Effect of Acupressure on Pain and Sleep Quality of Patients with Cancer after Undergoing Surgery Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: A Single-blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Mahya Jafari, Fidan Shabani, Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi, Tohid Seif Barghi, Seyed Babak Peighambari, Seyyed Ebrahim Hosseini Zargaz

“…This study aims to evaluate the effect of acupressure at the LI4 and SP6 points on pain and sleep quality in cancer patients after surgery. Materials and Methods: In this single-blind randomized clinical trial, cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit at the Cancer Institute of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran in 2022, following surgery, were divided into two equal groups of 39: an intervention group and a control group. …”
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Efficacy of Benzocaine and Lidocaine Bioadhesive Patches in Various Minor Oral Surgical Procedures in Children - An Evaluative Study by Nisha E. John, Ramakrishnan Erakkodan, Natta Sreelakshmi

“…Aims: The purpose of the study was to compare the efficacy of Benzocaine and Lidocaine bioadhesive patches in reducing pain associated with various minor oral surgical procedures in children. Methods and Materials: Hundred subjects, aged 6–9 years, requiring various minor oral surgical procedures such as extractions of primary teeth, nerve blocks, mucocele excision or drainage of abscesses were divided equally into Groups 1 and 2. …”
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A short-term efficacy comparison between the FNS and THA as interventions for unstable femoral neck fracture by Kunpeng Si, Yuelei Zhang, Gang Wang

“…The cases were divided into an FNS group (21 cases) and a THA group (16 cases) based on the surgical method used. A comparative analysis was performed between the cohorts regarding demographic characteristics (sex and age), perioperative parameters (length of hospital stay, surgical duration, and intraoperative blood loss), and postoperative functional outcomes [Visual Analog Pain Score (VAS) and Harris Hip Score (HHS) assessments].ResultThe operative time, length of hospital stay, and intraoperative blood loss in the FNS group were significantly lower than those in the THA group, and the time of weight bearing on the ground in the FNS group was significantly longer than that in the THA group (P < 0.01). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Glaucoma in Aligarh, India – A population based study by Anees Ahmad, Syed Zulfequar Ahmad, Najam Khalique, Mohammad Ashraf, Yasir Alvi

“…Anderson criteria were used to diagnose glaucomatous visual field defect. Results: In our study population, a total of 31 subjects were diagnosed as glaucoma in either one or both eyes. …”
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Crafting inclusive parenting programs– considerations for deaf families: a qualitative study by Asher Emmanuel Ikwara, Rebecca Nabagesera, Isaac Isiko

“…Communication and relationship building emphasized equal treatment and love for deaf children. Cultural sensitivity and education were deemed essential, as visual tools and district associations were used. …”
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Quantitative PCR genotyping assay for the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome by Dong P. Liu, Cecilia Schmidt, Timothy Billings, Muriel T. Davisson

“…We report here a quantitative PCR method for genotyping Ts65Dn mice, as well as a phenotypic description for visually preclassifying mice to be genotyped.…”
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Palliative cystectomy. Is there a place in bladder cancer surgery? by O. N. Vasilyev, V. A. Perepechay, M. I. Kogan, A. V. Ryzhkin

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of consolidating the surgery for bladder cancer cT4b, given the experience of cystectomy in terms of clinical and oncological results.Materials and methods. The study included 29 patients with bladder cancer who underwent palliative cystectomy (pc) and 404 patients after radical cystectomy (RcE) with lymphadenectomy and various methods of urine diversion in the period 1995 - 2019. …”
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Tumor budding as a prognostic criterion of colorectal cancer by I. I. Yakovtsova, V. M. Cheverda, O. V. Dolhaia, A. S. Yakymenko, I. V. Ivakhno

“…The aim of this research: to find the prognostic criteria of recurrence and lethal outcome of CRR IIA and IIIB stages (рТ3N0-2M0), the ratio of tumors with certain differentiation in groups of research was taken equal. Material and methods. The group I was formed from primary CRC without recurrences. …”
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Optimal Multi-Objective Reconfiguration in distribution systems using the Novel Intelligent Water Drops approach by Hajar Bagheri Tolabi, Mohd Hasan Ali

“…This paper presents a new method for optimal multi-objective reconfiguration of distribution system based on the novel Intelligent Water Drops (IWD) algorithm in order to mitigation of losses, improving the voltage profile and equalizing the feeder load balancing. …”
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Construction of a predictive model for the efficacy of anti-VEGF therapy in macular edema patients based on OCT imaging: a retrospective study by Tingting Song, Boyang Zang, Chui Kong, Xifang Zhang, Huihui Luo, Wenbin Wei, Zheqing Li

“…Therefore, it is crucial to develop automated and efficient methods for predicting therapeutic outcomes.MethodsWe have developed a predictive model for the surgical efficacy in ME patients based on deep learning and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, aimed at predicting the treatment outcomes at different time points. …”
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Amplification of specific chromosomal regions assessed by fluorescent in situ hybridization on Pap smears to be added as screening tool for identifying women at risk of progressing... by Pavani Upendram, Shubhi Sahni, Khaliq Mohiuddin, Subhadra Poornima, Bhanumathy Gourishankar, Kiran Kumar Vattam, Pavani Boddala, E Jayashankar, Shakera Mohiuddin, Vasundhara Kamineni, Vasavi Mohan, Jane Houldsworth, Qurratulain Hasan

“…Cutoffs for fluorescent in situ hybridization were established. The screening methods had 88%–96% negative predictive value, while positive predictive value was low (20%) for visual inspection using acetic acid, 47% for fluorescent in situ hybridization, 56% for high-risk human papilloma virus, and 73% for combined high-risk human papilloma virus and fluorescent in situ hybridization. …”
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Discrimination of Radiologists' Experience Level Using Eye-Tracking Technology and Machine Learning: Case Study by Stanford Martinez, Carolina Ramirez-Tamayo, Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, Kal Clark, Adel Alaeddini, Nicholas Czarnek, Aarushi Aggarwal, Sahra Emamzadeh, Jeffrey R Mock, Edward J Golob

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to provide an alternative method for distinguishing between radiologists by means of captured eye-tracking data such that the raw gaze (or processed fixation data) can be used to discriminate users based on subconscious behavior in visual inspection. …”
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Comparing IOL refraction prediction accuracy and A-constant optimization for cataract surgery patients across South Indian and Midwestern United States populations by Omer Siddiqui, Elisa Warner, Miles Greenwald, Tingyang Li, Karthik Srinivasan, Aravind Haripriya, Nambi Nallasamy

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Determinants of compliance to the facemask directive in Greece: A population study. by Georgios Labiris, Eirini-Kanella Panagiotopoulou, Asli Perente, Eleftherios Chatzimichael, Ioannis Fotiadis, Sergios Taliantzis, Aristeidis Konstantinidis, Doukas Dardabounis

“…Moreover, to explore the impact of spectacles, contact lenses and visual acuity on the compliance to the facemask directive.…”
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A novel random forest-based approach for the non-destructive and explainable estimation of ammonia and chlorophyll in fresh-cut rocket leaves by Stefano Polimena, Gianvito Pio, Maria Cefola, Michela Palumbo, Michelangelo Ceci, Giovanni Attolico

“…Machine learning (ML) approaches based on image analysis have been recently proposed to overcome the poor efficiency and subjectivity of human visual evaluation as well as the expensiveness and destructiveness of physical and chemical methods that measure internal indicators. …”
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Algae-Mamba: A Spatially Variable Mamba for Algae Extraction From Remote Sensing Images by Yaoteng Zhang, Shuaipeng Wang, Yanlong Chen, Shiqing Wei, Mingming Xu, Shanwei Liu

“…This study presents Algae-Mamba, an advanced network for algae extraction that builds upon the visual state-space (VSS) model. The Algae-Mamba unified VSS model and the Kolmogorov–Arnold network proposed the Kolmogorov–Arnold visual state space (KVSS) model. …”
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Remote sensing image interpretation of geological lithology via a sensitive feature self-aggregation deep fusion network by Kang He, Jie Dong, Haozheng Ma, Yujie Cai, Ruyi Feng, Yusen Dong, Lizhe Wang

“…Although deep learning (DL) methods has significantly improved the performance of lithological remote sensing interpretation, its accuracy remains far below the level achieved by visual interpretation performed by domain experts. …”
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Interaction of Molybdo-Phosphoric and Molybdo-Antimono-Phosphoric Heteropoly Acids with Silica Gels Modified with Aliphatic and Heterocyclic Quaternary Ammonium Salts by Olga A. Zaporozhets, Igor A. Kachan, Lionel S. Zinko, Julia P. Bas, Valentyn I. Davydov

“…Such interfacial reactions can successfully be applied to the development of spectroscopic and semi-quantitative visual test techniques for detecting trace amounts of phosphorus and antimony.…”
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Bureaucratic ethics in realizing licensing services with integrity in Yogyakarta by Kurnia Nur Fitriana, Lena Satlita, Titis Dewi Anggalini, Yanuardi Yanuardi

“…Efforts to achieve integrity include public interest orientation, legal certainty, equality of rights, balance of rights and obligations, professionalism, equality of treatment, openness, and accountability. …”
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VAD-CLVA: Integrating CLIP with LLaVA for Voice Activity Detection by Andrea Appiani, Cigdem Beyan

“…Notably, our approach outperforms several audio-visual methods despite its simplicity and without requiring pretraining on extensive audio-visual datasets.…”
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