Ultrastructural changes in the midgut of Ixodes ricinus nymphs across feeding and digestion stages by Veronika Urbanová, Marie Vancová, František Kitzberger, Jiří Týč, Tomáš Bílý, Tereza Kozelková, Petr Kopáček, Daniel Sojka

“…Ticks rely on host blood as their primary source of nutrients and energy. In hard ticks (Ixodidae), a single blood meal per life stage supports survival, metamorphosis, and, in females, egg production. …”
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A Formalistic and Semiotic Critique of "Time management" Painting by Alexander Gorlizki by Adham Zargham, Golnaz Ghasempour

“…This research has been done to answer the question in the "Time management" painting as a visual system: What connections can the form components have with the semiotic system? …”
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Newly Discovered Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei from SDSS and LAMOST Survey by Qian Dong, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Wei-Min Gu, Mouyuan Sun, Yong-Gang Zheng

“…We estimate the black hole mass and Eddington ratio for all sources, which range from 2.5 × 10 ^6 to 8.0 × 10 ^8 M _⊙ and from 0.001 to 0.13, respectively. …”
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Helping Rabbits Cope with Veterinary Acts and Vaccine-Related Stress: The Effects of the Rabbit Appeasing Pheromone (RAP) by Pietro Asproni, Elisa Codecasa, Miriam Marcet-Rius, Juliane Demellier, Estelle Descout, Marine Verbaere, Orane Vinck, Patrick Pageat, Alessandro Cozzi

“…Veterinary procedures represent an important source of stress. In other pets, pheromone use was shown to help patients better cope with these procedures. …”
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Functional Brain Connectivity during Multiple Motor Imagery Tasks in Spinal Cord Injury by Alkinoos Athanasiou, Nikos Terzopoulos, Niki Pandria, Ioannis Xygonakis, Nicolas Foroglou, Konstantinos Polyzoidis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis

“…In our study, ten right-handed patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and ten age- and gender-matched healthy controls performed multiple visual motor imagery tasks of upper extremities and walking under high-resolution electroencephalography recording. …”
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF TREATMENT OF NON-VARICOSE ESOPHAGOINTESTINAL GASTRIC BLEEDING by К. G. Kubachev, Е. U. Kachesov, О. A. Petropavlovskaya, O. S. Danilin, D. A. Tvorogov

“…The primary surgical treatment was done for 46 (4.3 %) patients, who had the traces of a heavy blood loss but it was not possible to visualize its source. Two patients died. 106 patients underwent an X-ray endovascular surgical procedure aimed at reaching the hemostasis. 100 patients of them had a bleeding recurrence and 6 of them had a comorbidity index over 30 points and a high risk of bleeding recurrence. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the national elderly care program in Oman: A cross-sectional study by Idris Aal Jumaa, Mohammed Al Ghafri, Nahid Bait Jamil, Jokha Al Sa'idi, Sitwat Usman Langrial, Salah Al Awaidy

“…Health institutions were the primary source of referrals (81% for females, 86% for males). …”
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SIGNIFY: Leveraging Machine Learning and Gesture Recognition for Sign Language Teaching Through a Serious Game by Luca Ulrich, Giulio Carmassi, Paolo Garelli, Gianluca Lo Presti, Gioele Ramondetti, Giorgia Marullo, Chiara Innocente, Enrico Vezzetti

“…The proposed solution detects and overlays 21 hand landmarks and a bounding box on live camera feeds, making use of an open-source framework to provide real-time visual feedback. …”
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Chemical Profile and Promising Applications of <i>Cucurbita pepo</i> L. Flowers by Ritamaria Di Lorenzo, Luigi Castaldo, Raffaele Sessa, Lucia Ricci, Eleonora Vardaro, Luana Izzo, Michela Grosso, Alberto Ritieni, Sonia Laneri

“…Although edible flowers have been historically principally used due to their visual appeal and smell, the world is discovering their value as innovative and natural sources of bioactive compounds. …”
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Temporal Coupling of Brain Signals and Fine Motor Output Using Affordable EEG by Adam Gyula Nemes, Adam Gyulai, Adam Szarvas, Erno Nemeth, Kristof Tajti, Viktor Toth, Gyorgy Eigner

“…A primary and distinctive contribution of this work is our precise temporal integration methodology that synchronizes EEG signals, task-related visual and auditory cues, and exact muscle activation events (finger trigger presses) through the Lab Streaming Layer protocol. …”
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YOLOv8-RBean: Runner Bean Leaf Disease Detection Model Based on YOLOv8 by Hongbing Chen, Haoting Zhai, Jinghuan Hu, Hongrui Chen, Changji Wen, Yizhe Feng, Kun Wang, Zhipeng Li, Guangyao Wang

“…Runner bean is an important food source worldwide, and effective disease prevention and control are crucial to ensuring food security. …”
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An Internal Limiting Membrane Plug and Gas Endotamponade for Recurrent or Persistent Macular Hole by Fabrizio Giansanti, Ruggero Tartaro, Tomaso Caporossi, Daniela Bacherini, Alfonso Savastano, Francesco Barca, Stanislao Rizzo

“…Average preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.81 logMAR (±0.16 SD) and 20/125 Snellen. …”
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Leveraging IoT and CFD to optimize solar PV module performance in high-temperature environments; case study: Kirkuk, Iraq by Yaareb Elias Ahmed, Jagadeesh Pasupuleti, Firas Basim Ismail, Suad Hassan Danook, Fadhil Khadoum alhousni, Mohammad Reza Maghami

“…CFD simulations were employed to visualize and analyze the temperature distribution and airflow patterns around the modules. …”
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A Reliable Molecular Diagnostic Tool for CA90 (<i>Castanea sativa</i> × <i>Castanea crenata</i>) Hybrid Identification Through SSR by Toufiq Soale Yussif, Nadine Evora da Cruz, Valentim Coelho, Eugénia Gouveia, Altino Branco Choupina

“…Chestnut trees are an essential source of both food and timber. However, the severe threats from invasive pests and diseases compromise their existence and productivity. …”
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Tracking conditioned fear in pair-housed mice using deep learning and real-time cue delivery by Hannah C. Smith, Zhe Yu, Patrick Yazigi, Benjamin Turley, Adam P. Swiercz, Jeanie Park, Paul J. Marvar

“…Understanding complex PTSD criteria requires new pre-clinical paradigms and technologies that integrate sensory physiology (e.g., auditory, visual, olfactory) with behavior. Here we present a novel Pavlovian-based paradigm using an open-source software plus deep learning-based pose estimation to investigate the effects of a recurrent conditioned stimulus (CS) on fear behaviors in pair-housed mice within the home cage. …”
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Comparison of choroidal vascularity index in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: impact of silicone-oil vs. gas tamponade following pars plana vitrectomy by Ece Ozal, Serhat Ermis, Murat Karapapak, Omer Faruk Canli, Sadık Altan Ozal

“…Conclusion CVI values did not significantly differ between eyes treated with SO and gas tamponade, nor did they correlate significantly with postoperative visual outcomes. Although CVI provides valuable insights into choroidal health, it may not serve as a strong predictor of visual recovery in the early postoperative period. …”
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The Multifunctional Catalytic Hemoglobin from <i>Amphitrite ornata</i>: Protocols on Isolation, Taxonomic Identification, Protein Extraction, Purification, and Characterization by Anna L. Husted, Victoria R. Sutton, Lauren A. Presnar, R. Kevin Blackburn, Joseph L. Staton, Stephen A. Borgianini, Edward L. D’Antonio

“…In order to discover more infaunal DHP-bearing candidates, we have devised a facilitated method for an accurate taxonomic identification that places visual and molecular taxonomic approaches in parallel. …”
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Conteo de personas con un sensor RGBD comercial by M. Castrillón-Santan, J. Lorenzo-Navarro, D. Hernández-Sosa

“…The results achieved in an experimental setup with real video reported a TPR over 95%, beating robust GMM background subtraction based only on the visual cue. The results suggest the benefits of the depth cue for this particular task. …”
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A Framework for Autonomous UAV Navigation Based on Monocular Depth Estimation by Jonas Gaigalas, Linas Perkauskas, Henrikas Gricius, Tomas Kanapickas, Andrius Kriščiūnas

“…This work focuses on autonomous drone navigation from point A to point B using visual information obtained from a monocular camera in a simulator. …”
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Cinema-atlas of the USSR: Far Away in Asia by Vladimir Erofeev / Киноатлас СССР: «Далеко в Азии» Владимира Ерофеева by GOLOVNEV IVAN A. / ГОЛОВНЕВ И.А.

“…Methodologically, this article develops the application of the author’s approach to analyze films as cinematic texts: using the chosen example, it demonstrates how the film document can be read as a historical source. The findings highlight the significance of historical cinema documents as multi-layered evidence of visual history, offering informative potential for research across a wide range of humanitarian disciplines. …”
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