Investigating factors influencing quality of life in thyroid eye disease: insight from machine learning approaches by Haiyang Zhang, Shuo Wu, Lehan Yang, Chengjing Fan, Huifang Chen, Hui Wang, Tianyi Zhu, Yinwei Li, Jing Sun, Xuefei Song, Huifang Zhou, Terry J Smith, Xianqun Fan

“…This study aims to investigate the factors influencing visual functioning (QOL-VF) and physical appearance (QOL-AP) scores in Chinese TED patients using innovative data analysis methods. …”
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Thermoelastic interactions in functionally graded materials without energy dissipation by Alqahtani Zuhur, Abbas Ibrahim, El-Bary Alaa A., Almuneef Areej

“…The Laplace transforms are inversed using numerical methods. Finally, the acquired data are visually illustrated to illustrate how inhomogeneity, laser intensity, and laser pulse length affect displacement, temperature, and stress.…”
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Unraveling Spatial Heterogeneity in Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data with GraphMSI by Lei Guo, Peisi Xie, Xionghui Shen, Thomas Ka Yam Lam, Lingli Deng, Chengyi Xie, Xiangnan Xu, Chris Kong Chu Wong, Jingjing Xu, Jiacheng Fang, Xiaoxiao Wang, Zhuang Xiong, Shangyi Luo, Jianing Wang, Jiyang Dong, Zongwei Cai

“…Our comparative results demonstrate GraphMSI outperforms commonly used segmentation methods in both visual inspection and quantitative evaluation. …”
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Sleep, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and risk of cataract: a cross-sectional and prospective study from UK Biobank by Yu Peng, Yuzhou Zhang, Ka Wai Kam, Mary Ho, Sunny Au, Xiujuan Zhang, Mandy PH Ng, Patrick Ip, Alvin Young, Chi Pui Pang, Clement C. Tham, Li Jia Chen, Jason C. Yam

“…Abstract Background Cataract is a leading cause of visual impairment globally. Although daily behaviors such as sleep, physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB) have been associated with cataract risk, the evidence remains controversial and uncertain. …”
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PHARMACOECONOMIC STUDY OF OLMESARTAN/LERCANIDIPINE AND OFENOPRIL/LERCANIDIPINE COMBINATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION by D. S. Kaskaeva, M. M. Petrova, O. V. Zimnitskaya

“…Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the use of combinations of antihypertensive drugs were olmesartan/lercanidipine and zofenopril/lercanidipine in patients with essential hypertension II-III stage.Materials and methods. The authors performed prospective randomized uncontrolled study. …”
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EFL University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Effect of Implementing Contextualized Grammar Teaching on Developing their Writing Skills by Paiman Omer Mustafa, Fatimah Rasheed Hasan Al Bajalani

“…The students were randomly assigned into two groups, ensuring an equal number of participants in each group. The first group was exposed to contextualized explicit grammar teaching, while the second group received contextualized implicit grammar teaching. …”
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Phase Characteristics of Models of GaAs Gyroelectric Waveguides with Temperature Sensitive Anisotropic Dielectric Layers in Case of One Layer by Plonis Darius, Katkevičius Andrius, Belova-Plonienė Diana

“…Differential Maxwell’s equations, coupled mode and partial area methods have been used to obtain complex dispersion equation of the models of gyroelectric-anisotropic-gyroelectric waveguides with or without the temperature sensitive external anisotropic dielectric layer. …”
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Economic Burden of Drug Use in Patients with Acute Burns: Experience in a Developing Country by Kolawole Olubunmi Ogundipe, Ismaila Abiona Adigun, Babatunde Akeeb Solagberu

“…The economic drain on the patient's purse is equally devastating. Few studies have examined the cost of managing burn patients particularly the drug component. …”
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A Coverage Hole Healing Strategy with Awareness of Data Delivery Time in Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu-Tian Lin, Tien-Wen Sung, Chu-Sing Yang

“…This path is determined based on the proposed EDPS (equally divided path selection) algorithm. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed hole healing scheme over other general methods.…”
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The Ambulatory and Home Care Record: A Methodological Framework for Economic Analyses in End-of-Life Care by Denise N. Guerriere, Peter C. Coyte

“…This paper addresses the methods used to measure end-of-life care costs. The existing empirical literature will be reviewed in order to assess care costs with areas neglected in this body of literature to be identified. …”
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Image Recognition Performance of GPT-4V(ision) and GPT-4o in Ophthalmology: Use of Images in Clinical Questions by Tomita K, Nishida T, Kitaguchi Y, Kitazawa K, Miyake M

“…Kosei Tomita,1 Takashi Nishida,2 Yoshiyuki Kitaguchi,3 Koji Kitazawa,4,* Masahiro Miyake5,* 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan; 2Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; 5Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Takashi Nishida, University of California, 9415 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0946, USA, Email t.nishida.opt@gmail.comPurpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Generative Pre-trained Transformer with Vision (GPT)-4, GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), and GPT-4o for clinical questions in ophthalmology.Patients and Methods: The questions were collected from the “Diagnosis This” section on the American Academy of Ophthalmology website. …”
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“GLORY TO ARTISTIC SKILL”: EKPHRASIS OF FINE ARTS IN P. ZAHREBELNYI`S NOVEL “WONDER” by Nataliia L. Bilyk.

“…The study is based on the methods of cultural-semiotic and structural-semantic analysis in combination with descriptive and comparative-typological approaches. …”
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Life’s Crucial 9 Score as a Novel Role for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening by Li W, Wen Y, Fan Y, Hu Z, Deng Z, Huang Q

“…Wenqiang Li,1,* Youli Wen,1,* Yuting Fan,2 Zefu Hu,3 Zhiping Deng,1 Qian Huang3 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zigong First People’s Hospital, Zigong, Sichuan Province, 643000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, 637000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dazhou Dachuan District People’s Hospital (Dazhou Third People’s Hospital), Dazhou, Sichuan Province, 635000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qian Huang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dazhou Dachuan District People’s Hospital (Dazhou Third People’s Hospital), Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8615196767955, Email hq15196767955@163.com Zhiping Deng, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zigong First People’s Hospital, Zigong, 643000, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613608158051, Email zgsdzp1016@163.comPurpose: This study aims to investigate the association between the Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9) score and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in middle-aged and older adults.Patients and Methods: We screened the NHANES database for data from 2007– 2018. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ophthalmic Steroids in the Management of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: A Systematic Review by Adriono GA, Triyoga IF, Kadharusman MM, Victor AA, Djatikusumo A, Yudantha AR, Hutapea MM

“…Gitalisa Andayani Adriono,1,2,* Ichsan Fauzi Triyoga,3,* Marcello Mikhael Kadharusman,3,* Andi Arus Victor,1 Ari Djatikusumo,1 Anggun Rama Yudantha,1 Mario Marbungaran Hutapea1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kirana Eye Centre - Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia; 2JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinics, Jakarta, Indonesia; 3Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Gitalisa Andayani Adriono, Department of Ophthalmology, Kirana Eye Centre - Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, Kimia Street, Jakarta, 10320, Indonesia, Tel +62 811 131 660, Email gitalisa.andayani@ui.ac.idPurpose: This review aims to clarify the role of ophthalmic steroids in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) treatment.Methods: A systematic literature search was performed using Scopus, PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane, ProQuest, and manual searches. …”
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Efficacy and safety of intracameral betamethasone versus dexamethasone at the end of phacoemulsification by Amira F.Z. El Hewehi, Khaled G. Abu Eleinen, Sherif A. Eissa, Moataz H. Osman

“…All patients were evaluated for anterior chamber inflammation (cells and flare), LogMAR best-corrected visual acuity, corneal endothelial cell count, pachymetry, and intraocular pressure (IOP) 14 days after surgery. …”
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Development of Modic Changes After Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy: From Risk Analysis to Prediction Modeling by Li L, Wang C, Zhang H, Lin A, Qu C, Sun Y, Tao H, Ma X

“…Lei Li,* Chao Wang,* Hao Zhang, Antao Lin, Changpeng Qu, Yihao Sun, Hao Tao, Xuexiao Ma The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xuexiao Ma; Hao Tao, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 59 haier Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China, Email maxuexiaospinal@163.comObjective: This study examines the occurrence of Modic changes (MC) within the first year following percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar discectomy (PETD) and investigates associated risk factors.Methods: This study adopted a retrospective cohort design. …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Secondary to Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans) by Erdem Eris, Mehmet Emin Sucu, Irfan Perente, Zeynep Alkın, Abdullah Ozkaya, Hatice Nur Tarakcioglu

“…Data retrieved from the medical records included exposure, complaints, visual acuity, clinical findings and imaging, laboratory assessment, treatment, disease course, and visual outcome. …”
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The Role of Earthquake-Resistant Building Elements in Parametric Architecture Design; Balancing Aesthetics and Performance by S. M. Amin Mostafavi Mousavi, Selahattin Ersoy

“…While traditional methods prioritise structural strength but limit design flexibility, parametric design provides a data-driven method that can maximise seismic performance and aesthetics. …”
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Exploring user preferences for lighting and spatial conditions and the impact on atmospheric qualities of Catholic churches by Adira Damai Reforma, Dewi Larasati, Hanson Endra Kusuma

“…The study adopts a mixed-methods approach, executed in two stages. Data collection involves the utilization of online questionnaires employing a non-random/non-probability sampling method. …”
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Eye Tracking and Semantic Evaluation for Ceramic Teapot Product Modeling by Wei Liu, Ziyan Hu, Yinan Fei, Jiaqi Chen, Changlong Yu

“…Using eye-movement experiments, the study first determines users’ visual attention to different morphological regions. …”
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