A placebo-controlled study of the doses and efficacy of Lentinula edodes mycelia for oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy in colorectal cancer by Shogen Boku, Hironaga Satake, Seiichiro Mitani, Kiyoshi Maeda, Toshihiro Kudo, Toshifumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Takagi, Hisato Kawakami, Hisato Kawakami

“…We evaluated the efficacy and safety as well as the optimal dosage of L.E.M. extract for OIPN in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).MethodsAfter curative resection, we used a 1:1:1 ratio to randomly assign patients with CRC with persistent OIPN (defined by a visual analogue scale [VAS] numbness score ≥40 mm) to the low-dose (L.E.M. 300 mg twice daily [bid]), high-dose (L.E.M. 900 mg bid), and placebo groups. …”
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A Prospective Observational Study on the Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Among Patients Undergoing Fundus Fluorescein Angiography by Niño Carlo M. Naidas, MD, Catherine E. Jordan, MD, Romulo N. Aguilar, MD, Arlene C. Crisostomo, MD

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A novel assessment system for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Weiqi Han, Zhibo Deng, Zhao Lin, Jun Luo, Jie Xu

“…The high-score group exhibited significantly inferior outcomes, characterized by higher Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores (P < 0.05), increased vertebral height loss, and kyphosis angle differences compared to the low and medium-score groups (P < 0.05). …”
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Study on dust distribution characteristics and dust-cleaning optimization during the pulse cleaning process for the uniseriate filter cartridges by Fan GENG, Xinyue FENG, Shihang LI, Linlin LI, Kun YANG

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Laser Acupuncture for the Pain of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Zeng DH, Yuan DN, Zhou QQ, Liu YY, Ma WB, Lan L

“…We used random effects models for all meta-analyses and the GRADE approach to assess the certainty of evidence.Results: We included 5 RCTs (293 participants, 57% females). Low certainty evidence suggested that laser acupuncture may have no or little effects on reducing pain intensity compared to exercise (weighted mean difference [WMD] − 0.84 cm on a 10 cm Visual Analogue Scale [VAS], 95% CI − 1.12 to − 0.56 cm; laser acupuncture may reduce more pain intensity compared to placebo laser acupuncture (WMD − 2.33 cm, 95% CI − 3.57 to − 1.09 cm). …”
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Iris: A Next Generation Digital Pathology Rendering Engine by Ryan Erik Landvater, Ulysses Balis

“…Further, it is able to buffer and compute high-fidelity reduction-enhancements for viewing low-power cytology with increased visual quality at a rate of 100–160 μs per slide tile, and with a cumulative median buffering rate of 1.36 GB of decompressed image data per second. …”
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Contribution of displacement, duration, and velocity on auditory motion direction perception in macaque monkeys by Adriana M. Schoenhaut, Ramnarayan Ramachandran, Mark T. Wallace

“…These findings suggest that auditory motion direction is most likely processed by a snapshot mechanism, in which stimulus velocity is inferred by sequential snapshots of auditory stimulus location, rather than by velocity-selective motion detectors similar to those found in the visual system. To our knowledge, this study is the first to characterize the influence of low-level stimulus parameters on auditory motion perception in awake, behaving NHPs, and forms the basis for future neurophysiological investigations.…”
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Large-Scale Image Retrieval of Tourist Attractions Based on Multiple Linear Regression Equations by Yinping Song

“…The BOF model is borrowed from the method for text retrieval, which generally extracts the local features of an image by the scale-invariant feature transform algorithm and clusters them using k-means to obtain a low-dimensional visual dictionary and characterizes the image features with a histogram vector based on the visual dictionary. …”
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Switching from interleukin-6 receptor inhibitors to the direct interleukin-6 inhibitor olokizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: efficacy and safety during one year of ther... by P. A. Shesternya, A. A. Baranov, I. B. Vinogradova, O. N. Anoshenkova, O. V. Antipova, E. A. Bogdanova, Yu. Yu. Grabovetskaya, E. P. Ilivanova, A. N. Kalyagin, A. A. Blinova, N. A. Lapkina, M. V. Mokrousova, O. B. Nesmeyanova, N. M. Nikitina, N. V. Yudina, E. N. Alekseev, E. L. Nasonov, A. M. Lila

“…After 12 months, remission/low disease activity according to DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP was achieved in 81.4% and 83.5% of patients, respectively, and 18.6% and 16.5% of patients had moderate activity.In the OKZ monotherapy group, after 6 months of treatment 22 (71.0%) patients were in remission/low disease activity according to DAS28-ESR and 23 (74.2%) patients according to DAS28-CRP. …”
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Evaluation of Cholinergic Deficiency in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Using Pupillometry by Shaun Frost, Liam Robinson, Christopher C. Rowe, David Ames, Colin L. Masters, Kevin Taddei, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Ralph N. Martins, Yogesan Kanagasingam

“…Cortical cholinergic deficiency is prominent in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and published findings of diminished pupil flash response in AD suggest that this deficiency may extend to the visual cortical areas and anterior eye. Pupillometry is a low-cost, noninvasive technique that may be useful for monitoring cholinergic deficits which generally lead to memory and cognitive disorders. …”
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Enhanced Rail Surface Defect Segmentation Using Polarization Imaging and Dual-Stream Feature Fusion by Yucheng Pan, Jiasi Chen, Peiwen Wu, Hongsheng Zhong, Zihao Deng, Daozong Sun

“…Rail surface defects pose significant risks to the operational efficiency and safety of industrial equipment. Traditional visual defect detection methods typically rely on high-quality RGB images; however, they struggle in low-light conditions due to small, low-contrast defects that blend into complex backgrounds. …”
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Ensuring integrity and security of medical image transmission in IoMT using highly imperceptible and robust watermarking approach by Priyanka Singh, K. Jyothsna Devi, Tousif Khan Nizami, Choudhary Shyam Prakash, Hiren Kumar Thakkar, Syed Abid Hussain, Saurav Mallik

“…No embedding is done in RoI to maintain its integrity and high visual quality. To ensure the security and confidentiality of EHR, a novel encryption scheme using Magic Square technique with low computational cost is proposed . …”
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Trends in global and regional incidence and prevalence of hypertensive disordersin pregnancy (1990–2021): an age-period-cohort analysis by Shu Sun, Wangshu Li, Xu Zhang, Aziz ur Rehman Aziz, Na Zhang

“…Regions with high and high-middle SDI showed decreasing trends, whereas middle, low-middle, and low SDI regions faced rising trends. …”
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A Novel Microelectrode Based on Joule Heating and Impedance Spectroscopy for Inducing and Monitoring the Aggregation of HCV-Specific Probes by Reda Abdelbaset, Omar E. Morsy, Mariam Hossam Eldin, Sherif M. Shawky, Yehya H. Ghallab, Yehea Ismail

“…The proposed platform is implemented based on printed circuit board (PCB) technology, which has many advantages, such as fast and easy design and fabrication, low power consumption, and low costs. Joule heating is the process in which the energy of an electric current is converted into heat as it flows through a resistance. …”
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Structural connectome manifold changes related to body mass index and their associations with eating psychopathology by Yurim Jang, Jong Young Namgung, Eunchan Noh, Bo-yong Park

“…In this study, we analyzed diffusion magnetic resonance imaging tractography-derived structural connectivity from 283 neurologically healthy participants by generating low-dimensional features using dimensionality reduction techniques. …”
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Risk Assessment of Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: An Integrated HAZOP and Fuzzy Dynamic Bayesian Network Framework by Xiangjun Dang, Yongxuan Shao, Haoming Liu, Zhe Yang, Mingwen Zhong, Huimin Zhao, Wu Deng

“…Expert knowledge is processed using a similarity aggregation method to generate fuzzy probabilities, which are then integrated into the FDBN model to construct a risk factor relationship network. A case study on low-altitude aircraft hydrogen storage systems demonstrates the framework’s ability to (1) visualize time-dependent failure propagation mechanisms through bidirectional probabilistic reasoning, and (2) quantify likelihood distributions of system-level risks triggered by component failures. …”
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Structural membrane alterations in tropical horticultural crops under postharvest chilling stress by Chalermchai Wongs-Aree, Wattana Aschariyaphotha, Yossapol Palapol, Kitti Bodhipadma, Sompoch Noichinda

“…Tropical plants, meanwhile, have a significant vulnerability to low temperatures, yet the majority of vegetables are farmed within tropical climates. …”
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Hip-spine syndrome: Diagnostic difficulties by A. A. Kargaltsev, M. A. Makarov, S. A. Makarov, A. M. Lila

“…We have examined 378 patients with typical pain pattern (buttocks, low back spine, groin and lateral hip) and difficulties in pain source definition. …”
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MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY IN WEST JAVA, INDONESIA: SPATIAL CLUSTERS AND DETERMINANTS by Vidya Nahdhiyatul Fikriyah, Rose Fatmadewi, Tegar Abdul Hafid, Nirma Lila Anggani, Habid Al Hasbi, Pritta Yunitasari

“… Utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) for spatial analysis is crucial for examining, assessing, and visualizing the health status of different regions. …”
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Risk assessment of land subsidence in Shanghai municipality based on AHP and EWM by Yinshui Zhan, Yichen Zhang, Jiquan Zhang, Jinyuan Xu, Haoxin Chen, Gexu Liu, Ziyang Wan

“…Subsequently, the comprehensive natural disaster risk theory was employed to assess the risk levels across different regions within the study area, which were visualized using ArcGIS. The study area was classified into five risk categories: very low, low, medium, high, and very high, comprising 67.00%, 17.87%, 9.25%, 3.39%, and 2.48% of the total area, respectively. …”
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