Altered Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity in Unilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Jiawei Chen, Bo Hu, Peng Qin, Wei Gao, Chengcheng Liu, Dingjing Zi, Xuerui Ding, Ying Yu, Guangbin Cui, Lianjun Lu

“…SSNHL causes functional alterations in brain regions, mainly in the striatum, auditory cortex, visual cortex, MTG, AG, precuneus, and limbic lobes within the acute period of hearing loss.…”
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Regional homogeneity differences between the brains of young men and young women: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study by Xiaoci Li, Lingling Sun, Ziyu Zeng, Shihong Yan, Abao Rui, Jian Cai, Qingyu Wang, Jian Mei, Yun Yu, Yue Yu

“…We employed the statistical method of regional homogeneity (ReHo) to compare the brains of males and females. …”
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Prevention and treatment of the refractive amblyopia in pediatric keratoconus by Karyna Castro Cárdenas, Yaney Zayas Ribalta, Daniel Yulius Mayea Díaz, Linette Martínez Cereijo, Maikel Roque Morgado, Ricardo Andrés Molina Verona, Yumila Pupo García

“…Material and Methods: Pre-experimental study in 408 eyes of 224 pediatric patients with diagnosis of keratoconus, among May 2013 and April 2023. …”
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Comparison of detection and manifestations of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma by ultrasound at different frequencies by Hong QIN, Yuli ZHU, Qiannan ZHAO, Feihang WANG, Hansheng XIA, Wentao KONG, Wenping WANG

“…Conclusions6-9 MHz ultrasound detects metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, especially superficial lesions, more effectively than 1-5 MHz ultrasound and better visualizes characteristics.…”
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Evaluation of Clinical and Ultrasonographic Parameters in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated with Adalimumab: A Retrospective Study by M. Teoli, A. Zangrilli, M. S. Chimenti, M. Talamonti, M. Bavetta, D. Graceffa, R. Perricone, S. Chimenti

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and US-PD parameters in PsA during adalimumab treatment. Methods. A retrospective study has been conducted in forty patients affected by moderate-to-severe peripheral PsA. …”
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Neural correlates of audiovisual integration in schizophrenia – an ERP study by A. Borgolte, C. Sinke, L. Michalke, L. Möde, N. Lepsy, D. Wiswede, S. Bleich, S. Bleich, G. R. Szycik, E. Ghaneirad

“…Since the underlying mechanisms of these aberrations are not yet fully understood, the present study aims to investigate multisensory processing in schizophrenia in more detail.MethodsIndividuals with schizophrenia (SZ) and healthy controls (HC) performed a simultaneity judgement task, a paradigm that is suitable for the examination of multisensory integration processes. …”
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Drone Navigation and Target Interception Using Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Cascade Reward Approach by Ali A. Darwish, Arie Nakhmani

“…By leveraging our methodology, drones can successfully navigate complex indoor and outdoor environments and effectively intercept targets based on visual cues.…”
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HAT: Achieving Comprehensive Inpainting of Lunar Spectral Imagery by Dingruibo Miao, Depei Gu, Jianguo Yan, Zhigang Tu, Jean-Pierre Barriot

“…., those within data missing regions), and hence, generate completed images that are more visually and semantically realistic. Through comparative experiments with existing mainstream methods, our HAT model has demonstrated outstanding repair performance. …”
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SYMPTOMATIC AND CYSTOSCOPIC PATTERN IN WOMEN WITH THE BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME by S. H. Al-Shukri, I. V. Kuzmin, M. N. Slesarevskaya, Yu. A. Ignashov

“…The severity of clinical symptoms was assessed using a PUF questionnaire, a visual analogue pain scale and diaries of urination. …”
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SLAM Algorithm for Mobile Robots Based on Improved LVI-SAM in Complex Environments by Wenfeng Wang, Haiyuan Li, Haiming Yu, Qiuju Xie, Jie Dong, Xiaofei Sun, Honggui Liu, Congcong Sun, Bin Li, Fang Zheng

“…Due to the complex and dynamic environments, single-sensor SLAM methods often have the problem of degeneracy. In this paper, a multi-sensor fusion SLAM method based on the LVI-SAM framework was proposed. …”
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Research Progress of Mine Ecological Restoration Technology by Yue Xiang, Jiayi Gong, Liyong Zhang, Minghai Zhang, Jia Chen, Hui Liang, Yonghua Chen, Xiaohua Fu, Rongkui Su, Yiting Luo

“…Through a comprehensive review of existing technological methods, it is found that whether it is physical, chemical, biological restoration, or combined restoration technology, there are respective advantages, disadvantages, and application limitations. …”
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FSBNet: A Classifying Framework of Disaster Scene for Volcanic Lithology Through Deep-Learning Models by Lan Liu, Zhouyi Xiao, Jianpeng Hu, Jingxin Han, Jung Yoon Kim, Rohit Sharma, Chengfan Li

“…Specifically, we first visualize and recalculate the weights of volcanic lithology features in different channels using SE attention to enhance the network’s sensitivity for extracting key semantic features in disaster scenes. …”
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3D reconstruction for unconstrained image collections using Gaussian Splatting with foundation model by Shuowen Huang, Qingwu Hu, Pengcheng Zhao, Mingyao Ai, Xujie Zhang, Wenwu Ou, Linze Li

“…Finally, we design an uncertainty estimation module based on visual foundation model to predict distractors in input images, and apply the uncertainty-guided loss to ensure reliable target rendering within the scene. …”
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Prevention of chronic postoperative pain syndrome after Lichtenstein hernioplasty by A. V. Yuri, D. S. Tevs, N. R. Kopteev, D. A. Tishenko, D. K. Zakharova, B. B. Orlov, V. A. Kashchenko

“…THE OBJECTIVE was to analyze the development of chronic pain syndrome after performing standardized Lichtenstein hernioplasty.METHODS AND MATERIALS. The prospective single-center study was conducted with 40 patients with inguinal hernias (20 patients in the study group and 20 patients in the control group) who underwent Lichtenstein hernioplasty with adherence to standardization criteria and without. …”
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1H NMR metabonomics approach to the disease continuum of diabetic complications and premature death by Ville‐Petteri Mäkinen, Pasi Soininen, Carol Forsblom, Maija Parkkonen, Petri Ingman, Kimmo Kaski, Per‐Henrik Groop, Mika Ala‐Korpela

“…We developed a new metabonomics framework to visualize and interpret the data and to link the metabolic profiles to the underlying diagnostic and biochemical variables. …”
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Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes between Echelette Extended Range of Vision and Diffractive Bifocal Intraocular Lenses by Xin Liu, Xiaohui Song, Wei Wang, Yanan Zhu, Danni Lyu, Xingchao Shentu, Peiqing Chen, Yibo Yu, Ke Yao

“…ZXR00 showed better distance (P<0.05) and intermediate (P<0.001) visual acuities, while ZMB00 was better at distance-corrected near visual acuity (P<0.001). …”
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The use of informal care by people with vision impairment. by Ana Patricia Marques, Antonio Filipe Macedo, Laura Hernandez-Moreno, Pedro Lima Ramos, Thomas Butt, Gary Rubin, Rui Santana, Portuguese visual impairment study group (PORVIS-group)

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To estimate and characterize the use of informal care by people with vision impairment in Portugal.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 546 visually impaired individuals were recruited from Portuguese hospitals. …”
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Metabolomic integration with machine learning identifies potential biomarkers for type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy progression by PANG Yuhui, LUO Chaokun, ZHANG Qingruo, ZHANG Xiongze, LIAO Nanying, JI Yuying, MI Lan, GAN Yuhong, SU Yongyue, WEN Feng, CHEN Hui

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Integration and functionality of human iPSC-derived microglia in a chimeric mouse retinal model by Chun Tang, Qi-Qi Zhou, Xiu-Feng Huang, Ya-Yi Ju, Bi-Lin Rao, Zhi-Cong Liu, Yi-An Jia, Zhan-Pei Bai, Qing-Yang Lin, Lin Liu, Jia Qu, Jun Zhang, Mei-Ling Gao

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Safety Evaluation in Healthy Adults of Motion-Based Virtual Reality Dichoptic Training for Pediatric Patients With Amblyopia: Prospective Intervention Study by Masakazu Hirota, Yuichi Okumura, Ken Nagino, Takao Hayashi, Takashi Negishi, Shintaro Nakao, Hitoshi Kawasaki, Takenori Inomata

“… Abstract BackgroundAmblyopia, a unilateral or bilateral visual disorder, affects up to 5% of the general population and is a leading cause of childhood visual impairment. …”
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