Photorefractive keratectomy with extended ablation zone for recurrent corneal erosion syndrome accompanied with refractive errors: a study of effectiveness, safety, and refractive... by Xinxin Yu, Chenchen Wang, Zuhui Zhang, Wuqi Zhang, Yizeng Yang, Shuangqing Wu

“…In the PTK group, 76.5%, 82.1%, and 100% of patients achieved visual acuity equal to or better than preoperative levels at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively. …”
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From illiteracy to the University: The Institutional development of Albanian education in Kosovo 1945-1990 by Avni Rexha

“…On the other hand, the raising of the educational level influenced the articulation of Kosovo Albanians claims for political equality and national rights.…”
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Altered intra- and interregional synchronization in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: a resting-state fMRI study by Wu L, Zhang Y, Zhou F, Gao L, He L, Zeng X, Gong H

“…However, few studies have explored the local brain activity of RRMS patients in the resting state. Patients and methods: In this study, regional homogeneity (ReHo) and resting-state functional connectivity (FC) were used to investigate intra- and interregional synchronized activity in 22 patients with RRMS and 22 matched healthy controls (HCs). …”
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LASER THERAPY FOR MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION IN CASES OF ACUTE SEVERE PANCREATITIS by A. P. Vlasov, D. Y. Timoshkin, M. A. Spirina, I. A. Chigakova, T. I. Vlasova, T. A. Muratova

“…The patients were randomly split into two equal groups: the comparison group (standard therapy) and the basic group (standard therapy and laser therapy). …”
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Network Pharmacology and Metabolomics Reveal Anti-Ferroptotic Effects of Curcumin in Acute Kidney Injury by Liu X, Zhou Y, Lu Z, Yang F, Wang Y, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zou H, Lin M

“…However, the potential mechanism of Cur in alleviating AKI ferroptosis remains unknown.Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of Cur on AKI ferroptosis.Methods: Folic acid (FA)-induced AKI mouse model and erastin/(rsl-3)-induced HK-2 model were constructed to assess the renoprotection of Cur. …”
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Construction and Comparison of Machine Learning-Based Risk Prediction Models for Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Perimenopausal Women by Chen A, Chang X, Bian X, Zhang F, Ma S, Chen X

“…Therefore, this study explores the factors influencing the occurrence of MACE in perimenopausal women and establishes a prediction model for MACE risk factors using three algorithms, comparing their predictive performance.Patients and Methods: A total of 411 perimenopausal women diagnosed with MACE at the Binzhou Medical University Hospital were randomly divided into a training set and a test set following a 7:3 ratio. …”
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Utility of the Basophil Reactivity Test in the Clinical Management of People with Severe Uncontrolled Asthma by García Ródenas MDM, Hernández Blasco LM, Fernández Sánchez FJ, Marco de la Calle FM, Pascual-Lledó JF, Sánchez Barbie Á, Fernández Aracil C

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of basophil reactivity, measured through the basophil activation test (BAT), as a marker of response to mAbs.Methods: We measured basophil reactivity, using anti-immunoglobulin E (anti-IgE) antibodies as a stimulus, in 72 consecutive patients with severe uncontrolled asthma before initiation of treatment with mAbs. …”
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Study of Feasibility and Safety of Higher-Dose Dexmedetomidine in Special Outpatient Examination of Pediatric Ophthalmology by Chaoqiao Chen, Minji You, ZhangLiang Li, Li Nie, Yune Zhao, Gang Chen

“…To investigate the feasibility and safety of higher-dose dexmedetomidine in ophthalmological outpatient examination of children with cataract. Methods. 100 cases of children were recruited in the study and randomly equally divided into two groups. …”
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Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Early Rehabilitation in Post-Stroke Hand Dysfunction: A Qualitative Study by Qin X, Zou Q, He Y, Liu L, Zhao C

“…Exploring these factors is crucial for the formulation of strategies aimed at boosting patients’ motivation towards early rehabilitation and cultivating their proactive engagement.Aim: This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to early rehabilitation in post-stroke hand dysfunction.Methods: This is a descriptive qualitative study. 15 patients with post-stroke hand dysfunction were selected using the purposive sampling method. …”
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Challenges in Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Trials: How to Balance Personalized Treatment and Standardized Research? by Hu Y, Wang Z, Ni K, Yang J

“…The introduction of this framework effectively integrates the traditional characteristics of TCM with modern scientific methods, providing essential theoretical support and innovative solutions for the design and implementation of TCM clinical research, thereby enhancing TCM’s role in global health.Keywords: traditional Chinese medicine, TCM, clinical research, randomized controlled trials, RCT, TCM clinical trials, personalized treatment, standardized research…”
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Dose-Weighted Network Pharmacology: Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations for Lumbar Disc Herniation by Zhou C, Xiang T, Yu Y, Ma H, Liu C, Yang F, Yang L

“…The VIKOR method was used to assess the importance of therapeutic targets, with weights assigned based on both drug and disease perspectives. …”
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Associations Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dyslipidemia: Results From the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study (PGCS) by Jahangir Shahraz, Farahnaz Joukar, Fateme Sheida, Sara Yeganeh, Saman Maroufizadeh, Massood Baghaee, Mohammadreza Naghipour, Fariborz Mansour‐Ghanaei

“…The prevalence of dyslipidemia in all participants was equal to 75.83%. Among those with dyslipidemia, 41.18% and 35.39% had overweight and obesity, respectively. …”
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Boron adsorption in semiarid Mediterranean soils under the influence of background electrolytes by S. Fatnassi, M.B. Almendro Candel, J. Navarro Pedreño, I. Gómez Lucas, M. Hachicha

“…This study aims to improve knowledge of B adsorption process in calcareous salt-affected soils in semiarid areas. It equally focuses on the type of cation (monovalent and divalent) in function of the soil texture and time of shaking. …”
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Pecularities of Specialists Training in Laboratory Diagnostic in the Context of Integration into the European Higher Education Environment by O. K. Tolstanov

“…Some of the main challenges of modern public policy, national priority, goals for the state national security and condition of implementation of the right to education are improving the quality of education and equal access to it. Ukraine pledged to modernize its own educational activities in the context of general European requirements, adhering to the Bologna Process in May 2005. …”
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CT-Detected Arterial Calcification and Ischemic Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Upper Urinary Tract Calculi: A Case-Control Study by Qu Z, Yang W, Liu S, Wang M, Zheng A, Qin C, Du Y, Zhu X, Xu T

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between AC detected by CT in UUTC patients and the risk of ischemic cardiovascular diseases (ICVD).Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, clinical data of 596 patients were collected. …”
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Deep learning detects retropharyngeal edema on MRI in patients with acute neck infections by Oona Rainio, Heidi Huhtanen, Jari-Pekka Vierula, Janne Nurminen, Jaakko Heikkinen, Mikko Nyman, Riku Klén, Jussi Hirvonen

“…The proposed CNN was faster than InceptionV3 but equally accurate. Our patient classification algorithm outperformed traditional machine learning models. …”
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Genotypic diversity and antimicrobial resistance determinants in Salmonella Typhi isolated from children living in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya by Miss Susan Kavai, Dr Cecilia Mbae, Dr Sylvia Omulo, Prof Julius Oyugi, Prof Samuel Kariuki

“…Typhi from sick and asymptomatic children in Mukuru and Kibera informal settlements in Nairobi County. Methods: From 2013 to 2018, children ≤ 16 years presenting to 4 health facilities in Nairobi County were recruited if they had a fever; ≥380C with or without diarrhea. …”
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Investigating the effect of echinacea extraction syrup on the outcomes of lower respiratory infections in patients with COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial study by Elham Kheirandish, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Mousa Mahdizadeh, Fariba Rezaeitalab, Mahdi Yousefi, Seyedeh Sara Rezazadeh Shojaee

“…This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of Echinacea extract syrup on the outcomes of the lower respiratory tract in patients with COVID-19. Methods In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 40 patients with COVID-19 who were inpatients in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran, were randomly selected and assigned to two equal control and experimental groups (n = 20). …”
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Analysis and Validation of Autophagy-Related Gene Biomarkers and Immune Cell Infiltration Characteristic in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia by Integrating Bioinformatics and Machine Lea... by Xiao S, Ding Y, Du C, Lv Y, Yang S, Zheng Q, Wang Z, Zheng Q, Huang M, Xiao Q, Ren Z, Bi G, Yang J

“…We aim to screen and validate the signature genes of BPD by bioinformatics and in vivo experiment.Methods: GSE8586 was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. …”
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Causal Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Sick Sinus Syndrome: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Chen W, Pan W, Ling L, Jiang B, Zhang Y, Su X, Jiang T, Lin J

“…This study aims to investigate the potential causal relationship between OSA and the development of SSS.Methods: To evaluate the association between OSA and SSS, we utilized a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) method. …”
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