Development of a Paper-Based Microfluidic Chip for Point-of-Care Detection of PEDV by Renfeng Li, Xiangqin Tian, Wenyan Cao, Jiaxin Jiang, Jiakang Yuan, Linyue Li, Yonghe You, Yanlin Zhou, Ziliang Wang, Fangyu Wang

“…The device seamlessly integrates paper-based nucleic acid enrichment, LAMP reaction, and visual lateral flow detection into a single platform. …”
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Arthrocentesis and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: Clinical and Radiological Results of a Prospective Study by Giacomo De Riu, Mirella Stimolo, Silvio Mario Meloni, Damiano Soma, Milena Pisano, Salvatore Sembronio, Antonio Tullio

“…At 1-year follow-up examinations, visual analogue scale scores indicated that pain was reduced significantly and mean postoperative MMO was increased significantly. …”
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Blood metabolites, protein regulatory networks and their roles in pan-cancer: a mendelian randomisation study by Shenglong Xia, Zhengyang Xu, Cheng Cheng, Rui An, Wenci Chen, Daopo Lin, Yuzhen Gao, Liangjing Wang, Xinyou Xie, Jun Zhang

“…Protein-metabolite interactions were mapped via MR and visualized with Cytoscape, followed by Gene Ontology enrichment. …”
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Efficacy of Subantimicrobial Dose Doxycycline for Moderate-to-Severe and Active Graves’ Orbitopathy by Miaoli Lin, Yuxiang Mao, Siming Ai, Guangming Liu, Jian Zhang, Jianhua Yan, Huasheng Yang, Aimin Li, Yusha Zou, Dan Liang

“…Secondary outcome was the change of quality of life score (QoL, including visual functioning subscale and appearance subscale). …”
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Comparison of Anatomical Maxillary Sinus Implant and Polydioxanone Sheets in Treatment of Orbital Floor Blowout Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Benjamin Walch, Alexander Gaggl, Gian Battista Bottini, Johannes Hachleitner, Florian Huber, Hannes Römhild, Martin Geroldinger, Maximilian Götzinger

“…At follow-up, 14.8% in the implant group and 28.6% in the PDS group showed mild visual impairment, with no severe diplopia. Conclusions: Our results suggest this method is a reliable and effective solution for repairing OFBFs and ophthalmologic rehabilitation. …”
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Clinical efficacy of probiotic supplementation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis by Miao Tian, Youyang Zhu, Shiyu Lu, Yuliang Qin, Xinyao Li, Tao Wang, Ying Guo, Hongling Shi, Dongdong Qin

“…The literature was organized by Note express software, and the quality of the included literature was evaluated according to the Cochrane systematic evaluation method, and meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software.ResultsFive randomized controlled trials with 694 participants were included in this study, and the results of the meta-analysis showed that the observation group experienced significant reductions in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index total score, visual analog score, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level compared to the control group, but did not show significant differences in improvement of stiffness and regulation of body weight.ConclusionOral probiotics had an ameliorative effect on function, pain, and inflammatory response in patients with KOA, but our results need to be validated in future large-scale studies.Systematic review registrationThe website is https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/.…”
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Eyes as Windows: Unveiling Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis via Optic Neuritis and Uhthoff’s Phenomenon by Andreea Pleșa, Florina Anca Antochi, Mioara Laura Macovei, Alexandra-Georgiana Vîrlan, Ruxandra Georgescu, David-Ionuț Beuran, Săndica Nicoleta Bucurica, Carmen Adella Sîrbu, Any Axelerad, Florentina Cristina Pleșa

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: This study investigated the frequency and timing of optic neuritis (ON) episodes in relation to the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and examined the occurrence of Uhthoff’s phenomenon and Lhermitte’s sign to understand their roles in early diagnosis and disease progression. <b>Methods</b>: A longitudinal study was conducted with 127 MS patients. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Transplantation Using Corneas from Foreign Donors versus Domestic Donors: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Yingxin Chen, Congling Liao, Minghong Gao, Michael Wellington Belin, Mingwu Wang, Hai Yu, Jing Yu

“…No significant difference with respect to the therapeutic outcome and postoperative Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) and neovascularization by final follow-up was observed between the two groups. …”
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Clinical Case-control Study of Postoperative Ocular Microbiota Colonization Using Microbial Analysis in Patients Undergoing Blepharoplasty by Hejia Zhao, PhD, Yanjun Chen, MD, Huamin Mao, MD, Junpu Ye, MD, Min Fu, MD, Jinhao Qiu, MD, Yunhan Zhang, BS, Er Pan, MD, Ke Xiong, MD

“…This study aimed to investigate microbial changes before and after blepharoplasty. Methods:. A clinical case-control study was conducted involving 30 blepharoplasty patients and 23 controls. …”
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Effect of Bian-stone and warm-ironing therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of joint pain induced by knee osteoarthritis (中药砭石热熨技术治疗膝骨关节炎患者关节疼痛效果观察)... by ZHEN Hong (甄红), ZHANG Xuejian (张雪键), CUI Yangfang (崔杨芳)

“…The pain degree was measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results In the degree of pain measured with VAS, there was significantly decreased after nursing intervention (P＜0. 05). …”
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The process of developing a joint theory of change across three global entities: can this help to make their efforts to strengthen capacity for implementation research more effecti... by Kabir Sheikh, Pascal Launois, Mahnaz Vahedi, Marta Feletto, Vanessa Brizuela, Imelda Bates, Anna Thorson, Susie Crossman, Sara Begg, Garry Aslanyan

“…Introduction A theory of change is a visual representation of the pathway by which a programme anticipates it will achieve its goal. …”
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Enhancing intracranial aneurysm rupture risk prediction with a novel multivariable logistic regression model incorporating high-resolution vessel wall imaging by Zihang Wang, Zihang Wang, Chang Yan, Chang Yan, Wenqing Yuan, Wenqing Yuan, Shuangyan Jiang, Shuangyan Jiang, Yongxiang Jiang, Ting Chen

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and validate a multivariate logistic regression model for predicting intracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture by integrating clinical data, aneurysm morphology, and parent artery characteristics using high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI).MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 298 patients with 386 aneurysms. …”
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Short-term memory retrieval enhances brain functional connectivity by Fanglei Duan, Xiangyu Yan, Jing Wang, Zhenhua Wu, Yixin Zhang, QiCheng Shu, Fangfang Liu, Fan Xu, Qin Han

“…However, the mechanisms underlying the formation, storage, and execution of short-term memory remain poorly understood.MethodsIn this study, 41 healthy college students participated in a memory challenge test designed to investigate these processes. …”
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Morphofunctional retinal pigment epithelium changes in normal eye and age-related macular degeneration by R.R. Fayzrakhmanov, E.D. Bosov, V.A. Bogdanova, E.E. Vaganova, O.L. Sechina

“…To analyze features of retinal pigment epithelium in normal and pathological conditions. Material and methods. The literature review was carried out using PubMed and Sochape Library. …”
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BCSnet: A U-Net-Based Model for Segmentation of Brain Cells in Trypan Blue Images by Aleksei A. Kudryavtsev, Ivan V. Simkin, Maksim A. Dragun, Olga P. Alexandrova, Ivan P. Malashin, Denis A. Sukhanov, Vladimir A. Nelyub, Aleksei S. Borodulin, Stanislav O. Yurchenko, Vadim S. Tynchenko

“…This method requires a lot of time and effort associated with the need for manual cell counting and qualification in histology to detect visual differences between alive neuron cells and non-alive ones. …”
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The hidden impact of myopia severity on interocular suppression in myopia: a cross-sectional study by Yan Luo, Xiyang Yang, Enwei Lin, Min Kong, Wuqiang Luo, Qi Chen, Jin Zeng, Li Yan, Lili Li, Xin Xiao, Xin Xiao, Xin Xiao

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between spherical equivalent (SE) and interocular suppression in myopic adults, addressing the knowledge gap in functional visual impairments beyond structural changes.MethodsThis hospital-based cross-sectional study included 988 myopic patients (aged 18.0–48.7 years, SE ≥ 0.50D). …”
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Decadal analysis of nonsoplastic ocular enucleation in a tertiary hospital in southern China by Yao Ni, Kerui Wang, Xuanwei Liang, Hao Fang, Zhen Mao, Xingyi Li, Danping Huang, Xianchai Lin, Zuohong Li

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Optical correction of hyperopia in school-aged children: a scoping review protocol by Su-Hsun Liu, Tawna L Roberts, Gayathri Srinivasan, Kristen L Kerber, Vivian M Manh, Kristine Huang, Alexandra Williamson, Soumen Sadhu, Morgan C Ollinger, Zahra Tajbakhsh, Jennifer H Fisher, Nathan L Cheung, Jasmine Junge, Kevin C H Chan, Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Patrick Simard, Kelsey R Trast, Christina E Morettin, Samantha Krueger, Augustine N Nti, Debora M Lee Chen

“…We will exclude studies associated with myopia control treatments, ocular and visual pathway pathologies affecting vision or visual function. …”
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Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography imaging findings in patients receiving teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease by Timothy Truong, Rona Z. Silkiss, Johnell Renz Amoroso, Huanye Li, Quan V. Hoang, Kasra Eliasieh, Jesse J. Jung

“…Subjects: 22 eyes of 12 TED patients. Methods and outcomes measures: Retrospective chart review was conducted, with demographics, clinical examination, BCVA, Humphrey visual field (HVF), and SD-OCT data: central foveal thickness (CFT), sub-foveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), choroidal vascular index (CVI), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) thickness compared between before and after an 8-infusion course of teprotumumab. …”
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Evaluating the Accuracy and Performance of ChatGPT-4o in Solving Japanese National Dental Technician Examination by Hikaru Fukuda, Masaki Morishita, Kosuke Muraoka, Shino Yamaguchi, Taiji Nakamura, Manabu Habu, Izumi Yoshioka, Shuji Awano, Kentaro Ono

“…Materials and methods: A total of 400 JNDTE questions (2018-2022) were analysed using ChatGPT-4o. …”
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