Comparative analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks induced by three anesthetics with different duration of action in the treatment of resistant neuropathic pain in th... by Jovanikić Olivera, Anđelić Gordana, Lepić Milan, Mirković Dušica, Jovanović Bojan, Dragović Tamara, Pavličević Goran, Lepić Toplica

“…The nerve blocks were administered on a daily basis until the relief of pain (visual analogue scale – VAS < 30), and after that, two additional nerve blocks were given. …”
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Anterior segment characteristics and spatial variations of different crystalline lens diseases by Jianxia Fang, Ce Shi, Xinyu Ma, Siting Sheng, Jingwei Xu, Sha Zhu, Yixuan Feng, Yu Zhang, Lirui Liu, Huiling Zhao, Zhe Xu, Wen Xu

“…Methods: We examined 98 eyes (19 normal, 25 cataracts, 27 LS, 27 MSP) using AS optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), and IOLMaster700. …”
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Could cough hypersensitivity symptom profile differentiate phenotypes of chronic cough? by Mi-Yeong Kim, Ha-Kyeong Won, Ji-Yoon Oh, Ji-Hyang Lee, Eun-Jung Jo, Sung-Yoon Kang, Ji-Ho Lee, Seung-Eun Lee, Noeul Kang, Young-Chan Kim, Hwa Young Lee, Jin An, Youngsang Yoo, Ji-Su Shim, So-Young Park, Han-Ki Park, Min-Hye Kim, Sae-Hoon Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Yoon-Seok Chang, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Jae Lee, Surinder S. Birring, Woo-Jung Song

“…There were no significant between-group differences in the LCQ and cough severity Visual Analog Scale scores. Both groups showed a similar negative correlation with LCQ scores (asthmatic cough: r=−0.427, p<0.001; RCC: r=−0.306, p<0.001). …”
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Quantitative tremor monitoring before, during and after MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor with MR compatible accelerometers by Thomas Bancel, Mohammed Bashaiweth, Thomas J. Manuel, Benoît Béranger, Cécile Galléa, Mathieu Santin, Mélanie Didier, Eric Bardinet, Pierre Pouget, Mickael Tanter, Stéphane Lehéricy, Marie Vidailhet, David Grabli, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Carine Karachi, Elodie Hainque, Jean-François Aubry

“…Currently, clinical examination is used to identify therapeutic efficacy during treatment, but MRgFUS surgery could benefit from real-time, rater-independent quantitative monitoring of tremor, such as accelerometry data.Methods Fourteen patients with medically refractory essential tremor underwent MRgFUS thalamotomy. …”
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Exploring patient preferences for intraocular lenses selection in age-related cataract: a discrete choice experiment study by Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Wenjing Lin, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan

“…High cost and a higher probability of adverse visual phenomena negatively affected preferences. …”
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Interrelationships of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, quality of life and suicidality among Chinese residents under Standardized Residency Training: a network analysis by Zejun Li, Min Wu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Kewen Yan, Xin Wang, Huixue Xu, Peizhen Li, Yueheng Liu, Qijian Deng, Xueyi Li, Qianjin Wang, Manyun Li, Yunfei Wang, Yuzhu Hao, Li He, Yi-Yuan Tang, Tieqiao Liu, Pu Peng, Qiuxia Wu

“…This study aims to investigate the symptom network of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression (SBAD) and adverse personal outcomes in this cohort.Methods From October 2020 to April 2022, 994 physicians were recruited across China through snowball sampling. …”
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Sodium valproate, a potential repurposed treatment for the neurodegeneration in Wolfram syndrome (TREATWOLFRAM): trial protocol for a pivotal multicentre, randomised double-blind c... by Una Martin, Timothy Barrett, Susan Mollan, Karen E Morrison, Ruth Evans, Isabelle Meunier, Rajat Gupta, Andrew Peet, Martin Wilson, Sulev Koks, Wojciech Młynarski, Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Agathe Roubertie, Darren Barton, Dewi Astuti, Renuka P Dias, Lucinda Billingham, Kun Hu, Malgorzata Zatyka, Archana Kulkarni, Benjamin Wright, Kristian Brock, Victoria Homer, Rebecca Malpass, Heather Rose, Christophe Orssaud, Zsuzsanna Nagy, Tracy Lynch, Sabrina Cronier, Amandip Malhi, Pooja Takhar, Amy Lamb, Gema Esteban-Bueno

“…To date, there have been no multicentre randomised controlled trials investigating the efficacy of treatments for neurodegeneration in patients with Wolfram syndrome.Methods and analysis TREATWOLFRAM is an international, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial designed to investigate whether 36-month treatment with up to 40 mg/kg/day of sodium valproate will slow the rate of loss of visual acuity as a biomarker for neurodegeneration in patients with Wolfram syndrome. …”
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End-to-end deep fusion of hyperspectral imaging and computer vision techniques for rapid detection of wheat seed quality by Tingting Zhang, Jing Li, Jinpeng Tong, Yihu Song, Li Wang, Renye Wu, Xuan Wei, Yuanyuan Song, Rensen Zeng

“…These findings were further supported by external samples and visualizations. The proposed end-to-end decision fusion DCNN model simplifies the training process compared to traditional two-stage fusion methods. …”
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Midline 1 associated with Fas signaling enhances murine antigen-induced arthritis by Nina Lukač, Nina Lukač, Darja Flegar, Darja Flegar, Sara Priselac, Tomislav Kelava, Tomislav Kelava, Alan Šućur, Alan Šućur, Maša Filipović, Maša Filipović, Dino Šisl, Dino Šisl, Martina Fadljević, Igor Radanović, Vedran Katavić, Vedran Katavić, Nives Zimmermann, Danka Grčević, Danka Grčević, Nataša Kovačić, Nataša Kovačić

“…Arthritis was scored visually, histologically and by micro-computerized tomography. …”
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Applications of Human‐Centered Design to Food Is Medicine Interventions: The THRIVE Pilot Trial by Khadijat Adeleye, Kennedy McDaniel, Irma Iribe, Adeline Assani‐Uva, Janice Dugbartey, Aminata Sinyan, Bijaya Bhattarai, Samantha DeMarco, Tosin Tomiwa, Mojisola Olusola‐Bello, Chelsea Akubo, Faith E. Metlock, D’Janee Kyeremeh, Adrián McMahon, Maya Kramer‐Johansen, India Washington, Peiyu Chen, Christy Rodriguez, Mia Johnson, William Xiao, Samuel Gledhill, Samuel Yeboah‐Manson, Natania Kurien, Lydia Vassiliadi, Jennifer Freeman, Anna Maria Izquierdo‐Porrera, Lessly Palencia, Valerie K. Sullivan, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe

“…Data collection included detailed session notes, post‐session surveys, prototypes, and documentation of visual outputs. Content analysis identified key implementation themes. …”
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Positive rate and influencing factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among school children aged 9 to 18 years in Xiamen, China by Zhongrui Peng, Yuanchao Li, Hong Yang, Yanfang Jiang, Yuqing Li, Mengyang Gao, Yangjingling Hua, Guimei Liu, Manqi Zhou, Tianmu Chen, Huarong Hong, Lei Li

“…Scoliosis screening was performed through visual inspection of clinical signs, Adams forward bending test, and measurement of trunk rotation angles using a scoliometer. …”
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Daily activities change is linked to acute angle closure occurrence in COVID-19 co-infected patients by Xiaojie Wang, Aijun Tian, Shaodan Zhang, Bo Qu, Lijun Zhao, Xiaojing Pan, Peng Lu, Xinqi Chang, Lu Yang, Shaoping Ha, Jibing Wang, Jiangang Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Peng Yao, Yuxia Yang, Wenzong Zhou, Zhaoyi Wang, Juntao Zhang, Chuanqi Lin, Junhua Li, Yanhua Jiang, Zhongxia Cheng, Zhixiang Ding, Siying Xiong, Cong Ye, Houyu Zhao, Nathan Congdon, Yuanbo Liang

“…The COVID-19 group showed higher intraocular pressure as well as worse uncorrected distance visual acuity, when compared to non-COVID-19 patients. …”
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Osteopenia Metabolomic Biomarkers for Early Warning of Osteoporosis by Jie Wang, Dandan Yan, Suna Wang, Aihua Zhao, Xuhong Hou, Xiaojiao Zheng, Jingyi Guo, Li Shen, Yuqian Bao, Wei Jia, Xiangtian Yu, Cheng Hu, Zhenlin Zhang

“…<b>Introduction</b>: This study aimed to capture the early metabolic changes before osteoporosis occurs and identify metabolomic biomarkers at the osteopenia stage for the early prevention of osteoporosis. <b>Materials and Methods</b>: Metabolomic data were generated from normal, osteopenia, and osteoporosis groups with 320 participants recruited from the Nicheng community in Shanghai. …”
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MODULATION AS A MULTIMODAL TRANSLATION STRATEGY OF GRAPHIC NOVEL PERSEPOLIS BY M. SATRAPI by Anna V. Khodorenko

“…Ferris (2004) and has a thematic thread of historic moment depicted through visual narrative, where time and space are interpreted both visually and verbally. …”
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Multimodal imaging analysis and structure-function correlation in patients exposed to pentosan polysulfate sodium by Sandra Hoyek, Eleni Konstantinou, Francesco Romano, Darren Chen, Celine Chaaya, Magdalena G. Krzystolik, Daniel Hu, Rachel Huckfeldt, Demetrios G. Vavvas, Leo A. Kim, Jason Lee, Elise De, John B. Miller, Nimesh A. Patel

“…Design: A cross-sectional consecutive case series. Methods: Patients exposed to PPS with and without maculopathy underwent color fundus photographs (CFP), optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF; Spectralis OCT2, Heidelberg Engineering), macular swept-source OCT angiography (SS-OCTA; PLEX® Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec) using 3 × 3, 6 × 6, and 12 × 12-mm protocols, microperimetry (MAIA, CenterVue), and 10–2 Humphrey visual field. …”
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Proposing a template for selecting the coordinates of laboratory standards for executive management of the country. by mohammad hasan Izadparast, ali asghar pourezzat, Alireza Amirkabiri

“…They were referred to purposefully, using the snowball method; and the interviews continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. …”
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‘A good decision is the one that feels right for me’: Codesign with patients to inform theoretical underpinning of a decision aid website by Kelly Kohut, Kate Morton, Karen Hurley, Lesley Turner, The CanGene‐CanVar Patient Reference Panel, Caroline Dale, Susan Eastbrook, Rochelle Gold, Kate Henwood, Sonia Patton, Reshma Punjabi, Helen White, Charlene Young, Julie Young, Elizabeth Bancroft, Lily Barnett, Sarah Cable, Gaya Connolly, Beth Coad, Andrea Forman, Helen Hanson, Grace Kavanaugh, Katherine Sahan, Katie Snape, Bethany Torr, Rosalind Way, Elizabeth Winchester, Alice Youngs, The International Lynch Decision Aid Stakeholder Panel, Diana Eccles, Claire Foster

“…Patients were asked what is important to them when they make health decisions, what theoretical constructs are most meaningful and how this should be applied to codesign of a PtDA. An artist created a visual summary. Notes from patient discussions and the artwork were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a combination of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate for knee and hip osteoarthritis in real clinical practice by A. E. Karateev, Yu. V. Barysheva, Ya. V. Belokon, T. Yu. Bolshakova, Yu. Yu. Grabovetskaya, E. A. Dolzhenkova, L. N. Eliseeva, O. B. Ershova, E. V. Zonova, I. Yu. Chernova, A. O. Isakanova, M. N. Kirpikova, V. T. Komarov, E. V. Kryukova, A. I. Kulikov, D. I. Lakhin, L. A. Levasheva, L. V. Masneva, L. V. Menshikova, Yu. V. Mishina, S. V. Norina, Yu. N. Pashkovsky, A. V. Petrov, A. G. Rusanov, A. V. Sarapulova, K. A. Svodtseva, O. V. Semagina, A. N. Sudakova, S. N. Tkachenko, M. M. Toporkov, S. K. Tutelyan, G. R. Fadienko, O. S. Filonenko, O. P. Fomina, A. S. Chernov

“…The investigators estimated changes in pain on movement by a 0 to 10 verbal pain scale, general health (GH) by a 0–10 visual analogue scale), the Lequesne index, the need for NSAIDs, and patient satisfaction with treatment and its tolerance.Results and discussion. …”
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Factors influencing, and associated with, physical activity patterns in dogs with osteoarthritis-associated pain by Christina Stevens, Elizabeth Kawecki-Wright, Avery Rowlison de Ortiz, Andrea Thomson, Savannah Aker, Erin Perry, Emily Haupt, Alejandra Mondino, Masataka Enomoto, Margaret E. Gruen, Margaret E. Gruen, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, B. Duncan X. Lascelles

“…Functional linear modeling (FLM) is an approach for analyzing and visualizing high-frequency longitudinal data such as physical activity and can be used to assess the influence of factors on activity patterns. …”
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Free-breathing, non-contrast, three-dimensional whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance imaging for the identification of culprit and vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque by Reza Hajhosseiny, Adam Hartley, Graham Cole, Camilla Munoz, Amarjit Sethi, Rasha Al-Lamee, Saud Khawaja, Sameer Zaman, James Howard, Deepa Gopalan, Ben Ariff, Raffi Kaprielian, Radhouene Neji, Karl P. Kunze, Amit Kaura, Claudia Prieto, Ramzi Khamis, René M. Botnar

“…Objectives: To validate iT2prep-BOOST in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Methods: 41 patients with suspected NSTEMI were recruited. …”
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