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Visual Analog Scales for Assessing Surgical Pain

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2005
Four visual analog scales were constructed to assess sensory and affective components of operative pain. The Surgical Pain Scales (SPS) measure pain while at rest, pain during normal activities, pain during work or exercise, and pain unpleasantness.Longitudinal data from 2,164 patients in a randomized trial of laparoscopic versus open hernia repair ...
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL ( host institution ), McCarthy, Martin, Chang, Chih-Hung, Pickard, A. Simon, Giobbie-Hurder, Anita, Price, Donald D., Jonasson, Olga, Gibbs, James, Fitzgibbons, Robert, Neumayer, Leigh   +9 more
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe, Tanmay Kumar Mohanty, Rashna Bhandari, Dorothea Fiedler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis Can Release the Lymphedema-Associated Pain of Upper Limb after Breast Cancer Treatment

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open, 2018
Background Sometimes, chronic pain in the arm or chest could occur in postmastectomy patients. Although the pathology of the pain is unclear, the involvement of neurological mechanism, cicatricial contracture, or lymphedema is considered.
Makoto Mihara, Hisako Hara, Han Peng Zhou, Shuichi Tange, Kazuki Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Kawakami   +5 more
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Patient perception of pain versus observed pain behavior during a standardized electrodiagnostic test [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Clinicians often assume that observations of pain behavior are adequate for assessment of patient pain perception during procedures. This has not been tested during a standardized electrodiagnostic experience.
Balbierz, Coyne, El-Salem, Firestone, Gans, Garcia-Munitis, Guru, Haig, Jensen, Kaplan, Kerns, Khoshbin, Konanc, Kopec, LaJoie, Lamarche, Liden, Lungenhausen, Martinez-Urrutia, Melzack, Radowsky, Richardson, Robinson, Sarkin, Smith, Spence, Strommen, Stucki, Tait, Ware   +29 more
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Sequence determinants of RNA G‐quadruplex unfolding by Arg‐rich regions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We show that Arg‐rich peptides selectively unfold RNA G‐quadruplexes, but not RNA stem‐loops or DNA/RNA duplexes. This length‐dependent activity is inhibited by acidic residues and is conserved among SR and SR‐related proteins (SRSF1, SRSF3, SRSF9, U1‐70K, and U2AF1).
Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De Silva, Puspa Kunwar, Md Ibnul Rifat Rahman, Joanna Koryo Kwao, Nathan Lehman, Zihan Zhang, Trenton Paul, Claire Cheng, Nicholas Truex, Hui‐Ting Lee, Jun Zhang   +10 more
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Use of cuff tear arthroplasty head prosthesis for rotator cuff arthropathy treatment in elderly patients with comorbidities

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective To evaluate the clinical and functional behavior of patients undergoing cuff tear arthroplasty at different stages of the disease. Methods Cuff tear arthroplasty hemiarthroplasties were performed in 34 patients with rotator cuff arthropathy ...
Cassiano Diniz Carvalho, Carlos Vicente Andreoli, Alberto de Castro Pochini, Benno Ejnisman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of functional capacity of dentoalveolar apparatus in dental patients with temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction [PDF]

, 2016
This paper presents data on functional state of masticatory muscles in dental patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction. Total 128 dental patients with clinical signs of temporomandibular joint dysfunction have been examined using a visual analog
Kopytov, A. A., Lopushanska, T. A., Shevchenko, L. V., Tscymbalystov, A. V.   +3 more
core  

A spatial contrast retina with on-chip calibration for neuromorphic spike-based AER vision systems [PDF]

, 2007
We present a 32 32 pixels contrast retina microchip that provides its output as an address event representation (AER) stream. Spatial contrast is computed as the ratio between pixel photocurrent and a local average between neighboring pixels obtained ...
Costas Santos, Jesús, Linares Barranco, Bernabé, Serrano Gotarredona, María Teresa, Serrano Gotarredona, Rafael   +3 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utility of numerical and visual analog scales for evaluating the post-operative pain in rural patients

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2012
Background: Visual analog scales (VAS) and numeric analog scales (NAS) are used to assess post-operative pain, but few studies indicate their usefulness in rural illiterate population in India.
Nikhil Mudgalkar, Samir D Bele, Sameer Valsangkar, Trupti N Bodhare, Mahipal Gorre   +4 more
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