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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An Intelligent Crow Search Optimization and Bi-GRU for Forest Fire Detection System Using Internet of Things by Syed Abdul Moeed, Bellam Surendra Babu, M. Sreevani, B. V. Devendra Rao, R. Raja Kumar and Gouse Baig Mohammed

“…EfficientDet enables the system to accurately identify potential fire outbreaks by analyzing visual data from the sensors. To facilitate efficient detection at the outbreak of forest fires, a bi-directional gated recurrent neural network (Bi-GRU-NN) is needed. …”
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Management of patients with autoimmune liver diseases on the basis of the latest EASL recommendations and our own experience (lecture to a practical doctor) by Yu. M. Stepanov, S. V. Kosynska, O. V. Pavlenko

“…Epidemiological data indicate low prevalence of these diseases, but its growth is noted. …”
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Uveal effusion syndrome (clinical case) by Yu. A. Belyy, A. V. Tereshhenko, M. A. Plahotnij

“…The man, 62 years, with complaints to low vision of the right eye and a blindness of the left-hand eye. …”
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Peculiarities of the classification of economically valuable indicators of highbush blueberry varieties of Vaccinium corymbosum L. by С. І. Мельник, Н. С. Орленко, Н. В. Лещук, В. М. Матус, В. А. Павлюк, Н. В. Павлюк

“…The studied performance indicators were low in the variety ‘Blue Ribbon’ – 10.2 t/ha and 2.4 kg, respectively. …”
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Efficacy of Noninvasive Stellate Ganglion Blockade Performed Using Physical Agent Modalities in Patients with Sympathetic Hyperactivity-Associated Disorders: A Systematic Review an... by Chun-De Liao, Jau-Yih Tsauo, Tsan-Hon Liou, Hung-Chou Chen, Chi-Lun Rau

“…The meta-analysis results revealed that the efficacy of noninvasive SGB on 100-mm visual analog pain score is higher than that of a placebo or active control (weighted mean difference, -21.59 mm; 95% CI, -34.25, -8.94; p = 0.0008).…”
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Learning curve and complications of unilateral biportal endoscopy–unilateral laminectomy bilateral decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis by Jiashen Shao, Zihan Fan, Hai Meng, Qi Fei

“…Conclusions: UBE is an effective minimally-invasive spinal endoscopic technique for treating lumbar spinal stenosis, offering short time to achieving surgical mastery and a low complication rate.…”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF HEMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE by Gül Sandal Uzun

“…In addition, 34.7% had high anti-dsDNA autoantibodies and 33% had low C3 levels. Anemia was the most common hematological abnormality, affecting 55.7% of patients. …”
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MultiCycPermea: accurate and interpretable prediction of cyclic peptide permeability using a multimodal image-sequence model by Zixu Wang, Yangyang Chen, Yifan Shang, Xiulong Yang, Wenqiong Pan, Xiucai Ye, Tetsuya Sakurai, Xiangxiang Zeng

“…Abstract Background Cyclic peptides, known for their high binding affinity and low toxicity, show potential as innovative drugs for targeting “undruggable” proteins. …”
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Standardized quantification of pulmonary fibrosis in histological samples by Ralf-Harto Hübner, Wolfram Gitter, Nour Eddine El Mokhtari, Micaela Mathiak, Marcus Both, Hendrik Bolte, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Burkhard Bewig

“…The Ashcroft scale for the evaluation of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis is the analysis of stained histological samples by visual assessment. Based on the knowledge that this procedure is not standardized in animals and results are highly variable, we hypothesized that modification of this method may improve quantification of lung fibrosis in small animals. …”
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Dynamic changes in autophagosome formation and lipid droplet accumulation during spermiogenesis in mice by YANG Yixuan, QIAN Xiaojing, LIU Zhenghui, HAN Daishu, CHEN Yongmei

“…Lipid droplets in the seminiferous tubules were visualized by Oil Red O staining, and the relationship between lipid metabolism and energy dynamics was assessed by measuring ATP content and ATPase activity. …”
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A novel opioid/pramipexole combination treatment for the management of acute pain: a pilot study by Cara Girardi, Joseph Duronio, Ryan Patton, Kevin O’Brien, Stefan Clemens, Kori L. Brewer

“…Pain measurements including a numerical pain scale and visual analog scale were collected from enrollees at baseline and every subsequent 15 min.ResultsA total of 19 patients completed the study, 10 in the experimental arm and 9 in the control arm. …”
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