An improved height sampling approach used for global urban building height mapping by Tingting He, Yihua Hu, Fashuai Li, Yuwei Chen, Maoxin Zhang, Qiming Zheng, Baiyu Dong, He Ren

“…Building height serves as fundamental information for characterizing urban landscapes and morphology, as influencing various aspects of the urban environment. While traditional methods of obtaining building height are often limited by spatial coverage and proprietary constraints, remote sensing data provides an alternative for indirect estimation. …”
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Posterior capsule opacification treatment using Nd: YAG laser capsulotomy: 36 months retrospective analysis by Andrius Montrimas, Jorė Rinkevičiūtė, Reda Žemaitienė

“…Acrylic hydrophobic IOLs with a square optical edge have different times from cataract surgery to Nd: YAG capsulotomy. …”
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A novel founder variant in BEST1 gene causing autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy by Nagham Maher Elbagoury, Caroline Atef Tawfik, Asmaa Fawzy Abdel-Aleem, Heba Mahmoud Fathy, Dina Nabil Baddar, Mona Lotfi Essawi

“…This work aims at documenting the founder effect of a novel variant in the BEST1 gene causing autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy and determining its variable clinical features. Methods Twelve members of nine unrelated, consanguineous Egyptian families with a history of impaired central vision underwent comprehensive ophthalmological examination, fundus color photography, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) of the macula, and electrophysiological studies. …”
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Monitoring changes of forest height in California by Samuel Favrichon, Jake Lee, Yan Yang, Yan Yang, Ricardo Dalagnol, Ricardo Dalagnol, Fabien Wagner, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Sassan Saatchi, Sassan Saatchi, Sassan Saatchi

“…Exploring the reliability of machine learning methods for temporal monitoring of forest is still a developing field. …”
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Genetic context modulates aging and degeneration in the murine retina by Olivia J. Marola, Michael MacLean, Travis L. Cossette, Cory A. Diemler, Amanda A. Hewes, Alaina M. Reagan, Jonathan Nyandu Kanyinda, Daniel A. Skelly, Gareth R. Howell

“…Methods Transcriptomics and proteomics were employed to elucidate retinal aging signatures in nine genetically diverse mouse strains (C57BL/6J, 129S1/SvlmJ, NZO/HlLtJ, WSB/EiJ, CAST/EiJ, PWK/PhK, NOD/ShiLtJ, A/J, and BALB/cJ) across lifespan. …”
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Adrenalin-induced platelet aggregation in essential hypertensive patients in the acute phase of hemispheric ischaemic stroke: LTA results by S. P. Zhemanyuk, V. V. Syvolap

“…The aim of the study was to determine adrenalin-induced platelet aggregation parameters in essential hypertensive patients in acute phase of hemispheric ischaemic stroke. Materials and methods. A total of 98 study participants were analyzed. …”
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Pattern and Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion in Bhutan: A 3-Year National Survey at Vitreoretinal Clinics by Rai BB, Dorji P, Maddess T

“…BCVA was not significantly different between BRVO and CRVO eyes. Intraocular pressure was significantly lower in HCRVO eyes (p = 0.015) compared to BRVO and CRVO eyes.Conclusion: In Bhutan, 8.5% of RVO patients were bilateral. …”
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Abundant Lump-Type Solutions and Interaction Solutions for a Nonlinear (3+1) Dimensional Model by R. Sadat, M. Kassem, Wen-Xiu Ma

“…Through the Hirota bilinear method and the Cole-Hopf transformation, lump-type solutions and their interaction solutions with one- or two-stripe solutions have been generated for a generalized (3+1) shallow water-like (SWL) equation, via symbolic computations associated with three different ansatzes. …”
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Representation Learning of Multi-Spectral Earth Observation Time Series and Evaluation for Crop Type Classification by Andrea González-Ramírez, Clement Atzberger, Deni Torres-Roman, Josué López

“…The results prove that our method is competitive in terms of classification performance compared with state-of-the-art methods while substantially reducing the computational load.…”
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Near-Field Electromagnetic Scatterings and Imaging of a Ship Based on High-Frequency Techniques by Conghui Qi, Wei Yang, Xiaozhang Zhu

“…Therefore, it is a more straightforward method to modify the computation from traditional far-field problem to near-field problem with the singularity-free characteristic. …”
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Deformable registration for nasopharyngeal carcinoma using adaptive mask and weight allocation strategy based CycleFCNs model by Yi Guo, Jun Chen, Lin Lu, Lingna Qiu, Linzhen Lan, Feibao Guo, Jinsheng Hong

“…Most of the existing deep learning methods ignored two issues that can lead to inaccurate registration, including the limited field of view in MR scans and the different scanning angles that can exist between multimodal images. …”
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Color Stability, Surface Gloss, Surface Roughness, and Wettability of Material Jetting 3D-Printed Denture Material Under Various Surface Treatments by Toshiki Nagai, Amal Alfaraj, Wei-Shao Lin

“…After surface treatment, the gloss was measured using a glossmeter, surface roughness was measured with optical profilometry, and wettability was measured by contact angle measurements using an optical tensiometer. …”
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Improved Segmentation of Infant Retinal Images and Quantitative Vascular Analysis by Ying Wang, Xiaoyu Zheng, Chunlei He, Jianfeng Zhang, Shoujun Huang

“…In this study, we proposed a computer-based image analysis method aimed at segmenting blood vessels and the optic disc in retinal images and providing quantitative features of the vessels to assist doctors in diagnosing plus disease. …”
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Evaluation of Average Quantum Efficiency of Industrial Digital Camera by Zhuochen Deng, Lingfeng Chen, Xuemeng Wei, Xusheng Zhang

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Análisis del patrón de carrera sobre superficie artificial y natural en futbolistas adolescentes (Analysis of the running pattern on artificial and natural surface in adolescent f... by Brandon López-Gómez, David Andrés Pérez-Mendoza, Julián Santiago Guzmán-Revelo, Luis Gabriel Rangel-Caballero, Yully Corzo-Vargas, Tábata de Paula Facioli, Adriana Angarita Fonseca, Juan Carlos Sanchez Delgado

“…Method: A cross-sectional study involving 18 male soccer players was conducted (median [Me] age = 12 years; Interquartile range [IQR] 12-13). …”
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Dynamics of Structural and Functional Changes of Patients with Dry Form Age-related Macular Degeneration after Double Filtration Plasmapheresis by A. A. Volozhev, A. N. Kulikov, A. N. Belskih, D. S. Maltsev, S. E. Bednova, E. N. Nikolaenko

“…In this study we found according to optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography-angiography, visometry, microperimetry and electroretinography, positive dynamics of structural and functional parameters of the macular retina is observed in patients with a dry form of age-related macular degeneration with using double filtration plasmapheresis. …”
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Remote sensing reveals the role of forage quality and quantity for summer habitat use in red deer by Thomas Rempfler, Christian Rossi, Jan Schweizer, Wibke Peters, Claudio Signer, Flurin Filli, Hannes Jenny, Klaus Hackländer, Sven Buchmann, Pia Anderwald

“…In particular, our approach employed random forest regression algorithms, integrating various remote sensing variables such as reflectance values, vegetation indices and optical traits derived from a radiative transfer model. …”
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Long-term observation of the in vivo safety of a new design of phakic refractive lens by Yinjie Jiang, Xun Chen, Mingrui Cheng, I-Chun Lin, Boliang Li, Xinjie Zhu, Guanghan Xu, Huamao Miao, Xiaoying Wang, Xingtao Zhou

“…Abstract Background To evaluate the biosafety, reduction in anterior capsule opacification, and fluctuation in intraocular pressure (IOP) of a new phakic refractive lens (PRL) with a sinusoidal drainage groove design. Methods This self-controlled experiment was performed on eight eyes of four rabbits. …”
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7Li + 10B elastic and inelastic scattering by A. T. Rudchik, V. O. Romanyshyn, E. I. Koshchy, A. Budzanowski, K. W. Kemper, K. Rusek, L.. Głowacka, V. M. Kyryanchuk, L. S. Kliczewski, S. Yu. Mezhevych, A. V. Mokhnach, O. A. Momotyuk, O. A. Ponkratenko, I. Skwirczyńska, R. Siudak, T. Choiński, V. D. Chesnokova, B. Czech, T. Czosnyka, A. Szczurek

“….), were analyzed within the optical model and coupledreaction-channels method. …”
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Multi-color photonic integrated circuits based on homogeneous integration of quantum cascade lasers by Dominik Burghart, Kevin Zhang, Wolfhard Oberhausen, Anna Köninger, Gerhard Boehm, Mikhail A. Belkin

“…Abstract We demonstrate an InP-based mid-infrared photonic integrated circuit processed from a wafer in which two distinct quantum cascade laser active regions are grown in different areas on the same InP crystal. A passive InGaAs waveguiding layer is epitaxially deposited on top of the entire InP substrate prior to the laser active region growth to optically couple the lasers emission and to multiplex their emission wavelengths to a single output waveguide. …”
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