Long-term outcome of photodynamic therapy with hexyl aminolevulinate, 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion and methyl aminolevulinate for low-risk Basal Cell Carcinomas by M. Salmivuori, M. Grönroos, T. Tani, J. Räsänen, E. Snellman, N. Neittaanmäki

“…Hexyl aminolevulinate (HAL) and 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion (BF-200 ALA) with enhanced penetration depth enables the use of lower concentrations compared to methylaminolevulinate (MAL) in photodynamic therapy (PDT). …”
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Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review. by Raquel C Burgess, Kate Nyhan, Naisha Dharia, Nicholas Freudenberg, Yusuf Ransome

“…., social media) and in lower-income regions are recommended. Longitudinal quantitative studies assessing the associations between corporate practices and a range of health outcomes is also a necessary next step for this field.…”
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Microrna expression patterns associated with average daily weight gain in kangal akkaraman lambs by Gonca Sonmez, Seref Inal

“…It was determined by RT-qPCR that HDG sheep had 0,63 times lower oar-mir-150 expression, which was not statistically significant, compared to LDG sheep. …”
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RvXmBlendNet: A Multi-architecture Hybrid Model for Improved Skin Cancer Detection by Farida Siddiqi Prity, Ahmed Jabid Hasan, Md Mehedi Hassan Anik, Rakib Hossain, Md. Maruf Hossain, Sazzad Hossain Bhuiyan, Md. Ariful Islam, Md Tousif Hasan Lavlu

“…These results suggest that the system can facilitate earlier interventions, improve patient outcomes, and potentially lower healthcare costs by reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures.…”
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Suicide mortality among individuals in federal prisons compared with the general population: a retrospective cohort study in the USA from 2009 to 2020 by Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Katherine LeMasters, Shabbar Ranapurwala, Mike Dolan Fliss, Michael Forrest Behne, Emilie Duchesneau, Jennifer Lao

“…After age standardisation, the observed suicide rate in prisons was lower than the suicide rate in the general population between 2009 and 2019, but surpassed it in 2020. …”
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A participatory needs assessment to map the system dynamics of overweight related behaviours of 10-14-year-old adolescents living in an underserved neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the... by Helga Emke, Rabab Chrifou, Coosje Dijkstra, Wilma Waterlander, Karien Stronks, Stef Kremers, Mai Chinapaw, Teatske Altenburg

“…Methods We conducted Participatory Action Research (PAR) to map the system dynamics of EBRBs together with adolescents aged 10–14 years old living in a lower socioeconomic, ethnically diverse neighbourhood in Amsterdam East, the Netherlands. …”
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Impact of topical cetylated fatty acid cream on hand osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial by Sitthiphong Suwannaphisit, Nitiphoom Sinnathakorn, Pormes Suwanno, Warangkana Fongsri, Boonsin Tangtrakulwanich

“…Upon concluding the 6-week study period, it was evident that patients in the CFA group exhibited a notably lower mean pain score compared to those in the placebo group (2.2 ± 1.9 vs. 3.2 ± 2.2, P < 0.05) and achieved superior PGA scores (2.1 ± 1.7 vs. 3.1 ± 2.2, P < 0.05). …”
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Traditional herbal medicine for Guillain-Barré syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Somin Jung, Han-Gyul Lee, Seungwon Kwon, Seung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Uk Park, Woo-Sang Jung, Sang-Kwan Moon, Jung-Mi Park, Chang-Nam Ko

“…The mBI score and MMT score of upper limb and lower limb also significantly improved in the treatment group compared with the control group. …”
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Basal metabolic rate correlates with excess postexercise oxygen consumption across different intensities by Shu-Chun Huang, Kuan-Hung Chen, Watson Hua-Sheng Tseng, Lan-Yan Yang, Ching-Chung Hsiao, Yi-Chung Fang, Chen-Hung Lee

“…Our hypothesis is that a higher BMR is correlated with lower EPOC. Methods Fifty-four healthy participants with a mean age of 33 years were enrolled and instructed to visit the exercise laboratory five times within a 3-week period. …”
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Halloysite nanotubes as delivery mechanism for feather protein-based multi-surfactant systems in crude oil dispersion application by Yaw Kwakye Adofo, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Selassie Gbogbo, Christian Amoako, Joseph Arko Morgan, Gloria Pokuaa Manu, Grace Karikari Arkorful

“…For 24 wt% surfactants concentrations loaded HNTs; 100 wt%CFP-HNTs, 60 wt%CFP- 40 wt%L-HNTs, 20 wt%CFP- 80 wt%T-HNTs, 50 wt%CFP- 25 wt%T-25 wt%L-HNTs and 25 wt %CFP- 25 wt%T-50 wt%D-HNTs showed good interfacial tension lowering abilities by recording 6.39, 2.82, 2.43, 1.68, and 1.55 mN/m at 60s respectively. …”
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Application of comprehensive nursing interventions in prevention of deep vein thrombosis after free flap transplantation in patients with oral cancer (综合护理干预降低口腔癌患者皮瓣移植术后深静脉血栓发生率的效... by YU Xiaolin (余晓林)

“…Results The incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis was 7. 58%(5/66)in the study group , which was lower than 21. 21%(14/66) in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Modified sutureless and glue-free method versus conventional sutures for conjunctival autograft fixation in primary pterygium surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Faisal Aljahdali, Waleed Khayyat, Abdulelah T BinYamin, Sultan A Al-Qahtani, Mohammed D Alghamdi, Ali Saleh Alsudais, Husain A Alalgum, Halah Bin Helayel, Mohammed AlMutlak

“…Conjunctival autografts are preferred over simple excision due to lower recurrence rates. This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the modified sutureless glue-free (MSGF) method with conventional sutures (CS) for conjunctival autograft fixation in primary pterygium surgery.Methods A comprehensive search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Google Scholar and ClinicalTrials.gov for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing MSGF and CS conjunctival autografts. …”
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Sex Difference in the Association of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia Prevalence in Patients with Adrenal Adenoma and Different Degrees of Cortisol Excess by Shoichiro Izawa, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Matsuzawa, Takuyuki Katabami, Takanobu Yoshimoto, Michio Otsuki, Masakatsu Sone, Yoshiyu Takeda, Shintaro Okamura, Takamasa Ichijo, Mika Tsuiki, Tomoko Suzuki, Mitsuhide Naruse, Akiyo Tanabe

“…In total, 112 of 237 patients, who were predominantly female (P<0.001) and had lower BMI (P=0.013), had OS/OP. Patients with OS/OP was significantly affected by CE (P<0.01) than those without. …”
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Has the share of the working life expectancy that is spent receiving a partial or full disability pension changed in Finland over the period 2005–2018? A longitudinal register-base... by Eira Viikari-Juntura, Svetlana Solovieva, Taina Leinonen

“…Full disability pensioners spent a disproportionately large time in manual work, increasingly in the private sector, and partial pensioners in the public sector with lower non-manual and manual work, increasingly with the former. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of the FastCAP for users of the Nurotron cochlear implant by Xue-Ying Yang, Sui Huang, Qian-Jie Fu, John Galvin, Bing Chen, Ji-Sheng Liu, Duo-Duo Tao

“…The time required to measure FastCAPs was significantly lower than that for ECAPs. The FastCAP paradigm maintained the accuracy and reliability the ECAP measurements while offering a significant reduction in time requirements.ConclusionThis preliminary evaluation suggests that the FastCAP could be an effective clinical tool to optimize CI processor settings (e.g., threshold stimulation levels) in users of the Nurotron CI device.…”
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Examination of common culture medium for human hepatocytes and engineered heart tissue: Towards an evaluation of cardiotoxicity associated with hepatic drug metabolism in vitro. by Shinichiro Horiuchi, Nanae Koda, Yui Ikeda, Yuto Tanaka, Yusuke Masuo, Yukio Kato, Daiju Yamazaki

“…Our findings may facilitate the evaluation of cardiotoxicity via hepatic metabolism, potentially reducing animal testing, lowering costs, and expediting drug development.…”
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A network comparison on efficacy and safety profiling of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Jie Fu, Jie Fu, Yi-Dan Yan, Xu Wan, Xiao-Fan Sun, Xiao-Fan Sun, Xiu-Mei Ma, Ying-Jie Su

“…Compared with chemotherapy, monotherapy with nivolumab, cemiplimab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab and durvalumab had lower odds of TRAE grade ≥3.ConclusionIn all patients, penpulimab plus chemotherapy was the most effective therapy, but treatment preferences varied by PD-L1 expression, histology type and associated outcomes. …”
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JAK2 V617F as a Marker for Long-Term Disease Progression and Mortality in Polycythemia Vera and its Role in Economic Modeling by Jonas Hjelmgren, Kristoffer Nilsson, Gunnar Birgegård

“…**Results:** The model’s predictions of cumulative DP were somewhat lower than the published studies. Over 20 years’ time, our base case model predicted a mean OS for a PV patient (15.0–16.5 years), which was in line with the published studies (15.8–17.5 years). …”
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Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Trigeminal Ganglion for Treating Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Ophthalmic Branch by Dong-Yang Liu, Jin-Sheng Chen, Ze-Zang Fang, Shao-Yan Liu, Li Wan

“…Twenty-eight of them (87.5%) were satisfied with their sleep and obtained a pain score lower than 3 following the procedure. Only two patients had a recurrence of the severe burning pain and returned to the hospital for other medical therapies 2 weeks after the PRF procedure. …”
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Determining the Facilities for Maintaining Genital Hygiene and Genital Hygiene Behaviors among Women of Reproductive Age by Neslihan Yılmaz Sezer, Menekşe Nazlı Aker

“…The mean GHBS scores of women who had primary education, lived in a large family, did not work in a paid job, had not received genital hygiene education, found their genital hygiene knowledge inadequate, had financial difficulties and felt embarrassed when purchasing genital hygiene products, had a fear of menstrual blood leakage, and experienced blood leakage accidents were lower (p&lt;.05). While the most frequently used product for menstrual hygiene by 97.7% of women was sanitary pads, they also reported using washable pads (.7%), old clothes (.7%), washable period underwear (.3%), cotton (.3%), and toilet paper (.3%). …”
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