50th Jubilee Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics XLIXth Winter School on Environmental Acoustics and Vibroacoustics Szczyrk, Poland, 28 February – 3/4 March, 2022

“…On behalf of Upper Silesian Division of the Polish Acoustical Society (main organizer) and Committee of Acoustics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (coorganizers) we are pleased to announce that according to many years of tradition the above-mentioned Conferences known as “Winter Schools” have been organized and carried out. 50th Jubilee Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics constituted platforms for sharing the results and achievements obtained in different branches of physical acoustics (e.g. molecular acoustics, relaxation processes, quantum acoustics, acousto-optics, magnetoacoustics, photoacoustics, acoustics of solid state, acoustic emission etc.). …”
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Mapping gene associations in human mitochondria using clinical disease phenotypes. by Curt Scharfe, Henry Horng-Shing Lu, Jutta K Neuenburg, Edward A Allen, Guan-Cheng Li, Thomas Klopstock, Tina M Cowan, Gregory M Enns, Ronald W Davis

“…Such a catalog would be useful to develop methods to analyze human phenotypic data, to determine genotype-phenotype relations among many genes and diseases, and to support the clinical diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders. …”
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Visual Outcomes, Quality of Vision, and Quality of Life of Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation after Myopic Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: A Prospective, Observatio... by John S. M. Chang, Jack C. M. Ng, Vincent K. C. Chan, Antony K. P. Law

“…To report visual performance and quality of life after implantation of a bifocal diffractive multifocal intraocular lens (MIOL) in postmyopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) patients. Methods. Prospective, observational case series. Patients with prior myopic LASIK who had implantation of Tecnis ZMA00/ZMB00 MIOL (Abbott Medical Optics) at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital were included. …”
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Distinctive features of eye pathology in elderly and senile people in Arkhangelsk region by R. N. Zelentsov, V. V. Popov, I. A. Novikova, A. A. Trofimova

“…The oldest age group (90 years and older) showed a different pathology distribution than people of the younger age groups: they have higher occurrence of lens pathologies, age-related macular degeneration, optic disc pathology. …”
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Characteristics of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis – A 5-year Study at Benghazi Medical Center, Benghazi, Libya by Magda Elshukri, Kathloum Elkaseh, Anwaar Mukhtar Bennour, Heba Abdelrazek El-Zawawi

“…Background: Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Libya had been studied at different intervals, but not focused on newly diagnosed patients with MS (pwMS). …”
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Biochemistry navigation application with 5-ALA for surgical treatment of cerebral tumors with various histological types by G. I. Kovalev, V. E. Kocharyan, G. G. Muzlaev

“…We analyzed usage results of biochemical navigation with 5-ALA in cases with cerebral tumors of various histological types.Material and Methods. In the study we included 89 patients with various cerebral tumors: gliomas Grade I-IV WHO, metastatic spread and a single case with anaplastic meningioma of different localization. …”
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51st Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics Lth Winter School on Environmental Acoustics and Vibroacoustics Szczyrk, Poland, February 27 – March 3, 2023 by 51st Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics Lth Winter School on Environmental Acoustics and Vibroacoustics

“…During the Conference, a seminar on “Industrial and Impulsive Noise” was organized in association with SVANTEK, which attracted 30 participants. 51st Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics constituted platforms for sharing the results and achievements obtained in different branches of physical acoustics, as molecular acoustics, quantum acoustics, acousto-optics, magnetoacoustics, photoacoustics, acoustics of solid state, acoustic emission, and others. …”
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Biochemistry navigation application with 5-ALA for surgical treatment of cerebral tumors with various histological types by G. I. Kovalev, V. E. Kocharyan, G. G. Muzlaev

“…We analyzed usage results of biochemical navigation with 5-ALA in cases with cerebral tumors of various histological types.Material and Methods. In the study we included 89 patients with various cerebral tumors: gliomas Grade I-IV WHO, metastatic spread and a single case with anaplastic meningioma of different localization. …”
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Comparing Rotational Stability Over Time Between Four Monofocal Toric Intraocular Lenses by Hoffmann P, Potvin R, Anello RD, Hengerer F, Auffarth G, Guldenfels Y, Bertelmann E, Ruiz Mesa R, Fischinger I, Krawczyk S, Seitz B, Antolin-Garcia D, Schmickler S, Hoffart L, Kohnen T, Relucio AS

“…Peter Hoffmann,1 Richard Potvin,2 Robert D Anello,3 Fritz Hengerer,4 Gerd Auffarth,5 Yves Guldenfels,6 Eckart Bertelmann,7 Ramon Ruiz Mesa,8 Isaak Fischinger,9 Sandra Krawczyk,10 Berthold Seitz,11 David Antolin-Garcia,12 Stefanie Schmickler,13 Louis Hoffart,14 Thomas Kohnen,15 Alvin S Relucio3 1Augen- und Laserklinik Castrop-Rauxel GmbH, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany; 2Science in Vision, Frisco, Texas, USA; 3HOYA Surgical Optics, Irvine, California, USA; 4Augenklinik, Bürgerhospital, Frankfurt, Germansy; 5Universitäts-Augenklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; 6La Clinique Rhena, Strasbourg, France; 7Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 8Clínica OFTALVIST Ophthalmologie in Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain; 9Berlin Eye Research Institute, Berlin, Germany; 10Klinikum Stuttgart – Katharinenhospital, Stuttgart, Germany; 11Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Homburg/Saar, Germany; 12Hospital La Milagrosa Servicio de Ofthalmología, Madrid, Spain; 13Augen-Zentrum-Nordwest, Ahaus, Germany; 14Centre Vision Sud, Marseille, France; 15Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanyCorrespondence: Robert D Anello, HOYA Surgical Optics 110 Progress, Suite 175, Irvine, CA, 92618, USA, Tel +1-909-224-6149, Email bob.anello@hoya.comPurpose: To evaluate the rotational stability of four different monofocal toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) from surgery to 4– 6 months postoperative.Methods: This was a subset of data from a prospective multi-center randomized clinical study. …”
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Multislice computed tomography in the diagnosis of orbital fractures by O. Yu. Pavlova, N. S. Serova

“…Three (6%) patients were identified as having sequels of   eyeball trauma. Optic nerve abnormality was detected in 11 (21%) patients. …”
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TPDTNet: Two-Phase Distillation Training for Visible-to-Infrared Unsupervised Domain Adaptive Object Detection by Siyu Wang, Xiaogang Yang, Ruitao Lu, Shuang Su, Bin Tang, Tao Zhang, Zhengjie Zhu

“…Extensive experiments are conducted on three optical-to-infrared datasets, and the experimental results show that our TPDTNet method achieves state-of-the-art results relative to those of the baseline model.…”
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TECHNIQUES OF EVALUATION OF HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION IN CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY by S. Yu. Petrov, A. A. Antonov, I. A. Novikov, T. A. Savelieva

“…In ophthalmological practice, this parameter is measured in anterior chamber fluid evaluating oxygen level for several ophthalmopathies including different forms of glaucoma, for instillations of hypotensive eye drops as well as in vitreous body near to the optic disc under various levels of intraocular pressure. …”
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Investigation into the Influence of Polishing Depth and Speed on the Nano-Polishing Process of Nickel–Phosphorus Alloys via Molecular Dynamics by Jiadai Xue, Yutao Liu, Qiuyan Liao, Ziteng Li, Fei Ding, Yuan Jin, Duo Li, Yanwen Liu, Chuanrui Zhu, Yangong Wu, Bo Wang

“…Nickel–phosphorus (NiP) alloys have been widely used in many engineering fields such as aerospace, automotive, and optics; however, it is difficult to study the material removal mechanism and microscopic size changes in the polishing process of nickel–phosphorus alloys through simple experiments. …”
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The Clinical Features of Graves’ Orbitopathy with Elevated Intraocular Pressure by Shu-Xian Fan, Peng Zeng, Zi-Jing Li, Jing Wang, Jia-Qi Liang, Yun-Ru Liao, Yu-Xin Hu, Ming-Tong Xu, Mei Wang

“…The IOP was not significantly different among the three EUGOGO grades. No glaucomatous optic nerve damage or visual field defects were found. …”
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High-Precision Indoor Visible Light Positioning Using Deep Neural Network Based on the Bayesian Regularization With Sparse Training Point by Haiqi Zhang, Jiahe Cui, Lihui Feng, Aiying Yang, Huichao Lv, Bo Lin, Heqing Huang

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AQP4-IgG NMOSD, MOGAD, and double-seronegative NMOSD: is it possible to depict the antibody subtype using magnetic resonance imaging? by Diego Cardoso Fragoso, Luana Michelli Oliveira de Paula Salles, Samira Luisa Apóstolos Pereira, Dagoberto Callegaro, Douglas Kazutoshi Sato, Carolina de Medeiros Rimkus

“…However, their pathophysiological mechanisms are different and carry distinct prognoses and treatment demands. …”
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Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gas Sensor for Acetone Detection Using Correlated Laser Speckles by Xiaoquan Bai, Ning Bu, Yuxiang Yan, Yifei Ma, Mei Wang, Suotang Jia, Xuyuan Chen, Zhaomin Tong

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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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Multifunctional Protein Alpha2-Macroglobulin in Tear Fluid and Blood Serum of Patients with Glaucoma by N. B. Chesnokova, T. A. Pavlenko, O. V. Beznos, S. Yu. Petrov, A. M. Bessmertny, O. M. Filippova, O. M. Kalinina, V. I. Kotelin

“…Due to the variety of its functions there can be several ways of its involvement in the pathogenesis of the glaucomatous optic neuropathy, including neuroinflammation, amyloid deposition, neurotoxicity. …”
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Federated Learning and EEL-Levy Optimization in CPS ShieldNet Fusion: A New Paradigm for Cyber–Physical Security by Nalini Manogaran, Yamini Bhavani Shankar, Malarvizhi Nandagopal, Hui-Kai Su, Wen-Kai Kuo, Sanmugasundaram Ravichandran, Koteeswaran Seerangan

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