Photorealistic Texture Contextual Fill-In by Radek Richtr

“…The reconstructed/restored photographs of the city Most offer an invaluable visual representation of a city that was largely destroyed for industrial purposes in the 20th century. Through a series of blind and informed user tests, we assess the subjective quality of the restored images and examine how knowledge of edited areas influences user perception. …”
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VARIATION IN INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY PROTRUSION AND DEHISCENCE IN A SUBSET OF KARACHI POPULATION by Mubina Lakhani, Iffat Raza, Maria Mohiuddin, Rosheena Nabeel Khan, Santosh Kumar Sidhwani, Nuzhat Hassan

“…CT was performed on a 16 slice Toshiba Alexion at Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi —removed for blind review---. SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis.  …”
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Positive Findings of Blood Cultures in Febrile Children Presenting with Thalassemia Major in a Tertiary Care Hospital by Itrat Fatima, Wafia Affan, Hira Hameed, Wajeeha Amber, Sumbal Saeed, Imran Mahmood Khan

“… Objective: To assess status of bacterial pathogens in thalassemia major patients presenting with fever in a tertiary care hospital  Methods:  A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at –removed for blind review---from November, 2020 to October, 2021 in which 102 patients of thalassemia major who presented with fever and were suspicious of having septicemia were enrolled. …”
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Katolická církev v českých zemích a její vztahy k moderně, nacionalismu a nacionálnímu socialismu v meziválečném období. by Jaroslav Šebek

“…The study not only denominates the topics reflected, but also outlines the blind spots of the historiographic research as well as research impulses and other research trends. …”
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The Dialectics of Political Ideology and Power Relations in African Literature: A Reading of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Baṣọ̀run Gáà by Sola Owonibi

“…The paper also argues that the private anxieties of the playwright, as presented in the play, 160 Lere Adeyemi are prophetic in nature and that Baṣọrun Gáà is weakened by the burdens of ̀ his strength, in other words, blinded by sight. …”
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Autologous Cord Blood Therapy for Infantile Cerebral Palsy: From Bench to Bedside by A. Jensen

“…Particularly, since the first published double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial in a paradigm using allogeneic cord blood and erythropoietin to treat cerebral palsy under immunosuppression showed beneficial therapeutic effects in infantile cerebral palsy, long-held doubts about the efficacy of this new cell therapy are dispelled and a revision of therapeutic views upon an ailment, for which there is no cure at present, is warranted. …”
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Attention Deficit Disorder and Allergic Rhinitis: Are They Related? by Isaac Melamed, Melinda Heffron

“…Our randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study enrolled 38 children diagnosed with comorbid ADHD and allergy using cetirizine (n=12), sustained-release methylphenidate (n=12), or cetirizine + methylphenidate (n=14). …”
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Influence of Zinc Supplementation in Acute Diarrhea Differs by the Isolated Organism by Archana B. Patel, Michael J. Dibley, Manju Mamtani, Neetu Badhoniya, Hemant Kulkarni

“…We used data on 801 children with acute diarrhea recruited in a randomized, double blind controlled trial (ISRCTN85071383) of zinc and copper supplementation. …”
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Quantitative valve motion assessment in adolescents using point-of-care ultrasound: short communication by Antonio Riera, Lei Chen, Donald S. Wright, Julie I. Leviter

“…POCUS faculty performed the measurements, while blinded to pediatric echocardiography reference values. …”
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Mucosal Herpes Immunity and Immunopathology to Ocular and Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections by Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Lbachir BenMohamed

“…Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are amongst the most common human infectious viral pathogens capable of causing serious clinical diseases at every stage of life, from fatal disseminated disease in newborns to cold sores genital ulcerations and blinding eye disease. Primary mucocutaneous infection with HSV-1 & HSV-2 is followed by a lifelong viral latency in the sensory ganglia. …”
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A Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effect of Cynatine HNS on Hair and Nail Parameters by Christina Beer, Simon Wood, Robert H. Veghte

“…A new, novel product, Cynatine HNS, was evaluated for its effects as a supplement for improving various aspects of hair and nails in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Methods. …”
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Enhancing Democratic Processes: A Survey of DRE, Internet, and Blockchain in Electronic Voting Systems by Mosbah Alown, Mehmet Sabir Kiraz, Muhammed Ali Bingol

“…The cryptographic primitives reviewed include techniques like homomorphic encryption, blind signatures, and zero-knowledge proofs, which can enhance voter privacy, verifiability, and resistance to coercion and double voting.…”
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Bacillary Angiomatosis in an HIV-positive Man with Multiple Risk Factors: A Clinical and Epidemiological Puzzle by Farrah J Mateen, Jill C Newstead, Karen L McClean

“…In the present case, recovery of the organism required blind subcultures after at least eight days of incubation. …”
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Central Neuropathic Pain in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis Treated Successfully with Topical Amitriptyline by David J. Kopsky, Remko Liebregts, Jan M. Keppel Hesselink

“…To evaluate whether this analgesic effect is due to the active compound or placebo, we conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled n-of-1 study with amitriptyline 5% cream and placebo. …”
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A systemic review of the utility of antituberculosis therapy for presumed tuberculous uveitis by Jemma W. Taylor, Ginevra E. L. Wright, Lyndell L. Lim, Justin T. Denholm

“…Abstract Background Uveitis presumed to be secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare but potentially blinding condition. Difficulty in making an accurate diagnosis and the low incidence of TB uveitis (TBU) contribute to the lack of evidence regarding the best management of this condition. …”
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Novel Pattern of Iron Deposition in the Fascicula Nigrale in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Miriam E. Peckham, Khashayar Dashtipour, Barbara A. Holshouser, Camellia Kani, Alex Boscanin, Kayvan Kani, Sheri L. Harder

“…Regions of interest were drawn around the fascicula nigrale and substantia nigra using SWI mapping software by blinded investigators. Statistical analyses were performed to determine susceptibility patterns of both of these regions. …”
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A Review of Human Studies Assessing the Efficacy of Cannabidiol for Anxiety Disorders by Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Bartosz Omasta, Olga Krupa, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kinga Furtak, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Daria Rybak

“…Unlike open-label trials prone to placebo bias, this study reviews randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. A review of literature was conducted using the Google Scholar database to gather information on "cannabidiol," specifically focusing on its relationship with "anxiety," "social anxiety disorder", "post-traumatic stress disorder” and ,,human trials." …”
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Aspergillus fumigatus Endophthalmitis with Necrotizing Scleritis following Pars Plana Vitrectomy by Anna M. Gruener, Felicity Allen, Miles R. Stanford, Elizabeth M. Graham

“…Even in cases of early diagnosis and treatment, visual outcomes in Aspergillus endophthalmitis and scleritis are variable and often disappointing, not infrequently necessitating enucleation of a painful blind eye.…”
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Multi-Smart Meter Data Encryption Scheme Basedon Distributed Differential Privacy by Renwu Yan, Yang Zheng, Ning Yu, Cen Liang

“…Second, we propose a double-blind noise addition protocol to generate distributed noise through interaction between users and a cloud platform to prevent semi-honest participants from stealing data by colluding with one another. …”
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Date Attachable Offline Electronic Cash Scheme by Chun-I Fan, Wei-Zhe Sun, Hoi-Tung Hau

“…In this paper, we pioneer to propose a provably secure and efficient offline e-cash scheme with date attachability based on the blind signature technique, where expiration date and deposit date can be embedded in an e-cash simultaneously. …”
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