One shot of hyaluronic acid in advanced knee osteoarthritis: postmarketing clinical follow-up for real-world evidence in a pain unit by Pilar Acín, Amparo Santamaría, Elena Gómez-Rubio, Pilar Coronel Granado

“…Abstract Background this study aims to assess the real-world efficacy and safety of one shot of intraarticular (IA) hyaluronic acid (HA) in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis (OA), in accordance with the requirement of the new EU Regulation on medical devices to monitor the safety and efficacy of throughout their life cycle. Methods observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study in a cohort of patients with advanced knee OA treated in a Pain Unit with a single injection of IA HA between January 2021 and December 2022. …”
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A dynamic nomogram predicting nosocomial infections in patients after colon cancer surgery by Xue Yao, Shuhui Wang, Anning Lu, Yun Xu, Na Li

“…The objective of this study is to construct a nomogram for predicting the risk of nosocomial infections among patients after colon cancer surgery.MethodsTotal 1146 patients after colon cancer surgery were selected and divided into a training set and a validation set. …”
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Optimization of DNase I Removal of Contaminating DNA from RNA for Use in Quantitative RNA-PCR by Zeqi Huang, Michael J. Fasco, Laurence S. Kaminsky

“…Preliminary studies using published methods for DNase I digestion of DNA as a contaminant of RNA, followed by thermal inactivation of the enzyme at 95°C for 5 min before reverse transcription and PCR, suggested that the mRNA was also affected by these treatments. …”
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The treatment effect of rehabilitation gymnastics on postoperative rehabilitation in elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis by Yushan Guo, Xianghui Wang, Yingtao Shi

“…ObjectiveThis study sought to evaluate the impact of integrating rehabilitation gymnastics with compression therapy on postoperative recovery outcomes in elderly patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis.MethodsPatients aged ≥65 years hospitalized for lumbar spinal stenosis between July 2016 and July 2018 were included. …”
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Lessons learned from an fMRI-guided rTMS study on performance in a numerical Stroop task. by Lysianne Beynel, Hannah Gura, Zeynab Rezaee, Ekaete C Ekpo, Zhi-De Deng, Janet O Joseph, Paul Taylor, Bruce Luber, Sarah H Lisanby

“…However, the modeling approach revealed a robust effect of rTMS on the drift rate variable, suggesting differential processing of congruent and incongruent properties in perceptual decision-making, and more generally, illustrating that more advanced computational analysis of performance can elucidate the effects of rTMS on the brain where simpler methods may not.…”
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Biological Diversity of Haplotypes of the Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) by N. V. Blazhko, S. Kh. Vyshegurov, Yu. I. Khripko, T. I. Krytsyna, K. S. Shatokhin, S. I. Loginov

“…This article is devoted to the study of the molecular structure of the LTR-region of the BLV genome (bovine leukemia virus) circulating in herds of the black-and-white Holstein breed in the Novosibirsk Region.Material and Methods. Blood samples (n=288) of black-and-white Holstein cattle were taken in 2016 in the Novosibirsk Region. …”
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Genetic Structure and Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Proteins 1 and 2 among Children below 5 Years in Delta State, Nigeria by Divine Avwerosuoghene Onobrudu, Pere-Ebi Yabrade Toloyai, Ejiro Prosper Awhin, Gabriel Otunuya Ibobo, Cyril Chukwu Dunkwu, Innocent Onyesom

“…This research evaluated the genetic structure and diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein (msp) 1 and 2 among children under 5 years of age in the selected areas of Delta State, in southern Nigeria. Methods: A total of 690 participants were recruited, and P. falciparum deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted from 86 malaria-positive samples due to low parasite density. …”
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A community based cross-sectional study on prevalence and its associated risk factors of geriatric malnutrition in urban and rural Puducherry by Sivapushani Aruljothi, K. Devi, Prakash Mathiyalagen, Sivadamien Thirunavukarasu

“…Setting and design A community based cross-sectional analytical study done among elderly population in the urban and rural field areas of Government Medical College of Puducherry. Methods Study was conducted among elderly (≥ 60 years) for two years using multistage random sampling technique. …”
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Full-Endoscopic Transforaminal Ventral Decompression for Symptomatic Thoracic Disc Herniation with or without Calcification: Technical Notes and Case Series by Shangju Gao, Jingchao Wei, Wenyi Li, Long Zhang, Can Cao, Jinshuai Zhai, Bo Gao

“…The authors introduced a modified full-endoscopic transforaminal ventral decompression technique in this study and evaluated its imaging and clinical outcomes. Materials and Methods. Eleven patients with symptomatic thoracic disc herniation who underwent full-endoscopic transforaminal ventral decompression in a single medical center were enrolled. …”
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Atraumatic restorative treatment in Brazilian schoolchildren: 12 months preliminary clinical results by Patrícia Almada Sacramento, Ana Flávia Sanches Borges, Raphaela Farias Rodrigues, Regina Maria Puppin-Rontani

“…Corp.) and Ketac Molar (3M ESPE), used in Atraumatic Restorative Treatments (ART). Materials and Methods: A total of 82 children age between 6 and 9 years old are included in this study. …”
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An Explainable Deep Learning Network With Transformer and Custom CNN for Bean Leaf Disease Classification by R. Karthik, R. Aswin, K. S. Geetha, K. Suganthi

“…Prompt disease identification maximizes productivity, but traditional methods need specialized expertise. This research presents an explainable deep learning model that combines the Pyramid Vision Transformer (PVT) and Group Context Aware Depthwise Shuffle Network (GCADSN). …”
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The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language by Barbara Pia Jenič, Igor Areh

“…The paper presents various methods and experiments on the use of scent and other tools of sensorial theatre, evaluating their phenomenology and effectiveness from the perspective of the performing arts and psychological science.…”
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Pathway to Smart Maintenance: Integrating Engineering and Economics Modeling by Rakshith Badarinath, Kai-Wen Tien, Vittaldas V. Prabhu

“…First, for companies that are unprepared for smart maintenance, we suggest traditional variance reduction methods and appropriate performance improvement goals along with predicted improvements in operational and financial KPIs. …”
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Next-Generation Long-Acting Anti-VEGF Therapies for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema by Piotr Rzyczniok, Aneta Rasińska

“…Treatment strategies using these drugs and technologies may serve as the first step in controlling the global epidemic of diabetic eye disease. Material and Methods:  A review and analysis of randomized clinical trials and clinical studies from 2014 to 2025 available in PubMed and Google Scholar. …”
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Development of technological solutions to increase the biological value of gluten-free bread by N. A. Pankratyeva, O. S. Chechenikhina

“…To carry out the analysis instrumental and visual research methods were used. During the experiment three samples of bread were obtained from different types of gluten-free flour (No. 1 – green buckwheat; No. 2 amaranth flour; No. 3 – gram flour) in combination with rice flour, carrot powder and chia seeds. …”
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INFORMATION SYSTEM OF TESTING LABORATORY FOR RADIATION CONTROL by K. Yu. Kolybanov, R. E. Kuzin, S. S. Pisanenko, T. N. Tairov

“…Development of information-analytical system of radiation control is based on existing methods and hardware-software measuring instruments for the purpose of systematizing, storing and processing the results of analysis of samples of various composition and origin. …”
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Evaluation of anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in patients following traumatic finger amputation surgery by Kenan Güvenç, Şebnem Eker Güvenç

“…Finger amputations can lead to significant emotional, social, and physical distress. Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire study included patients aged 18–75 who underwent surgery following traumatic finger amputation performed by a single surgeon between 2021 and 2022 in a hospital hand surgery clinic. …”
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Combined therapy of arterial hypertension, chronic heart failure and depressive disorders bу АСЕ inhibitor and diuretics by T. A. Dronova, D. V. Polyakov

“…To study antihypertensive effects of combined therapy with an ACE inhibitor and various diuretics, to assess its influence on quality of life (QoE) and chronic heart failure (CHF) symptoms and signs among patients with Stage II-III arterial hypertension (AH) of very high risk.Materials and methods. In total, 86 hospitalized patients with AH and CHF were administered enalapril combined with either hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) or indapamide (Ind). …”
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Study on the Influence of Spatial Attributes on Passengers’ Path Selection at Fengtai High-Speed Railway Station Based on Eye Tracking by Zhongzhong Zeng, Kun Zhang, Bo Zhang

“…In this paper, eye tracking, spatial syntax, and semantic difference methods are used to evaluate the passenger’s wayfinding process in the underground hub of a large high-speed railway station and the spatial syntax is used to quantify and analyse the wayfinding path segments, to explore the influence of the spatial attributes of different nodes and the spatial arrangement of the guiding signs on the passenger’s wayfinding behaviour data and the difference in attention, and to find out that the connectivity of the wayfinding nodes, the area of the field of view, and the passengers’ The study concludes that the connectivity and visual field area of wayfinding nodes have a strong positive correlation with the passengers’ route choice time, which has less influence on the correct rate of wayfinding and can be taken into less consideration in the subsequent design. …”
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Automated Identification and Analysis of Cracks and Damage in Historical Buildings Using Advanced YOLO-Based Machine Vision Technology by Kui Gao, Li Chen, Zhiyong Li, Zhifeng Wu

“…Conventional inspection techniques, which depend heavily on manual visual evaluations, tend to be inefficient and subjective. …”
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