Ahmed drainage valve surgery in the various forms of glaucoma in children by T. N. Iureva, O. I. Mikova, N. V. Volkova, I. V. Pomkina

“…Antihypertensive drug therapy gives only a partial effect in these cases, but excessive post-operative scarring nullifies results of fistulizing surgery even with antimetabolites and requires, as a rule, of numerous surgical procedures with transient hypotensive effect and following inexorable decrease of visual function.Purpose. To assess the level and duration of the hypotensive effect and nature of the complications of Ahmed valve system implantation with various forms of glaucoma in children.Patients and methods. …”
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The Effect of Sevoflurane Combined with Propofol Anesthesia on Hemodynamics and Pain in Elderly Patients Undergoing Radical Surgery for Malignant Tumors by Qi L, Yi XC, Li C, Li Y

“…The patients were divided into two groups based on anesthesia method: the control group (n=50, propofol anesthesia) and the observation group (n=50, sevoflurane combined with propofol anesthesia). …”
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Innovative Damage Assessment of Endodontic Instruments Based on Digital Image Stacking by Raúl Argüello-Sánchez, Ivette Alejandra Calderón-Alday, Antonio Hernández-Morales, Benjamín Gonzalo Rodríguez-Méndez, Diego Medina-Castro, Régulo López-Callejas, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

“…It offers a cost-effective and user-friendly alternative to traditional methods such as visual inspection and SEM, making it a comfortable and confident choice for both research and clinical settings.…”
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Moisture migration analysis of laminated veneer lumber based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance by Yingying Zhu, Jun Yan, Shuilong Lu, Wenqing Ouyang, Shanwen Li, Zhanxiu Chen, Shengbao Feng, Zhong Li

“…Our results demonstrated that the combination of LF-NMR relaxation technology and MRI technology is an effective method to analyze the moisture distribution and migration for LVL laminates.…”
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Clinical efficacy of probiotic supplementation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis by Miao Tian, Youyang Zhu, Shiyu Lu, Yuliang Qin, Xinyao Li, Tao Wang, Ying Guo, Hongling Shi, Dongdong Qin

“…The literature was organized by Note express software, and the quality of the included literature was evaluated according to the Cochrane systematic evaluation method, and meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software.ResultsFive randomized controlled trials with 694 participants were included in this study, and the results of the meta-analysis showed that the observation group experienced significant reductions in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index total score, visual analog score, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level compared to the control group, but did not show significant differences in improvement of stiffness and regulation of body weight.ConclusionOral probiotics had an ameliorative effect on function, pain, and inflammatory response in patients with KOA, but our results need to be validated in future large-scale studies.Systematic review registrationThe website is https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/.…”
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CRISPR-based platform for carbapenemases and emerging viruses detection using Cas12a (Cpf1) effector nuclease by Lucia Ana Curti, Federico Pereyra-Bonnet, Guillermo Daniel Repizo, Jessica Vannina Fay, Karina Salvatierra, María José Blariza, Daiana Ibañez-Alegre, Adriana Raquel Rinflerch, Marcos Miretti, Carla Alejandra Gimenez

“…This feature allows CRISPR-Cas to be coupled with a ssDNA reporter and generate a fast, accurate and ultrasensitive molecular detection method. Here, we demonstrate that Cas12a was able to detect DNA target sequences corresponding to carbapenemases resistance genes such as KPC, NDM and OXA. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20): A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study by Sang-Wook Song, Sung-Goo Kang, Kyung-Soo Kim, Moon-Jong Kim, Kwang-Min Kim, Doo-Yeoun Cho, Young-Sang Kim, Nam-Seok Joo, Kyu-Nam Kim

“…This study aims to verify the reliability and validity of the MFI Korean (MFI-K) version. Materials and Method. This study was performed at four university hospitals in the Republic of Korea. …”
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PAVC: The foundation for a Pan-Arctic Vegetation Cover database by Morgan R. Steckler, Jitendra Kumar, Amy L. Breen, Tianqi Zhang, Forrest M. Hoffman, William W. Hargrove, Donald A. Walker, Aaron F. Wells, Amanda Droghini, Timm W. Nawrocki, Stan D. Wullschleger, Matthew J. Macander, Gerald V. Frost, Verity G. Salmon, David T. Barnett, Colleen M. Iversen

“…We developed a reproducible workflow for synthesizing visual estimate and point-intercept fractional cover data. …”
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Alignment Parameters: Quantifying Dense Core Alignment in Star-forming Regions by Wei-An Chen, Ya-Wen Tang, S. D. Clarke, Patricio Sanhueza

“…To address the increasing volume of observational and simulation data, we introduce “alignment parameters” as a quantitative and reproducible method to automatically assess core alignment. We first demonstrate the effectiveness of these parameters by applying them to artificial test clumps and comparing the results with labels from visual inspection. …”
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Vision-Threatening Diabetic Macular Ischemia Based on Inferred Progression Pathways in OCT Angiography by Miyo Yoshida, MD, Tomoaki Murakami, MD, PhD, Keiichi Nishikawa, MD, Kenji Ishihara, MD, PhD, Yuki Mori, MD, PhD, Akitaka Tsujikawa, MD, PhD

“…Participants: One hundred fifty-one eyes from 151 patients with a 3-year follow-up period. Methods: We obtained 3 × 3 mm swept-source OCTA images and conducted analyses of en face images within a central 2.5 mm diameter circle. …”
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A comparative study of GPT-4o and human ophthalmologists in glaucoma diagnosis by Junxiu Zhang, Yao Ma, Rong Zhang, Yanhua Chen, Mengyao Xu, Su Rina, Ke Ma

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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Patients Attending the Diabetes and Eye Clinics in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya by Nerice Emade, Joseph Nyamori, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi, Stephen Gichuhi

“…Using a purposive consecutive sampling method, we enrolled 100 participants, 50 with diabetic retinopathy and 50 without diabetic retinopathy. …”
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A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping by Lu Chen, Amir Hussain, Yu Liu, Jie Tan, Yang Li, Yuhao Yang, Haoyuan Ma, Shenbing Fu, Gun Li

“…Additionally, we designed a fast approximation method for the nonlinear weighted fusion of features from infrared and RGB frames based on luminance values. …”
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The possibilities of the non-contrast MRI perfusion in the quantitative assessment of changes in cerebral blood flow by V. V. Popov, Yu. A. Stankevich, O. B. Bogomyakova, A. A. Tulupov

“…Aim of the study was to evaluate a comprehensive dynamic perfusion change in the brain in patients in the early post-stroke recovery period and conditionally healthy volunteers by the ASL. Material and Methods. A prospective observation of two groups was performed. …”
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Different Characteristics of Aquaporin-4 and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Seropositive Male Optic Neuritis in China by Honglu Song, Huanfen Zhou, Mo Yang, Junqing Wang, Hongjuan Liu, Mingming Sun, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei

“…Serum antibody may be a potential biomarker for determining visual prognosis in male ON.…”
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Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC): Facial Muscle Tracking for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders by Shi Fu, Pawel Polak, Susan Fiore, Justin N. Passman, Raphael Davis, Lucian M. Manu, Miriam Rafailovich

“…This study explored the application of Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC) in detecting enervation of facial musculature and assessing reaction times in response to visual stimuli. <b>Methods</b>: A consistent video recording setup was used to capture facial movements of human subjects in response to visual stimuli from a calibrated database. …”
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A novel random forest-based approach for the non-destructive and explainable estimation of ammonia and chlorophyll in fresh-cut rocket leaves by Stefano Polimena, Gianvito Pio, Maria Cefola, Michela Palumbo, Michelangelo Ceci, Giovanni Attolico

“…Machine learning (ML) approaches based on image analysis have been recently proposed to overcome the poor efficiency and subjectivity of human visual evaluation as well as the expensiveness and destructiveness of physical and chemical methods that measure internal indicators. …”
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Brain tumor detection through image fusion using whale optimization and edge preserving filter by Bhattiprolu Nagasirisha, Venkatesh Munagala, Ramakrishna Reddy Eamani, Mocherla Venkata Srikanth, Asileti Suneel Kumar, Varre Venkata Kanaka Durga Prasad

“…While the detail layers are fused based on maximum energy assessed using the Krisch compass operator, the base layers are fused based on the whale optimization method,  for which the objective function is maximization of entropy, edge strength and pixel intensity. …”
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Multi-Layered Security Framework Combining Steganography and DNA Coding by Bhavya Kallapu, Avinash Nanda Janardhan, Rama Moorthy Hejamadi, Krishnaraj Rao Nandikoor Shrinivas, Saritha, Raghunandan Kemmannu Ramesh, Lubna A. Gabralla

“…The framework leverages advanced methods such as encrypted data embedding in images, DNA sequence coding, QR codes, and least significant bit (LSB) steganography. …”
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Developing Computer Vision Models for Classifying Grain Shapes of Crushed Stone by Alexey N. Beskopylny, Evgenii M. Shcherban’, Sergey A. Stel’makh, Alexandr A. Shilov, Irina Razveeva, Diana Elshaeva, Andrei Chernil’nik, Gleb Onore

“…In the construction industry, along with traditional approaches for the visual and instrumental assessment of building materials, methods based on intelligent algorithms are increasingly appearing; in particular, machine learning and neural network technologies. …”
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