Strawberry Freshness Assessment by Hyperspectral Imaging by Georgiy V. Nesterov, Anastasia V. Guryleva, Milana O. Sharikova, Svetlana A. Sukhanova, Alexander S. Machikhin

“…The freshness of these fruits plays a crucial role in their quality, as it determines their shelf life, nutritional content, visual appeal, and safety for human consumption. Traditional methods of assessing fruit freshness are subjective, labor-intensive, and have low productivity. …”
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Identification and evaluation of radiographic interpretation errors among undergraduate dental students by Dechsak Nakhapaksirat, Preeyaporn Srimawong, Natchaya Kitcharoen, Supichaya Nobnom, Tan Pitakanonda Ballapapinan

“…Overlooking, inattentional blindness (IAB), and satisfaction of search (SOS) were associated with ineffective visual scanning. Recognition errors arose when abnormalities were detected but not correctly recognized. …”
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Short-Term Spinal Cord Stimulation or Pulsed Radiofrequency for Elderly Patients with Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Lei Sheng, Zihao Liu, Wang Zhou, Xiaojun Li, Xin Wang, Qingjuan Gong

“…The secondary outcomes included the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36), and the pregabalin dosage. …”
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Optimization of intrauterine interventions in spontaneous abortion by I. A. Salov, I. V. Naumova, M. V. Lomovitskaya

“…An alternative method for eliminating RPOC proposed by operative hysteroscopy demonstrating the visual control advantages.Aim: to evaluate clinical effectiveness and safety of RPOC removal in incomplete spontaneous abortion using hysteroscopic morcellation.Materials and Methods. …”
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Deep Learning Stack LSTM Based MPPT Control of Dual Stage 100 kWp Grid-Tied Solar PV System by Umair Younas, Ahmet Afsin Kulaksiz, Zunaib Ali

“…The proposed MPPT methodology includes collection of one million-sample (G, V, Vmp) datasets; preprocessing via z-score normalization; visualizing distributions through histograms and correlation matrix plots; an 80/20 split rule-based training and test sets; a two-hidden layer stacked LSTM (64 and 32 neurons) architecture; hyperparameters including the Adam optimizer, 0.05 learning rate, 32 batch size, and 50 epochs. …”
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Efficacy of Selective Nerve Root Block for Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Study Protocol for a Single-Blind, Prospective Cohort Study by Tan H, Zhou J, Pu Y, He L, Wang L

“…Primary outcomes will include the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain intensity. Secondary outcomes will include the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), health-related quality of life (Short Form-36, SF-36) and average weekly analgesic consumption. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of aescin and diclofenac sodium in the management of postoperative sequelae and their effect on salivary Prostaglandin E2 and serum C–reactive protein le... by Nitin Bhola, Rajanikanth Kambala, Anuroop Singhai

“…Pain will be assessed using a visual analog scale. Facial swelling and mouth opening will be recorded using a metric scale with standardized reference points. …”
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Ependymal cilia decline and AQP4 upregulation in young adult rats with syringomyelia by Longbing Ma, Sumei Liu, Qingyu Yao, Xinyu Wang, Jian Guan, Fengzeng Jian

“…Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were performed to visualize cilia on rat central canal membrane cells at 30-day post-induction. …”
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Changes in pain following bilateral intermittent theta-burst, transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression: A retrospective chart review by Sawmmiya Kirupaharan, Roumen Milev, Joanne Bressee, Sonya Kelso, Scott Duggan, Felicia Iftene, Tim V. Salomons, Wilma Hopman, Ian Gilron

“…Data on depression, anxiety, and pain were collected throughout iTBS treatment using the Beck Depression Inventory–II (BDI-II; higher scores indicate worse depression) and visual analogue scale (VAS; 0–100, higher scores indicate worse pain, anxiety, and depression). …”
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Laminoplasty (LP) Versus Laminectomy and Fusion (LF) For Multilevel Cervical Myelopathy: A Single-Center Study by Saumyajit Basu, Ayon Ghosh, Amitava Biswas, Kushal Gohil, Vikas Hanasoge, Sunkappa Reddappa Sunkappa

“…The clinical outcome was analyzed by visual analog scale (VAS) for neck pain, modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score, and Nurick grading at diagnosis, immediate post-operative, 3 months, and at 1 year post-operatively and was compared. …”
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Detection of <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> in Figs by Means of Hyperspectral Images and Deep Learning Algorithms by Cristian Cruz-Carrasco, Josefa Díaz-Álvarez, Francisco Chávez de la O, Abel Sánchez-Venegas, Juan Villegas Cortez

“…These toxins, produced by fungi like <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> in figs, are often detected late through invasive methods or visual inspection. Since Spain, particularly Extremadura, is a key fig producer, alternative detection methods are essential to preventing aflatoxins in the food chain. …”
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Use of Ultra-Hydrophilic Absorbable Polysaccharide for Bleeding Control in Cardiothoracic Surgical Procedures by Dow Rosenzweig, Peter Lamm, Christoph Schmitz, Ferdinand Vogt

“…Blood control was sufficient and was rated by surgeons from good to very good on a visual analog scale (VAS) from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good) [VAS = 8.3 ± 1.2]. …”
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Crosstalk of lactate metabolism-related subtypes, establishment of a prognostic signature and immune infiltration characteristics in colon adenocarcinoma by Wenwei Xu, Yongjian Li, Zhaoshang Zeng, Guanjun Guo

“…Nomograms were created to visually represent the clinical value of LRG-related signature. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of refraction disorders: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 and projections to 2050 by Miaomiao Dai, Yi Ouyang

“…Abstract Background Refraction disorders are the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. This study investigates the global burden and trends of refraction disorders from 1990 to 2021, with projections extending to 2050. …”
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Comparative analysis of the optic nerve microvasculature between different optic disc phenotypes of normal-tension glaucoma patients by Min Kyung Song, Yunhan Lee, Joong Won Shin, Jin Yeong Lee, Ji Wook Hong, Michael S. Kook

“…Methods This cross-sectional study analyzed 100 NTG patients with visual field (VF) loss confined to a single hemifield (50 eyes with focal ischemic [FI] ODP and 50 eyes with myopic glaucomatous [MG] ODP, matched for age [≤ 10 years] and VF severity [mean deviation ≤ 1 dB]) as well as 50 healthy eyes. …”
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Diagnosis and prediction ofprimary open-angle glaucoma by the level of local cytokine by N. M. Agarkov, A. M. Chukhraev, N. V. Yablokova

“…The incidence of glaucoma is rather high in different countries, being the leading cause of visual loss in the population, thus presuming relevance of the search for new and informative methods of diagnosing this disease. …”
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Neurophysiological Correlates of Expert Knowledge: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study about Law-Relevant Versus Law-Irrelevant Terms by Peter Walla, Stefan Kalt, Konrad Lachmayer

“…Methods: To this end, changes in brain activity were recorded via electroencephalography (EEG) during visual presentations of terms belonging to five different categories (fake right, democracy, filler word, basic right and rule of law). …”
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An empirical analysis on the association between sarcopenia and all-cause mortality in Chinese elderly residents by KONG Jie, LI Shutie, HUANG Pandeng, LIU Meihong, REN Dongjing

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis were performed to explore the potential factors influencing all-cause mortality among the elderly in China, and Kaplan-Meier curves were used to visualize the survival of elderly people with variant degree of sarcopenia. …”
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The Role of Gene–Gene Interaction Between <i>ADRA2A</i> and <i>SLC6A2</i> Polymorphisms in Attention System and Treatment Outcomes for Children with ADHD by Jewook Kang, Bum-Sung Choi, Bongseog Kim

“…Results: The <i>ADRA2A</i> polymorphism had a significant effect on visual/auditory commission errors in the CPT. The CC genotype for <i>ADRA2A</i> combined with the GG genotype for <i>SLC6A2</i> showed more commission errors than the other combinations of genotypes. …”
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Profiling bacterial communities in feedlot cattle affected with bovine foot rot and bovine digital dermatitis lesions using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR by Susan Pyakurel, Benjamin Jordan Caddey, Angelica Petersen Dias, Jeroen De Buck, Douglas Walter Morck, Karin Orsel

“…Using quantitative real-time PCR and 16S rRNA gene (V3-V4 region) sequencing, we quantified several specific bacteria and analyzed bacterial communities present in biopsies of visually diagnosed cases of BFR (n = 32), M2 (n = 17), and M4 (n = 12) stages of BDD in feedlot cattle in contrast to inconclusive (n = 14) clinical cases and healthy (n = 25) cattle. …”
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