Is Cystoscopic Intravesical Injection of OnabotulinumtoxinA Acceptable in an Outpatient Clinic? by Thomas James Curtis, Michelle Drolet, Thomas Giles Gray, Ilias Giarenis

“…Our study aimed to assess acceptability of intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection versus widely accepted diagnostic cystoscopy in the outpatient setting via the medium of patient experience. Methods A 16-item patient experience survey was administered following diagnostic cystoscopy or intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection in an outpatient clinic. …”
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Clinical and radiological study of single-level degenerative lumbar disc disease in Eastern India Medical College by Krishnendu Sardar, Md Salim Uz Zaman, Soumedhik Dey, Sumana Baidya

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Comparative Efficacy of Lidocaine, Benzocaine, and Combination Topical Therapy for Pain Reduction in Pediatric Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study by Sazgar Muhammed Sabir, Abduljaleel Samad, Shereen Najat Haji, Abdulrahman Azad Samad, Omer Mahmood Attallah

“…The results showed that females and males have no difference in Visual Analogue Scale scores, and with increasing age the VAS score decreased. …”
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A BERT-based rice enhancer identification model combined with sequence-representation differential entropy interpretation by Yajing Pu, Xintong Hao, Zhaoqi Zheng, Huiyan Ma, Zhibin Lv

“…Current deep learning-based methods for rice enhancer identification face limitations primarily in feature extraction efficiency and the generalization capabilities of model architectures. …”
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Modulatory mechanisms of long-term volleyball practice on visuospatial working memory capacity: an fNIRS study by Wen Zhang, Jingru Liu, Fangfang Hu, Yang Liu, Chao Kan

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain insight into whether there is a relationship between long-term volleyball practice and visuospatial working memory and the effects on the prefrontal lobes of the brain. Methods Neural correlates of visuospatial working memory in elite (n = 23; raining age mean: 8.27 ± 1.75 years; age: 21.07 ± 1.58 years) and novice (n = 23; raining age mean: 1.81 ± 0.56 years; age: 20.53 ± 1.36 years) volleyball athletes are examined to uncover potential skill-based differences. …”
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Cognitive reserve in subjective cognitive decline with worry: DMN–VN connectivity supports episodic memory under structural vulnerability by Lanli Jiang, Shaokun Zhao, Ting Li, Jiawen Liu, Junyin Zhang, Zhanjun Zhang, Xin Li

“…Therefore, we aimed to identify brain imaging characteristics associated with episodic memory in elderly adults with subjective cognitive decline and related worry (SCD+) in a population-based cohort. Methods A total of 418 individuals from the BABRI cohort underwent structural MRI (n = 418) and episodic memory-related task-based fMRI (n = 153) scans. …”
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Intravenous butorphanol as an adjunct to patient-controlled epidural analgesia with ropivacaine and sufentanil in labor: a randomized controlled study by Ting Zhou, FengYuan Nong, MengXia Wang, ZhaoJia Liang, YaLan Li

“…We attempted to determine if it increases the analgesic effect during patient-controlled epidural labor analgesia (PCEA) and if it affects the labor-process. Methods: Term pregnant women (N = 60) were randomly assigned to two groups, to receive either 1 mg intravenously butorphanol or 10 mL normal saline as placebo at 10 min before intrathecal anesthesia. …”
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Automatic collateral quantification in acute ischemic stroke using U2-net by Qingqing Lu, Qingqing Lu, Hongyi Chen, Junyan Fu, Xiaodong Zheng, Yiren Xu, Yuning Pan

“…ObjectivesTo harness the U2-Net deep learning framework for automated quantification of collateral circulation in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) via computed tomography angiography (CTA) images, comparing its performance against traditional visual collateral scores (vCS).MethodsA cohort of 118 confirmed AIS cases was assembled and stratified into 94 development and 24 test cases. …”
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Comparison of Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Prednisolone versus Nepafenac 0.5 after Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation by Adnan Abdul Majeed, Fariha Sher Wali, Waqas Ali, Mohsin Iqbal, Asra Talpur, Sajjad Ali Surhio

“… Objective: To compare the anti-inflammatory effects and safety profiles of prednisolone acetate 1% and nepafenac 0.5% in patients undergoing phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation (IOL). Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Sindh Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hyderabad, Pakistan from December 2023 to July 2024. …”
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AI-Driven Plant Health Assessment: A Comparative Analysis of Inception V3, ResNet-50 and ViT with SHAP for Accurate Disease Identification in Taro by Valeria Maeda-Gutiérrez, Juan José Oropeza-Valdez, Luis C. Reveles-Gómez, Cristian Padron-Manrique, Osbaldo Resendis-Antonio, Luis Octavio Solís-Sánchez, Hector A. Guerrero-Osuna, Carlos Alberto Olvera Olvera

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The immediate pain relief of low-level laser therapy for burning mouth syndrome: a retrospective study of 94 cases by Wenxin Mu, Wenxin Mu, Wenxin Mu, Shanshan Li, Qian Lu, Qian Lu, Qian Lu, Juan Wang, Juan Wang, Juan Wang, Xiaoan Tao, Xiaoan Tao, Xiaoan Tao

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of LLLT for immediate pain relief due to BMS.MethodsThis retrospective study included 94 BMS patients that were treated with an intraoral semiconductor laser (635 nm, 100 mW/cm2). …”
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Artificial intelligence based surgical support for experimental laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication by Holger Till, Ciro Esposito, Chung Kwong Yeung, Dariusz Patkowski, Sameh Shehata, Steve Rothenberg, Georg Singer, Tristan Till

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The effect of football (soccer) heading on gross and fine motor control in women by Jac L. Palmer, Bert Bond, Bert Bond, Alex Woodgates, Alex Woodgates, Jacob Jack, Jacob Jack, Oliver Smail, Oliver Smail, Ryan Baker, Genevieve Williams

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Knowledge domain and emerging trends in post-stroke cognitive impairment: a bibliometric analysis by Heyu Zhang, Yanwei Li, Luqian Zhan, Jingfang Long, Jianing Shen, Jiahui Chen, Jiajing Qian, Zhiming Pan, Xue Wu, Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Wenjun Wu, Guiqian Huang, Guiqian Huang

“…Therefore, this study aims to identify research priorities and trends in PSCI through bibliometric analysis, and further explore the role played by CSVD in PSCI.MethodsIn this study, we performed a systematic search in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). …”
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Cervical precancer screening using self-sampling, HPV DNA testing, and mobile colposcopy in a hard-to-reach community in Ghana: a pilot study by Kofi Effah, Ethel Tekpor, Comfort Mawusi Wormenor, John Allotey, Yaa Owusu–Agyeman, Seyram Kemawor, Dominic Agyiri, Johnpaul Amenu, Jonathan M. Gmanyami, Martin Adjuik, Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Joyce B. Der, Nana Owusu Mensah Essel, Margaret Kweku

“…HPV DNA testing was performed using the Sansure MA-6000 platform, while visual inspection utilized the Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) mobile colposcope. …”
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Visualisierung harmonischer Prozesse mithilfe des Circular Pitch-Class Space am Beispiel der Tristan-Sequenz by Ansgar Jabs, Pascal Rudolph

“…Using this concept as a method of visualization, it presents harmonic processes as a result of virtual voice-leading between pitch classes. …”
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Developing High School Students’ Listening Skills in The Context of Multimodal English Communication by Means of a Moodle-Based Training Program by M. V. Danilin, L. A. Milovanova

“…From the point of view of methods of teaching it means a high school student must possess skills allowing to perceive (both aurally and visually) and understand social actions in English which are marked by the communicative indirectness resulted from the interdependency of verbal and non-verbal signals in producing multimodal meaning.Materials and methods. …”
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Improving the Performance of Individually Calibrated SSVEP Classification by Rhythmic Entrainment Source Separation by Wei Xu, Yufeng Ke, Dong Ming

“…However, these methods have typically failed to achieve acceptable performance in single-trial training scenarios. …”
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Research support services in digital humanities: approaches, technologies, tools by Harahulia Serhii, Symonenko Tetiana

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Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection Based on Intrinsic Image Decomposition and Background Subtraction by Jiao Jiao, Longlong Xiao, Chonglei Wang

“…In the experimental, the proposed method is compared with eleven anomaly detection methods, which including GRXD, RPCA-RX, LSMAD, LRASR, GTVLRR, PTA, HAD-LEBSR, TPCA, PCA-TLRSR, VABS, and GNLTR. …”
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