Hotspots and Frontiers of Host Immune Response in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Bibliometric and Scientific Visual Research from 2000 to 2022 by Shirong Li, Pengyue Zhao, Chao Wang, Yun Xia, Haoyan Wang, Wenjie Qi

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Community-based interventions to detect visual impairment in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥ 75 years: a systematic review by Andrea Nedergaard Jensen, Birte Bay Højsted, Victoria Eichel, Mie Klarskov Jensen, Torben Lykke Sørensen, Maria Kristiansen

“…Abstract Background Globally, 2.2 billion individuals live with visual impairment (VI). …”
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PyGlaucoMetrics: A Stacked Weight-Based Machine Learning Approach for Glaucoma Detection Using Visual Field Data by Mousa Moradi, Saber Kazeminasab Hashemabad, Daniel M. Vu, Allison R. Soneru, Asahi Fujita, Mengyu Wang, Tobias Elze, Mohammad Eslami, Nazlee Zebardast

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: We analyzed a subset of 33,636 participants (58% female) with 340,444 visual fields (VFs) from the Mass Eye and Ear (MEE) dataset. …”
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Intervention effect and mechanism of Dracocephalum moldavica L. extract on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats by Xiaoyu SUN, Li CHEN, Ruifang GAO, Hui YU, Min JIN

“…BackgroundExposures to environmental pollution and specific occupational hazards exacerbate pulmonary fibrosis which has a complex pathogenesis and lacks effective therapeutic drugs. …”
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Real-Time Integration of Optical Coherence Tomography Thickness Map Overlays for Enhanced Visualization in Epiretinal Membrane Surgery: A Pilot Study by Ferhat Turgut, Keisuke Ueda, Amr Saad, Tahm Spitznagel, Luca von Felten, Takashi Matsumoto, Rui Santos, Marc D. de Smet, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Matthias D. Becker, Gábor Márk Somfai

“…(1) Background: The process of epiretinal membrane peeling (MP) requires precise intraoperative visualization to achieve optimal surgical outcomes. …”
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Dentoalveolar process remodelling in the anterior mandible after Class III camouflage treatment with lower premolar extractions by Dirk Wiechmann, Robert Leven, Per Rank, Yann Janssens, Jonas Q. Schmid

“…Abstract Background The aim of this investigation was to evaluate if the hard and soft tissue dentoalveolar process of the mandible follows the tooth movements after lower premolar extractions and anterior retraction in Class III camouflage treatment. …”
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Effects of physical activity on visual outcomes among type 2 diabetes patients: protocol for a scoping review of randomized controlled trials by Ebenezer Oduro Antiri, Thomas Hormenu, Stephen Ocansey, Edward Wilson Ansah

“…Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus remains a major global health concern, affecting millions of patients worldwide resulting in complications, including diabetic retinopathy, one of the leading causes of blindness. …”
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A Fault Feature Extraction Method for Rolling Bearing Based on Pulse Adaptive Time-Frequency Transform by Jinbao Yao, Baoping Tang, Jie Zhao

“…However, it may cause erroneous diagnosis in the presence of strong background noise or other shock sources. Aiming at overcoming the shortcoming, a pulse adaptive time-frequency transform method is proposed to extract the fault features of the damaged rolling bearing. …”
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Impact of preoperative dental anxiety on intraoperative pain perception during tooth extraction: a cross-sectional study by Tooba Saeed, Ahmad Liaquat, Ammar Niazi, Ijaz- Ur- Rahman, Salman Amin, Tahmasub Faraz Tayyab

“… ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:  Dental anxiety is a global concern. …”
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Multi-feature fusion and multi-attention deep network for enhancing road extraction in remote sensing images by Haitao Xu, Lin Zhou, Bo Huang, Shiwan Chen

“…However, accurate road extraction remains a challenging task due to the presence of textual-similar objects that can be visually confused with roads, and shadows that can obscure road features. …”
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ARMNet: A Network for Image Dimensional Emotion Prediction Based on Affective Region Extraction and Multi-Channel Fusion by Jingjing Zhang, Jiaying Sun, Chunxiao Wang, Zui Tao, Fuxiao Zhang

“…However, the existing methods mainly focus on emotion recognition by extracting the emotional regions where salient objects are located while ignoring the joint influence of objects and background on emotion. …”
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Study on the automatic extraction of water body information from SPOT-5 images using decision tree algorithm by DENG Jin-song, WANG Ke, LI Jun, Dong Yun-qi

“…In this paper, taking Tongxiang county of Jiaxing as a case study area, SPOT-5 image collected on Aug, 2002 was used. The approach of extraction was discussed. Firstly, The mechanism and characteristics of water body and other objects in SPOT-5 imagery was analyzed to find the possibility of extracting farmland from the background. …”
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Feature Extraction for Low-Speed Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Spectral Amplitude Modulation and Wavelet Threshold Denoising by Xiaojia Zu, Wenhao Sun, Yuncheng Guo, Yukai Zhao, Haihong Tang, Xue Jiang, Peng Chen

“…Firstly, the raw signal is subjected to wavelet threshold denoising to reduce the interference of strong background noise, thereby obtaining the denoised signal. …”
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Traditional vs. orthodontic extraction of impacted teeth related to the inferior alveolar nerve: a randomized control trial by Senem Askin Ekinci, Zeynep Beyza Kiristioglu, Ozan Ates, Gokhan Gocmen

“…Abstract Background The aim of this prospective randomized controlled trial was to compare the effects of orthodontic and traditional extraction methods on nerve injury following the extraction of impacted third molars close to the inferior alveolar nerve and to demonstrate the impact of factors such as gender, age, systemic diseases, the side of the third molar, its position, and classification on nerve recovery. …”
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Study of the effectiveness of applying a double dose of ginger root extract for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee joints and hands by V.M. Kovalenko, A.S. Krylova

“…Results. Ginger root extract treatment resulted in a statistically significant decrease in the severity of pain according to visual analogue scale (VAS) by 60 % (p < 0.05), a statistically significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the number of attacks of knee osteoarthritis, the duration of attacks in days and the number of days NSAIDs intake. …”
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Visual analysis of research hotspots and trends in traditional Chinese medicine for depression in the 21st century: A bibliometric study based on citespace and VOSviewer by Chengcheng Song, Kelong Chen, Yongxi Jin, Ling Chen, Zuxiu Huang

“…Bibliographic information, including study authors, organisations, keywords, countries, references, citations, and co-citations, was extracted using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software for quantitative analysis, visual mapping, and scientific evaluation. …”
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The Effect of 0.05D Interval Precise Refraction on Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction Surgery: A Retrospective Study with Short-Term Follow-Up by Li J, Zhen J, Xie K, Yao K, Liu Z, Li X

“…Jiaxi Li,1,&ast; Jing Zhen,2,&ast; Ke Xie,2 Kaihua Yao,2 Ziyuan Liu,1 Xuemin Li1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Beijing Meiermu Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ziyuan Liu; Xuemin Li, Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Number Forty-Nine North Garden Road Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People’s Republic of China, Email ziyuanliu@126.com; lxmlxm66@sina.comBackground: To compare the postoperative visual quality of patients undergoing small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) with spherical trial lens intervals of 0.05D and 0.25D in preoperative manifest refraction.Methods: The study included 196 eyes of 101 patients with 0.05D intervals to perform manifest refraction and 194 eyes of 98 patients with 0.25D intervals. …”
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Automated and efficient Bangla signboard detection, text extraction, and novel categorization method for underrepresented languages in smart cities by Tanmoy Mazumder, Fariha Nusrat, Abu Bakar Siddique Mahi, Jolekha Begum Brishty, Rashik Rahman, Tanjina Helaly

“…The development of such automated systems faces significant challenges due to variable lighting, intricate backgrounds, fonts, designs, and varying name patterns. …”
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Grape cluster detection based on spatial-to-depth convolution and attention mechanism by Shuai Rong, Xinghai Kong, Ruibo Gao, Zhiwei Hu, Hua Yang

“…Grape cluster detection is a crucial step in the visual tasks of automated grape harvesting. Background and occlusion lead to difficulty in detecting grape clusters under natural environments. …”
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The Effect of Rosa Foetida Extract along with Self-Care Education on Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial by Fatemeh Shabani, Shabnam Omidvar, Parvin Sajadi Kaboudi, Hajar Pasha, Soraya Khafri, Hossein Najafzadehvarzi, Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Zinatossadat Bouzari

“…Background: Dysmenorrhea is among the most common conditions among young women. …”
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