A CLINICAL CASE OF APPLICATION OF «ICON-INFILTRANT» SYSTEM IN THERAPEUTIC DENTISTRY by N.M. Brailko, I.M. Tkachenko, Ya.Yu. Vodoriz, I.Ya. Marchenko, A.V. Lemeshko

“…In 1 and 3 months after treatment, the visual and tactile examination of the vestibular surfaces of teeth revealed that the achieved aesthetic result slightly improved – the sizes of spots, which had been noticeable on the day of treatment decreased. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of Meniere’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mingjie Tang, Mingjie Tang, Yinghong Li, Man Lu, Tianchen Zhang, Yanhao Ge, Jie Han, Jiqin Tang, Zhaoming Chen

“…The treatment group reduced dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) (MD: 6.94; 95% CI: 1.58–12.30; p = 0.01), tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) (MD: 6.52; 95% CI: 0.77–12.27; p = 0.03), stuffy ear visual analog scale (VAS) (MD: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.54–1.20; p < 0.0001) and pure tone audiometry score (MD: 6.57; 95% CI: 5.62–7.51; p < 0.0001) to a greater degree than those of the control group. …”
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Quantitative whole-body dynamic planar scintigraphy in mice with 99mTc and 161Tb by John D. Wright, Isaline Renard, Isis A. Middleton, Juozas Domarkas, Émer M. Foyle, Paul J. Lusby, Stephen J. Archibald

“…Encapsulation of [99mTc]TcO4 – in a supramolecular cage was used to demonstrate the visual and quantitative changes in biodistribution over time, as compared to [99mTc]TcO4 – alone. …”
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Rehabilitation Impact of Vivifrail Exercise Program Type C on the Cognitive Function of Pre-Frail Elderly People in the Community by Sri Soenarti, Dwi Indriani Lestari, Muhammad Barlian Nugroho, Harien Lestari, Tita Hariyanti

“…., thinking operations and visual perception. The exercise group demonstrated more improvement than the control group (p=0.032). …”
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Assessment of tilt and decentration of a 4-point scleral fixated intraocular lens using an innovative digital measurement methodology by Denise Pardini, Monica MS Matsumoto, Marina Roizenblatt, Ana Marisa Branco, Paulo Schor, Norma Allemann, Michel Farah, André Maia, Maurício Maia

“…The subjective refraction with the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit-lamp examination, Goldmann applanation tonometry, wide-field retinography, and Scheimpflug corneal tomography and topography were performed preoperatively and postoperatively. …”
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Geospatial Trends in Insurance Payor Reimbursements Based on Area Deprivation Index for Total Ankle Arthroplasty across Southwestern Pennsylvania by Garcia Findlay BS, Marfred Umanes Munoz BS, MS, Kenzo M. Cotton BS, Devon Scott, Richard Michael Smith MD, Jarrett D. Cain DPM MSc, Lauren Lewis MD MPH, Macalus V. Hogan MD, MBA

“…Home addresses were converted to geographic coordinates using Google Maps API and visualized with R-Tool geospatial mapping based on insurance payor. …”
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Quantitative ultra-widefield fluorescein angiography biomarkers in diabetic retinopathy and association with treatment and progression by Iyengar RS, Fleifil S, Aaberg MT, Yu G, Patel TP, Powell C, Tran AK, Paulus YM

“…Rahul S Iyengar,1,2 Salma Fleifil,1 Michael T Aaberg,1,3 Gina Yu,1,4 Tapan P Patel,1,5 Corey Powell,6 Annie K Tran,1 Yannis M Paulus1,5,7 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 3Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 5Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; 6Department of Consulting for Statistics, Computing and Analytics Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 7Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence: Yannis M Paulus, Wilmer Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology Johns Hopkins University, 600 N. …”
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Open-Source High-Throughput Phenotyping for Blueberry Yield and Maturity Prediction Across Environments: Neural Network Model and Labeled Dataset for Breeders by Jing Zhang, Jerome Maleski, Hudson Ashrafi, Jessica A. Spencer, Ye Chu

“…Harvesting and quantifying the yield for each blueberry breeding accession are labor-intensive and impractical. Instead, visual ratings as an estimation of yield are often used as a faster way to quantify the yield, which is categorical and subjective. …”
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Apoptosis-Inducing Factor (AIF) content in tumor cell mitochondria from colorectal cancer patients by O. I. Kit, E. M. Frantsiyants, S. A. Ilchenko, V. A. Bandovkina, I. V. Neskubina, A. I. Shikhlyarova, Yu. A. Petrova, A. A. Vereskunova, A. O. Adamyan, E. N. Kolesnikov, G. G. Beloshapkina, A. Yu. Arakelova, U. M. Gaziev, S. V. Sanamyants

“…To investigate the level of protein AIF in the mitochondria of tumor cells and visually unchanged tissues of the colon in male and female patients with colorectal cancer.Materials and methods. …”
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Randomized clinical trial for pop titrated versus the slow coagulation cyclophotocoagulation in treating dark irises neovascular glaucoma by Weerawat Kiddee, Kaneungnit Kittigoonpaisan, Sakhanit Leelaprasasne, Arunee Tanjana

“…The success rate, the response rate, the retreatment rate, the cyclodiode efficacy index, the numerical pain rating scale (NPRS), visual acuity (VA), and complications. The preoperative parameters were comparable between both groups. …”
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Microvascular flow imaging of fibroids: A prospective pilot study by Marissa Frijlingh, Barbara Stoelinga, Robert A. deLeeuw, Wouter J. K. Hehenkamp, Jos W. R. Twisk, Thierry van denBosch, Lynda J. M. Juffermans, Judith A. F. Huirne

“…In significantly more fibroids central flow could be visualized using 2D MV‐flow (63%) than with 2D power Doppler (13%, p = 0.001). …”
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Immediate effects of high-intensity laser therapy for nonspecific neck pain: a double-blind randomized controlled trial by Yuhua Xie, Yuhua Xie, Yingxiu Diao, Dongyu Wu, Manxia Liao, Linrong Liao, Linrong Liao, Linrong Liao

“…The primary outcome measures encompassed pain intensity via the visual analogue scale (VAS), cervical active ROM, stiffness of neck muscles (splenius capitis, semispinalis capitis, and neck fascia), as well as functional disability via the neck disability index (NDI). …”
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Does music counteract mental fatigue? A systematic review. by Cong Ding, Soh Kim Geok, He Sun, Samsilah Roslan, Shudian Cao, Yue Zhao

“…The physiological marker of steady-state visually evoked potential-based brain-computer interface (SSVEP-BCI) amplitude increased, confirming that exciting music counteracts mental fatigue more effectively than relaxing music. …”
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Analysis of long-term trends and 15-year predictions of smoking-related bladder cancer burden in china across different age and sex groups from 1990 to 2021 by Jieming Zuo, Junhao Chen, Zhiyong Tan, Xingcheng Zhu, Haifeng Wang, Shi Fu, Jiansong Wang

“…Frontier analysis was used to visually demonstrate the potential for burden reduction based on the development level of each country or region. …”
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Application of a Dual-Stream Network Collaboratively Based on Wavelet and Spatial-Channel Convolution in the Inpainting of Blank Strips in Marine Electrical Imaging Logging Images:... by Guilan Lin, Sinan Fang, Manxin Li, Hongtao Wu, Chenxi Xue, Zeyu Zhang

“…Furthermore, a multi-objective loss function is introduced to constrain the semantic coherence and visual authenticity of image reconstruction. Experiments show that, in the inpainting indexes for Block X in the South China Sea, the mean absolute error (MAE), structural similarity index (SSIM), and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) of this method are 6.893, 0.779, and 19.087, respectively, which are significantly better than the improved filtersim, U-Net, and AOT-GAN methods. …”
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Partner support and life satisfaction as predictors of postpartum quality of life among Iranian women by Nasim Bahrami, Mina Fathi, Nazanin Shakibi, Mark D. Griffiths, Zainab Alimoradi

“…Participants completed validated Persian versions of the Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life Questionnaire (MAPP-QOLQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Postpartum Partner Support Scale (PPSS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), and Visual Fatigue Scale (VFS). Univariable and multivariable linear regression (stepwise method) identified predictors of postpartum QoL. …”
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Causes and prognosis of neovascular glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy in patients with diabetic retinopathy by Xiaolu Cao, Peipei Jia, Xiulian Qiao, Beibei Gao, Fuyin wang

“…The postoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after NVG was statistically significant compared with that before NVG (P < 0.05). …”
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The effectiveness of Valsalva Maneuver-Assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty in reducing cement leakage in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Yongjie Wang, Xueming Chen, Qian Lu, Libin Cui, Xiangyu Li, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

“…Postoperative CT was performed to determine CL which can be classified as no leakage, cortical leakage, venous leakage, and cortical & venous leakage. CL rate and visual analog scale (VAS), performed before surgery, 1 day, and 6 months after surgery, Operation time, cement volume, pulmonary embolism rate, and hospital stay were compared between the two groups. …”
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Concentrations of DDT metabolites in different food items and public health risk in Africa regions: systematic review and metal analysis by Dechasa Adare Mengistu, Abraham Geremew, Roba Argaw Tessema, Tara Wolfing

“…Meta-analysis data visualized using a forest plot. A random-effects model was applied when heterogeneity existed in overall mean concentration of DDT metabolites. …”
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Costs and acceptability of simplified monitoring in HIV-suppressed patients switching to dual therapy: the SIMPL’HIV open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial by Annalisa Marinosci, Delphine Sculier, Gilles Wandeler, Sabine Yerly, Marcel Stoeckle, Enos Bernasconi, Dominique L. Braun, Pietro Vernazza, Matthias Cavassini, Marta Buzzi, Karin J. Metzner, Laurent Decosterd, Huldrych F. Günthard, Patrick Schmid, Andreas Limacher, Mattia Branca, Alexandra Calmy

“…Patient satisfaction with treatment and monitoring was also assessed using visual analogue scales. RESULTS: Of 93 participants randomised to dolutegravir plus emtricitabine and 94 individuals to combination antiretroviral therapy (median nadir CD4 count, 246 cells/mm3; median age, 48 years; female, 17%),patient-centred monitoring generated no substantial reductions or increases in total costs (US$ –421 per year [95% CI –2292 to 1451]; p = 0.658). …”
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