Possibilities of transposition of the extensores carpi tendons in the treatment of the rheumatoid hand by A. V. Rozov, E. I. Byalik, A. M. Lila

“…With the advent of more effective conservative methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with severe hand deformities are being treated less and less by orthopaedic surgeons. …”
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Comparative Effects of Premedication with Ibuprofen and Essential Oil of Urtica Dioica on Post-Endodontic Pain: Clinical Trial by Parham Elahinia, Armita Vali Sichani, Asana Vali Sichani, Navid Yaraghi, Afsaneh Yegdaneh, Zahra Khosravani

“…Statement of the Problem: Considering side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), herbal medicine including Urtica dioica might help reduce the pain.Purpose: The present study aimed to compare the effects of premedication with essential oil of Urtica dioica and ibuprofen on post-endodontic pain.Materials and Method: The present randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 60 patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of mandibular first or second molars. …”
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The study of pubertal stage and age of menarche in girls in Isfahan province, Iran by Nafiseh Mozafarian, Mahin Hashemipour, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Masoumeh Pourrajab, Razieh Omidi, Roya Kelishadi

“…This study aimed to determine the age of onset of puberty in healthy Iranian girls living in Isfahan province. Methods This cross- sectional study was conducted among 13,886 students aged 6–18 years. …”
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Arrival time mapping with 15O-gas PET for cerebrovascular steno-occlusive diseases: a comparative study with CT perfusion by Masanobu Ibaraki, Yuki Shinohara, Aya Watanabe, Kaoru Sato, Tomomi Ohmura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Toshibumi Kinoshita

“…However, conventional 15O-gas PET methods do not provide information on regional arrival timing, a hemodynamic parameter typically measured using computed tomography (CT) perfusion with contrast media. …”
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Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa persister cells and biofilms by Mona Mahmoud, Peter Richter, Philipp Arnold, Michael Lebert, Andreas Burkovski

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed using the broth microdilution checkerboard method. Serine hydroxamate (SHX) was used for the induction of persister cells. …”
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The hyaluronan-related genes HAS2, HYAL1-4, PH20 and HYALP1 are associated with prognosis, cell viability and spheroid formation capacity in ovarian cancer by Jette Riecks, Arianna Parnigoni, Balázs Győrffy, Ludwig Kiesel, Alberto Passi, Davide Vigetti, Martin Götte

“…We investigated the ability to form spheroids using the Hanging Drop method and the response to chemotherapy at different concentrations using the MTT Assay. …”
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast cancer. Experience in implementing at the regional level. Priority issues by A. Yu. Vorontsov, A. N. Volodin, M. A. Kurochkina, V. V. Radovskiy, T. V. Burova, S. V. Gamayunov

“…Sentinel lymph nodes were visualized using the radioisotope colloid 99mTc-Nanotop. …”
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Prospective and retrospective memory in mild Alzheimer's disease Memória prospectiva e retrospectiva na doença de Alzheimer leve by Sergilaine Pereira Martins, Benito Pereira Damasceno

“…OBJECTIVE: To study prospective and retrospective memory in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHOD: Twenty mild AD and 20 matched normal control subjects were included. …”
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Comparison between surgical outcome of bilateral recession and unilateral recession-resection in intermittent exotropia by Sheren M Aboshanab, Mohamed Y Saif, Elsayed M El Toukhi, Ahmed T. Gouda

“…Accommodative convergence/accommodation ratio was measured using the gradient method. The amblyopia cases were not included in this study. …”
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Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Desertification Restoration Areas of Wuzhumuqin Grassland Ecosystem by Fuguang Yang, Zhiguo Wang, Yongguang Zhai, Xiangli Yang, Tengfei Bao, Yonghui Wang

“…At the same time, a transform three-branch network structure based on deep learning is proposed to extract visual features. The kernel Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-position-temporal awareness transformer (<i>kNDVI</i>-PT-Former) model monitoring method based on two-phase remote sensing image features combined with <i>kNDVI</i> for spatio-temporal feature extraction can accurately obtain the vegetation changes in desertification ecological restoration in Wuzhumuqin grassland. …”
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Wildlife detection, counting and survey using satellite imagery: are we there yet? by Alexandre Delplanque, Jérôme Théau, Samuel Foucher, Ghazaleh Serati, Simon Durand, Philippe Lejeune

“…Mammals and birds are the focus of most of the papers, mainly in polar/alpine and pelagic ocean waters biomes. Visual interpretation is the most common method used for wildlife detection and counting while total count is mostly used for surveying. …”
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Exploratory Co-Design on Electronic Health Record Nursing Summaries: Case Study by Suhyun Park, Jenna L Marquard, Robin R Austin, Christie L Martin, David S Pieczkiewicz, Connie W Delaney

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this exploratory co-design case study was to solicit insights from nurses regarding nursing summary design considerations, including key information types and the preferred design prototype. MethodsWe recruited clinical nurses (N=33) from 7 inpatient units at a university hospital in the Midwestern United States using a purposive sampling method. …”
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HCRP-YOLO: A lightweight algorithm for potato defect detection by Haojie Liao, Guanping Wang, Siyu Jin, Yan Liu, Wei Sun, Sen Yang, Lu Wang

“…However, this aspect is currently largely reliant on manual visual inspection, which is labor-intensive and costly. …”
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Exchange Rate Policy Regimes, Private Investment Behaviour and Economic Growth in Nigeria (1960 -2020) by Mufutau Akanmu Popoola, Jimoh Olayinka Ajayi, Tijani Saheed Abiodun

“…The study proceeded to estimate both private investment and economic growth models simultaneously using Two-Stage Least Squares (TSLS) method.…”
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An evaluation methodology for machine learning-based tandem mass spectra similarity prediction by Michael Strobel, Alberto Gil-de-la-Fuente, Mohammad Reza Zare Shahneh, Yasin El Abiead, Roman Bushuiev, Anton Bushuiev, Tomáš Pluskal, Mingxun Wang

“…Machine learning (ML) approaches have emerged as a promising technique to predict structural similarity from MS/MS that may surpass the current state-of-the-art algorithmic methods. However, the comparison between these different ML methods remains a challenge because there is a lack of standardization to benchmark, evaluate, and compare MS/MS similarity methods, and there are no methods that address data leakage between training and test data in order to analyze model generalizability. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Medical Education on Health Literacy and Patient Empowerment in Underserved Populations: A Pilot Cohort Study by Aida Aljafri, Persia Abba, Anita Sedghi, Andreas Conte, Waseem Jerjes

“…The integration of structured education into usual care encounters holds the promise of a scalable, sustainable method for addressing health disparities. Longer longitudinal studies are necessary to assess its long-term success and incorporation into medical education.…”
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Complications of open wedge high tibial osteotomy. Analysis of the causes of complications and ways to eliminate them by V. E. Bialik, S. A. Makarov, E. I. Bialik, V. A. Nesterenko, M. R. Nurmukhametov

“…Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology.Materials and methods. The study included 43 patients (46 knee joints) with primary and secondary OA of the knee of I–III stages, who underwent OWHTO in the period from 2005 to 2019. …”
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Neutrophil extracellular traps in the anti-infectious defense of human organism by A. N. Kazimirskii, J. M. Salmasi, G. V. Poryadin, M. I. Panina, V. A. Stupin, A. E. Kim, E. G. Titova, L. S. Rogozhina

“…To reveal NETs in healthy persons during and after the H1N1 influenza pandemic as well as to study the functional activity of NETs.Materials and methods. The study included two groups of volunteers (n = 10 in each group) aged 20–25 years. …”
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Video livestreaming in emergency trauma dispatch: an observational study of technological integration with clinical decision-making in prehospital enhanced care services by Scott Munro, Lucie Ollis, Carin Magnusson, Jill Maben, Cath Taylor

“…Phase 2 explores how livestreaming impacts situational awareness, focusing on visual cues such as clinical indicators, mechanisms of injury, and environmental factors. …”
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Artificial Neural Network and Response Surface Methodology-Driven Optimization of Cu–Al₂O₃/Water Hybrid Nanofluid Flow in a Wavy Enclosure with Inclined Perio... by Tarikul Islam, Sílvio Gama, Marco Martins Afonso

“…Numerical simulations using the Galerkin residual-based finite-element method (FEM) are conducted to solve the governing PDEs. …”
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