Is Application of Uterine Fundus Pressure with a Sandbag Effective in Reduction of Cesarean Bleeding? A Prospective Case Control Study by Şehmus Pala, Remzi Atılgan, Nurdan Yurt, Hasan Burak Keser, Süleyman Cemil Oğlak, Mustafa Yılmaz

“…Background: Uterine compression methods reduce the amount of postpartum bleeding. …”
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The use of combined remote electronic monitoring and blood concentrations of antipsychotics for assessment of therapeutic adherence in patients with schizophrenia: results of a pro... by Petr Šilhán, Martin Hýža, Samuel Ambroš, Petr Dostálek, Jana Schwarzová, Tomáš Skřont, Denisa Perničková, Pavla Baarová, Martin Augustynek, Ivana Kacířová, Romana Uřinovská

“…Conclusions The combined method of evaluating adherence in schizophrenia patients confirmed the results determined by other methods. …”
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TopoRSNet: A Unique Approach to Maintaining Topological Features for Digital Rock Image Rescaling With Minimal Quality Degradation by Kunning Tang, Yufu Niu, Ying DaWang, Vanessa Robins, Peyman Mostaghimi, Mark Lindsay, Ryan T. Armstrong

“…Abstract The composition, microstructure, and physical behavior of rock at the core‐to‐pore scale are commonly visualized and characterized using 3D X‐ray microcomputed tomography (micro‐CT). …”
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DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH TO NON-BACTERIAL OSTEOMYELITIS TREATMENT IN CHILDREN: THE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY RESULTS by Mikhail M. Kostik, Olga L. Kopchak, Irina A. Chikova, Eugenia A. Isupova, Vera V. Masalova, Margarita F. Dubko, Ludmila S. Snegireva, Olga V. Kalashnikova, Alexandr Y. Mushkin, Vyacheslav G. Chasnyk

“…Clinical activity assessment was carried out by means of a visual analogue scale. Results. We analyzed treatment results of 52 children (68 therapy courses) with non-bacterial osteomyelitis. …”
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Exploring Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure with In-Hospital and Emergency Patients by Electronic Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach by Yu CS, Wu JL, Shih CM, Chiu KL, Chen YD, Chang TH

“…The outcomes of those potential risk factors were visualized by different statistical analyses.Results: In total, 3871 hF patients were enrolled. …”
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Evaluation of the efficiency and safety of combined therapy with a symptomatic sustained-release drug and hyaluronic acid versus monotherapy with hyaluronic acid in patients with... by K. A. Berdyugin, I. V. Kadyntsev, O. V. Berdyugina, E. A. Taskina, N. G. Kashevarova

“…Searching for new treatment methods and regimens for OA is relevant.Objective: to evaluate the efficiency and safety of therapy with a symptomatic sustained-release drug (Alflutop) in combination with intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) injection versus monotherapy with HA in patients with knee OA in routine clinical practice.Patients and methods. …”
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Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Nonobese Fatty Liver Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zhang X, Wang S, Xu S, Min R, Ling Y, Sun S, Gong R

“…Xiaomei Zhang,1,2,* Shi Wang,3,* Sanping Xu,1 Rui Min,2 Yan Ling,1 Shiran Sun,4,* Rui Gong1,* 1Health Management Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Rui Gong; Shiran Sun, Email gongrui@hust.edu.cn; sunshiranwh@163.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the risk factors and predictors of non-obese fatty liver disease in the Chinese population.Patients and Methods: A total of 6,014 adults who underwent physical examinations at Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from March 2019 to March 2023 were included in this study. …”
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Experiences of treatment of age related macular degeneration with concomitant myopia by I. B. Alekseev, Ju. A. Nam

“…Material and methods. 60 patients (120 eyes) aged 44 to 79 with age-related changes in the retina treated with peptide bioregulator and/or multivitamin complex were tested for changes of visual functions. …”
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A Study on the Role of Omega Fatty Acids as an Adjuvant Therapy in Treatment of Amblyopia by Shipra Sharda

“…Conclusion: Omega fatty acids improve visual acuity in patients with amblyopia and maintain improved visual acuity but there is no additional benefit when compared to patching alone. …”
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СOMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF USE OF METHYLETHYLPYRIDINOL BY THE ENDONASAL ELECTROPHORESIS AND PARABULBAR INJECTIONS AT THE CHORIORETINAL DYSTROPHY by A. M. Razumovskaya, M. I. Razumovskiy, Y. A. Korovyanskiy

“…The ophthalmologic examination included: evaluation of visual acuity, a field of vision, a visual fatigue, a condition of bulbar microcirculation (the general conjunctiva index). …”
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The impact of sensory modalities and background information on the emotional resonance of Li Bai’s classical poetry by Yannan Zhang, Xiao Wang

“…The experiment includes five conditions: three focus on sensory modalities (visual, auditory, and visual-auditory), while the remaining two examine the combined effects of background information (background music and background images) in conjunction with sensory modalities.ResultsThe results indicate that: The visual modality and the visual-auditory modality yield higher emotional resonance ratings compared to the auditory modality. …”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Corneal Morbidity Based on a New Nomogram and Graticule by Richa Bhardwaj, KP Chaudhary, RL Sharma, Vinay Gupta

“…The visual status of the patients was assessed using the WHO definition for visual impairment. …”
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Photojournalist Framing in the Ecological Crisis: The DANA Flood Coverage by Carolina Fernández-Castrillo, Celia Ramos

“…This research focuses on current photojournalism practices in the media representation of the climate crisis, exploring how images published by Spain’s leading digital newspapers contribute to shaping public perception of the phenomenon. Through a mixed-methods approach, this study examines eco-visual reporting in 2023—a year characterized by unprecedented global temperatures—alongside an examination of the initial month of coverage of the 2024 DANA floods. …”
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Choroidal melanoma in a 49-year-old female by Maria Joanna Rodriguez-Chan, MD, Ildefonso M. Chan, MD, Enrique D. Domingo, MD, Gary John V. Mercado, MD, Juancho FC Remulla, MD

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Historical aspects and current views of the etiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations of optic nerve pits by E. V. Muskatina, D. Yu. Samsonov, S. I. Zhukova, А. G. Shchuko

“…In half of the cases, the pits are complicated by edema, central retinal detachment and retinoschisis, and cause visual function decrease. Visual acuity losses can be either insignificant or pronounced. …”
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Orientation of ambiguous image sequences with similar and repeated structures by G. Perda, L. Morelli, F. Remondino

“…Image orientation, nowadays called Structure from Motion (SfM), is still an open research topic in particular in case of scenes featuring visual aliasing, or doppelgangers. Indeed, visually similar but distinct elements of the scene can cause incorrect matches, not detected by geometric or learning-based outliers removal methods, leading to misplaced camera poses and wrong 3D reconstructions. …”
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Multimodal Imaging in a Case of Fovea Plana Associated with Situs Inversus of the Optic Disc by Berrak Şekeryapan Gediz, Mehmet Ali Şekeroğlu

“…In this report, we present a case of fovea plana associated with situs inversus of the optic disc, optic disc hypoplasia, tilted optic disc, and prepapillary vascular loop and with best corrected visual acuity of 20/32. The aim of this report is to demonstrate the coexistence of very rare multiple optic disc anomalies and fovea plana, and also to emphasize that the use of multimodal imaging methods facilitates the identification of rare anomalies.…”
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Study of malnutrition in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Aya A. Dayem, Esraa R. Knany, Dina Ruby

“…Our findings also revealed that measuring BMI and being less than or equal to 22.1 kg/m2 and mid-arm circumference (MAC) less than or equal 28.5 cm is significantly related to low free fat mass index (malnutrition) and increases that risk by 31.63 folds. …”
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Non-Polynomial Spline for Singularly Perturbed Differential-Difference Equation with Mixed Shifts and Layer Behavior by Shilpa Malge, Ram Kishun Lodhi

“…Numerical examples are solved to support the method and check the validity of the findings. The numerical order of convergence is determined and presented in the tables, along with the comparison of the results with the other existing methods. …”
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Practical research on the online and offline hybrid teaching model of medical imaging with artificial intelligence empowerment by ZHENG Liang, HE Xiaojin, WANG Quanquan, YUAN Yongfeng, LAN Xing, ZHU Li

“…Conclusion AI-empowered medical imaging teaching mode of “online self-learning plus offline flipped classroom with real clinical scenes” broadens the scope of “visual diagnosis” of Chinese medicine diagnostic methods, provides an accurate visual basis for Chinese medicine clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment, and is conducive to cultivating students’accurate diagnostic thinking and innovative practice ability, and mastering rich and diverse interdisciplinary knowledge that combined Chinese and Western culture. …”
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