Real-World Healthcare Resource Utilization, Healthcare Costs, and Injurious Falls Among Elderly Patients with Geographic Atrophy by Sarda SP, Germain G, Mahendran M, Klimek J, Cheng WY, Luo R, Duh MS

“…Sujata P Sarda,1 Guillaume Germain,2 Malena Mahendran,3 Jacob Klimek,3 Wendy Y Cheng,3 Roger Luo,1 Mei Sheng Duh3 1Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, MA, USA; 2Groupe d’analyse, Ltée, Montreal, Québec, Canada; 3Analysis Group, Inc, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Guillaume Germain, Vice President, Analysis Group, Inc, 1190 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Suite 1500, Montréal, QC, H3B 0G7, Canada, Tel +1-514-394-4446, Email guillaume.germain@analysisgroup.comPurpose: This study assessed the clinical and economic burden of geographic atrophy (GA) using real-world data from elderly patients with Medicare Advantage plans in the United States.Patients and Methods: A retrospective cohort design of patients with GA only, GA + visual impairment (GA + VI), GA + blindness (GA + B), and patients without GA were identified using administrative healthcare claims data from Optum Clinformatics Data Mart. …”
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Efficacy and safety of laser acupuncture on osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiangdong Wen, Guojiang Zhang, Jinquan Cui, Yuzhe Tang, Qi Meng, Yang Su, Senbo An, Shui Sun, Shui Sun

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Simple and Discriminatory Reaction Times in Preovulatory and Postovulatory Phases of Menstrual Cycle in Healthy Young Females: A Cross-sectional Study by Hemalatha Manjeshwara, V Suganthi, Amudharaj Dharmalingam, Milind V Bhutkar, Gopinath Manavazhagan

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the southern part of India during the years 2018-2024. …”
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Efficacy of light-transmitting eye shields for wound dressing in preventing pediatric emergence agitation following bilateral strabismus surgeries: a randomized clinical trial by Rui Zhang, Ting Huang, Peiting Fan, Zhubin Xie, Yanling Zhu, Xiaoliang Gan

“…Methods We randomly assigned 70 preschool children undergoing bilateral strabismus surgery to receive either light-transmitting (LT group, n = 35) or medical gauze (MG group, n = 35) eye shields upon the completion of surgery. …”
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Clinical and functional eye condition changes in the dry form of age macular degeneration depending on the AREDS stage by D. A. Teuvazhukova, L. L. Arutyunyan, T. G. Tlupova

“…Visual acuity was found to depend on test illumination in healthy subjects and to substantially drop at all illumination levels in AMD, especially in the 3rd stage. …”
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The models of the impact of interactive relationship between thinking style and the format of the advertising message on advertisement attractiveness and purchase intention by mean... by Alireza Haddadi, Rosa Hendijani, Tahmores Hasangholi pour

“…The visual attention of those viewing rational ads was higher than those viewing emotional ads. …”
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Clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based music therapy on improving emotional regulation in blind older women: A randomized controlled trial by Sunny H.W. Chan, Meryl Y.C. Cheung, Armstrong T.S. Chiu, Mimi H.T. Leung, Michael C.C. Kuo, Donald Y.C. Yip, Carole C.Y. Hui, Sally W.I. Kam, King Yeung, Doreen S.P. Mui, Shu-Mei Wang, Calvin C.K. Yip

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Shoulder Musculoskeletal Disorder Rehabilitation Using a Robotic Device Based on Electromyography (EMG) Biofeedback: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Martin Lavallière, Mathieu Tremblay, Etienne Ojardias, Maxime Turpin, Anaïck Perrochon, Philippe Rigoard, Lisa Goudman, Maarten Moens, Romain David, Maxime Billot

“…Forty-four patients participated in a conventional program using dumbbells (CONV group), while 73 completed a program on a robot-assisted device with EMG and visual biofeedback (RA-EMG group); both programs consisted of two sets of 20 repetitions at 60% of maximal capacity. …”
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User Experiences With Digital Future-Self Interventions in the Contexts of Smoking and Physical Inactivity: Mixed Methods Multistudy Exploration by Kristell M Penfornis, Nele Albers, Willem-Paul Brinkman, Mark A Neerincx, Andrea WM Evers, Winifred A Gebhardt, Eline Meijer

“…MethodsSecondary analyses of quantitative and qualitative survey data from 3 studies using digital FSIs as a means to encourage smoking cessation or increase PA were conducted. …”
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Clinical ocular prediction model of postoperative ametropic amblyopia in patients with congenital ectopia lentis by Xinyue Wang, Xinyue Wang, Xinyue Wang, Xinyue Wang, Linghao Song, Linghao Song, Linghao Song, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Qiuyi Huo, Qiuyi Huo, Qiuyi Huo, Yang Sun, Yang Sun, Yang Sun, Zexu Chen, Zexu Chen, Zexu Chen, Wannan Jia, Wannan Jia, Wannan Jia, Xin Shen, Xin Shen, Xin Shen, Yalei Wang, Yalei Wang, Yalei Wang, Xinyao Chen, Xinyao Chen, Xinyao Chen, Tianhui Chen, Tianhui Chen, Tianhui Chen, Yongxiang Jiang, Yongxiang Jiang, Yongxiang Jiang, Rui Wang

“…A prediction model based on preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and cardiac phenotype was established to predict postoperative amblyopia. …”
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Impact of allergic symptoms on work productivity in allergic rhinitis: A MASK-air direct patient data study by Rafael José Vieira, Ana Margarida Pereira, Maciej Kupczyk, Frederico S. Regateiro, Desirée E. Larenas-Linnemann, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Tomohisa Iinuma, Piotr Kuna, Alvaro A. Cruz, Luisa Brussino, Bilun Gemicioglu, Boleslaw Samolinski, Luis Taborda-Barata, Maria Teresa Ventura, Violeta Kvedariene, Ludger Klimek, Oliver Pfaar, Torsten Zuberbier, Luís Filipe Azevedo, João A. Fonseca, Jean Bousquet, Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, Josep M. Anto, Wienczyslawa Czarlewski, Anna Bedbrook, Tari Haahtela, G Walter Canonica, Elisio M. Costa, Marek Kulus, Renaud Louis, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, Nhân Pham-Thi, Nicolas Roche, Joaquin Sastre, Nicola Scichilone, Arunas Valiulis, Arzu Yorgancioglu, Rute Almeida, Rita Amaral, Ignacio J. Ansotegui, Karl C. Bergmann, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Fulvio Braido, Victoria Cardona, Lorenzo Cecchi, Claudia Chaves Loureiro, Cemal Cingi, Wytske J. Fokkens, Govert de Vries, Antonio FM. Giuliano, Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Cristina Jácome, Igor Kaidashev, Helga Kraxner, Daniel Laune, Gilles Louis, Olga Lourenço, Mika Makela, Michael Makris, Mario Morais-Almeida, Ralph Mösges, Marcus Maurer, Joaquim Mullol, Rachel Nadif, Marek Niedoszytko, Robyn O'Hehir, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Markus Ollert, Heidi Olze, Vincenzo Patella, Benoit Pétré, Francesca Puggioni, Jan Romantowski, Philip W. Rouadi, Sietze Reitsma, Daniela Rivero-Yeverino, Monica Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ana Sá-Sousa, Marine Savouré, Faradiba S. Serpa, Mohamed H. Shamji, Aziz Sheikh, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Mikhail Sofiev, Milan Sova, Annette Sperl, Ana Todo-Bom, Peter V. Tomazic, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Erkka Valovirta, Michiel van Eerd, Mihaela Zidarn, Hubert Blain, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Guy Brusselle, Roland Buhl, Denis Charpin, Thomas Casale, Tomas Chivato, Jaime Correia-de-Sousa, Christopher Corrigan, Frédéric de Blay, Stefano Del Giacco, Philippe Devillier, Mark Dykewicz, Alessandro Fiocchi, Mattia Giovannini, Ewa Jassem, Marek Jutel, Thomas Keil, Stefania La Grutta, Brian Lipworth, Alberto Papi, Jean-Louis Pépin, Santiago Quirce, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Maria J. Torres, Omar S. Usmani, Luigi Traetta (new), Matteo Bonini, Christopher Brightling, Apostolos Bossios, Liam Heaney, Michael Hyland, Celeste Porsbjerg, Sabina Skrgat

“…Methods: We assessed data from the MASK-air mHealth app of patients with allergic rhinitis. …”
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Outcome of Pediatric Uveitis at an University Clinic by Berna Yüce, Suzan Güven Yılmaz, Süheyla Köse, Önder Üretmen

“…Demographic and etiological features, clinical course, complications, and visual outcome were analyzed. Results: Male/female ratio was 22/21. …”
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Kinesiotherapy supported by visual biofeedback on a stabilometric platform is more effective than kinesiotherapy alone for patients with non-specific low back pain. A randomized, o... by Anna Kałużna, Magdalena Hagner-Derengowska, Krystian Kałużny, Małgorzata Pyskir, Magdalena Grigorief, Jacek Budzyński

“…MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this randomized open-label study with a 6-month follow-up, 50 patients with NSLBP were assigned to the study group (SG), which was treated with kinesiotherapy supported by visual feedback on a stabilometric platform (TecnoBody ST 310 Plus), and 50 patients to the control group (CG), which was treated with kinesiotherapy only. …”
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Integrating Historical Learning and Multi-View Attention with Hierarchical Feature Fusion for Robotic Manipulation by Gaoxiong Lu, Zeyu Yan, Jianing Luo, Wei Li

“…Furthermore, inspired by human visual system which processes both global context and local texture details, we have devised a method that merges semantic and texture features, aiding robots in understanding the task and enhancing their capability to handle fine-grained tasks. …”
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DETERMINATION OF THE POLISHING QUALITY IN THE WORKING CHANNEL OF THE DRAWING OF CARBIDE TOOLS PRODUCED BY OJSC «BSW – MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF HOLDING «BMC» by T. P. Kurenkova, I. V. Borisovets, I. P. Lazebnikova

“…The determination of the surface roughness in the die channel is not possible due to the design of the die, so the quality control of the channel polishing is carried out by a visual method using a stereoscopic microscope.In the laboratories at the Central laboratory of OJSC «BSW – Management Company of Holding «BMC» the experience was undertaken for the determination of the roughness parameter in the channel of the dies by the method of destructive testing. …”
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Educational technology for breast self-examination in blind women by Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca, Eugênia Maria Costa

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Research on blindsight technology for object recognition and attitude determination based on tactile pressure analysis by Chen Li, Li HuiJun, Song Aiguo

“…Abstract Aiming at the existing robotic hand’s reliance on visual guidance for object recognition during the grasping process, which is limited by environmental lighting and object occlusion, this paper is committed to proposing a method for object recognition and posture determination based on contact force feedback. …”
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Improved sub-band JND model with textural decomposition and its application in perceptual image coding by Ming-kui ZHENG, Kai-xiong SU, Wei-xing WANG, Cheng-dong LAN, Xiu-zhi YANG

“…Considering the compatibility and the auxiliary information which would affect the encoding efficiency, the JND model was adjusted to the quantization process and re-moved more visual redundancy. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the JND threshold;compared with JPEG standard, the perceptual coding method can save more bit rate and does not need extra bit for auxil-iary information at the similar visual quality. …”
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Text to Speech Using Finite State Automata on Health Data by Indrianto Indrianto, Abdurrasyid Abdurrasyid, Meilia Nur Indah Susanti, Givari Fairus Ferdiansyah Deu, Arief Ramadhan

“…For this reason, it is necessary to make an application that can read text-based data that is stored into a voice that can be heard by the blind, the method used in this study is Finite State Automata (FSA) which is used to split Indonesian words into words according to its syllable patterns and facilitate the pronunciation process which is included in the blind aids so that it is expected to help the visually impaired to be able to find out their health condition. in this study, the test was carried out using the Confusion Matrix method, while the results obtained were 97% accurate.…”
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“The city’s speech”: Analysis of Novosibirsk graffiti by Darya A. Karavaeva, Kseniia N. Kalashnikova

“…The method used is quantitative analysis of visual data. …”
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