Clinical and functional characteristics of pseudophakic myopia in children after congenital cataract extraction in infancy by L. A. Katargina, T. B. Kruglova, A. S. Mamykina, N. S. Egiyan, N. N. Arestova

“…The study aimed to evaluate the clinical and functional condition of the eyes in children with moderate to high myopia.   Material and methods. Our study included a total of 33 patients (61 eyes) with pseudophakia, of which 16 (26 eyes) developed moderate (12 eyes) or high (14 eyes) myopia at the age of 5 to 15 years. …”
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Comparative study between oral and intralesional injection of beta-blocker in the treatment of infantile capillary hemangioma by Sahar S Sheta, Kareem B. Elessawy, Nadeen Eltoukhy, Ayman Esmail, Walaa ElNaggar

“…Abstract Purpose The present is conducted with the aim of comparing the clinical efficacy and side effects of oral versus intralesional propranolol treatment of infantile capillary hemangiomas. Methods Study enrolled 40 infants diagnosed with infantile capillary hemangiomas. …”
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Development and validation of the Women Autonomy Scale for measuring psychosocial freedom from conventional gender roles by Waqar Husain, Farrukh Ijaz, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Achraf Ammar, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami

“…This study addresses this gap by developing and validating the Women Autonomy Scale (WAS). Methods The development and validation of the WAS involved four phases with a total of 2,252 adult women from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. …”
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Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology Practice Patterns in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium Study by Cristin D. W. Kaspar, Keia Sanderson, Seza Ozen, Priya S. Verghese, Megan Lo, Timothy E. Bunchman, Scott E. Wenderfer, Jason Kidd

“…To assess practice pattern similarities and differences amongst pediatric rheumatologists and nephrologists in the management of pediatric Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA). Methods. A voluntary survey was distributed to the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium Group (MWPNC) and an international pediatric rheumatology email listserv in 2016-2017. …”
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New Hyaluronic Acid Preparations in the Treatment of Children with Dry Eye Syndrome by V. V. Brzheskiy, I. N. Gorbachevskaya, S. Y. Golubev

“…Each group was divided into 2 more equal subgroups, the first of which was prescribed the drug Optinol® Express Moisture, and the second — Optinol® Deep Moisture with a frequency of 4 times a day.Results. …”
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The Efficacy of Thrombolytic Therapy in Inferior Myocardial Infarction with Damage to the Right Ventricular by E. S. Mazur, V. V. Mazur, N. S. Kuznetsova, R. M. Rabinovich, K. S. Myasnikov

“…To study the results of thrombolytic therapy and accuracy of electrocardiographic assessment of thrombolysis efficiency in inferior myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular lesion.Material and methods. The118 patients with inferior myocardial infarction were included in this study. …”
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Endobronchial Manifestations of the Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): Data from the Endoscopy Unit of a COVID-19 Hospital by M. L. Shteiner, Yu. I. Biktagirov, A. V. Zhestkov, E. V. Makova

“…To assess the frequency of various events, the chi-square (χ2) test was used to evaluate the equality of proportions, with a significance level of p = 0.05.Results. …”
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Research Trends in Vascular Aging in the Last Decade: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis by Shi D, Ning Z, Zhang Y, Guo X, Wei Y, Liu M

“…Dandan Shi,* Ziqi Ning,* Yaoyao Zhang, Xiaochen Guo, Yun Wei, Meixia Liu Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meixia Liu, Email liumeixia2004@126.com Yun Wei, Email weiyun_0913@163.comBackground: In recent years, vascular aging has emerged as a hot topic in become an important direction of aging research, but a comprehensive bibliometric analysis has not been conducted.Methods: The Web of Science database was searched for articles and reviews on vascular aging from January 1, 2014, to August 20, 2024, and the literature was analyzed and knowledge maps were constructed using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, pajek and Scimago Graphica software for econometric analysis and knowledge graph construction of the literature.Results: A total of 38,910 authors from 7622 institutions in 111 countries published 7277 papers in 1344 academic journals, with a significant increase in publication volume. …”
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Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring Equipped With an Early Warning System in Tertiary Care Hospital Wards: Retrospective Cohort Study by Pavithra Lakshman, Priyanka T Gopal, Sheen Khurdi

“…Sensitivity, specificity, chi-square test for alert frequency distribution equality, and the average time from the first alert to ICU transfer in the last 24 hours was determined. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Microbial Growth in Raw and Pasteurized Cow and Camel Milk During Chilled Storage by Mohammed Aladhadh, Emad M. Abdallah

“…The current study aimed to evaluate microbial changes in pasteurized camel and cow milk using culture-based methods. We examined bacterial growth in raw and pasteurized camel and cow milk during 17 days of refrigerated storage at 4 °C. …”
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Gender Inequality and Elite Working Women in Kirima Sub-County Kanungu District. by Namanya, Precious

“…The study engaged a total of sixty-six (66) respondents. Data collection methods used to collect data included interviews and questionnaires. …”
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Distance Learning and the Quality of Teacher Education in Rwanda: A Case Study of Byumba Distance Learning by Anastase, Mvuyekure

“…Concerning the sample and methods used in this study, the simple random sample technique, Questionnaires, interviews, and a documentary study were used. …”
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A comparative analysis in monitoring 24-hour urinary copper in wilson disease: sampling on or off treatment? by Isabelle Mohr, Patrick Lamade, Christophe Weber, Viola Leidner, Sebastian Köhrer, Alexander Olkus, Matthias Lang, Andrea Langel, Patrischia Dankert, Melanie Greibich, Silke Wolf, Holger Zimmer, Patrick Michl, Aurélia Poujois, Karl Heinz Weiss, Uta Merle

“…Guidelines lack data if both variants of 24 h-UCE measurement (with or without 48 h of treatment interruption) are equally interpretable. Methods Eighty-four patients with a confirmed diagnosis of WD treated with chelators (50% of patients with D-Penicillamine and 50% with trientine) and with pairwise 24-h-UCE values on-therapy and off-therapy were included in the analysis. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Two hundred and twelve participants were included in the study and had an equal chance of being prescribed either lithium or quetiapine. …”
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Efficacy of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of venous trophic ulcers: results from the experiment by B. V. Boldin, P. Yu. Turkin, A. P. Oettinger, V. Yu. Bogachev, N. O. Somov, S. G. Kuzmin, V. B. Loschenov, L. M. Mikhaleva, K. Yu. Midiber

“…Evaluation of the effectiveness of PDT and APDT in a comprehensive examination of trophic ulcers in an in vivo experiment and compare them with standard methods for the treatment of VLU.Materials and мethods. …”
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SNOW THICKNESS ON AUSTRE GRØNFJORDBREEN, SVALBARD, FROM RADAR MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARD SNOW SURVEYS by I. I. Lavrentiev, S. S. Kutuzov, A. F. Glazovsky, Yu. Ya. Macheret, N. I. Osokin, A. V. Sosnovsky, R. А. Chernov, G. A. Cherniakov

“…These methods were the radar (500 MHz) observations and standard snow surveys. …”
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Initial Meropenem Plasma Concentration and Its Correlation with Sepsis Mortality: A Real-World Retrospective Study by Deng ZW, Fu W, Chen F, Wang HQ, Deng YH, Yan Y

“…However, no significant differences were observed in mortality rates at 7, 14, and 28 days between infusion methods or across plasma concentration quartiles. …”
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Analysis of the domestic pharmaceutical market drugs for the treatment of urolithiasis by V. L. Shevina, N. V. Khokhlenkova, T. G. Yarnykh

“…Antibacterial therapies, herbal medicine, dietary restrictions, mineral water are used in the complex treatment of patients with urolithiasis after removal of concrement by different methods. The search for new and improvement of already known methods of treatment of urolithiasis remains relevant to date. …”
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Сlinical results of transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking in patients with keratoconus by M. M. Bikbov, V. K. Surkova, G. M. Bikbova, N. B. Zainullina

“…The obtained comparable results showed that the use of transepithelial and standard methods of CXL in patients with keratoconus prevents disease progression in 73.2 % and 77.7 % respectively what confirms the possibility of its equal usage in clinical practice.Conclusion. …”
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An Evaluation a PrEP-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention Tailored for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and Cognitive Dysfunction by Mistler CB, Huedo-Medina TB, Shrestha R, Gunstad J, Zelenev A, Copenhaver MM

“…Colleen B Mistler,1,2,* Tania B Huedo-Medina,2– 5,* Roman Shrestha,2,3 John Gunstad,6 Alexei Zelenev,7 Michael M Copenhaver2,3 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; 2Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (Inchip), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 3Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 4Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; 5Basque Foundation for Science, IKERBasque, Bilbao, 48011, Spain; 6Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA; 7Department of Internal Medicine, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Colleen B Mistler, Yale University, The Consultation Center, 389 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA, Email colleen.mistler@yale.eduPurpose: This study aimed to test the efficacy of the 4-week Bio-behavioral Community-Friendly Health Recovery Program (CHRP-BB) at improving HIV prevention outcomes among individuals receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and to examine the extent to which cognitive dysfunction impacts outcomes.Patients and Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 237 individuals receiving MOUD and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in New Haven, CT. …”
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