Antioxidant Activity and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of New Catechol Hydrazinyl-Thiazole Derivatives as Potential Protectors in Retinal Degenerative Processes by Răzvan-Geo Antemie, Gabriel Marc, Raluca Pele, Ionel Fizeșan, Ionuț-Valentin Creștin, Raluca Borlan, Panagiotis Theodosis-Nobelos, Eleni A. Rekka, Ovidiu Oniga, Ovidiu Crișan, Adrian Pîrnău, Laurian Vlase, Simona Valeria Clichici

“…Retinal degenerative processes such as age-related macular degeneration are at the center of many ongoing research studies, as their impact on the general population is significant, with severe visual impairment and even irreversible vision loss if left untreated. …”
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The corneoscleral shell of the eye: potentials of assessing biomechanical parameters in normal and pathological conditions by E. N. Iomdina, S. Yu. Petrov, A. A. Аntonov, I. A. Novikov, I. A. Pahomova, A. Y. Archakov

“…It is hypothesized that a low CH value is a result of remodeling of the connective tissue matrix of the corneoscleral shell of the eye and can be an independent factor testifying to a risk of glaucoma progression. …”
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Coalmine image super-resolution reconstruction via fusing multi-dimensional feature and residual attention network by Jian CHENG, Lifei MI, Hao LI, Heping LI, Guangfu WANG, Yongzhuang MA

“…Image super-resolution reconstruction, an essential image processing technology, aims to recover clear high-resolution images from low-resolution coalmine images, thereby significantly enhancing the reliability of intelligent monitoring and safety management in coal coalmines. …”
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Transcutaneous and transcranial electrical stimulation for enhancing military performance: an update and systematic review by Onno van der Groen, Sara A. Rafique, Nick Willmot, Margaret G. Murphy, Margaret G. Murphy, Eulalia Tisnovsky, Tad T. Brunyé, Tad T. Brunyé

“…We focused on whether the studies addressed key questions about the generalizability of lab findings to military tasks, the frequency and intensity of adverse effects, the impact of repeated ES administration, and the ethical and regulatory considerations for its use in potentially vulnerable military populations.ResultsEleven studies met the inclusion criteria; most demonstrated overall low to some concerns, however, two of these had overall high risk of bias. …”
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Application of Imaging Algorithms for Gas–Water Two-Phase Array Fiber Holdup Meters in Horizontal Wells by Ao Li, Haimin Guo, Yue Niu, Xin Lu, Yiran Zhang, Haoxun Liang, Yongtuo Sun, Yuqing Guo, Dudu Wang

“…The flow dynamics of low-yield horizontal wells demonstrate considerable complexity and unpredictability, chiefly attributable to the structural attributes of the wellbore and the interplay of gas–water two-phase flow. …”
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Satisfaction with Nursing Care and the Functional Consequences of Pain in Neurosurgical Patients by Elżbieta Bartoń, Robert Ślusarz, Ewa Guz, Józef Jasik, Krzysztof Turowski, Anna Mazur, Danuta Zarzycka

“…The overall satisfaction with nursing is highest in patients displaying low (M = 4.40, SD = 0.49) and high (M = 4.43, SD = 0.53) functional consequences of pain. …”
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The Role of Monochromatic Superb Microvascular Index to Predict Malignancy of Solid Focal Lesions: Correlation Between Vascular Index and Histological Bioptic Findings by Francesco Giurazza, Luigi Basile, Felice D’Antuono, Fabio Corvino, Antonio Borzelli, Claudio Carrubba, Raffaella Niola

“…The mSMI examination was conducted in order to visualize extremely low-velocity flows with a high resolution and high frame rate; the VI was semi-automatically calculated. …”
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Trends in HPV‐associated cancer incidence in Texas medically underserved regions by Thao N. Hoang, Abbey B. Berenson, Yong Shan, Fangjian Guo, Victor Adekanmbi, Christine Hsu, Xiaoying Yu, Yong‐Fang Kuo

“…This indicates that targeted prevention efforts towards these regions, especially in low socioeconomic status communities, may benefit future generations.…”
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Prevalence, coverage and effective coverage of refractive error in all age groups in Theni District, India by Ganesh-Babu Balu Subburaman, Sachin Gupta, Ashok Vardhan S, Dipankar Datta, Balagiri Sundar, Thulasiraj Ravilla

“…Overall, REC_N was alarmingly low at 15.9%, improving to 24% in those >70 years, with higher coverage in males and urban populations (p < 0.001). eREC_N was 9.6%, with a quality gap of 39.8%. …”
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Med-DGTN: Dynamic Graph Transformer with Adaptive Wavelet Fusion for multi-label medical image classification by Guanyu Zhang, Yan Li, Tingting Wang, Guokun Shi, Li Jin, Zongyun Gu, Zongyun Gu

“…To address these challenges, we propose Med-DGTN, a dynamically integrated framework designed to advance multi-label classification performance in clinical imaging analytics.MethodsThe proposed Med-DGTN (Dynamic Graph Transformer Network with Adaptive Wavelet Fusion) introduces three key innovations: (1) A cross-modal alignment mechanism integrating convolutional visual patterns with graph-based semantic dependencies through conditionally reweighted adjacency matrices; (2) Wavelet-transform-enhanced dense blocks (WTDense) employing multi-frequency decomposition to amplify low-frequency pathological biomarkers; (3) An adaptive fusion architecture optimizing multi-scale feature hierarchies across spatial and spectral domains.ResultsValidated on two public medical imaging benchmarks, Med-DGTN demonstrates superior performance across modalities: (1) Achieving a mean average precision (mAP) of 70.65% on the retinal imaging dataset (MuReD2022), surpassing previous state-of-the-art methods by 2.68 percentage points. (2) On the chest X-ray dataset (ChestXray14), Med-DGTN achieves an average Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.841. …”
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CT-Free Attenuation Correction in Paediatric Long Axial Field-of-View Positron Emission Tomography Using Synthetic CT from Emission Data by Maria Elkjær Montgomery, Flemming Littrup Andersen, René Mathiasen, Lise Borgwardt, Kim Francis Andersen, Claes Nøhr Ladefoged

“…The model also performed robustly in low-count settings, maintaining performance with reduced acquisition times. …”
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Job satisfaction among people with disabilities in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey by Tsega H. Mirach, Rosemary M. Lysaght, Molalign B. Adugna, Abebe A. Alemu, Meseret H. Ayele, Sewbesew Y. Tilahun, Tewelde G. Adhanom

“…Job dissatisfaction was influenced by factors such as low salary, gender, service years and lack of personal assistance. …”
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Clinical characteristics and knowledge of diabetic retinopathy patients at a tertiary hospital in Aceh, Indonesia by Lia M. Zaini, Arief S. Kartasasmita, Tjahjono D. Gondhowiardjo, Maimun Syukri, Putri N. Mulya

“…However, patients’ knowledge of their disease was very low. Contribution: This study crucial data to the Department of Health Authority for policy decision-making.…”
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Validation and Comparison of Pediatric Appendicitis Scores and Management Strategies (Project SPASMS): Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study by Wei Hao Lee, Sharon O'Brien, Elizabeth J Mckinnon, Simon Craig, Stuart Dalziel, Michael Collin, Natalie Phillips, Franz E Babl, Sarah Julia Davidson, Shane George, Shefali Jani, Doris Tham, Viet Tran, Meredith L Borland

“…CPSs will be calculated by the study team from clinician-recorded data and clinician gestalt recorded on a visual analog scale. Accuracy of CPSs will be assessed by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and proportions correctly identified as either low-risk or high-risk based on the CPSs published cutoffs. …”
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Predictors of pain reduction following manual therapy in patients with temporomandibular disorders: a protocol for a prospective observational study by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Deborah Falla, Giacomo Asquini, Andrea Edoardo Bianchi, Giulia Borromeo, Matteo Locatelli

“…Definition of good outcome is a clinically significant reduction of pain intensity over the last week (≥30% reduction Visual Analogue Scale) immediately following the four week intervention. …”
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Effect of Live Environmental Music Therapy and Prerecorded Music on State Anxiety, Stress, Pain, and Well-Being Levels of Patients and Caregivers in the Emergency Department Waitin... by Angélica Hernández, Ana María Díaz, Ornella Fiorillo Moreno, Raúl Suárez, Moshé Amarillo, Ana María Moreno, Bryan Alonso Ríos Suarez, Lina Marcela Gómez González, Guiselle Alexandra Cristancho Olaya, Mark Ettenberger

“…Music has been used in waiting rooms to reduce stress and anxiety, but existing studies on music therapy in emergency unit waiting areas are scarce and have limitations such as low statistical power and limited music selection. …”
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The cultural adaptation of the Friendship Bench Intervention to address perinatal psychological distress in Sierra Leone: an application of the ADAPT-ITT framework and the Ecologic... by Abdulai Jawo Bah, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Haja Ramatulai Wurie, Mohamed Samai, Rebecca Horn, Alastair Ager

“…The problem-solving therapy was simplified from seven to four steps, and training duration was reduced from nine days to two, using visual aids to enhance comprehension for those with low literacy levels.ConclusionThrough this systematic approach, we successfully culturally adapted the FBI for treating perinatal psychological distress in Sierra Leone. …”
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Aerodynamic performance analysis of a floating wind turbine with coupled blade rotation and surge motion by Kai Wang, Mengshang Zhao, Siqi Chen, Ruosi Zha

“…In terms of the blade pressure distributions and wake characteristics, a higher comprehensive induced velocity, [Formula: see text], is induced to expand the wider high-pressure area and shrink the low-pressure area at the pressure surface. Meanwhile, toroidal vortex ropes were induced by surge motion. …”
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Prevention strategies against academic burnout: the perspective of Romanian health sciences students in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic by Ovidiu Popa-Velea, Ioana Ruxandra Stoian-Bǎlǎşoiu, Ioana Ruxandra Stoian-Bǎlǎşoiu, Alexandra Mihai, Alexandra Ioana Mihǎilescu, Alexandra Ioana Mihǎilescu, Liliana Veronica Diaconescu

“…Participants rated supportive relationships as the most effective in preventing burnout (mean = 3.75; SD = 0.55), followed by relaxation-meditation (mean = 3.32; SD = 0.85), while they also positively valued cognitive-behavioral therapy (those with high burnout scores), and physical activity (those with low burnout scores). Organizational strategies have included re-evaluating the university curriculum (mean = 3.83; SD = 0.48) and increasing access to psychological support programs (mean = 3.72; SD = 0.58) and to programs that increase self-efficacy and resilience (mean = 3.65; SD = 0.61). …”
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Combined systemic immune-inflammatory index and prognostic nutritional index predicts the efficacy and prognosis of ES-SCLC patients receiving PD-L1 inhibitors combined with first-... by Yi Ge, Xiaoyu Liu, Yishi Xu, Yanwei Su, Yixin Li, Liping Wang

“…In addition, we devised a nomogram and scrutinized its accuracy in prediction through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and visualized it by calibration plots. Subsequently, a risk classification system was established.ResultsPatients with higher SII-PNI scores exhibited notably poorer survival outcomes compared to their counterpart with low SII-PNI score (p=0.008), as well as poorer short-term curative effects (p=0.004). …”
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