Impact of Mental Health Literacy on Improving Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Barcelona by Isaac Daniel Amado-Rodríguez, Rocio Casañas, Jaume Juan-Parra, Juan Francisco Roldan-Merino, Lluís Lalucat-Jo, Mª Isabel Fernandez-San-Martín

“…Measures: (1) Mental well-being: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); (2) QOL: EuroQol 5D-5L with its two parts: the EuroQol 5D-5L Index (0–1) and EuroQol 5D-5L visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) (0–100). Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis, using data imputation methods for missing data. …”
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Enhancing learning in medical same-day emergency care (MSDEC): implementing a bite-sized teaching programme by Sadaf Sadaf, Nnamdi Emekekwue, Rachel Lai, Prajakta Pradhan

“…To address this, we implemented a structured bite-sized teaching programme aimed at enhancing clinical knowledge and confidence while promoting multidisciplinary learning. Materials and methods: A pre-session evaluation questionnaire was distributed to all resident doctors and advanced care practitioners in MSDEC. …”
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Certification of a pharmacopoeial reference standard for potency testing of recombinant interferon α-2b by L. A. Gaiderova, Yu. N. Lebedeva, T. N. Lobanova, E. K. Lipatova, R. A. Volkova, O. V. Fadeikina

“…The results were recorded using instrumental and visual methods. The calculations used mathematical statistics. …”
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Deep Learning-Enhanced T1-Weighted Imaging for Breast MRI at 1.5T by Susann-Cathrin Olthof, Marcel Dominik Nickel, Elisabeth Weiland, Daniel Leyhr, Saif Afat, Konstantin Nikolaou, Heike Preibsch

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Assessment of a novel deep-learning (DL)-based T1w volumetric interpolated breath-hold (VIBE_DL) sequence in breast MRI in comparison with standard VIBE (VIBE_Std) for image quality evaluation. <b>Methods</b>: Prospective study of 52 breast cancer patients examined at 1.5T breast MRI with T1w VIBE_Std and T1 VIBE_DL sequence. …”
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Er:YAG Laser Applications for Debonding Different Ceramic Restorations: An In Vitro Study by Ruxandra Elena Luca, Anișoara Giumancă-Borozan, Iosif Hulka, Ioana-Roxana Munteanu, Carmen Darinca Todea, Mariana Ioana Miron

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Conventional methods for removing cemented fixed prosthetic restorations (FPRs) are unreliable and lead to unsatisfactory outcomes. …”
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Greater baseline cortical atrophy in the dorsal attention network predicts faster clinical decline in Posterior Cortical Atrophy by Yuta Katsumi, Ryan Eckbo, Marianne Chapleau, Bonnie Wong, Scott M. McGinnis, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Bradford C. Dickerson, Deepti Putcha

“…Methods PCA patients were recruited through the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit PCA Program. …”
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Assessment of Clinical Efficacy of Dexamethasone in Patients with Moderate COVID-19 by M. V. Tolochko, I. N. Leyderman, O. A. Khokhunov, V. A. Mazurok, R. E. Rzheutskya

“…Currently, numerous therapies aimed at suppressing the hyperinflammatory response and the "cytokine storm" are being investigated. One of these methods is the use of corticosteroids, particularly dexamethasone.The aim was to assess the clinical efficacy of dexamethasone in patients with moderate bilateral multifocal pneumonia caused by SARS CoV-2 virus.Material and methods. …”
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Reduced Concentrations of NSE, S100β, Aβ, and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Elderly Patients Receiving Ultrasound-Guided Combined Lumbar Plexus-Sciatic Nerve Block during Hip Replac... by Yi Zhang, Liya Jiang, Yang Han

“…A significantly higher level of NSE, S100β, Aβ, IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α, and hs-CRP was revealed in the two groups receiving different anesthesia methods at 10 days after surgery compared with that before surgery (P<0.05). …”
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A fully automated, expert-perceptive image quality assessment system for whole-body [18F]FDG PET/CT by Cong Zhang, Xin Gao, Xuebin Zheng, Jun Xie, Gang Feng, Yunchao Bao, Pengchen Gu, Chuan He, Ruimin Wang, Jiahe Tian

“…However, current image quality assessment (IQA) methods predominantly rely on handcrafted features and region-specific analyses, thereby limiting automation in whole-body and multicenter evaluations. …”
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Analysis of long-term trends and 15-year predictions of smoking-related bladder cancer burden in china across different age and sex groups from 1990 to 2021 by Jieming Zuo, Junhao Chen, Zhiyong Tan, Xingcheng Zhu, Haifeng Wang, Shi Fu, Jiansong Wang

“…We employed joinpoint and age-period-cohort (APC) analysis methods to elucidate the epidemiological characteristics of bladder cancer. …”
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The effectiveness of Valsalva Maneuver-Assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty in reducing cement leakage in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Yongjie Wang, Xueming Chen, Qian Lu, Libin Cui, Xiangyu Li, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

“…Methods 302 patients were enrolled in this study. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width to serum calcium ratio and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with diabetic nephropathy: a retrospective analysis... by Yanyi Huang, Kaiwen Jiang, Yang Liu, Wei Mo, Yanping Zeng, Ying Yang, Jianlu Bi

“…Kaplan-Meier curves were used to visualize outcomes by quartiles. Cox proportional hazards regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) methods assessed the RCR index’s impact on prognosis. …”
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Outcome of COVID-19 in children: results of a 12-month follow-up by T. M. Chernova, V. N. Timchenko, E. V. Barakina, A. A. Zherebtsova, N. S. Gusarova, Yu. S. Khabarova, V. V. Bulygina, D. E. Shakhrai, A. V. Zhiglova, E. A. Ttsvetkova

“…The course of rehabilitation therapy, including drug treatment and non-drug methods, made it possible to quickly restore the state of health of the observed children.Conclusion. …”
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Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (class Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes by Shahed Uddin Ahmed Shazib, Auden Cote-L’Heureux, Ragib Ahsan, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, JunMo Lee, Laura A. Katz, Mann Kyoon Shin

“…We evaluated the utility of the transcriptomic data by constructing species trees using concatenation and coalescent-based methods. In addition, we used neighbor-net network analysis to visualize and quantify potential phylogenetic conflicts within the concatenated dataset. …”
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Effect of MED-TLIF Combined with Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation on Function and Spinal Pelvic Parameters in Patients with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Huiqiang Lv, Hailiang Bi, Jianming Wei, Bin Xia

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical effect of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) combined with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis under microscope. Methods. The clinical and surgical data of 106 patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis treated in our hospital were selected and divided into research group (56 cases) according to surgical methods (MIS-TLIF combined with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation). …”
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Immunomarker profiling in human chronic wound swabs reveals IL-1 beta/IL-1RA and CXCL8/CXCL10 ratios as potential biomarkers for wound healing, infection status and regenerative st... by Julian-Dario Rembe, Waseem Garabet, Matthias Augustin, Joachim Dissemond, Wiebke Ibing, Hubert Schelzig, Ewa K. Stuermer

“…Traditional diagnostic methods, including visual inspection and microbiological cultures, offer limited insight into the wound micro-environment. …”
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Efficacy of low molecular weight hyaluronic acid (500–730 kDa) in post-traumatic pathology of periarticular soft tissues at different sites: data from an open-label pilot clinical... by V. A. Nesterenko, M. A. Makarov, A. E. Karateev, E. I. Bialik, V. E. Bialik, A. A. Bialik

“…Local injection therapy (LIT) with hyaluronic acid (HA) medications is one of the most promising methods for the treatment of periarticular soft tissue pathology (PASTP) caused by injury or overuse.   …”
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Disease Detection in Tropical Tomato Leaves via Machine Learning Models by Benjamin Kommey, Elvis Tamakloe, Daniel Opoku, Tibilla Crispin, Jeffrey Danquah

“…Traditional disease identification methods are time-consuming and rely on subjective visual inspections, hindering early detection and control. …”
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MODERN INDIVIDUAL-COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF HEMORHOIDS by M. М. Militsa, M. D. Postolenko, K. M. Militsa, V. V. Soldysova

“…Used a combination of methods with different ways to influence the pathogenesis of hemorrhoids. …”
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Social Media Strategies for Sustainability and ORM: Insights from the Czech Automotive Sector by Klára Baštýřová, Kristián Kalamen, František Pollák

“…The study utilizes a mixed-methods approach, including content analysis and quantitative evaluation. …”
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