Prevalence of Myopia among Children Attending Pediatrics Ophthalmology Clinic at Ohud Hospital, Medina, Saudi Arabia by Aisha Mohammed Alemam, Mohammed Hamad Aldebasi, Abdulkarem Rehmatullah, Rami Alsaidi, Ishraq Tashkandi

“…Around half of the visually impaired population has uncorrected refractive errors (URE), and myopia constitutes a high proportion of them. …”
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Case Report: Successful treatment of metastatic retinoblastoma with CNS involvement with anti-GD2 immunotherapy, intrathecal topotecan and reduced systemic chemotherapy by Cristina Larrosa, Margarida Simao-Rafael, Noelia Salvador, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Cinzia Lavarino, Guillermo Chantada, Jaume Mora, Jaume Mora

“…Despite significant advances, acute and long-term side-effects, particularly in visually impaired and cancer-predisposed patients, underscore the need for additional treatment options. …”
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Exploring the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome for Corneal Endothelial Proliferation by Bert Van den Bogerd, Nadia Zakaria, Steffi Matthyssen, Carina Koppen, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill

“…Ex vivo grown human corneal endothelial cells (HCEnC) are a new emerging treatment option to treat visually impaired patients aimed at alleviating the current global donor shortage. …”
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Sports Participation Motivation in Disabled Individuals by Havva Demırel, Bekir Furkan Tüzer

“…It has been determined that the extrinsic motivation levels of visually impaired individuals are significantly lower than those of physically disabled and hearing impaired individuals. …”
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Design and Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Bounce-Type Refreshable Braille Display by Dapeng Chen, Song Zhang, Lianshun Shen, Chenkai Li, Jianying Hua, Jia Liu, Aiguo Song

“…To help the blind or visually impaired (BVI) read digitally conveniently and at low cost, we propose a bounce-type actuator driven by electromagnetic force, and based on this, a refreshable Braille display (RBD) which can display both Braille and tactile graphic information is manufactured. …”
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TransDeep: Transformer-Integrated DeepLabV3+ for Image Semantic Segmentation by Tengfei Chai, Zhiguo Xiao, Xiangfeng Shen, Qian Liu, NianFeng Li, Tong Guan, Jia Tian

“…In recent years, image semantic segmentation algorithms have made significant progress driven by deep learning technology, and are widely used in fields such as medical image analysis, assistive technology for the visually impaired people, and autonomous driving. Aiming at problems such as the inability of many image segmentation algorithms to fully capture global context information, low computational efficiency, and insufficient context information fusion. …”
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Sleep profile in patients with septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia: protocol for a prospective cohort study by Romina Romaniello, Sabrina Signorini, Elena Ballante, Valentina Franco, Valentina De Giorgis, Ludovica Pasca, Guido Catalano, Federica Morelli, Carlo Alberto Quaranta, Helene Vitali, Francesca Dattrino, Francesca Crema, Paola Rota, Costanza Varesio

“…Introduction Children with septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia (SOD) may experience a range of visual impairments and hormonal dysfunctions beyond developmental delay/intellectual disability. …”
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THE COLLABORATIVE DESIGNING OF A PERSONALIZED HYBRID LMS USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT by Lina Čeponienė, Péter Galambos, Tamás Haidegger, Dariusz Mikulowski, Branislav Mišota, Oliver Moravcik, Enikő Nagy, Mariya P. Shyshkina, Pavel Smolka, Stefan Svetsky

“…Part of current and future research is the development of the PIKS internet application, which operates as a multi-functional communication channel for e-Learning purposes (including use for the visually impaired). . …”
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Assessing the cataract surgical rate and gender equity in cataract services in south-east Nigeria by Clare Gilbert, Onyinye Onyia, Ada Ejealor Aghaji, Christiana Ubaka, Eberechukwu Ogbeanu Achigbu, Ifeoma Lilian Ejiakor, Adaku I Mbatuegwu, Chiamaka J P Okeke, Barbara C Okoli, Emmanuel U Ogborogu, Kenneth C Dike, Florence U Nkwogu

“…Background In 2020, almost 100 million people were blind or visually impaired from cataract. Cataract surgery is a cost-effective treatment for cataracts. …”
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Reprogramming of iPSCs to NPCEC-like cells by biomimetic scaffolds for zonular fiber reconstruction by Tianhui Chen, Zhongxing Chen, Juan Du, Min Zhang, Zexu Chen, Qingyi Gao, Aodong Chen, Qinghao Meng, Yang Sun, Yan liu, Linghao Song, Xinyue Wang, Pranav Prakash Edavi, Chen Xu, Hongmei Zhang, Jinhai Huang, Yongxiang Jiang

“…Ectopia lentis (EL), characterised by impaired zonular fibers originating from non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (NPCEC), presents formidable surgical complexities and potential risks of visual impairment. Cataract surgery is the only treatment method for EL, but it leads to the loss of accommodative power of the lens post-operatively. …”
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Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis by Anne D. D. Joseph, Jebananthy Anandaselvam Pradeepan, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Muthusamy Malaravan

“…Giant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. …”
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The Prevalence of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Dysplasia in Senior Students by Mykhailo Protsailo, Volodymyr Dzhyvak, Ihor Krycky, Pavlo Hoshchynskyi, Ihor Horishnyi, Iryna Chornomydz

“…Malocclusion occurred in 36.8% of cases, visual impairment occurred in 32.7%, myopia in 21.8%, astigmatism in 4.5%, strabismus in 3.7%, and a combination of astigmatism and myopia in 2.7%. …”
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Role of visual function and performance of activities of daily living in cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study by Chunhui Zhou, Ganfeng Yang, Marc Theeboom, Hua Yang, Ruiting Zhu, Zijian Zhou, Dong Zhu

“…However, the role of visual impairment in this process is underexplored despite evidence suggesting it may accelerate cognitive decline. …”
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Case report: Transmuscular migration of a solid encircling silicone band through all four rectus muscles by Ruiping Gu, Ruiping Gu, Ruiping Gu, Kaicheng Wu, Kaicheng Wu, Kaicheng Wu, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang

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Cellular Signaling in Müller Glia: Progenitor Cells for Regenerative and Neuroprotective Responses in Pharmacological Models of Retinal Degeneration by Yang Liu, Chenguang Wang, Guanfang Su

“…Retinal degenerative diseases are a leading cause of visual impairment or blindness. There are many therapies for delaying the progression of vision loss but no curative strategies currently. …”
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Complex program for the prevention of the development and progression of refractive errors in school year children by T.K. Botabekova, N.A. Aldasheva, V.R. Abdullina, I.S. Stepanova, B.I. Isergepova, Zh.S. Iskakbaeva

“…In addition, significant indicators for visual impairment monitoring in schoolers were identified.…”
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Retinal vein occlusion – pathomechanisms with a special focus on younger patients by Wojciech Zawisza

“…Retinal vein occlusion is one of the most common eye conditions and leads to significant visual impairment. Treatment does not always improve the acuity of vision, hence it is important to understand the prothrombotic pathomechanisms underlying the condition. …”
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MENTAL BARRIERS TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO INJURY DURING A FALL: AN ELEMENTARY ISSUE OF PERSONAL SAFETY IN A GLOBAL CIVILIZATION by Bartłomiej Gąsienica-Walczak, Artur Kalina, Artur Litwiniuk, Joanna Baj-Korpak

“…Participants in the main pedagogical experiments declared that: teaching safe fall techniques made sense for both healthy and high-risk individuals (95% of physiotherapy students’ responses); all amputees and 83% of patients with visual impairment were convinced that teaching safe fall techniques in high-risk fall groups made sense; one response from a patient with visual impairment (16%) was “I don’t know”, and none of the respondents denied the advisability of teaching safe fall techniques. …”
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Public knowledge of early stroke symptoms in the Vilnius region by A. Atkočiūnas, M. Mačionytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Women have better knowledge of stroke than men. Visual impairment is the least known symptom of stroke. …”
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Sociodemographic and visual characteristics of individuals with oculocutaneous albinism in Botswana by Thanuja Panicker, Gopinath Madheswaran

“…Conclusion: The findings highlight the critical need for targeted interventions to address the prevalent visual impairments among individuals with OCA in Botswana, aiming to enhance their quality of life and socio-economic integration. …”
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