Utilization of screening services on cervical cancer and associated factors among female health workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. by Achamyelew Melaku, Shiferaw Negash Abebe, Sofanit Haile

“…Similarly, the study participants knowledge of the etiology, knowledge of cigarette smoking as risk factor, and visual inspection with acetic acid as screening method had shown an independent association with screening service utilization, (AOR=1.6, 95%CI=1.01-12.12), (AOR=4.1, 95%CI1.68-9.76), (AOR=14.2, 95%CI3.77-53.32), respectively.…”
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More Evidence that Surgical Intervention for Unstable Distal Radius Fracture in Elderly Does not Offer a Superior Patient Perceived Functional Advantage over Time Honored Conservat... by Raghavendra S Kulkarni, Sriram R Kulkarni

“…Introduction: In this study, elderly distal radius fracture treatment by both conservatively and surgical intervention was examined at 1 and 2 years post-injury and then reevaluated after a median of 10 (range 10–13) years. Materials and Methods: Sindhudurg residents who were treated by the author for distal radius fracture between January 01st, 2008, to December 31st, 2011, at Government District Hospital Sindhudurg are enrolled in this prospective study. …”
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From the patient point of view: Using eye tracking to evaluate older adult shopping behavior change with a community pharmacy OTC intervention by Emily L. Hoffins, Jamie A. Stone, Aaron M. Gilson, Taylor L. Watterson, Jason S. Chladek, Michelle A. Chui

“…Conclusion: This study demonstrates how environmental redesign influences patient visual attention behavior. These findings emphasize the role of environmental design in enhancing patient safety and support eye-tracking as an effective method for measuring patient behavior in community pharmacy settings.…”
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Walking detection for Parkinson’s disease patients and healthy control subjects measured with a smartphone accelerometer using mean amplitude deviation algorithm by Milla Juutinen, Jari Ruokolainen, Juha Puustinen, Anu Holm, Mark van Gils, Antti Vehkaoja

“…The novelty of this study is to use and evaluate a previously validated method with Parkinson’s disease patients instead of healthy young subjects as in earlier studies. …”
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The dynamics of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in Galleria mellonella by Daniel F. Q. Smith, Aviv Bergman, Arturo Casadevall

“…Here, we developed a time-lapse method to visualize infections of Galleria mellonella larvae with the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. …”
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Infrared Imaging Detection for Hazardous Gas Leakage Using Background Information and Improved YOLO Networks by Minghe Wang, Dian Sheng, Pan Yuan, Weiqi Jin, Li Li

“…To address this, we propose BBGFA-YOLO, a real-time detection method leveraging background information and an improved YOLO network. …”
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Depth based: No Reference Stereoscopic Image Quality Assessment by S. Kiruthika, J. Joshan Athanesious, D. Rushma

“…One of the major challenges in this domain is the development of an effective stereoscopic image quality assessment (stereo-IQA) method that can evaluate the visual fidelity of stereo image pairs. …”
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Standardized High-Resolution Ultrasound Protocol for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Mixed-Design Observational Study by Fabiana Battaglia, Luigi Troisi, Emanuele Cigna, Francesco Stagno d’Alcontres, Vincenzo Rizzo, Gabriele Delia

“…<b>Methods</b>: In this observational study with both prospective and retrospective components, 31 subjects were included. …”
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NON-RHEUMATIC MYOCARDITIDES by N. A. Shostak, A. A. Klimenko, V. S. Shemenkova, T. K. Loginova

“…The diag­ nostic value of the method is limited by technical feasibilities, the skills of medical staff, and the development of possible complications. …”
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The Effect of Shiatsu Massage on Pain during Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer by Mehdi Harorani, Mehdi Harorani, Mohadese Shahrodi, Mehdi Salehi, Fatemeh Rafiei, Mahtab Farahani, Masoomeh Noruzi Zamengan

“…This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Shiatsu massage on pain during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Materials and Methods: The participants in this clinical trial were 70 females with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. …”
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Explainable AI for lung cancer detection via a custom CNN on CT images by Mohamed Hammad, Mohammed ElAffendi, Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Gauhar Ali, Pawel Plawiak

“…This innovative method demonstrates the potential to revolutionize early lung cancer detection and improve patient survival rates by combining state-of-the-art accuracy with explainability tailored for clinical application.…”
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Orange Peel Feed Ingredient in Lactating Ewes: Effect on Yoghurt Chemical Composition, Fatty Acid Profile, Antioxidant Activity, Physicochemical Properties, and Sensory Quality by Eleni Kasapidou, Paraskevi Mitlianga, Zoitsa Basdagianni, Georgios Papatzimos, Sofia Mai, Elli Maria Barampouti, Vasileios Papadopoulos, Maria-Anastasia Karatzia

“…The determination of antioxidant activity showed no significant differences among the groups using the ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP methods, whereas significant differences were observed when measured with the Folin–Ciocalteu method. …”
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Comparison of the effect of PPH double purse-string suture and RPH series ligation in elderly patients with Ⅲ-Ⅳ degree prolapsed hemorrhoids by Li Qianguo, Zhang Zhengyong, Dai Jianbo, Yu Qingsan, Liao Luoxing, Guan Xiangli, Chen Haozhen

“…Patients were divided into modified PPH group (n=68, using PPH double purse-string suture method) and modified RPH group (n=68, using RPH series ligation method) according to the random number table. …”
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Human motion capture data recovery based on non-convex low-rank priors of temporal difference(非凸时序差分低秩约束的人体运动捕获数据恢复算法) by 胡文玉(HU Wenyu), 彭绍婷(PENG Shaoting), 郭震宇(GUO Zhenyu), 黄慧英(HUANG Huiying)

“…The existing low-rank matrix completion based methods that usually exploit the low-rank property underlying in human motion data matrix. …”
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EMBEDDING IDENTIFICATION DATA WITHIN IMAGES BASED ON SINUSOIDAL GRATINGS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS by A. A. Bоriskevich

“…A method of optically visualized block watermarking the images based on the proposed models of embedded message, marked image and robust textural correlation message extracting is developed. …”
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Intersemiótica y estrategia polisensorial como apoyo para niños disminuidos psíquicos by Katarzyna Kraso, Beata Mazepa-domaga

“…Presentation and description of a method of work with psychic handicapped children through music, visual and corporal expression, within a intersemiotic and polisensorial strategy. …”
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Ground-based Reconnaissance Observations of 21 Exoplanet Atmospheres with the Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager by Ryan J. Oelkers, Luke M. Schmidt, Erika Cook, Mary Anne Limbach, D. L. DePoy, J. L. Marshall, Jimmy Ardoin, Mitchell Barry, Evan Batteas, Alexandra Boone, Brant Conway, Silvana Delgado Adrande, John D. Dixon, Enrique Gonzalez-Vega, Alexandra Guajardo, Landon Holcomb, Christian Lambert, Shravan Menon, Divya Mishra, Jacob Purcell, Zachary Reed, Nathan Sala, Noah Siebersma, Nhu Ngoc Ton, Raenessa M. L. Walker, Z. Franklin Wang, Kaitlin Webber

“…One of the most prolific methods of studying exoplanet atmospheres is transmission spectroscopy, which measures the difference between the depth of an exoplanet's transit signal at various wavelengths and attempts to correlate the depth changes to potential features in the exoplanet's atmosphere. …”
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Application of intraorbital magnets in the removal of magnetic intraorbital foreign bodies by Shanyu Li, Li Li, Xiaoxuan Wang, Rui Niu, Jie Zhang, Shaolei Han, Xiujun Liu, Jinchen Jia

“…Abstract Background To explore a new surgical method for treating intraorbital foreign bodies. Materials and methods From January 2015 to December 2023, 35 patients with magnetic intraorbital foreign bodies, representing 35 affected eyes, were admitted to the Department of Ocular Trauma of Hebei Eye Hospital; these patients included 32 males and 3 females aged from 2 to 63 years (average: 36.97 ± 14.28 years). …”
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Rapid, sensitive, and visible RPA-LFD assay for BoHV-1 and BoHV-5 by Yue Wu, Wenci Zhang, Chenyang Yi, Kuijing He, Changmin Hu, Guishan Ye, Anding Zhang

“…This method enables visual detection within 30 min for clinical samples containing as little as 1 tissue culture infectious dose 50 (TCID50) and performs comparably to qPCR, with slightly lower sensitivity. …”
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The respiratory exercise significance in the olfaction restoration in the postcovid period by V. N. Nikolenko, M. V. Sankova, M. V. Zoller, M. V. Oganesyan, V. G. Zilov, D. A. Garkavy, A. E. Strizhkov

“…A promising medicine direction that helps restore microcirculation, increase blood oxygenation, improve metabolism and regenerate olfactory epithelial cells is the Nadi Shodhana breathing exercise technique.Objective: To assess the possibilities of using the pranayama technique as a method of restorative olfactory treatment in the post‑covid period.Materials and methods: 79 persons aged 22 to 68 years with olfactory disturbances occurring at COVID‑19 and persisting in the post‑covid period were examined. …”
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