Onset of vitiligo following contact dermatitis from eyeliner application in a 20-year-old female by Eugenia Veronica Di Brizzi, Gaetano Licata, Nicola Maria Giorgio, Giuseppe Argenziano, Caterina Mariarosaria Giorgio

“… Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition characterized by the destruction of melanocytes, leading to depigmented skin patches. Allergic contact dermatitis, triggered by allergens in cosmetics, can initiate localized immune responses that may progress to systemic immune dysregulation in genetically predisposed individuals. …”
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Microc alcification Segmentation Using Modified U-net Segmentation Network from Mammogram Images by Md Shamim Hossain

“…The positive patches which contain micro-calcification pixels are taken to train a modified U-net segmentation network. …”
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Efficiency-Sensitive Feature Selection and Probabilistic Feature Transfer for Scenic Image Recomposition by Zhendong Du, Yu Yu

“…Utilizing the BING objectness metric, our model excels at rapidly and accurately identifying semantically and visually important scenic patches by detecting objects or their parts at various scales in diverse settings. …”
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Clinical diagnosis of conjunctival microcirculation in hypertensive patients using shadowless imaging optical technology based on artificial intelligence by SONG Tianli, LI Haixia, LIU Li’an

“…Hypertensive patients’ scleral vasculature typically exhibited features such as “blood vessels” (bright red or dark red blood vessels appearing on the sclera) , “foggy diffusion” (a diffuse, mist - like staining extending from the coronal region across the sclera) , “dots” (shallow circular spots that do not protrude from the surface of the sclera) , and “patches” (colored irregular patches, either round or elliptical in shape). …”
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X-ArecaNet: Dataset of arecanut X-ray images for deep learning applicationsMendeley Data by Praveen M. Naik, Bhawana Rudra

“…Low-quality Arecanuts are less dense, allowing X-rays to pass through easily, resulting in black patches on the X-ray image. In contrast, denser Arecanuts block X-rays, appearing as white patches in the X-ray image. …”
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Effect of the matrix-edge-forest interior gradient on thephyllostomid bats assemblage in sub-Andean forest fragments by Aída Otálora-Ardila, Hugo F. López-Arévalo

“…Evenness showed the lowest values in the matrix and forest edge and was different between forest patches. Some shrub frugivorous bats were more abundant in the edge, and others were more abundant in two fragments. …”
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Multiple small bowel GIST as GI manifestation of neurofibromatosis type I: A case report by Habtamu Tsegaye, Adamu Tigabu

“…Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is characterized by café-au-lait patches on the skin and the presence of neurofibromas. …”
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Baikal glacier system, new findings by M. D. Ananicheva, G. Yu. Pakin, Yu. M. Kononov

“…The last fact confirms the influence of the Baikal basin on the alimentation of glaciers and snow patches on the Verkhneangarsky Range. Currently, glaciers of the Verkhneangarsky Range undergo a slow regression.…”
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A New Vibration Measurement Procedure for On-Line Quality Control of Electronic Devices by Gian Marco Revel

“….), according to the relevant international standards (IEC), in order to verify their resistance to shock and vibrations, but these are mainly “go no-go” experiments, performed on few samples taken from the production batches.…”
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Purtscher's Retinopathy by Anil Kumar Verma, Rajeev Tuli, Gaurav Sharma, Deepak Sharma

“…Purtscher's retinopathy, a indirect ocular injury, presents with multiple patches of superficial retinal whitening and retinal hemorrhages surrounding the optic nerve. …”
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Stochastic Permanence, Stationary Distribution and Extinction of a Single-Species Nonlinear Diffusion System with Random Perturbation by Li Zu, Daqing Jiang, Donal O’Regan

“…We analyze the influence of stochastic perturbations on a single-species logistic model with the population’s nonlinear diffusion among n patches. First, we show that this system has a unique positive solution. …”
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Design of a Smart Antenna for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Applications by Marco Di Filippo, Leonardo Lucci, Dania Marabissi, Stefano Selleri

“…In this paper a smart antenna made of a cylindrical array of patches suitable for MANETs is presented.…”
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Detection of allergen mango components by using droplet digital PCR technology by LI Enjing, WANG Dan, LI Long, LI Hejing, YANG Honglian

“…The test results of 10 batches of food samples applied with the method were consistent with the food labels.ConclusionThis method has the advantages of being fast, specific, and highly sensitive, making it suitable for the detection of allergenic mango components.…”
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Application of DNA barcoding technology in the identification of adulterated ingredients of edible blood products by LI Jiong, WU Qiong, JIANG Hai, HU Ming-jie, XU Xin-yi

“…<b>Results: </b>The results showed that the DNA amplification efficiency of seven edible blood products was 100%, and the minimum adulteration detection rate in various adulteration models was 5%; 25 batches of commercially available edible blood products were identified as adulterated using the method, and 21 batches were found to be adulterated with other animal-derived ingredients. …”
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Evaluation of the Influence of Sulfur-Fumigated Paeoniae Radix Alba on the Quality of Si Wu Tang by Chromatographic and Chemometric Analysis by Ke Pei, Hao Cai, Yu Duan, Feng-Xian Qiao, Si-Cong Tu, Xiao Liu, Xiao-Li Wang, Xiao-Qing Song, Kai-Lei Fan, Bao-Chang Cai

“…Interestingly, in this paper, a total of 37 and 36 peaks were marked as common peaks in ten batches of Si Wu Tang containing sun-dried Paeoniae Radix Alba and ten batches of Si Wu Tang containing sulfur-fumigated Paeoniae Radix Alba, respectively, which indicated the changed fingerprint profile of Si Wu Tang when containing sulfur-fumigated herb. …”
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Dissolving microneedles fabricated from 3D-printed master molds for application in veterinary medicine by Kornicka Justyna, Śniadek Patrycja, Marycz Krzysztof, Walczak Rafał

“…An important advantage of the presented solution is the possibility of implementing the whole technological process in a veterinary office in a short time and the possibility of easy adjusting the size of the patches to a specific animal.…”
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A multi-focused electrospinning system with optimized multi-ring electrode arrays for the wasteless parallel fabrication of centimeter-scale 2D multilayer electrospun structures by Ja Sung Lee, Armando Ramos-Sebastian, Changho Yu, Sung Hoon Kim

“…Finally, the system's potential application is illustrated through the fabrication of three patches of varying sizes and materials, simulating the production of medical patches.…”
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Artificial Cornea Substitute Based on Hydrogel Skeletons with Natural Stromal Hierarchical Structure and Extracellular Matrix for Sutureless Transplantation by Long Zhao, Zhen Shi, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jingting Wang, Shang Yang, Fuyan Wang, Tan Li, Qingjun Zhou, Ting Wang, Weiyun Shi

“…In this study, humanized corneal stroma‐like adhesive patches (HCSPs) are prepared through a multi‐step process. …”
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Spatial Landscape Structure Influences Cross-Species Transmission in a Rabies-like Virus Model by Norma Rocio Forero-Muñoz, Gabriel Dansereau, Francois Viard, Emily Acheson, Patrick Leighton, Timothée Poisot

“…While isolated habitat patches with elevated carrying capacity pose significant risks for viral transmission, they may also slow the spread compared to more connected patches, depending on the modelled scenario. …”
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Assessing Connectivity Thresholds Under Habitat Loss Scenarios for Threatened Amphibians and Squamate Reptiles in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon by Cássia Teixeira, Gisele Lopes Nunes, Leonardo Carreira Trevelin, Daniel Paiva Silva, Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente

“…We also discovered that, when evaluated together, small patches in the landscape contributed to the integral connectivity of the study area and may demonstrate their importance as links between larger patches. …”
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