Pheromone of the Banana-Spotting Bug, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens Distant (Heteroptera: Coreidae): Identification, Synthesis, and Field Bioassay by Ashot Khrimian, Harry A. C. Fay, Filadelfo Guzman, Kamlesh Chauhan, Chris Moore, Jeffrey R. Aldrich

“…The banana-spotting bug, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens Distant (Heteroptera: Coreidae), is one of the principal pests of tree fruits and nuts across northern and eastern Australia. Apart from visual damage assessment, there are currently no reliable methods for monitoring bug activity to aid management decisions. …”
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A Study to Determine the Association between Monocyte to HDL Cholesterol Ratio, Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio, Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW), and Diabetic Retinopathy in... by Rupak Chatterjee, Arindam Naskar, Tania Ray Bhadra, Kingshuk Jana, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee

“…Background: Diabetic retinopathy is an important microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) leading to visual impairment. Inflammation of retinal vasculature plays a pivotal role in its pathogenesis. …”
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Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer by Evangelos Felekouras, Athanasios Petrou, Kyriakos Neofytou, Demetrios Moris, Nikolaos Dimitrokallis, Konstantinos Bramis, John Griniatsos, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Theodoros Diamantis

“…To evaluate the effect of timing of management and intervention on outcomes of bile duct injury. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 92 patients between 1991 and 2011. …”
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Comparative outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy with subretinal rt-PA injection in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: the role of simultaneous anti-VEGF treatment by Lulu Chen, Lulu Chen, Chuting Wang, Chuting Wang, Wenfei Zhang, Wenfei Zhang, Lihui Meng, Lihui Meng, Lu Sun, Lu Sun, Youxin Chen, Youxin Chen

“…PurposeThis study aimed to assess the efficacy of simultaneous intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), subretinal recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), and pneumatic tamponade in treating submacular hemorrhage (SMH) due to polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), compared to the procedure without anti-VEGF.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed PCV patients with SMH who underwent the procedure at a tertiary hospital from 2021 to 2024. …”
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Salmonella Vaccine Study in Oxford (SALVO) trial: protocol for an observer-participant blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the iNTS-GMMA vaccine within a European cohort by Melita A Gordon, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Florian Marks, Carsten Mantel, Andrew J Pollard, Brama Hanumunthadu, Rachel White, John A Crump, Hannah Robinson, Jan Jacobs, Samuel Kariuki, Bieke Tack, Stefano Malvolti, Nasir Kanji, Nelly Owino, Carla Ferreira Da Silva, Pietro Ferruzzi, Usman Nakakana, Rocio Canals, Maheshi Ramasamy, Francis Agyapong, Gianluca Breghi, Fabio Fiorino, Christian S. Marchello, Donata Medaglini, Esther M. Muthumbi, Chisomo L. Msefula, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Robert Onsare, Elena Pettini, Anthony G Scott J, Bassiahi Abdramane Soura, Tiziana Spadafina

“…Enteritidis Generalised Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA) outer membrane vesicles is presented.Method and analysis The Salmonella Vaccine Study in Oxford is a randomised placebo-controlled participant-observer blind phase I study of the iNTS-GMMA vaccine. …”
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Automatic Extraction and Counting of Fish from Underwater Videos Using YOLO-Based Deep Learning Algorithms by F. Gallitto, A. M. Lingua, F. Matrone, F. Chiabrando, X. Li, S. Secco, S. Secco, A. Acierno, M. Scalici

“…The AI based achieved results compared with traditional visual census methods (underwater visual census, UVC and diver operated video census, DOVC), showing high accuracy in total abundance estimation and good agreement for dominant species. …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Optical Bench Analysis of a Novel Enhanced Monofocal Intraocular Lens by Giovanni Romualdi, Matilde Buzzi, Pier Giuseppe Ruggeri, Federico Tommasi, Alessio Giorgetti, Stefano Cavalieri, Rita Mencucci

“…The aim of this study is to perform optical bench analysis and to evaluate refractive and visual outcomes and patient satisfaction. <b>Methods</b>: This prospective comparative single-center study was conducted in Careggi Hospital, University of Florence (Italy). …”
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Deep Learning Based Automatic Ankle Tenosynovitis Quantification from MRI in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Feasibility Study by Saeed Arbabi, Vahid Arbabi, Lorenzo Costa, Iris ten Katen, Simon C. Mastbergen, Peter R. Seevinck, Pim A. de Jong, Harrie Weinans, Mylène P. Jansen, Wouter Foppen

“…<b>Methods:</b> We analyzed 364 ankle 3T MRI scans from 71 PsA patients. …”
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Characteristics of beta parapapillary atrophy in primary angle-closure suspect by Qing Zhang, Ye Zhang, Xiaohua Pan, Hui Feng, Shuning Li, Zhi Li, Meijuan Zhang, Caixia Li, Fei Xiang, Qianqian Ji

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The effectiveness of the use of various options for drainage of the abdominal cavity in creating a model of chronic peritonitis and the determination of indicators of total periton... by A. B. Kebkalo, A. O. Reiti, V. V. Hrianyla, M. O. Kondratiuk

“…In group 1 in 20 rats, drainage was inserted under visual control through a laboratory wound and fixed to the parietal peritoneum on the right flank; in group 2 in 20 rats, the drainage was inserted under visual control through the laboratory wound and fixed to the parietal peritoneum on the right flank; in group 3 in 20 rats, blind insertion of abdominal drainage by trocar was performed. …”
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Ex vivo-model design and evaluation of the sensitivity of blast cells to chemotherapy as a way to personalize the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia by A. S. Polyakov, Ya. A. Noskov, Yu. V. Nikitin, V. V. Tyrenko, S. N. Kolubaeva, A. N. Bogdanov, V. N. Semelev, O. R. Petrova, S. V. Bondarchuk, D. K. Zhogolev, A. D. Zolotarev, A. V. Kovalev, Yu. E. Puchkova

“…High phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity of acute myeloid leukemia defines the relevance to develop personalized approaches to therapy, including those based on determination of individual drug sensitivity of blast cells.This article presents the results of developing an ex-vivo model of acute myeloid leukemia, as well as testing of two in vitro sensitivity assessment methods: evaluation of the genotoxicity of drugs in the micronucleus test and vitality and sensitivity to chemotherapy in sorted blast cells. …”
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Exploration of choroidal vascular changes in juveniles with different degrees of myopia: The application of swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography by Linbo He, Qing Wang, Ziyang Li, Libing Song, Bo Liu, Yuli Yang

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Retinal ganglion cells induce stem cell-derived neuroprotection via IL-12 to SCGF-β crosstalk by Qing Xia, Kun-Che Chang, Yanan Sun, Michael Nahmou, Takahiko Noro, Yun Cheng, Xiangmei Kong, Xiaofen Mo, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Suqian Wu

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Retinal Blood Flow Decreases after Treatment with Bevacizumab for Retinopathy of Prematurity by Joyce Wang, BS, Shaiza Mansoor, BS, Jeong-Yoon Wu, BS, Christina Kilby, BS, He Forbes, MS, Ria Kapoor, BS, Sarah Ward, Jason Zhou, BS, Kristin Williams, RN, Moran Roni Levin, MD, Sripriya Sundararajan, MD, Larry Magder, PhD, Avigyan Sinha, PhD, Abhishek Rege, PhD, Janet L. Alexander, MD, MS

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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

“…Objective To explore the value of high-frequency ultrasound in the detection of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma and displaying lesion characteristics. MethodsA total of 38 paitients with hepatocellular carcinoma satellite lesions within 40 mm of subcutaneous tissue were underwent low-frequency (1-5 MHz) and high-frequency (6-9 MHz) ultrasound. …”
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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

“…Unlike the traditional methods relying on complex controllers, our approach uses deep reinforcement learning with cascade rewards, enabling a single drone to navigate obstacles and intercept targets using only a forward-facing depth&#x2013;RGB camera. …”
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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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