Safety and effectiveness of brolucizumab in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration: A phase IV study from India by Asim K Ghosh, Debdulal Chakraborty, Aditya Sudhalkar, Rohan Chawla, Simar R Singh, Atul K Sahu, Ramesh Venkatesh, Vishal Raval, Sonali Shah, Padma Preetha, Maulik Bhavsar, Sandip Patil, Isha Khadke, Anup Thorat

“…Secondary endpoints included changes in effectiveness variables – visual acuity, intraretinal fluid (IRF), subretinal fluid (SRF), and central subfield thickness (CST), at 16 and 56 weeks. …”
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Clinical findings, outcomes following management and complications of acute retinal necrosis: the experience of a tertiary eye centre in Saudi Arabia by Enas Magharbil, Faisal Al-Qahtani, Maram Al-Enazi, Abdulrahman H. Badawi, Nora Alyousif, Moustafa S. Magliyah, Hassan Al-Dhibi

“…Conclusion The visual outcomes of ARN are significantly worse in eyes which develop RRD. …”
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Real-Life Efficacy of Bevacizumab Treatment for Macular Edema Secondary to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion according to Pro Re Nata or Treat-and-Extend Regimen in Eyes with or witho... by Moustafa Hamam, Neil Lagali, Elie Abdulnour, Helen Setterud, Björn Johansson, Pierfrancesco Mirabelli

“…Intravitreal bevacizumab according to either PRN or TER resolved edema and stabilized vision in the first 12 months, with TER yielding significant visual improvement and avoiding neovascular complications. …”
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Practices and Attitudes of Dental Loupes and Their Relationship to Musculoskeletal Disorders among Dental Practitioners by Khalid Aboalshamat, Ola Daoud, Lina Ayman Mahmoud, Sakina Attal, Rahaf Alshehri, Duaa Bin Othman, Reem Alzahrani

“…Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 400 dental students and dentists in four dental colleges in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Pattern recognition in SARS cases: insights from t-SNE and k-means clustering applied to COVID-19 symptomatology by Julliana Gonçalves Marques, Bruno Motta de Carvalho, Luiz Affonso Guedes, Márjory Da Costa-Abreu

“…This study proposes a dimensionality reduction approach combined with a clustering technique to visually analyse structural similarities among SARS-infected individuals, aiming to determine whether aspects such as case progression and diagnosis impact these patterns.MethodsThis analysis utilised the t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbour Embedding (t-SNE) algorithm for dimensionality reduction, combined with Gower's distance to handle categorical data, and k-means clustering. …”
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Combined Trans-Epithelial PRK and PTK for Treatment of Corneal Opacity Following Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Report by Buonamassa R, Addabbo G, Pignatelli F, Niro A, Passidomo F

“…At the 1-month follow-up, a resolution of the corneal opacities was observed, with a visual improvement to 20/20, which was maintained at the 3-, 6-, and 12-months follow-up. …”
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Animation Pose Generation Model Based on Kinect Depth Image and Occlusion-Robust Pose-Maps Algorithm by Zhenxi Yu, Ting Wang, Peng Tian, Xuejie Li

“…This model innovatively combines Kinect depth information with monocular visual pose estimation results, utilizing an improved combination point representation method and Kalman filter data fusion strategy. …”
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Published population pharmacokinetic models of mycophenolate sodium: a systematic review and external evaluation in a Chinese sample of renal transplant recipients by Tong Gao, Wen Xu, Xiao Li, Qie Guo, Donghua Liu, Xiaolei Zhang, Ping Leng, Jialin Sun

“…Model prediction performance was evaluated using three metrics: the goodness-of-fit method based on model prediction, prediction error test method and visual predictive checks method based on model simulation.ResultsA total of 186 drug concentration data of 31 patients in our hospital were collected, and 4 literature were retrieved, among which 1 were one-compartment models and 3 were two-compartment models. …”
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COVERING THE WAR IN UKRAINE: TRANSLATION, CULTURE AND POLITICS by Людмила Присяжнюк, Людмила Бачуріна

“…The main function of these salient text components is to attract readers' attention making some information eye-catching and memorable. Methods. The research offers a comprehensive approach to translation studies by integrating a translation-oriented comparative stylistic analysis, a multimodal analysis, and the principles of cognitive semantics. …”
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Ocular abnormalities in patients with chronic renal failure on haemodial-ysis: A study from a rural tertiary care teaching institute. by Inchara N, Narayan M, Praveen Kumar B A

“…Potential vision-threatening ocular complications among patients with CRF can lead to irreversible visual impairment. Aims: We assess and report ocular abnormalities in patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis in a rural setup. …”
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Shared neural signatures of photophobia in migraine and post-traumatic headache: a task-based fMRI study by Rune Häckert Christensen, Haidar Muhsen Al-Khazali, Anna Gudrun Melchior, Messoud Ashina, Håkan Ashina

“…All participants underwent visual stimulation using a flickering checkerboard during a 3T fMRI session. …”
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Patient Perspectives on Home Tonometer Usage for Glaucoma by Thaprawat P, Dugan SP, Zhang AD

“…Pariyamon Thaprawat,1 Sarah P Dugan,1,2 Amy D Zhang1 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USACorrespondence: Amy D Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W. …”
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Efficacy of TNF-α antagonist and other immunomodulators in the treatment of patients with ophthalmologic manifestations of Behcet's disease and HLA B51 positive vasculitis by Zlatanović Gordana, Jovanović Svetlana, Veselinović Dragan, Živković Maja

“…The treatment effects were evaluated based on the presence of the best corrected visual acuity and the inflammation of the vitreous humour before and after the application of our therapeutic method. …”
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Comparison the Effect of trans-septal suture technique versus the intranasal Merocel packing regarding local nasal pain and sleep disturbances after septoplasty by Said Mustafa Said

“…Patients who had intra-nasal packing got significantly more postoperative pain (P<0.05), Visual analog scale score was significantly higher in group B than those who had trans-septal suture [group A]. …”
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Changes in Retinal Vasculature and Thickness after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Minjie Chen, Jinhui Dai, Lan Gong

“…Intraocular pressure (IOP), uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), and refraction were taken at the same time. …”
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Characteristics of Local Anisotropy Fields of Paper Structure and Deformation Properties by Mariya M. Lysachenkova, Yakov V. Kazakov, Dmitry G. Chukhchin

“…Non-destructive and destructive methods have been used to measure 60 g/m2 paper samples measuring 120×120 mm, divided into squares of 15×15 mm. …”
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Results of Vitreous Floaters Treatment Using a Yag-Laser Device with a Coaxial Light Splitter by B. M. Aznabaev, T. R. Mukhamadeev, A. A. Aleksandrov, T. I. Dibaev, A. S. Vafiev, I. Kh. Shavaliev

“…Purpose: to evaluate the efficiency of vitreous floaters removal using the Nd: YAG-laser DIXION LPULSA SYL-9000 with a coaxial light splitter. Patients and Methods. The study involved 24 patients (24 eyes) with Weiss ring-type floating vitreous opacities. …”
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A Hybrid Framework for Referring Image Segmentation: Dual-Decoder Model with SAM Complementation by Haoyuan Chen, Sihang Zhou, Kuan Li, Jianping Yin, Jian Huang

“…Traditional approaches to RIS have primarily focused on pixel-level classification. These methods, although effective, often overlook the interconnectedness of pixels, which can be crucial for interpreting complex visual scenes. …”
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Optical Correction of Keratoconus with a Scleral Gas-Permeable Lenses by A. V. Myagkov, Yu. B. Slonimskiy, E. V. Belousova, T. S. Mitichkina, L. R. Bunyatova

“…Advanced medical equipment for topographic mapping and measuring the cornea makes it much easier for ophthalmologists to diagnose keratoconus and choose more effective treatment methods: crosslinking or surgical treatment. Later it allows to stabilize keratoconus, but does not provide high visual acuity due to the induction of optical aberrations, including high order optical aberrations. …”
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The role of game-based learning in dermatology: a scoping review on patient education by Dichitchai Mettarikanon, Chime Eden, Weeratian Tawanwongsri

“…In dermatology—where visual recognition and adherence to treatment are particularly important—GBL may offer unique educational advantages.MethodsThis scoping review aimed to map the existing literature on the use of GBL in dermatology patient education and to identify gaps for future investigation. …”
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