Comparison of Subconjunctival Triamcinolone with Topical Prednisolone for Routine Anti-Inflammatory Prophylaxis in Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: A Single-Center, Randomiz... by Papa-Vettorazzi R, Shorstein NH, Peterson B, Yee Melgar M, Silva Linares L, O'Brien KS

“…A study published in 2014 showed that more than 90% of patients were unable to instill eye drops correctly after cataract surgery.This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of a dropfree postoperative regimen that includes a painless injection of a corticosteroid medication at the end of manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS), one of the most common types of surgery in Central and South America and in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) throughout the world. …”
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Clinical Evidence of Acupoint Stimulation for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis by Wang Y, Liu L, Wu X, Wu Y, Qin R, Wang M, Zhou B, Sun J, Song Y, Zhang M, Li M, Yu L

“…The primary outcomes were assessed based on pain intensity measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) or effective rates, and safety measured by adverse reaction rates. …”
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Comparative analysis of clinical efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopic and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of lumbar degenerative by Tao Ma, Xiaoshuang Tu, Junyang Li, Yongcun Geng, Yongcun Geng, Jingwei Wu, Senlin Chen, Dengming Yan, Dengming Yan, Ming Jiang, Ming Jiang, Gongming Gao, Luming Nong

“…Clinical efficacy was assessed preoperatively and at 1 month, 3 months, and 12 months postoperatively using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: evaluating the efficacy of isokinetic muscle strengthening training in improving knee osteoarthritis outcomes by Wanqin Guo, Jingyang Gao, Dawazhuoma, Xiuling Mi, Ciwang, Bianba

“…Results Thirty-three (46 studies, 2,860 patients) had low-to-some concerns risk. IMST significantly improved physical therapy outcomes, including knee Flex PT and knee Ext PT at an angular velocity of 60°/second (standardized mean difference 13.19 [95% confidence interval 6.44, 19.94], P = 0.0001 and 16.34 [11.47, 21.22], P < 0.00001, respectively), and 180°/second (11.17 [2.86, 19.48], P = 0.008 and 12.62 [3.49, 21.75], P = 0.0077, respectively); knee Flex TW (79.77 [49.43, 110.10], P < 0.0001), Ext TW (86.27 [58.40, 114.15], P < 0.00001), knee Flex MRTW (9.38 [3.20, 15.56], P = 0.003), knee Ext MRTW (15.52 [8.96, 22.08], P < 0.0001), knee Flex AP (8.66 [0.70, 16.61], P = 0.03), knee Ext AP (7.27 [3.30, 11.23], P = 0.0003), knee Flex ROM (10.62 [7.94, 13.30], P < 0.00001), and LKSS scores (7.90 [5.91, 9.89], P < 0.00001). …”
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ImageOP: The Image Dataset with Religious Buildings in the World Heritage Town of Ouro Preto for Deep Learning Classification by André Luiz Carvalho Ottoni, Lara Toledo Cordeiro Ottoni

“…In this research field, visual inspection of historical buildings and the digitization of heritage using machine learning models stand out. …”
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Neutrophil: Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet: Lymphocyte Ratio related to Disease Activity among Rheumatoid Arthritis in Erbil governorate/Iraq by Zekra Ali Aziz, Dashty A. Al-Bustany

“…Both of pervious mentioned markers have limitations, like quick time inflammatory pastime beside low recognition capacity with different inflammatory diseases (Colglazier et al., 2005). …”
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Factors Affecting Vancomycin Trough Concentration; a Population Pharmacokinetic Model in Non-Critical Care Saudi Patients by Alqurain AA, Alrashidi LN, Aloraifej SK, Alkhalifah M, Alsayed HA, Abohelaika S, Alshabeeb MA, Aldhafeeri AS, Almuslim M, Bumozah TN, Alomar MJ, Alshehab AA, Alamer AA, Al-Matouq J, Bidasee KR, Alomar FA

“…The simulation performance of the model was assessed by visual predictive check plot. The final model was simulated using Simulx software to assess the effect of the included covariates on vancomycin trough concentration.Results: A total of 172 vancomycin trough concentrations from 124 patients were analyzed. …”
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Semi-quantitative analysis of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the assessment of disease activity and therapeutic response in rheumatoid arthritis: An institutional experience by Reddy Ravikanth, Jyotin Singh

“…At baseline and at 6 months' post-treatment with anti-TNFα drugs, there was a significant correlation between the PET results, either visual, the cumulative SUVs or the composite SUV index, and the comprehensive clinical assessment (DAS28), the CRP levels and the number of joints positive for RA, and cumulative synovial thickness. …”
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E2F2(E2F transcription factor 2) as a potential therapeutic target in meibomian gland carcinoma: evidence from functional and epigenetic studies by Wei Wang, Hetong Wang, Xun Liu, Fei Xu, Qin Tang, Chuanli Zhang, Jiaqi Lin, Limin Zhu, Tingting Lin

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Multi-Focus Image Fusion Based on Dual-Channel Rybak Neural Network and Consistency Verification in NSCT Domain by Ming Lv, Sensen Song, Zhenhong Jia, Liangliang Li, Hongbing Ma

“…Specifically, the high-frequency sub-bands produced by NSCT decomposition are processed using the dual-channel Rybak neural network and a consistency verification strategy, allowing for more accurate extraction and integration of salient details. Meanwhile, the low-frequency sub-bands are fused using a simple averaging approach to preserve the overall structure and brightness information. …”
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Young Stellar Objects in the Carina Nebula: Near-infrared Variability and Spectroscopy by Jura Borissova, Radostin Kurtev, Josemanuel Escobar, Javier Alonso-García, Nicolas Medina, Javier Osses, Zhen Guo, Philip W. Lucas, Michael Kuhn, Dante Minniti, Kevin R. Covey, Roberto K. Saito, Francisco Förster

“…Analysis of fundamental stellar parameters from StarHorse and Gaia DR3 reveals typical distributions of YSOs, dominated by low-mass (1–4 M _⊙ ), solar-metallicity stars with temperatures between 4000 and 6000 K. …”
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Metal-strong Inflows at the Outer-galactic-scale of a Quasar by Qiguo Tian, Lei Hao, Yipeng Zhou, Xiheng Shi, Tuo Ji, Peng Jiang, Lin Lin, Zhenya Zheng, Hongyan Zhou

“…We present an analysis of the absorption-line system in the Very Large Telescope/Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph spectrum at a redshift of z _a = 3.1448 associated with the quasar SDSS J122040.23+092326.96, whose systematic redshift is z _e = 3.1380 ± 0.0007, measured from the H β +[O iii ] emission lines in our newly acquired NIR P200/TripleSpec data. …”
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Latent profile analysis of fear of progression in Chinese hematologic malignancy survivors by Yating Liu, Qianqian Zhang, Jinying Zhao, Tiantian Zhang, Fei Tian, Zhixin Wang, Zhuli Shao, Xiaobin Li, Wenjun Xie, Fan Yang, Qiuyan Li, Junjie Li

“…Three latent profiles of FoP were found: the low-risk fear group (20.88%), the moderate-risk fear group (54.73%), and the high-risk fear group (24.49%). …”
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“Koshimagari Exercise” for Adult Spinal Deformity in Older Adults: Assessment of Home-Based Exercise Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Study by Hidetomi Terai, Shinji Takahashi, Masatoshi Hoshino, Hiroshi Taniwaki, Koji Tamai, Toshimitsu Ohmine, Tamotsu Nakatsuchi, Goya Shinbashi, Masatoshi Teraguchi, Masakazu Minetama, Kei Watanabe, Naritoshi Sato, Takuya Kitamura, Masaru Kanda, Tadao Tsujio, Yuichi Takeuchi, Tatsuki Mizouchi, Katsuhito Ishizu, Toshihito Ebina, Yasunari Muraoka, Tomonori Sodeyama, Hiroshi Mikami, Yuji Kasukawa, Takahiko Hyakumachi, Kazuhiro Ishida, Kazufumi Miyagishima, Yosuke Oishi, Kiyonori Yo, Ryota Kimura, Hiromichi Sato, Keiji Nagata, Yu Yamato, Ko Matsudaira, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Hirotaka Haro, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Yamada, Takashi Kaito, Project Committee of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR)

“…Methods: A total of 144 participants aged 50-80 years with chronic low back pain (LBP) due to spinal deformities were included in this multicenter prospective study. …”
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Autoantibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in a subgroup of patients with psychotic symptoms by Nikita A. van de Burgt, Nikita A. van de Burgt, Laila Kulsvehagen, Marina Mané-Damas, Marina Mané-Damas, Luc Lutz, Anne-Catherine Lecourt, Clara Monserrat, Clara Monserrat, Anita M. Vinke, Cem İ. Küçükali, Shenghua Zong, Shenghua Zong, Carolin Hoffmann, Carolin Hoffmann, Emiliano González-Vioque, Celso Arango, Nicole K. Leibold, Nicole K. Leibold, Mario Losen, Mario Losen, Peter C. Molenaar, Peter C. Molenaar, Erdem Tüzün, Nico J. M. van Beveren, Nico J. M. van Beveren, Anna Mané, Anna Mané, Rob P. W. Rouhl, Rob P. W. Rouhl, Rob P. W. Rouhl, Therese A. M. J. van Amelsvoort, Therese A. M. J. van Amelsvoort, for Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP) Investigators, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Pilar Martinez-Martinez, Pilar Martinez-Martinez

“…Of the four MOG-IgG seropositive patients, three experienced visual hallucinations. Overall, MOG antibodies were detected at a low frequency in patients with psychotic episodes. …”
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Transcorneal electrical stimulation restores DNA methylation changes in retinal degeneration by Ben Yi Tew, Gerald C. Gooden, Pei-An Lo, Pei-An Lo, Dimitrios Pollalis, Dimitrios Pollalis, Brandon Ebright, Brandon Ebright, Alex J. Kalfa, Alejandra Gonzalez-Calle, Alejandra Gonzalez-Calle, Biju Thomas, Biju Thomas, David N. Buckley, Thomas Simon, Zeyi Yang, Ege Iseri, Ege Iseri, Cody L. Dunton, Vadim Backman, Stan Louie, Stan Louie, Gianluca Lazzi, Gianluca Lazzi, Gianluca Lazzi, Mark S. Humayun, Mark S. Humayun, Bodour Salhia

“…Stimulation with controlled low-level electrical fields, such as transcorneal electrical stimulation (TES), has recently been postulated as a therapeutic strategy. …”
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Single-centre, double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of a 12-week home-based programme of footplate neuromuscular electrical stimulation on wa... by Bruce Neal, Helen Rodgers, Grace Young, Jonathan Golledge, Amanda Moore, Vanessa Ng, Adrian Esterman, Jill O’Donnell, Samantha Peden, Jason Jenkins, Sian Campbell, Christopher David Askew, Krist Feka, Pankaj Jha, Mia Schaumberg, Karl Schulze, Daniel McGlade, Vivienne Moult, Amanda Shepherd, Mark Windsor, Fraser Donald Russell, Meegan Anne Walker, Lucas Litewka, Rebecca Magee, Daniel Hagley, Sarah Philpot, Michael Nam, David Lack, Hannah Sudell, Julie Jenkins, Michelle McGrath, Lucy Guazzo, Danella Favot, Peter Kamen, Muhammad Raza, Megan Hawkins, Andrew Kwintowski, Rachelle Seizovic

“…The footplate-placebo device will deliver a momentary low-intensity transient stimulation that is insufficient to induce contraction of the leg muscles. …”
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Squalomix: shark and ray genome analysis consortium and its data sharing platform [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by John Rozewicki, Kazuaki Yamaguchi, Osamu Nishimura, Ryo Misawa, Takashi Asahida, Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Akihisa Terakita, Filipe Castro, André Machado, Milton Tan, Salvatore D'Aniello, Shotaro Hirase, Akane Kawaguchi, Chiharu Tanegashima, Akinori Teramura, Masaru Yagura, Taiki Niwa, Kaori Tatsumi, Yuta Ohishi, Susumu Hyodo, Mitsutaka Kadota, Itsuki Kiyatake, Keiichi Sato, Kazuyuki Yamada, Kiyonori Nishida, Yasuko Semba, Shinya Yamauchi, Sho Tanaka, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Norio Miyamoto, Atsushi Toyoda, Rui Matsumoto, Iker Irisarri, Atsuko Yamaguchi, Tazro Ohta, Kiyomi Murakumo, Junna Kawasaki, Masayuki Horie, Yoshinobu Uno, Shigehiro Kuraku

“…Among the various bottlenecks in working with elasmobranchs are their elusiveness and low fecundity as well as the large and highly repetitive genomes. …”
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Plasma biomarkers for early detection of alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study in a Japanese cohort by Masahito Kubota, Shogyoku Bun, Keisuke Takahata, Shin Kurose, Yuki Momota, Yu Iwabuchi, Toshiki Tezuka, Hajime Tabuchi, Morinobu Seki, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Ryo Shikimoto, Yu Mimura, Takayuki Hoshino, Sho Shimohama, Natsumi Suzuki, Ayaka Morimoto, Azusa Oosumi, Yuka Hoshino, Kenji Tai, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Yoshiaki Sato, Junro Kuromitsu, Jin Nakahara, Masaru Mimura, Daisuke Ito

“…In the HC and AD continuum, Aβ42/40 levels showed a bimodal distribution (cutoff = 0.096), with a shift from high to low occurring at 19.3 CL, compared to the PET positivity threshold of 32.9 CL. …”
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Investigating the impact of teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and psychosocial factors of employees: a review article by Neda Ghasemi, Hosein Fallah, Mohamadhosein Nabian, Morteza Ghasemi, gholamhosein Halvani, Amirmohamad Najafipour

“…Association between telecommuting environment and low back pain among Japanese telecommuting workers: a cross-sectional study. …”
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