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This article describes a pilot mobile-phone-based support system (“celemedicine”) for mid-level rural health workers in Gulmi District, Nepal, enabling free calls to three general practitioner doctors at the district hospital. The intervention aims to improve appropriate referral and connectivity between peripheral…

This study evaluated a cosmetic radiofrequency device (Accent) for facial wrinkle reduction in 45 women receiving four weekly sessions. Patient satisfaction was higher at 6 months than at 1 month after treatment, and the authors suggest the approach may be effective for facial rejuvenation. The abstract emphasizes…

This engineering study reports theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of an S-tapered optical microfiber integrated with ferrofluid for magnetic-field tunability. The transmission spectrum and dip wavelengths were found to vary with magnetic-field intensity, with a Langevin-like response and a linear…

This engineering study describes using antenna-coupled microwave radiation to enhance laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) emission from a Gd2O3 sample at reduced pressure. The authors report substantially increased plasma emission intensity, higher-temperature plasma, and longer emission lifetime when…

This paper analyzes compressible Hall magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with an external strong guide magnetic field using signed measure analysis. In simulations varying ion skin depth to modulate the Hall term, increasing the Hall term is reported to reduce the fractal dimension of current and vorticity sheets. The…

This paper theoretically investigates magnetic-field-induced phenomena in bent-core nematic liquid crystals, focusing on how molecular biaxiality modifies the response. Using molecular field and Landau theory, it reproduces reported experimental trends such as an enhanced Cotton-Mouton effect and an increase in the…

This paper presents a theoretical model of a single ferromagnetic particle with finite coupling between its magnetic moment and particle body in a rotating magnetic field. It describes synchronous and asynchronous motion regimes, including planar motion at low frequencies and a precession regime at high frequencies,…

This study evaluated combined bipolar radiofrequency surgery of the tongue base (RFBT) with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) in a single session for obstructive sleep apnea, compared with UPPP alone. The combined procedure was associated with improvements in AHI, ODI, sleepiness, and snoring, while mean oxygen…

This engineering-focused study evaluates pulsed electric field (PEF)-assisted, solvent-free modification of pectin from sugar beet pulp. The authors report that degree of esterification increased with greater PEF intensity and energy input, with supporting evidence from FT-IR, X-ray diffraction, and NMR. Modified…

This paper describes development and testing of a Wi-Fi–enabled tele-localisation prototype for radiotherapy field localisation using a personal digital assistant (PDA). Trial tests on 30 subjects across multiple treatment regions reported localisation times under 1.5 minutes and similar transmission speeds across…

This experimental animal study evaluated whether a radiofrequency method could induce thrombosis within an abdominal aortic aneurysm sac to potentially prevent endoleaks after endovascular repair. Six dogs received radiofrequency blood clotting of the sac and then stent-grafting, compared with a historical group of…

This preliminary clinical series evaluated radiofrequency-assisted recanalization of the nasolacrimal duct in adults with confirmed lower lacrimal system obstruction. The procedure used a monopolar high-frequency device at 450 kHz and 150 W under local anesthesia with sedation. At 90 days postoperatively, 81.25% of…

This engineering paper describes a wireless implementation of a near-infrared profiling sensor using multiple sensor nodes and a base station for data preprocessing and realignment. It reports an enhanced classification approach using a back-propagation neural network to categorize objects as human, animal, or…

This experimental study investigated evaporation of pure water placed at different simulated gravity positions within a superconducting magnet producing a large gradient magnetic field. Water evaporation was reported to be faster in the magnetic field than without the field, and the amount evaporated varied by…

This in vitro study exposed newborn rat calvarial osteoblasts to a 3.9 mT static magnetic field for varying durations (0–4 hours). The authors report increased cell proliferation and markers of osteoblast differentiation and mineralization versus control, including higher ALP activity, calcium content, and…

This theoretical/physics study analyzes the spectrum of electron-phonon complexes in monolayer graphene in a perpendicular quantizing magnetic field. It reports that near the threshold of optical phonon emission, standard perturbation theory fails for calculating the scattering amplitude. The authors describe new…

This paper presents a theoretical calculation of the stationary probability density for a harmonic oscillator embedded in an electromagnetic field by solving the Fokker-Planck equation exactly. The magnetic field is treated as constant, while the electric field is modeled as an external stochastic force with…

This paper describes an engineering/clinical tool development effort: the Robotic EndoLaryngeal Flexible (Robo-ELF) Scope System for manipulating flexible endoscopes in laryngeal surgery. The system includes multiple degrees of freedom, a passive positioning arm, and a custom joystick controller enabling one-handed…