From the patient point of view: Using eye tracking to evaluate older adult shopping behavior change with a community pharmacy OTC intervention by Emily L. Hoffins, Jamie A. Stone, Aaron M. Gilson, Taylor L. Watterson, Jason S. Chladek, Michelle A. Chui

“…Conclusion: This study demonstrates how environmental redesign influences patient visual attention behavior. These findings emphasize the role of environmental design in enhancing patient safety and support eye-tracking as an effective method for measuring patient behavior in community pharmacy settings.…”
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Comparative convolutional neural networks for perovskite solar cell PCE predictions by Milan Harth, D. Kishore Kumar, Said Kassou, Kenza El Idrissi, Ritesh Kant Gupta, Yonatan Daniel, Ofry Makdasi, Iris Visoly-Fisher, Alessio Gagliardi

“…This comparative technique significantly outperforms traditional methods that attempt to directly infer PCE from a single image. …”
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MDS-Net: An Image-Text Enhanced Multimodal Dual-Branch Siamese Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection by Tao Wang, Tiecheng Bai, Chao Xu, Erlei Zhang, Bin Liu, Xining Zhao, Hongming Zhang

“…However, current models predominantly focus on visual representation learning while neglecting the potential of multimodal learning methods. …”
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Application of intraorbital magnets in the removal of magnetic intraorbital foreign bodies by Shanyu Li, Li Li, Xiaoxuan Wang, Rui Niu, Jie Zhang, Shaolei Han, Xiujun Liu, Jinchen Jia

“…Abstract Background To explore a new surgical method for treating intraorbital foreign bodies. Materials and methods From January 2015 to December 2023, 35 patients with magnetic intraorbital foreign bodies, representing 35 affected eyes, were admitted to the Department of Ocular Trauma of Hebei Eye Hospital; these patients included 32 males and 3 females aged from 2 to 63 years (average: 36.97 ± 14.28 years). …”
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Assisted Parkinsonism Diagnosis Using Multimodal MRI—The Role of Clinical Insights by Tobias Meindl, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Tobias Mantel, Angela Jochim, Jonas Deppe, Silke Zwirner, Jan S. Kirschke, Yong Li, Bernhard Haslinger

“…Conclusion Machine‐learning‐assisted classification of MR‐imaging biomarkers gathered in routine care can assist in the diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes as part of the diagnostic workup. We provide a visual method that aids the interpretation of neuroimaging‐based classification results of the three main parkinsonian syndromes, improving clinical interpretability.…”
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A bio-inspired framework for apple leaf disease detection: Integrating lesion localization, ant colony optimization, and machine learning by Xiaolong Li, Feifan Huang, Haotian Sun, Jiayu He, Seyed Mohamad Javidan, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Zhao Zhang

“…Conventional diagnostic approaches, such as expert visual assessments and laboratory analyses, are often time-consuming, costly, and limited to post-symptomatic stages. …”
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Spicy Food Ingredient from Red Habanero By-Product Obtained by Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction by António Toscano, Andreia F. R. Silva, Maria P. Ramos, Norton Komora, Filipa V. M. Silva, Patrícia Fradinho

“…Optimum UAE extracts proved more colored, energy-efficient (95% less consumption), equally spicy (466,000 SHU) and had higher antioxidant activity than RAE. …”
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Preliminary results suggest the potential of evaluating combined bFGF and TNF-β concentrations for differentiating papillary thyroid cancer from benign nodular goiter by Magdalena Ćwiklińska-Dworakowska, Karolina Marta Gacuta, Joanna Kamińska, Anna Justyna Milewska, Joanna Matowicka-Karna, Olga Martyna Koper-Lenkiewicz

“…Serum protein concentrations were evaluated in venous blood collected in tubes without anticoagulant, using the multiplexed immunoassay method. The concentrations of basic FGF (bFGF), IL-9, IL-18, TNF-α, and TNF-β were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in patients with PTC compared to those with nodular goiter. …”
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Surveying monitoring of mine workings in the conditions of development of nearby coal seams, as an important element of ensuring occupational safety and protection of miners by V.О. Nazarenko, H.V. Brui, O.S. Kuchin, A.O. Kryvoruchko, S.S. Iskov

“…At the pillar size of 25 meters, equal to the size of the actually pillar, the tension is 4 times higher than in the absence of the longwall face influence. …”
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Acoustic monitoring of soil water content during tillage and sowing by Hans-Hermann Kaufmann, Hubertus Siebald, Carolina Bilibio, Abozar Nasirahmadi, Oliver Hensel

“…Climate change has had an impact on soil cultivation and sowing methods, as precipitation levels and dry periods have changed. …”
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The effectiveness of the states’ crisis response policies: Survival analysis on the COVID-19 transmission suppression in the United States by Hanvit Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Jungwon Yeo

“…Results: Our findings indicate that not all policies were equally effective in facilitating rapid transmission and promoting swift suppression return to normalcy. …”
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Breath‐by‐breath measurement of alveolar gas exchange must preserve mass balance and conform to a physiological definition of a breath by Michele Girardi, Carlo Capelli, Carrie Ferguson, Susan A. Ward, Harry B. Rossiter

“…Specifically, it defines a single breathing cycle as the time between equal values of the FO2/FN2 (or FCO2/FN2) ratio, that is, the ratio of fractional concentrations of lung‐expired O2 (or CO2) and nitrogen (N2). …”
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Implications of Pea–Barley‐Mixed Cropping on Gross Margin, Root Rot Infestation, and Nitrogen Supply—A Swiss Case Study by Seraina Vonzun, Michael Schneider, Valentin Gfeller, Pierre Hohmann, Benedikt Haug, Matthias Meyer, Monika M. Messmer

“…The N supply in the successive crop was equal or higher in mixed cropping compared with pure pea cropping. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance of MRSA in the Russian Federation by V. V. Gostev, O. S. Kalinogorskaya, L. N. Popenko, T. V. Chernenkaya, Z. S. Naumenko, T. M. Voroshilova, YU. A. Zakharova, O. E. Khokhlova, A. N. Kruglov, M. G. Ershova, I. V. Molchanova, S. V. Sidorenko

“…The antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the method of serial microdilutions in broth with estimation of the MICs in accordance with the international standards CLSI 2014 and EUCAST 2014. …”
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Results of experimental studies of sunflower oil purification by means of electric field in an electrostatic precipitator by Ukraintsev Maxim Mikhailovich, Lipkovich Igor Eduardovich, Gulyaev Pavel Vladimirovich, Korchagin Pavel Timofeyevich, Pyatikopov Sergey Mikhailovich, Yudaev Igor Viktorovich

“…Such a promising method is the purification of sunflower oil in the electric field. …”
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Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports by Makki Mohmmed Safi, Rasool Nazari, Hassanin Abdul Wahed Abbas, Khosro Jalai Dehkordi

“…The development of championship sports can significantly impact the facilitation of the fourth goal, which includes ensuring equal quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. …”
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Modus Ethical Categories as a Condition for the Emergence of Phraseological Semantics, their Application in Political Discourse by Klara Abisheva, Marzhan Akosheva, Gulbagira Ayupova, Aiman Nurgazina, Bulat Ayapbergenov, Assel Baikadamova

“…When using them, phraseological units can be studied integratively, involving knowledge and methods from various sciences. Methods of modelling, contextual inference, evaluative categorisation, interpretation, cognitive-discursive analysis and associative experiment were also used. …”
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Research on Time-Sensitive Service Transmission Routing and Scheduling Strategies Based on Optical Interconnect Low Earth Orbit Mega-Constellations by Bingyao Cao, Xiwen Fan, Yiming Hong, Qianqian Zhao

“…However, in the context of large-scale LEO satellite communication scenarios, the traditional adjacent connection transmission method limits the advantages of low latency in optical communication. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Licorice and Aerobic Exercise on the Quality of Life of Postmenopausal Women by Parvaneh Asgari, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad, Fereshteh Narenji, Masoumeh Askari, Mahmoud Shiri

“…Sixty postmenopausal women were selected as study participants using the convenience sampling method and were divided into two equal groups (exercise and licorice) using a random number table. …”
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Objective evaluation of the pharyngoesophageal segment as a source of substitute phonation in patients after total laryngectomy by N. A. Daikhes, S. S. Reshulskiy, M. L. Isaeva, V. V. Vinogradov

“…The study aimed to identify objective predictors of the successful voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy to select the optimal method of voice restoration.Material and Methods. …”
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