Telemedicine for under-resourced patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a qualitative study exploring the views and experiences of patients and their healthcare team by Savannah Bowman, Sandeep K. Agarwal, Keshia C. Ferguson, Maryjo J. Maliekel, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Maria I. Danila, Maria I. Danila, Jinoos Yazdany, Sebastian Bruera

“…Themes and subthemes were identified and visualized.ResultsFourteen interviews were conducted. …”
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Bioactive natural alkaloid 6−Methoxydihydrosanguinarine exerts anti−tumor effects in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via ferroptosis by Linfen Han, Linfen Han, Chengchang Gao, Xiaorui Jin, Yingping Li, Liangjie Chen, Donglin Li, Qinqin Deng, Xueli Bian, Xueli Bian

“…Furthermore, cellular morphology of HCC cells was visualized under inverted fluorescence microscopy. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation levels were quantified using fluorescence probes and determined by flow cytometry analysis. …”
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Histological Grade, Tumor Breadth, and Hypertension Predict Early Recurrence in Pediatric Sarcoma: A LASSO-Regularized Micro-Cohort Study by Alexander Fiedler, Mehran Dadras, Marius Drysch, Sonja Verena Schmidt, Flemming Puscz, Felix Reinkemeier, Marcus Lehnhardt, Christoph Wallner

“…Dimensionality reduction (PCA) and SHAP-value analyses were used to visualize patient clustering and interpret variable contributions. …”
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Development and Validation of RAA-CRISPR/Cas12a-Based Assay for Detecting Porcine Rotavirus by Siyu Huang, Longhuan Du, Song Liu, Qingcheng Yang, Changwei Lei, Hongning Wang, Liu Yang, Xin Yang

“…In the optimized reaction system, the recombinant plasmid PoRV can achieve a highly sensitive reaction within 30 min at 37 °C, with a detection limit as low as 2.43 copies/μL, which is ten times higher in sensitivity compared to the qPCR method. …”
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Identification of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor patients with high liver tumor burden based on clinicopathological features by Nuerailaguli Jumai, Luohai Chen, Xiaoxuan Lin, Qiao He, Man Liu, Yuan Lin, Yanji Luo, Yu Wang, Min-hu Chen, Xiangsong Zhang, Zhirong Zeng, Ning Zhang

“…The optimal cut-off value for high and low-LTB was determined based on our previous study. …”
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Maintenance of CPR skills among nursing students trained using Resuscitation Quality Improvement® program by Marilyn H. Oermann, Yolanda M. VanRiel, Robin W. Wagner, Kelli D. Whittington, Manisa Baker, Debra E. Stieve, Patrick C. Crane, Carol A. Vermeesch

“…Background: The Resuscitation Quality Improvement® (RQI) program is a competency-based approach that provides low dose, high frequency cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills training. …”
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Mobile Therapeutic Attention for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia (m-RESIST) Solution for Improving Clinical and Functional Outcomes in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Prospect... by Jussi Seppälä, Eva Grasa, Anna Alonso-Solis, Alexandra Roldan-Bejarano, Marianne Haapea, Matti Isohanni, Jouko Miettunen, Johanna Caro Mendivelso, Cari Almazán, Katya Rubinstein, Asaf Caspi, Zolt Unoka, Kinga Farkas, Elisenda Reixach, Jesus Berdun, Judith Usall, Susana Ochoa, Iluminada Corripio, Erika Jääskeläinen

“… Abstract BackgroundTreatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is a severe form of schizophrenia associated with low adherence to treatment and poor outcomes. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions may be effective in preventing relapses, increasing treatment adherence, and managing some of the symptoms of schizophrenia. …”
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Dynamic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization Using a Long Head of the Biceps Transfer and Bankart Repair Improves Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Subcritical Bone Loss: A Systematic... by Neil Jain, M.D., Jonathan McKeeman, M.D., M.B.A., Margaret Higgins, M.D., Alexander Johnson, M.D., Tyler Smith, D.O., Brian Waterman, M.D.

“…Forest plots were created to visualize mean differences in variables of interest. …”
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Recent Developments to the ANSWERS® Monte Carlo Codes MONK® and MCBEND® by Fildes Jessica, Richards Simon, Bird Adam, Cox Andrew, Fry Timothy, Hanlon David, Jones Brian, Long David, Tantillo Francesco, Wright George, Hiles Richard

“…New developments to the tools available in the accompanying Visual Workshop integrated development environment are also described.…”
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Person centered care for primary ovarian insufficiency: developing and testing patient-facing materials co-created with patients by Elizabeth S. Blocker, Isabella R. McDonald, Elizabeth A. Weyman, Dana L. Jarvis, Joni Bryce, Corrine K. Welt, Corrine K. Welt, Andrew A. Dwyer, Andrew A. Dwyer

“…Qualitative feedback informed further PEM refinement prior to widespread dissemination and clinical use.ConclusionEngaging patients with POI in co-creation produced PEM that were acceptable, understandable, and actionable. Co-creation is a low-cost engagement process supporting person-centered care. …”
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Short-term clinical and functional outcomes of distal biceps tendon fixation: all-suture vs. titanium anchors by Felix Hochberger, MD, Julian Hess, MD, Christian Konrads, MD, Tizian Heinz, MD, Ella Segatz, Maximilian Rudert, MD, Kilian List, MD

“…Conclusion: Both, ASAs and TAs, achieved excellent functional and clinical outcomes in distal biceps tendon fixation with low complication rates. ASA demonstrated significant fewer HOs compared to TA.…”
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Oral donor site evaluation in the early and late postoperative periods for augmentation and replacement urethroplasty by M. M. Iritsyan, A. A. Klimenko, A. A. Mantsov, I.-N. K. Suyundikov, A. P. But, R. A. Rakhmatov, M. V. Prismakova, E. M. Alekberov, S. V. Kotov

“…The incidence of complications in the donor area is low, but for some patients this can result in a reduced quality of life. …”
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TPDTNet: Two-Phase Distillation Training for Visible-to-Infrared Unsupervised Domain Adaptive Object Detection by Siyu Wang, Xiaogang Yang, Ruitao Lu, Shuang Su, Bin Tang, Tao Zhang, Zhengjie Zhu

“…Next, to address small remote sensing target detection tasks, we construct a multidimensional progressive feature fusion detection framework, which initially fuses two adjacent low-level feature maps and then progressively incorporates high-level features to enhance the quality of fusing nonadjacent layer features. …”
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Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis by Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Marcus Beasley, Martin J Stevens, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole KY Tang, Gary J Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli

“…Our certainty of current evidence was predominantly low to very low. The thematic synthesis highlighted the bidirectional relationship between sleep and pain. …”
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Combining patient-reported outcome measures to screen for active disease in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis by Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil, Pascal H P de Jong, Paco M J Welsing, Ilja Tchetverikov, Jolanda J Luime, Marijn Vis, Marc R Kok, Paul Baudoin, Lindy-Anne Korswagen, Selinde V J Snoeck Henkemans, Agnes E M Looijen, Gonul Hazal Koc

“…If a cut-point of ≥1 deteriorated PROMs is used, 40% of the visits in which RA patients have remission or low disease activity are correctly specified (specificity of 40%), while 10% of visits with active disease are overlooked (sensitivity of 90%). …”
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An Effective and Safe Laser Treatment Strategy of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser for Chinese Populations with Periorbital Wrinkles: A Randomized Split-Face Trial by Xianglei Wu, Qingqing Cen, Jian Jin, Wei Gao, Ying Shang, Linting Huang, Xiaoxi Lin

“…Conclusions CO2 AFL effectively reduced static periorbital wrinkles in the Chinese population. Low energy combined with high-density coverage was the most efficacious. …”
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A multi-algorithm prognostic model combining inflammatory indices and surgical features in distal cholangiocarcinoma by Yi Yin, Yi Yin, Luyuan Bai, Xinyue Mu, Xinyue Mu, Shan Zhang, Panpan Zhai, Panpan Zhai

“…Patients stratified into a low-dNLR group (≤ 1.60) demonstrated significantly improved recurrence-free survival (41 months) and overall survival (17 months) compared to those in the high-dNLR group (> 1.60) (p < 0.05). …”
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Text-Guided Synthesis in Medical Multimedia Retrieval: A Framework for Enhanced Colonoscopy Image Classification and Segmentation by Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter, Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Adetokunbo MacGregor John-Otumu, Fahmi Khalifa, Md Mahmudur Rahman

“…Text-to-image synthesis was performed using fine-tuned Visual Large Language Models (LLMs). Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth Low-Rank Adaptation produce images that look authentic, with an average Inception score of 2.36 across three datasets. …”
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Post-Cataract Surgery Fungal Endophthalmitis: 6-Year Experience in Management and Outcomes at a Tertiary Eye Care Center by Aloqab A, Semidey VA, Sesma G, AlYahya A, Al Malki K, Al Yahya A, Alohali RM, AlShareef M, Al-Dhibi HA

“…The average number of additional treatments, regardless of visual acuity, was lower in the PPV group than in the conservative group (0.5 [SD ± 1.1; range, 0– 3] and 1.48 [SD ± 1.47; range, 0– 6], respectively). …”
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Ultrasound-derived fat fraction: a novel approach for assessing Wilson’s disease-related hepatic steatosis by Li Yan, Jin Fu, Ni Juan Juan, Li Bao Qi, Wang Jing Ping

“…The degree of hepatic steatosis was evaluated using the visual scoring method known as the Hamaguchi score. …”
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