Impact of repeat flooding on mental health and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional analysis of the English National Study of Flooding and Health by Isabel Oliver, Clare E French, Thomas D Waite, Ben Armstrong, G. James Rubin, Charles R Beck

“…Mental health outcomes were analysed using logistic regression; HRQoL dimensions using ordinal regression; and summary index/Visual Analogue Scale scores using linear regression.Results One hundred and nineteen participants had been flooded, over half of whom were experiencing a repeat flooding event (54%; n=64). …”
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Factor-H-related protein 1 (FHR1), a promotor of para-inflammation in age-related macular degeneration by Andjela Sekulic, Sarah M. Herr, Kelly Mulfaul, Inga-Marie Pompös, Silvia Winkler, Carola Dietrich, Benedikt Obermayer, Robert F. Mullins, Thomas Conrad, Peter F. Zipfel, Florian Sennlaub, Christine Skerka, Olaf Strauß

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Arrival time mapping with 15O-gas PET for cerebrovascular steno-occlusive diseases: a comparative study with CT perfusion by Masanobu Ibaraki, Yuki Shinohara, Aya Watanabe, Kaoru Sato, Tomomi Ohmura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Toshibumi Kinoshita

“…PET arrival time maps were visually comparable to CT perfusion Tmax maps regarding the spatial extent of delayed brain regions, with less noise and higher image quality when using the model without the vascular components. …”
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The role of self-compassion in mental health among early adulthood with ADHD symptoms: a network psychometric approach by Hui Heng, Yingcan Zheng, Fangfang Zheng, Hong Su, Lili Tang, Yunxuan Zhao, Ying He, Guoyu Yang

“…Participants completed questionnaires assessing ADHD symptoms (ASRS, WURS), personality (CBF-PI-B), self-compassion (SCS), life satisfaction (SWLS), and demographic information. We visualized the symptom network using the “qgraph” package and computed the expected influence of each node to identify bridge symptoms. …”
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Extended photoperiod improves growth and nutritional quality of pak choi under constant daily light integral by Kartika R. Susilo, Anastasia Eu, Britt Besemer, Ep Heuvelink, Ric C. H. de Vos, Leo F. M. Marcelis

“…However, DLI did not affect shelf life and overall visual quality.DiscussionThese results suggest that extending photoperiod is a more effective strategy than increasing light intensity for optimizing leafy vegetable production in controlled environments.…”
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Analysis of the therapeutic efficacy of arthroscopic repair of the subscapularis tendon combined with coracoplasty by Hanlin Zheng, Yulong Liu, Bizhi Tu, Guang Chen, Rende Ning

“…The patients’ prognosis was assessed pre- and postoperatively using the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) shoulder score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) shoulder score, and Visual Analog Scale (VAS)pain score. Postoperatively, primary wound healing was successful in all patients, with no systemic or localized shoulder joint infections or brachial plexus nerve injuries. …”
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Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa persister cells and biofilms by Mona Mahmoud, Peter Richter, Philipp Arnold, Michael Lebert, Andreas Burkovski

“…A higher concentration of BP (194.23 µg/ml) or longer exposure time (60 min at 158 J/cm2) effectively eliminated approximately ≥99.99 % of growing and persister cells. Visual evidence from confocal and TEM images illustrates the influence of CHL and red light, which intensifies when combined with BP. …”
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SHIVA-CMB: a deep-learning-based robust cerebral microbleed segmentation tool trained on multi-source T2*GRE- and susceptibility-weighted MRI by Ami Tsuchida, Martin Goubet, Philippe Boutinaud, Iana Astafeva, Victor Nozais, Pierre-Yves Hervé, Thomas Tourdias, Stéphanie Debette, Marc Joliot

“…Further demonstrating its generalizability, it showed a high correlation (Pearson’s R = 0.89, p < 0.0001) with a visual count by expert raters in another independent set of 1992 T2*-weighted scans from a large, multi-center cohort study. …”
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Color, Structure, and Thermal Stability of Alginate Films with Raspberry and/or Black Currant Seed Oils by Jolanta Kowalonek, Bogna Łukomska, Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak

“…The obtained results showed that new functional and thermally stable food packaging films based on sodium alginate with a visual appearance acceptable to consumers could be produced by utilizing oils from fruit seed residues.…”
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Trichloroacetic Acid as a Topical Treatment for Actinic Cheilitis by Victoria Kuta, S. Mark Taylor

“…The severity of actinic cheilitis was graded using a proposed grading scale for actinic cheilitis, and the burden of the condition was assessed using Skindex‐16 Surveys. Visual analog scales were used to study adverse events. …”
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Fungi That Live Within Animals: Application of Cell Cytometry to Examine Fungal Colonization of Ambrosia Beetle (<i>Xyleborus</i> sp.) Mycangia by Ross A. Joseph, Kamaldeep Bansal, Jane Nguyen, Michael Bielanski, Esther Tirmizi, Abolfazl Masoudi, Nemat O. Keyhani

“…<i>X. affinis</i> pre-oral mycangial pouches were visualized using fluorescent and light microscopy, revealing that newly emerged pupae displayed uncolonized mycangia prior to feeding, whereas beetles fed <i>H. lauricola</i> contained single-celled fungi within 6 h post-feeding. …”
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Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease Using Retinal Imaging and Urine Dipstick Data: Multimodal Deep Learning Approach by Youngmin Bhak, Yu Ho Lee, Joonhyung Kim, Kiwon Lee, Daehwan Lee, Eun Chan Jang, Eunjeong Jang, Christopher Seungkyu Lee, Eun Seok Kang, Sehee Park, Hyun Wook Han, Sang Min Nam

“…Wide Residual Networks were used for DL, and saliency maps were used to visualize model attention. Sensitivity analyses assessed the impact of numerical variables. …”
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The hyaluronan-related genes HAS2, HYAL1-4, PH20 and HYALP1 are associated with prognosis, cell viability and spheroid formation capacity in ovarian cancer by Jette Riecks, Arianna Parnigoni, Balázs Győrffy, Ludwig Kiesel, Alberto Passi, Davide Vigetti, Martin Götte

“…By STRING analysis, interactions within the enzymes of the hyaluronic acid system and with binding partners were visualized. Results HAS1, HYAL1 and HYAL4 mRNA expression is significantly upregulated, whereas HAS2, HYAL2 and HYAL3 mRNA expression is significantly downregulated in ovarian cancer tissue compared to controls. …”
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Different rs-fMRI Data Processing Methods in the Study of Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Ying GUAN, Luwen ZHU, Feng WANG, Danna CAO, Xiaoling LI, Qiang TANG

“…About 40%of patients with cerebrovascular disease will have cognitive impairment, which can be expressed in different degrees of memory, language and visual space ability, and affect patients'daily activities, social interaction activities and work ability severely. …”
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Retrospective analysis of functional and anatomical changes, the level of intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma and highgrade myopia during surgical treatment of cataracts by O. V. Krasnozhan, N. S. Lutsenko

“…Analysis of examination of patients with primary openangle glaucoma and high grade myopia revealed differences in functional, morphometric parameters and the level of intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification of cataracts. Maximum corrected visual acuity (MCG) after phacoemulsification of cataracts was significantly increased in all observation groups. …”
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Transforming Manufacturing Quality Management with Cognitive Twins: A Data-Driven, Predictive Approach to Real-Time Optimization of Quality by Asif Ullah, Muhammad Younas, Mohd Shahneel Saharudin

“…This enables a very proactive decision making through an augmented reality (AR) interface by providing real-time visual insights and alerts to the operators. Thorough experimentation was conducted on the aforementioned FMS. …”
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Health Literacy, Label Comprehension, and Consumer Perceptions of Quasi-Drug Information Among Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ko Y, Kim HJ, Lee SM

“…Findings emphasize the need for targeted strategies, such as using simplified language and visual aids, to enhance label comprehension. These interventions could improve public health outcomes by increasing understanding of quasi-drug information across diverse HL levels. …”
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Effect of cold environments on technical performance and perceived workload and stress during advanced medical procedures: a randomized controlled simulation study by Giulia Roveri, Lorenzo Gamberini, Erika Borotto, Frederik Eisendle, Luigi Festi, Hermann Brugger, Giacomo Strapazzon, Simon Rauch, EMEX investigators

“…Time to procedure completion, number of attempts, and perceived workload and stress (using the NASA Task Load Index and Visual Analogue Scale) were measured. Operators were categorized into high or low experience groups based on self-reported prior procedure frequency. …”
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Model-Informed Precision Dosing of Remimazolam in General Anesthesia Patients by Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang XF, Peng Y, Jiao Z, Wu JX

“…A population PK/PD model was established, and goodness-of-fit and visual predictive check plots were utilized to evaluate the model’s accuracy. …”
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Investigating Anxiety, Mobility, Disability and Proprioception in Adults with Mild Neck Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pablo Mleziva, Eric Glenn Johnson, Everett B. Lohman, Madeha Jaber, Lillian Mleziva, Noha S. Daher

“…The participants were instructed to score their pain using the visual analog scale (pain group: < 4/10 and normal group: 0/10), anxiety level with the state-trait anxiety inventory, and neck disability with the neck disability index. …”
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