Internet Meme: Origin, Definition and Research Approaches by M. S. Sigaeva, N. V. Stepanova

“…Internet memes play a key role in reflecting linguistic and cultural changes but remain difficult to classify due to their variability. Effective study methods include digital, visual, and discourse analysis, along with construction grammar, to account for their multimodal nature. …”
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Presumed Solitary Circumscribed Retinal Astrocytic Proliferation: A Case Report by Mojtaba Abrishami, Daniel J. Weisbrod, Hatem Krema

“…Purpose: To report a case of presumed solitary circumscribed retinal astrocytic proliferation (PSCRAP) diagnosed through multimodal imaging. Methods: A single case report documented with multimodal imaging. …”
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FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF THE MATERIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR PROJECTS OF THE CREATION OF NEW TECHNIQUES by S. Yu. Danshyna

“…A graphical representation of the model allows you to visualize the process at different levels of detail. …”
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A Space-Time Plume Algorithm to Represent and Compute Dynamic Places by Brent Dell, May Yuan

“…Unlike conventional density-based methods, Space-Time Plume dynamically adapts spatial reachability based on the underlying spatial structure and other zone-based parameters across multiple temporal intervals to capture hierarchical plume dynamics. …”
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Adaptive Actor-Critic Based Optimal Regulation for Drift-Free Nonlinear Systems by Ashwin P. Dani, Shubhendu Bhasin

“…The uncertainty in the input term poses a challenge when developing a continuous-time RL controller using existing methods. This paper presents an actor-critic/synchronous policy iteration (PI)-based RL controller with a newly derived constrained concurrent learning (CCL)-based parameter update law for estimating the unknown parameters of the linearly parametrized control effectiveness matrix. …”
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Clinical Response To Switch From Ranibizumab To Aflibercept In Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Bhagya Weerasinghe, Chandni Gupta, Yasmin Levene, Jai Shankar

“…Methods: Mean change in VA and CMT was assessed in wet AMD patients 6 months prior and 6 months after switch from Ranibizumab to Aflibercept, between July 2014 and November 2016. …”
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Pain perception: predictive value of sex, depression, anxiety, somatosensory amplification, obesity, and age by Kivrak Y, Kose Ozlece H, Ustündag MF, Asoglu M

“…In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of sex, age, body mass index (BMI), somatosensory amplification, anxiety, and depression on the perception of pain.Methods: Venipuncture was performed on 140 healthy individuals. …”
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Dermatological Photography – Guidelines by Varnika Singh, Mukta, Shivakumar Harti, Shalini Rai, Vishnudutt Agrawal

“…Methods: Guidelines were prepared for each and every aspect of photography such as standardization of instrumentation, camera, lighting condition, and distance of skin lesion (which is variable in size). …”
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Examining Exams Using Rasch Models and Assessment of Measurement Invariance by Achim Zeileis

“…Here, several recent methods for assessing measurement invariance and for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model are discussed and applied to results from a first-year mathematics exam with single-choice items. …”
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Multiscale Feature Filtering Network for Image Recognition System in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Xianghua Ma, Zhenkun Yang, Shining Chen

“…However, most existing multiscale feature representation methods simply employ several attention blocks in the attention mechanism to adaptively recalibrate the feature response, which overlooks the context information at a multiscale level. …”
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Retrobulbar Amphotericin B in Mucormycosis: A Ray of Hope by Shalini Mohan, Kunal Sahai, Namrata Patel, Tejasvini Chandra, Priyesh Kumar

“…Aim: The aim of the study was to study the role of Retrobulbar Amphotericin B in patients with Mucormycosis. Methods: The retrospective study conducted on 86 cases at a tertiary care hospital analyzed detailed history, examination and management options. …”
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Interdisciplinary approaches to image processing for medical robotics by Ludan Chen, Shiwen Wu, Stephen C. H. Leung

“…IntroductionThe advancement of medical robotic systems highlights the critical need for precise and high-quality visual data, particularly in low-quality imaging scenarios. …”
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Coxitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: clinicoradio logic comparisons by A. G. Bochkova, O A Rumyantseva, M. V. Severinova, N M Kiseleva, N V Bunchuk

“…To analyze and compare clinical, radiological and ultrasonic signs of coxitis in pts with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Material and methods. 35 pts with AS and clinical signs of coxitis were included. …”
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Early detection of Wheat Stripe Mosaic Virus using multispectral imaging with deep-learning by Malithi De Silva, Dane Brown

“…Traditional WhSMV diagnosis methods rely on visual inspection, which is labor-intensive, time-consuming and prone to errors. …”
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Vaginal Candida spp. colonization, infection and drug susceptibility in adult women- a clinical study by Prof Fingani Nyasulu, Dr Suchanun Meksang, Associate Professor Dr. Prasert Trivijitsilp

“…The aim of the study was to investigate vaginal yeast carriage in adult women. Methods: Vaginal swabs and smears were collected from 85 symptomatic and assymptomatic adult women 18 years and above, and analysed using Gram stain and light microscopy. …”
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Alflutop efficacy in chronic vertebrogenous lumbar ischialgia. A double blind placebo controlled study by O S Levin, D Y Olyunin, L V Golubeva

“…To assess efficacy and safety of intramuscular (im) and paravertebral (pv) alflutop injections in pts with chronic vertebrogenous lumbar ischialgia. Material and methods. 83 pts with lumbar ischialgia syndrome (44 male, 39 female) aged 31 to 56 years (mean 43,1 ±5,2 years) were included. …”
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A causal assessment of blindness in schools for blind in southern Rajasthan by Hardik Kiri, Lipa Mohanty, Seemal Goyal

“…Study Design: Survey based observational study. Methods: All the students (114) of blind schools were included in study. …”
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Choroidal Melanoma Treated with Linear Accelerator-based Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy: First Case of Globe Conservation in Uveal Melanoma from the Philippines by Raymund V. Tanchuling, MD, Andrei P. Martin, MD

“…Objective: This is a case report of a 60-year-old woman with a juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma who underwent globe-sparing treatment using linear-accelerator (LINAC)-based hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT). Methods: Clinical data, ophthalmologic findings, and imaging results were obtained through retrospective chart review. …”
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Optimal Anisotropic Guided Filtering in retinal fundus imaging: A dual approach to enhancement and segmentation. by G Tirumala Vasu, Samreen Fiza, Subba Rao Polamuri, K Reddy Madhavi, Thejaswini R, Venkataramana Guntreddi

“…Retinal vascular tree segmentation and enhancement has significant medical imaging benefits because, unlike any other human organ, the retina allows non-invasive observation of blood microcirculation, making it ideal for the detection of systemic diseases. Many traditional methods of segmentation and enhancement encounter issues with visual distortion, ghost artifacts, spatially inconsistent structures, and edge information preservation as a result of the diffusion of spatial intensities at the edges. …”
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Specular Microscopic Corneal Endothelial Cell Changes following Uneventful Phacoemulsification in Patients with Gout by Mortada Abozaid, Rana Saad-eldin, Mahmoud Farouk, Mohamed Anbar, Ehab Wasfi

“…To assess the effects of phacoemulsification on the corneal endothelium in patients with gout and age-related cataracts. Methods. Eighty-eight patients who underwent uneventful phacoemulsification for age-related cataracts were included in this retrospective comparative study. …”
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