Biomedical Application Prospects of Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles for Regenerative Medicine by Ekaterina V. Silina, Natalia E. Manturova, Elena L. Chuvilina, Akhmedali A. Gasanov, Olga I. Andreeva, Maksim A. Pugachevskii, Aleksey V. Kochura, Alexey A. Kryukov, Yulia G. Suzdaltseva, Victor A. Stupin

“…The redox activity of different concentrations of Gd₂O₃ NPs was studied by the optical spectroscopy (OS) method in the photochemical degradation process of methylene blue dye upon irradiation with an optical source. …”
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The combination of paclitaxel and ipatasertib affects the death, proliferation, and autophagy response of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells by CHE Di, XU Pengkun, SONG Zhenyu, REN Baorui, GUAN Jian

“…[Objective:] To investigate the effect of paclitaxel combined with ipatasrtib on the oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cell line Cal-27 to study the changes of the proliferation level and autophagy level, which will provide the basis for further research and clinical application of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). [Methods:] The optical density values ​​of paclitaxel and ipatasertib alone and in combination in Cal-27 cell line were determined by CCK8 assay, and the lethality of the corresponding drugs was further compared to find the most suitable concentration of combination therapy. …”
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Dual Branch Encoding Feature Aggregation for Cloud and Cloud Shadow Detection of Remote Sensing Image by Naikang Shi, Haifeng Lin, Huiwen Ji, Min Xia

“…Cloud detection is a critical preprocessing step for optical remote sensing imagery. However, traditional CNN-based methods have limitations in global feature modeling, while Transformer models, despite their strong global modeling capability, struggle to capture fine-grained local details effectively. …”
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Surface Roughness Evaluation of Resin Composites after Finishing and Polishing Using 3D-Profilometry by Alexandra Vinagre, Catarina Barros, Joana Gonçalves, Ana Messias, Filipe Oliveira, João Ramos

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two finishing and polishing methods on the surface roughness of different resin composites. …”
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Results of Scanning Electron Microscopy of Explanted Hydrophilic Acrylic IOLs by A. A. Gamidov, I. A. Novikov, A. A. Tsymbal, R. A. Gamidov

“…Purpose: study the microscopic examination and microtopography of explanted hydrophilic acrylic IOLs with opacification.Material and methods. 5 samples of soft hydrophilic acrylic IOLs produced in European countries and the USA were studied. …”
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Maximizing the biochemical resolving power of fluorescence microscopy. by Alessandro Esposito, Marina Popleteeva, Ashok R Venkitaraman

“…To improve the precision and the resolution of quantitative imaging methods, we demonstrate strategies for the optimization of fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence anisotropy and hyperspectral detection, as well as different multi-dimensional techniques. …”
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The Significance of Screening Questionnaire in the Evaluation of Age-Related Macular Risk Degeneration Development by L. A. Kochmasheva, Z. Yu. Prokhorova, A. G. Grinev

“…Aim: to evaluate the diagnostic value and objectification of the STARS questionnaire in the evaluation of risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) development. Patients and methods. 104 patients (206 eyes) 40 males (32.3 %), 84 women (67.7 %), who filled the self-administered STARS screening questionnaire, were enrolled in the study. …”
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Highly Sensitive Triple-Band THz Metamaterial Biosensor for Cancer Cell Detection by Ahmed Refaat Elhelw, Mahmoud Salman S. Ibrahim, Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed, Abd El-Naser A. Mohamed, Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed, Salah Sabry Ahmed Obayya

“…The resonance frequencies depend on the optical properties of the analyte sample. Therefore, the proposed sensor can distinguish between different cancer cell types such as skin cancer, blood cancer, and Breast cancer. …”
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Characteristics of fibres based on secondary raw materials and their use in concrete technology by Martin Sedlmajer, Jan Bubeník, Jiří Zach, Vítězslav Novák

“…In the experimental part, the thickness, length, shape, and surface of individual fibres were monitored by an optical microscope. Furthermore, the amount of heat of combustion was determined by the calorimetric method, and the differential thermal analysis (DTA) was carried out for determination of the impact of high temperature on monitored fibres. …”
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Static and Dynamic Electronic (Hyper)polarizabilities of Dimethylnaphthalene Isomers: Characterization of Spatial Contributions by Density Analysis by Andrea Alparone

“…Static and frequency-dependent electronic (hyper)polarizabilities of the dimethylnaphthalene (DMN) isomers were computed in vacuum using the Coulomb-attenuating Density Functional Theory method. The nonlinear optical Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) and Electro-Optical Pockels Effect (EOPE) were investigated at the characteristic Nd:YAG laser wavelength of 1064 nm. …”
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Ultrasensitive Detection of Neurotransmitter in Neurological Disorders by Kiran Kayani, Hijab Fatima, Fahad Bhopal, Jamshed Aftab, Naureen Ehsan Ilahi, Asma Gul, Dr Madeeha Chaudhry

“…We propose an immunoassay chip offering optical detection of different log dilutions (1/10, 1/100 and 1/1000) of dopamine using CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs). …”
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A Reconfigurable 1x2 Photonic Digital Switch Controlled by an Externally Induced Metasurface by Alessandro Fantoni, Paolo Di Giamberardino

“…MMI couplers, based on self-imaging multimode waveguides, are very compact integrated optical components that can perform many different splitting and recombining functions. …”
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Heteroatom-doped magneto-fluorescent carbon dots, a potent agent for multimodal imaging by Abolghasem Abbasi Kajani, Ali Pouresmaeili, Masoud Ayatollahi Mehrgardi, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard

“…The heteroatom doping by innovative use of different metal sulfates including FeSO4, MnSO4, CuSO4, MgSO4, and ZnSO4, further improved the optical properties of CDs. …”
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Fretting corrosion characteristics of NC30Fe alloy in a sodium chloride solution by LI Fang, REN Ping-di, ZHANG Xiao-yu, XIANG Hong-xian, REN Si-cong, CAI Zhen-bing

“…By adding an electrochemical test system on a PLINT fretting wear test machine,the fretting corrosion behavior of an NC30 Fe heat transfer tube in a sodium chloride solution was investigated using cross-contacting configuration under different loading conditions,i. e.,three different normal loads of 20,50 and 80 N with a 100 μm reciprocating amplitude. …”
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Repeatability of corneal curvature with the MS-39 anterior segment tomographer in a cataractous population. by Achim Langenbucher, Nóra Szentmáry, Alan Cayless, Muntadher Al Karam, Theo G Seiler, Jascha Wendelstein

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective non-randomized cross sectional single-center study we evaluated a dataset containing 600 anterior segment optical coherence tomography measurements from 200 eyes (3 repeat measurements each) taken prior to cataract surgery. …”
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Morphological Features of Red Blood Cells in Patients with Severe Concomitant Injury by V. V. Moroz, E. A. Myagkova, V. A. Sergunova, O. E., Gudkova, D. A. Ostapchenko, A. M Chernysh, V. I. Reshetnyak

“…Objective: to reveal changes in the structure and shape of red blood cells depending on blood loss (BL) volume in patients with severe concomitant injury (SCI). Subjects and methods. Eighteen patients (9 men, 9 women) aged 48.6±16.1 years who had sustained severe concomitant mechanical injury (CMI) with different BL volumes and hemodynamic disorders were examined. …”
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Remote sensing algorithm for dissolved organic carbon in the Laptev Sea: Correction of photobleaching effect using spectral slope by Ruiwu Zhang, Ruru Deng, Jun Ying, Cong Lei, Jiayi Li, Yu Guo, Tongtong Zhao

“…To assess the applicability of this method, a stratified estimation model analyses the relationship between αCDOM and DOC concentration before and after correction at different water depths. …”
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Data-driven model reconstruction for nonlinear wave dynamics by Ekaterina Smolina, Lev Smirnov, Daniel Leykam, Franco Nori, Daria Smirnova

“…This scheme is proven free of the a priori limitations imposed by the underlying hierarchy of scales traditionally employed in asymptotic analytical methods. It represents a powerful interpretable machine learning technique of interest for advancing design capabilities in photonics and framing the complex interaction-driven dynamics in various topological materials.…”
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Interpretable multimodal classification for age-related macular degeneration diagnosis. by Carla Vairetti, Sebastián Maldonado, Loreto Cuitino, Cristhian A Urzua

“…In this paper, we analyze the performance of three different XAI strategies for medical image analysis in ophthalmology. …”
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Two-dimensional coronene fractals: modified reverse degree indices, comparative analysis of information entropy and predictive modeling of spectral properties by A. R. Abul Kalaam, A. Berin Greeni

“…Topological characterization through graph-theoretical methods translates chemical and structural data into quantitative values that represent the molecular system. …”
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