Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Assess Family Functioning in Spanish-Speaking Parent and Adolescent Dyads: Daily Questionnaire Study by Alejandra Fernandez, Savannah Bernal, Lana Kim, Subodh Potla

“…Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a method involving a high frequency of assessments and has been underused to assess family functioning across parent and adolescent dyads. …”
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Mental state of medical students three years into the war by V. V. Ogorenko, A. V. Shornikov, V. O. Kokashynskyi, O. A. Makoviichuk, O. E. Kachan

“…The aim of the study was to assess the mental health status of higher medical education students three years into the war in Ukraine. Materials and methods. 104 students were interviewed at Dnipro State Medical University from February 24 to March 2, 2025, coinciding with the third anniversary of the martial law implementation in Ukraine. …”
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Estimating the Health-Related Quality of Life Benefit of Prophylactic Treatment for COVID-19 in Immunocompromised People: A Multimethod Valuation Study by Katy Gallop, Rebekah Hall, Michael Watt, Daniel Squirrell, Neil Branscombe, Sofie Arnetop, Andrew Lloyd

“…Vignettes were valued by a general population sample (N = 100) using a visual analog scale (VAS), time trade-off (TTO), and EQ-5D-5L. …”
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Connecting the bibliographic-directed citation networks of translational research and implementation science by Rose Hennessy Garza, Jane E. Mahoney, Morgan Burns, Andrew Quanbeck

“…Methods: This paper used direct citation network analysis to identify potential conceptual gaps and connections between the literature in implementation science and translational science. …”
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Aloe-Emodin activated by Photodynamic therapy and diode laser on carious affected dentin and survival of S. mutans. An-invitro SEM assessment by Basil Almutairi

“…To identify the CAD, visual and tactile examinations were used. Specimens were randomly assigned into four experimental cohorts based on cavity disinfection protocol (n=11) Group 1 (No disinfection), Group 2 (CHX), Group 3 (DL), and Group 4 (AE-mediated PDT). …”
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The role of high knee range of motion at discharge on functional outcome after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study by Jimin Ma, Yakun Zhu, Zhen Dong, Ziming Guo, Rui Song, Wendan Cheng

“…Abstract Background The study aimed to investigate the impact of high knee range of motion at discharge on functional outcome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 136 patients with primary osteoarthritis who were treated between January 2022 and June 2023. …”
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How the brain memorizes the world from others’ perspectives: investigating allocentric encoding of object features during perspective taking by Nanbo Wang, Shuo Huang, Junyang Cai, Ruiyi Huang, Haiyan Geng

“…The present study aims to investigate this issue. Methods We designed a novel paradigm by integrating a change-detection paradigm with a perspective taking task to investigate these questions. …”
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Analgesic efficacy of a laparoscopic-guided transversus abdominis plane block versus no transversus abdominis plane block in bariatric gastric bypass surgery a retrospective analys... by Gianluca De Santo, Oliver Stumpf, Peter Look, Marc Abdelmalek, Rolf Lefering, René Mantke, Christoph Paasch

“…Hence, the study at hand was conducted. Methods In 2023 a retrospective single-centre analysis among patients who did or did not receive a laparoscopic (L) TAP block prior to LRYGB was performed. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging relevance in diagnosis and prognosis of early postoperative period following pancreatic cancer surgical treatment by E. N. Kolesnikov, D. Ya. Iozefi, O. I. Kit, A. Yu. Maksimov

“…The developed method of using a modified scale for risk assessment of pancreatic fistula development allows predicting the onset of early postoperative complications already at the preoperative stage. …”
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Bioinformatics screening of therapeutic targets in chemoresistance human colon cancer HCT8 cell line by Zohreh Jahanafrooz

“…LncRNA-miRNA-mRNA competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network visualized using Cytoscape software. Results: A high number of common DEmRNAs (about 1780) in chemoresistance HCT8 cells were identified. …”
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Investigating the neural correlates of the left thalamus in women with fibromyalgia: A Granger causality and voxel-based morphometry approach by Elijah Agoalikum, Hongzhou Wu, Benjamin Klugah-Brown, Michael Maes

“…This study aims to investigate the structural and functional correlates of the left thalamus in fibromyalgia patients using a combined Granger causality and voxel-based morphometry approach. Methods: We analyzed functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging data from 20 female fibromyalgia patients and 20 female age-matched healthy controls. …”
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Postoperative Recovery in Thyroid Surgery: Evaluating Pain, Scar Quality, and Operative Efficiency with and without Platysma Suturing by Waqas Ahmad, Muhammad Shahid Farooq, Rana Muhammad Umar Rizwan, Bahzad Akram Khan, Muhammad Usman Siddique, Abdul Haseeb

“…The pain level was checked 6, 24 and 48 hours postoperatively using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). At the 6-month mark, the quality of scars was appraised with the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). …”
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Efficacy evaluation of using hypoallergenic toothpastes in children with a burdened allergy anamnesis by I. D. Kondratenko, I. A. Nikolskaya, R. M. Kuliev, V. O. Vostrikov, V. A. Voronetskaya, A. Novikova

“…PRO Junior Creamy Pudding" in patients aged 2 to 11 years with a burdened allergy history.   Materials and methods. The study included 58 children aged 2 to 11 years with a burdened allergy history. …”
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A Hybrid Transfer Learning Framework for Brain Tumor Diagnosis by Sadia Islam Tonni, Md. Alif Sheakh, Mst. Sazia Tahosin, Md. Zahid Hasan, Taslima Ferdaus Shuva, Touhid Bhuiyan, Muhammad Ali Abdullah Almoyad, Nabil Anan Orka, Md. Tanvir Rahman, Risala Tasin Khan, M. Shamim Kaiser, Mohammad Ali Moni

“…The proposed system integrates advanced preprocessing techniques, an ensemble of pretrained deep learning models, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods to achieve high accuracy and reliability. …”
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Corneal stromal lenticule transplantation for covering macular hole during vitrectomy by Wen-Ting Ding, Yi-Le Xu, Di Li, Xiao-Xiao Qian, Jian Li, Hong-Wei Ge, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Ren-Jian Hu, Yong-Ping Hu

“…Postoperatively, the macular hole of all eyes was restored. All patients' visual acuities also improved. No complications occurred during the follow-up period. …”
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Green synthesis of silver-chitosan nanocomposite exhibits promising antibiofilm properties against pathogenic bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by Subhransu Sekhar Behera, Amrito Ghosh Majumdar, Himansu Gullani, Arka Lodh Roy, Aruna Kumar Dash, Pratyush Kumar Behera, Zahra Parwez, Seemon Giri, Priti S. Mohanty, Lopamudra Ray

“…This observation is further corroborated by fluorescence imaging, providing visual confirmation of the reduction in biofilm formation. …”
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Purkinje Fibers in Canine False Tendons: New Anatomical and Electrophysiological Findings by Ming Liang, Zulu Wang, Yi Li, Yanchun Liang, Yuji Zhang, Jingjing Rong, Yang Lv, Qi Zhang, Guitang Yang, Mingyu Sun, Junqi Wang, Sainan Li, Xunzhang Wang, Yaling Han

“…This study investigated the associations of anatomical and electrophysiological characteristics between Purkinje fibers and FTs. Methods and Results. We optimized the protocol of Lugol’s iodine solution staining of Purkinje fibers to study the anatomical structure and originated a novel electrophysiological mapping method, named the direct visual mapping (DVM) method, to study the electrophysiological characteristics. …”
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Altered functional network topology and connectivity in female nurses with shift work sleep disorder by Hu-Cheng Yang, Hu-Cheng Yang, Si-Yu Gu, Shu-Fang Wang, Jian-Ping Liu, Shu Wang, Hai-Juan Chen, Li Chen, Chun-Mei Song, Qing-He Li, Zhen-Yu Dai, Ping-Lei Pan

“…However, the brain functional network topology, which provides a comprehensive map of the brain’s information processing architecture, remains partially understood in nurses with SWSD.Methods45 nurses with SWSD and 45 healthy controls (HCs) underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scan. …”
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cGAMP promotes inner blood-retinal barrier breakdown through P2RX7-mediated transportation into microglia by Xiangyu Ge, Xingfei Zhu, Wei Liu, Mingsen Li, Zhaotian Zhang, Ming Zou, Mi Deng, Haifeng Cui, Ziqing Chen, Li Wang, Xuebin Hu, Rong Ju, Xiangcheng Tang, Xiaoyan Ding, Lili Gong

“…Microglia were the primary cells responding to cGAMP, essential for cGAMP-induced iBRB breakdown and visual impairment. The ATP-gated P2RX7 transporter was required for cGAMP import and STING activation in retinal microglia. …”
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Synchrotron Microtomography to Explore the Anatomy of Insects by Gabriela Sena Souza, Thaina Alvarenga, Tayane Tanure, Samara Oliveira, Katrine Paiva, Gustavo Colaço, Arissa Pickler, Gabriel Fidalgo, Liebert Nogueira, Marcos Colaço, Ademir Xavier da Silva, Cícero B. Mello, Ruan Ingliton, Marcelo Gonzalez, Patricia Azambuja, Regina Barroso

“…Synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography (SR-microCT) has emerged as a powerful tool for visualizing complex 3D structures, from dense materials to delicate biological specimens. …”
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