A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Supine vs. Nonsupine Endotracheal Intubation by Chriselyn F. Palma, Radwan Mashina, Claire Chen, Tareq Arar, Marwan Mashina, Yussef Al Ghoul, Banreet Dhindsa, Rajany Dy

“…Bias was evaluated qualitatively, by visual analysis, and quantitatively through the Egger test. …”
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Cognitive functions and their effect on disability in learning process and knowledge application in patients with arterial hypertension by S. Ya. Yanovska

“…Moreover, a number of the following factors have contributed to the above-mentioned condition: emotional instability, nonconformity, desire to present themselves in a "favorable light", anxiety, depressive and paranoid tendencies, sensitive, egocentric, anosognotic response to the disease, exacerbation of accentuation of an excitable nature and low work efficiency, acute accentuation of personality traits, impairment of short- and long-term speech, auditory, imaginative, visual and informative memory, control of expression of understanding and emotions, interpersonal and internal personal emotional intelligence and logical thinking. …”
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Dual-stage segmentation and classification framework for skin lesion analysis using deep neural network by Khadija Manzoor, Nauman U Gilal, Marco Agus, Jens Schneider

“…This study aims to develop a dual-stage deep learning framework for the segmentation and classification of skin lesions, addressing challenges such as imbalanced data, lesion variability, and low contrast. Methods We propose a two-phase framework: (i) Precise instance segmentation using U-Net with a Visual Geometry Group (VGG16 encoder) to isolate skin lesions and (ii) classification using EfficientFormer and SwiftFormer networks to evaluate performance on both balanced and imbalanced datasets. …”
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Impact of Active Fluidics System on RNFL and GCL in Phacoemulsification by Di Maria A, Ferraro V, Barone G, Vitali M, Tredici C, Gaeta A, Vinciguerra P, Confalonieri F

“…Macular GCL and peripapillary RNFL evaluations were conducted using the Heidelberg Spectralis® OCT. Visual field (VF) tests were performed with Zeiss Humphrey Field Analyzer 3. …”
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A MEMS seismometer respiratory monitor for work of breathing assessment and adventitious lung sounds detection via deep learning by Brian Sang, Haoran Wen, Greg Junek, Wendy Neveu, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Justin Romberg, Farrokh Ayazi

“…Since these assessment methods are subjective, a low-profile device used for an accurate and quantitative monitoring approach could provide valuable preemptive insights into respiratory health, proving to be clinically beneficial. …”
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Developing soil quality indices to investigate degradation impacts of different land use types in Northern Ethiopia by Araya Kahsay, Mitiku Haile, Girmay Gebresamuel, Muktar Mohammed

“…In all cases, CL soils scored significantly lower SQI values than those of GL and SL. Moderate (III) and low (IV) quality grade soils have the largest spatial share in the area. …”
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Is South Africa ready for point-of-care, non-sputum tests for TB diagnosis? An assessment of end-user perceptions on a novel urine test and tongue swab for TB testing by Nasiphi Mqedlana-Ntombela, Vanessa Fargnoli, Salome Charalambous, Kavindhran Velen, Sonjelle Shilton, Violet Chihota

“…Innovative interventions are needed to expand point-of-care TB diagnosis particularly in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs). Novel non-sputum sample types currently under development can increase TB testing, however there is limited knowledge on end-user perceptions on these tests. …”
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KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: NEW APPROACHES TO THERAPY by L. I. Alekseeva, E. A. Taskina, N. G. Kashevarova, E. P. Sharapova, S. G. Anikin, E. A. Strebkova, T. А. Korotkova, T. A. Raskina, E. V. Zonova, E. N. Otteva

“…The body mass index and levels of low-density lipoproteins, triglycerides, glucose, and uric acid significantly decreased during treatment. …”
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Improving animal welfare in wildlife shooting: The importance of projectile energy by Jordan O. Hampton, Peter J. Adams, David M. Forsyth, Brendan D. Cowled, Ivor G. Stuart, Tim H. Hyndman, Teresa Collins

“…We collected postmortem data via visual inspection from 482 rabbits that were killed. …”
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First Experience in Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with the Femto LDV Z8 and Lenticule Evaluation Using Scanning Electron Microscopy by Mengmeng Wang, Fengju Zhang, Christine Carole Copruz, Longhui Han

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A meta‐analysis of lesser prairie‐chicken nesting and brood‐rearing habitats: Implications for habitat management by Christian A. Hagen, Blake A. Grisham, Clint W. Boal, David A. Haukos

“…There was a general effect for habitat selection as evidenced by low levels of variation in effect sizes across studies and regions. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Wheelchair Skills Test Version 5.4.2 in Indian spinal cord injury patients by Anchit Gugnani, Nandini Kushwaha

“…The sample represented both paraplegic and low tetraplegic wheelchair users who can propel wheelchair, ensuring inclusion of users with varying degrees of functional mobility. …”
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High efficacy and retention rate of levilimab in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in real-life practice by A. I. Zagrebneva, E. N. Simonova, Yu. A. Gavrikova, V. V. Dolgov, G. A. Togizbayev

“…The mean DAS28-CRP, CRP level, TJC, SJC, and PGA by VAS were low at the time of initiation of levilimab therapy and remained stable during the year of therapy.Conclusions. …”
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The effect of a combined compression-tactile stimulating sock on postural stability by Ashleigh Marchant, Sarah B. Wallwork, Jeremy Witchalls, Nick Ball, Gordon Waddington

“…Comparisons between the two conditions were analyzed via a paired t-test for the (i) entire group, and an ANOVA when the group was split into (ii) “high performers” and “low performers”, according to their baseline performance on the SOT. …”
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Effectiveness of quadratus lumborum block and erector spinae plane block for post-operative analgesia in open urological procedures by Arsha P Santhosh, Ravi Prakash, Rajiv Dwivedi

“…The total rescue analgesic requirement was low in the study groups compared to the control group (P<0.0001). …”
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Clinical performance analysis and cost-utility analysis of a mobile cataract surgery service in a rural setting in Thailand by Mantapond Ittarat, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Sunee Chansangpetch

“…Conclusions: A mobile cataract surgery service is effective in improving vision and QOL with a low complication rate. The CUAs showed that both Phaco and ECCE could be cost-effective. …”
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SRP-CR: Semantic and Representational Priors for Diffusion-Based Cloud Removal by Zhentao Zou, Ze Zhang, Yue Zhou, Xue Jiang

“…These semantic descriptions are further enriched by integrating them with local visual feature representations derived from degraded RS imagery. …”
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Initial Accuracy of HIV Rapid Test Kits Stored in Suboptimal Conditions and Validity of Delayed Reading of Oral Fluid Tests. by Augustine T Choko, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Peter MacPherson, Derek Cocker, McEwen Khundi, Deus Thindwa, Rodrick S Sambakunsi, Moses K Kumwenda, Kondwani Chiumya, Owen Malema, Simon D Makombe, Emily L Webb, Elizabeth L Corbett

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Erroneous results observed during HIV testing in low income settings are likely to be due to factors other than suboptimal storage conditions. …”
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Cross-Modal Augmented Transformer for Automated Medical Report Generation by Yuhao Tang, Ye Yuan, Fei Tao, Minghao Tang

“…This pre-alignment helps reduce visual noise by discarding low-ranking content, ensuring that only relevant information is considered in the report generation process. …”
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Rotational changes and associated risk factors following intramedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric femoral fractures in elderly patients by Chao Han, Xiaodan Li, Zhe Han, Qiang Dong

“…The multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that several factors showed significant correlations with rotational displacement of fracture fragments after intramedullary nail fixation, including the severity of medial cortical defects, presence of medial cortical disruption, T-scores ≤ −2.5, low-grade Singh's index classifications (I–III), diminished lateral wall thickness, inadequate TAD, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the Harris Hip Score (HHS).ConclusionBone rotation and displacement are frequently observed following intramedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures. …”
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