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This small clinical case series evaluated TOPAZ radiofrequency coblation microtenotomy for recalcitrant plantar fasciitis in 14 patients. The abstract reports improved AOFAS hindfoot scores at 3 and 6 months and improvements in several SF-36 domains, with most patients reporting good-to-excellent satisfaction. The…

This in vitro study tested electromagnetic compatibility between passive RFID readers and 15 pacemakers plus 15 ICDs across 134 kHz, 13.56 MHz, and 915 MHz bands. EMI reactions were common with low-frequency RFID and rare with high-frequency RFID, while no reactions were observed with ultra-high-frequency or…

This SCENIHR Opinion updates earlier 2009 SCENIHR documents on EMF health effects and research needs, focusing on new information and remaining knowledge gaps. The abstract primarily characterizes sources and patterns of exposure across static, ELF, IF, and RF fields in both public and occupational settings. It notes…

This methods study evaluated an MRI-based surface distance measurements (SDM) approach for localizing Broca's area for TMS coil placement without external tracking devices. Coil positioning using SDM was compared with an advanced frameless stereotaxic navigation system. The reported mean difference between methods…

This paper reports four experiments examining how a ringing cell phone affects cognitive performance in laboratory tasks and a college classroom lecture. In the lab, auditory conditions (including a standard cell phone ring) produced slower responses than silence, with slower recovery in the ring and song conditions.…

This study compared slow conventional air defrosting with fast radio frequency (RF) defrosting/tempering in lean beef (whole, minced, and comminuted) using drip loss, NMR relaxometry, and dielectric spectroscopy. RF thawing was associated with lower drip loss and lower micronutrient loss in drip than air thawing,…

This paper proposes metallic nanowires as complementary structures to metallic nanogaps for enhancing magnetic fields. It reports magnetic field enhancement up to a factor of 300 and presents a surface-impedance-based analytic theory that is numerically confirmed. The authors also report that, in the sub-skin-depth…

This Physical Review Letters paper reports magnetotransport measurements on a gated LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface to assess the main effect of an applied gate electric field. The authors find that mobility changes dominate over sheet carrier density changes (mobility variation reported as nearly fivefold larger). They also…

This experimental animal study compared tympanic membrane closure time after myringotomy performed by microknife versus radiofrequency microcautery, with and without mitomycin C. Radiofrequency myringotomy differed significantly from knife myringotomy, and the 0.7 mm radiofrequency tip combined with mitomycin C was…

This cross-sectional survey assessed mobile phone ownership and use patterns among 309 medical science students in Yazd using a self-administered questionnaire. The abstract reports descriptive statistics on daily talking time, music listening, texting, and common locations of phone use. While the paper references…

This clinical report describes the use of radiofrequency (RF) technology in surgery of abdominal and thoracic parenchymatous organs in 17 patients. The authors report one complication (pleural effusion) and otherwise no additional organ complications in the abstract. They also describe a case of splenic preservation…

A meta-analysis of 63 publications assessed whether radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure is associated with genetic damage in mammalian somatic cells using multiple genotoxicity endpoints. Overall differences between RF-exposed and control conditions were reported as small, though statistically significant…

This engineering study demonstrates a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) radio-frequency single-electron transistor (RF-SET) operating at temperatures above 4.2 K. The device was optimized to address high resistance in SOI SETs and showed stable transport characteristics after repeated thermal cycling. RF-SET operation was…

This in vitro study reports that electric fields can control the velocity of microtubules gliding over a kinesin-coated surface. Assisting fields increased speed up to fivefold, while opposing fields slowed motion to zero, and sideways fields induced significant motion. The authors present a grab-and-release model to…

This experimental physics study examines how a static electric field affects the optical nonlinearity of methyl-red doped nematic liquid crystals. The authors report that low voltages below the Fredericks transition threshold can change the optical nonlinearity by orders of magnitude. They state that the data fit a…

This clinical study reports outcomes for 34 patients with mild and median OSAHS treated with a combination of functional endoscopic sinus surgery, UPPP, and radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Over 1 year, polysomnography showed a reduction in AHI and an effective rate of 85.29%. Because RFA was used as an adjunct to…

This engineering study reports spectroscopic determination of net electric field distribution in a dielectric barrier surface glow discharge in low-pressure air. Optical emission spectroscopy was used to infer electric field distribution from the intensity ratio of nitrogen spectral lines at 391.4 nm and 337.1 nm.…

This study measured dielectric properties of beef Semitendinosus across 27, 915, and 1800 MHz and temperatures from -5 to 130 °C using an open-ended coaxial probe. The results indicate that frequency, temperature, and muscle fiber orientation influence dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and calculated penetration…