Antibacterial properties of a modified magnesium alloy in vitro with clinical strains of non-fermentative gram-negative microorganisms by V. M. Chornyi

“…In test tubes with an extract, the growth of microorganisms was not visually detected, which indicates a significant bacteriostatic activity of the magnesium alloy biodegradation products. …”
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Virtual reality-based eye examination at a community-free clinic: A pilot study by Jullian Valadez, Howard Zhang, Sylvia L. Groth

“…Settings and Design: Prospective pilot study. Materials and Methods: Adult patients attending a monthly clinic underwent standard examination followed by VR visual acuity (VA), visual field (VF), extraocular movements (EOM), pupillometry, and Ishihara testing. …”
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Driver’s Attention Allocation and Mental Workload at Different Random Hazard Points on Prairie Highway by Zhen Lyu, Chunhua Qi, Shoulin Zhu

“…The gaze transfer theory and statistical methods were used to make comparative analysis of typical visual and mental workload evaluation indicators of drivers at different random risk points. …”
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Outcome of Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion without plating by Amanj Dizhwar Khalid, Raqib Seniar Teto

“…In this article, we evaluated the idea of safety of multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, using a plate and the achieved pain relief.  Methods: In this study, retrospectively we reviewed 30 patients diagnosed with multilevel cervical disc disease (total 69 segments) due to degenerative changes, disc herniation, and/or osteophyte formation. …”
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Atypical mycobacterial keratitis: Clinical outcome in nonrefractive surgery cases by Kshyanaprava Priyadarshini, Smruti Rekha Priyadarshini, Srikant Kumar Sahu, Himansu Sekhar Behera, Sujata Das

“…Twelve participants showed good final visual acuity posttreatment, which improved to over two lines of Snellen’s visual acuity chart (44.5%). …”
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Posturographic sensory ratios provide evidence for neuroplasticity after computerized vestibular rehabilitation therapy in a single group interventional trial by Eytan A. David, Navid Shahnaz

“…Before and after twelve twice weekly sessions of CVRT, and 4–6 and 10–12 months post-treatment, participants completed the Sensory Organization Test, from which sensory ratios (somatosensory - SOM, visual - VIS, vestibular - VEST, and visual preference - PREF) were calculated. …”
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Evaluation of macular vessel density among patients with glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and normal participants by Wesam S. Elsayed, Moustafa K Nassar, Asmaa M.A. Ibrahim, Mohammed S.A. El-Aziz

“…The ophthalmic parameters, which include best-corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, visual field mean deviation, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, and ganglion cell complex thickness, were recorded. …”
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Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by Yan Wang, Sen Yang, Yue Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yaping Jiang, Xixi Wang, Pengxiang Zheng, Yihui Chen

“…We aimed to investigate the symptoms of the dry eye disease (DED) of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods. This cross-sectional, observational study analysis included 91 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. …”
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Outcome of cataract surgery in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis under two different biological regimens by Mariam R Fadel, Elzanaty Hassan, T Radwa, Sara M Esmat

“…Aim In this study, we compared the outcome of cataract extraction in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis treated with adalimumab (ADA) compared to patients treated with infliximab (IFX). Patients and methods The study included 22 eyes of 22 children with JIA-associated chronic anterior uveitis. …”
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The role of stress in absenteeism: cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave. by Henrik B Jacobsen, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Karen W Hara, Petter C Borchgrevink, Astrid Woodhouse, Nils Inge Landrø, Anette Harris, Tore C Stiles

“…Simultaneously, the increase in heart rate and Visual Analogue Scales was substantial, indicating autonomic and psychological activation consistent with intense stress from the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups.…”
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Evaluation of Clinico-Radiological Profile and Correlation with Ultrasonography of the Chest in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia by Sudhir Bhandari, Ajeet Singh, Meenu Bagarhatta, Govind Rankawat, Amitabh Dube, Shivankan Kakkar, Amit Tak

“…CURB-65 score for the severity of pneumonia had a positive correlation with POCUS severity score and CXR visual score with P= 0.0013 and 0.0018, respectively. …”
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Relationship between parental school involvement and its barriers among parents of students in grades 4 to 9: based on latent class and correspondence analyses by Junqiao Guo, Bihua Zhao

“…Methods Data were obtained from 1,307 parents of students in grades 4 to 9 in China. …”
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Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy with Neurological Abnormalities. Case Report by N. A. Andreeva, N. L. Sheremet

“…Although this pathology affects the retinal ganglion cells, the main manifestation of the disease is visual loss, the disease in some cases can occur as LHON+ with additional neurological and cardiological symptoms. …”
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A Preliminary Investigation into the Neural Correlates of Knee Loading during a Change of Direction Task in Individuals after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Adam Culiver, Dustin Grooms, Nathan Edwards, Laura Schmitt, James Oñate

“…. # Methods Eight participants, 39.3 ± 37.1 months after primary, left ACLR performed repetitive active knee flexion and extension of their involved knee during fMRI scanning. …”
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Projection and assessment of future droughts in Iowa: developing a machine learning model and an interactive application by Ingrid Cintura, Antonio Arenas

“…Traditional drought indicators typically focus on recent conditions rather than future projections, and conventional forecasting methods often struggle to capture the complex, non-linear relationships between long-term climate variables and droughts. …”
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Barriers to compliance with the use of free-of-cost spectacles prescribed through door-to-door screening of children in urban slums of Delhi by Vaisakhi Prasannan, Shalinder Sabherwal, Shailja Tibrewal, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Atanu Majumdar, Suma Ganesh

“…The association of compliance with age, gender, spectacle quality, parental education and occupation, parents’ or siblings’ use of spectacles, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best corrected visual acuity, improvement of VA, and magnitude and type of refractive error was analyzed. …”
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Combinatorics and complexity of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) facial signals by Brittany N. Florkiewicz, Teddy Lazebnik

“…Abstract There have been shifts toward more systematic and standardized methods for studying non-human primate facial signals, thanks to advancements like animalFACS. …”
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Intravitreal Ranibizumab Alone or in Combination with Calcium Dobesilate for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema in Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Patients: 12-Month Out... by Dongxuan Wang, Hui Wang, Shuang Wu, Xueqiu Yang, Jiansen Xu

“…This study investigates the efficacy of CaD combined with intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) in patients with nonproliferative DR. Methods. This retrospective, observational, case-control study enrolled consecutive patients newly diagnosed with DME. …”
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Unveiling the Ultimate Meme Recipe: Image Embeddings for Identifying Top Meme Templates from r/Memes by Jan Sawicki

“…By combining image captioning and keyword extraction methods, key characteristics of the templates were identified, highlighting those with the most visual consistency. …”
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Unexplained multi-sensory neuropathy syndrome in young Tanzanian adults by Enica R. Massawe, Ndeserua Moshi, Junkun Ren, Catherine C. Rieke, Albert K. Magohe, Abigail M. Fellows, Enat A. Arega, Christopher E. Niemczak, Brian P. Jackson, Margaret R. Karagas, Jay C. Buckey

“…# Background A unique syndrome affecting young adults of unexplained hearing loss often associated with uncorrectable poor visual acuity and lower extremity numbness is endemic in Dar es Salaam. …”
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