Comparison of clinical efficacy and radiological findings of interspinous dynamic stabilization system versus unilateral biportal endoscopy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospect... by Dongyue Li, Yunzhong Cheng, Xuanyu Chen, Peng Yin, Qingjun Su

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for low back and leg pain and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) at four intervals: Preoperative, 1-month postoperative, 3-month postoperative, and the final follow-up. …”
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Clinical Outcomes Comparison of Combined Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Collagen Cross-Linking Versus Small Incision Lenticule Extraction Only by Ayoub Chabib, Massimo Mammone, Chiara Fantozzi, Rebecca R. Lian, Natalie A. Afshari, Michael H. Goldbaum, Marco Fantozzi

“…The study comprised 70 eyes (35 patients); 40 eyes were corrected using SMILE and 30 eyes were corrected using SMILE Xtra using a low energy protocol. The outcomes were compared at 1, 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively. …”
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Deep sequencing of 16 Ixodes ricinus ticks unveils insights into their interactions with endosymbionts by Paulina M. Lesiczka, Tal Azagi, Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, William T. Scott, Ron P. Dirks, Ladislav Simo, Gerhard Dobler, Bart Nijsse, Peter J. Schaap, Hein Sprong, Jasper J. Koehorst

“…Notably, the genetic diversity of R. helvetica was found to be very low, except for the rickA virulence gene, where the presence of up to 13 insertions of a 33 nt-long repeat led to significant variability. …”
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Pathogen Distribution, Drug Resistance, and Postoperative High-Quality Nursing Intervention Effectiveness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients After Knee Arthroplasty With Postoperative... by Tang Y, Fu B, Tong Q

“…Gram-negative bacteria showed high resistance to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin, but low resistance to cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, gatifloxacin, and amikacin. …”
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Effect of an Internet-Based Pilates Telerehabilitation Intervention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Andrea Tacchino, Michela Ponzio, Paolo Confalonieri, Letizia Leocani, Matilde Inglese, Diego Centonze, Eleonora Cocco, Paolo Gallo, Damiano Paolicelli, Marco Rovaris, Loredana Sabattini, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Luca Prosperini, Francesco Patti, Edoardo Sessa, Elisabetta Pedrazzoli, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Giampaolo Brichetto

“…People with MS with mild disability, low risk of falling, preserved cognitive functions, and low anxiety and depression are potential eligible participants. …”
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Developing adaptive digital book (ADB) in enhancing students’ numeracy literacy ability by Yerizon Yerizon, Arnellis Arnellis, Suherman Suherman, I Made Arnawa, Cholis Sa'dijah, Lathiful Anwar

“…However, students' numeracy literacy skills remain low, necessitating innovative learning resources. …”
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Guided Texture Transfer Network for Mid-Infrared Satellite Image Super Resolution by Yeji Jeon, Youkyung Han, Kwang-Jae Lee, Yeseul Kim, Hanul Kim

“…However, its inherently low spatial resolution limits its utility for detailed spatial analysis. …”
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Secondary sulcus IOL implantation for presbyopia correction following Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty by Luiza Moschetta Zimmermann, Guilherme Vieira Peixoto, Júlia Margoni Biluca, José Maurílio Tavares de Lucena, Ricardo Menon Nosé

“…Observations: A 52-year-old female presented with corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) of 20/40 in both eyes with low ametropia. …”
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High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco by Bouchra El Mansouri, Fatima Amarir, François Peyron, El Bachir Adlaoui, Raphaël Piarroux, Joseph Lykins, Majda El Abbassi, Nesma Nekkal, Nadia Bouhlal, Kamar Makkaoui, Amina Barkat, Aziza Lyaghfouri, Ying Zhou, Samira Rais, Mounia Oudghiri, Ismail Elkoraichi, Mustapha Zekri, Nezha Belkadi, Hajar Mellouk, Mohamed Rhajaoui, Allal Boutajangout, Abderrahim Sadak, Denis Limonne, Rima McLeod, Kamal El Bissati

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The Incidence of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy after Photorefractive Keratectomy and Laser In Situ Keratomileusis by Majid Moshirfar, Maylon Hsu, Julia Schulman, Joseph Armenia, Shameema Sikder, M. Elizabeth Hartnett

“…We report the first 2 CSCR cases developing within one month after PRK. The low incidence argues against a causal association. …”
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IL-6 and Olfactory Dysfunction: Focus on Changes, Effects, and Mechanisms by Xiao-Yu Song, Ya-Kui Mou, Han-Rui Wang, Yao Wang, Wan-Chen Liu, Ting Yang, Cai-Yu Sun, Chao Ren, Xi-Cheng Song

“…Currently, the diagnosis of olfactory disorders in clinical practice mostly relies on subjective visual analog scale (VAS) evaluations, expensive and complex imaging, and neurophysiological examinations, which lead to poor patient compliance and low completion rates. …”
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EM-COGLOAD: An investigation into age and cognitive load detection using eye tracking and deep learning by Gabriella Miles, Melvyn Smith, Nancy Zook, Wenhao Zhang

“…The results of this showed that convolutional neural networks were able to achieve an accuracy of 87.5% when distinguishing between eye movement under low and high cognitive load, and 76% when distinguishing between the oldest and youngest age groups.…”
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Pulmonary valve endocarditis in the setting of a patent ductus arteriosus: A rare clinical case by Lamassab Nour El Houda, Noha El Ouafi, Nabila Ismaili

“…Despite clear imaging, the diagnosis was initially delayed due to the low index of suspicion and the unusual location of the infection. …”
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A framework to enhance clinical learning and teaching in undergraduate nursing education in Ghana by Kafui A. Hobenu, Anthonio O. Adefuye, Florence Naab, Champion N. Nyoni

“…Although frameworks for nursing education have proved effective in guiding clinical education, nurse educators in low-income contexts acknowledge the difficulty in identifying appropriate frameworks to guide clinical education. …”
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Portable cotton swab biosensor for rapid naked-eye detection of Helicobacter pylori by Ghadeer.A.R.Y. Suaifan, Asmaa Alnajajrah, Ward Abu Jbara, Amr A. El-Mousa, Fahid Abu Jbara, Doha A.I. Al-Omari, Mayadah B. Shehadeh

“…In response to this need, a colorimetric cotton swab biosensor was designed to enable visual detection of H. pylori presence or absence. …”
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Clinical characteristics of peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy easily misdiagnosed at initial presentation in Korean patients by Hansang Lee, Young Je Choi, Seung Min Lee, Junwon Lee, Eun Young Choi, Min Kim

“…The most common initial symptom was decreased visual acuity, followed by floaters and visual field defects, while 26% of patients reported no ocular symptoms. …”
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Research on Parametric Modeling and Model Transformation of Proton Hospital Based on BIM by Shoufu Li, Tao Yu, Yang Liu, Yan Li, Bo Lei, Wenjing Qiao, Yuyan Zhang

“…Aiming at problems such as difficulty and low efficiency in modeling complex building structures in Revit and Abaqus, Revit and Dynamo visual programming modeling were used to realize rapid parametric modeling of structures, and a Revit–Abaqus model conversion interface was developed. …”
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Printed Optoelectronic Memories Using Gr/WS2 Nanostructured Composite Ink for Retina‐Inspired Vision Persistent Synapses by Jiahui Bai, Qiuyan Wang, Qiaoqiao Zheng, Dong Liu, Hongbing Zhan, Renjing Xu, Jiajie Pei

“…Devices print using this ink demonstrated the ability to store visual information in both single‐pulse and multi‐pulse modes, reflecting potential applications in retina‐inspired visual persistence and neuromorphic computing. …”
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Artificial intelligence in pediatric osteopenia diagnosis: evaluating deep network classification and model interpretability using wrist X-rays by Chelsea E. Harris, Lingling Liu, Luiz Almeida, Carolina Kassick, Sokratis Makrogiannis

“…Osteopenia is a bone disorder that causes low bone density and affects millions of people worldwide. …”
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Bio-Inspired Structure Representation Based Cross-View Discriminative Subspace Learning via Simultaneous Local and Global Alignment by Ao Li, Yu Ding, Xunjiang Zheng, Deyun Chen, Guanglu Sun, Kezheng Lin

“…To address this problem, in this paper, we develop a novel cross-view discriminative feature subspace learning method inspired by layered visual perception from human. Firstly, the proposed method utilizes a separable low-rank self-representation model to disentangle the class and view structure layers, respectively. …”
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