Uncovering Status and Legality of Digital Rupiah as Legal Tender: Using Dignified Justice Theory by Kameo Jeferson, Prasetyo Teguh, Janpieter Hutajulu Marihot, Rawni Arndarnijariah Faqi, Nur Chika Amitha Exsa

“…Using normative legal research methods, this study finds that Article 23B of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia has not explicitly regulated digital currencies. …”
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Association Between Skin Findings and Ocular Signs in Rosacea by Francisco Lucero Saá, Federico Cremona, Pablo Chiaradia

“…Objectives:To report the most frequent signs in ocular rosacea and evaluate their association with skin findings.Materials and Methods:Fifty-one patients diagnosed with rosacea by a trained dermatologist were evaluated by an ocular surface specialist. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Radial Keratotomy, Laser In Situ Keratomileusis, and Astigmatic Keratotomy Performed Consecutively over a Period of 21 Years by Priyanka Chhadva, Florence Cabot, Anat Galor, Sonia H. Yoo

“…To describe a case of 3 refractive procedures performed in one eye over 2 decades. Methods. Case report. Results. A 41-year-old patient presented for refractive surgery evaluation. …”
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ON THE HEALTH OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN OF KRASNODAR REGION RURAL LOCALITY by L. V. BATRAKOVA, P. V. NEFEDOV, I. S. ZACHARCHENKO

“…This study was performed to assess the state of health of preschool children from Krasnodar Region rural locality according to the incidence rate.Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of six municipal preschool institutions in Krasnodar Region rural locality with the coverage of 855 preschool children aged 3 to 7 years.Results. …”
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A Study on Generating Maritime Image Captions Based on Transformer Dual Information Flow by Zhenqiang Zhao, Helong Shen, Meng Wang, Yufei Wang

“…The results demonstrate that the proposed TDSI model outperforms existing mainstream methods in terms of several evaluation metrics, including BLEU, METEOR, ROUGE, and CIDEr. …”
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Intravitreal Bevacizumab Alone or Combined with Macular Laser Photocoagulation for Recurrent or Persistent Macular Edema Secondary to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion by Takafumi Hirashima, Tomoyuki Chihara, Toshitaka Bun, Takao Utsumi, Miou Hirose, Hideyasu Oh

“…To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection with or without macular laser photocoagulation (MLP) for recurrent or persistent macular edema (ME) secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods. Thirty-four eyes underwent IVB injection for ME secondary to BRVO as a primary treatment. …”
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Evaluation of ChatGPT-4 in detecting referable diabetic retinopathy using single fundus images by Owais Aftab, Hamza Khan, Brian L. VanderBeek, Drew Scoles, Benjamin J. Kim, Jonathan C. Tsui

“…Design: A cross-sectional study comparing ChatGPT-4′s versus retina specialists’ identification of more than mild DR (mtmDR) and vision-threatening DR (VTDR). Methods: Images in equal proportions of normal, mild, moderate, and severe nonproliferative DR (NPDR), proliferative DR (PDR), and blurry images with and without suspected PDR were presented to a panel of blinded retina specialists who identified images as readable or unreadable, and potentially as mtmDR or VTDR. …”
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The Utility of Virtual Reality in Ophthalmology: A Review by Ahuja AS, Paredes III AA, Eisel ML, Ahuja SA, Wagner IV, Vasu P, Dorairaj S, Miller D, Abubaker Y

“…Barriers to the widespread implementation of VR include high initial capital cost, limited sample sizes for research studies, and discrepancies between VR visual field and real-world clinical practice. Future research in streamlining VR methods to be more accessible and cost-effective has the potential to overcome these challenges. …”
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Glaucoma Home Monitoring Using Online Circular Contrast Perimetry Over 6 Months: Performance and Patient Attitudes in the Developing World Setting by Hoang TT, Mai TQ, Pham DT, Nguyen XT, Nguyen DA, Vu DT, Hoang HT, Skalicky SE

“…This study assessed the longitudinal performance and user feedback of home OCCP in an Asian population.Methods: Twenty glaucoma and fifteen healthy participants underwent a comprehensive ocular examination and visual field tests in clinic, using OCCP and standard automated perimetry. …”
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Resting-State Functional MRI Reveals Altered Seed-Based Connectivity in Diabetic Osteoporosis Patients by Li J, Liu M, Qin J, An Y, Zheng X, Mohamad NS, Ramli I

“…This study aims to further explore the abnormal functional connectivity between different brain regions based on the team’s previous research.Methods: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data were obtained from 14 participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and osteoporosis. …”
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Application of Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute coupled with RPA for highly sensitive and specific detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum by Yanli Zhao, Dehai Su, Min Li, Qin Deng, Shiyu Xiong, Youshu Feng, Hongxia Jiang, Huanzhong Ding

“…Thus, it is urgent to establish a fast, accurate and sensitive method for detecting MG. In this study, the detection of MG by combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) with argonaute from Pyrococcus furiosus (PfAgo) was established that allows visual observation under blue and UV light. …”
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Application of 25 MHz B-Scan Ultrasonography to Determine the Integrity of the Posterior Capsule in Posterior Polar Cataract by Yawen Guo, Chengzhe Lu, Bin Wu, Jianmin Gao, Jun Li, Xiaoyong Yuan, Xin Tang

“…To report the application of 25 MHz B-scan ultrasonography (MHzB) to determine the integrity of the posterior capsule (PC) in posterior polar cataract (PPC). Methods. Patients with whom PPC was clinically diagnosed using slit lamp microscopy who underwent 25 MHzB before phacoemulsification were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Pregnancy-acquired memory CD4+ regulatory T cells improve pregnancy outcome in mice by Kristin Thiele, Christopher Urbschat, Julia. Isabel. Amambay Riquelme, Lisa. Sophie Ahrendt, Ronja Wöhrle, Steven Schepanski, Judith Joana Eckert, Etienne Becht, Minyue Qi, Malik Alawi, Martin Becker, Nicola Gagliani, Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Anke Diemert, Petra Clara Arck

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Demência semântica: avaliação clínica e de neuroimagem. Relato de caso Semantic dementia: clinical and neuroimaging evaluation. Case report by Leonardo Caixeta, Letícia L. Mansur

“…Structural and functional neuroimaging methods disclosed asymmetric bitemporal damage, mainly on the left. …”
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Intraoperative Posterior Chamber Irrigation to Enhance Vitreous Cavity Support during Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery after Vitrectomy by Jiao Lyu, Peiquan Zhao

“…To report the effectiveness of an intraoperative posterior chamber irrigation technique to enhance vitreous cavity support during postvitrectomy phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Methods. The irrigation technique was performed during phacoemulsification cataract surgery on 10 postvitrectomy eyes (9 patients) with moderate or hard density cataracts and with low vitreous cavity support. …”
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LLM-based robot personality simulation and cognitive system by Jia-Hsun Lo, Han-Pang Huang, Jie-Shih Lo

“…Based on the proposed methods, our designed robot, Mobi, is enable to chat based on its own personality, handle social conflicts and understand user’s intent. …”
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Limiting tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty improves short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with hypertension by Lei Zhang, Yuhui Ning, Cheng Yang, Tao He

“…However, information on the optimal tourniquet usage strategy in patients with hypertension are lacking.MethodsA retrospective analysis of 90 patients with knee osteoarthritis and hypertension who underwent primary TKA was conducted. …”
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Research-based narrative videos to reduce stigma: insights from older women living with HIV by Sadie B. Sommer, Julie V. Barroso

“…Despite growing recognition of these challenges, few stigma reduction interventions are specifically designed for this population, particularly in the Southern United States.MethodsWe explored the acceptability, personal relevance, and perceived effectiveness of a stigma reduction video series tailored for older WLWH. …”
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A Study of Improvement in Quality of Life in Patients with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Jagruti N Jadeja, Tejal R. Garasiya, Vaibhavi G. Patel

“…This was achieved by utilizing questionnaires administered pre- and posttreatment. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted during July 2019–September 2021 at a tertiary eye care center in Western India. …”
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Evaluation of the incidence of ocular manifestations in HIV-infected pediatric patients: a cross-sectional study by Rekha KR

“…Aim of the paper was to determine the incidence of ocular manifestations and their correlation with CD4+ count level in HIV-positive children. Material and methods A cross-sectional study evaluating ophthalmic manifestations, and correlation of various parameters and severity with ophthalmological findings in HIV-positive children. …”
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