USSD: Unsupervised Sleep Spindle Detector by Edgardo Ramirez, Pablo A. Estevez, Martin D. Adams, Claudio A. Perez, Marcelo Garrido Gonzalez, Patricio Peirano

“…Sleep spindles (SSs) appear in electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings during sleep stage N2, and they are usually detected through visual inspection by an expert. Labeling SSs in large datasets is time-consuming and depends on the expert criteria. …”
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Health-related quality of life in Singapore: Population norms for the EQ-5D-5L and EORTC QLQ-C30 by Jaclyn Tan, Mervyn JR Lim, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Richard Norman, Wen Yee Chay, Mohamad Farid Bin Harunal Rashid, Mihir Gandhi, Madeleine King, Nan Luo

“…Regression-based population norms were computed for each subgroup using a post-stratification method. Results: In multiple linear regression analysis, age was significantly associated with EQ-5D-5L index and visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, while no sociodemographic characteristics were significantly associated with EORTC QLQ-C30 summary scores. …”
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The Modeling of the Probable Behaviour of Insider Cyber Fraudsters in Banks by Hanna Yarovenko, Aleksandra Kuzior, Alona Raputa

“…Conducting a cluster analysis using the k-means method made it possible to form 3 main groups of search queries, which included 12 of the selected variables. …”
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Oil-Painting Style Classification Using ResNet with Conditional Information Bottleneck Regularization by Yaling Dang, Fei Duan, Jia Chen

“…Automatic classification of oil-painting styles holds significant promise for art history, digital archiving, and forensic investigation by offering objective, scalable analysis of visual artistic attributes. In this paper, we introduce a deep conditional information bottleneck (CIB) framework, built atop ResNet-50, for fine-grained style classification of oil paintings. …”
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Polythermal study of phase behavior and extractive crystallization of salt in the ternary system ammonium sulfate – water – polyethylene glycol-1500 by Karagulova, Madina A., Kirilina, Diana R., Danilina, Veronika V., Tsesarenkova, Victoria M., Cherkasov, Dmitry G.

“…Phase equilibria and solubility have been studied by the visual polythermal method in mixtures of components in nine sections of the composition triangle in the range of 10–70° C in the ternary system ammonium sulfate – water – polyethyleneglycol-1500 (PEG-1500). …”
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Automatic diagnosis of agromyzid leafminer damage levels using leaf images captured by AR glasses by Zhongru Ye, Yongjian Liu, Fuyu Ye, Hang Li, Ju Luo, Jianyang Guo, Zelin Feng, Chen Hong, Lingyi Li, Shuhua Liu, Baojun Yang, Wanxue Liu, Qing Yao

“…Traditionally, surveyors estimate the damage by visually comparing the proportion of damaged to intact leaf area, a method that lacks objectivity, precision, and reliable data traceability. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of glacier area and length changes in Xizang, China, from 2000 to 2022 by Sugang Zhou, Ninglian Wang, Zhijie Li, Jiawen Chang, Yujie Zhang, Xiaojun Yao

“…Understanding glacier changes is critical for assessing climate impacts, water security, and regional sustainability. Using a visual interpretation method based on Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI imagery, we revised the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) V7.0 dataset and mapped the 2022 glacier inventory of Xizang. …”
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Anterior Cervical V‐Shaped Osteotomy and Fusion (ACVF) for Retro‐Corporeal Decompression Bypassing Anterior Corpus Vertebra: A Technical Note by Minghe Yao, Yaling Li, Beiyu Wang, Tingkui Wu, Kangkang Huang, Shihao Chen, Xiaoqiang Zhao, Yi Deng, Hao Liu

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score. Radiological examinations, including computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were used to assess spinal cord decompression and intervertebral fusion. …”
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Effect of physical activity on low back pain in pregnant women by Joanna Baran, Teresa Pop, Justyna Sieńko, Justyna Leszczak, Mariusz Ozimek, Emilia Waraksa, Waclaw Mirek, Jarosław Herbert

“…They viewed physical activity as a method of pain management rather than prevention of back pain (p=0.010). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Shelf Life Estimator for Dates Using a Multichannel Gas Sensor: Enhancing Food Security by Asrar U. Haque, Mohammad Akeef Al Haque, Abdulrahman Alabduladheem, Abubakr Al Mulla, Nasser Almulhim, Ramasamy Srinivasagan

“…In current practice, shelf life assessment is typically based on manual visual inspection, which is subjective, error-prone, and requires considerable expertise, making it difficult to scale across large storage facilities. …”
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Global research hotspots and trends in anti-inflammatory studies in dry eye: a bibliometric analysis (2004–2024) by Shan Wang, Wei Zheng, Ting Li, Dongxu Yu, Qi Zhang, Yuan Ju, Lijuan Wei

“…The Journal with the highest number of publications was Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, while the highest impact journal was Ocular Surface. …”
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Transportation Severity Analysis of Factors Contributing to Two-Vehicle Road Crashes Based on Interpretability Theory by Chen Zhang, Linjia Li, Aihui Pei, Li Tao, Junli Yuan, Feng Xiao, Yuxi Zheng

“…To understand the factors affecting accident severity in these crashes, we employed a two-stage method integrating latent class analysis (LCA) and random forest (RF) as a data analysis tool. …”
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Adaptive Optics-Transscleral Flood Illumination Imaging of Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Laura Kowalczuk, Rémy Dornier, Aurélie Navarro, Fanny Jeunet, Christophe Moser, Francine Behar-Cohen, Irmela Mantel

“…AO-TFI images were correlated with OCT using a custom method (Fiji software, v. 2.9). Eleven eyes of nine patients (70 ± 8.3 years) with early (n = 5), intermediate (n = 1) and atrophic (n = 5) AMD were analyzed. …”
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Newly Discovered Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei from SDSS and LAMOST Survey by Qian Dong, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Wei-Min Gu, Mouyuan Sun, Yong-Gang Zheng

“…Our approach to identifying CL AGNs is based on automatic spectral fitting, followed by detailed visual inspections. We identify a sample of 51 CL AGNs through this method, in which 40 CL AGNs are newly discovered. …”
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Rapid and sensitive detection of bovine Theileria annulata parasite based on ERA-CRISPR/Cas12a technology by Xiujuan Feng, Yongchang Li, Shiyun Li, Iqra zafar, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Xianyue Fu, Zeyun Cui, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Ercha Hu, Qingyong Guo, Bayin Chahan

“…To address this, a rapid, reliable, and sensitive diagnostic assay integrating enzymatic recombinase amplification (ERA) with CRISPR/Cas12a technology was developed. This assay enables visual interpretation through multiple detection modalities, including UV and blue light illumination. …”
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Health and care workers’ perceptions of PPE and physical distancing for COVID-19: A qualitative evidence synthesis by Dachi I. Arikpo, Afiong O. Oku, Okwu A. Onyema, Edward O. Odey, Hannah H. Hurwitz, João P. Toledo, Kathleen Dunn, April Baller, Helen J. Smith, Martin M. Meremikwu

“…Service delivery, clinical workflows, the absence of visual cues for spatial separation and physical infrastructure hindered adherence to physical distancing guidelines. …”
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Investigation of particle flow characteristics in internal and external combined heat exchanger by Yuqiu Zhang, Zehong Gu, Yongqi Liu, Haibo Gao, Yanxia Wang, Peibin Zhang, Zhuanghe Li, Zixian Gong, Ping Zhang

“…The flow characteristics of particles were studied with a visual experimental platform and equidistant point method. …”
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Physical education curriculum systematizing based on action research: a collaborative network between teacher-researchers from public schools in Quixadá — Ceará, Brazil by Rener Victor Oliveira de Souza, Maurício Teodoro de Souza, Luciano Nascimento Corsino, Willian Lazaretti da Conceição, Carla Ulasowicz, Luciana Venâncio, Luciana Venâncio, Luiz Sanches Neto, Luiz Sanches Neto

“…Our qualitative itinerary has action research as a method of intervention, including class observations, group meetings and field diary. …”
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A novel ensemble model for multi-temporal forest vegetation classification: integrating spectral-temporal features and topographic constraints by Rongfei Duan, Chunlin Huang, Peng Dou, Jinliang Hou, Ying Zhang

“…Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery from 2021–2022 and field survey data, two datasets were constructed to evaluate model performance. The proposed method achieved overall accuracies of 97.84% and 91.41% on the two datasets, respectively. …”
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Ultrasensitive bionic photonic-electronic skin with wide red-shift mechanochromic response by Tianqi Wang, Lei Chen, Haogeng Liu, Haoran Zhu, Zijie Zeng, Yixin Lu, Ping Zhang, Yaofei Chen, Yue Huang, Gui-Shi Liu, Yunhan Luo, Zhe Chen

“…The PC layer containing in-plane-spaced and interplane-packed nanoparticle arrays was fabricated via a fast, facile, combined method of “Marangoni self-assembly”, “plasma etching”, and “adhesive PDMS transfer”. …”
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