Knowledge towards Strabismus and Associated Factors among Adults in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Aragaw kegne Assaye, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Natnael Lakachew Assefa, Betelhem Temesgen Yibekal

“…Knowledge of eye diseases is important in encouraging people to seek early treatment, which further helps in reducing the burden of visual impairment. Studies in Ethiopia showed that the level of good knowledge was 37%. …”
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Retinal and Choroidal Changes in Children with Moderate-to-High Hyperopia by Yu Qian, Yingyan Ma, Qiurong Lin, Zhaoyu Xiang, Jun Qiang, Yan Xu, Haidong Zou

“…Ophthalmic examinations, including uncorrected visual acuity, cycloplegic refraction, slit-lamp examination, axial length, and swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT; DRI OCT Triton-1, Topcon, Tokyo, Japan), were performed. …”
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Spontaneous blinking and brain health in aging: Large-scale evaluation of blink-related oscillations across the lifespan by Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Jed A. Meltzer, Prerana Keerthi, Chloe Pappas, Allison B. Sekuler, Cam-CAN Group, Careesa Chang Liu

“…Blink-related oscillations (BROs) are newly discovered neurophysiological brainwave responses associated with spontaneous blinking, and represent environmental monitoring and awareness processes as the brain evaluates new visual information appearing after eye re-opening. …”
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No change in electrocortical measures of performance monitoring in high trait anxious individuals following multi-session attention bias modification training by Joshua M. Carlson, Lin Fang, Jeremy A. Andrzejewski

“…Before and after training, attentional bias was assessed with a visual dot-probe task and performance monitoring was measured with an arrow flanker task where the elicited ERN was collected. …”
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Research hotspots and development trends of Brucellar spondylitis in the past 30 years: a bibliometric analysis by Jinyu Wu, Jinyu Wu, Hongxia Yuan, Hongchao Chen

“…This study employed bibliometric analysis to visually illustrate the scientific advancements and research trends in the field of Brucellar spondylitis research, providing a scientific basis for public health prevention and control strategies.MethodThe data were sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection database, covering the period from January 1, 1984, to December 31, 2023. …”
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Neonatal Microcephaly and Central Nervous System Abnormalities During the Zika Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro by Marlos Melo Martins, Roberto de Andrade Medronho, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Antonio José Ledo Alves da Cunha

“…This retrospective cohort study analyzed 7870 pregnant women, including 2269 with confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and 5601 without Zika infection, along with their fetuses and newborns. Data were sourced from multiple databases in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. …”
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Low-level laser therapy for nipple trauma and pain during breastfeeding: systematic review and meta-analysis by Maria Victória Candida Gaitero, Ticiana Aparecida Alves de Mira, Edna Jéssica Lima Gondim, Simony Lira do Nascimento, Fernanda Garanhani Surita

“…Data synthesis: Pain was measured using the visual analog scale (VAS). The included studies did not use validated tools for assessing physical conditions. …”
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A structured-illumination reflectance imaging dataset for woody breast assessment of broiler meatZenodo by Yuzhen Lu, Hamed Sardari

“…A custom-assembled SIRI platform was used for sample imaging, and it mainly consisted of a broadband quartz tungsten halogen light source, a digital micro-mirror-device-based projector that shined phase-shifted sinusoidal patterns of light over samples, a monochromatic camera with a resolution of 2048 × 2048 pixels, and a computer, operating in an enclosed chamber. …”
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Method for non-invasive assessment of the structure of a heart valve bioprosthesis by K. Yu. Klyshnikov, E. A. Ovcharenko, T. V. Glushkova, Yu. A. Kudryavtseva, L. S. Barbarash

“…The study of explanted heart valve bioprostheses is a valuable source of information about the destructive processes in their components that develop as a result of prolonged contact with the recipient’s body. …”
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A comparative study on the cleaning efficacy of a pulsed vacuum cleaning and disinfection device on rigid endoscopic instruments in a hospital setting by Licong Bo, Xue Wang, Jian Li, Yue Hu

“…There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of visual inspection, magnifying light source, and ATP fluorescence comparison (P>0.05). …”
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Advanced Strategies for Ultrasound Control and Applications in Sonogenetics and Gas Vesicle-Based Technologies: A Review by Du J, Liao M, Zhang D, Li X

“…In addition, applications of these advanced ultrasound control systems for cancer therapy, neural activity, visual recovery and functional imaging are presented. …”
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Exploring opportunities to enhance the quality of pharmacy-based contraceptive service delivery for adolescents and young women in Kenya: a multimethod qualitative study by Tessa Fujisaki, Dismas Congo Ouma, Merceline Awuor, Cellestine Aoko, Syovata Kimanthi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Elizabeth K. Harrington

“…Abstract Introduction Private-sector pharmacies are a preferred source of contraception in many low- and middle-income country settings, especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), but the quality of contraceptive care and counseling in community pharmacies remains understudied. …”
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Acupressure intervention for children: A scoping review by Sri Ramdaniati, Mei Neni Sitaresmi, Fitri Haryanti, Arief Tarmansyah Iman

“…Design: A scoping review Data Source: The databases searched were PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Wiley, Medline EBSCO, and Google Scholar. …”
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Mapping urban functional zones with remote sensing and geospatial big data: a systematic review by Shouhang Du, Xiuyuan Zhang, Yichen Lei, Xin Huang, Wei Tu, Bo Liu, Qingyan Meng, Shihong Du

“…Specifically, this study summarizes the state of the art from three perspectives: spatial analysis units, representation features derived from multi-source data, and the function classification methods of UFZs. …”
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YOLOX-LS: Strong Gravitational Lenses Detection in the DECaLS with Deep Learning by Yangyang Liu, Liangping Tu, Jianxi Li, Jiawei Miao, Gengqi Lin, Chenying Zhao

“…These images are centered on the central source with mag _z ≤ 20 in the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey footprint from DESI DR9. …”
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A guide to sunflowers: floral resource nutrition for bee health and key pollination syndromes by Salena Husband, Salena Husband, Katarina Cankar, Olivier Catrice, Stan Chabert, Silvio Erler, Silvio Erler

“…Yet this should be taken with caution as they also provide a homogeneous source of nutrition. This study aimed to review and summarize the nutritional profile of sunflower pollen, nectar, bee bread, and honey, while assessing their effects on bee survival, development, and health. …”
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From digitized whole‐slide histology images to biomarker discovery: A protocol for handcrafted feature analysis in brain cancer pathology by Xuanjun Lu, Yawen Ying, Jing Chen, Zhiyang Chen, Yuxin Wu, Prateek Prasanna, Xin Chen, Mingli Jing, Zaiyi Liu, Cheng Lu

“…In this study, we present a protocol for handcrafted feature analysis in brain cancer pathology (PHBCP) to systematically extract, analyze, model, and visualize handcrafted features from WSIs. The protocol enabled the discovery of biomarkers from WSIs through a series of well‐defined steps. …”
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Comparative study of the vascular structures of the retina and choroid in Chinese Han and Uygur populations with proliferative diabetic retinopathy: An OCTA study by Yunxian Gao, Zhumahan Tuokedaerhan, Jie Zhang, Lei Yang, Yani Zhang, Wanying Cheng, Yong Zhao, Jiawei Wang

“…Background: To compare the vascular structures of the retina and choroid in Chinese Han and Uygur populations with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) using swept-source OCTA (SS-OCTA). Methods: Fifty-three eyes of 53 healthy volunteers (25 from Hans and 28 from Uygurs) and 40 eyes of 40 PDR patients (20 from Hans and 20 from Uygurs) were included. …”
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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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Identification of maize leaf diseases using red, green, blue-based images with convolutional neural network (CNN) and residual network (ResNet50) models by Basani Lammy Nkuna, Khaled Abutaleb, Johannes George Chirima, Solomon W. Newete, Adriaan Johannes van der Walt, Adolph Nyamugama

“…Maize (Zea mays) is a crucial global staple crop that serves as a primary source of food and income, especially for smallholder farmers. …”
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