Advanced retinal disease detection from OCT images using a hybrid squeeze and excitation enhanced model. by Gülcan Gencer, Kerem Gencer

“…<h4>Background</h4>Retinal problems are critical because they can cause severe vision loss if not treated. Traditional methods for diagnosing retinal disorders often rely heavily on manual interpretation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images, which can be time-consuming and dependent on the expertise of ophthalmologists. …”
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Configuración territorial de los actores sociales involucrados en la gestión del fuego en la sierra de Los Tuxtlas (México) by Christoph Neger

“…Recientemente, algunos trabajos también han incorporado una visión geográfica, indagando en los aspectos territoriales de la gestión. …”
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Disulfiram Induced Psychosis: A Case Report by D. R. Survilaitė, R. Žemaitytė

“…There may be some adverse effects, more serious ones include changes in vision, numbness, pain or weakness in the limbs, liver cell damage, peripheral neuropathy, seizures – but these are considered to be very rare. …”
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ABUJA RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA by DANIEL T. EZEGWU, AGNES. O. EZEJI, GLORIA NWAKEGO CHUKWUEMEKA, CHIOMA ROSE CHIME-NGANYA

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High-Level Interpretation of Urban Road Maps Fusing Deep Learning-Based Pixelwise Scene Segmentation and Digital Navigation Maps by Carlos Fernández, Jesús Muñoz-Bulnes, David Fernández-Llorca, Ignacio Parra, Iván García-Daza, Rubén Izquierdo, Miguel Á. Sotelo

“…The approach presented in this paper generates a model based on the information provided by a digital navigation map and a vision-based sensing module. On the one hand, the digital map includes data about the road type (residential, highway, intersection, etc.), road shape, number of lanes, and other context information such as vegetation areas, parking slots, and railways. …”
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STEPNet: A Spatial and Temporal Encoding Pipeline to Handle Temporal Heterogeneity in Climate Modeling Using AI: A Use Case of Sea Ice Forecasting by Sizhe Wang, Wenwen Li, Chia-Yu Hsu

“…It builds on and extends the architecture of vision and temporal transformer architectures to leverage their power in extracting important hidden relationships over long data ranges. …”
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Notas sobre la Calidad de la Atención a la Infancia by Robert G. Myers

“…Un juicio sobre la calidad de un programa debe considerar no solamente la disponibilidad de recursos sino la calidad de los procesos educativos y los resultados logrados. Hay que ampliar la visión de calidad de programas de atención inicial para que incorporen beneficios potenciales para todos los participantes, incluso los mismos agentes educativos. …”
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Hubungan antara Kadar HbA1c dan Derajat Retinopati Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Rumah Sakit Mata Cicendo Bandung by Fathia Farhani, Zulfachmi Wahab, Yanuarita Tursinawati

“…Diabetic retinopathy is the common complication of T2DM, which leads to vision loss. The severity of retinopathy can be affected by HbA1c levels. …”
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Project symphony: Composing a masterpiece in a science laboratory by Sunghee Lee, Jamie Gudyka, Marnie Skinner, Jasmin Ceja-Vega, Amani Rabadi, Christopher Poust, Caroline Scott, Micaela Panella, Elizabeth Andersen, Jessica Said

“…Sunghee Lee (Chemistry Professor at Iona University in New York, USA) embarked on her academic career with a vision to bring an interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate education. …”
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Characterization of inequality and poverty in the Republic of Haiti by Evans Jadotte

“…Para trabajo se utiliza laEncuesta sobre las Condiciones de Vidaen Haití para estimar el estado de lapobreza y la desigualdad para el periodo2000/2001. …”
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Applying Concepts of Curriculum Design and Cultural Adaptation: Collaborating on a Dual-Degree Occupational Therapy Program in Mainland China by Julie McLaughlin Gray, Ling Yu (Elena) Meng, Adley Chan, Cameron Chang, Yijun Liu, Liguo Qian, Hui Wang, Ninghua Wang, Yanyan Yang, Mouwang Zhou, Grace T. Baranek

“…The adapted curriculum includes the program mission, vision, and philosophy; the curriculum model with program outcomes and threads; the program scope and sequence; materials and resources; and course-specific objectives, learning activities, and assessments. …”
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Framing discomfort on YouTube: Narratives of non-binary dysphoria by Letizia Paglialunga

“…The dataset includes YouTube videos from five channels owned by non-binary YouTubers, which could be considered, by virtue of their content and stated purpose, as explicit non-binary communicative gender performances. …”
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MDRN: Multi-distillation residual network for efficient MR image super-resolution by Liwei Deng, Jingyi Chen, Xin Yang, Sijuan Huang

“…Specifically, a novel feature multi-distillation residual block with a contrast-aware channel attention module was designed to make the residual features more focused on low-vision information, which maximizes the power of MDRN. …”
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Ocular Involvement and Blindness Secondary to Linear IgA Dermatosis by Cinthya Ramos-Castellón, Gabriela Ortiz-Nieva, Fernando Fresán, Leonardo Villalvazo, Yonathan Garfias, Alejandro Navas, María C. Jiménez-Martínez

“…A 43-year-old man with linear immunoglobulin A (IgA) dermatosis associated with gluten intolerance presented with progressive vision loss, pain and photosensitivity in both eyes. …”
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Deep(er) reconstruction of imaging Cherenkov detectors with swin transformers and normalizing flow models by C Fanelli, J Giroux, J Stevens

“…Our results leverage advancements in Vision Transformers, specifically hierarchical Swin Transformer and normalizing flows. …”
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Identification of Buffalo Breeds Using Self-Activated-Based Improved Convolutional Neural Networks by Yuanzhi Pan, Hua Jin, Jiechao Gao, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…In this research, a computer-vision-based recognition framework is proposed to identify and classify the Neli-Ravi breed from other buffalo breeds. …”
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Mask-Pix2Pix Network for Overexposure Region Recovery of Solar Image by Dong Zhao, Long Xu, Linjie Chen, Yihua Yan, Ling-Yu Duan

“…For example, during solar flare, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) often records overexposed images/videos, resulting loss of fine structures of solar flare. …”
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REPRESENTATION OF NATURE AND MAN IN PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DESCARTES by А. M. Malivskyi, К. V. Soкоlоvа

“…One form of rehabilitation expression is increased attention to the concept of nature in its broad sense, which is a basis for its humanistic and ethical vision of philosophical tasks.…”
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Causes and Clinical Impact of Loss to Follow-Up in Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Hazem Abdelmotaal, Walid Ibrahim, Mohamed Sharaf, Khaled Abdelazeem

“…Conclusions. LTFU threatens vision in PDR patients receiving PRP and/or IVIs of anti-VEGF. …”
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Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study by Nicola Jaime Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Alastair K Denniston, Wen Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Diana Han, Jesse Coker

“…Objective Despite significant advances in clinical care and understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—a major cause of global blindness—lacks effective treatment to prevent the irreversible degeneration of photoreceptors leading to central vision loss. Limited studies suggest phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, such as sildenafil, may prevent AMD by increasing retinal blood flow. …”
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