USING HISTORIC POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RESEARCH OF HISTORIC LANDSCAPE IN GEOGRAPHY AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR DIGITAL PROCESSING by Karol WEIS, Pavel HRONČEK

“…Computer processing of the past landscape brings new, respectively derived information, which is not found or visible within other historical (archival) sources. …”
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Benign essential blepharospasm: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, botulinum toxin therapy by Z. A. Zalyalova

“…Patients with BPS are found to have changes in the basal ganglia, cerebellum, primary/secondary sensorimotor and visual areas according to functional magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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DNA Barcoding of Red Algae (Rhodophyta) in Ternate Island Sea, North Maluku, Indonesia by Muhammad Janib Achmad, Nebuchadnezzar Akbar, Firdaut Ismail, Ardan Samman, Beginer Subhan, Rustam E Paembonan, Dondy Arafat

“…One of the organisms commonly found in this sea is red algae. Study aimed to determine the red algae species by phylogenetic tree analysis based on the rbcL gene as a DNA marker. …”
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Enhancing Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Via Normobaric Hyperoxia by Weili Li, Wenbo Hu, Shuhua Yuan, Jiahao Chen, Qi Wang, Jiayue Ding, Zhiying Chen, Zhifeng Qi, Ju Han

“…Serum markers were assessed using ELISA, and intracranial contrast extravasation was visualized using dual‐energy computed tomography scan. …”
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Hats off to critical thinking: An excursion into Jon Klassenʼs hat trilogy by Hilde Tørnby, Sissil Lea Heggernes, Emilia Andersson-Bakken, Ingvill Krogstad Svanes

“…In this article, we explore power and perspectives as lenses for critical thinking embedded in Jon Klassenʼs fictional picturebook trilogy I want my hat back (2011), This is not my hat (2012), and We found a hat (2016). Drawing on ideas from critical literacy and democratic citizenship, we conduct a close reading of the picture-text interaction and selected visual features through a critical content analysis (Johnson et al., 2019). …”
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Spiritual experiences hallucination phenomenology associated with spiritual experiences in a non-clinical population: a qualitative study by Alessandra Ghinato Mainieri, Alexander Moreira-Almeida

“…Method Six mediums undergoing these experiences with high frequency were interviewed about their sensory experiences and the content categorized as predictability (trance-mediumship/non-trance) and sensory modality (kinesthetic, visual, auditory and olfactory). Results No difference was found concerning predictability and quality of the experiences associated with all modalities except for the kinesthetic modality which was more frequent during trance-mediumship. …”
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A qualitative study of type 1 diabetes complications, mental health, and structural pathways of complications occurrence among young people (14–24 years) and caregivers in southern... by Bernard Afriyie Owusu, Prince Ofori-Boateng, Elizabeth Bankah, Nana Ama Barnes, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Marc Kwame Dzradosi, David Teye Doku

“…We found on the average, eight (8) years of living with T1D (with minimum and maximum years of 2 and 4 respectively). …”
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Immunohistochemical evaluation of the effect of neurotrophic factors on the bladder of rats with infravesical obstruction after administration of biologically active compositions by V. Globa, G. Bozhok, E. Legach, Y. Samburg, O. Godlevska, О. Vlasenko

“…A statistically insignificant increase in the relative area of S100 protein expression in the UB tissues (p>0.05) and a significantly higher expression of actin by 78.8% (p=0.001) were found compared to the untreated group. Conclusions. …”
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Qualidade química da água residual da criação de peixes para cultivo de alface em hidroponia Chemical quality of residual water from fish breeding tanks for cultivation of hydropon... by Glauco E. P. Cortez, Jairo A. C. de Araújo, Paulo A. Bellingieri, Alexandre B. Dalri

“…The low concentration of magnesium in the water did not prevent lettuce development, although the plants presented visual symptoms of deficiency of this nutrient. Differences were not found between the varieties produced, regarding productivity and the mean weight of fresh plants.…”
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The association between sleep duration and myopia among Chinese school-age students: mediation effect of physical activity by Haiqing Feng, Yuexia Gao, Na An, Yitong Lu, Jianping Huang, Weiping Yang, Qingyun Lu

“…Those who slept for <8 h/d had the greatest myopia rate (85.69%) compared with those who slept for≥8 h/d (p < 0.001). Sleep duration was found to be adversely correlated with myopia (sleep duration = 8–10 h/d: OR = 0.68, p < 0.01; sleep duration > 10 h/d: OR = 0.48, p < 0.01) after controlling for potential confounders like gender, age, and BMI-z score (Body Mass Index Score). …”
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Factors for early postoperative cognitive impairment in patients after coronary bypass surgery and carotid endarterectomy by O. V. Maleva, A. S. Sosnina, E. G. Uchasova, S. V. Ivanov, O. A. Trubnikova, O. L. Barbarash

“…A correlation was found between the factor of neurochemical markers, the number of processed letters on the 1st minute of Bourdon test (r=-0,642; p=0,014), the total number of processed letters in Bourdon test (r=-0,617; p=0,017). …”
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Continuous Skin Rejuvenation by Combining Nonablative Fractional Laser With Daily Application of a Multibeneficial Composition Formulation: A Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial Stud... by Xinxuan Zhang, Manru Ning, Mengqing Lin, Qi Tang, Yihuai Liang, Feifei Wang, Xiaoke Xu

“…More significant improvements in index parameters for the test sides were also found both in wrinkles with a 21.14% decrease of SEw value from the baseline and in elasticity with a 14.99% decrease of R2 value, while the corresponding reductions were 3.83% for SEw and 4.10% for R2 found on the control sides. …”
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Accessibility of Massive Open Online Courses in Computer Sciences and Programming for Persons with Disabilities by E. A. Kosova, A S. Gapon, K. I. Redkokosh

“…Results. 65 MOOCs in computer science and programming were found (Coursera 32, Stepik 33). All courses have web accessibility mistakes. …”
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Spectrum of sonographic changes in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with autosomal dominant and X-linked inheritance by E. S. Naumova, D. S. Druzhinin, S. S. Nikitin, S. A. Kurbatov

“…In all HMSN cases CSA was enlarged compared to healthy controls. Greater changes were found in patients with autosomal dominant inheritance. …”
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Importance of antenatal identification of small for gestational age fetuses on perinatal and childhood outcomes: A register‐based cohort study by Emma Hertting, Lotta Herling, Pelle G. Lindqvist, Eva Wiberg‐Itzel

“…Results No association was found between antenatal identification of SGA fetuses and severe adverse outcome using the complete composite outcome (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.93–1.53). …”
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Enhancing fish drying efficiency and quality: A comparative study of intermittent microwave convective drying (IMCD) and conventional methods by Mohammad U.H. Joardder, Abdul Mojid Parvej, Md. Fahim Shahriar, Md. Fahim Faysal, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Azharul Karim

“…It was found that IMCD took only 12 min to complete the drying process, whereas CD took approximately 300 min. …”
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The Clinical Outcomes of a Bioinductive Collagen Implant in Bursal-Sided Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears by Jaesung Yoo, Daehee Lee

“…At each final step, we confirmed that there were no cases of graft failure by radiological evaluation and found successful healing indicators, such as much less pain in all patients. …”
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Correlation between longitudinal serum vitamin D levels and myopia in children: a prospective birth cohort analysis by Ju-Hsien Li, Ho-Min Chen, Kuan-Wen Su, Yu-Kai Kuo, Cheng-Hsiu Wu, Nan-Ni Chen, Pei-Wei Huang, Chi-Chin Sun

“…Abstract Background Myopia is an increasingly prevalent visual impairment associated with severe ocular complications. …”
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Effects of Acute Long- versus Short-Interval High-Intensity Interval Training on Attention and Psychological States in a Sample of Male and Female Adolescents: A Pilot Study by Maamer Slimani, Mahdi Issaoui, Hela Znazen, Amri Hammami, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

“…Practitioners may implement short-interval HIIT prior to any tasks that require high levels of visual attention.…”
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DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM IN REAL–LIFE CLINICAL PRACTICE: DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS by S. V. Seleznev, I. A. Baranova, E. P. Krivonosova, N. V. Kuvychlina, K. G. Pereverzeva, L. P. Kalinina

“…The following factors were found to be statistically significant in terms of the disease prognosis: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, left ventricular ejection fraction, levels of hemoglobin, blood urea and creatinine.Conclusion. …”
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