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

“…Previous studies have shown that physical training not only improves physical fitness but also visual visuospatial working memory capacity. However, few studies have explored visuospatial working memory improvement and brain plasticity changes with long-term volleyball exercise. …”
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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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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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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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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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Nursing-centered development of an AI-based decision support system in pressure ulcer and incontinence-associated dermatitis management - a mixed methods study by Khalid Majjouti, Vanessa Priester, Michaela Tapp-Herrenbrueck, Alexander Brehmer, Hannah Pinnekamp, Michael Aleithe, Uli Fischer, Jens Kleesiek, Bernadette Hosters

“…This paper investigates how to integrate evidence from nursing science and clinical practice into the development of the proposed AI system. Methods We conducted a literature review of nursing criteria for wound assessment. …”
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Effects of Donor x Inducer Interaction on the Success of Haploid Induction and Comparison of Haploid Seed Identification Methods in the In vivo Maternal Haploid Technique in Maize by Berk Vural, Umut Songur, Sezgin Kızık, Fatih Kahrıman, Abdullah Dişbudak

“…Data were modeled using support vector machine method and created models were evaluated over the complexity matrix. …”
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Pterygium Excision with Suture- Free, Glue- Free Limbal Conjunctival Autograft By Cut And Paste Method – A Prospective Interventional Hospital Based Study by Arathi Choudhary, Dyamenahali S. Hamsa, Menashinkai P. Jayashree, Halmuthur V. Raksha, Divya Ramanna

“…Post operative pain was less which was graded on Visual analogue scale. Conclusion: The- surgical technique of using a suture-free and glue-free conjunctivo-limbal autograft is safe and cost-effective method, with less operative time and post operative pain, without adding possible potential hazard of the surgical adjunct.…”
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Differential diagnosis (occlusion and unocclusal kind) of complicated and diffuse diabetic macular edema with optical coherence tomography method in patients with diabetes type II by O. V. Zborovskaya, N. I. Preuss

“…Materials and methods. During the work general ophthalmic examination, OCT, PAH and immunological studies were performed in all patients. …”
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Swin-ReshoUnet: A Seismic Profile Signal Reconstruction Method Integrating Hierarchical Convolution, ORCA Attention, and Residual Channel Attention Mechanism by Jie Rao, Mingju Chen, Xiaofei Song, Chen Xie, Xueyang Duan, Xiao Hu, Senyuan Li, Xingyue Zhang

“…Simulated and real dataset experiments show that at decimation ratios of 0.1–0.5, the method significantly outperforms SwinUnet, TransUnet, etc., in reconstruction performance. …”
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A rapid and naked-eye methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening method based on CRISPR/Cas12a and hybridization chain reaction by Yayun Jiang, Zongyao Chen, Xiao Liu, Qi Xin, Dengchao Wang, Caixia Ji, Youwei Li, Gang Mai

“…Herein, we developed a rapid and visual MRSA detection method (MCFHCR) using ssDNA-functionalized magnetic beads as a trigger chain combined with the trans-cleavage activity of the Cas12a protein and fluorescence signal amplification of the hybridization chain reaction (HCR). …”
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Numerous Multi-Wave Solutions of the Time-Fractional Boussinesq-like System via a Variant of the Extended Simple Equations Method (SEsM) by Elena V. Nikolova, Mila Chilikova-Lubomirova

“…In this study, we propose a generalized framework based on the Simple Equations Method (SEsM) for finding exact solutions to systems of fractional nonlinear partial differential equations (FNPDEs). …”
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Development and Testing of the Kids Hurt App, a Web-Based, Pain Self-Report App for First Nations Youths: Mixed Methods Study by Karlee Francis, Julie Francis, Margot Latimer, Hayley Gould, Shante Blackmore, Emily MacLeod

“…There was one main discrepancy between youths and clinicians related to preference for how best to visually convey pain. The youth’s preference was maintained in the app. …”
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Comparison of post-operative outcomes of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the traditional methods of recovery: A prospective comparativ... by Akshita Yadav, Rajesh Angral, Raj Rishi Sharma, Sarvesh Lobana

“…Aims and Objectives: The aims and objectives of this study were to compare the post-operative outcomes of ERAS protocol in laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the traditional methods of recovery. Materials and Methods: Using convenient sampling patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomized and divided into two groups: the ERAS group and the traditional Group. …”
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Evaluation of the methods for determining accuracy of fit and precision of RPD framework in Digital (3D printed, milled) and conventional RPDs - a systematic review by Saurabh Chaturvedi, Nasser M. Alqahtani, Mohammed A. Al-Qarni, Saeed M. Alqahtani, Ghazala Suleman, Ashfaq Yaqoob, Mohasin Abdul Khader, Asim Elsir Elmahdi, Mudita Chaturvedi

“…Studies investigating RPD fit and precision assessment using various techniques (Visual inspection and pressing test using silicone impression material, 3D digital analyses using a software, light microscopy, digital microscope at 50x, superimposition method /surface matching software program, µCT on silicone specimens and direct measurements) in in-vitro studies were included. …”
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