Regional variation of Guillain-Barré syndrome by Doets, AY, Verboon, C, Van Den Berg, B, Harbo, T, Cornblath, DR, Willison, HJ, Islam, Z, Attarian, S, Barroso, FA, Bateman, K, Benedetti, L, Van Den Bergh, P, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chavada, G, Claeys, KG, Dardiotis, E, Davidson, A, Van Doorn, PA, Feasby, TE, Galassi, G, Gorson, KC, Hartung, H-P, Hsieh, S-T, Hughes, RAC, Illa, I, Islam, B, Kusunoki, S, Kuwabara, S, Lehmann, HC, Miller, JAL, Mohammad, QD, Monges, S, Orazio, E, Pardo, J, Pereon, Y, Rinaldi, S, Querol, L, Reddel, SW, Reisin, RC, Shahrizaila, N, Sindrup, SH, Waqar, W, Jacobs, BC, IGOS Consortium

“…The proportion of patients able to walk unaided after 1 year varied between Asia (n = 31/34, 91%), Europe/Americas (n = 334/404, 83%) and Bangladesh (n = 67/97, 69%) (P = 0.003). …”

Influence of Hearing Rehabilitation With Active Middle Ear and Bone Conduction Implants on Postural Control by Ingmar Seiwerth, Antonia Brylok, René Schwesig, Torsten Rahne, Laura Fröhlich, Andreas Lauenroth, Timothy E. Hullar, Stefan K. Plontke

“…Vestibulospinal control was measured by cranio-corpography (CCG), trunk sway velocity (°/s) by the Standard Balance Deficit Test (SBDT), and postural stability with a force plate system, each time in best aided (BA) and unaided (UA) condition with frontal-noise presentation (Fastl noise, 65 dB SPL), followed by subjective evaluation, respectively.ResultsIn 26 subjects [age 55.0 ± 12.8 years; unilateral VSB/BB: n = 15; bilateral VSB/BB: n = 3, bimodal (VSB/BB + hearing aid): n = 8], CCG-analysis showed no difference between BA and UA conditions for the means of distance, angle of displacement, and angle of rotation, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the Combination of Artificial Intelligence and Radiologist Assessments to Interpret Malignant Architectural Distortion on Mammography by Yun Wan, Yunfei Tong, Yunfei Tong, Yuanyuan Liu, Yan Huang, Guoyan Yao, Daniel Q. Chen, Bo Liu

“…PurposeTo compare the mammographic malignant architectural distortion (AD) detection performance of radiologists who read mammographic examinations unaided versus those who read these examinations with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) systems.Material and MethodsThis retrospective case-control study was based on a double-reading of clinical mammograms between January 2011 and December 2016 at a large tertiary academic medical center. …”
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Clinical Profile of Refractive Errors Associated with Screen Time in Children Aged 5-15 Years in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern India during COVID Pandemic: A Prospective Stu... by Navneeth Servey, NVN Prasanna Bharathi, M Radhika, B Hyndavi, B Srividya

“…Children were screened for refractive errors and compared with the refractive errors data of different children of same age referred from Paediatric Outpatient Department and who attended to Ophthalmology Outpatient Department for regular eye checkup in prepandemic time. Unaided visual acuity of all children were measured with the help of Snellen’s chart. …”
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Follow-up non-attendance after long-bone fractures in a low-resource setting: a prospective study of predictors and interventions to increase attendance rates by Stephen Adesope Adesina, Isaac Olusayo Amole, Akinsola Idowu Akinwumi, Adepeju Olatayo Adegoke, Adewumi Ojeniyi Durodola, James Idowu Owolabi, Olufemi Timothy Awotunde, Imri Goodness Adefokun, Simeon Ayorinde Ojo, Samuel Uwale Eyesan

“…However, interventional efforts increased these values to 98.5%, 92.5%, and 72.4% respectively. Walking unaided before the primarily scheduled 12-week appointment was the major reason for not attending the follow-up. …”
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Integrated therapist and online CBT for depression in primary care (INTERACT): study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial by Debbie Tallon, Laura Thomas, Sally Brabyn, Brian Chi Fung Ching, Jane Sungmin Hahn, Berry Jude, Mekeda X Logan, Alex Burrage, Fiona Fox, Simon Gilbody, Paul Lanham, Glyn Lewis, Jinshuo Li, Stephanie J. MacNeill, Irwin Nazareth, Steve Parrott, Tim J. Peters, Roz Shafran, Katrina Turner, Chris Williams, David Kessler, Nicola Wiles

“…Exclusion criteria: alcohol or substance dependency in the past year; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia; psychosis; dementia; currently under psychiatric care for depression (including those referred but not yet seen); cannot complete questionnaires unaided or requires an interpreter; currently receiving CBT/other psychotherapy; received high-intensity CBT in the past four years; participating in another intervention trial; unwilling/unable to receive CBT via computer/laptop/smartphone. …”
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A Multidimensional Assessment of Activities of Daily Living, Mental Status, Communication, and Social Abilities Among Older Adults in Shenzhen, China: Cross-Sectional Study by Jing Wang, Patrick Kwan, Gong Zhang, Mingwang Shen, Loretta Piccenna, Terence J O’Brien, Lei Zhang

“…We used a multidimensional ability assessment survey, which assessed their activities of daily living (ADL; including eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, defecation control, urination control, using a toilet unaided, transfer, flat-ground walking, stair activity), mental status (including cognitive function, aggressive behavior, depression symptoms), sensory and communication (including consciousness level, vision, hearing, communication), and social participation (including living, working, time/space orientation, distinguish persons, social communication) abilities. …”
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Aspectos sociodemográficos, clínicos e de autocuidado de pessoas com estomas intestinais [Sociodemographic, clinical and self-care aspects of persons with intestinal stoma] [Aspect... by Rosane Sousa de Andrade, Jéssica Martinelli Martins, Lays Pinheiro de Medeiros, Amanda Jéssica Gomes de Souza, Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa

“…In self-care, 83 (93.3%) emptied their pouch unaided and 67 (75.3%) attached the new pouch to the skin during changeover. …”
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Sub-femtosecond precision timing distribution, synchronization and coherent synthesis of ultrafast lasers by Cox, Jonathan A

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QUANTITATIVE BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC MODEL FOR THE TERTIARY OF THE LOWER MAGDALENA BASIN, COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN Modelo bioestratigráfico cuantitativo para el Terciario de la Cuenca Inferior... by Carlos Cuartas, Carlos Jaramillo, José Martínez

“…The inconsistencies found in the biostratigraphic record, i.e. varying successions of first and last appearances of species from well to well as a result of several factors such incomplete sampling and preservation, true variation in the distribution of fosil taxa, etc., and the great amount of biostratigraphic data makes it practically impossible to accurately constrain basin history from biostratigraphic information by unaided visual inspection. This motivates the treatment of biostratigraphic information with new quantitative approaches, such as constrained optimization (CONOP9 software) and graphic correlation concepts (GraphCor 3,0) and the comparative method approach of Cooper et al . (2001). …”
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