Generating High Spatial and Temporal Surface Albedo with Multispectral-Wavemix and Temporal-Shift Heatmaps by Sagthitharan Karalasingham, Ravinesh C. Deo, Nawin Raj, David Casillas-Perez, Sancho Salcedo-Sanz

“…Aimed at increasing information density for learning temporal patterns from an image series and using visual redundancy within such imagery for temporal downscaling, we introduce temporally shifted heatmaps as an advantageous approach over Gramian Angular Field (GAF)-based image time series. …”
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Clinical efficacy of circular laser half-fistula canal ablation in the treatment of anal fistula by Zhang Feigong, Li Youlong, Yan Hua

“…The clinical efficacy of the two groups, postoperative recovery (including length of hospital stay and wound healing time), wound pain (measured by the visual analog scale, VAS score), fecal incontinence (measured by the Cleveland clinic incontinence score, CCIS), quality of life (measured by the quality of life-BREF, QOL-BREF), postoperative complications, and fistula closure and recurrence were observed and compared. …”
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ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS MALOCCLUSION WITH INFLAMMATORY PERIODONTAL DISEASES by O. Saranchuk

“…Preparation for the "hygiene lesson" consisted of the following steps: • Distribution of students in the group; • Consideration of options for lectures for students (form method of presenting information, the use of illustrative materials); • Develop preventive measures considering age; • Collective discussion prepared scenarios of "hygiene lesson" and visual materials; • Theoretical training and creative work of each student. …”
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Enhancing safety in CT-guided lung biopsies: correlation of MinIP imaging with pneumothorax risk prediction by Michael P. Brönnimann, Leonie Manser, Bernhard Gebauer, Timo A. Auer, Dirk Schnapauff, Federico Collettini, Alexander Pöllinger, Alois Komarek, Miltiadis E. Krokidis, Johannes T. Heverhagen

“…Absolute values were recorded, categorized by a radiodensity level of −850 HU, and assessed using our bridged radiological observations with measurement-optimized model (BROM-OLB) model with validation from three additional ROIs. Emphysema was visually scored. Statistical analysis included univariate analysis (Fisher’s exact and Mann–Whitney U-tests) and binomial logistic regression to identify confounders. …”
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COL11A1 Polymorphisms Are Associated with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Severity by Yani Wan, Shengjie Li, Yanting Gao, Li Tang, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

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Prognostic value of ALBI score for all-cause mortality in metabolic associated fatty liver disease patients: a cohort study from NHANES 2003–2018 by Guoxing Zhou, Weiwei Han, Jinhong Luan, Baozhu Ma

“…Additionally, we conducted threshold effect analysis to identify potential inflection points in the ALBI-mortality relationship and used Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to visualize survival differences across ALBI tertiles. …”
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Dynamic nomogram for predicting the overall survival and cancer-specific survival of patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor: a SEER-based retrospective cohort study an... by Yipu Wang, Gongning Wang, Chao Song, Wenqian Ma, Xiuli Zheng, Shuo Guo, Qi Wang, Lan Zhang, Limian Er

“…In addition, two online risk calculators were developed to predict the OS and CSS of these patients visually.ConclusionsOur nomograms may play an important role in predicting 3- and 5-year OS and CSS for GI-net patients. …”
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Evaluation of Postoperative Pain in Periodontal Flap Surgery with and without Photobiomodulation using Diode LASER: A Split-mouth Randomised Controlled Study by Neeraj Chandrahas Deshpande, Aayushi Shah, Monali Amit Shah

“…The parameters assessed for postoperative pain following flap surgery included the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to track the patients’ pain levels and the amount of analgesics they took throughout the first week following surgery. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Intra-articular Ozone and Steroid Treatments in Patients with Coxarthrosis under Ultrasound Guidance: A Retrospective Study by Yilmaz Karaduman, Arzu Muz, Azize Serçe, Servi Yildirim, Ismail Eren Durmus, Suna Akin Takmaz

“…Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and the Harris Hip Score (HHS) for functional status, both pre- and post-treatment. …”
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Optical coherence tomography findings as a predictor of clinical course in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion treated with ranibizumab. by Akira Shiono, Jiro Kogo, Hiroki Sasaki, Ryo Yomoda, Tatsuya Jujo, Naoto Tokuda, Yasushi Kitaoka, Hitoshi Takagi

“…Correlations between logarithm of minimum angle of resolution best-corrected visual acuity (logMAR BCVA) or number of IVRs after 12 months and OCT parameters including the external limiting membrane (ELM), ellipsoid zone (EZ), interdigitation zone (IZ), and photoreceptor outer segment (PROS) length at first resolution of macular edema (ME) were assessed. …”
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Short-Term Effects of Fruit Juice Enriched with Vitamin D3, n-3 PUFA, and Probiotics on Subjective Appetite and Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in Healthy Ad... by Dionysia-Lydia Bothou, Nikolaos Zacharodimos, Christina Athanasaki, Stamatia Vitsou-Anastasiou, Olga Papadopoulou, Chrysoula Tassou, Emilia Papakonstantinou

“…Participants rated their hunger, desire to eat, perceived fullness, thirst, preoccupation with food, and pleasure of eating on visual analog scales (VAS) at baseline and up to 180 min after consumption of each test FJ. …”
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Epidemiology of interpersonal violence among Mexican children and adolescents: a national analysis of injury data from public hospitals from 2015 to 2022 by Magdalena Gruendl, Diana D. del Valle, Letícia Nunes Campos, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Taylor Wurdeman, Tanujit Dey, Arturo Cervantes Trejo, Stefanie J. Klug, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz

“…Additionally, we generated a heatmap to visually represent the average IPV cases per 100,000 children and adolescents across Mexican states. …”
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Spatial and multilevel analysis of determinant factors for safely managed sanitation services in Ethiopia by Belay Desye, Abebe Kassa Geto, Chala Daba, Anmut Endalkachew Bezie, Semere Reda, Tadesse Sisay, Melaku Getachew, Leykun Berhanu

“…Arc-GIS version 10.7.1 software was used to visualize the spatial distribution of unimproved sanitation services. …”
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Efficacy of Resorbable versus Non Eugenol Packs in Enhancing Early Wound Healing following Gingival Excisional Procedures: A Randomised Controlled Study by Lakshmi Ramachandran, Anupama Tadepalli, Priyanka Cholan, Santo Grace Umesh, Harinath Parthasarathy, Chinmaya Agarwal

“…Wound healing scores (Landry’s scale) and patient comfort assessment {Visual Analogue Score (VAS)} was recorded at 7, 14 days following therapy. …”
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Time-in-Range Analysis of Responses after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Therapy in Eyes with Diabetic Macular Edema by Igor Kozak, MD, PhD, Diana V. Do, MD, Hongxin Lai, PhD, Miller J. Ogidigben, PhD, Francisco J. López, MD, PhD

“…Dexamethasone intravitreal implant significantly improved best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) compared with sham treatment. …”
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Designing novel cabozantinib analogues as p-glycoprotein inhibitors to target cancer cell resistance using molecular docking study, ADMET screening, bioisosteric approach, and mole... by Gajendra Singh Thakur, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Dipti Pal, Yogesh Vaishnav, Neeraj Kumar, Sivakumar Annadurai, Sanmati Kumar Jain

“…The molecular docking studies of screened analogues against the protein (PDB ID: 3G5U) were conducted using AutoDock Vina flowing by BIOVIA Discovery Studio for visualizing interactions.Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of docked ligands was done using Schrödinger suite.Results and DiscussionThe docking scores for the ligands CBZ01, CBZ06, CBZ11, CBZ13, CBZ25, CBZ34, and CBZ38 ranged from −8.0 to −6.4 kcal/mol against the protein (PDB ID: 3G5U). …”
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Clinical efficacy of AUSS/UNSES-TLIF in the treatment of single-segment degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective study by Zhide Liu, Shiyuan Hao, XiangLong Li, En Song, Yabo Yao

“…Preoperative and postoperative Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores for low back and leg pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, intervertebral disc height, anterior-posterior diameter of the canal (APDC), surgical-related parameters (such as operative time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage, postoperative C-reactive protein levels, and length of hospital stay), and surgical outcomes were compared and analyzed between the AUSS-TLIF and MIS-TLIF groups. …”
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Development of influenza-associated disease burden pyramid in Shanghai, China, 2010–2017: a Bayesian modelling study by Jing Li, Chunfang Wang, Luanqi Ruan, Shan Jin, Chuchu Ye, Huiting Yu, Weiping Zhu, Xiling Wang

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Research Progress and Prospects of Urban-Rural Integration Based on Scientific Knowledge Map by Gong Weixia, Ma Shujiao

“…This study employed CiteSpace software to visually analyze 2,164 papers on urban-rural integration between 2002 and 2023 from the CNKI database. …”
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El biofeedback como terapia complementaria para la cistitis intersticial/síndrome de vejiga dolorosa. by Jenny Toalombo Sisa

“…Resultados: La terapia de biofeedback es una técnica mente-cuerpo que utiliza retroalimentación visual o auditiva para corregir conductas inapropiadas, restaurando la coordinación fisiológica de los músculos y mejorando la salud integral. …”
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