Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan by Keiichi Ueda, Ayako Sano, Jyoji Yamate, Eiko Itano Nakagawa, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Takeshi Izawa, Miyuu Tanaka, Yuko Hasegawa, Hiroji Chibana, Yasuharu Izumisawa, Hirokazu Miyahara, Senzo Uchida

“…Although the Japanese coast is not considered an endemic area, photographic records of lacaziosis-like skin lesions were found in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that were migrating in the Goto Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan). …”
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Effect of Anatomical Customization of the Fiber Post on the Bond Strength of a Self-Adhesive Resin Cement by Adricyla Teixeira Rocha, Leticia Machado Gonçalves, Ana Júlia de Carvalho Vasconcelos, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho, Ceci Nunes Carvalho, Rudys Rodolfo De Jesus Tavarez

“…The roots were sectioned into three slices, cervical, middle, and apical, and photographed with a digital camera attached to a stereomicroscopic loupe. …”
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Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B versus Oral Minocycline in Treatment of Unstable Vitiligo: A Prospective Comparative Trial by Amir Hossein Siadat, Naser Zeinali, Fariba Iraji, Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh, Kioumars Jamshidi, Parastoo Khosravani

“…Vitiligo disease activity (VIDA) score was noted every 4 weeks for 12 months. Digital photographs were taken at baseline and monthly intervals. …”
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Landscape lexical diversity for readability and safety mitigation on the commuter line bilingual information board by Nuruz Zaman Mochamad, Supriatnoko, Naufal Alhilmy Muhammad

“…Data were collected through direct observation, photographic documentation, and field notes and analyzed using domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural theme. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Oral Bisphosphonates on Choroidal Neovascularization in the Human Eye by Shigeru Honda, Takayuki Nagai, Naoshi Kondo, Masahide Fukuda, Sentaro Kusuhara, Yasutomo Tsukahara, Akira Negi

“…The best-corrected visual-acuity (BCVA), the lesion size in fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography, foveal thickness and total macular volume in optical coherence tomography were compared between pre- and post-treatment. …”
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Analyzing diverse soliton wave profiles and bifurcation analysis of the (3 + 1)-dimensional mKdV–ZK model via two analytical schemes by S. M. Yiasir Arafat, M. A. Saklayen, S. M. Rayhanul Islam

“…Moreover, we show the balance point in the photographic form to examine the signal’s stability by specifying the saddle point and system center. …”
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Classification of Coconut Trees Within Plantations from UAV Images Using Deep Learning with Faster R-CNN and Mask R-CNN by Morakot Worachairungreung, Nayot Kulpanich, Pornperm Sae-ngow, Kunyaphat Thanakunwutthirot, Kawinphop Anurak, Phonpat Hemwan

“…For the analysis process, aerial photographs obtained from unmanned aerial vehicles, merged with the principles of aerial photography measurement, were analyzed. …”
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Examination of memory and culture based on the architectural facade: Facadism at Beyoğlu district by Aliye Rahsan Karabetca, Sedef Sav

“…The second aim of this study is to identify the changes made on the facades in terms of culture and memory and propose suggestions by using photographing, literature review, and analysis with collage methods. …”
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Climbing Mont Blanc (4808 m a.s.l.): What Are the Risks in the Grand Couloir Du Goûter and On the North Face of Mont Blanc Du Tacul? by Ludovic Ravanel, Jacques Mourey, Lorig Tamian, Sébastien Ibanez, Didier Hantz, Pascal Lacroix, Pierre-Allain Duvillard

“…Hazards in these two sectors and the number of climbers were measured using a multi-sensor system and automatic photographic acquisition, respectively. On the first site, which has a very high accident rate with an average of 3.7 deaths per year, 17,768 passages were recorded during the summer of 2019 and 2,648 seismic signals were classified as rockfalls affecting the Grand Couloir. …”
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Discoloration of Roots Caused by Residual Endodontic Intracanal Medicaments by Belinda Kuan-Jung Chen, Roy George, Laurence James Walsh

“…The roots were then exposed to an intense light source for 30 minutes each week and photographed after a further 1, 3, or 6 months. Digital images were standardized and data for changes in luminosity were analysed using repeated measures ANOVA and a post hoc test. …”
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The Experience of Emotional Distancing in The Managementagement of Compulsive Hoarding: A Visual Methods Approach Using The “Hoard” Acronym Tool by Colin Jones, Satwant Singh

“…Participants were asked to take photographs which best reflected their hoarding problem, and reflect upon these using the “HOARD” acronym tool whilst in a neutral environment and then again in their own home. …”
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JPEG reversible data hiding method based on optimal DCT frequency embedding by Ziyang ZHOU, Yun TAN, Jiaohua QIN, Xuyu XIANG

“…Joint photographic experts group (JPEG) images are widely used on the Internet due to their ability to maintain good picture quality while requiring less storage space.Reversible data hiding (RDH) techniques for JPEG images enable the hiding and extraction of secret information while allowing for lossless restoration of the original image.RDH is of great significance in file management and image authentication.However, many existing RDH methods result in a significant increase in the storage space of the encoded image after embedding secret information.For methods based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficient embedding, the key issue that affects the performance of reversible information hiding in JPEG images is how to select the frequency band position.A reversible information hiding method for JPEG images was proposed, based on optimal DCT frequency embedding.The entropy decoded JPEG image was divided into 8×8 non-overlapping DCT blocks.The average texture complexity of each DCT block was calculated and ordered in ascending order.Then the alternating current (AC) in adjacent DCT blocks was paired pairwise.By satisfying the capacity of the information to be embedded, the optimal AC coefficient frequency position set was obtained from the distortion cost function of the AC coefficient frequency.The secret information was embedded according to the designed two-dimensional histogram mapping strategy.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can reduce the expansion of the loaded image file’s storage size compared to existing methods, while maintaining good visual quality of the cover image.…”
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The Role of Architectural Preservation Processes on the Permanence of Heritage Buildings of Value by Sham Mustafa Qadir, Banaz N. Muhealdeen, Mahmood Ahmed Khayat, Sherko Karim Kader Maruf, Shava Shirwan Ibrahim Agha

“…For this purpose, the analytical method approach of pre-and post-conservation blueprints was used through photographs to illustrate the impact of functional change in preserving the building's heritage value. …”
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Utilisation de plans forestiers XVIIIe- XIXe siècles pour une étude archéologique des paysages passés de la forêt de Chailluz (Besançon) : l’exemple d’un réseau viaire by Catherine Fruchart

“…Research combines archeology, history, geography and forestry and is based on a collection of archives and graphical documents (texts and old plans, current maps and photographs), a synthesis of academic work (historical and scientific publications and reports) and of information relating with the forest in general (technical, historical, floral, landscape data) on field observations (archaeological surveys) and on LiDAR data analysis ("Light detection and ranging"). …”
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The Typewriter in the 21st Century: Understanding the Nostalgic Aesthetics and Politics of Tyler Knott Gregson’s Instapoetry by Jyoti, Nina Caldeira

“…Leaning on the concept of “nosthetics” or nostalgic aesthetics proposed by Tanja Grubnic, this paper decodes the temporal hypermediacy prominent in the works of American Instapoet and photographer Tyler Knott Gregson, particularly in his first poetry collection, chasers of the light: poems from the typewriter series. …”
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Challenges in early childhood care and education in impoverished rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa by Ashnie Mahadew

“…Data were generated from photographs, written narratives, and semi-structured interviews based on their experiences in rural ECCE centres. …”
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Subjective Hesitation in Paul Auster’s Report from the Interior: ‘you think of yourself as anyone, as everyone’ by Nicolas Pierre BOILEAU

“…Report from the Interior, Auster’s 2013 memoir opens with the earliest memories of young Paul up to the age of 12 before the author looks at tokens of his past in three subsequent sections: films, letters and diary entries are reviewed, followed by a final section composed of non-personal photographs. The fragmented structure suggests that the retrospective narrative, which comes, first needs to complement the author’s memory. …”
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Preparation of objects for the examination of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors: a case study approach by S. M. Lozova, S. I. Perlin

“…The seized objects are subject to mandatory recording in the protocol of the relevant investigative (detective) action with photographs or video recording. The equipment used for their manufacture, storage and transportation is also subject to seizure. …”
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Accelerated Orthodontic Canine Retraction Using Minimally Invasive Orthocision by Omar Chawshli, Zana Omer, Omed Ikram

“…The pre- and post- treatment photographed cast superimpositions were used to quantify the canine distalization and molar anchorage loss and Muhelmans index was used for evaluating pre- and post- retraction tooth mobility in this study. …”
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Novel Artificial Biofilm Equivalent for Denture Surfaces: A Pilot Study by Jan-Philipp Kunze, Klaus Boening, Heike Meissner, Katarzyna Kresse-Walczak

“…The specimens were photographed, and a computerized planimetric method (CPM) was used to calculate the percentage of remaining ABE on the brushed areas of the PMMA cylinders. …”
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