A hybrid spectral prediction model for printed images based on whale-optimized deep neural network by Dongwen Tian, Dongwen Tian, Jinghuan Ge, Na Su

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Visual Acuity, Retinal Sensitivity, and Macular Thickness Changes in Diabetic Patients without Diabetic Retinopathy after Cataract Surgery by Spela Stunf Pukl, Nataša Vidović Valentinčič, Mojca Urbančič, Irena Irman Grčar, Rok Grčar, Vladimir Pfeifer, Mojca Globočnik Petrovič

“…Functional and morphological macular study after cataract surgery in a group of diabetics without diabetic retinopathy compared to nondiabetics to evaluate the effect of surgical oxidative stress on diabetic retina. Methods. Prospective, comparative study. Preoperative eye exam, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measured by ETDRS letters, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were followed by standard cataract surgery. …”
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Distinctive Intrableb Structures of Functioning Blebs following Trabeculectomy according to Amniotic Membrane Transplantation by Sangwoo Moon, Jiwoong Lee

“…Methods: Forty eyes from 40 patients diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy, either with AMT (20 eyes) or without AMT (control group, 20 eyes), were included. …”
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Comparison of Anatomical and Visual Outcomes between Idiopathic and Myopic Macular Holes Using the Internal Limiting Membrane or Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique by Federico Peralta Iturburu, Claudia Garcia-Arumi, Maria Bové Alvarez, Jose Garcia-Arumi

“…To compare the results of vitrectomy with those of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling or inverted ILM flap for treating myopic or idiopathic macular hole. Methods. Thirty-nine eyes of 39 patients undergoing vitrectomy with ILM peeling for macular hole (25 idiopathic and 14 myopic) and 27 eyes of 27 patients undergoing vitrectomy with inverted ILM flap (15 idiopathic and 12 myopic) were included. …”
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Retinal nerve fiber layer in beta-thalassemia major: a comparative study by M. Firdous, M. F. Umer, S. P. Chandran

“…All the subjects undergone standard ophthalmological examination followed by RNFL thickness measurement using Heidelberg Spectralis OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography). Results. The RNFL thickness showed significant difference between the case and control groups. …”
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The host phylogeny determines viral infectivity and replication across Staphylococcus host species. by Sarah K Walsh, Ryan M Imrie, Marta Matuszewska, Gavin K Paterson, Lucy A Weinert, Jarrod D Hadfield, Angus Buckling, Ben Longdon

“…Here, we measure the susceptibility of 64 strains of Staphylococcaceae bacteria (48 strains of Staphylococcus aureus and 16 non-S. aureus species spanning 2 genera) to the bacteriophage ISP, which is currently under investigation for use in phage therapy. Using three methods-plaque assays, optical density (OD) assays, and quantitative (q)PCR-we find that the host phylogeny explains a large proportion of the variation in susceptibility to ISP across the host panel. …”
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Separation of Inorganic Forms of Tellurium Using On-Site SPE Followed by ICP-MS or ICP-OES—The Right Solution for Water Monitoring by Katarzyna Kińska, Barbara Żelazko, Olga Gajewska, Magdalena Borowska, Monika Sadowska, Beata Krasnodębska-Ostręga

“…The proposed SPE-ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) method allows direct analysis of Te(VI) and Te(IV), with Te(IV) determined after elution from the column. …”
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Automated satellite remote sensing of giant kelp at the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). by Henry F Houskeeper, Isaac S Rosenthal, Katherine C Cavanaugh, Camille Pawlak, Laura Trouille, Jarrett E K Byrnes, Tom W Bell, Kyle C Cavanaugh

“…The performance of each method is evaluated by comparing the automated classifications with a subset of expert-annotated imagery (8 images spanning the majority of our continuous timeseries, cumulatively covering over 2,700 km of coastline, and including all relevant sensors). …”
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A Novel Foundation Model-Based Framework for Multimodal Retinal Age Prediction by Christopher Nielsen, Matthias Wilms, Nils D. Forkert

“…Therefore, this work presents a novel foundation model-based framework for multimodal retinal age prediction. Technology or Method: Feature representations from CFP and OCT images were extracted using RETFound, a powerful foundation model for retinal image analysis. …”
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A Feedback Analytic Algorithm for Maximal Solar Energy Harvesting of InP Stepped Nanocylinders by Dan Wu, Zhiyang Lu, Jing Tan, Tao Lin, Yajing Liu, Kai Wang

“…The optimized SNC arrays for the maximum light absorption are also validated and examined using thorough finite-difference time-domain computational simulations. The algorithm estimated maximum J_sc had tolerances of under 1.8% for all scenarios, which, when compared to simulations, shows that this analytical method offers a practical and efficient means to direct the design of high-performance InP SNC arrays solar cells.…”
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Efficacy of vision-based treatments for children and teens with amblyopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Benjamin Thompson, Mark Oremus, Taylor Adrian Brin, Amy Chow, Caitlin Carter, William Bobier

“…Objective To identify differences in efficacy between vision-based treatments for improving visual acuity (VA) of the amblyopic eye in persons aged 4–17 years old.Data sources Ovid Embase, PubMed (Medline), the Cochrane Library, Vision Cite and Scopus were systematically searched from 1975 to 17 June 2020.Methods Two independent reviewers screened search results for randomised controlled trials of vision-based amblyopia treatments that specified change in amblyopic eye VA (logMAR) as the primary outcome measure. …”
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Radiation Diagnostics of the Maxillofacial Region and Skeleton Bone Density in the Case of Vitamin D Insufficiency: A Pilot Study by Ekaterina Diachkova, Svetlana Tarasenko, Marina Skachkova, Yury Zhilkov, Natalia Serova, Anna Babkova, Beatrice Volel, Ekaterina Blinova, Elizaveta Kytko, Renata Meylanova, Victoria Zaborova, Olesya Kytko

“…At the same time, the question of using a specific densitometry method—DXA or QCT—remains open, as their results correlating with CBCT optical density was not approved.…”
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Evaluation of conventional and digital radiography capacities for distinguishing dental materials on radiograms depending on the present radiopacifying agent by Antonijević Đorđe, Ilić Dragan, Medić Vesna, Dodić Slobodan, Obradović-Đuričić Kosovka, Rakočević Zoran

“…Paired ttest revealed significant differences between the methods used for pure Portland cement, all concentrations of BaSO4 and CHI3, 10% and 20% additions of ZrO2 and Bi2O3 and 10% and 30% addition of YbF3 (p < 0.05). …”
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Image Mosaic Based on Local Guidance and Dark Channel Prior by Chong Zhang, Fang Xu, Dejiang Wang, He Sun

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AI for tribology: Present and future by Nian Yin, Pufan Yang, Songkai Liu, Shuaihang Pan, Zhinan Zhang

“…In this paper, tribo-system information is divided into 5 categories: input information (I), system intrinsic information (S), output information (O), tribological state information (Ts), and derived state information (Ds). Then, a fusion method among 5 types of tribo-system information and different AI technologies (regression, classification, clustering, and dimension reduction) has been proposed, which enables tribo-informatics methods to solve common problems such as tribological behavior state monitoring, behavior prediction, and system optimization. …”
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Thermal Profile of a Low-Concentrator Photovoltaic: A COMSOL Simulation by Maryam M. Alqurashi, Reem M. Altuwirqi, Entesar A. Ganash

“…In this work, the thermal profile of the PV plate in a V-trough system will be determined when this system is placed in different geographical locations in Saudi Arabia. The simulation is conducted using COMSOL Multiphysics software with a ray optics package integrated with a heat transfer routine. …”
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Using an Ultraviolet-Enabled Boat to Reduce Microcystin and Suppress Cyanobacterial Growth in Harmful Algal Bloom-Impacted Surface Waters by Taylor Rycroft, Brianna Fernando, Michael L. Mayo

“…Pre- and post-treatment samples were collected and re-grown for 9 days in the laboratory to observe differences in microcystin, chlorophyll <i>a</i>, and phycocyanin concentrations, optical density, cell density, and community composition. …”
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STRAIN LOCALIZATION PECULIARITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCES IN ROCK SAMPLES TESTED BY UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION AND EXPOSED TO ELECTRIC PULSES by V. A. Mubassarova, L. M. Bogomolov, A. S. Zakupin, I. A. Panteleev, O. B. Naimark

“…Strain of the specimens was studied with application of original methods of strain computation based on analyses of optical images of deformed specimen surfaces in LaVISION Strain Master System.Acoustic emission experiment data were interpreted on the basis of analyses of the AE activity in time, i.e. the number of AE events per second, and analyses of signals’ energy and AE sources’ locations, i.e. defects.The experiment was conducted at ICMM with the use of the set of equipment with advanced diagnostic capabilities (as compared to earlier experiments described in [Zakupin et al., 2006a, 2006b; Bogomolov et al., 2004]). …”
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Automated analysis of retinal microcirculation in type 1 diabetes mellitus by Yu. N. Yusef, M. H. Durzhinskaya, V. G. Pavlov, D. V. Petrachkov, I. B. Gurevich, V. V. Yashina, A. T. Tleubaev, V. V. Fadeyev, I. V. Poluboyarinova, A. E. Goldsmid, R. А. Karamullina, D. V. Lipatov, M. V. Budzinskaya

“…BACKGROUND: The paper is dedicated to the assessment of the retinal microvasculature in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) with various features of the clinical course and different stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Automatic analysis of optical coherence tomogram angiograms (OCT-A) was carried out with specially developed software that provides the ability to estimate quantitative vascular parameters.AIM: The purpose of the study was to assess diagnostic accuracy of clinical parameters and imaging biomarkers in type 1 diabetes using a new algorithm for OCT-A analysis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 186 people (365 eyes) with type 1 diabetes. …”
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Dimethyl α-ketoglutarate ameliorates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury by modulating mitophagy through the PINK1/Parkin pathway by Haijing Dou, Huihui Hao, Ruoyi Zhao, Hailun Li, Fangshu Wei, Yong Xu, Donghui Zheng, Juan Xie, Xiang Li

“…However, the role of AKG in AKI therapy remains incompletely understood. Methods Cisplatin (CIS) was employed to establish acute kidney injury models in mice and cells, with DM-AKG administered as an intervention. …”
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