Abstract Background There is increasing recognition that conventional appraisal approaches may be unsuitable for assessing the value rare disease treatments (RDTs).This research ULTIMATE REPAIR examines what supplemental appraisal/reimbursement processes for RDTs are used internationally and how they can be characterised.A qualitative research desi
Social media apps provide analysts with a wide range of data to study behavioral aspects of our everyday lives and to answer societal questions.Although social media data analysis is booming, only a handful of prominent social media apps, such as Twitter, Foursquare/Swarm, Facebook, or LinkedIn are typically used for this purpose.However, Honey the
Flow cytometry is the prototypical assay for multi-parameter single cell analysis, and is essential in vaccine and biomarker research for the enumeration of antigen-specific lymphocytes that are often found in extremely low frequencies (0.1% or less).Standard analysis of flow cytometry data relies on visual identification of cell subsets by experts
Therapy for public speaking phobia using virtual reality exposure (VRE) has focused on distress arousal rather than distress habituation.Understanding habituation will help optimise session duration, making treatment more affordable and accessible.This pilot study utilised within-speech Kitchen Taps repeated measures to examine distress habituation
Abstract Objective The study objective was to compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) combined with facet joint block (FB) and vertebroplasty alone in relieving acute pain on osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).Methods A prospective, randomized controlled study was conducted.One hundred ninety-eight pat