Near vision assessment for adults using the NIH Toolbox by John-Christopher A. Finley, Jerry Slotkin, Cindy J. Nowinski, Cindy J. Nowinski, Katy Bedjeti, Nicholas Volpe, Sandra Weintraub, Sandra Weintraub, Richard Gershon

“…This study is the first to report the psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Near Visual Acuity Test in a sample of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.MethodsNinety-eight adults (ages 40–81) completed the tablet-based near vision test and the gold standard chart-based near vision test. …”
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Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors, Including Workers’ Compensation, as Predictors of Monocular Blindness After Open Globe Injuries by Chen C, Malek DA, Greenfield JA, Yuan Z, Cavuoto KM

“…Primary outcome is monocular blindness with visual acuity worse than 20/200 at the last follow-up visit. …”
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Non-inferiority study to compare the efficacy of relugolix with dienogest for endometriosis-associated pain and usefulness of administering relugolix prior to dienogest (READY stud... by Fuminori Taniguchi, Motoko Fukui, Yutaka Osuga, Tasuku Harada, Jo Kitawaki

“…This study aims to compare the efficacy of relugolix with that of dienogest for reducing endometriosis-associated pain, and to evaluate if relugolix, administered prior to dienogest, decreases abnormal uterine bleeding. Methods A multicenter, open-label, active-controlled, non-inferiority randomized study will be conducted at 11 sites in Japan. …”
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Clinical Profile of Cataract Patients with Asteroid Hyalosis in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Retrospective Observational Study by Raveena Jeyabalan, T Sangeetha, T Kavya

“…Since vision is rarely affected, the focus is on clinical challenges in impaired optical biometry from light scatter and obscured fundus reflex caused by dense asteroid bodies during cataract surgery and subsequent visual outcomes. Aim: To study the associated factors, visual outcomes and complications in cataract patients with AH. …”
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Functional Outcome of Arthroscopic Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury using Four-strand Hamstring Tendon Graft: A Prospective Cohort Study by R Kavin Kumar, M Mohan, C Rishab, L Sabari Vaasan

“…Aim: To assess the functional outcomes resulting from arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using a four-strand hamstring tendon graft. Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted at SRM Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, including 33 patients with Grade II and Grade III ACL tears with or without associated meniscal injuries, who underwent ACL reconstruction using a four-strand hamstring tendon graft. …”
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Comparison of a novel gamified binocular therapy and standard monocular patching therapy in treating unilateral amblyopia in young children: a prospective, multicenter, randomized... by Wenqing Zhu, Jiawei Zhang, Heying Zhang, Jianjuan Zhao, Jin Lin, Chanling Hu, Rui Liu

“…The study evaluates the efficacy of a novel gamified binocular therapy for treating unilateral amblyopia on comprehensive visual functions. Methods This prospective, multicenter, randomized, blinded, controlled trial is designed as a non-inferiority study. …”
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Pupillographic evaluation accompanying structural and functional assessment of the optic nerve in patients with Parkinson’s disease by Erdinç Bozkurt, Ersin Muhafız, Can Emre Erdoğan, Şerif Nizamoğulları, Güvenç Toprak, Bayram Meydan

“…Abstract Background To evaluate static and dynamic pupillary functions, contrast sensitivity, and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Methods The study included 25 right eyes of patients with Parkinson’s disease (mean age: 67.88 ± 9.40 years) and 26 right eyes of age- and sex-matched healthy controls (mean age: 64.15 ± 7.60 years). …”
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Effects of computer-generated patterns with different temporal and spatial frequencies on choroidal thickness, retinal dopamine and candidate genes in chickens wearing lenses by Hong Liu, Hong Liu, Frank Schaeffel, Marita Pauline Feldkaemper

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Association between myopia and relative peripheral refraction in children with monocular Tilted disc syndrome by Jiawei Wang, Shangzhu Zhang, Huijun Jiang, Jialiang Duan, Ruijie Xi, Shaoyi Wang, Jiangnan Wang, Song Chai

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the refractive error and relative peripheral refraction in pediatric patients with monocular tilted disc syndrome. Methods This single-center, prospective, cross-sectional, observational study included 49 patients from the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University aged 5–17 years with monocular tilted disc syndrome. …”
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Research hotspots and trends in diabetes and insulin resistance: a bibliometric analysis by Shaobo Zhang, Huixin Yan, Di Cao, Weichen Sun, Weichen Sun, Jingnan Li, Jing Xu, Bailin Song, Xingquan Wu

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FEATURES OF PAIN SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLIONITIS by I.A. Kolisnyk, P.I. Tkachenko, A.I. Pankevych, A.M. Hohol

“…The aim of our research was to study the nature of pain in patients with pterygopalatine ganglionitis. Material and methods of research. We examined 105 patients with pterygopalatine ganglionitis aged from 30 to 74 years. …”
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Eye-brain connection: an altered profile of spatial attention in myopia by Elie De Lestrange-Anginieur, Elie De Lestrange-Anginieur, Elie De Lestrange-Anginieur, Elie De Lestrange-Anginieur, Elie De Lestrange-Anginieur, Feng Pan, Feng Pan, Feng Pan, Feng Pan, Feng Pan, Benjamin Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Kin Yau Wong

“…We tested the hypothesis that myopia alters the pattern of visual attention.MethodsTwenty participants (10 near-emmetropes) performed an acuity discrimination task at random visual field locations (eccentricity range: 1–10°; spacing: 1°; polar coordinates of 0°, 90°, 180°or 270°) under conditions of neutral attention (no information on the stimulus position) and focused attention (target presentation in a single meridian), while fully optically corrected. …”
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Mapping the future: bibliometric insights into ferroptosis and diabetic nephropathy by Tangwen Wei, Yang Qin, Xiaohui Lin, Xiujuan Wang, Suyi Chen, Xia Chen, Nan Yan, Xinyi Wei, Zhichang Zhang, Bing Wei

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The impact of paraspinal muscle morphology on functional outcome in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease undergoing surgery - A prospective observational study by Niraj Ghimire, Prashant Lakhe, Anil Kumar, Nisha Ghimire, Chayanika Kutum, Deepak Choudhary, Bhanu Pratap Singh Chauhan, Poonam Narang, Hukum Singh, Daljit Singh

“…Association between muscle parameters and functional status as indicated from the visual analogue scale (VAS), and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were assessed, and compared between prior and after surgery. …”
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Impact of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on stereoscopic vision and retinal structure in adult amblyopic rodents by Martinez-Navarrete G, Castaño-Castaño S, Morales-Navas M, Nieto-Escámez F, Sánchez-Santed F, Fernandez E

“…Instead, some studies have focused on the ganglion cell layer using post-mortem histological techniques in amblyopia models induced by monocular deprivation.Methods: In this study, we used Cliff test to assess stereoscopic vision and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to evaluate retinal changes in an in vivo model of visual deprivation treated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).Results: The depth perception test initially revealed differences between individuals with amblyopia and the control group. …”
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Efficacy and safety of therapeutic exercise for primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yi Xiang, Qinhai Li, Zengao Lu, Zemin Yu, Guanglin Ma, Siqi Liu, Yingkui Li

“…Exercise decreased the visual analog scale (VAS, WMD = −2.62, 95% CI [−3.29, −1.95], p < 0.001) score in individuals with primary dysmenorrhea. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Low-Dose Water-Dispersible Turmeric Extract in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Thanawala S, Shah R, Alluri KV, Bhupathiraju K, Prasad N, Agarwal Y

“…Study endpoints included assessment of changes from baseline to day 90 in pain intensity (visual analog scale [VAS], knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score [KOOS]), inflammatory biomarkers, and safety profile. …”
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Virtual Reality Portable Perimetry and Home Monitoring of Glaucoma: Retention and Compliance over a 2-year Period by Runjie B. Shi, MD, PhD, Leo Y. Li-Han, PhD, Irfan N. Kherani, MD, FRCSC, Graham E. Trope, PhD, FRCSC, Yvonne M. Buys, MD, FRCSC, Willy Wong, PhD, Moshe Eizenman, PhD

“…Purpose: To evaluate long-term retention, compliance, and performance of glaucoma patients using a virtual reality portable perimeter to monitor visual fields (VFs) at home. Design: Prospective, longitudinal, cohort study. …”
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Few-shot Remote Sensing Imagery Recognition with Compositionality Inductive Bias in Hierarchical Representation Space by Shichao Zhou, Zhuowei Wang, Zekai Zhang, Wenzheng Wang, Yingrui Zhao, Yunpu Zhang

“…Despite empirical success of existing methods such as data augmentation and knowledge transfer, no large-scale dataset can cover all possible combinations of visual parts. …”
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Exploration of soliton solutions of the nonlinear Kraenkel-Manna-Merle system using innovative methods in ferromagnetic materials by Bahadır Kopçasız, Fatma Nur Kaya Sağlam, Homan Emadifar, Karim K. Ahmed

“…The next step, the Kumar-Malik method, and the new extended hyperbolic function method (nEHFM) are used to derive exact soliton solutions of the nonlinear coupled Kraenkel-Manna-Merle system. …”
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