Improvement of contact lens-associated dry eye disease with the use of hydrogen peroxide by Susana Castro, Laura Garcia-Aguilar, Eduardo Garcia-Brion, Sofia Pérez-García, Consuelo Rosique, Carmelo Baños, Irene Sanchez

“…The non-parametric data distribution was verified with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test, which was used to compare the visual acuity (VA), OSDI score and bulbar redness (EFRON scale) of the follow-up visit against the baseline value. …”
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Alleviation of physiological stress response by apple aroma by E. A. Chayani Dilrukshi, Shu Sato, Masaki Nakachi, L. Sugeeswari Lekamge, Kosuke Oiwa, Kanetoshi Ito, Shusaku Nomura

“…Cardiac activity on electrocardiograms and nose tip temperature were recorded throughout the experiment. A visual analog scale and a scent questionnaire were subjective measures.Results Apple aroma demonstrated a significantly smaller increase in heart rate (t [24] = 3.36, p = 0.008 vs. …”
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Computer Vision for Clinical Gait Analysis: A Gait Abnormality Video Dataset by Rahm Ranjan, David Ahmedt-Aristizabal, Mohammad Ali Armin, Juno Kim

“…It features RGB data, clinically annotated from publicly available online sources, and encompassing over 400 subjects who have undergone clinical-grade visual screening. The dataset spans diverse environments, such as hospital clinics and uncontrolled urban settings. …”
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Reduction of Carbon Footprint in Mechanical Engineering Production Using a Universal Simulation Model by Juraj Kováč, Peter Malega, Erik Varjú, Jozef Svetlík, Rudolf Stetulič

“…Through a digital simulation environment created in Unity Engine, the model interactively visualizes the impacts of implementing green technologies—such as solar panels, electric vehicles, and heat pumps—on reducing the overall carbon footprint. …”
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Nonclosure of the Peritoneum during Appendectomy May Cause Less Postoperative Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study by Huseyin Kazim Bektasoglu, Mustafa Hasbahceci, Samet Yigman, Erkan Yardimci, Enver Kunduz, Fatma Umit Malya

“…We aim to evaluate the effect of peritoneal closure on postoperative pain and life quality associated with open appendectomy operations. Methods. This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, and double-blinded study. …”
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Immediate and long-term results of laparoscopic hernioplasty in inguinal hernias with and without mesh endoprosthesis fixation by O. V. Zaitsev, A. V. Koshkina, D. A. Khubezov, V. A. Yudin, V. V. Barsukov, I. Yu. Bragina

“…Complications in both groups do not differ significantly and do not depend on the method of laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty: with fixation of the endoprosthesis by herniostepler or without fixation. …”
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A New Nomogram to Predict Spontaneous Pregnancy after Laparoscopy Combining Hysteroscopy in Women with Minimal to Mild Endometriosis-Associated Infertility by Bin Luo, Tianjiao Pei, Xin Huang, Wei Huang

“…Conclusions: We suggest that laparoscopy combined with hysteroscopy may offer better fertility outcomes to patients with minimal to mild endometriosis-associated infertility. The nomogram visualized the points of variate in the generalized linear model may provide a simple and convenient method for clinicians in making decisions for individual patients.…”
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Harnessing synergy of machine learning and nature-inspired optimization for enhanced compressive strength prediction in concrete by Abba Bashir, Esar Ahmad, Shashivendra Dulawat, Sani I. Abba

“…The RF model optimized with CSO, MFO, and WOA consistently performed well across various metrics having R2 = 0.98, RMSE = 0.03 during training and R2 = 0.87 and RMSE = 0.07 during testing. The visual evidence highlights several advantages, including superior quality control, cost savings, increased safety, and environmental sustainability, which underscore the effectiveness of these models. …”
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ZnFe₂O₄/GQDs Nanoparticles as Peroxidase Mimics for Sensitive and Selective Colorimetric Detection of Glucose in Real Samples by Claudia Cirillo, Mariagrazia Iuliano, Maria Sarno

“…Colorimetry, a simple, cost-effective, and visually straightforward method, is often employed. …”
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Chinese parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of myopia control: 2023 update by Biyun Zhan, Yangyi Huang, Bingjie Wang, Jing Zhao, Jianmin Shang, Zhi Chen, Xingtao Zhou

“…The concern over children’s visual problems arose significantly earlier among myopic parents (P < 0.001). …”
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Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Feasibility and outcome by Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Albail Singh Yadav, Rahul Litoria, Nalin Kumar Srivastava

“…Post-operative pain was significantly reduced, with mean Visual Analog Scale scores of 2.64±0.563 on day 1 and 1.52±0.544 on day 2. …”
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Effect of age on the efficiency and tooth sensitivity associated with at-home tooth whitening: a randomized three-arm clinical trial by Ahmad Kiwan, Avijit Banerjee, Hussam Milly

“…Tooth sensitivity (TS) was measured using as a visual analog scale (VAS). The level of significance for all tests was 5 %. …”
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Effectiveness of Attentional Bias Modification Combined With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Relapse Risk and Cravings in Male Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Quasi‐... by Yoshifumi Amano, Kohei Koizumi, Hirokazu Takizawa, Shota Tasaka, Toyohiro Hamaguchi

“…This study investigates the effect of combining ABM with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to reduce relapse risk and cravings in male patients with AUD. Methods A quasi‐randomized controlled trial was conducted among male inpatients diagnosed with AUD. …”
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Comparing the outcomes of arthroscopic tenodesis versus tenotomy for the treatment of the long head of biceps tendon pathologies during supraspinatus tendon repair by Mahmut Günay, Mustafa Özçamdallı, Gökay Eken, Mehmet Yetiş, Turan Bilge Kızkapan

“…We evaluated demographic data, clinical findings, complications and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Constant Murley, Visual analogue scale and 36-item Short Form subscale scores. …”
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Does Rebound Tonometry Probe Misalignment Modify Intraocular Pressure Measurements in Human Eyes? by Ian G. Beasley, Deborah S. Laughton, Benjamin J. Coldrick, Thomas E. Drew, Marium Sallah, Leon N. Davies

“…To examine the influence of positional misalignments on intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement with a rebound tonometer. Methods. Using the iCare rebound tonometer, IOP readings were taken from the right eye of 36 healthy subjects at the central corneal apex (CC) and compared to IOP measures using the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT). …”
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Evolutionary dynamics and research hotspots of phage applications against Acinetobacter baumannii infections from the past to the new era by Ping Jiang, Xiaoqin Luo, Jing Zhao, Jingwei Sun, Zhanhai Su, Peng Cheng

“…Bibliometric and visual analysis of the included publications were performed using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software.ResultsA total of 264 studies were included. …”
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The Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education Plus Conventional Physical Therapy on Pain and Quality of Life in Adults with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain and Central Sensitization by Fateme Derisfard, Farzane Soleimani, Maryam saadat, Marzieh Saeidi, Hosein Kouhzad Mohamadi

“…CS, pain intensity, and quality of life were assessed using the CS inventory, visual analog scale (VAS), and SF-36. All participants were evaluated before and after 12 intervention sessions (three times a week). …”
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Automated Semantic Segmentation of Arctic Surface Water Features with Very-High Resolution Satellite X-Band Radar Imagery and U-Net Deep Learning: Segmentation sémantique automatis... by Michael Allan Merchant, Masoud Mahdianpari, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Ben DeVries, Aaron Berg

“…Repeatable methods capable of quantifying Arctic surface water extent at high resolutions are important, but still require development. …”
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Assessment of Prenatal Transportation Stress and Sex on Gene Expression Within the Amygdala of Brahman Calves by Emilie C. Baker, David G. Riley, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Thomas B. Hairgrove, Charles R. Long, Ronald D. Randel, Thomas H. Welsh

“…A thorough outlier detection process, utilizing visual inspection of multidimensional scaling plots, robust principal component analysis, and PCAGrid methods, led to the exclusion of 5 of 32 samples from subsequent analyses. …”
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The Laplacian eigenmaps dimensionality reduction of fMRI data for discovering stimulus-induced changes in the resting-state brain activity by Nikita Pospelov, Alina Tetereva, Olga Martynova, Konstantin Anokhin

“…The principal component analysis (PCA) as a linear dimensionality reduction method showed significantly worse results than non-linear methods (Isomap, LLE, Laplacian eigenmaps). …”
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