Pioneering era in paediatric tuberculosis: Utilization of 3D printing technology by Shubham Singh, Mohit Kumar, Deeksha Choudhary, Devesh Kumar, Dikshant, Shital Zambad, Shruti Chopra, Manjeet Bansal, Amit Bhatia

“…The 3D printing enables the creation of anatomically accurate models derived from patient-specific imaging data. These models aid clinicians in preoperative planning, facilitating precise surgical interventions for complicated TB cases in children. …”
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A Novel Spectral-Spatial Attention Network for Zero-Shot Pansharpening by Hailiang Lu, Mercedes E. Paoletti, Juan M. Haut, Sergio Moreno-Alvarez, Guangsheng Chen, Weipeng Jing

“…Meanwhile, the constructed training data cannot encompass all possible scenes, hindering the reconstruction capability of unknown scenes. …”
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Optimized enrichment of murine blood–brain barrier vessels with a critical focus on network hierarchy in post-collection analysis by Hanaa Abdelazim, Audra Barnes, James Stupin, Ranah Hasson, Carmen Muñoz-Ballester, Kenneth L. Young, Stefanie Robel, James W. Smyth, Samy Lamouille, John C. Chappell

“…This approach is important for providing an accurate representation of the cerebrovascular segments being used for data collection and assigning BBB properties specifically to capillaries relative to other regions of the brain vasculature.…”
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SafetyGPT: An autonomous agent of electrical safety risks for monitoring workers’ unsafe behaviors by Wei Li, Fuqi Ma, Zhiyuan Zuo, Rong Jia, Bo Wang, Abdullah M Alharbi

“…Next, the proposed method is applied to real production site data to confirm the effectiveness and superiority through comparison with other methods designed to identify unsafe behaviors. …”
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The Spotted Iris: Unveiling a Case of Bilateral Iris Mammillations in a Type 1 Diabetic Adolescent by Swaranjali Gore, Nagyang Dani, (Col.) OK Radhakrishnan, Harshita Kashyap, Naina Chaturvedi

“…Examination revealed a best-corrected visual acuity of 6/6 in both eyes with intact colour vision. …”
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Prognostic factors of progesterone resistance in symptomatic adenomyosis: impact of lesion localization on treatment outcome of levonorgestrel intrauterine system by Daiki Hiratsuka, Mitsunori Matsuo, Chihiro Ishizawa, Yamato Fukui, Takehiro Hiraoka, Shizu Aikawa, Gentaro Izumi, Miyuki Harada, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Yutaka Osuga, Yasushi Hirota

“…However, the clinical characteristics of progesterone-resistant and progesterone-sensitive patients with symptomatic adenomyosis remain unclear. We analyzed data of 69 patients with adenomyosis treated with LNG-IUS. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the national elderly care program in Oman: A cross-sectional study by Idris Aal Jumaa, Mohammed Al Ghafri, Nahid Bait Jamil, Jokha Al Sa'idi, Sitwat Usman Langrial, Salah Al Awaidy

“…Methods: This descriptive study utilized national data from the PHC Information System, analyzing records of 17,243 Omani citizens aged 60 years and above enrolled in 2023. …”
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Carotid Artery Endarterectomy Effect on Choroidal Thickness: One-Year Follow-Up by Gilad Rabina, Dana Barequet, Michael Mimouni, Yefim Rabinovitch, Yehuda Wolf, Adiel Barak, Anat Loewenstein, Shulamit Schwartz

“…Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was performed one day before the CEA and at least 6 months after. Data included medical history, smoking history, percentage of carotid stenosis before and after CEA, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), and choroidal thickness (subfoveal, 500 µm, 1000 µm, and 1500 µm nasal and temporal). …”
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Geomorphological Insights to Analyze the Kinematics of a DSGSD in Western Sicily (Southern Italy) by Chiara Cappadonia, Pierluigi Confuorto, Diego Di Martire, Domenico Calcaterra, Sandro Moretti, Edoardo Rotigliano, Luigi Guerriero

“…Especially, field observations associated to visual interpretation of aerial imagery were used for the identification and mapping of main geological features and landforms, high-resolution X-Band DInSAR data enabled researchers to fully characterize the deformational behavior of the slope, while a reduced complexity slope stability analysis allowed them to reconstruct the deep geometry of the DSGSD. …”
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Survey to Assess the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tinnitus Perception by Oğuz Yılmaz, Handan Yaman, Berna Özge Mutlu, Dilara Bayazıt, Serkan Eti, Hasan Demirhan, Yıldırım Ahmet Bayazıt

“…Participants with tinnitus were further evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI). …”
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Potential biosecurity breaches in poultry farms: Presence of free-ranging mammals near laying-hen houses assessed through a camera-trap study by Giulia Graziosi, Caterina Lupini, Francesco Dalla Favera, Gabriella Martini, Geremia Dosa, Gloria Garavini, Giacomo Trevisani, Alessandro Mannelli, Elena Catelli

“…For wild mammals, visits significantly increased at night, and slightly decreased during the spring season. Overall, the data hereby provided lay the groundwork for designing novel surveillance and intervention strategies to prevent cross-species disease transmission. …”
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Changes of EEG beta band power and functional connectivity during spaceflight: a retrospective study by Adrián Quivira-Lopesino, María Sevilla-García, Pablo Cuesta, Sandra Pusil, Ricardo Bruña, Patrique Fiedler, Ana Maria Cebolla, Guy Cheron, Michael Funke, Fernando Maestu

“…Astronauts often report temporary neurological symptoms, such as disorientation, visual disturbances, and motor issues, potentially linked to structural and electrophysiological brain changes. …”
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Effects of hydration on the mechanical properties of deep shale under true triaxial stress: A case study of Fuling shale gas in Sichuan Basin, SW China by Jinzhou ZHAO, Zhihao YU, Lan REN, Ran LIN, Jianfa WU, Yi SONG, Cheng SHEN, Ying SUN

“…This study takes shale samples from the Jiaoshiba block in the Fuling shale gas field of the Sichuan Basin, and uses the true triaxial testing system to conduct a series of mechanical experiments under deep shale reservoir conditions after shale hydration. Stress-strain data and mechanical parameters of shale after hydration under high temperature and high pressure were obtained to investigate the effects of reservoir temperature, hydration time and horizontal stress difference on the mechanical strength of shale after hydration. …”
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Complementary Repair Therapy as a Trending Topic in Discogenic Pain: A Bibliometric Study Over the Past 40 Years by Zhouyang Hu, Lijun Li, Zhipeng Xu, Jianjin Zhang, Guoxin Fan, Xiang Liao

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Bibliometric analysis has been frequently employed for visualizing trends within a particular scientific domain. …”
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The Role of Biochemical and Hematological Parameters in Urethral Stricture Recurrence: Inflammation Indexes and De Ritis Rate by Serkan ÖZCAN, Kürşad DÖNMEZ, Enis Mert YORULMAZ, Osman KÖSE, Sacit Nuri GÖRGEL, Yiğit AKIN

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 51 patients who underwent direct visual internal urethrotomy between 2019 and 2023. …”
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Strain mapping using compressed sensing accelerated 4D flow MRI—Potential for detecting coactivation in thigh muscles by Usha Sinha, David Maldonado, Vadim Malis, Ning Jin, Edward Smitaman, Ramon Sanchez, Christine Chung, Shantanu Sinha

“…Strain tensors were computed from displacements tracked from the velocity data. % MVC and muscle related differences (within hamstring and quadriceps and between muscle groups) in normal, shear and volumetric strain were statistically analyzed.ResultsTransverse asymmetry of deformation was seen in all the thigh muscles during isometric contraction. …”
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BirdRecon: A free open source tool for image based bird species recognition by Hari Kishan Kondaveeti, Nabin Kumar Upadhaya, Dheeraj Sai Tukkugudam, Rahul Panigrahi, Sirivella Madhan Chandra Mouli, Valli Kumari Vatsavayi, Nagendra Panini Challa

“…To address class imbalance problem and enhance generalization, data augmentation is applied and an early stopping optimization strategy is used to prevent overfitting during training. …”
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IMPACT OF THE SECOND GENERATION ANTIHISTAMINES ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH POLLEN ALLERGY RECEIVING SPECIFIC ALLERGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY by O. I. Muradova, L. S. Namazova-Baranova, G. A. Karkashadze, O. I. Maslova, R. M. Torkhshoeva, A. Yu. Tomilova, A. A. Alekseeva, E. А. Vishneva, K. S. Volkov, T. A. Konstantinidi

“…Antihistamine preparations (desloratidine and cetirizine) are improved by indexes of visual and space perception at children with a hay fever. …”
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Office‐Based Blue Laser Versus Coblation Therapy for Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy: A Pilot Study by Abdul‐Latif Hamdan, Zeina Maria Semaan, Lana Ghzayel, Yara Yammine, Jonathan Abou Chaar, Jad Hosri, Patrick Abou Raji Feghali, Anne Marie Daou, Elie Alam

“…All patients had filled the nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) questionnaire and the visual analog scale (VAS) before and on follow‐up after treatment. …”
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Comparison of early clinical outcomes between CR and PS prostheses in total knee arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis patients - a retrospective cross-sectional study by Haoyuan Ding, Haoyuan Ding, Dapeng Han, Nanshan Ma, Nanshan Ma, Chenxin Gao, Jie Yao, Guilin Ouyang

“…Among these, 39 patients received CR prostheses (CR group), while 35 received PS prostheses (PS group). Data on operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital stay, preoperative and postoperative Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores, American Knee Society Score (AKSS), Functional Joint Score-12 (FJS-12) scores, Health Assessment Questionnaire scores (HAQ) and postoperative complications were recorded and compared between the two groups.ResultsAll 74 patients successfully completed the surgery without complications. …”
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