Effect of Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy on higher order aberrations in different types of posterior capsule opacification: A prospective study by R Senthil Prasad, Tony A Koshy, R Sankarananthan, Logesh Balakrishnan, Kamatchi Nagu, Madhu Shekhar

“…Design: Prospective, comparative, observational study. Methods: One hundred ninety-three pseudophakic eyes with PCO were evaluated over 3 months. …”
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SING IMT in pseudophakic eyes: Results of the first experiences by Alfonso Savastano, Nicola Claudio D'Onofrio, Giuseppe Francione, Paola Sasso, Lorenzo Hu, Stanislao Rizzo

“…Patients underwent preoperative assessments, including visual acuity measurements and OCT scans. Methods: Surgical procedures were performed under peribulbar anesthesia, with careful IOL removal and SING IMT implantation. …”
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Functional near-infrared spectroscopy characteristics in children with autism spectrum disorder under animated video modeling therapy by Chuanhua Zhu, Hongwei Li, Lina Zhang, Yonglu Liu, Yangyang Zhang, Binbin Huang, Wei Li

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the impact of animated video modeling (AVM) on the brain function of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).MethodsFifteen children with ASD and 15 matched typically developing (TD) controls were enrolled. fNIRS was used to obtain 8-min data in quiet and visually stimulated states, with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), and bilateral occipital lobe as regions of interest (ROIs). …”
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Ocular findings in children, adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus in ghana: a cross-sectional study by Serwah Bonsu Asafo-Agyei, Emmanuel Ameyaw, Amos Aikins

“…Visual impairment was classified as mild, moderate, or severe based on the International Classification of Diseases 11 definitions of visual impairment and blindness. …”
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Association Between Body Mass Index and Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Observational Study by Shahzaib Riaz Baloch, Muhammad Tariq Sohail, Mohammad Sohail Rafi, Adnan Aqueel Lokhandwala, Eamaan Abid, Faryal Karim

“…This study explored the LBP-BMI relationship using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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The Efficiency, Predictability and Safety Between Custom-Q Femotsecond Laser In Situ Keratomileusis and Second (Visumax 800) Generation Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction Surger... by Chia-Yi Lee, Shun-Fa Yang, Ie-Bin Lian, Hung-Chi Chen, Jing-Yang Huang, Chao-Kai Chang

“…The primary outcomes were the postoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), spherical equivalent (SE), amount of astigmatism, and best-correct visual acuity (BCVA). …”
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Long-term results (60 months) of anti-VEGF therapy of macular diseases in real clinical practice. Part 2. by E. V. Bobykin, R. V. Buslaev, V. Y. Krokhalev, O. V. Morozova, N. S. Beresneva

“…Purpose: to study long-term results of anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases of patients followed up for 60 months in real clinical practice. Materials and methods. The research group included 57 patients (43 women, 14 men; median age 62 years) who received antiVEGF therapy (ranibizumab, aflibercept) and remained under regular observation for 60 months. …”
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Assessment of MRI Changes on Articular Cartilages after Intra-articular Injection of Platelet-rich Plasma in Knee Osteoarthritis: An Interventional Study by Debdipta Das, Srabani Sarker, Amrita Roy, Saumen Kumar De, Dipasri Bhattacharya

“…Aim: To investigate the effect of PRP on cartilage characteristics, as evidenced by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging in knee OA. Materials and Methods: This was an interventional study conducted in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine in collaboration with the Departments of Radiodiagnosis and Orthopaedics at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India from October 2023 to August 2024. …”
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Detecting the contribution of V5/MT in reading, reading-related tasks, eye-movements and EEG-oscillations in children and adolescents with developmental dyslexia via high-definitio... by Federica Somma, Giulia Lazzaro, Samy Rima, Kristina Rainich, Christa Müller-Axt, Michael Christoph Schmid, Stefano Vicari, Katharina von Kriegstein, Deny Menghini

“…For example, there is reduced connectivity in DD, in comparison to controls, between the left lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and V5/MT, a motion-sensitive visual area implicated in reading. Most neurostimulation studies in children with DD target language-related brain regions to improve reading, often overlooking motion-sensitive visual areas. …”
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Macular morphologic changes following successful retinal detachment repair by scleral buckling surgery by Petrović Nenad, Todorović Dušan, Srećković Sunčica, Šarenac-Vulović Tatjana, Jovanović Mihailo, Ranđelović Danijela

“…The prolonged MD leads to damaging the neurosensory tissue of the retina and especially the photo-receptors, which may explain the limited visual acuity recovery after successful SB repair of RD.…”
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Perioperative factors influencing post-appendectomy outcomes in adults: a single-center prospective study in the North of Palestine by Alaa Zayed, Khaled Demyati, Abdulsalam Alkaiyat, Alaa Omari, Eliana Masri, Zain Saqfalhait, Yazan.N.A.Abdallah, Obayda Darawsha, Mohammed Hajhamad

“…Understanding these factors is essential to enhance patient care and recovery. Methods This prospective, single-center observational study was conducted at Secondary Surgical Hospital, Nablus, Palestine, from April 2021 to February 2022. …”
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Research on forest fire risk assessment and prevention and control Countermeasures: A case study of Qinyuan County, Shanxi Province, China by Pei Jingjing, Zhang Haoying, Yin Shiyu, Wang Mengyao, Luo Yun

“…This study establishes a comprehensive forest fire risk evaluation system for Qinyuan County by integrating the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Delphi method, and multi-level Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method (FCE) to assess 12 townships. …”
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Blur Feature Extraction Plus Automatic KNN Matting: A Novel Two Stage Blur Region Detection Method for Local Motion Blurred Images by Minghua Zhao, Dan Li, Zhenghao Shi, Shuangli Du, Peng Li, Jing Hu

“…To deal with the serious visual artifacts caused by the consistent restoration algorithm on local motion blurred images, a novel two stage blur region detection method including coarse location and region refinement for local blurred images is proposed in this paper. …”
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Designing and evaluating the efficacy of interactive drawing methods based on parent-child relationship on the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder in 6-8 year old children by Nooshin Torabi Goodarzi, Afsaneh Nazeri, Amir Ghamarani

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A SIMBA CoMICs Initiative to Cocreating and Disseminating Evidence-Based, Peer-Reviewed Short Videos on Social Media: Mixed Methods Prospective Study by Maiar Elhariry, Kashish Malhotra, Kashish Goyal, Marco Bardus, SIMBA and CoMICs Team, Punith Kempegowda

“…It also explores the experiences of content creators and assesses audience engagement. MethodsThis mixed methods prospective study was conducted between December 2022 and May 2023 and comprised five phases: (1) script generation, (2) video creation, (3) cross-platform publication, (4) process evaluation, and (5) impact evaluation. …”
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An ensemble method for cloud mask calculation based on data from the AHI instrument onboard the Himawari-8/9 satellite using convolutional neural networks by A.I. Andreev, S.I. Malkovsky, M.O. Kuchma, Y.A. Shamilova

“…The paper explores a method for calculating a cloud mask based on the use of several convolutional neural network classifiers trained for various observation conditions using a bootstrapping method. …”
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Enhancing Optical Distribution Point Placement: A Decision Support System Integrating Weighted Product Method, Content-Based Filtering, and Location-Based Services by Widiatry Widiatry, Viktor Handrianus Pranatawijaya, Dea Jeany Lestari

“…This study presents an integrated Decision Support System (DSS) that combines the Weighted Product Method (WPM), Content-Based Filtering (CBF), and Location-Based Services (LBS) to optimize ODP placement in urban areas. …”
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Improving Treatment of Noise Specification of Kalman Filtering for State Updating of Hydrological Models: Combining the Strengths of the Interacting Multiple Model Method and Cubat... by Y. Sun, X. Tian, W. Bao, S. Qu, Q. Li, Y. Chen, Z. Zhou, P. Shi

“…Abstract Filtering methods have been widely used to improve the forecast performances of hydrological models. …”
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Multiaxial creep deformation investigation of miniature cruciform specimen for type 304 stainless steel at 923 K using non-contact displacement-measuring method by Hiyoshi Noritake

“…The multiaxial creep testing method using a cruciform specimen has several advantages, and the authors successfully downsized the specimen. …”
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Intelligent design of high-performance fluids for thermal management: integrating response surface methodology, weighted Tchebycheff method, and strength Pareto evolutionary algori... by Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida, Ali Basem, Neeraj Varshney, Loghman Mostafa

“…The weighted Tchebycheff method (WTM) is employed for decision-making, ensuring a balanced and application-specific selection of nanofluids. …”
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