Joint Education Provision: A Relief or Challenge to Quality Education Services in Uganda. “A Study in Buganda Region”. by Sempungu, Godfrey

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Use of a Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief Kit to Reduce Opioid Use Following Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study by Denis J O'Hara, Timothy F Tyler, Malachy P McHugh, Susan Y Kwiecien, Tyler Bergeron

“… # Level of Evidence 2b # Methods Fifty-three subjects (18 women, 35 men) having orthopedic surgery were randomly assigned to either receive the Pain Relief Kit (treatment) or control group. …”
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Transdermal patches: Design and current approaches to painless drug delivery by Al Hanbali Othman A., Khan Haji Muhammad Shoaib, Sarfraz Muhammad, Arafat Mosab, Ijaz Shakeel, Hameed Abdul

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Gone With the Covid – Scarlet in Quarantine: An Interview with Sarah Combs by Sarah Combs, Emmeline Gros

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Temporary spinal cord stimulation combined with lidocaine patch for postherpetic neuralgia in the elderly: a controlled study by Yun Li, Chunhui Hao, Shengtao Wang, Feng Qiu, Xuli Zhao, Tao Sun

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Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper by Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri, Kara Wall, Claudia Friess, Sean Keenan, Chad Lembke, Joseph Tarnecki, Laura Jay Williams-Grove, William F. Patterson

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Oral Local Anesthesia Successfully Ameliorated Neuropathic Pain in an Upper Limb Suggesting Pain Alleviation through Neural Plasticity within the Central Nervous System: A Case Rep... by Jun Hozumi, Masahiko Sumitani, Arito Yozu, Toshiya Tomioka, Hiroshi Sekiyama, Satoru Miyauchi, Yoshitsugu Yamada

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The Study on Large-Diameter Drilling Prevention Method of Rock Burst in the Xinxing Coal by Gao Xu, Zuo Minghui, Shu Yanmin

“…Combined with the real geological conditions, the layout parameters of relief pressure large drilling are simulated, and the result shows that the drilling of 600 diameters and 10 m pitch of hole and throughout the working face is reasonable, and the effect is obvious about pressure relief. …”
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Faster onset of action with topical levocabastine than with oral cetirizine by Michel A. Drouin, William H. Yang, Frederick Horak

“…Within 15 min of study drug administration, 36% of levocabastine-treated patients reported relief from nasal symptoms and 32% relief from ocular symptoms compared with 10% and 17% of patients on cetirizine, respectively. …”
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Differences in Pain Intensity of Tumors Spread to the Anterior versus Anterolateral/Lateral Portions of the Vertebral Body Based on CT Scans by Hui-Ching Hsu, Tzu-Yao Liao, Long-Sun Ro, Yu-Hsiang Juan, Chuang-Chi Liaw

“…Severe spinal pain intensity was defined as spinal pain for which patients required either strong opioids or spinal irradiation for relief. …”
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Headache as the Sole Symptom of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Its Clinical Implications by Yi-Lun Lee, Ching-Yin Ho

“…Results. Most patients had either T4 (n=12) or T3 (n=1) tumor. The average duration of headaches prior to NPC diagnosis was 7.9 months. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ropivacaine Addition to Intrathecal Morphine for Pain Management in Intractable Cancer by Ying Huang, Xihan Li, Tong Zhu, Jian Lin, Gaojian Tao

“…Although intrathecal drug infusion has been commonly adopted for terminal cancer pain relief, its adverse effects have made many clinicians reluctant to employ it for intractable cancer pain. …”
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Telephone-Based Reeducation of Drug Administration for Helicobacterpylori Eradication: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study by Yan Zhao, Mudan Ren, Xin Wang, Guifang Lu, Xinlan Lu, Dan Zhang, Shuixiang He

“…The secondary outcomes included the symptom relief rates and the incidence rates of adverse events. …”
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Randomised control trial to compare the efficacy of traditional Thai massage and ultrasound therapy for treating plantar heel pain by Supamas Somphai, Wiraphong Sucharit, Punnee Peungsuwan, Neil Roberts, Uraiwan Chatchawan

“…Conclusions The significant efficacy of US with stretching for providing pain relief in the treatment of PHP is confirmed. For the first time, TTM has also been demonstrated to be effective in providing pain relief for patients with PHP and may have a potentially useful complementary role, in treating PHP. …”
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Dickens Today by Marianne Camus

“…It also looks at the alternatives, such as the dream of a return to a golden age, or the relief given by satirical laughter, both signs of helplessness against the power of money, even if Dickens’s novels always end with the righteous being rewarded.…”
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Gabapentin versus Transdermal Fentanyl Matrix for the Alleviation of Chronic Neuropathic Pain of Radicular Origin: A Randomized Blind Multicentered Parallel-Group Noninferiority Tr... by Chang Ju Hwang, Jae Hyup Lee, Jung-Hoon Kim, Sang Hyuk Min, Kun-Woo Park, Hyoung-Yeon Seo, Kwang-Sup Song

“…Similarly, analysis of pain relief revealed no significant differences between the groups on days 28 and 56. …”
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Self-administered active versus sham acupressure for diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a nurse-led randomized clinical trial by Maha Gamal Ramadan Asal, Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed, Samira Ahmed Alsenany, Zahraa Hassan Ramzy, Rasha Fathy Ahmed Dawood

“…Participants were randomized into either an active acupressure group or a sham acupressure group. …”
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Motor Function in Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Michael Camilleri

“…Therapies aimed at correcting abnormal transit or antispasmodics are the main pharmacological approaches to the relief of IBS, and, although the latter are not always effective in the long term response to treatment, they support the role of dysmotility in IBS. …”
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Feasibility Study on Crack Detection of Pipelines Using Piezoceramic Transducers by Guofeng Du, Qingzhao Kong, Timothy Lai, Gangbing Song

“…Due to their electromechanical properties, the piezoceramic transducers can be either as an actuator or a sensor to generate or detect the stress wave. …”
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Burning Mouth Syndrome: Aetiopathogenesis and Principles of Management by L. Feller, J. Fourie, M. Bouckaert, R. A. G. Khammissa, R. Ballyram, J. Lemmer

“…There is no cure for BMS, and treatment with either local or systemic medications focuses on the relief of symptoms and on improving quality of life. …”
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