Advantages and disadvantages of multifocal contact lens correction of presbyopia in patients with myopic refraction by A. G. Shchuko, N. N. Seliverstova, E. A. Rogozhnikova, O. I. Rozanova

“…The following parameters were assessed: far visual acuity, near and intermediate visual acuity (monocular and binocular), spatial contrast sensitivity, stereo vision (Lang test I&II), area of binocular interaction (binarymeter), visual quality (test VF-14).Results: The indices if visual acuity in patients with multifocal contact lenses were high at all test distances. …”
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Adverse Effects of Systemic Immunosuppression in Keratolimbal Allograft by M. Krakauer, J. D. Welder, H. K. Pandya, N. Nassiri, A. R. Djalilian

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Distribution of perivascular spaces distribution and relate to the clinical features of SCA3 by Xinyuan Chen, Yanhua Lian, Wei Lin, Xiaoyue Xia, Lin Zhang, Zhuoying Huang, Maolin Cui, Ruying Yuan, Mengcheng Li, Ziqiang Huang, Naping Chen, Yuqing Tu, Jianping Hu, Ning Wang, Qunlin Chen, Shirui Gan

“…We utilized visual semi-quantitative methods to assess PVS in various brain regions, including the center of the semiovale (CSO), basal ganglia (BG), and midbrain-pons, as well as combinations (BG + CSO, BG + CSO + midbrain-pons). …”
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Recommendations for the optimization of student led free vision screening programs by Nirupama Devanathan, Melanie Scheive, Amrish Selvam, Baraa S. Nawash, Alec Murphy, McKenna Morrow, Shruti Anant, Jessica S. Kruger, Chi-Wah Rudy Yung, Thomas V. Johnson

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Radiomics in the differential diagnosis of glioblastoma under the primary neurooncoimaging conditions by Nikita E. Maslov, Daria A. Valenkova, Alexander M. Sinitсa, Gennadiy E. Trufanov, Vladimir M. Moiseenko, Alexander Yu. Efimtsev, Vera V. Chernobrivtseva

“…We plan to assess the reproducibility of the study results using similar medical imaging data from open sources and to develop a color mapping technique for the ROIs to facilitate visual interpretation of quantitative radiomic data.…”
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Heterogeneity symptoms of urgency in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia by V. L. Medvedev, M. I. Kogan, T. I. Derevianko, P. V. Shornikov, M. E. Efremov, D. S. Isaeva

“…Blaivas in 2006–2007.Objective Тo identify the most significant signs of urgency in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder with and without detrusor hyperactivity (DH).Material and Methods To assess the OAB, patients completed the OABSS, visual analogue scale (VAS), and also kept urination diaries. …”
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Comparative analysis of CLIF versus OLIF in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis：a prospective randomized controlled study by LIU Zhao*，GAO Yuan，LIU Fengyu，SUN Xianze

“…The patients were randomly divided into the OLIF group（n=65）and the CLIF group（n=65）using a random number table method. The OLIF group was treated with OLIF，and the CLIF group was treated with CLIF. …”
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The state of carotid artery wall in hypertensive patients with gout based on the study of inflammatory markers by H. P. Kuzmina, O. M. Lazarenko

“…The patients underwent carotid artery ultrasound according to standard methods. Results. The duration of gout exacerbation and the pain intensity evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS) (P < 0.01) were significantly higher in group 1, than those in group 3 (P < 0.01). …”
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Refining a hybrid music therapy intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: a single arm pilot study by Haitong Yu, Angelique Foss, Tracy L. Segall, Seneca Block, Kayleigh Risser, Rab Razzak, Michael Zacharias, Catalina V. Teba, Samuel N. Rodgers-Melnick

“…Patients with significant hearing/visual impairments, severe psychological comorbidities, terminal medical conditions, stage IV HF, or end-stage COPD were excluded. …”
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Formation and mitigation of heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in high temperature processed meat products: a review by Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan Adeyeye, Thiyagarajan Sivapriya, Palaniyandi Sankarganesh

“…Even as PAHs occurred during smoking, grilling, barbecuing, roasting, and frying in processed meat products and are influenced by cooking methods, parameters of cooking, cooking time, lipids and marinades. …”
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Optimizing surgical precision: a comparative study of three-port vs. four-port robotic-assisted lobectomy for NSCLC by Fangfang Yang, Lei Chen, Hui Wang, Qianyun Wang, Chen Yang

“…This study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of robot-assisted lobectomy by comparing the perioperative data of NSCLC patients who underwent three-port and four-port surgical methods. Methods The data of 121 consecutive patients who were admitted to our hospital for NSCLC and underwent Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) for radical resection from January 2020 to October 2021 were retrospectively collected and analyzed. …”
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Innovative stabilization of the lumbar spine. Fast track from surgery to removal of all restrictions in professional athletes by Dmitry N. Dzukaev, Andrey V. Zholinsky, Anton V. Borzenkov, Anton I. Toporskiy

“…The most frequently used methods of surgical intervention do not allow a full-fledged return to the pre-injury level of physical activity.Materials and methods: In the described clinical case, an 18-year-old professional cyclist (height 180 cm, weight 68 kg) sustained a spinal injury during a fall from a bicycle at an international cycling competition. …”
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AI-Driven Integrated System for Burn Depth Prediction With Electronic Medical Records: Algorithm Development and Validation by Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Surya C Gnyawali, Yexiang Xue, Gayle Gordillo, Juan P Wachs

“…Traditional diagnostic methods primarily rely on visual inspection by experienced burn surgeons. …”
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The Safety and Effectiveness of Multi-Segment Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws in Adult Degenerative Scoliosis with Stenosis Among the Elderly: Minimum 5-year Follow-up Study by Wang J, Ding Z, Liu Y, Hai Y

“…The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, immobilization, and length of hospital stay were compared between the two groups. The visual analog score (VAS) of low back and leg pain, Oswestry disability index (ODI), Cobb angle, lumbar lordosis (LL) angle, apex vertebral translation (AVT), coronal balance distance (CBD) and sagittal vertical axis (SVA) were compared between the two groups preoperatively and 6 months, 1 year, 5 years postoperatively. …”
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Heterogeneity symptoms of urgency in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia by V. L. Medvedev, M. I. Kogan, T. I. Derevianko, P. V. Shornikov, M. E. Efremov, D. S. Isaeva

“…Blaivas in 2006–2007.Objective Тo identify the most significant signs of urgency in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder with and without detrusor hyperactivity (DH).Material and Methods To assess the OAB, patients completed the OABSS, visual analogue scale (VAS), and also kept urination diaries. …”
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Neurological adverse events associated with antidepressants: a comprehensive 22-year analysis of the FDA adverse event reporting system by Qian Yu, Jingyang Yao, Enping Li, Mingkai Xia, Ziang Hu, Yun Xiao, Jianliang Huang, Jianliang Huang, Mingsheng Lei, Mingsheng Lei

“…IntroductionAntidepressants are among the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide; however, comprehensive analyses of neuropsychiatric adverse events (AEs) across different drug classes and patient subgroups remain scarce.MethodsThe primary objective of this study was to utilize the U.S. …”
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Likelihood of Leveraging Augmented Reality Technology to Promote HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Cameroon: Cross-Sectional Survey by Zhao Ni, Intan Maharani Sulistyawati Batubara, Jackson Jr Nforbewing Ndenkeh, Georges Bediang, Habakkuk Yumo, Xuehong Zhang, Sunyong Oh, Yuchen Zhao, LaRon E Nelson

“…Future research should focus on exploring the preferred features of AR-based digital health interventions and consider methods of implementing them in the context of Cameroon or SSA.…”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals the sex-switching mechanism of juvenile hermaphroditism in silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus) by Yaya Li, Jiabao Hu, Chongyang Wang, Man Zhang, Youyi Zhang, Yuanbo Li, Mengke Tang, Chunlai Qin, Zukang Feng, Shanliang Xu, Xiaojun Yan, Xubo Wang, Haimin Chen, Yajun Wang

“…Heatmaps were generated to visualize gene expression patterns across developmental stages and samples. …”
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Impact of Mental Health Literacy on Improving Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Barcelona by Isaac Daniel Amado-Rodríguez, Rocio Casañas, Jaume Juan-Parra, Juan Francisco Roldan-Merino, Lluís Lalucat-Jo, Mª Isabel Fernandez-San-Martín

“…Measures: (1) Mental well-being: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); (2) QOL: EuroQol 5D-5L with its two parts: the EuroQol 5D-5L Index (0–1) and EuroQol 5D-5L visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) (0–100). Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis, using data imputation methods for missing data. …”
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Enhancing learning in medical same-day emergency care (MSDEC): implementing a bite-sized teaching programme by Sadaf Sadaf, Nnamdi Emekekwue, Rachel Lai, Prajakta Pradhan

“…Teaching materials were designed to be accessible and visual, such as infographic summaries and quick-reference guides. …”
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