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Memory consolidation processes have been shown to benefit from modulations in brain activity, particularly theta oscillations. Our previous studies showed that increases in post-learning Theta/Beta power ratio improves subsequent performance in both procedural and declarative memory across various tasks. In this study,…

This study evaluated the potential of multimodal AI chatbots, specifically ChatGPT-4o, in assessing thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) through the Clinical Activity Score (CAS). Using publicly available case reports and datasets, ChatGPT-4o was tasked with generating a web-based CAS calculator and estimating CAS f…

UNLABELLED: OBJECTIVE: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a non-surgical procedure that opens restricted or blocked coronary arteries to restore cardiac blood flow. The study's goal was to investigate the risk factors, complications, and mortality rates associated with PCI procedures in Western Sudan during co…

With the advancement in the embryo culture media, which supports nutrient requirements of embryos up to 5 to 6 days, there's a chance to select more viable embryos, which are more likely to result in pregnancy, compared to earlier stages. Also, there is a controversy regarding the frozen embryo transfer compared to the…

PURPOSE: E-cigarette use by adolescents has reached epidemic proportions. This study's purpose was to explore adolescent e-cigarette use and dual use of e-cigarettes with other tobacco products and the relationships between socio-contextual variables (in-school/electronic bullying, threats with a weapon), psychological…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify and assess the psychometric properties of assessment instruments of caregiver contributions to self-care of chronic illness. METHODS: Ten databases and relevant websites were used to retrieve relevant literature. Methodological quality was assessed using the Consensus-based Stan…

Distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most common neurological problem in HIV/AIDS Patients. It represents a complex symptom that occurs because of peripheral nerve damage related to advanced HIV disease and in association with the use of antiretroviral therapy. DSP is a frequent symptom in which the specific path…

BACKGROUND: Validated and internationally standardised measurement instruments are a prerequisite for ensuring that physical activity during pregnancy is comparable and for deriving physical activity recommendations. In Germany, there has been no adapted version of the internationally used Pregnancy Physical Activity Q…

BACKGROUND: In the contemporary era, there is a growing emphasis on understanding the self-realization of personality, encompassing individual-psychological traits, abilities, knowledge, skills, and motivation, extensively studied in psychology. Notably, limited attention has been given to exploring motivational determ…

INTRODUCTION: The detection and treatment of diseases like COVID, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular conditions, etc., have made medical imaging technology more necessary, so it is expected that the demands of imaging modalities are also increasing and are major contributors to carbon emissions in the healthcare industry…

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high mortality rates, which are further exacerbated when accompanied by acute kidney injury (AKI). Presently, there is a lack of comprehensive studies thoroughly elucidating the metabolic dysregulation in ARDS patients with AKI leading to poor outcomes. We h…

BACKGROUND: Cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) are complex neurovascular malformations accounting for approximately 10%-15% of all intracranial arteriovenous malformations. The objective is to investigate the utility of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in identifying "hypointense focal brain" as an addit…

BACKGROUND: Childhood Emotional Abuse (CEA) is a known risk factor for Non Suicidal Self-injury (NSSI), which could have devastating repercussions. This study aimed to establish whether Parent-Child Attachment (PCA) and depressive symptoms mediated the CEA-NSSI relationship, as well as whether school connectedness mode…

The World Health Organization has recommended a range of social and health measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including strategies such as quarantines, border closures, social distancing, and mask usage, among others. Specifically, the Chilean authorities implemented the "step-by-st…

This study compared the expression of TP53 in lymphocytes from malignant melanoma (MM) patients with positive sentinel nodes to healthy controls (HCs) following exposure to various doses of UVA radiation. The Lymphocyte Genome Sensitivity (LGS) assay indicated significant differences in DNA damage in lymphocytes betwee…

PURPOSE: The study's primary aims were to describe the long-term speech outcomes for adolescents and young adults with a history of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and to examine the association of persistent speech sound errors with measures of literacy skills, phonological processing, motor speech production, and p…

AIM: The impact of technical differences in cannulation technique for tunnelled haemodialysis catheter insertion is undetermined. We aimed to assess clinical outcomes of the low posterior approach for internal jugular vein tunnelled catheter placement. METHODS: A retrospective audit was undertaken on consecutive tunne…

BackgroundEvidence associating plant-based diets with the proposed 'obsessively healthy eating' eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, has mostly focused on females. Diet motivations have seldom been assessed.AimTo compare orthorexic tendencies between vegans/vegetarians and omnivores of both sexes, and reasons behind fo…

BACKGROUND: This investigation aims to assess the influence of a mobile application and smart devices on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) over a one-year period in individuals who have high risk for cardiovascular disease. METHODS: This is a post-hoc subgroup analysis of Lifestyle Intervention Using Mobile Tech…

PURPOSE: To assess the merits of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling during pars plana vitrectomy in subjects with a tractional retinal detachment secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: One hundred and ninety-one proliferative diabetic retinopathy subjects undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for t…