Blended Vision Achieved by Combining High and Low Addition Power Diffractive Intraocular Lenses with Micromonovision: A Clinical Outcome by Masayuki Ouchi, Takuya Shiba

“…MMBV provided a better intermediate VA, contrast sensitivity, and low-contrast VA than bilateral implantation of the +4 D add MIOL, while preserving comparable near and distance vision.…”
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Study on the Relationship between Different Body Mass Indexes and Puncture Pain and Image Quality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography with Intravenous Indwelling Needle by Jiani Ding, Xiaoyu Chen

“…There was no statistically significant difference between the primary puncture success rate, injection success rate, and contrast leakage rate of the three groups of patients (P>0.05). …”
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Three-periodic 1D photonic crystals based on dielectric oxides SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2: an emerging class of structures with wide possibilities for applied photonics by I.S. Panyaev, D.G. Sannikov, Yu.S. Dadoenkova, N.N. Dadoenkova

“…The classification of this class of structures makes it possible to distinguish three large groups of subcells that differ in optical contrast values (low-, medium-, and high-contrast). …”
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Rusçuk Çiftlikleri ve Çiftlik Piyasasında Eski Aktörler, Yeni Figürler by Ahmet İlker BAŞ

“…Therefore, çiftlik sale contracts have the potential to add a new perspective to çiftlik debates.…”
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POTENTIAL OF THE KANTIAN NOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE by Z. Kieliszek

“…Furthermore, Kantian understanding of justice falls within the scope of the classical notion of contractual justice and remains present in the modern debates on justice, as exemplified by the thought of Rawls, Nozick and Höffe. …”
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Subglacial discharge effects on basal melting of a rotating, idealized ice shelf by I. Vaňková, X. Asay-Davis, C. Branecky Begeman, D. Comeau, A. Hager, M. Hoffman, S. F. Price, J. Wolfe

“…For channelized discharge, we find that in the rotating case, total melt-flux anomaly increases with two-thirds power of the discharge, in contrast to existing non-rotating results for which the melt-flux anomaly increases with one-third power of the discharge. …”
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When Do We Leave Discourse Relations Underspecified? The Effect of Formality and Relation Type by Ludivine Crible, Vera Demberg

“…The three studies partially converge in identifying a stable effect of relation type and genre on the production and perception of underspecified relations of consequence and contrast marked by and.…”
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Competencia sindical y disputas laborales. Un análisis aplicado para el caso español by Santos M. Ruesga Benito, Laura Pérez Ortiz, Manuel Pérez Trujillo

“…Así, cuando el liderazgo es estable, la probabilidad de conflicto laboral disminuye de forma significativa, y se obtienen también evidencias importantes del proceso contrario cuando el liderazgo es inestable. Conclusiones: lo anterior indica que en una situación en que una organización laboral domina la representación de los trabajadores en la negociación colectiva, la probabilidad de conflicto disminuye y, a contrario sensu, cuando la dispersión en la representación de los trabajadores aumenta, la probabilidad de conflicto también.…”
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Allergic Interstitial Nephritis Manifesting as a Striated Nephrogram by Irfan Moinuddin, Erika Bracamonte, Bijin Thajudeen, Amy Sussman, Machaiah Madhrira, James Costello

“…Newer and more stable macrocyclic gadolinium contrast agents have a well-demonstrated safety profile. …”
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Relationship between the ultrasound features of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer and positive PD-1/PD-L1 expression by Ruiqian Yan, Haixia Li, Junxi Gao

“…All patients underwent conventional ultrasound and some underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination before resection. …”
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Coordination of New Energy Vehicles Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Government Subsidies and Different Power Structures by Yuping Wu, Zhaoyang Tian, Guilin Chang

“…Finally, when a battery manufacturer is in the dominant position, a revenue sharing contract can incentivize supply chain coordination; when a vehicle manufacturer is in the dominant position, a two-part tariff contract can realize coordination in the supply chain.…”
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Ghostwriting: Simulacra of Academic Performance by S. A. Sheypak

“…This book describes the practices of contract cheating in Russian higher education as an established social institution involving undergraduate and graduate students. …”
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Zero-TCE: Zero Reference Tri-Curve Enhancement for Low-Light Images by Chengkang Yu, Guangliang Han, Mengyang Pan, Xiaotian Wu, Anping Deng

“…Addressing the common issues of low brightness, poor contrast, and blurred details in images captured under conditions such as night, backlight, and adverse weather, we propose a zero-reference dual-path network based on multi-scale depth curve estimation for low-light image enhancement. …”
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Hybrid Simulated Annealing-Evaporation Rate-Based Water Cycle Algorithm Application for Medical Image Enhancement by Eyob Mersha Woldamanuel

“…Visualizing medical images is difficult due to artifacts, poor local contrast, low soft tissue contrast, excessive noise levels, and a wide dynamic range. …”
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Drawings and Scale Models Used in Building the Spanish Royal Sites by Pilar Chías, Tomás Abad

“…The latter should also define the building contracts and build the models to be used by craftsmen. …”
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The Complexity and Simulation of Revenue Sharing Negotiation Based on Construction Stakeholders by Qingfeng Meng, Jingxian Chen, Kun Qian

“…Considering that the agents who are in a weak position not only care about their own benefits but also compare their benefits to others, we design an experimental scenario where a contractor has fairness preference based on China’s reality. …”
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TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE LEASING COMPANY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ISLAMIC BANKING by A. A. Al-Azzawi

“…This article discusses of the problem transferring of the leasing company of the Russian Federation of equipment for use in accordance with the Islamic banking, the study of traditional financial leasing in comparison with the Islamic leasing (Ijarah) and its variations, the fundamental difference between the traditional contract, Ijara leasing contract, the prerequisites for promotion on the Russian market of Islamic leasing.…”
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Tribute to healthcare operators threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic by Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA

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KENAS BINMORE'AS: SOCIALINIS KONTRAKTAS LOŠIMŲ TEORIJOS KONTEKSTE by Nida Vasiliauskaitė

“…KEN  BINMORE:  THE  SOCIAL CONTRACT WITHIN  THE CONTEXT OF GAME THEORY Nida Vasiliauskaitė Summary The article discusses Ken Binmore's conception of the social contract, which is an attempt to make political philosophy "more scientific" by means of Rational Choice Theory. …”
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Organic Alternatives to Quantum Dots for Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping by Shunsuke Ohnishi, Stephen J. Lomnes, Rita G. Laurence, Andrew Gogbashian, Giuliano Mariani, John V. Frangioni

“…We provide a detailed characterization of the optical and physical properties of these contrast agents and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. …”
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