Stability of Nine Time-Dependent Antibiotics for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Use by Elise d’Huart, Ibtissem Boutouha, Clara Berardi, Jean Vigneron, Béatrice Demore, Alexandre Charmillon

“…Physical stability was evaluated by visual and subvisual inspection. The solutions were considered stable if the remaining drug percentage was ≥90%, the maximum variation in pH was less than 1, the particle count was within acceptable limits and the visual aspect remained unchanged after storage. …”
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Image Recognition Performance of GPT-4V(ision) and GPT-4o in Ophthalmology: Use of Images in Clinical Questions by Tomita K, Nishida T, Kitaguchi Y, Kitazawa K, Miyake M

“…This suggests that integrating multimodal data could be crucial in developing more effective and reliable diagnostic tools in medical fields.Keywords: ChatGPT, large language model, GPT-4o, ophthalmology…”
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Mural infectious endocarditis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot: a clinical case by I. E. Kotlyar, A. E. Filchkova, N. V. Enenkov, A. S. Sidashova, D. O. Kondratyev, N. V. Dobrynina, K. I. Vasyushkina, T. A. Gorokhova

“…During transthoracic echocardiography on the upper third of the interventricular septum (IVS) from the side of the RV, an additional echo-positive linear mobile formation 0.9 cm long is visualized, similar to the chords of the tricuspid valve. …”
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WindDefNet: A Multi-Scale Attention-Enhanced ViT-Inception-ResNet Model for Real-Time Wind Turbine Blade Defect Detection by Majad Mansoor, Xiyue Tan, Adeel Feroz Mirza, Tao Gong, Zhendong Song, Muhammad Irfan

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Iron status in early infancy is associated with trajectories of cognitive development up to pre-school age in rural Gambia. by Samantha McCann, Luke Mason, Bosiljka Milosavljevic, Ebrima Mbye, Ebou Touray, Alhassan Colley, William Johnson, Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Clare E Elwell, Sophie E Moore, BRIGHT Study Team

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Using data from the Brain Imaging for Global Health (BRIGHT) Study in Gambia (n = 179), we conducted mixed effects modelling to assess the relationship between iron status at 5 months of age and trajectories of cognitive development from 5 months- 5 years using (i) a standardised measure of cognitive development (Mullen Scales of Early Learning) and (ii) an eye-tracking assessment of attention processing (visual disengagement time).…”
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Is AI the future of evaluation in medical education?? AI vs. human evaluation in objective structured clinical examination by Murat Tekin, Mustafa Onur Yurdal, Çetin Toraman, Güneş Korkmaz, İbrahim Uysal

“…The evaluations were based on standardized checklists validated by the university. Data were collected from 196 students, with sample sizes ranging from 43 to 58 for each skill. …”
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Real-World 5-Year Outcomes of Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Bevacizumab as First-Line Anti-VEGF by H. Mhmud, J. P. Vermeulen, O. A. M. Tigchelaar-Besling, F. D. Verbraak, D. Barthelmes, M. Gillies, T. L. Ponsioen, Caroline C. W. Klaver

“…The primary outcome was mean visual acuity (VA) at yearly intervals; secondary outcomes included injection frequency and switching rates to alternative anti-VEGF agents. …”
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Topical Steroids and Antibiotics for Adult Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC): A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Lu Zhao, Ya-jie Sun, Zhi-qiang Pan

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Clinical and Experimental Substantiation of the Possibility of Using a 25G Tip to a Permanent Magnet to Remove Intraocular Foreign Bodies by A. A. Mikhin, S. V. Churashov, A. N. Kulikov, D. S. Ilyushchenkov

“…In all cases, an increase in visual acuity was obtained, and in most cases, visual acuity at the time of discharge from the hospital was in the range from 0.05 to 0.1.Conclusion. …”
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Medico-Social Approach to the Development of a Methodology for Assessing the “Quality of Life” after Cataract Phacoemulsification. Part 1 by I. G. Ovechkin, N. I. Ovechkin, A. V. Shakula, A. I. Pavlov, D. F. Pokrovsky

“…The initial volume of questions (complaints) of the patient was carried out in the following areas: individual interviews (according to the standard developed methodology) with 50 patients with ZNT; analysis of proven methods for studying QOL in cataracts (“NEI-VFQ”, “Cataract Symptom Scale”, “Catquest-9SF”, etc.); analysis of proven methods for studying QoL in keratorefractive surgery and asthenopic conditions in patients with RNT; analysis of the classification structure of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) from the standpoint of the development of characteristic “domains”.Results. The data obtained indicate that a total of 35 patient complaints were identified (7 — “visual”; 6 — “professional”; 16 — “functional”; 4 — “household”; 4 — “medical and psychological”). …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Unselected Patients from Swiss Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Two Seasons. by Christoph Merlo, Michael Trummler, Stefan Essig, Andreas Zeller

“…<h4>Background</h4>As published data on 25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol (25(OH)D) deficiency in primary care settings is scarce, we assessed the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D, potential associations with clinical symptoms, body mass index, age, Vitamin D intake, and skin type in unselected patients from primary care, and the extent of seasonal variations of serum 25(OH)D concentrations.…”
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Comparison of Image Preprocessing Strategies for Convolutional Neural Network-Based Growth Stage Classification of Butterhead Lettuce in Industrial Plant Factories by Jung-Sun Gloria Kim, Soo Chung, Myungjin Ko, Jihoon Song, Soo Hyun Shin

“…This study investigates the feasibility of CNN-based growth stage classification of butterhead lettuce (<i>Lactuca sativa</i> L.) using two data types: raw images and images processed through GrabCut–Watershed segmentation. …”
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Curvatura vertical de vertentes em microbacias pela análise de modelos digitais de elevação Curvature slope profile in watersheds through analysis of digital elevation models by Márcio de M. Valeriano

“…The placement of boundaries with guidance of visual analysis of known slope forms assisted the establishment of arbitrary curvature thresholds for the slope profile classes (concave, convex and rectilinear).…”
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Preoperative Steroid Use in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Associated with Choroidal Detachment after 23-Gauge Vitrectomy by Jianhua Wu, Rui Zhang, Junwen He, Changzhong Xu, Zhaohui Li

“…Preoperative steroid use does not improve retinal reattachment and visual acuity in patients with RRDCD after 23-gauge PPV. …”
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The effect of different degrees of visible trephine-based foraminoplasty in PETD surgery on lumbar biomechanics: a finite element analysis by Duohua Li, Wei Sun

“…PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of the degree of facet joint resection under the combined action of large-channel endoscopy and visualized trephines on lumbar biomechanics.MethodsThe original CT data of a healthy male volunteer were selected. …”
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Efficiency and Safety of the Domestic Device KERATOLINK for the Treatment of Patients with Bacterial Corneal Ulcers by K. E. Seliverstova, E. N. Iomdina, E. V. Yani

“…A significant reduction in epithelialization time and an increase in visual acuity indicate the effectiveness and safety of the accelerated CXL procedure. …”
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An Integrated Stepwise Approach to the Treatment of Graft Disease in a Patient with an Implanted Iris Lens Diaphragm and Concomitant Postkeratoplastic Ametropia (Clinical Case) by M. V. Sinitsyn, N. A. Pozdeyeva, A. E. Terent’eva

“…After performing FS-DSEK, the transparency of the penetrating corneal graft was completely restored, visometry, refractokeratometry, and keratopachymetric data were stabilized by 6 months after the operation. 12 months after FS-DSEK, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) increased from 1.6 to 1.2 LogMAR, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) increased from 1.6 to 0.8 LogMAR. …”
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Opportunities for Telemedicine to Improve Parents’ Well-Being During the Neonatal Care Journey: Scoping Review by Josephine Wagenaar, Crystal Mah, Fredrik Bodell, Irwin Reiss, Maaike Kleinsmann, Sylvia Obermann-Borst, H Rob Taal

“…Abstract and title screening, full-text screening, and data extraction were performed by three researchers. …”
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Brain Functional Connectome Gradients Analysis Study of Chronic Back Pain by YANG Junchao, YIN Xiaolong, HUANG Li, JIANG Feng, LI Zuanfang, LIANG Shengxiang

“…Compared to the HC group, the CBP group had higher gradient scores of sensorimotor, visual, dorsal attention, and ventral attention network, and lower gradient scores of frontoparietal control, limbic, and default mode network. …”
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Managing pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with a topical rho kinase inhibitor: a case series by Nir Erdinest, Nadav Shemesh, Yishay Weill, Shani Morad, Itay Nitzan, David Smadja, David Landau, Itay Lavy

“…This case series examines the outcomes of using the topical Rho kinase inhibitor Ripasudil for managing pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) in three patients treated at Hadassah Medical Center. Clinical data, including visual acuity, intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness (CCT), and endothelial cell count, were extracted from electronic medical records before and after treatment. …”
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