The Two Sides of Placebo Analgesia: Differential Functional Connectivity Reveals Mechanisms of Placebo Analgesic Response by Bush NJ, Cushnie AK, Boissoneault J, Aghabeigi S, Alexander C, Staud R, Robinson ME

“…Stimulus intensity was individually calibrated to produce pain ratings of approximately 40 on a 100-point visual analog scale. Generalized psychophysiological interaction (gPPI) was used to assess the group differences in functional connectivity during painful stimulation compared to warmth stimulation.Results: About 68.5% showed a reduction in pain in the placebo condition with an average decrease of 30.3%. …”
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Effect of Co-Administration of Midazolam and Dexmedetomidine on Haemodynamics and Stress Response in Elderly Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Yanjun Zhao, Dongjiao An, Liang Bi

“…Additionally, the two groups showed no significant difference in the need for experience and surveillance (p > 0.05). Significantly lower visual analog scale (VAS) scores were found one day after the surgery in patients given dexmedetomidine plus midazolam than those anesthetized administered with dexmedetomidine only, suggesting an enhanced pain mitigation effect after incorporating midazolam for anesthetic induction. …”
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Impact of General Anesthesia and Antioxidants on Cognitive, Static and Locomotor Functions During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by V. V. Moroz, V. T. Dolgikh, S. A. Karpitskaya

“…Premedication with atropine and promedol was given, and anesthesia induction was carried out with propofol, fentanyl and suxamethonium. …”
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Bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with multiple myeloma: pain syndrome and psychopathological aspects by E. Z. Irugova, L. P. Mendeleeva, D. E. Vybornykh, M. V. Soloveva, S. Yu. Fedorova, M. V. Solovev

“…The use of the pain detect questionnaire and the visual Analog Scale allowed for a detailed evaluation of changes in pain syndrome, revealing a statistically significant reduction in pain intensity 100 days after auto‑HSCT (p < 0.05). …”
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Effect of icatibant on sweating-induced dermal pain by Shunsuke Takahagi, Shunsuke Takahagi, Daiki Matsubara, Emi Murakami, Yumi Aoyama, Shinya Imamura, Atsushi Fukunaga, Atsushi Fukunaga, Yoshiko Oda, Hiroyuki Murota, Michihiro Hide, Michihiro Hide

“…Before and after drug administration, dermal pain induced by an artificial thermal loading was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS).ResultsFour patients were enrolled, three of whom completed the full procedure with the termination in the other. …”
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Farm-Produced Plant Biostimulant: Case Study with Passion Fruit by Luciano P. Canellas, Natália A. Canellas, Dariellys Martinez-Balmori, Rakiely M. Silva, Raul C. C. Rosa, Fabio L. Olivares

“…The plants treated with the PB showed decreased visual symptoms of pests and diseases concurrent to higher activities of the enzymes used to monitor the induction of the plant resistance system (1,3-β glucanase, peroxidase, and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase). …”
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Affects for stress reaction and hemodynamics by multimodal opioid free anesthesia on patients with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery by WU Meichao, YANG Fangfang, CAI Ning, MA Xingjun

“…Postoperative recovery time, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score and adverse reactions (nausea, vomiting, skin itching and mental symptoms) within 48 h after surgery were recorded. …”
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Pediatric Brain Tumor Risk Associated with Head Computed Tomography: Systematic Literature Review by Dilara R. Kuznetsova, Diana A. Gabdullina, Alina F. Makhmudova, Elena V. Bochkina, Elizaveta O. Platonova, Bogdan O. Zhirnov, Elnara E. Akhmetgareeva, Liliya S. Atangulova, Ruslan S. Shein, Kristina I. Rakhimova, Vlastilin V. Pakalnis, Elza R. Ganieva

“…Available epidemiological data generally confirmed correlation between head CT and tumor growth induction. Thus, current epidemiological data accept the opinion that the risk of tumor induction associated with head CT in children is very small (one tumor per 3,000–10,000 studies). …”
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Subserratus Anterior Plane Block vs Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled, Double-Blind... by Lin J, Wu H, Wen Z, Li Y, Jiang C, Lin B, Gu Y

“…Both ultrasound-guided SSAPB and TPVB will involve the administration of 0.375% ropivacaine at a dose of 0.4 mL/kg prior to anesthesia induction. Subsequently, opioid-sparing anesthesia will be utilized during surgery. …”
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Play dough or balloon blowing? A clinical trial comparing creative interventions for reducing preoperative anxiety in children aged 4–8 years by Razie Vakili, Reza Feizi, Yahya Salimi, Mobin Mottahedi, Parisa Rizevandi

“…Anxiety levels were assessed at baseline (T0), immediately before entering the operating room (T1), and during anesthesia induction (T2) using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS) and the Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A). …”
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Effect of ropivacaine scalp nerve block on postoperative recovery quality after craniotomy by LI Wenjing, LIAO Jinwen, HEI Ziqing, CAI Jun, XING Jibin

“…The R group received bilateral scalp nerve blocks with 0.5% ropivacaine after anesthesia induction， while the C group was not treated. The primary outcome was the postoperative 6-hour Visual Analogue Scale （VAS） score. …”
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Graph theory-based analysis of functional connectivity changes in brain networks underlying cognitive fatigue: An EEG study. by Yabing Lou, Rui Pi, Ruifeng Sun, Jilin Wu, Wei Wang, Ziman Zhu, Tengteng Dai, Weijun Gong

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study cohort comprised neurologically intact individuals aged 20-35 years, recruited from Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Medical University between February 6 and September 30, 2024 for participation in a cognitive fatigue induction task. Following acquisition of written informed consent, data before and after the task were obtained, including both subjective fatigue assessments using the Visual analog scale for fatigue (VAS-F) scores and EEG data. …”
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Effects of non-contact electric fields on the kidneys and livers of tumour-bearing rats [version 6; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luthfi Nurhidayat, Ahmad Ghitha Fadhlurrahman, Firman Alamsyah, Warsito Purwo Taruno, Nisrina Firdausi, Subekti Evi Dwi Nugraheni, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Histological scoring used the post-examination masking method with 100 visual fields per group. Results There was no significant damages to the tubules, glomeruli, and interstitial of the kidneys, including congestion, after exposure to non-contact electric fields. …”
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Controlling CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in human cells using a molecular glue degrader by Namita Khajanchi, Vrusha Patel, Ronak Dua, Meha Kabra, Bikash R. Pattnaik, Krishanu Saha

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Vascularization of a Bone Organoid Using Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Aonan Li, Jun-Ichi Sasaki, Gabriela L. Abe, Chihiro Katata, Hirohiko Sakai, Satoshi Imazato

“…In addition, lumen-like structures were visualized by fluorescently labelled nanoparticles in the DPSC-incorporated cell constructs. …”
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“They need to see breastfeeding so that they know how to do it”: the construction of motherhood through Instagram brelfies by Paige E. Davis, Alex Bridger, Kirsty Budds

“…The first author used open coding to create three visual representations and seven visual categories (e.g. focus on mother, child or both) from the corpus of data. …”
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Effects of esketamine combined with thoracic paravertebral block on postoperative early sleep in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy by LI Wenyan, ZHANG Yong, ZHANG Chen, SHI Li

“…Patients in the E group received intravenous injection of 0.2 mg/kg esketamine during anesthesia induction, followed by a continuous infusion of 0.1 mg·kg-1·h-1 esketamine until the end of the surgery. …”
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Effects of single subanesthetic dose of oxycodone on pain and Th1/Th2 balance in patients after radical mastectomy by QU Na，ZHAO Xiaohong，NI Qiang

“…Both groups received remifentanil for maintenance during surgery. Postoperative visual analog scale（VAS）scores，Th1 and Th2 levels were recorded at 1，6，12，24，and 48 hours post-surgery. …”
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Effect of General Anesthesia Combined with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Postoperative Sleep Disorders in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Tumor Surgery: A Prosp... by Pu J, Guo C, Xiao Y, Cao Y, Liu Z, Jin Y, Hu Y

“…In addition, the incidence of POSD and the visual analog scores (VAS) at 0.5h and 6h postoperative activity in D1 showed a decreasing trend (P< 0.05). …”
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Forward Programming of Cardiac Stem Cells by Homogeneous Transduction with MYOCD plus TBX5. by Elisa Belian, Michela Noseda, Marta S Abreu Paiva, Thomas Leja, Robert Sampson, Michael D Schneider

“…High throughput quantitative RT-PCR was used to test expression of 29 cardiac lineage markers two weeks post-induction. GMT induced more than half the analysed cardiac transcripts. …”
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