An fMRI study of crossmodal emotional congruency and the role of semantic content in the aesthetic appreciation of naturalistic art by Funda Yilmaz, Tessa M. van Leeuwen, Tessa M. van Leeuwen, Umut Güçlü, Yağmur Güçlütürk, Rob van Lier

“…Participants viewed ‘happy’ or ‘sad’ paintings in an unimodal (visual) condition or paired with congruent or incongruent music (crossmodal condition). …”
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Comparison of efficacy and safety between unilateral biportal endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus uniportal endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion f... by Yi Ding, Hao Chen, Gang Wu, Tao Xie, Liulong Zhu, Xuepeng Wang

“…Conclusion Both UBE-TLIF and Endo-TLIF can achieve satisfactory clinical results with respect to improving low back and leg pain in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. …”
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Effect of Hemodialysis on Glaucoma Patients by Hendricks TM, Quist TS, Wang K, Antes LM, Boese EA

“…Our results suggest that HD may be an independent risk factor for glaucomatous progression, and may be especially worth investigating in patients with progression despite low to normal IOPs measured in clinic.Keywords: ocular perfusion pressure, hemodialysis, dialysis, intraocular pressure fluctuation, glaucoma…”
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Investigating Macular Tissue Integrity Index as a Novel Biomarker in Geographic Atrophy by Bethany M. Erb, MD, Elaine Botros, Thomas F. Saunders, OD, Anna-Maria Haas, MD, Rick Voland, PhD, Rachel Linderman, PhD, Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD, Karl G. Csaky, MD

“…Longitudinal changes in MTII and EZII were compared to overall GA area growth and change in visual acuity (VA). Main Outcome Measures: Correlations between MTII, EZII, GA area, and VA (best-corrected VA [BCVA] and low-luminance VA [LLVA]) were assessed. …”
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Skeleton-Forming Responses of Reef-Building Corals under Ocean Acidification by Yixin Li, Hongwei Zhao, Yunpeng Zhao, Xin Liao, J.-Y. Chen, Yanping Qin, Zuhong Lu, Yuehuan Zhang, Chunpeng He

“…We reconstructed and visualized the skeleton-forming process, quantified elemental calcium loss, and determined gene expression changes. …”
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A robust and effective framework for 3D scene reconstruction and high-quality rendering in nasal endoscopy surgery by Xueqin Ji, Xueqin Ji, Shuting Zhao, Shuting Zhao, Di Liu, Feng Wang, Xinrong Chen, Xinrong Chen

“…Meanwhile, by incorporating an adaptive low-pass filter into the rendering pipeline, the aliasing artifacts (jagged edges) are mitigated, which occur during the rendering process. …”
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Sensory Diet Program Through In-Person and Tele-Occupationa Therapy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Simin Dehghani, Marzieh Pashmdarfard, Zahra Pashazadeh Azari, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Sima Dehghani, Navid Mirzakhani Araghi

“…Results: According to the sensory profile 2, social responsiveness scale, and Canadian occupational performance measure, processing in the areas of auditory, visual, touch, movement, body position, oral, conduct, social-emotional, attentional, sensory seeking, sensory avoiding, sensory sensitive, low registration, social awareness, social cognition, social communication, social motivation, limited interests, repetitive behaviors, and occupational performance in both groups have a significant difference (P<0.05). …”
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Profiling microplastic fibers in the intertidal sentinel mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii from the coast of Buenos Aires, Argentina by Lucina Olivia Migliarini, Sonia Maribel Landro, Freddy Martinez-Espinoza, Daniel Horacio Murgida, Florencia Arrighetti

“…Microplastics, primarily microfibers, were detected in 97.5% of the analyzed mussels by visual identification. The abundance of MPs varied significantly among the stations, with the highest levels observed in mussels from S4, corresponding to the low-urbanized area. …”
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Phenotypic plasticity of metastatic melanoma by I. N. Mikhaylova, O. A. Аnurova, A. A. Lushnikova, I. V. Tsyganova, А. S. Senderovich, T. Т. Kondratieva, L. V. Demidov, N. N. Mazurenko

“…Rare cases of metastatic melanoma are known, that have no visual expression of melanocytic markers. Contradictory histology of such melanomas requires a differential diagnosis from morphologically similar non- melanocytic tumors, sarcoma or lymphoma. objective is to describe the extraordinary cases of metastatic melanomas with low expression of differentiation markers. material and methods. 15 melanoma cases with unusual clinical and morphological characteristics were included in the study. …”
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A Smart IoT Urban Flood Monitoring System Using a High-Performance Pressure Sensor with LoRaWAN by Matthew Christian L. Te, Joaquin Antonio T. Bautista, Shaquille Michael Edward V. Dimacali, Angelo Victor M. Lood, Marina Graciella M. Pangan, Alvin Y. Chua

“…The FMS utilized the accurate theory equation that resulted in a flood height error as low as 1.12% in testing and 1.81% in rain. Furthermore, it is resistant to external disturbances as the system takes 0.5 seconds to stabilize, while continuous disturbances resulted in errors ranging from 0% to 3%.   …”
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Multi-modal denoised data-driven milling chatter detection using an optimized hybrid neural network architecture by Haining Gao, Haoyu Wang, Hongdan Shen, Shule Xing, Yong Yang, Yinlin Wang, Wenfu Liu, Lei Yu, Mazhar Ali, Imran Ali Khan

“…The t-SNE algorithm is employed to visualize features extracted from different network layers of the chatter detection model. …”
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Tactics of the treatment of left atrial angiosarcoma by R.M. Vitovskyi, V.V. Isaіenko, D.М. Dyadyun, O.A. Pishchurin, V.F. Onishchenko, Ya.R. Ivanov, O.V. Kupchinskyi

“…Histological examination of the tumor revealed a low-grade angiofibrosarcoma. Two weeks after discharge, computed tomography revealed atrial tumor recurrence. …”
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Evaluating the impact of advertising strategies on rural brand building: Insights from the personal care FMCG sector by Vinod Sharma, Chandan Maheshkar, Yogesh Mahajan, Sándor Remsei, Manohar Kapse

“…Theoretically, the study extends the ELM framework to low-involvement consumer settings and highlights the nuanced role of cultural relevance in shaping brand engagement. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Shelf Life Estimator for Dates Using a Multichannel Gas Sensor: Enhancing Food Security by Asrar U. Haque, Mohammad Akeef Al Haque, Abdulrahman Alabduladheem, Abubakr Al Mulla, Nasser Almulhim, Ramasamy Srinivasagan

“…This solution offers a low-cost, scalable, and objective method for real-time shelf life prediction. …”
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Feature extraction and spatial imaging of synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction patterns using unsupervised machine learning by Kentaro Kutsukake, Takefumi Kamioka, Kota Matsui, Ichiro Takeuchi, Takashi Segi, Takuo Sasaki, Seiji Fujikawa, Masamitu Takahasi

“…Reasonable spatial maps of composition and crystal orientation were visualized using coefficients of the four feature patterns. …”
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Real-time monitoring by interferometric light microscopy of phage suspensions for personalised phage therapy by Benjamine Lapras, Camille Merienne, Emma Eynaud, Léa Usseglio, Chloé Marchand, Mathieu Médina, Camille Kolenda, Thomas Briot, Frédéric Laurent, Fabrice Pirot, PHAGEinLYON

“…To address these challenges, interferometric light microscopy (ILM), characterising particles (size, concentration, and visual homogeneity) within minutes, was applied herein to anti-Staphylococcus aureus myovirus phage suspensions. …”
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Bone anchoring annular suture technique for repairing annular defects at vertebral body edge following lumbar discectomy by Fang Wang, Jie Li, Jizheng Li, Kening Sun, Bo Zhang, Dong Wang, En Song, Fengtao Li

“…The average follow-up time was 12.6 ± 0.9 months. Over time, the VAS (low back pain and leg pain) and ODI scores of patients decreased significantly (P < 0.05), while the JOA scores increased significantly (P < 0.05). …”
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Lumbar Disc Herniation Might Spontaneously Regress, While Neuropathic Pain Might Start: Retrospective Clinical Study by Yener Akyuva, Necati Kaplan, Boran Urfalı, Özkan Özger, Erdinç Civelek, Serdar Kabataş, Yurdal Serarslan

“…Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of low back pain and radicular pain. The aim of our study was to evaluate the regression of LDH in patients who are considered to require surgical treatment but prefer conservative treatment. …”
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Evaluation of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) response to herbicides using unmanned aerial system imagery by Amber E. Riner, Jonathan S. Glueckert, Corrina J. Vuillequez, James K. Leary, Benjamin P. Sperry, Gregory E. Macdonald

“…These VIs were satisfactory predictors of mid-range visually evaluated herbicide efficacy values but were poorly correlated with extremely low and high values, corresponding to nontreated and necrotic plants. …”
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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Patients Attending the Diabetes and Eye Clinics in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya by Nerice Emade, Joseph Nyamori, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi, Stephen Gichuhi

“…Presence of DR, distance vision impairment, and diabetic macula oedema were associated with low overall self-rating. Conclusion and Relevance. …”
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