Effects of sensory reactivity and haptic interaction on children's anthropomorphism of a haptic robot by Hikaru Nozawa, Masaharu Kato

“…Importantly, haptic interaction with the robot mitigated the lower anthropomorphic tendency observed in sensory seekers. Finally, we found that the degree of anthropomorphizing the robot. positively influenced physiological arousal level. …”
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Evaluation of Airport Buildings Against Terrorist Attacks in the Context of Architecture and Planning Criteria: Five Case Study by SARICIOĞLU Pelin, YILDIZ Aslı, SOYLUK Asena

“…This makes these structures vulnerable to terrorist attacks. It was also found that perimeter walls do not provide sufficient visual and physical barriers at airports. …”
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Processing of Metaphoric Language in Native Language and Second Language: A Self-Paced Reading Study by Sümeyra Özkan, Mehmet Aygüneş, Merve Dikmen

“…It was observed that the processing of novel metaphors and anomalous expressions, as they contain figurative meaning, took longer than literal expressions and conventional metaphors. It was found that the processing pattern was the same in both L1 and L2 groups. …”
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Area-Level Indices and Health Care Use in a Pediatric Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Cohort: Observational Study by Yvette H Tran, Seho Park, Scott L Coven, Eneida A Mendonca

“…Finally, we mapped index quintiles onto neighborhoods to visualize and compare how each index differentially ranks neighborhoods. …”
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Modulation of Cortical Interhemispheric Interactions by Motor Facilitation or Restraint by Ana Cristina Vidal, Paula Banca, Augusto Gil Pascoal, Gustavo Cordeiro, João Sargento-Freitas, Miguel Castelo-Branco

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Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided compared to x-ray-guided percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy in China: a systematic review and pooled analysis by Bin Zheng, Panfeng Yu, Yan Liang, Zhenqi Zhu, Haiying Liu

“…No significant differences were found in overall operative time, complications, postoperative pain scores (visual analog scale), or long-term functional outcomes (oxygen desaturation index and satisfaction rates).ConclusionsUltrasound-guided PELD significantly reduces radiation exposure and improves puncture efficiency compared to x-ray-guided techniques while maintaining equivalent clinical outcomes and complication rates. …”
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Treating TRAPS Syndrome with a Previously Undescribed TNF α Gene Receptor Mutation Successfully with Canakinumab by T. V. Sleptsova, E. I. Alexeeva, K. V. Savostyanov, A. A. Pushkov, T. M. Bzarova, K. B. Isaeva, R. V. Denisova

“…During a molecular-genetic examination of a 9-year-old child, a c.337_339del deletion in the heterozygous state of the TNFRSF1A gene exon 04, leading to a p.Glu113del amino acid deletion, was found. This mutation has not been described previously in TRAPS patients, and according to computer analysis (Alamut Visual) the issue is pathogenic. …”
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Cultural Science Meets Cultural Data Analytics by Ibrus Indrek, Schich Maximilian, Tamm Marek

“…Indeed, it has already found practical application in a variety of ‘post-DH’ collaborations in ‘Cultural Data Analytics’, often with the aim to explore the dynamics of meaning-making practices by computational means and by looking at a spectrum of materials (textual, sonic, visual, multimodal, etc.) both regarding the longue durée and in real-time applications, if not anticipating the future.…”
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Efficacy of Intra-Articular Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma Combined with Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Weipeng Zeng, Gongze Wang, Xinping Liao, Caifeng Pei

“…Subgroup analysis found that MD = 1.66 in KOOS-pain-1 group (95% CI (0.10, 3.22), P=0.040), which is significant. …”
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Treatment outcome in refractive accommodative esotropia by Osama A Al-Morsy, Ahmed E Ramadan, Asmaa I. Abd-Elaal, Manar F. Dawoud

“…Amblyopia was reduced from 50% to 16.67%. Anisometropia was found to be the only statistically significant risk factor for the development of amblyopia (P<0.001). …”
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Natural Anthraquinones as Promising MAPK3 Inhibitors for Complementary Cancer Therapy by Samaneh Vaziri-Amjad, Massoud Moradi-Najmi, Amir Taherkhani

“…In addition, emodin-8-glucoside, aloe-emodin 8-glucoside, and pulmatin were found to have inhibition constant values at the picomolar concentration. …”
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Detection of infection with hydatid cysts in abattoirs animals at Kirkuk governorate, Iraq by Raid Sabah Radhwan, Fatima Shihab Al-Nasiri

“…The hydatid cysts was found in 133 animal samples (42 sheep, 83 cattle, 6 goats and 2 buffaloes), the total prevalence of infection was 2.25%, 5.35%, 0.88%, 6.25% in sheep, cattle, goats and buffaloes, respectively. …”
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The eradication of Asian longhorned beetle at Paddock Wood, UK by Dominic Eyre, Jane Barbrook

“…The area was initially surveyed by visual inspection of standing trees from the ground and 24 infested trees were detected. …”
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Portable Microcontroller-Based Colorimeter For Determining Plant Development Stability by S. A. Rakutko, E. N. Rakutko

“…The shortcomings of the plant physiological state assessment were pointed out, both the visual one and that using the previously created colorimeter. …”
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Subretinal Implantation of Electrospun, Short Nanowire, and Smooth Poly(ε-caprolactone) Scaffolds to the Subretinal Space of Porcine Eyes by A. T. Christiansen, S. L. Tao, M. Smith, G. E. Wnek, J. U. Prause, M. J. Young, H. Klassen, H. J. Kaplan, M. la Cour, J. F. Kiilgaard

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A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Refractive Status and Dry Eye Disease in Cases of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Sanjeev Verma, Urmi Midya, Snehal Kedawat

“…After obtaining informed consent, visual acuity and refraction, tear film break-up time, corneal fluorescein staining and Schirmer test (I and II) were performed. …”
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Dissociable genetic influences on eye movements during abstract versus naturalistic social scene viewing in infancy by Ana Maria Portugal, Mark J. Taylor, Kristiina Tammimies, Angelica Ronald, Terje Falck-Ytter

“…Heritability for face looking was moderate (h 2 = 0.19, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.34), and no familial influences were found for motion looking. Exploratory polygenic score analyses revealed no significant associations with fixation measures. …”
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Who understands and how? – exploring nurses’ perceptions of the readability and usability of instructions written by hospital pharmacists by Henri Satokangas, Kirsi Kvarnström, Hanna M. Tolonen

“…Results The interviewed nurses (n = 9) consistently found the instructions somewhat challenging, primarily due to their length, complex structure and limited accessibility. …”
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The effect of students’ attitudes towards elderly patients on satisfaction with removable complete dentures by Rama AlHakim, Muaaz AlKhouli, Mohammad Younis Hajeer, Mohannad H. Al-Saadi

“…A weak-positive but significant correlation was found between students’ scores on the KAOP scale and elderly patient satisfaction with the dentures. …”
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Neurophysiologic features in glutaric aciduria type I by Dilek Yalnizoğlu, Neriman Sari, Güzide Turanli, Turgay Coşkun, Meral Topçu

“…We studied electroencephalogram (EEG), visual evoked potential (VEP) and brain-stem auditory evoked response (BAER) in seven children with glutaric aciduria type I (GA1) to assess the neurophysiologic features in this rare inborn error of metabolism. …”
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