Evaluating the impact of undergraduate ophthalmology education on medical students’ competency in eye care: a cross-sectional study in Jordan by Rami Al-Omari, Khayry Al-Shami, Almu’atasim Khamees, Saja Karaja, Danya Radaideah, Omamah Shlool, Nedalaldeen Alnajadat, Ameera Basim Issa Etoom, Manar Al-Shami

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 624 medical students from six universities in Jordan. …”
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Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement by Frida Viirman, Reidun Jidrot, Linn Lundström, Lisa Ljungman

“…Material and Methods A qualitative interview study of 26 women was conducted using a think‐aloud technique at a university referral hospital in Sweden. …”
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Does perioperative electroacupuncture reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation after lung cancer surgery? A randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded clinical trial by Zheng-qing Zhou, Yi-jing Chen, Hua Xu

“…We aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of perioperative electroacupuncture on new-onset AF in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery.MethodsThis was a single-center, randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded clinical trial. …”
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Altered resting-state network connectivity in internet gaming disorder by Guoqing Gao, Bei Rong, Junhua Huang, Mingzhe Zhou, Haomian Zhao, Ning Tu, Lihong Bu, Ling Xiao, Gaohua Wang

“…However, significant inter-network differences between the dorsal attention network(dAN)and the visual network (VN) among the three groups were observed. …”
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Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring in Infants: A Guide for Pediatric Outpatient Follow-Up by Valéria Azevedo de Almeida, Maria Clara Lima da Cruz, Nicole Rodrigues Morais, Italo Vinicius Tavares Rodrigues, Cintia Ricaele Ferreira da Silva, Edgard Morya, Silvana Alves Pereira

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Clinical Outcomes of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty in Saudi Patients by Showail M, AlJehani R, Almarzouki N, Jamjoom HG, Tash R, Abusharkh FH

“…Postoperatively, the median best-corrected visual acuity improved significantly from 0.5 (range, 0.5– 1) to 0.1 (range, 0.1– 0.3) (P = 0.039). …”
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DCANet: A Dual-Branch Cross-Scale Feature Aggregation Network for Remote Sensing Image Semantic Segmentation by Yanhong Yang, Fei Wang, Haozheng Zhang, Yushan Xue, Guodao Zhang, Shengyong Chen

“…Although existing dual-branch based methods enable feature complementarity, information redundancy during feature extraction and fusion hinders the full and effective utilization of multiscale features, thus limiting model performance. …”
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Comparison of Brain Activation Between Different Modes of Motor Acquisition: A Functional Near‐Infrared Study by Meng‐Hsuan Tsou, Pei‐Yun Chen, Yi‐Ting Hung, Yong‐Wei Lim, Shiuan‐Ling Huang, Yan‐Ci Liu

“…ABSTRACT Background Different modes of motor acquisition, including motor execution (ME), motor imagery (MI), action observation (AO), and mirror visual feedback (MVF), are often used when learning new motor behavior and in clinical rehabilitation. …”
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Hyperopia reserve among 6‒8-year-old primary school students in Jing’an District， Shanghai by WANG Limeng, XU Wenyan, WANG Xiangdong, GUO Yawen, ZHOU Zhou, HE Xiangui

“…ObjectiveTo understand the uncorrected visual acuity, spherical equivalent and hyperopia reserve of 6‒8-year-old primary school students in Jing’an District of Shanghai, and to provide a scientific basis for further myopia prevention and control.MethodsA total of 619 children aged between 6‒8 years old from three primary schools in Jing’an District were selected by cluster sampling method for uncorrected eye visual acuity examination and diopter examination after cycloplegia (mydriasis).ResultsThe mean uncorrected visual acuity of the 619 students aged 6‒8 years old was (4.9±0.2), and the mean spherical equivalent was (0.84±1.11) D. …”
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Clinical Case of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Female Patient Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer by M. M. Geraskinа, A. B. Galitsynа, V. A. Shuvaev, S. S. Gosteva

“…Clinical manifestations include cephalalgia, epileptic seizures, and visual disturbances, potentially culminating in complete blindness. …”
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Standardisation and Optimisation of Chest and Pelvis X-Ray Imaging Protocols Across Multiple Radiography Systems in a Radiology Department by Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Kasper Rørdam Jensen, Pia Iben Pietersen, Janni Jensen, Rune Lau Hovgaard, Ask Kristian Aas Holmboe, Sofie Gregersen

“…Visual image quality for both chest and pelvis protocols was assessed by radiologists and radiographers using the Visual Grading Analysis (VGA) method. …”
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Comparative Functional Outcome between Standalone Iliac Crest Bone Graft and Standalone Cage Fusion with Anterior Cervical Discectomy for Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Cervica... by Munisekaran Chendrayan, Sudharsan Arumugam, Anandhakumar Palanisamy, Baba Dhoulath KHM Ismail, Makesh Ram Sriraghavan

“…Clinical outcome was analyzed using visual analog scale (VAS), and functional outcome was analyzed using generalized Odom's criteria. …”
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Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pain: a bibliometric analysis based on integrated databases (2011–2024) by Xiangyu Wang, Yongfang Li, Haojin Cheng, Hao Wu, Jiuyi Yang

“…However, there is still a lack of methodical bibliometric analysis in this field. This study aims to review the research landscape, assess the current state of research, and explore prospects through a bibliometric analysis of Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pain in primary care.MethodsRelevant literature published between 2011 and 2024 was retrieved from the Science Citation Index Expanded within the Web of Science Core Collection for this primary bibliometric analysis. …”
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Precuneus activation correlates with the vividness of dynamic and static imagery: an fMRI study by Suna Duan, Suna Duan, Qingfeng Li, Junjie Yang, Qing Yang, Enran Li, Yuting Liu, Lijuan Jiang, Chunbo Li, Binglei Zhao, Binglei Zhao

“…IntroductionVisual mental imagery (VMI) is a cognitive function that significantly impacts various aspects of daily life. …”
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Pictorial as readable: ekphrasis in a literary work and reader’s perception by Lubov I. Semerenko, Oleksandr O. Pliushchai

“…To achieve the aim pursued, the following research methods have been used: cultural-aesthetic, comparative and hermeneutic. …”
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Comparison of IMO vifa24plus(1-2) and Humphrey Field Analyzer 24-2 by Takagi Y, Asano R, Yamashita K, Sakai Y, Yokoyama S, Ichikawa K, Ichikawa K

“…Yuki Takagi,1,2 Ryo Asano,1,3 Kanna Yamashita,2 Yukihiro Sakai,2 Sho Yokoyama,1 Kei Ichikawa,2 Kazuo Ichikawa2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; 2Chukyo Eye Clinic, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; 3Asano Eye Clinic, Nagoya, Aichi, JapanCorrespondence: Yuki Takagi, Department of Ophthalmology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, 1-1-10 Sanjo Minami-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Tel +81-52-691-7151, Fax +81-52-692-5220, Email ytakagi@sanjogroup.jpPurpose: This study aimed to compare the results of the IMO vifa 24plus(1– 2) and HFA 24– 2 visual field tests.Patients and Methods: We included 52 patients (104 eyes) with glaucoma who visited Chukyo Eye Clinic between June 2023 and March 2024. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in children from 2004 to 2024 by Xiaowei Gong, Xiaowei Gong, Siyu Bai, Enze Lei, Tao Lu, Yao Chen, Yao Chen, Yao Chen, Jianxin Cai, Jianzhong Liu, Jianzhong Liu, Jianzhong Liu, Jianzhong Liu

“…With the growing attention and increasing volume of literature on pediatric MASLD, there is an urgent need for bibliometric analysis and visualization in the area of pediatric MASLD study in terms of dissecting study priorities.MethodsLiterature was searched in the Web of Science Core Collection database, followed by categorization, bibliometric study as well as visual analysis conducted by applying software including Citespace, VOSviewer, and the R language. …”
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Carotid revascularization for ocular ischemic syndrome – a systematic review by Leonor Baldaia, Miguel Silva, Eduardo Silva, Celso Nunes, Luís Orelhas, Maria Carmona, Luís F. Antunes, Manuel Fonseca

“… INTRODUCTION: The link between extracranial carotid artery disease and visual symptoms is well-established, with amaurosis fugax as a precursor to retinal transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). …”
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Depression and Associated Factors Among Diabetic Patients Undergoing Diabetic Retinopathy Assessments at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-Sectional Study by Upaphong P, Choovuthayakorn J, Choovuthayakorn J, Phinyo P, Patikulsila D, Nanegrungsunk O, Chaikitmongkol V, Kunavisarut P, Apivatthakakul A, Wongpakaran N, Wongpakaran T

“…The mean (standard deviation, SD) age was 56.3 (11.4) years, and the mean (SD) visual acuity (VA) in the better-seeing eye was 0.4 (0.3) LogMAR. …”
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Preliminary application of a cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion model for lateral cephalometric radiographs in orthodontic clinical practice by LIU Yang, WU Mengyi, HU Yao, QI Kun, WANG Yubin, ZHAO Yue, SONG Jinlin

“…The segmentation performance was quantitatively evaluated by two metrics, Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) and Intersection over Union (IoU), and also qualitatively assessed through physicians' manual annotations and model visualization results.Results·The cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion models achieved DSC and IoU scores of 93.3% and 87.5%, respectively, significantly outperforming the U-Net and SOLOv2 methods (with improvements of 3.0% and 4.1% in DSC, and 5.2% and 7.1% in loU, respectively). …”
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