Navigating uncertainty in environmental DNA detection of a nuisance marine macroalga. by Patrick K Nichols, Kaʻuaʻoa M S Fraiola, Alison R Sherwood, Brian B Hauk, Keolohilani H Lopes, Colt A Davis, James T Fumo, Chelsie W W Counsell, Taylor M Williams, Heather L Spalding, Peter B Marko

“…Successful implementation of eDNA tools in conservation decision-making requires balancing uncertainties in both visual and molecular detection methods. Our results and modeling demonstrated the assay's high sensitivity to C. tumulosa, and we outline steps to infer ecological presence-absence from molecular data. …”
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Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy in Congolese Patients by Nelly N. Kabedi, David L. Kayembe, Gloria M. Elongo, Jean-Claude Mwanza

“…Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a visually debilitating disease that mostly affects people of African and Asian heritage. …”
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Treatment as Required versus Regular Monthly Treatment in the Management of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Christine M Schmucker, Gerta Rücker, Harriet Sommer, Gianni Virgili, Yoon K Loke, Patrick Oeller, Hansjuergen Agostini, Christoph Ehlken

“…After 2 years, the weighted mean difference in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1.9 (95% CI 0.5 to 3.3) ETDRS letters in favour of monthly treatment. …”
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Outcomes of Idiopathic Full-Thickness Macular Hole Surgery: Comparing Two Different ILM Peeling Sizes by Alireza Khodabande, Alireza Mahmoudi, Hooshang Faghihi, Fatemeh Bazvand, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani

“…This study aimed to show the impact of different extents of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling on visual and anatomical outcomes following idiopathic full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) surgery. …”
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Information support for monitoring post-vaccination immunity against plague by O. M. Kudryavtseva, V. A. Kozhevnikov, Yu. I. Yashechkin, S. A. Bugorkova

“…The database was created on the Microsoft Access 8.0 platform, an interactive software development environment for Visual Basic 6.0 with VB (Visual Basic) and / or SQL (structured query language) queries. …”
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Disease Phenotypes in Refractory Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes Identified by Unsupervised Machine Learning by Thomas Hügle, Tiffany Prétat, Marc Suter, Chris Lovejoy, Pedro Ming Azevedo

“…Methods Data were collected during a multimodal pain program involving 202 patients. …”
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THEALOZ EYE DROPS INSTILLATION FOR PATIENTS AFTER LASER IN-SITU KERATOMILEUSIS by I. V. Bogush, K. B. Burilov, G. V. Bratko, V. V. Chernykh

“…Material and methods. 30 people aged 18-51 years (average age 28 years) undergoing laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery (LASIK) were observed. …”
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An explainable deep learning model for diabetic foot ulcer classification using swin transformer and efficient multi-scale attention-driven network by R. Karthik, Armaano Ajay, Anshika Jhalani, Kruthik Ballari, Suganthi K

“…Manual identification of DFU is particularly difficult due to their diverse visual characteristics, leading to multiple cases going undiagnosed. …”
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Empathic Traits Modulate Oscillatory Dynamics Revealed by Time–Frequency Analysis During Body Language Reading by Alice Mado Proverbio, Pasquale Scognamiglio

“…<b>Objectives</b>: The aim of this study was to investigate how individual differences in trait empathy are reflected in oscillatory brain activity during the perception of non-verbal social cues. <b>Methods</b>: In this EEG study involving 30 participants, we examined spectral and time–frequency dynamics associated with trait empathy during a visual task requiring the interpretation of others’ body gestures. …”
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Effectiveness of duloxetine on severity of pain and quality of life in chronic low back pain in patients who had posterior spinal fixation by Arezoo Samadi, Razieh Salehian, Danial Kiani, Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei

“…Patients in the Duloxetine group have more visual and verbal pain scores than the placebo group. …”
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Prescription practices, experiences, and perspectives on the usage of hydroxychloroquine among rheumatologists and other specialists by R Naveen, Alka Verma, Hussain Ahmed Raza, K G Chengappa, G S K R Naidu, Supriya Sharma, Ashish Goel, Durga Prasanna Misra, Aman Sharma, Latika Gupta, Vikas Agarwal

“…ADRs other than cutaneous and visual were noted more frequently by nonrheumatologists. …”
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Scleral melting following scleral sutured intraocular lens using a polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex®) suture by Hatem Kalantan, Abdulrahman Albuainain, Wael Otaif, Abdullah M. Alfawaz, Mohammed M. Abusayf, Abdulrahman F. AlBloushi

“…On presentation, his best-corrected visual acuity was counting fingers near the face in the left eye. …”
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Bowman layer onlay transplantation in the management of epithelial-stromal dystrophies of Reis — Bücklers and Thiel — Behnke by O. G. Oganesyan, P. M. Ashikova, A. V. Ivanova, K. B. Letnikova, P. V. Makarov

“…Complications, best-corrected visual acuity, corneal transparency, and relapse rate were assessed. …”
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Surgical outcomes of phacoemulsification with different fluidics systems (centurion with active sentry vs. centurion gravity) in cataract patients with eye axial length above 26 mm... by Yinan Liu, Xiaoyong Chen

“…Intraoperative parameters, visual acuity, parafoveal macular vessel density and macular thickness were analyzed.ResultsWe observed no significant differences in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), macular thickness, cumulative dissipated energy (CDE), total case time, as well as ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) usage between the two groups. …”
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE DESIGNERS: MIDJOURNEY TOOLS by Ivan M. Tsidylo, Chele Esteve Sendra

“…The analysis of the answers confirms our assumptions about the need to form fundamental knowledge of the principle of operation of the image generation application; insufficient knowledge in visual arts as such; low ability to integrate knowledge of, one might say, opposite fields - art and exact sciences (mathematics, artificial intelligence, etc.); the lack of skills in formulating a description of images through the expression of the main categories of visual art through the linguistic means of language, whether in English or in the mother tongue. …”
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Effects of Residual Anterior Lens Epithelial Cell Removal on Axial Position of Intraocular Lens after Cataract Surgery by Seung Pil Bang, Young-Sik Yoo, Jong Hwa Jun, Choun-Ki Joo

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Self-relevant disgust and self-harm urges in patients with borderline personality disorder and depression: a pilot study with a newly designed psychological challenge. by Sawsan Abdul-Hamid, Chess Denman, Robert B Dudas

“…Emotion labels were extracted from task narratives and disgust and self-harm urge level changes measured by visual analogue scales. We used validated rating scales to measure symptom severity.…”
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AI depictions of psychiatric diagnoses: a preliminary study of generative image outputs in Midjourney V.6 and DALL-E 3 by John Torous, Ellen Wagner, Matthew Flathers, Griffin Smith, Carl Erik Fisher

“…Second, AI image outputs resurface historical biases and visual archetypes. Third, the dynamic nature of these models necessitates ongoing monitoring and proactive engagement to manage evolving biases. …”
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Indications and Outcomes of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation by Alime Güneş, Levent Tök, Özlem Tök

“…All cases were evaluated with respect to duration of surface epithelial healing, visual acuity, presence of recurrence, and infection. …”
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Steroid-induced cataract and glaucoma in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome by Lee Ryan N. Olonan, MD, Catherine Anne G. Pangilinan, MD, Mario M. Yatco, MD

“…Comprehensive ophthalmic assessments including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), slitlamp and fundus examination were performed. …”
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