions, including 0– 100 visual analog scale (VAS) surveys of lens wear experiences. …”
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Effect of electrical stimulation on functional recovery of lower limbs in patients after anterior cruciate ligament surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Zhang, Wenjing Shan, Rizhao Pang, Tingting Zheng

“…Meta-analysis results indicated that the ES group could improve the lower limb comprehensive function compared with the control group (CG) based on four clinical tests: the muscle strength (SMD=0.55, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.95, p=0.008, I2=74%), the range of motion (SMD=1.10, 95% CI 0.40 to 1.79, p=0.002, I2=89%), the Lysholm scale (SMD=1.05, 95% CI 0.36 to 1.73, p=0.003, I2=91%) and the visual analogue scale (SMD=0.87, 95% CI 0.38 to 1.37, p=0.006, I2=75%). …”
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Biofilm and the effect of sonication in a chronic Staphylococcus epidermidis orthopedic in vivo implant infection model by Erik Thorvaldsen Sandbakken, Erling Høyer, Eivind Witsø, Caroline Krogh Søgaard, Alberto Díez-Sánchez, Linh Hoang, Tina Strømdal Wik, Kåre Bergh

“…Epifluorescence microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to visualize biofilm formation and dislodgement on the plate surfaces. …”
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Indoor environmental quality assessment of naturally-ventilated school classrooms within a dense arid urban setting of Cairo, Egypt by Samar Afifi, Tarek Kamel, Sherif Ezzeldin

“…Key influencing factors include indoor air quality, thermal comfort, visual comfort, and acoustical comfort. These parameters are critical as they directly impact students’ health, academic performance, and learning processes, underscoring the urgent need for research in this underexplored context. …”
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SkelETT—Skeleton-to-Emotion Transfer Transformer by Pedro Victor Vieira Paiva, Josue Junior Guimaraes Ramos, Marina Gavrilova, Marco Antonio Garcia de Carvalho

“…Traditionally, this field has heavily relied on visual and auditory cues, such as facial expressions and speech analysis. …”
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Connection Between Oral Behaviors and Pain Intensity in Temporomandibular Disorder Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zihan Zhang, Li Zhang, Yanyu Sun, Rongrong Huo, Yanyue Tan, Fan He, Jun Wang, Shufang Du, Xin Xiong

“…Participants completed a questionnaire survey containing demographic details, an eight-item oral behaviors checklist, the five major temporomandibular disorders symptoms (5Ts) checklist, and a visual analog scale (VAS) to gauge pain intensity. …”
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Research on the association between beverages consumption and cancer by Alapati Waili, Shayidan Abdunayim, Maidina Talifu, Zhaoxin Zhuo, Maidina Ruzimaimaiti, Liwen Tao, Wei Han

“…We utilized various software tools to perform quantitative and visual analyses, such as examining the number of publications, citation counts, countries, institutions, journals, authors, cooperative relationships, and keywords. …”
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Systemic oxidative stress levels and their associations with the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration and treatment response by Maiko Abe, Hiroshi Kunikata, Naoko Aizawa, Masayuki Yasuda, Fumihiko Nitta, Toshiaki Abe, Toru Nakazawa

“…Among the male nAMD patients, the effective and resistant groups had similar baseline characteristics, including age, smoking history, visual acuity, and central macular thickness; however, the resistant group had higher SAF levels (effective vs. resistant: 2.3 vs. 2.6 arbitrary units [AU]; P = 0.02). …”
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The effect of isoflurane versus propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia on hemodynamic stability, intraoperative blood loss, surgical field quality, recovery characteristics, a... by Alireza Abdi, Behzad Imani, Mohsen Zarei, Sajjad Abdolmaleki, Shirdel Zandi, Roya Najafi Vosough

“…Additionally, complications such as postoperative nausea and vomiting (evaluated using the RINVR questionnaire), blood loss, and pain levels (measured by the Visual Analog Scale [VAS]) were assessed. Results The TIVA group significantly reduced intraoperative blood loss and improved surgical field quality. …”
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Çocukluk Çağı Dil Bozuklukları Değerlendirme ve Müdahalesinde Türkiye ve Amerika’nın Karşılaştırılması by Ahsen Erim, Rumeysa İnan, Şeyda Nur Başaran, İrem Özkaraalp, Özlem Oğuz

“…Türkiye’deÖDB ve GDK müdahale süreçlerinde en çok kullanılan yaklaşımlar FonolojikFarkındalık Yaklaşımı (x̄=2,78)ve etkileşim temelli yaklaşımlardanbiri olan Floortime (x̄=2,48) iken; Amerika’da Oyun Temelli Yaklaşım (Play Based Approach) (x̄=2,90) veKolaylaştırıcı Görsel Stratejiler (Visual Strategiesto Facilitate) (x̄=2,81)yaklaşımları olmaktadır. …”
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SYNESTHESIA IN THE NOVEL BY M. PAVIĆ: “LANDSCAPE PAINTED WITH TEA” by Nataliya L. Bilyk

“…Synesthesia, as an essential feature of artistic thinking, facilitates the performance of compensatory functions by indirectly compensating for the incompleteness of the sensuality itself in the monosensory arts. the substitute presence is able to combine smells and musical impulses in the literary material, to produce colorful music, or to sound, taste or touch visuals and the like. The specific nature of certain components of the mechanism and the patterns of functioning inherent in synesthesia, and above all, meaning-making, should be accepted in a generalized aspect. …”
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Zebrafish mecp2 null-mutation increases anxiety and cortisol levels but no change in adult social preference and larval chemically-induced hyperlocomotion by Soaleha Shams, Pierre Cronell, Jenny Landin, Thomas Pietri, Adrian Ekehorn Gimdal, Petronella Kettunen, Lars Westberg

“…However, the hyper-locomotion response to PTZ at 5 dpf and social preference for visual social stimulus at 21 dpf and in adulthood were not affected by the lack of functional Mecp2. …”
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Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of collaborative treatment with Korean and Western medicine in patients with facial palsy: a multicenter prospective observational study by Shiva Raj Acharya, Linae Kim, NamKwen Kim

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the House-Brackmann Grading Scale (HBGS), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D-5L), and EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) at all three time points of the study. …”
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USE OF TRIANGULAR MODELS OF NON-STATIONARY PROCESSES IN MODELING VARIABILITY OF HEART RHYTHM by Olena Akhiiezer, Olha Dunaievska, Mykhailo Shyshkin, Olha Butova, Anton Rohovyi

“…The qualitative assessment of the possibilities of the proposed models to generate artificial ECG provided the possibility of visual analysis by the cardiologist of the identity of the interpretation of real ECG records. …”
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Clinical and economic effectiveness of Schroth therapy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: insights from a machine learning- and active learning-based real-world study by Erdal Ayvaz, Merve Uca, Ednan Ayvaz, Zafer Yıldız

“…Clinical outcomes were assessed based on changes in Cobb angle, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores for pain, and SRS-22r functional outcomes. …”
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Uso de teléfonos inteligentes en función de los estilos de aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios by Yamiley Cañizares Espinosa, Mayelin Ferrer García, Anselmo Leonides Guillen Estevez, Celidanay Ramírez Mesa, Yunay Ruiz Hurtado

“…Resultados: el test de VAK permitió comprobar que los estudiantes emplean varios sistemas de percepción de manera combinada, con preferencia por el visual; se demostró un equilibrio entre sus preferencias durante la actividad de aprendizaje en cuanto a los métodos tradicionales y los actualizados en materia de tecnología, específicamente el teléfono inteligente. …”
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Concurrent validity testing of the patient perspective of arrhythmia questionnaire by Kathryn A. Wood, Yutong Jin, Robert T. Krafty, Jameze H. James, Sivaraman K. Iyer, Nitish Badhwar

“…Methodology In this cross-sectional study, adult cardiac arrhythmia outpatients from a tertiary care, academic medical center completed the 6-item PPAQ, the SF-12, a Fatigue Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). …”
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Comparative Sedative Effects of Esketamine and Dexmedetomidine Versus Dexmedetomidine Alone in Patients Undergoing Spinal Tumor Surgery by Lin C, Yuan L, Shi J, Kong L, Luo N, Wang J

“…The secondary outcomes were pain intensity, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM), and the occurrence of adverse responses.Results: Compared with group E, the group ED had lower mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and visual-analogue scale (VAS) scores after the start of surgery (all P< 0.05). …”
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Prediction of the development of postoperative pain in patients with late-stage knee osteoarthritis based on the expression of genes for degradation of the extracellular matrix, in... by E. V. Chetina, K. E. Glemba, G. A. Markova, E. A. Naryshkin, E. A. Taskina, M. A. Makarov, A. M. Lila

“…The level of pain was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS), the BPI short questionnaire, and the WOMAC index; the presence of neuropathic pain was assessed using the DN4 and PainDETECT questionnaires. …”
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