Spatiotemporal Changes in the Urban Heat Island Intensity of Distinct Local Climate Zones: Case Study of Zhongshan District, Dalian, China by Jun Han, Jiatong Liu, Liang Liu, Yuanzhi Ye

“…Intensified due to rapid urbanization and global warming-induced high temperature extremes, the urban heat island effect has become a major environmental concern for urban residents. Scientific methods used to calculate the urban heat island intensity (UHII) and its alleviation have become urgent requirements for urban development. …”
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Shared decision making for ovarian cancer survivors with different levels of health literacy: a qualitative interview study on knowledge and comprehension by D. D. Seeratan, D. Wouters, L. R. C. W. van Lonkhuijzen, J. W. M. Aarts

“…Some participants mentioned a preference for visual elements in information materials.Discussion This study revealed significant knowledge gaps and comprehension challenges among women with ovarian cancer. …”
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The clinical efficacy of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique in the treatment of scapulohumeral periarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chengyu Zhu, Xueyan Huang, Jiaying Yu, Ying Feng, Haifang Zhou

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching technique in the treatment of SP. Methods A systematic search of 10 databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biomedical Literature Database, Weipu, Wanfang, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Clinical Trials, and China Clinical Trial Registry Platform was performed. …”
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Morphometric characterization and temporal temperature measurements during hepatic microwave ablation in swine. by Nicole A Varble, Ivane Bakhutashvili, Sheridan L Reed, Jose Delgado, Zoi Tokoutsi, Bruno Frackowiak, Marco Baragona, John W Karanian, Bradford J Wood, William F Pritchard

“…In 6 swine, contrast-enhanced CTs were additionally acquired to visualize vasculature and absence of perfusion along with corresponding post-mortem gross pathology.…”
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Wearable Smartphone-Based Multisensory Feedback System for Torso Posture Correction: Iterative Design and Within-Subjects Study by Amanda Polin Pereira, Olibario Jose Machado Neto, Valeria Meirelles Carril Elui, Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel

“…MethodsTo design the Postural SmartVest, we conducted brainstorming sessions, therapist interviews, gathered requirements, and developed the first prototype. …”
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Innovative gene delivery systems for retinal disease therapy by Hongguang Wu, Ling Dong, Shibo Jin, Yongwang Zhao, Lili Zhu

“…The human retina, a complex and highly specialized structure, includes multiple cell types that work synergistically to generate and transmit visual signals. However, genetic predisposition or age-related degeneration can lead to retinal damage that severely impairs vision or causes blindness. …”
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Platelet rich plasma versus corticosteroids for lateral epicondylitis: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials by Ralph Maroun, Mohammad Daher, Peter Boufadel, Ryan Lopez, Adam Z Khan, Joseph A. Abboud

“…The clinical outcomes evaluated were the visual analog scale (VAS) and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score. …”
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Oxidative Stress in Dry Eye Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis by Lei Y, Huang XY, Guo H, Huang R, Shi Y, Hong J, Yang Y, Ma X

“…The data were then analyzed using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and R package Bibliometrix to visualize the network of countries, organizations, journals, authors, and keywords related to oxidative stress in DED.Results: A total of 491 publications were identified over a 30-year period from 1995 to 2024. …”
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Maternal satisfaction and birth experiences after elective induction vs. spontaneous onset in late-term pregnancy: a register-based study by Sahruh Turkmen, Linnea Binfare

“…Methods In this register-based retrospective cohort study, we included pregnant women in late term (≥ 41 + 0 to < 42 + 0) who gave birth in Sweden during 2020–2021. …”
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RGB-FIR Multimodal Pedestrian Detection with Cross-Modality Context Attentional Model by Han Wang, Lei Jin, Guangcheng Wang, Wenjie Liu, Quan Shi, Yingyan Hou, Jiali Liu

“…Pedestrian detection is an important research topic in the field of visual cognition and autonomous driving systems. The proposal of the YOLO model has significantly improved the speed and accuracy of detection. …”
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Landscape sightline analysis on height control of land around architectural heritage sites: Nanshan Temple and Nanping Academy in Zhangzhou, China by Lina Yan, Liang Zheng, Yile Chen

“…This study uses the geospatial technology landscape sight analysis method to reveal the impact of landscape sight on the spatial distribution of mountainous cities with cultural landmarks and, at the same time, provides a new method and strategy for the spatial planning of mountainous cities.…”
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Evaluation of ebony as a potential selectable marker for genetic sexing in Aedes aegypti by Katerina Nikolouli, Austin Compton, Zhijian Jake Tu, Kostas Bourtzis

“…The ebony gene is known to be involved in the pigmentation pathway of several dipteran insects, including Ae. aegypti. Methods An ebony gene knockout was developed though CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis. …”
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Progressive Self-Prompting Segment Anything Model for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images by Xiaoning Zhang, Yi Yu, Daqun Li, Yuqing Wang

“…Most existing ORSI-SOD methods rely on pre-trained CNN- or Transformer-based backbones to extract features from ORSIs, followed by multi-level feature aggregation. …”
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An oropharyngeal device for airway management of conscious and semiconscious patients: A randomized clinical trial by Kalev Freeman, Zachary D. Miller, Robert Ramsey Herrington, Nathan T. Dreyfus, Philip Buttaravoli, Adam Burgess, Joshua P. Nickerson, Nirav Daphtary, Jason H. T. Bates

“…Jaw thrust was quantified as displacement between the mandibular condyle and condylar fossa apex relative to baseline visualized with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Results We enrolled 19 subjects. …”
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Clinical Effect Analysis of Laparoscopic Nerve-Sparing Radical Hysterectomy in Patients with Early-Stage Cervical Cancer by Hong Xue, Meng Chen, Shuqin Li, Yongchun Zhou

“…The overall time of operation for LNSRH was longer than that for ARH (p < 0.001). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores at 8, 24 and 48 hours were significantly different between the two groups (p < 0.001). …”
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Advanced Neuromuscular Training Differentially Changes Performance on Visuomotor Reaction Tests and Single-leg Hop Tests in Patients with ACL Reconstruction by Terese Chmielewski, Michael Obermeier, Adam Meierbachtol, Asher Jenkins, Michael Stuart, Robby Sikka, Marc Tompkins

“… # Study Design Quasi experimental, Pretest-Posttest # Methods Twenty-five patients with ACLR (11 males) completed 10 sessions of advanced neuromuscular training and pre-and post-training testing. …”
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Research on the application of distinguishing between benign and malignant breast nodules using MRI and US radiomics by Yifan Liu, Dan Zhou, Jing Liu, Jinding Wei, Xiao Hu, Xiaoli Yu

“…Using a double-blind method, regions of interest (ROIs) were manually delineated on T1WI, T2WI, DWI, the first phase of DCE, and US images. …”
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Haemorrhoidal artery ligation with and without Doppler guidance in the treatment of haemorrhoidal disease: a single-centre randomized study by P. V. Tsarkov, M. A. Popovtsev, Yu. S. Medkova, A. V. Alekberzade, N. N. Krylov

“…To evaluate the efficacy of haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HA) with a preliminary palpatory determination of its localization supplemented by mucopexy of haemorrhoids as a new surgical method in the treatment of haemorrhoidal disease (HD) and to compare it with HAL-RAR technology.Materials and methods. …”
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THE EFFECT OF GOLIMUMAB ON ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by L. A. Knyazeva, L. I. Knyazeva, N. S. Meshcherina, I. I. Goryainov, M. A. Stepchenko, E. M. Khardikova

“…Objective: to evaluate the effect of golimumab (GLM) on arterial stiffness in patients with different clinical and immunological subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Material and methods. Examinations were made in 48 patients with RA meeting the 1987 ACR/2010 EULAR classification criteria. …”
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Femoral neck system versus cannulated screws combined with medial plate for femoral neck fractures in young and middle-aged patients: a prospective multicenter randomized controlle... by Mingyu Wen, Shengying Wang, Lihua Wang, Yuhai Wang, Shiyou Dai, Wen Liu, Xiao Fan

“…The secondary outcomes included Garden’s alignment index, surgical data, Barthel index, visual analogue scale (VAS), gait analysis and complications during follow-up. …”
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