Smart glasses in the chicken barn: Enhancing animal welfare through mixed reality by Dorian Baltzer, Shannon Douglas, Jan-Henrik Haunert, Youness Dehbi, Inga Tiemann

“…To address this issue, we propose a novel method to evaluate housing conditions by focusing on the visual and temperature preferences of domestic chickens, considering these factors within a broader environmental context. …”
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PROFESSIONAL IMAGE FORMATION OF A FUTURE SOCIAL CARE TEACHER by N. A. Gluzman

“…The criteria, indicators and levels of the formation of the professional image of future Social Care teachers, corresponding with its constituent components (personal, competence, communicative, behavioral and visual), are highlighted. The concept “professional image of the future Social Care teacher” is clarified and concretized.Practical significance. …”
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OCT-Angiography for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Best’s Disease by L. A. Katargina, E. V. Denisova, N. N. Arestova, T. B. Kruglova, N. A. Osipova, O. V. Novikova

“…In recent years, a new promising method of examination — OCT — angiography (OCTA) — has been actively introduced into clinical practice. …”
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True Pseudotumors and “Pseudo” – Pseudotumors: A Case Series by Maria Donna Damo Santiago, MD, MBA, Andrei Paolo S. Angbue-Te, MD

“…Three of 4 patients retained their preoperative visual acuity postoperatively. There was recurrence of inflammatory signs in only 1 patient, which responded well to oral corticosteroids. …”
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Risk factors and clinical consequences of side branch occlusion in left anterior descending bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention: a validation study of the V-RESOLVE scor... by Xi Wu, Mingxing Wu, Haobo Huang, Zhe Liu, He Huang, Lei Wang

“…This retrospective study aimed to assess the incidence, identify independent predictors, and evaluate the clinical consequences of SBO in the context of LAD bifurcation PCI.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of 553 patients who underwent PCI targeting LAD bifurcation lesions between 2018 and 2023. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of a Royal Jelly Supplementation for the Restoration of Dry Eye: A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study and an Experimental Mouse Model. by Sachiko Inoue, Motoko Kawashima, Ryuji Hisamura, Toshihiro Imada, Yusuke Izuta, Shigeru Nakamura, Masataka Ito, Kazuo Tsubota

“…<h4>Background</h4>Dry eye is a multifactorial disease characterized by ocular discomfort and visual impairment. Lacrimal gland function has been shown to decrease with aging, a known potent risk factor for dry eye. …”
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Satiety-enhancing placebo intervention decreases selective attention to food cues by Marina Lanz, Marina Lanz, Verena Hoffmann, Karin Meissner, Karin Meissner

“…One hour later, participants performed a visual probe task to measure attentional bias by comparing reaction times for different conditions. …”
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Explainable deep learning-based meta-classifier approach for multi-label classification of retinal diseases by Md. Moniruzzaman Hemal, Suman Saha

“…These results highlight the model’s high accuracy, reliability, and robustness, with statistically significant improvements validated by a paired t-test, outperforming state-of-the-art methods in retinal disease classification. Given the importance of model interpretability, especially in the healthcare field, this study utilizes Local Interpretable Model Agnostic Explanation to visually evaluate the model predictions using superpixels. …”
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Methodological Components for Evaluating Intervention Effectiveness of SOS Feeding Approach: A Feasibility Study by Sarah A. Schoen, Rachel Balderrama, Emma Dopheide, Ariel Harris, Laura Hoffman, Samantha Sasse

“…Two additional outcome measures were piloted—a visual analog scale (VAS) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). …”
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Lumbar fusion using a carbon-fiber PEEK pedicle screw system combined with a carbon-fiber PEEK TLIF cage: a prospective, multicenter study by Marcus Eif, Thomas Forster, Christoph Fleege, Francis Kilian, Anne Dorothée Schmitt, Dorothea Daentzer

“…We followed up the participants for two years postoperatively to collect clinical data (via the Oswestry Disability Index, Core Outcome Measures Index, and Visual Analog Scale), radiographic parameters (functional X-rays) to assess fusion status, and any complications. …”
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Global trends and collaborations in bortezomib-induced neurotoxicity research: a bibliometric analysis (2002–2024) by Pin Wang, Jiaqi Liu, Lingling Cheng, Weiying Gu, Yunlong Tang, Yu Shao

“…Bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and R 4.3.3 to visualize collaborations, keyword co-occurrences, and bibliographic coupling.ResultsThe overview of this study reveals a rich tapestry of academic engagement encompassing 745 publications. …”
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Transcranial ultrasound stimulation in neuromodulation: a bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2024 by Jingxuan Wang, Yuling Wang, Shuyan Qie

“…Software packages such as CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to visualize the results.ResultsA total of 577 literatures were included. …”
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Sweet pepper detection in day and night greenhouse environments using thermal and depth imaging by Zinat Tasneem, Koichi Oka, Naoya Tada

“…Abstract Robotic harvesting systems face significant challenges in detecting sweet peppers due to the visual similarities between the fruit and its leaves in color and shape. …”
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Time-frequency feature calculation of multi-stage audiovisual neural processing via electroencephalogram microstates by Yang Xi, Lu Zhang, Cunzhen Li, Xiaopeng Lv, Zhu Lan

“…The analysis of microstate attributes yielded time-frequency features that achieved high classification accuracy: 97.8% for distinguishing attended vs. unattended states and 98.6% for discriminating unimodal (auditory or visual) versus multimodal (AV) processing across the employed machine learning models.DiscussionOur EEG microstate-based method effectively characterizes the spatio-temporal dynamics of AV processing. …”
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Health impact of environmental and industrial noise – a narrative review by Markéta Stanovská, Hana Tomášková, Hana Šlachtová, Dana Potužníková, L'ubica Argalášová

“…As a result of efforts to minimize the effects of industrial noise on human health, the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority published A Guide to the Noise Policy for Industry in 2017, which sets out recommended noise levels, methods, and procedures for noise management based on the latest scientific evidence. …”
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Health Economic Analysis of Two-Layer Bandage System for Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Peter J. Mallow

“…The average pain reduction fell by 67% using a visual analog score. Bandages were typically changed once or twice a week (51.7%). …”
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A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna by V. G. Koshkid’ko, Ya. O. Galtsov, D. A. Portnykh

“…The energy method was used to determine the coordinates of longitudinal slots on the wide wall of the SIW waveguide. …”
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A genome wide association study of Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to 22 antimalarial drugs in Kenya. by Jason P Wendler, John Okombo, Roberto Amato, Olivo Miotto, Steven M Kiara, Leah Mwai, Lewa Pole, John O'Brien, Magnus Manske, Dan Alcock, Eleanor Drury, Mandy Sanders, Samuel O Oyola, Cinzia Malangone, Dushyanth Jyothi, Alistair Miles, Kirk A Rockett, Bronwyn L MacInnis, Kevin Marsh, Philip Bejon, Alexis Nzila, Dominic P Kwiatkowski

“…Using this approach on falciparum parasites from coastal Kenya we identified known and previously unreported genes associated with phenotypic resistance to anti-malarial drugs, and observe in high-resolution haplotype visualizations a possible signature of an inverse selective relationship between CQ and PQ.…”
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Transfer Learning-Based Ensemble of CNNs and Vision Transformers for Accurate Melanoma Diagnosis and Image Retrieval by Murat Sarıateş, Erdal Özbay

“…Consequently, there is an increasing demand for automated systems that can accurately classify melanoma lesions and retrieve visually similar cases to support clinical decision-making. …”
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High-Efficiency Graph Measures for Discriminating Schizophrenia Patients from Healthy Controls Using Structural and Functional Connectivity by Mahya Naghipoor-Alamdari, Jafar Zamani, Farzaneh Keyvanfard, Abbas Nasiraei-Moghadam

“…Our results suggest that analyzing whole brain may not be the most effective method for studying brain peculiarities of SZ patients. …”
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