Dynamics of Clinical Manifestations and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia: A Non-interventional Observational Study of Paliperidone Palmitat Dosage Forms by Aleksandr M. Reznik, Olga A. Karpenko, Elena A. Shumakova, Aleksandr V. Mudrak, Andrey V. Sokolov, Svetlana V. Nazimova, Alina M. Saifulina, Anton M. Eliseenko, Tatjana K. Matvievskaya, Angelina N. Khannanova, Vladimir I. Revenko, Dmitriy V. Scherbakov, Yuriy L. Martynyuk, Aleksandr L. Arbuzov, Oleg A. Yacenko, Polina N. Alekseeva, Aleksandr B. Berdalin, Larisa A. Burygina

“…CONCLUSION: Treatment with different forms of paliperidone provides a roughly equal pace reduction in the severity of schizophrenia, including positive and negative symptoms. …”
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Wound Healing Properties of Plant-Based Hydrogel and Oleogel Formulations in a Rat Scald Burn Model by Oana Janina Roșca, Alexandru Nistor, Georgeta Hermina Coneac, Ioana Viorica Olariu, Ana-Maria Cotan, Roxana Racoviceanu, Elena Rodica Heredea, Adelin Ciudoiu, Gabriela Didea, Camelia Mihaela Lupou, Florin Borcan, Teodora Hoinoiu, Cristina Adriana Dehelean, Lavinia Lia Vlaia, Codruța Marinela Șoica

“…Post-burn, rats were divided into three equal subgroups, and topical formulations were applied daily. …”
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The Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of Star-forming Galaxies at 2.4 ≲ z ≲ 3.0 from UVCANDELS by Xin Wang, Harry I. Teplitz, Brent M. Smith, Rogier A. Windhorst, Marc Rafelski, Vihang Mehta, Anahita Alavi, Zhiyuan Ji, Gabriel Brammer, James Colbert, Norman Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, Laura Prichard, Claudia Scarlata, Ben Sunnquist, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Christopher Conselice, Eric Gawiser, Yicheng Guo, Matthew Hayes, Rolf A. Jansen, Ray A. Lucas, Robert O’Connell, Brant Robertson, Michael Rutkowski, Brian Siana, Eros Vanzella, Teresa Ashcraft, Micaela Bagley, Ivano Baronchelli, Guillermo Barro, Alex Blanche, Adam Broussard, Timothy Carleton, Nima Chartab, Yingjie Cheng, Alex Codoreanu, Seth Cohen, Y. Sophia Dai, Behnam Darvish, Romeel Davé, Laura DeGroot, Duilia De Mello, Mark Dickinson, Najmeh Emami, Henry Ferguson, Leonardo Ferreira, Keely Finkelstein, Steven Finkelstein, Jonathan P. Gardner, Timothy Gburek, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Caryl Gronwall, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Justin Howell, Kartheik Iyer, Sugata Kaviraj, Peter Kurczynski, Ilin Lazar, John MacKenty, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Alec Martin, Garreth Martin, Tyler McCabe, Bahram Mobasher, Kalina Nedkova, Charlotte Olsen, Lillian Otteson, Swara Ravindranath, Caleb Redshaw, Zahra Sattari, Emmaris Soto, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Bonnabelle Zabelle, the UVCANDELS team

“…Our stacking benefits from the catalogs of high-quality spectroscopic redshifts compiled from archival ground-based data and HST slitless spectroscopy, carefully vetted by dedicated visual inspection efforts. We develop a robust stacking method to apply to 10 samples of in total 56 galaxies, and perform detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the intergalactic medium (IGM) attenuation, to take into account the sample variance of the mean IGM transmission when measuring ${f}_{{\rm{esc}}}^{{\rm{abs}}}$ . …”
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Changes in pain perception in women undergoing Breast Screening Mammograms: a Study based on Breast structure. by Deborah Esposito, Carmen Ludeno, Simona Marinelli, Anna Bertoldi, Valeria Selvestrel, Marianna Giannattasio, Lauretta Rizzari, Vincenzo Marra, Luisella Milanesio, Alfonso Frigerio, Andrea Luparia, Adriana Aiello, Livia Giordano, Emanuela Bovo, Elisa Camussi, Franca Artuso

“…Quality technical standards have been evaluated by two technical experts of Referring Regional Mammography Centers of Turin. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pain, in order to be detected, has been measured through the Visual Analogical Scale. …”
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Post Hoc Analysis of Anxiety and Behavioral Changes in Japanese Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease due to the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Relationship Between Municipal Population at... by Kohei Wagatsuma, Masanori Nojima, Takayuki Matsumoto, Minoru Matsuura, Hideki Iijima, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Naoki Ohmiya, Shunji Ishihara, Fumihito Hirai, Ken Takeuchi, Satoshi Tamura, Fukunori Kinjo, Nobuhiro Ueno, Makoto Naganuma, Kenji Watanabe, Rintaro Moroi, Nobuaki Nishimata, Satoshi Motoya, Koichi Kurahara, Sakuma Takahashi, Atsuo Maemoto, Hiroto Hiraga, Masayuki Saruta, Keiichi Tominaga, Takashi Hisabe, Hiroki Tanaka, Shuji Terai, Toshihiro Inokuchi, Hironobu Takedomi, Kazuyuki Narimatsu, Katsuya Endo, Masanao Nakamura, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Hiroshi Nakase, J‐DESIRE Group

“…In this post hoc analysis of J‐DESIRE, we investigated the relationship between the municipal population size at the place of residence (MPSPR) and anxiety among patients with IBD in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods and Results We analyzed 2958 questionnaires collected from patients with IBD aged ≥ 16 years between March 2020 and June 2021. …”
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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

“…The aim of an innovative workshop described here was to engage with the people who will use the PtDA regarding the theoretical underpinning and logic model outlining our hypothesis of how the PtDA would lead to more informed decision‐making. Methods Short presentations about psychological and behavioural theories by an expert were interspersed with facilitated, small‐group discussions led by patients. …”
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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 emergence of new drugs based on this combination substantially expands treatment options for OA therapy.Objective: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Artroflex® that is a combination of chondroitin sulfate 400 mg and glucosamine sulfate 500 mg (CS + GS) to support joint health in patients with knee and/or hip OA.Patients and methods. When implementing an open observational research program, the results of using the CS + GS complex were assessed in 644 OA patients (74.7% women) (mean age, 58.0±14.6 years) who experienced moderate/severe pain and required to continuously take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). …”
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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

“…This study aimed to use FLM to investigate the effect of various factors on physical activity patterns in a cohort of dogs with OA pain.MethodsNinety-nine client-owned dogs with radiographic and clinical evidence of OA were fitted with a collar-based activity monitor (Actigraph GT3X). …”
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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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Application value of nucleic acid MALDI-TOF MS in mycobacterial species identification and drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Xiaofang Liu, Honghong Niu, Donglin Guo, Huixia Gao, Lihong Wu, Jingyang Liu, Chunfeng Bai, Yuxi Li, Peilong Wang, Zhengfeng Zhou, Yuling Wang, Jianqin Liang, Wenping Gong

“…For NTM, nucleic acid MALDI-TOF MS had 89.29% sensitivity and 97.14% specificity, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.932, which was superior to other methods. The nucleic acid MALDI-TOF MS identified 28 NTM species, while real-time PCR identified only 12. …”
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Erector spinae plane block versus caudal epidural block in pediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials by Barbara Bombassaro Masiero, Deivyd Cavalcante, Fatemeh Akbarpoor, Capela António Dicazeco Pascoal, Lubna Al-Sharif, Fellipe Feijó Halfeld, Lucas Cael Azevedo Ramos Bendaham, Patricia Viana, Jesslyn N. Haryianto, Maria Luiza de Souza Rasia, Mariana Copetti de Almeida Cunha, Ana Djulia Tesche, Júlia Caletti Roth de Oliveira, Rafael Arsky Lombardi

“…Therefore, we performed this systematic review with meta-analysis to compare both techniques. Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Central for Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) comparing ESPB versus CEB in pediatric patients undergoing abdominal and sub-abdominal surgeries. …”
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Evaluating Dental Pain in Diverse Conditions: Findings From Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire Study by Jin Wang, Yin-Fei Pu, Hong-Tao Chen, Xiang-Song Bai, Xue Yang, Ai-Ping Ji, Jie Bai

“…In this study, we compared the characteristics of dental pain in patients with different conditions using a Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ). Methods: A total of 1541 patients admitted to the Peking University School of Stomatology between February 2022 and July 2023 were assessed. …”
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Feasibility of relaxation along a fictitious field in the 2nd rotating frame (TRAFF2) mapping in the human myocardium at 3 T by Joao Tourais, Joao Tourais, Joao Tourais, Maša Božić-Iven, Maša Božić-Iven, Maša Božić-Iven, Yidong Zhao, Qian Tao, Iain Pierce, Iain Pierce, Christian Nitsche, Christian Nitsche, George D. Thornton, George D. Thornton, Lothar R. Schad, Lothar R. Schad, Thomas A. Treibel, Thomas A. Treibel, Sebastian Weingärtner, Mehmet Akçakaya, Mehmet Akçakaya

“…PurposeEvaluate the feasibility of quantification of Relaxation Along a Fictitious Field in the 2nd rotating frame (RAFF2) relaxation times in the human myocardium at 3 T.MethodsTRAFF2 mapping was performed using a breath-held ECG-gated acquisition of five images: one without preparation, three preceded by RAFF2 trains of varying duration, and one preceded by a saturation prepulse. …”
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Onset of End-Stage Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration as an End Point—A Delphi Study: Classification of Atrophy Meetings Report 7 by Zhichao Wu, BAppSc(Optom), PhD, Srinivas R. Sadda, MD, Thomas Ach, MD, Barbara A. Blodi, MD, Ferdinando Bottoni, MD, Usha Chakravarthy, MD, PhD, Emily Y. Chew, MD, Christine A. Curcio, PhD, Frederick L. Ferris, III, MD, Monika Fleckenstein, MD, K. Bailey Freund, MD, Juan E. Grunwald, MD, Frank G. Holz, MD, Glenn J. Jaffe, MD, Sandra Liakopoulos, MD, Tock Han Lim, FRCSEd, Jordi M. Monés, MD, PhD, Sergio Pagliarini, MD, FRCOphth, Daniel Pauleikhoff, MD, Maximilian Pfau, MD, Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, David Sarraf, MD, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, MD, Richard F. Spaide, MD, Janet R. Sparrow, PhD, Giovanni Staurenghi, MD, Adnan Tufail, MD, Francesco Viola, MD, Robyn H. Guymer, MBBS, PhD

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The Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis by Denise Vianna Machado Ayres, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Andréa Oliveira Prates, Rosana Aparecida Freitas Lopes, Antenor Bispo Santos Silva, Denise Rodrigues Tsukimoto, Rosimeire Alves Amorim, Taynah Souza Ribeiro, Artur Cesar Aquino Santos, André Tadeu Sugawara, André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcos Montagnini, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Marta Imamura

“…BackgroundKnee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of arthritis in adults and a leading cause of years lived with disability, representing a significant burden on healthcare worldwide.ObjectiveDescribe the structure and educational elements of the Knee-SCHOOL, a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for patients with KOA.DesignObservational prospective study.SettingAcademically affiliated rehabilitation outpatient center in Brazil.MethodsThe program consisted of three in-person educational sessions (4.5 hr each) for 55 community dwelling adults, aged ≥50 years, with primary KOA-related pain. …”
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MODULATION AS A MULTIMODAL TRANSLATION STRATEGY OF GRAPHIC NOVEL PERSEPOLIS BY M. SATRAPI by Anna V. Khodorenko

“…The methodology, therefore, combines a qualitative approach with methods of observation, description, and comparison, alongside elements of multimodal discourse analysis. …”
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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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Approaches used to prevent and reduce the use of restrictive practices on adults with learning disabilities: a realist review by Joy Duxbury, Alina Haines-Delmont, John Baker, Peter Baker, Gary Bourlet, Elaine Craig, James Ridley, Rachel Whyte, Beth Morrison, Michaela Thomson, Anthony Tsang, Tella Lantta

“…In line with realist methods, eight context–mechanism–outcome configurations and an overarching programme theory were used to explain the why and how of preventing and reducing the use of restrictive practices for people with a learning disability. …”
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Qingda granules mitigate cardiac inflammation in spontaneously hypertensive rats via the MCP-1/CCR2 signaling pathway by Jianfeng CHU, Huai WANG, Tianyi WANG, Meizhong PENG, Xueling ZHOU, Yan LU, Shan LIN, Aling SHEN, Changgeng FU, Jun PENG

“…Objective: This study investigated effects and underlying mechanisms of Qingda granules (QDG) on cardiac inflammation in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Methods: Twelve SHRs (17 weeks old) were randomly divided into SHR and SHR + QDG groups, with six rats in each group. …”
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Colorectal cancer risk factors: A multi-center, case-control study in Egypt by Essam A. El-Moselhy, Mohamed M. Abdel-Halim, Alshaimaa M.M. Eid Eid, Ahmed M. Ghazy, Neamat A. Abdelmageed, Amir A. Eldamaty, Sherif A. Sherif, Asmaa A. Attia, Fatma M. Kotb, Abdelhamid A. Abdelhafez, Mohamad M. Abdelnaser, Mohamed H. El Sisi, Ahmed M. Abdelnaby, Moshira A. Ibrahim, Osama O. Khalil, Mohmed Tag El-Din, Esam M. Osman, Abd-Elnaser S. Mohammed, Alyaa H. Abo-Rahma, Ahmed E. Abdrabo, Ayman M. El Guindy, Karima M-S Kholief

“…This study aimed to define characteristics and risk factors (RFs) of CRC in Egypt. Methods: A multi-center, hospital-based, case-control study was conducted. …”
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