Developing a rapid predictive model for falls in older hospitalized patients by Mengmeng Hu, Mengmeng Hu, Sujuan Lu, Jiangan Guan, Wenqian Deng, Yu Hu, Yao Huang, Keying Li, Mengdan He, Zhiyi Wang, Zhiyi Wang, Zhiyi Wang, Chan Chen, Chan Chen, Chan Chen, Xiufang Chen

“…BackgroundThis study was aimed to identify the independent risk factors for falls n hospitalized older patients and develop a corresponding predictive model.MethodsA retrospective observational study design was adopted, comprising 440 older patients with falls history and 510 older patients without falls history during hospitalization. Data collected included demographic information, vital signs, comorbidities, psychiatric disorder, function absent, current medication, other clinical indicators.ResultsMobility disability, high-risk medications use, frequency of hospitalizations, psychiatric disorder, visual impairment are independent risk factors for falls in older patients. …”
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Dynamic Surface Topography for Thoracic and Lumbar Pain Patients—Applicability and First Results by Johanna Kniepert, Henriette Rönsch, Ulrich Betz, Jürgen Konradi, Janine Huthwelker, Claudia Wolf, Ruben Westphal, Philipp Drees

“…In a subgroup analysis, the painful group was divided into two groups: one with less pain (≤3 points on the Visual Analogue Scale) and one with more pain (>3 points on the Visual Analogue Scale). …”
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Entity-level cross-modal fusion for multimodal chinese agricultural diseases and pests named entity recognition by Jingzhong Huang, Xia Hao, Yu Wang, Ruizhi Song, Zenan Mu, Wen Chu, Georgios Papadakis, Sijie Niu, Xuchao Guo

“…The text stream employs a Boundary-Middle (B-M) classification strategy to achieve fine-grained semantic unit segmentation, effectively addressing long-entity boundary ambiguity and parallel computing challenges. The visual stream focuses on interesting region detection to enhance multi-scale visual entity feature extraction capabilities. …”
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Risk for ocular hypertension progression to early glaucoma: A predictive model and key predictors by Shaofen Huang, Man Luo, Guitong Ye, Zhenlan Yang, Lingling Liao, Nina Wu, Yingting Zhu, Xing Liu, Yehong Zhuo, Hui Xiao

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Non-Diffractive Wavefront-Shaping Intraocular Lens with Extended Depth of Focus: First Implantation Experience by K. B. Pershin, N. F. Pashinova, A. Yu. Tsygankov, E. A. Antonov, I. V. Kosova, E. A. Korneeva

“…There was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in distance and intermediate uncorrected and best corrected visual acuity starting from the 1st day after surgery. …”
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Combined femtosecond intrastromal lenticular implantation and corneal crosslinking to treat advanced keratoconus: a 6-month observation including epithelial remodeling by Yahui Dong, Jing Zhang, Yafei Xu, Lihong Xu, Fangfang Sun, Jie Hou, Zhixing Ma, Yulin Lei

“…The uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) did not change significantly, but some patients wore rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGPs) over 6 months after surgery and achieved a best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of LogMAR 0.2 to 0.0. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Profile of Ocular Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Care Centre, West Bengal, India by Trisha Ghosh, Sanjay Kumar Daulat Thakur, Anup Mondal, Sourav Dey

“…Materials and Methods: This retrospective, hospital-based cohort study was conducted among patients presenting to the Department of Ophthalmology, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. Data were collected on patient demographics, mode and location of injury, time interval between injury and presentation, presenting Visual Acuity (VA) and the management of ocular trauma. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Electroencephalography Signal–Based Image Generation Using Diffusion Models: Integrative Framework Combining Mixed Methods and Multimodal Analysis by Chi-Sheng Chen, Shao-Hsuan Chang, Che-Wei Liu, Tung-Ming Pan

“…ConclusionsNECOMIMI demonstrated the potential of EEG-to-image generation, revealing the challenges of translating noisy EEG data into accurate visual representations. The novel NERV EEG encoder for multimodal contrastive learning reached state-of-the-art performance both on n-way zero-shot and EEG-informed image generation. …”
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Sistema georreferenciado de indicadores de calidad de suelos para los Llanos Orientales de Colombia Estudio de caso: Municipio de Puerto López, Meta by Beaulieau Nathalie, Amézquita C.***, Edgar, Rubiano S.**, Yolanda

“…Geosoil allows to as much store, to consult and to process data of the soil as of his biophysics surroundings on different scales: parcel, property, community, municipality, department, region, and country. …”
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Meta-analysis of acupuncture combined therapies for amblyopia: efficacy and safety insights by Kang Tan, Kang Tan, Yunfeng Yu, Pei Liu, Pengfei Jiang, Yi Liu, Bidan Lou, Qinghua Peng

“…Thereafter, the basic information, outcome data, and risk of bias of the included studies were statistically analyzed. …”
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Pengembangan Terapi Cermin Pada Latihan Bersepeda Berbasis Virtual Reality Untuk Meningkatkan Gerak Motorik Ekstremitas Atas Pasca Stroke by I Putu Dody Lesmana, Beni Widiawan, Didit Rahmat Hartadi, Muhammad Fuad Al Haris

“…Umpan balik visual untuk mengetahui waktu tunda dan perbedaan spasial berupa ketepatan lengan virtual dalam menangkap apel atau menghindari bom sepanjang lintasan bersepeda. …”
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Inventario de las aves de un bosque altoandino: comparación de dos métodos by Stiles Hurd Frank Galfierd, Rosselli Loreta

“…Mist nets are a useful supplement to these observations, but not a substitute; their greatest utility lies in obtaining other sorts of data.<br>La captura con redes de niebla ha sido utilizada o propuesta como método único para realizar inventarios de aves en varios bosques neotropicales, pero pocas veces ha sido evaluado en este medio en relación a otros métodos como el de las observaciones visuales y auditivas. …”
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Epidemiological trends and forecasting of tuberculosis burden in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Evidence from global burden of disease 1990–2021 by Akashanand, Shailesh Kumar Samal, Shilpa Gaidhane, Diptismita Jena, R. Roopashree, Mandeep Kaur, Deepak Nathiya, Aryantika Sharma, G.V. Siva Prasad, Aashna Sinha, Lara Jain, Vaibhav Jaiswal, Muhammed Shabil, Ganesh Bushi, Sanjit Sah, Ghaya Alqurainees, Jawaher Alotaibi, Maha A. Alshiekheid, Amal A. Sabour, Nawal A. Al Kaabi, Hayam A. Alrasheed, Muhammad A. Halwani, Zainab H. Almansour, Fatimah S. Aljebaly, Mubarak Alfaresi, Ali A. Rabaan

“…The metrics considered age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR), DALYs rate (ASDR), and incidence rates (ASIR). Data visualizations, including choropleth maps and trend graphs, were also created using R and MS Excel. …”
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Factors influencing mask use and physical distancing for COVID-19: A qualitative evidence synthesis by Dachi I. Arikpo, Okwu A. Onyema, Afiong O. Oku, Chibueze Meremikwu, Hannah Hamilton-Hurwitz, João P. Toledo, Kathleen Dunn, April Baller, Helen J. Smith, Martin M. Meremikwu

“…Thirty studies were sampled. Qualitative data analysis was performed using the thematic synthesis approach. …”
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Progress and Hotspot Analysis of Bibliometric-Based Research on Agricultural Irrigation Patterns on Non-Point Pollution by Shikai Gao, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Songlin Wang, Yuliang Fu, Weiheng Li, Yuanzhi Dong, Hongzhuo Yuan, Yanbin Li, Na Jiao

“…In this study, bibliometric methods are adopted to comprehensively analyze and visualize the current state and key literature on agricultural irrigation and NPS pollution from 2010 to July 2024. …”
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A Novel MaxViT Model for Accelerated and Precise Soybean Leaf and Seed Disease Identification by Al Shahriar Uddin Khondakar Pranta, Hasib Fardin, Jesika Debnath, Amira Hossain, Anamul Haque Sakib, Md. Redwan Ahmed, Rezaul Haque, Ahmed Wasif Reza, M. Ali Akber Dewan

“…High PR-AUC and MCC values, confirmed via 10-fold stratified cross-validation and Wilcoxon tests, demonstrate robust generalization across data splits. Explainable AI (XAI) techniques further enhanced interpretability by highlighting biologically relevant features influencing predictions. …”
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pH-Responsive Bacterial Nanocellulose Smart Labels Derived from Acid Whey for Estimating Beef Mince Quality Alterations During Storage by Dylan Zhe Liu, Sabeen Hassan, Benjamin M. Long, Alan Labas, Jayendra K. Amamcharla, Michelle J. Y. Yoo, Xiaojie Hu, David C. Bean

“…Significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in total color difference (∆E) were observed across data collection days. The pink label showed an ∆E of 14.19 between day 0 and day 8, increasing to 27.39 by day 15. …”
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Precision and Reliability of a Dynamometer for Trunk Extension Strength and Steadiness Assessment by Franciele Parolini, Márcio Goethel, Johan Robalino, Klaus Becker, Manoela Sousa, Barbara C. Pulcineli, Ulysses F. Ervilha, João Paulo Vilas-Boas, Rubim Santos

“…A single-point load cell system, encapsulated within a 3D-printed structure and connected to a Delsys system^® at a sampling frequency of 2000 Hz, was used for data acquisition. Participants performed maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) and submaximal isometric contractions (SMVC) guided by trapezoidal visual feedback. …”
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Olive fruit ripening characterisation based on electrical capacitance measurements by Daniel Argüello, Miguel Noguera, Andrés Mejías, Juan Manuel Enrique, Arturo Aquino

“…These samples were also subjected to chemical analysis for reference. The analysis of this data revealed high intra-sample variability, consistent with recent studies. …”
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Radiological and Clinical Outcome Differences Between Standard and Short Stem in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review by Mauro Ciuffreda, Antongiulio Lentini, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Domenico Grasso, Pierangelo Za, Rocco Papalia, Giacomo Rizzello

“…Inclusion criteria involved studies that assessed the radiological and clinical outcomes and overall complication rates of cementless RTSA with short or standard stems in patients with osteoarthritis, cuff tear arthropathy, post-traumatic, and rheumatoid arthritis with a follow-up of at least 1 year. The following data were extracted: radiological parameters of stems including implant subsidence, humeral loosening, and humeral osteolysis and clinical outcomes as Visual Analog Scale pain, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, Constant Score and Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation score. …”
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