Building a machine learning-based risk prediction model for second-trimester miscarriage by Sangsang Qi, Shi Zheng, Mengdan Lu, Aner Chen, Yanbo Chen, Xianhu Fu

“…Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) were generated to provide insights into the model’s predictions, and a visual representation of the predictive model was built. …”
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Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in Nakuru, Kenya: a cross-sectional population-based study. by Wanjiku Mathenge, Andrew Bastawrous, Tunde Peto, Irene Leung, Allen Foster, Hannah Kuper

“…We hypothesized that AMD is an important cause of visual impairment among elderly people in Nakuru, Kenya, and therefore sought to assess the prevalence and predictors of AMD in a diverse adult Kenyan population.…”
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Protecting children’s vision is a systematic project—a cross-sectional survey on myopia among preschool children in Shantou, China by Yan-Shu Li, Jia-Qi Xie, Xiao-Mei Hong, Yu-Xin Zhu, Xi-Yu Lin, Bing-Yun Li

“…Abstract Background The visual health of preschool children is of utmost importance in shaping the visual development during school-age years. …”
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Changes in choroidal vascular structure from vitreoretinal lymphoma and the intraocular cytokine level associated with clinical resolution after intravitreal methotrexate treatment... by Rae-Young Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Mirinae Kim, Young-Geun Park, Seok-Goo Cho, Young-Hoon Park

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate changes in choroidal vascular structure and aqueous cytokine levels in eyes with vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) after intravitreal methotrexate (MTX) treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective study, VRL patients who visited our hospital between October 2018 and July 2020 were reviewed. …”
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DERM-SUCCESS FDA Pivotal Study: A Multi-Reader Multi-Case Evaluation of Primary Care Physicians’ Skin Cancer Detection Using AI-Enabled Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy by Laura K. Ferris, Erik Jaklitsch, Elizabeth V. Seiverling, Thomas Agresta, Peggy Cyr, Laurie Caines, Na Wang, Daniel M. Siegel

“…Sensitivity, specificity, AUC, and confidence in their assessment prior to, and then with, device output were compared. Results: With visual assessment assisted by device output, diagnostic sensitivity increased significantly from 71.1% to 81.7% ( P  = .0085) and referral sensitivity increased significantly from 82.0% to 91.4% ( P  = .0027) compared to visual assessment only. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Continuous Rhomboid Intercostal and Sub-Serratus Plane Block Comparison of Thoracoscopic Intercostal Nerve Block After Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Random... by Wang S, Wang H, Chen X, Li M, Xu D

“…The RISS group displayed significantly lower visual analogue scale (VAS) scores during rest and when coughing at postoperative 12, 24, and 48h compared to the Control group (P < 0.001). …”
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Genetic mechanisms of hemispheric functional connectivity in diabetic retinopathy: a joint neuroimaging and transcriptomic study by Xin Huang, Yu-Xuan He, Song Wan

“…These findings could provide novel mechanistic insights into the neuropathological substrates underlying DR-related visual and cognitive dysfunction.MethodsResting-state fMRI data from 46 DR patients and 43 HCs were analyzed to compute VMHC for assessing interhemispheric functional connectivity. …”
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Sweet pepper foliar diseases quantification and identification using an image analysis tool by Vijayanandh Rajamanickam, Adesh Ramsubhag, Jayaraj Jayaraman

“…Visual assessment is prone to human bias and error, thereby reducing the efficiency and accuracy of this method. …”
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Analysis of functionality free CASE-tools databases design by A. V. Gavrilov

“…A distinctive feature of the second category of CASE-tools for database design (full-featured systems) is the presence of visual designer, allowing to carry out the construction of the database model and automatic creation of the database on the server based on this model. …”
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Parietal alpha stimulation causally enhances attentional information coding in evoked and oscillatory activity by Runhao Lu, Elizabeth Michael, Catriona L. Scrivener, Jade B. Jackson, John Duncan, Alexandra Woolgar

“…Objective: To test the causal roles of alpha oscillations and ERPs in coding different types of attentional information (where to attend, what to attend to, and features of the visual stimulus). Methods: We first used EEG to examine the temporal dynamics of alpha oscillations and ERPs in coding attentional information. …”
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Deep Multimodal-Interactive Document Summarization Network and Its Cross-Modal Text–Image Retrieval Application for Future Smart City Information Management Systems by Wenhui Yu, Gengshen Wu, Jungong Han

“…Even against strong extractive methods like TextRank (Rouge-1 30.93) and LexRank (Rouge-1 29.63), our approach shows gains of over 15 points in Rouge-1, underlining its effectiveness in capturing both textual and visual semantics. …”
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Peculiarities of operative treatment of goiter on background of autoimmune thyroiditis by O. P. Kovalov, O. M. Liulka, V. I. Liakhovskyi, I. I. Nemchenko, A. V. Sydorenko

“…Extrafascial procedure guarantees a visual control in the risk zones and radicality of operation, minimizes the specific complications rate.…”
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Analysis of the effect of thermocycling on bonding cements to zirconia by Ghada Alrabeah, Sadeem Alomar, Azizah Almutairi, Hafsah Alali, Aws ArRejaie

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of thermocycling on shear bond strength (SBS) of several resin cement materials to different types of zirconia dental ceramics. Materials and Methods: 120 square shaped disc specimens were fabricated using two types of zirconia blocks (Sagemax and Sirona). …”
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Predictors for functional and anatomic outcomes in macular edema secondary to non-infectious uveitis. by Jessica Matas, Victor Llorenç, Alex Fonollosa, Cristina Esquinas, David Diaz-Valle, Barbara Berasategui, Marina Mesquida, Joseba Artaraz, Jose Rios, Alfredo Adan

“…<h4>Aims</h4>We aimed to investigate predictive factors for visual and anatomic outcomes in patients with macular edema secondary to non-infectious uveitis.…”
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Areas of research focus and trends in the research on the application of AIGC in healthcare by Chen Wang, Yingying Zhu, Xuejiao Zhang, Xueqing Chen, Yilin Li, Yongjie Tan, Huiying Qi

“…Our aim is to conduct bibliometric study to analyze and visualize the current research hotspots and trends related to the application of AIGC in healthcare. …”
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Evaluation of a Tangential Map-Based Nomogram for Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments’ Implantation in Keratoconus: One Year Results by Adel Galal Zaky, Mahmoud Tawfik KhalafAllah, Abdelrahman Elsebaey Sarhan, Moataz Faiz Elsawy

“…To evaluate a new tangential map-based nomogram versus the axial map-based nomogram for ICRS in keratoconus. Methods. A prospective case series study including 64 eyes of 64 patients who underwent ICRS implantation. …”
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The Role of Epiretinal Membrane on Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Intravitreal Bevacizumab by Zeynep Alkin, Abdullah Ozkaya, Ozen Ayranci Osmanbasoglu, Alper Agca, Yalcin Karakucuk, Ahmet Taylan Yazici, Ahmet Demirok

“…The patients were divided into AMD group (n=35) and AMD/ERM group (n=28). Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT), as well as the number of injections, were evaluated. …”
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Accommodative and binocular characteristics in myopes with age-related accommodation deficiency by Ruiyu Zhang, Yifei Yuan, Yu Zhang, Yueguo Chen

“…A questionnaire was used to assess subjective visual discomfort experienced after prolonged near work. …”
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Development and validation of risk prediction models for acute kidney disease in gout patients: a retrospective study using machine learning by Siqi Jiang, Lingyu Xu, Chenyu Li, Xinyuan Wang, Chen Guan, Yanfei Wang, Lin Che, Xuefei Shen, Yan Xu

“…SHAP and LIME were used to visualize feature importance and interpret model predictions. …”
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Association between household solid fuel use and dual sensory impairment in a Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study by Yaolei Du, Mengnan Wu, Mansha He

“…AimDual sensory impairment (DSI) is more harmful than a single visual impairment or hearing impairment. We aimed to explore the relationship between household fuel use and the risk of DSI in the middle-aged and older adult Chinese population.MethodsData from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015 of 8,083 participants aged ≥45 years were used, followed up to 2018. …”
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