Assessment of axonal injury in multiple sclerosis: combined analysis of serum light-chain neurofilaments and diffusion tensor imaging by Mohammadreza Sharifi, Milad Jalilian, Mohammadreza Elhaie, Iraj Abedi

“…Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) enables non-invasive investigation of microstructural white matter alterations, while serum neurofilament light chain (NFL) holds promise as a fluid biomarker of axonal injury.Objectives To use DTI and serum NFL measurements to evaluate white matter pathology in patients with MS and explore the relationship between in vivo imaging and biochemical indicators of axonal damage.Methods 41 patients with relapse-remitting MS and 41 age-matched healthy controls underwent brain MRI including DTI acquisition. …”
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Mammography breast density assessment with Quantra artificial intelligence software: intra- and interobserver agreement with radiologists by Beatriz E. Gonzalez-Ulloa, Claudia B. Corona-Gonzalez, Rosa L. Molina-Gutierrez, Sofia Salas-Aguirre

“…This study aimed to determine the intraobserver agreement of radiologists (human readers, HRs) and the interobserver agreement between AI Quantra and HRs in MBD assessment. Material and methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in two phases. …”
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Effect of hypnotherapy on paediatric cancer pain management in Indonesia: A quasi-experimental study by Sri Hartini M.A, Nafisatun Nisa, Satriya Pranata, Mudy Oktiningrum, Sri Puguh Kristiawati

“…Pain levels were assessed using the visual analogue scale (scores from 0 to 10) at the baseline, after two follow-up sessions at a week interval. …”
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Evaluating a computer-based body exposure paradigm for the treatment of body image disturbance in adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: effects on the attentional bias and emotions by Lena Sasse, Valeska Stonawski, Oliver Kratz, Gunther Moll, Stefanie Horndasch

“…Additionally, emotional responses to the body exposure sessions were examined.MethodsParticipants were adolescent girls with a diagnosis of AN, who were randomly assigned to either an intervention (INT) or a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group. …”
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Platelet rich plasma versus hyaluronic acid injection in chronic painful shoulder: Randomized blind clinical trial by Eman H EL-Hakeim, Zahraa Ibrahim Selim, Eman Ahmed Hamed Omran, Mery Hosney, Alaa S Abd-Elkader

“…The aim of this study was to compare the effect of PRP versus HA in the treatment of chronic shoulder pain. Patients and Methods: This study was a prospective randomized trial on patients with chronic shoulder pain. …”
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Automatic Detection of Camera Rotation Moments in Trans-Nasal Minimally Invasive Surgery Using Machine Learning Algorithm by Zhong Shi Zhang, Yun Wu, Bin Zheng

“…To address this, we proposed training a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect camera rotation, laying the groundwork for the automatic correction of this issue during MIS procedures. <b>Methods:</b> We collected trans-nasal MIS procedure videos from YouTube and labeled each frame as either “tilted” or “non-tilted”. …”
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Higher rate of undetected intraoperative damage of latex-free surgical gloves worn by scrub nurses by Leon Euler-Schmidt, Artur Barsumyan, Jan Adriaan Graw, Christian Soost, Yvonne Stephan, Rene Burchard

“…The gloves were subjected to watertightness testing following European norm ISO EN 455:2022 standards. Only gloves visually presumed to be intact were tested for any concealed perforations. …”
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Comparing the effects of intercostal and subcostal flank incision on post-operative pain and incisional hernia or bulge in patients undergoing open kidney surgery: A randomized cli... by Alireza Abdi, Behzad Imani, Seyed Habibollah Mousavibahar, Salman Khazaei, Shima Bahrami Jalal

“…This study was carried out to examine the effect of using subcostal and intercostal flank incisions on post-operative pain, incisional hernia or bulging, and incision time and wound closure time in patients undergoing open kidney surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized clinical trial was conducted Iran (2023–2024). …”
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Resilience in the Vaccine Supply Chain: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Megan Hay, Anika Teichert, Sarah Kilz, Agnes Vosen

“…Insights from this study are aimed at supporting helping managers and policy-makers build a more resilient vaccine supply. <b>Methods:</b> A qualitative semi-structured interview study was conducted with 12 industry experts along the VSC. …”
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CSSA-YOLO: Cross-Scale Spatiotemporal Attention Network for Fine-Grained Behavior Recognition in Classroom Environments by Liuchen Zhou, Xiangpeng Liu, Xiqiang Guan, Yuhua Cheng

“…The increasing use of visual and multi-modal sensors in smart classrooms has made it possible to continuously capture rich behavioral data. …”
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Effectiveness of a new thermal insulation blanket in the control of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and comfort: a randomized controlled trial by Isaura Carvalho, Miguel Carvalho, Fernando Abelha, Teresa Martins

“…Results No statistically significant differences were found between groups in mean temperature variation, visual perception of thermal comfort, and thermal and perioperative comfort scales. …”
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The Analysis of Risk Factors of Development of Macular Edema after Phacoemulsification by V. L. Kokorev

“…Purpose: To identify and analyze factors contributing to the development of macular edema after cataract phacoemulsification (FEC).Methods: over 3 years of follow-up, 6218 surgeries were performed in 4608 patients. …”
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The Library as a Form of Cultures Communication by T. B. Markova

“…The reader perceives a book together text and visual forms, using as a search tool of information and interactive technology, and various Internet resources. …”
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Social prescribing of cultural opportunities to support health and wellbeing: the importance of language, community engagement, and inclusion in developing local approaches by Anna Dadswell, Hilary Bungay

“…It covers activity associated with the artforms and organisations such as collections, combined arts, dance, libraries, literature, museums, music, theatre and the visual arts. Methods A qualitative exploratory descriptive approach using focus groups was employed to explore the perspectives and experiences of social prescribing and the cultural provision in an area of the East of England. …”
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Impact of restorative treatment for symptomatic deep dentin caries on anxiety: the role of personality traits by Fikri Öcal, Yasemin Demirtaş Öcal

“…Pain and mood were measured using Visual Analog Scales (VAS-DP, VAS-M) before treatment and at three weeks post-treatment. …”
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LANDSCAPE AND RECREATIONAL CAPACITY OF THE TERRITORY OF CAUCASUS MINERALNYE VODY REGION FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT by V. S. Proskurin

“…Results of a research allow to distinguish sites of potential development of separate types of tourism taking into account integrated assessment. Materials and methods: complex assessment of landscape and recreational capacity of the territory, includes the analysis of components of a landscape: relief and raschlenennost of the territory, climate, hydrography, landscape biotics. …”
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Effect of Articular Needling Therapy Combined with Proprioceptive Training on Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by CHEN He, LI Xuemei, KUANG Xuehui, YU Jin

“…ObjectiveTo observe the clinical effect of articular needling therapy combined with proprioceptive training on patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).MethodsA total of 90 KOA patients in the Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Medicine from February 2021 to October 2022 were randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 45 cases in each group. …”
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Near working distances adopted by university students while viewing printed materials by Nabeela Hasrod

“…The age range was from 17 years to 33 years with the mean age and standard deviation (s.d.) of 20.93 ± 2.06 years. Methods: While reading a 40 cm near chart in the seated position, in a room with a standardised chart luminance of 500 lux, three consecutive measurements of habitual near distance were measured. …”
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Disease Progression Modeling of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR): A Pharmacometrics Approach by Sohail Aziz, Sabariah Noor Harun, Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi

“…This study aimed to develop and validate a disease progression model of eGFR in Malaysian T2DM patients, with and without diabetic nephropathy (DN). Methods Retrospective data from 251 patients (3241 observations) were analyzed using NONMEM software. …”
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The visuomotor synchronization immersive virtual reality of a depression avatar in a stigma context experience mobilizes the fronto-parietal cortex and anterior insula by Kelssy Hitomi dos Santos Kawata, Kelssy Hitomi dos Santos Kawata, Wey Guan Lem, Koki Ono, Hiroshi Oyama

“…Although neuroimaging studies have explored the neural correlates of some SoE subcomponents of visuomotor synchronization, the neural correlates of individual differences in SoE and how humans acquire virtual body representations through SoE subcomponents remain to be investigated.MethodsHere, we used the right hand of a virtual patient with depression in immersive virtual reality (IVR) to induce SoE in participants and measured whole brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). …”
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