The Safety and Efficacy of a Mixture of Honey, Olive Oil, and Beeswax for the Management of Hemorrhoids and Anal Fissure: A Pilot Study by Noori S. Al-Waili, Khelod S. Saloom, Thia N. Al-Waili, Ali N. Al-Waili

“…Bleeding, itching, edema, and erythema were measured using a scoring method: 0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, and 4 = very severe. …”
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A root system architecture measurement pipeline for apple rootstocks by Jean Sabety, Alicia Serrano, Awais Khan

“…RhizoVision emerged as the most efficient and accurate method, providing root trait data without requiring extensive preprocessing of images, thus offering a reliable approach for phenotyping large apple root systems.…”
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Locally rendered high-resolution Land Use/Land Cover Bitmaps from OpenStreetMap Data for geospecific 3D Simulation by D. Frommholz

“…This paper describes a method for creating land use/land cover (LULC) bitmaps from OpenStreetMap data for virtually any part of the world at any resolution on a standard personal computer. …”
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Design of motion capture system-aided lower limb exoskeleton by YiJui Chiu, Yong Wu, DarZen Chen, Wei BoHong, Yi Xian Gu, Chin Hui Hao

“…This paper develops a human lower limb exoskeleton device combining kinematics, vibration, biomechanics, and a machine vision motion capture system that can replicate the physiological structure of human lower limbs, accurately and automatically follow the user’s movements, and assist the human body in weight-bearing walking. First, the visual environment is constructed and calibrated with 36 reflective marking balls using the CAST marker set method. …”
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Prevalence of Giardiasis and Entamoeba Species in Two of the Six Governorates of Kuwait by Rania M. AlAyyar, Abdullah A. AlAqeel, Muna Sh. AlAwadhi

“…A total of 9,653 samples were tested for consistency and the availability of any parasitic particles using visual, direct wet mount, and concentration method. …”
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Protocol for Inoculation of PGPR Staphylococcus sciuri to Seeds and Seedlings of Rice and Tomato Plants for Increased Root and Shoot Growth by Girija Somna, Sonal Sangwan, Chithradevi Baskar, Kavya Bakka, Dinakar Challabathula

“…We suggest that treating seeds with bacteria and enriching the soil with bacterial inoculum provides an adequate load of PGPR that facilitates growth improvement. This method can be a reliable choice for screening and evaluating plant growth promotion by either isolated bacteria or bacterial consortia with plant-beneficial traits.…”
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The Storage Effect against Vitamin C Content in crystal guava (Psidium guajava L.) Juice by Any Guntarti, Mustofa Ahda, Hanun Nabilla, Hari Susanti

“…Moreover, the quantification method of vitamin C levels in guava juice by HPLC can be carried out with a flow rate of 1 mL/minute using the mobile phase ratio (methanol/water: 5/95, v/v), λmax: 265 nm and C18 as a stationary phase. …”
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Investigating thermal effects on void formation in electromigration using thermoreflectance imaging by Kengo ARAKI, Kanji TAMAI, Reiko KURIYAMA, Kazuya TATSUMI

“…This study visualizes the time-variation of the generation, growth, and pattern of voids induced by the electromigration in Al micro-line type interconnections. …”
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Large Eddy Simulation Research on the Evolution Mechanism of Aircraft Wake Influenced by Cubic Obstacle by Weijun Pan, Yuming Luo, Shuai Han, Hao Wang

“…In this article, in order to explore the influence of a single obstacle on the evolution of aircraft wake, firstly, we develop a computational fluid dynamics-based method of simulation of aircraft wake affected by cubic obstacle of different heights in order to obtain the wake intensity changes and position changes before and after being affected by the obstacle. …”
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Verbs of movement in a figurative meaning in teaching Russian to Myanmar students by Elena N. Tarasova, Nwet Nwet Lwin, Fatima S. Makoeva

“…The research employed the method of comparative analysis of verbs of motion in Russian and Burmese, as well as a generalization of didactic-methodological approaches to teaching students from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar a specific group of Russian verbs. …”
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Exploring the knowledge mapping and research trends of cross-border e-commerce by Yi Cui, Yi Shi, Meng Gu, Jie Li

“…Setting: The analysis focuses on 914 CBEC-related publications from 2015 to May 2024, sourced from the Web of Science (WoS) database. Method: Utilising the CiteSpace tool for visual bibliometric analysis, we extract and elucidate key information regarding publication distribution, authors, research institutions, countries and keywords. …”
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Automatic detection of orthodontically induced external root resorption based on deep convolutional neural networks using CBCT images by Shuxi Xu, Houli Peng, Lanxin Yang, Wenjie Zhong, Xiang Gao

“…Automatic detection of OIERR through CNNs as well as CBCT images is both accurate and efficient. The method outperforms orthodontists and is anticipated to serve as a clinical tool for the rapid screening and diagnosis of OIERR.…”
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Intelligent Detection and Automatic Removal Robot for Skinned Garlic Cloves by Zhengbo Zhu, Xin Cao, Yawen Xiao, Li Xin, Lei Xin, Shuqian Li

“…A technical method based on machine vision technology to distinguish whether or not garlic cloves had a skin was explored to ensure that the test bench could complete the recognition of the skinned garlic cloves, and to check that the test bench could also complete the removal of skinned garlic cloves. …”
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Long-distance target localization optimization algorithm based on single robot moving path planning by Yourong Chen, Ke Wu, Yidan Guo, Kehua Zhao, Liyuan Liu

“…Based on image parallelism, we propose a method for calculating the relative position of the target using sensing information from two positions. …”
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RGB imaging-based detection of rice leaf blast spot and resistance evaluation at the canopy scale by XIE Pengyao, FU Haowei, TANG Zheng, MA Zhihong, CEN Haiyan

“…Visual inspection of rice leaf blast resistance is time-consuming and labor-intensive with low accuracy. …”
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Stomach temperature records reveal nursing behaviour and transition to solid food consumption in an unweaned mammal, the harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina). by Caroline C Sauvé, Joanie Van de Walle, Mike O Hammill, John P Y Arnould, Gwénaël Beauplet

“…Stomach temperature telemetry represents a promising method to study suckling behaviour in wild mammals and transition to nutritional independence in various endotherm species.…”
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Numerical Analysis of a SiN Digital Fourier Transform Spectrometer for a Non-Invasive Skin Cancer Biosensor by Miguel Ángel Nava Blanco, Gerardo Antonio Castañón Ávila

“…Utilizing a regularized regression method, we successfully reconstructed Raman spectra in the 800 cm⁻¹ to 1800 cm⁻¹ range, covering spectra of both benign and malignant skin lesions. …”
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Evaluation of the long-term residual safety of a reinforced concrete bridge: a case study by Nadir Albo, Marcello Fulgione, Federico Guarracino, Matteo Felitti, Mariano Modano, Ida Mascolo

“…Notably, the transition from the stress-based approach (Allowable Stresses Method, ASM) to a capacity-based evaluation of the full cross-section, as prescribed by NTC18, has minimal impact on elements subjected to purely axial loads, such as the hangers. …”
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Automatic detection of pupil reactions in cataract surgery videos. by Natalia Sokolova, Klaus Schoeffmann, Mario Taschwer, Stephanie Sarny, Doris Putzgruber-Adamitsch, Yosuf El-Shabrawi

“…We further investigate the generalization ability of this method on a slightly different dataset without retraining the model. …”
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Simulation of tensile fracture and strength prediction of high-lock titanium alloy bolt under eccentric load by FENG Derong, GUO Raolong, YU Weilin, LI Chao, LI Zhao, HUANG Zhangdong, XIA Jinqi, WAN Qiang

“…Therefore, in response to the problem of premature fracture of high-lock bolts in the eccentric installation, finite element analysis method was employed and the model was verified by test. …”
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