Clinical impact of nanophotonic blue-light filtering spectacles based on fullerene C60 and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by Jankov Mirko R., Jakšić Vesna, Koruga Đuro

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the subjective and objective impact of the spectacles on daily activities. Methods. Twenty-five healthy participants were sub-mitted to contrast sensitivity (CS) and visual field (VF) testing and a questionnaire about the influence of spectacles on daily activities: two spectacles with different concentrations of fullerene C60 vs. two commercially available blue-blocking spectacles. …”
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The Influence of Decentration on Higher-Order Aberrations in Artisan Aphakic Intraocular Lens Implantation Eyes by Aizhu Miao, Min Zhang, Tianhui Chen, Yi Lu

“…Retrospective case series. Methods. Twenty-three eyes of 18 patients were retrospectively examined. …”
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Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…Therefore, the development of new techniques is imperative to enhance patient outcomes. Materials and Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted on a cohort of patients with ACJ dislocation who were treated using the triple Endobutton and CAL transfer techniques. …”
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NICOTINE IN TRADITIONAL TOBACCO AND MODERN ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES: THE NATURE OF DEPENDENCE FORMATION AND COGNITIVE FEATURES OF SMOKERS by Галина Урядова Урядова, Наталья Юрьевна Русецкая

“…The aim of the present investigation was to study is devoted to the study of the nature of addiction formation and cognitive characteristics of smokers of traditional and modern electronic smoking systems. Materials and methods. The participants of the experiment underwent psychodiagnostic testing to assess the concentration of attention and the volume of visual, auditory, motor-auditory and combined memory, as well as a questionnaire. …”
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Running Retraining Technique and Neuromuscular Exercises in Runners with Patellofemoral Pain: A Scoping Review by Miguel Farraj, Thomas Guilhem, Joachim Van Cant, Alexandre Rambaud

“… # Study design Scoping review # Methods Databases searched included MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. …”
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Prevalence and organization problems of medical care to patients with precanceral oral cavity mucosa diseases (on the Tomsk Region example) by D. E. Mikhalev, O. D. Baydik, M. R. Mukhamedov, P. G. Sysolyatin

“…Nowadays discussed and actual issues of modern oncology are the diagnostics problems and care organization for patients with oral mucosa and lips precancerous diseases.Study purposes – to analyze the prevalence, structure, and primary diagnosis quality of oral mucosa and lips precancerous diseases and to identify the organizing medical care problems for the adult population with the oral cavity precancerous diseases in residents of Tomsk city and Tomsk Region.Materials and methods. For the period 2014–2019 1,664 patients were examined and treated for oral mucosa and lips diseases. …”
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Does local steroid injection have a prognostic value for endoscopic plantar fascia release in chronic plantar fasciopathy? by Mohamed A. Mohamed, Mohammed S. Redwan, Hassan H. Noaman, Moustafa Elsayed

“…Abstract Purpose To determine if previous local steroid injection can alter the patient response to endoscopic plantar fascia release. Methods It is a prospective non-randomized comparative study of 100 adult patients, suffered from plantar fasciopathy for at least one year, and had reported either temporary or no response to two or more of conservative treatments, including local corticosteroid injection. …”
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Proteomic selection of immunodiagnostic antigens for human African trypanosomiasis and generation of a prototype lateral flow immunodiagnostic device. by Lauren Sullivan, Steven J Wall, Mark Carrington, Michael A J Ferguson

“…The IgG-beads were incubated with detergent lysates of trypanosomes and those proteins that bound were identified by mass spectrometry-based proteomic methods. This approach provided a list of twenty-four trypanosome proteins that selectively bound to the infection IgG fraction and that might, therefore, be considered as immunodiagnostic antigens. …”
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Contribution of the EyeMAX™ 11Fr (Micro-Tech) digital single-operator cholangioscope with a wide working channel: a multicenter pilot study on the first French experiences by David Karsenti, Adrien Sportes, Sarah Leblanc, Stéphane Béchet, Jonathan Derman, Isaac Fassler, Bertrand Brieau

“…Design: A retrospective, multicenter observational study. Methods: The study on DSOC was conducted across five endoscopy units within the French Society of Private Hepato-Gastroenterology (SFHGL-CREGG). …”
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Peripheral Cone Dystrophy: Expanded Clinical Spectrum, Multimodal and Ultrawide-Field Imaging, and Genomic Analysis by Robert A. Sisk, Robert B. Hufnagel, Ailee Laham, Elizabeth S. Wohler, Nara Sobreira, Zubair M. Ahmed

“…To present new clinical features, multimodal and ultrawide-field imaging characteristics of peripheral cone dystrophy (PCD), and results of laboratory and genetic investigation to decipher the etiology. Methods. Retrospective observational case-series. …”
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Enhancing peripheral nerve regeneration: A novel nanofibrous nerve conduit with bioactive poly(ɛ-caprolactone), collagen, and retinoic acid nanofiber by Muhammad Aseer, Niloofar Nazeri, Nasrollah Tabatabaei, Zohreh Arabpour, Reza Faridi Majidi, Hossein Ghanbari

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Bovine milk and milk protein– promotor or inhibitor of bacterial biofilm formation at the tooth surface? by A. Kensche, C. Pohl, S. Basche, A. Dürasch, T. Henle, M. Hannig, C. Hannig

“…Extracellular polysaccharides were visualized by Concanavalin A/Alexa-Fluor 594-staining. …”
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STDNet: Improved lip reading via short-term temporal dependency modeling by Xiaoer Wu, Zhenhua Tan, Ziwei Cheng, Yuran Ru

“…Methods: This article presents a spatiotemporal feature fusion network (STDNet) that compensates for the deficiencies of current lip-reading approaches in short-term temporal dependency modeling. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Clinical Cases of Ducks in Hungary Between 2022 and 2023 by Ádám Kerek, Ábel Szabó, Ákos Jerzsele

“…Understanding resistance patterns and predicting MDR occurrence are critical for effective intervention strategies. <b>Methods</b>: <i>E. coli</i> isolates were collected from duck samples across multiple regions. …”
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Vascular changes in the retina in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency by Adžić-Zečević Antoaneta, Milojko Biljana, Janićijević-Petrović Mirjana A.

“…The aim of this study was to determine the degree of ocular changes in retina with patients suffering from chronic respiratory insufficiency. Methods. A prospective study was conducted on 80 patients, 40 patients with respiratory failure and 40 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease an and bronchial asthma (the control group). …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Universal Periotome and Conventional Techniques in Single-Rooted Tooth Extractions: A Randomized Controlled Study by Swati Sahu, Ankita Barodiya, Animesh Barodiya, Mrunal Dave, Bharani K. Bhattu, Rajat Mohanty, Mahesh Ghadage, Dipooja Patil

“…Background Tooth extraction, one of the most commonly performed dental procedures, is often associated with trauma to the dentoalveolar complex, resulting in pain, gingival laceration, and alveolar bone loss. Materials and Methods This randomized controlled study included 100 patients requiring nonsurgical extraction of single-rooted maxillary or mandibular teeth. …”
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Measuring Blink-Related Brainwaves Using Low-Density Electroencephalography with Textile Electrodes for Real-World Applications by Emily Acampora, Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Careesa Chang Liu

“…Prior studies have reported BRO utility as both a clinical and non-clinical biomarker of cognition, but no study has demonstrated BRO measurement using textile-based EEG devices that facilitate user comfort for real-world applications. <b>Methods</b>: We investigated BRO measurement using a four-channel EEG system with textile electrodes by extracting BRO responses using existing, publicly available EEG data (<i>n</i> = 9). …”
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A propensity-score matched comparison of perioperative and early renal functional outcomes of robotic versus open partial nephrectomy. by Zhenjie Wu, Mingmin Li, Le Qu, Huamao Ye, Bing Liu, Qing Yang, Jing Sheng, Liang Xiao, Chen Lv, Bo Yang, Xu Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Chuanliang Xu, Jianguo Hou, Yinghao Sun, Linhui Wang

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare the perioperative and early renal functional outcomes of RPN with OPN for kidney tumors.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 209 RPN or OPN patients with availability of preoperative cross-sectional imaging since 2009 at our center were included. …”
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Validation of the Thai Version of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire-8 (CPAQ-8T) in Chronic Pain Patients by Pasutharnchat K, Seangrung R, Lertmongkonaksorn P, Kamdeang S

“…This study aimed to translate and validate the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire-8 (CPAQ-8) into the Thai language and to facilitate the assessment of pain acceptance in Thai patients.Patients and Methods: The study involved the translation of the English CPAQ-8 into a Thai version, subsequently, referred to as the CPAQ-8T. …”
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A Comparative Study between Air Bubble Tamponade Alone versus Air Bubble Tamponade with Internal Fluid Aspiration for Nonplanar Descemet’s Membrane Detachment after Phacoemulsifica... by Amr A. Gab-Alla

“…To compare the efficacy of air bubble tamponade alone versus air bubble tamponade with internal fluid aspiration for nonplanar Descemet’s membrane detachment after clear corneal incision phacoemulsification. Methods. This study is a prospective, intervention, comparative randomised clinical trial, conducted at a private eye centre, Ismailia, Egypt, from March 2019 to March 2020. …”
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