Clinical Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis： A Meta-analysis by GU Jinyu, LI Kaiming, ZHANG Qing, LI Linghui, BAI Zixing, WANG Shangquan

“…Relative risk (RR) was used to analyze the binary variables; and the continuous variables with the same unit and measurement method were described by mean difference (MD), while the continuous variables with different measurement methods or units were described by standardized mean difference (SMD). …”
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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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An ultrasensitive and specific CRISPR-Cas13a-mediated point-of-care assay for monkeypox detection and PCR-based clade detection by Qin Zhang, Yan Yu, Bin Yin, Liang Xu, Hui Chen, Runjie Qiao, Ang Chen, Na Zhu, Xuping Wu

“…Abstract Background The rapid increase in the number of monkeypox cases poses a considerable threat to the international community, necessitating sensitive, fast, and available diagnostic methods. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop a rapid, sensitive and simple method with high clinical applicability. …”
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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

“…Lesion diameter was evaluated on the SUB for T1w VIBE_Std/_DL. All lesions were visually evaluated in T1w VIBE_Std/_DL pre- and post-contrast and their subtractions. …”
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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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Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study by Venetia Baker, Sarah Mulwa, David Khanyile, Georgia Arnold, Simon Cousens, Cherie Cawood, Isolde Birdthistle

“…We trialed reaction videos as a novel research method to investigate how young people in South Africa experience the show, including sexual health themes and messages, in their viewing environments. …”
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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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Application of a Dual-Stream Network Collaboratively Based on Wavelet and Spatial-Channel Convolution in the Inpainting of Blank Strips in Marine Electrical Imaging Logging Images:... by Guilan Lin, Sinan Fang, Manxin Li, Hongtao Wu, Chenxi Xue, Zeyu Zhang

“…Furthermore, a multi-objective loss function is introduced to constrain the semantic coherence and visual authenticity of image reconstruction. Experiments show that, in the inpainting indexes for Block X in the South China Sea, the mean absolute error (MAE), structural similarity index (SSIM), and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) of this method are 6.893, 0.779, and 19.087, respectively, which are significantly better than the improved filtersim, U-Net, and AOT-GAN methods. …”
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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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All‐Level Versus Alternative‐Level in Unilateral Laminoplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Study by Bin Zheng, Zhenqi Zhu, Yan Liang, Haiying Liu

“…There are no differences in sagittal parameters. All‐level fixation method showed better preservation of the spinal canal diameter.…”
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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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LIFE QUALITY OF PERSONS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN RUSSIA — IS THERE RELATION TO TREATMENT? (BY DATA FROM POPULATIONAL STUDY ESSE-RF) by Yu A. Balanova, A. V. Kontsevaya, S. A. Shalnova, A. D. Deev, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, G. А. Muromtseva, A. E. Imaeva, S. A. Boytsov

“…LQ was assessed with international eUROQOL-5D and visual analogue scale eQ-VAs. Integral LQ assessment was done with LW shaw et al. methodics. …”
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