Disease Phenotypes in Refractory Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes Identified by Unsupervised Machine Learning by Thomas Hügle, Tiffany Prétat, Marc Suter, Chris Lovejoy, Pedro Ming Azevedo

“…Three of five clusters responded to the multimodal treatment in terms of pain (BPI intensity), one cluster responded in terms of functional improvement (BPI interference), and one cluster notably responded to the virtual reality intervention. …”
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Bacterial Cellulose: A Novel Antibacterial Material for Biomedical Applications, Wound Healing, and Sustainable Infection Control by Samy Selim, Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Mutasem S. Almehayawi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…Recently, BC has gained prominence as a multifunctional platform for applications in wound care, antimicrobial therapies, tissue engineering, and sustainable infection control. …”
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CGD-CD: A Contrastive Learning-Guided Graph Diffusion Model for Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images by Yang Shang, Zicheng Lei, Keming Chen, Qianqian Li, Xinyu Zhao

“…The network is trained with a carefully crafted contrastive loss function to effectively capture high-level structural information. …”
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Improving transparency in malaria programme funds: A business case for connected diagnostics in Kenya by Charlotte M. Dieteren, Emmanuel Milimo, Angela Siteyi, Shannen van Duijn, Leon Stijvers, Lilyana Dayo, Gregory Ganda, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit

“…We used the quantitative data generated by ConnDx. We also calculated the costs for ConnDx and standard care to assess potential cost reductions. …”
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Depictions of older adults residing in nursing homes: a Goffman-inspired thematic analysis of children’s picture books in a Danish context by Stinne Glasdam, Ragnhild Julante Andersen Gulestø, Christie Stilwell

“…Older adult characters were often depicted as equals to children, while the middle generation functioned as a bridge between generations without much interaction with older adults. …”
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The influence of service information systems on strengthening competitiveness and efficiency of business of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by Dimitrijević Dragan, Dimitrijević Natalija, Adamović Živoslav

“…The change in the metaphor of efficient business and the generation of sustainable competitiveness was primarily due to the impact of the globalization of business activities and the mass implementation of innovative technologies, which is why efficient production and quality products are no longer the focus of quantitative-qualitative advantages and strengthening the competitiveness of companies, they but it rather the tasks of e-sales, supply chains, marketing and customer relations, etc., as wellas compatible and efficient information systems of payment , education and continuous learning, health care of employees, state administration, etc., which all indicate the need for diffusion, as well as the permanent generation, adaptation and development of quality and efficient information systems within the framework of new strategies and e-business. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Participants were identified through secondary care clinics or consent for contact initiatives within these trusts, community and online advertisements, and primary care services. …”
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Near-Infrared Electronically-Controlled Variable Attenuator for W-Band Frequency Range by Suren Gigoyan, Mohammad-Reza Nezhad-Ahmadi

“…It is worth mentioning that the designed attenuator can also function as an mm-THz modulator. By carefully selecting a short carrier lifetime in doped silicon and choosing suitable LEDs, it is indeed possible to significantly increase the modulation rate.…”
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Extent of Integration of Priority Interventions into General Health Systems: A Case Study of Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme in the Western Region of Ghana. by Ernest O Mensah, Moses K Aikins, Margaret Gyapong, Francis Anto, Moses J Bockarie, John O Gyapong

“…However, the health system discourse increasingly favours integrated strategies in the context of functionally merging targeted interventions with multifunctional health care delivery systems with a focus on strengthening country health systems to deliver needed interventions. …”
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Fixed Regimen Treatment in Unselected Naïve Patients Cohort with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Ricardo P. Casaroli-Marano, Carolina Bernal-Morales, Lillian Chamorro-López, Marina Dotti-Boada, Juan P. Figueroa-Vercellino, Socorro Alforja

“…The current treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) generates an excessive care pressure in the public health system. …”
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Optical and Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of Pathogens Using Metal Nanoclusters: A Systematic Review by Mahsa Shahrashoob, Mahdiyar Dehshiri, Vahid Yousefi, Mahdi Moassesfar, Hamidreza Saberi, Fatemeh Molaabasi, Yasser Zare, Kyong Yop Rhee

“…The findings offer valuable insights for developing next-generation biosensors with improved functionality and broader applicability in microbial diagnostics.…”
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The role of genomics and proteomics in drug discovery and its application in pharmacy by Lakshman Kumar Dogiparthi, Sarad Pawar Naik Bukke, Chandrashekar Thalluri, Balakrishna Thalamanchi, K. P. Vidya, G. Navya Sree, Haritha Tatiparthi, Dhathri Uppicherla, Kusuma Priya Thummaginjala

“…Proteomics complements this by elucidating protein structures, functions, and interactions, providing insights into disease pathways and potential therapeutic targets. …”
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Hardware-in-Loop Modules for Testing Automated Ventilator Controllers by David Berard, Benjamin Alexander, David Owen, Isiah Mejia, Jose M. Gonzalez, Sofia I. Hernandez Torres, Eric J. Snider

“…In the pre-hospital or military medicine environment, trauma care can be required for prolonged periods by personnel with limited ventilator management training. …”
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Mannose and PMI depletion overcomes radiation resistance in HPV-negative head and neck cancer by Tongchuan Wang, Connor Brown, Niamh Doherty, Niall M. Byrne, Rayhanul Islam, Meabh Doherty, Jie Feng, Cancan Yin, Sarah Chambers, Lydia McQuoid, Letitia Mohamed-Smith, Karl T. Butterworth, Emma M. Kerr, Jonathan A. Coulter

“…Abstract Radiotherapy is critical component of multidisciplinary cancer care, used as a primary and adjuvant treatment for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. …”
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Current aspects of the wound process treatment using dressings (bandages) by O. P. Shmatenko, L. L. Davtian, T. V. Prykhodko, O. F. Kuchmistova, V. О. Tarasenko, N. O. Коziko, D. V. Voronenko, V. V. Osodlo

“…It has been determined that the development of modern wound dressings provides for the realization of a complex effect on the wound process, which is achieved by the multi-layer structure of the dressing (bandages) with clearly defined functions of each component – the contact layer reduces adhesion to the wound surface; sorption layer provides irreversible sorption, retention and inactivation of wound exudate; pharmacologically active layer influences the main factors of wound process pathogenesis; outer isolating membrane generates wound occlusion. …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…When using software with vessel suppression function only, reading time was similar with and without software (one study). …”
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THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE CULTURE OF THE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS by O. L. Zadvornaya, V. Alekseev, K. Borisov

“…The article is devoted to the problem of formation and development of corporate culture as the main factor of the successful functioning of medical organization in terms of optimization of activity of the health system. …”
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Prevalence of common conditions and associated mortalities of dogs treated at the small animal clinic, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda by James Okwee-Acai, Benard Agwai, Patrick Mawadri, Christine Kesiime, Methodius Tubihemukama, Joseph Kungu, Benard Odur

“…Descriptive statistics were generated using the frequency functions of R (R-4.3.3 for Windows®). …”
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Barriers and facilitators of fetal heart monitoring with a mobile cardiotocograph (iCTG) device in underserved settings: An exploratory qualitative study from Tanzania. by Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Sanmei Chen, Yhuko Ogata, Minami Suzuki, Yuryon Kobayashi, Miyuki Toda, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku

“…It included the following steps: familiarizing with data, generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, and producing the report.…”
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Plasma Proteomics of Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, and Co-Existing Diabetes/Hypertension in Thai Adults by Puriwat Fakfum, Hataichanok Chuljerm, Wason Parklak, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Narumon Phaonakrop, Peerasak Lerttrakarnnon, Kanokwan Kulprachakarn

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