Analysis of the therapeutic effect of modified radiofrequency ablation on great saphenous vein varicosity by Yachao WANG, Hao JI, Luyi SI, Yuanyuan KONG, Haijun MEI

“…ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of modified radiofrequency ablation (RFA) combined with sclerosing agent injection and high stripping and ligation (HSL) combined with sclerosing agent injection in the treatment of great saphenous vein varicosity. MethodsA total of 220 patients (252 affected limbs) who underwent surgery for great saphenous vein varicosity at Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from May 2022 to March 2024 were selected. …”
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Development of a predictive model for systemic lupus erythematosus incidence risk based on environmental exposure factors by Qianjin Lu, Ying Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Yu Lei, Hui Jin, Qilin Li

“…Using three-feature selection methods, we constructed four predictive models with multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Adaptive Path Planning for Multi-UAV Systems in Dynamic 3D Environments: A Multi-Objective Framework by Gregorius Airlangga, Ronald Sukwadi, Widodo Widjaja Basuki, Lai Ferry Sugianto, Oskar Ika Adi Nugroho, Yoel Kristian, Radyan Rahmananta

“…Its angular deviation of 8.0° ensures smoother trajectories than traditional methods like Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). …”
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Comparison of cooperative learning through use of an immersive virtual reality anatomy model and a 3D plastic anatomical model by Shin-Yun Chen, Daniel Salcedo, Bu-Yuan Hsiao, Wen-Cheng Huang, Bor-Chyuan Su, Jiun-Lin Horng

“…Methods First-year anatomy students were divided into two groups: one using VR and the other using plastic models. …”
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Geographical and temporal variations in availability of national price negotiated novel anticancer drugs: a spatial statistical study based on two cross-sectional datasets in China by Ziqi Zhao, Shengwei Zhang, Tao Zheng, Ming Hu

“…This study aims to assess these spatial variations and temporal changes, and the determinants using geographic information system (GIS) and spatial statistical methods.MethodsTwo cross-sectional datasets were used corresponding the implementation date of the 2023 NDPN list (1 January 2024) and 9 months after (1 October 2024). …”
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Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Using Endovascular Embolization of the Middle Meningeal Artery (Clinical Case) by Yu.O. Kotliarevskyi, Yu.G. Serhiienko, V.O. P’atykop

“…Objective ‒ to demonstrate the effectiveness of endovascular methods in the treatment of patients with chronic subdural hematomas through a clinical case. …”
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The efficacy of a complex of vitamins B 1, B6 and B 12 in combination with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for pain control in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomized contr... by E. S. Filatova, A. E. Karateev, S. I. Glukhova, A. M. Lila

“…One of the promising methods to increase the efficacy of analgesics in OA may be the combined use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with a complex of vitamins B1, B6 and B12 (СVB).Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of combination of NSAIDs + CVB compared to monotherapy with NSAIDs in the treatment of knee OA using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).Material and methods. …”
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence Driven Segmentation for Cervical Cancer Screening by Niruthikka Sritharan, Nishaanthini Gnanavel, Prathushan Inparaj, Dulani Meedeniya, Pratheepan Yogarajah

“…The performance of these XAI methods was assessed through both visual inspection and quantitative metrics, including entropy and pixel flipping. …”
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Study of the attitude and participation of the population in the preventive and screening examinations and implementation of these examinations in the health care system by V. F. Levshin, N. I. Slepchenko, N. I. Ryzhova, L. A. Sаvluchinskaya, L. G. Solenova

“…Statistical processing of data was carried out by methods of descriptive statistics and one-factor analysis of variance. 33.2% (95% CI 28.8-37.6) of respondents in the study sample did not know or had misconceptions about the purposes of preventive and screening examinations. …”
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The Possibilities of Modern Ultrasound Scanning in Uveal Melanoma Extrascleral Growth Detection by A. G. Amiryan, S. V. Saakyan, G. P. Zakharova, A. Yu. Tsygankov

“…To determine the possibilities of modern ultrasound methods in the detection of uveal melanoma (UM) extrascleral growth (EG).Patients and methods. …”
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Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Nomogram Model for Predicting Cognitive Frailty in Acute Coronary Syndrome by Wang S, Sun Y, Tang W, Lu S, Feng F, Hou X, Ma L, Li R, Hu J, Liu B, Xing Y

“…This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram model for predicting CF in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to enhance early identification and intervention.Methods: Patients with ACS (N=547) were enrolled and randomly split into a training set (70%) and a testing set (30%). …”
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Patients with Acute Neck Pain Undergoing Conservative Treatment with Korean Medicine by Kim JS, Kim E, Shin S, Ha IH, Lee YJ

“…The MCID and SCB of pain, functional disability, and quality of life were assessed using anchor-based methods. Patients’ global impression of changes at week 9 was used as the anchor. …”
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Teaching coherent descriptive speech to children of senior preschool age with speech underdevelopment problems by L. G. Shadrina, O. V. Efimova

“…In the course of the research, empirical research methods and a pedagogical experiment were employed.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Psychological and autonomous nervous system features of functional gastric dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, duloxetine treatment efficacy by A. P. Pogromov, G. M. Dyukova, M. L. Leonova

“…Bristol stool scale (Rome-III 2006), laboratory and instrumental methods: upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, morphological study, Helicobacter pylori breath test, routine blood biochemical tests were used. …”
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Safety and Potential Complications of Facial Wrinkle Correction with Dermal Fillers: A Systematic Literature Review by Audra Janovskiene, Deividas Chomicius, Dominykas Afanasjevas, Zygimantas Petronis, Dainius Razukevicius, Egle Jagelaviciene

“…There were no cases of vascular occlusion, visual impairment, or deaths related to the performed procedures. …”
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Novel Glasses-Free Distance Stereotest Using Eye Tracking: Evaluation of Sensitivity, Validity, Reliability, and Monocular Cue Masking by Cao LQ, Cui B, Li XL, Zhou BY, Qin LW, Li MG, Wang YQ, Wang FX

“…Li-Qun Cao,1,2,* Bei Cui,1,2,* Xue-Ling Li,3 Bi-Ye Zhou,4 Li-Wei Qin,1,2 Ming-Gao Li,5 Yuan-Qing Wang,6 Feng-Xiang Wang1,2 1Senior Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100089, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Emergency Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Special Operations Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 6School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Feng-Xiang Wang, Senior Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital; Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 69 of Yongding Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100089, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13810862297, Email fengxiangwangwdf@126.com Yuan-Qing Wang, School of Electronic Science and Engineering,Nanjing University, No. 163 of Xianlin Street, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 19951935195, Email yqwang@nju.edu.cnObjective: This study assessed the sensitivity, validity, reliability, and monocular cue masking of a novel glasses-free distance random-dot stereotest system (GFDRDSS) compared with the established Distance Randot stereotest in youth with normal vision.Methods: A total of 185 participants (17– 20 years) with normal uncorrected visual acuity and eye alignment were enrolled. …”
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Comprehensive rehabilitation of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: results of 6-month program by Evgenia Vladislavovna Orlova, D E Karateev, A V Kochetkov

“…Objective: to evaluate the efficiency of a comprehensive rehabilitation program (CRP) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 6 months. Subjects and methods. Sixty patients with early RA were examined. …”
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Efficacy of Infrainguinal vs Suprainguinal Approach to Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients with Proximal Femoral Fracture: A Randomised Clinical... by K Jubairiya, Pk Farha, Neera Valsan, Moona, Paul O Raphael, Aj Sukanya Prince Mary, P Anusree, Sm Mohammed Nabeel

“…Under ultrasound guidance, one can approach this compartment using either the conventional infrainguinal or suprainguinal methods. The suprainguinal approach was expected to be better due to the more proximal placement of the drug. …”
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Protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation clinical trial evaluating video-assisted electronic consent vs standard consent for patients initiating and continuing haemodialy... by Helen Healy, Ann Bonner, Rebecca B Saunderson, Martin Wolley, Chenlei Kelly Li, Pedro Henrique Franca Gois, Marina Wainstein, Matthew J Damasiewicz, Vera Y Miao, Kirsten Hepburn, Clyson Mutatiri, Bobby Chacko

“…The aims of this study are to (1) develop a digital information interface to better equip patients in the decision-making process to undergo HD; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the co-designed digital information interface to improve patient outcomes; and (3) evaluate an implementation strategy.Methods and analysis First, a co-design process involving consumers and clinicians to develop audio-visual content for an innovative digital platform. …”
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Destripe Any Scale: Effective Stripe Removal Via Multiscale Decomposition Using the Luojia3-02 Stripe-Noise Dataset by Ru Chen, Mi Wang, Yingdong Pi, Ru Wang, Tao Peng, Fan Yang, Rongfan Dai

“…Experimental evaluations using Luojia3-02 data demonstrate that, without relying on external calibration, the proposed network and processing framework effectively eliminate multiscale stripe noise caused by sensor-induced radiometric errors, significantly improving both radiometric quality and visual clarity. Compared with traditional methods, our approach exhibits superior robustness and adaptability in handling complex, large-swath scenarios, demonstrating the advantages of integrating deep-learning techniques with multiscale decomposition for stripe-noise removal.…”
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