Individual-level characteristics and geospatial factors associated with cervical cancer screening participation in Alberta, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study by Jessica Law, Geneviève Jessiman-Perreault, Amanda Alberga Machado, Linan Xu, Bonnie Chiang, Huiming Yang, Lisa Allen Scott, Rizwan Shahid, Curtis Mabilangan, Alvin Li, Kamala Adhikari, Gary Teare

“…Geospatial analyses including heat maps were used to visualize variation in screening participation across the province. …”
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Comparison of intravitreal anti-VEGF agents and oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors in the treatment of cystoid macular edema secondary to retinitis pigmentosa by Jia Liang, Xueping Wu, Lu Chen, Lujia Feng, Xiangqing Hei, Yingying Diao, Yuke Ji, Huiyan Zheng, Zhenhua Zou, Dong Fang, Shaochong Zhang

“…No significant differences were found between the two groups in BCVA and CMT at 12 months or in IOP at any time point (all p > 0.05). …”
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Age-Related Variations in Anterior, Posterior, and Total Corneal Astigmatism by Pothikamjorn T, Surawatsatien N, Ueathaweephol S, Somkijrungroj T

“…Preoperative counseling should address potential long-term shifts toward ATR orientation, which may influence visual outcomes in patients receiving toric IOLs aligned along other axes. …”
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Therapeutic alliance in a stepped digital psychosocial intervention for breast cancer patients: findings from a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Aida Flix-Valle, Joan Carles Medina, Arnau Souto-Sampera, Alejandra Arizu-Onassis, Eva Juan-Linares, Maria Serra-Blasco, Laura Ciria-Suárez, Guillem Feixas, Cristian Ochoa-Arnedo

“…The development of patients’ therapeutic alliance did not differ between interventions, unlike that of the therapists. No agreement was found between patients’ and therapists’ therapeutic alliance ratings. …”
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and other acid fast bacilli pathogens identification by qPCR and MALDI-ToF MS in tuberculosis-like lesions of slaughtered cattle from Ecuador by Solon Alberto Orlando, Solon Alberto Orlando, Leila Estefania Vera Loor, Joselyn Calderón, Melissa Joseth Carvajal-Capa, Fabrizio Arcos Alcívar, Pablo Torres-Lasso, W. Favián Maza Valle, Oliverio N. Vargas González, Naomi Mora-Jaramillo, Ariana León-Sosa, Ariana Rivera, Angel Sebastián Rodríguez-Pazmiño, Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Greta Franco Sotomayor, Greta Franco Sotomayor, Sandra Uruchima-Campoverde, Manuel Gonzalez, Jose Manuel Benitez-Medina, Natalia Jimenez-Pizarro, Javier Hermoso de Mendoza, Henry Parra-Vera, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain

“…Strikingly, MTBC was not found in any BTB-like lesion by qPCR. Furthermore, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) identified six NTM species: M. neoaureum, M. fortuitum, M. novocastrense, M. asiaticum, M. duvalii, and M. mucogenicum. …”
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Evaluation of Sensory and Motor Function in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy Using Quiet Stance and Reactive Postural Control by Joseph A. Shrader, Ashwini Sansare, Allison C. Niemic, Rafael Jiménez-Silva, Joshua G. Woolstenhulme, Galen O. Joe, Uma Jacobs, Angela Kokkinis, Kenneth Fischbeck, Chris Grunseich, Cris Zampieri

“…Both the sensory and automatic balance abnormalities were found to be associated with plantarflexor weakness and may contribute to a higher risk of falls under challenging situations. …”
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Percutaneous unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation in geriatric patients by Rongqing Qin, Rongqing Qin, Anhong Guan, Anhong Guan, Min Zhu, Pin Zhou, Bing Zhou, Bing Zhou, Ruihua Zhou, Ruihua Zhou, Zaiyong Guan, Zaiyong Guan

“…Only three cases were found to be complicated by low extremity numbness, all of which were recovered via conservative treatment in 3 weeks. …”
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AI-Based Noise-Reduction Filter for Whole-Body Planar Bone Scintigraphy Reliably Improves Low-Count Images by Csaba Csikos, Sándor Barna, Ákos Kovács, Péter Czina, Ádám Budai, Melinda Szoliková, Iván Gábor Nagy, Borbála Husztik, Gábor Kiszler, Ildikó Garai

“…No significant difference was found in the number of annotated pixels between filtered images with different counts (<i>p</i> > 0.05). …”
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Associations between serum lipid profiles and the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK Biobank by Mengxia Li, Bingqing Xu, Hao Yu, Yanan Wan, Zheng Zhu, Pengfei Luo, Jian Su, Jinyi Zhou, Xikang Fan

“…Nonlinear relationships were found between HDL-C, LDL-C, TC, ApoA, ApoB and COPD risk with RCS analysis (P values for non-linearity < 0.05). …”
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A Multihead Attention Deep Learning Algorithm to Detect Amblyopia Using Fixation Eye Movements by Dipak P. Upadhyaya, MS, Gokce Cakir, MD, Stefano Ramat, PhD, Jeffrey Albert, PhD, Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD, Satya S. Sahoo, PhD, Fatema Ghasia, MD

“…Objective: To develop an attention-based deep learning (DL) model based on eye movements acquired during a simple visual fixation task to detect amblyopic subjects across different types and severity from controls. …”
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Neurotropic effects of distilled water real exposed to Kyokushin Karate katas. Neurotropic Resonance: Biophotonic Information Transfer through Kyokushin Karate-Exposed Water by Valeriy Babelyuk, Igor Popovych, Olga Smoleńska, Anna Michalska, Radosław Muszkieta, Magdalena Hagner-Derengowska, Yuriy Dobrovolsky, Galyna Dubkova, Tetyana Korolyshyn, Walery Zukow

“…In the absence of spontaneous rhythmic changes (Z±SD = 0.02±0.12), enhancing informational effects were found on power spectral density of δ-rhythm in F8 locus (0.81) and index of α-rhythm (0.78) as well as right-side shift in laterality of θ-rhythm (0.37) (average: 0.65±0.25). …”
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Effect of Midsole Compliance on Oxygen Consumption and Perception of Effort and Comfort during running by Kai Biedermann, Gian-Andri Baumann, Christina M. Spengler, Fernando G. Beltrami

“…No significant differences were found between the shoes concerning perceived effort and comfort. …”
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Coupling antitoxins and blue/white screening with parAB/resolvase mutation as a strategy for Salmonella spp. plasmid curing by Dereje D. Gudeta, Shaohua Zhao, Nesreen Aljahdali, Steven L. Foley

“…Expression of bgaB from target plasmids can greatly facilitate visual detection of plasmid cured colonies avoiding time-consuming screening procedures. …”
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Evaluation of the efficiency and safety of combined therapy with a symptomatic sustained-release drug and hyaluronic acid versus monotherapy with hyaluronic acid in patients with... by K. A. Berdyugin, I. V. Kadyntsev, O. V. Berdyugina, E. A. Taskina, N. G. Kashevarova

“…Perhaps, the mechanism in exhibiting the found synergistic effect of these drugs lies in their different effect on the pathogenesis of the disease. …”
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Removal of Nitrogen, Phosphates, and Chemical Oxygen Demand from Community Wastewater by Using Treatment Wetlands Planted with Ornamental Plants in Different Mineral Filter Media by José Luis Marín-Muñiz, Gonzalo Ortega-Pineda, Irma Zitácuaro-Contreras, Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez, Karina E. Martínez-Aguilar, Luis M. Álvarez-Hernández, Sergio Zamora-Castro

“…Additionally, the removal efficiency was found to be independent of the type of ornamental plant used (<i>p</i> > 0.05); however, the measured parameters varied with plant spp. …”
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MULTICENTER DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE SYMPTOM- AND STRUCTURE-MODIFYING EFFECT OF ALFLUTOP IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHROSIS. COMMUNICATION 1. EVA... by Lyudmila Ivanovna Alekseeva, E P Sharapova, E A Taskina, N V Chichasova, G R Imametdinova, N A Shostak, N G Pravdyuk, L N Denisov

“…The trial enrolled 90 patients with knee OA (ACR criteria and Kellgren–Lawrence Stages II–III) and pain on walking ≥ 40 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS) who signed their informed consent. …”
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La investigación formativa en la acreditación de los programas de educación física (Formative research in the accreditation of physical education programs) by Nancy Janneth Molano-Tobar, Lizzeth Marcelly Torres Quintero, Pedro Aníbal Yanza Mera 

“…An average of 3.75 ± 1.84 credits of 98 courses devoted to undergraduate research training was found; Regarding the postgraduate training of teachers, it focuses on master's and doctoral degrees; evidencing a strong positive association (R=0.89) between teacher training with the categorization of researchers and the positioning of universities. …”
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Driplines Layout Designs Comparison of Moisture Distribution in Clayey Soils, Using Soil Analysis, Calibrated Time Domain Reflectometry Sensors, and Precision Agriculture Geostatis... by Agathos Filintas

“…A and sensor calibration method 2 for the geospatial 2D imaging of PA GIS maps because these were found to be more accurate, with the lowest statistical and geostatistical errors, and the best validation measures for accurate profile SWC imaging were obtained for clay loam over clay soils. …”
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A MULTICENTER, BLIND, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE SYMPTOM- AND STRUCTURE-MODIFYING EFFET OF ALFLUTOP IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS. REPORT 2: THE ASSESSMENT... by L. I. Alekseeva, E. P. Sharapova, E. A. Taskina, N. V. Chichasova, G. R. Imametdinova, N. A. Shostak, N. G. Pravdyuk, L. N. Denisov

“…A tendency to an increase in the level of the marker of cartilage degradation COMP was found in the PL group. Conclusion. Based on double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study, the structure-modifying effect of Alflutop in knee OA has been proved. …”
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TiMON: a real-time integrated monitor for improving the placement and wear of emergency tourniquets by John Quan Nguyen, Avery Goss, Helen Keshishian, Francis Berchard, Jonathan Parks, Conor Evans

“…In terms of applied pressure, no significant mean differences were observed in either group (soldiers p-value = 0.13; untrained volunteers p-value = 0.26), however the unblinded subjects were found to exhibit significantly lower variances in applied pressure compared to those who were blinded (soldiers p-value < 0.0001; untrained volunteers p-value < 0.0001). …”
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