All‐Level Versus Alternative‐Level in Unilateral Laminoplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Study by Bin Zheng, Zhenqi Zhu, Yan Liang, Haiying Liu

“…There are no differences in sagittal parameters. All‐level fixation method showed better preservation of the spinal canal diameter.…”
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Digital Eye-Movement Outcomes (DEMOs) as Biomarkers for Neurological Conditions: A Narrative Review by Lisa Graham, Rodrigo Vitorio, Richard Walker, Gill Barry, Alan Godfrey, Rosie Morris, Samuel Stuart

“…Eye tracking has become a useful method for investigating visual system functioning, attentional processes, and cognitive mechanisms. …”
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Explainable fully automated CT scoring of interstitial lung disease for patients suspected of systemic sclerosis by cascaded regression neural networks and its comparison with expe... by Jingnan Jia, Irene Hernández-Girón, Anne A. Schouffoer, Jeska K. de Vries-Bouwstra, Maarten K. Ninaber, Julie C. Korving, Marius Staring, Lucia J. M. Kroft, Berend C. Stoel

“…To overcome the score imbalance in the second network, we propose a method to augment the training dataset with synthetic data. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Efficiency and Patient Tolerance of Hybrid Arch Bar, Erich’s Arch Bar and Maxillomandibular Fixation Screw Placement in Treatment of Jaw Fractures: A Pros... by Sherwin Samuel, Kalyani Bhate, Akash Muralidharan, Manoj Bafna, Rushab Chordia

“…The presence of these different methods warrants a study to evaluate the efficiency, advantages, and disadvantages of each method. …”
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Evaluation of cosmetic appearance of herniotomy wound scars in African children: Comparison of tissue glue and subcuticular suturing by Ademuyiwa A, Sowande O, Adejuyigbe O, Usang U, Bakare TIB, Anyanwu LJC

“…Cosmetic outcome were based on visual analogue scale by parents and Hollander wound evaluation scale by a Plastic Surgeon blinded to the wound closure method. …”
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A Refined Vestibular Romberg Test to Differentiate Somatosensory from Vestibular-Induced Disequilibrium by Evangelos Anagnostou, Anastasia Gamvroula, Maria Kouvli, Evangelia Karagianni, George Stranjalis, Maria Skoularidou, Theodosis Kalamatianos

“…<b>Background</b>: The vestibular Romberg test, which assesses the deterioration of balance while standing on rubber foam with closed eyes, is a well-established method in the physical neurological assessment of patients with peripheral vestibulopathy. …”
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An Experimental and Clinical Justification for Prolongation of Action of Anti-VEGF Drug in the “Wet” Form Age-related Macular Degeneration by the Introduction in the Back Subtenon... by R. V. Gaybaryan, A. N. Epikhin, Yu. F. Bondarenko

“…Experimental-clinical substantiation of the effectiveness of subtenon injection of anti-VEGF drug on the viscous media with the purpose of strengthening and prolong of therapeutic effect in the treatment of wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Material and methods. The experimental part of the work was carried out on 10 rabbits (20 eyes). …”
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Presenting novel 2D echocardiographic views for pulmonary valve assessment in tetralogy of fallot patients by Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam, Mohammad Reza Mirzaaghayan, Hani Milani, Hosein Ghasempour, Niloufar Torkan, Mohammadsadegh Talebi Kahdouei

“…Echocardiography could not detect the mono-cuspid morphology of PV in any case; however, two patients had mono-cuspid PV morphology according to the surgeon’s visual assessment. Conclusion 2D TTE can be considered an accurate method for evaluating pulmonary valve (bicuspid vs. tricuspid) in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot when specific views are utilized. …”
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COCHLEA: Longitudinal Cognitive Performance of Older Adults with Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants at 4.5-Year Follow-Up by Julia Z. Sarant, Peter A. Busby, Adrian J. Schembri, Robert J. S. Briggs, Colin L. Masters, David C. Harris

“…This study aimed to investigate the effect of cochlear implant use on longitudinal cognitive performance, as this intervention may be an effective method of modifying cognitive outcomes for older adults with significant hearing loss. …”
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The Role of Sensor Technologies in Estrus Detection in Beef Cattle: A Review of Current Applications by Inga Merkelytė, Artūras Šiukščius, Rasa Nainienė

“…However, this goal is difficult to achieve, as the gestation period in beef cows lasts approximately 280 days, leaving only 80–85 days for successful conception. Traditional methods, such as visual estrus detection, are becoming increasingly unreliable due to expanding herd sizes and the subjectivity of visual observation. …”
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Altered inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric functional connectivity dynamics in male cigarette smokers by Mengzhe Zhang, Huiyu Huang, Xiaoyu Niu, Jinghan Dang, Jieping Sun, Qiuying Tao, Weijian Wang, Shaoqiang Han, Jingliang Cheng, Yong Zhang

“…Meanwhile, sliding window method was used to evaluate inter- and intra-hemispheric dynamic functional connectivity density (dFCD) variability. …”
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In situ oxidative stress in patients with epiretinal membrane by Tomasz Wilczyński, Jolanta Zalejska-Fiolka, Sabina Sapeta-Wieckowska, Monika Sarnat-Kucharczyk, Monika Sarnat-Kucharczyk, Wojciech Rokicki, Wojciech Rokicki

“…ContextOxidative stress is an important factor for vitreomacular interface disease development in a theoretical model.PurposeThe aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between oxidative stress in the human epiretinal membrane (ERM) and retinal morphological changes.Material and methodsThe study included patients scheduled for vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane removal. …”
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Phacoemulsification of cataract in the case of capsular bag damage by V. U. Rozukulov, T. N. Savranova, A. F. Yusupov

“…In the case of a rupture of the posterior capsule during cataract phacoemulsification, or failure of the ligamentous apparatus of the lens of various origins, the implantation of the RSP-III IOL through a small self-sealing incision using an injector is the method of choice, which allows achieving a stable position of the IOL in the early and long-term follow-up periods, and high visual acuity with the minimal values of corneal astigmatism.…”
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Reactivity to Smoking Cues in a Social Context: Virtual Reality Experiment by Katharina Eidenmueller, Sabine Hoffmann, Kornelius Kammler-Sücker, Leonard Wenger, Massimiliano Mazza, Christiane Mühle, Manuel Stenger, Gerrit Meixner, Falk Kiefer, Bernd Lenz

“…Virtual reality (VR) provides a standardized method to present social stimuli and is increasingly used in addiction research. …”
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Analysis of intravitreal using of anti vegf-medications for diseases of fundus accompanied by exudation and neovascularization by N. G. Zavgorodnya, I. A. Poplavska, S.L. Shevluk, D.V. Martynov

“…Nowadays, new methods of treatment of choroidal neovascularization are being actively developed and introduced in exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), complicated myopia, diabetic retinopathy and post-thrombotic retinopathy. …”
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RESEARCH REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FUNGUS PHOMOPSIS MALI ROBERTS (PHOMOPSIS FRUIT TREE CANKER) IN A TWO YEARS OLD ECOLOGICAL APPLE ORCHARD - CASE STUDY by Otilia COTUNA, Mirela PARASCHIVU, Veronica SĂRĂȚEANU, Marinel Nicolae HORABLAGA, Andi CIOBANU, Klaudia KINCEL, Anca Ofelia PANDA, Ramona ȘTEF

“…The identification of the disease and of the pathogen was done using visual and laboratory methods. In laboratory was identified the fungus with the humid chamber method and by placement of diseased tissue samples on culture medium followed by incubation at 23 - 24oC for seven days. …”
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Clinical case of basal cell carcinoma therapy using 5 % imiquimod cream by H. I. Makurina, O. I. Мakarchuk, I. P. Dmytrenko, A. V. Holovkin, L. O. Cherneda

“…To describe clinical case of the basal cell carcinoma treatment, determine personalized diagnostic algorithm of the patient management with further selection of the therapy method regarding visual, dermatoscopic and pathomorphological picture of disease. …”
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Predictive Factors for Successful Type 1 Big Bubble during Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty by Vincent M. Borderie, Sara Touhami, Cristina Georgeon, Otman Sandali

“…We aimed to determine the predictive factors of type 1 BB success. Methods. Observational cohort study including 77 consecutive eyes of 77 patients undergoing DALK by one surgeon at a single reference center without any selection. …”
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Deep Multimodal-Interactive Document Summarization Network and Its Cross-Modal Text–Image Retrieval Application for Future Smart City Information Management Systems by Wenhui Yu, Gengshen Wu, Jungong Han

“…Even against strong extractive methods like TextRank (Rouge-1 30.93) and LexRank (Rouge-1 29.63), our approach shows gains of over 15 points in Rouge-1, underlining its effectiveness in capturing both textual and visual semantics. …”
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How much missing data is too much to impute for longitudinal health indicators? A preliminary guideline for the choice of the extent of missing proportion to impute with multiple i... by K. P. Junaid, Tanvi Kiran, Madhu Gupta, Kamal Kishore, Sujata Siwatch

“…The study aimed to provide a preliminary guideline for the choice of the extent of missing proportion to impute longitudinal health-related data using the MICE method. Methods The study obtained complete data on five mortality-related health indicators of 100 countries (2015–2019) from the Global Health Observatory. …”
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