Scarf osteotomy combined with akin osteotomy for the treatment of patients with moderate hallux valgus: a retrospective study combining plantar pressure testing and gait analysis by Peng Lu, Songchuan Su, Xin Li, Liqi Ng, Xiaotian Xiong, Qiuping Zhang, Yusong Liu, Yu Zhou

“…Clinical assessment measures encompassed the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot (JSSF) HV scale. …”
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Evaluating Sperm Recovery Time and Efficacy of Monotherapy vs. Combination Therapies in Men with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Edoardo Pozzi, Vishal Ila, Francis Petrella, Christian Corsini, Armin Ghomeshi, Rohan Dureja, Daniel Boaretto, Tharun Somasundar, Andrea Salonia, Ranjith Ramasamy

“…Purpose: There is a lack of pooled data exploring the time and rates for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) monotherapy vs. …”

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR THE RESPONSE TO TOCILIZUMAB THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS WITHOUT SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS: A COHORT STUDY by Ekaterina I. Alexeeva, Tatyana M. Dvoryakovskaya, Kseniya B. Isaeva, Tatyana V. Sleptsova, Rina V. Denisova, Margarita A. Soloshenko, Olga L. Lomakina, Anna N. Fetisova, Mariya G. Rudnickaya, Dariya D. Vankova, Alina A. Alshevskaya, Andrei V. Moskalev, Anna V. Mamutova

“…To assign genetically engineered biologic drugs, we need data on the predictors for response to therapy. Prognostic factors for the response to tocilizumab in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) without systemic symptoms are poorly studied.Objective. …”
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The Use of Specialized Neuropsychological Training for the Rehabilitation of Patients with Neglect Syndrome by Maria S. Kovyazina, Nataliya A. Varako, Georgiy K. Stepanov, Daria D. Yurina, Victoria A. Propustina, Svetlana A. Vasilyeva, Vadim D. Daminov, Yury P. Zinchenko

“…The results of the ANOVARM data analysis indicated statistically significant changes in the visuospatial search of the experimental group's patients. …”
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Donor Perceptions and Preferences of Telemedicine and In-Person Visits for Living Kidney Donor Evaluation by Ellie Kim, Hannah C. Sung, Katya Kaplow, Victoria Bendersky, Carolyn Sidoti, Abimereki D. Muzaale, Jasmine Akhtar, Macey Levan, Suad Esayed, Amir Khan, Christina Mejia, Fawaz Al Ammary

“…Enrollment continued until data saturation was reached (interviews with 20 participants) when no new information emerged from additional interviews. …”
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Development of the 10-question household foodwork interactional assessment questionnaire (FIA-Q10) by Leah E. Cahill, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Catherine L. Mah, Jennifer LP. Protudjer, Cynthia Kendell, Mary E. Jung, Helen Wong, Ellen T. Crumley, Meghan Day, Karen T. Y. Tang, Yan Huang, Jyoti Sihag, Laura Brady, Karthik K Tennankore, Navdeep Tangri, Rebecca C. Mollard, Dylan MacKay

“…An optional accompanying module was developed to collect self-identified demographic data to provide context for understanding how social-structural positionality factors may interact to influence foodwork. …”
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Recent Developments to the ANSWERS® Monte Carlo Codes MONK® and MCBEND® by Fildes Jessica, Richards Simon, Bird Adam, Cox Andrew, Fry Timothy, Hanlon David, Jones Brian, Long David, Tantillo Francesco, Wright George, Hiles Richard

“…New developments to the tools available in the accompanying Visual Workshop integrated development environment are also described.…”
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Effect of a Single Preventive Intravenous Dose of Ketorolac and Paracetamol on Reducing Postoperative Pain in Septorhinoplasty Patients: Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Laleh Dehghanpisheh, Fatane Jamshidi, Saeid Khademi, Shirin Farokhiani, Mohammad Reza Cheraghi, Mahsa Emadi, Reza Kaboodkhani, Ali Akbari, Naeimehossadat Asmarian, Mahsa Banifatemi

“…Pain intensity was measured using visual analog scale (VAS) 1 hour and 6 hours after surgery. …”
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The Effect of Virtual Reality Training on Anticipatory Postural Adjustments in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study by Zhicheng Li, Qiuhua Yu, Haizhen Luo, Wenzhao Liang, Xin Li, Le Ge, Siyun Zhang, Le Li, Chuhuai Wang

“…The muscle activation time and integrals of the electromyography activities (IEMGs) during the APA and CPA stages were calculated and used in the data analysis. The visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry dysfunction index (ODI) scores were also recorded. …”
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The Long Head of Biceps Tendon Tenotomy in Idiopathic Glenohumeral Adhesive Capsulitis Surgery Improves Early Rehabilitation Outcomes by Jia‐Long Luo, Ye‐Bin Huang, Xing‐Hao Deng, Jing‐Song Wang, Yu‐Heng Li, Wei‐Ping Li, Chuan Jiang, Zheng‐Zheng Zhang, Zhong Chen

“…Outcomes were measured before surgery and at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months and final follow‐up postoperatively, including shoulder functional scores, joint range of motion, visual analog scale (VAS) score for pain, and complications. …”
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Identification of core noncoding RNA-associated competing endogenous RNA networks in renal fibrosis via whole-transcriptome sequencing by Yizhen Chen, Meng Cheng, Rong Dai, Weili Wang, Yonghao Sang, Liuting Wei, Yilin Gao, Wei Zhang, Yiping Wang, Lei Zhang

“…Enrichment analysis showed significant pathways including Rap1 signaling, extracellular matrix–receptor interaction, and PI3K-Akt signaling, with RBPs enriched in RNA binding and ferroptosis.Conclusion By integrating data from three distinct models, we identified conserved ceRNA axis—TCONS_00008870/circRNA_3140–miR-466b-3p–Adamts2—potentially modulating fibrotic progression in renal tissue.…”
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Deep Multi-Modal Skin-Imaging-Based Information-Switching Network for Skin Lesion Recognition by Yingzhe Yu, Huiqiong Jia, Li Zhang, Suling Xu, Xiaoxia Zhu, Jiucun Wang, Fangfang Wang, Lianyi Han, Haoqiang Jiang, Qiongyan Zhou, Chao Xin

“…MDSIS-Net is tested on clinical disfiguring dermatosis data and the public Derm7pt melanoma dataset. A Visually Intelligent System for Image Analysis (VISIA) captures five modalities: spots, red marks, ultraviolet (UV) spots, porphyrins, and brown spots for disfiguring dermatosis. …”
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Leukocyte-Rich Platelet-Rich Plasma’s Clinical Effectiveness in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Peiyuan Tang, Meihui Huang, Wenfeng Xiao, Ting Wen, Pavel Volotovsky, Mikhail Gerasimenko, Shiyao Chu, Shuguang Liu, Kai Zhang, Yusheng Li

“…Literature screening, quality evaluation, and data extraction were performed according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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A deep machine learning model development for the biomarkers of the anatomical and functional anti-VEGF therapy outcome detection on retinal OCT images by B.E. Malyugin, S.N. Sakhnov, L.E. Axenova, K.D. Axenov, E.V. Kozina, V.V. Vronskaya, V.V. Myasnikova

“…Predictors of this anatomical outcome, as well as predictors of functional outcome or final visual acuity, can be assessed using optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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Modified minimally invasive surgical technique plus Bio-Oss Collagen for regenerative therapy of isolated interdental intrabony defects: study protocol for a randomised controlled... by Ye Han, Churen Zhang, Haidong Zhang, Zhaoguo Yue, Lili Miao, Kaining Liu, Jianxia Hou

“…A general linear model will be performed to study the relationship between the secondary and the primary outcome.Ethics and dissemination The present research has received approval from the Ethics Committee of Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology (PKUSSIRB-202053002). Data of the present research will be registered with the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. …”
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PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF ORIGINAL DROTAVERINE USE IN DYSMENORRHEA: RESULTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER STUDY by A. L. Unanyan, V. A. Alimov, S. E. Arakelov, M. S. Afanasyev, D. V. Baburin, D. V. Blinov, T. D. Guriyev, U. V. Zimovina, A. E. Kadyrova, Yu. M. Kossovich, L. S. Polonskaya

“…Pain was evaluated asking patients to rate the worst abdominal pain over the past 12 hours (11-point Numerical Pain Rating Scale, NPRS) and a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to evaluate the drotaverine onset of action. …”
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Enhancing AI microscopy for foodborne bacterial classification using adversarial domain adaptation to address optical and biological variability by Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Aarham Wasit, Aarham Wasit, J Mason Earles, J Mason Earles, Nitin Nitin, Nitin Nitin, Jiyoon Yi

“…MDANNs further improved accuracy in the BF domain from 73.3% to 76.7%. Feature visualizations by Grad-CAM and t-SNE validated the model's ability to learn domain-invariant features across conditions. …”
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Correlations between symptoms, nasal endoscopy and computed tomography findings in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps by Savović Slobodan, Dragnić Nataša, Kljajić Vladimir, Jovančević Ljiljana, Buljčik-Čupić Maja, Lemajić-Komazec Slobodanka

“…Pearson’s coefficient of correlation was used for statistic data processing. Results. The severity of the disease as a whole (r = 0.509) and nasal discharge (r = 0.562) moderately correlated with CT. …”
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Generating synthetic brain PET images of synaptic density based on MR T1 images using deep learning by Xinyuan Zheng, Patrick Worhunsky, Qiong Liu, Xueqi Guo, Xiongchao Chen, Heng Sun, Jiazhen Zhang, Takuya Toyonaga, Adam P. Mecca, Ryan S. O’Dell, Christopher H. van Dyck, Gustavo A. Angarita, Kelly Cosgrove, Deepak D’Souza, David Matuskey, Irina Esterlis, Richard E. Carson, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, Chi Liu

“…Conclusion We conclude that it is feasible to generate robust SV2A PET images with promising accuracy from MRI via a data-driven approach.…”
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Health-related quality of life with bemarituzumab plus mFOLFOX6 in patients with FGFR2b-overexpressing, advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer by Z.A. Wainberg, P.C. Enzinger, S. Qin, K. Yamaguchi, J. Wang, X. Zhou, A. Gnanasakthy, K. Taylor, A. Yusuf, I. Majer, A. Jamotte, Y.-K. Kang

“…Least-squares mean changes from baseline on key EORTC QLQ-C30 scales (global health status/QoL, physical functioning, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, and appetite loss) and the EQ-5D-5L visual analog scale were similar over time between treatment arms. …”
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