Effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion combined with rehabilitation training for post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Huawei Gao, Zhihong Li, Wei Chen, Fangfang Shen, Yan Lu

“…The primary outcomes included Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale, visual analog scale (VAS), and Barthel Index (BI) scores. …”
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Challenges and Complication Management in Novel Artificial Iris Implantation by Christian S. Mayer, Andrea E. Laubichler, Ramin Khoramnia, Tamer Tandogan, Philipp Prahs, Daniel Zapp, Lukas Reznicek

“…The significant reduction of complications after twelve implantations implicates that the procedure is not to be recommended in low volume settings.…”
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Original research: factors related to persistent amblyopia after surgical correction in unilateral congenital blepharoptosis by Yi-Hua Chen, Pei-Wei Huang, Yueh-Ju Tsai

“…Data collected included demographic information, age at surgery, surgical method, presence of strabismus, refraction errors, baseline amblyopia, and visual outcomes. These variables were compared between the two groups and used to predict persistent amblyopia. …”
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Optimising dementia screening in community-dwelling older adults: A rapid review of brief diagnostic tools in Singapore by Jun Pei Lim, Sabrina Lau, Penny Lun, Jia Ying Tang, Edwin Shih-Yen Chan, Luming Shi, Liang Guo, Yew Yoong Ding, Laura Tay, Reshma A Merchant, Wee Shiong Lim

“…Conclusion: Our review suggests the limited utility of dementia screening in communities with low dementia prevalence and supports a case-finding approach instead. …”
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Joint use of developed collagen-containing complexes and cell cultures in creating new tissue equivalents by K. V. Kulakova, D. Ya. Aleynik, I. N. Charykova

“…The culture condition was visually assessed using an inverted Leica microscope DM IL (Carl Zeiss, Austria), equipped with a computerizes program of control of culture growth (Leica IM 1000).Results. …”
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DASNeRF: depth consistency optimization, adaptive sampling, and hierarchical structural fusion for sparse view neural radiance fields. by Yongshuo Zhang, Guangyuan Zhang, Kefeng Li, Zhenfang Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhenfei Wang, Chen Fu, Xiaotong Li, Zhiming Fan, Yongpeng Zhao

“…In the optimized sampling phase, the sampling point density in key regions is adaptively increased while reducing sampling in low-priority regions, enhancing detail capture accuracy. …”
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Exploring opportunities to enhance the quality of pharmacy-based contraceptive service delivery for adolescents and young women in Kenya: a multimethod qualitative study by Tessa Fujisaki, Dismas Congo Ouma, Merceline Awuor, Cellestine Aoko, Syovata Kimanthi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Elizabeth K. Harrington

“…Abstract Introduction Private-sector pharmacies are a preferred source of contraception in many low- and middle-income country settings, especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), but the quality of contraceptive care and counseling in community pharmacies remains understudied. …”
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Effectiveness of Retail Promotions in the Green Industry by Age Group: A Case Study by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…Specifically, similarities and differences between younger and older consumers and their visual attention to point-of-sale (POS) information is explored.  …”
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Prediction and Stage Classification of Pressure Ulcers in Intensive Care Patients by Machine Learning by Mürsel Kahveci, Levent Uğur

“…In future studies, the clinical validity of the model should be increased with multicenter datasets and visual-data-based hybrid models.…”
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EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CONTROLLED RELEASE METOPROLOL TARTRATE IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: ERA STUDY RESULTS by O. L. Barbarash, M. V. Zykov

“…Antihypertensive efficacy, safety and quality of life (by visual analogue scale) were assessed at every visit. …”
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Prevalence of cataract and its associated factors among adult diabetic patients attending at diabetic care clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 by Abebech Fikade Shumye, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Matiyas Mamo Bekele

“…Abstract Baground Cataract is a major public health concern and the leading cause of blindness and low vision in Ethiopia. However, no studies have been conducted to assess the prevalence of cataract and associated factors among adult diabetic patients in the study area. …”
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Research on Reasoning concerning Emergency Measures for Industrial Project Scheduling Control by Xiaokang Han, Wenzhou Yan, Mei Lu

“…The performance rate of the contract time periods of previous industrial construction projects has been very low. In scheduling control based on case-based reasoning (CBR), the goal is to implement preventive measures by referring to existing scheduling control cases and control the scheduling of resources through reasoning on emergency measures to prevent scheduling control deviations. …”
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A long way to go - Estimates of combined water, sanitation and hygiene coverage for 25 sub-Saharan African countries. by Rachel Roche, Robert Bain, Oliver Cumming

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our estimates help to quantify the scale of progress required to achieve universal WASH access in low-income countries, as envisaged under the water and sanitation SDG. …”
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Underwater image dehazing using a hybrid GAN with bottleneck attention and improved Retinex-based optimization by Amandeep Kaur, Shalli Rani, Mohammad Shabaz

“…This study presents exceptional quantitative performance across various evaluation metrics: a UIQM score of 3.71 (indicating image quality), a PSNR of 28.4 dB (reflecting signal fidelity), an SSIM of 0.88 (representing structural similarity), and a perceptual LPIPS score of 0.082. The low LPIPS score underscores the perceptual realism of the enhanced images, correlating effectively with human visual preferences. …”
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Detection of posttraumatic pneumothorax using electrical impedance tomography-An observer-blinded study in pigs with blunt chest trauma. by Felix Girrbach, Tobias Landeck, Dominic Schneider, Stefan U Reske, Gunther Hempel, Sören Hammermüller, Udo Gottschaldt, Peter Salz, Katharina Noreikat, Sebastian N Stehr, Hermann Wrigge, Andreas W Reske

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>In our analysis, visual interpretation of EIT without specific image processing or comparison with baseline data did not allow clinically useful diagnosis of posttraumatic PTX. …”
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Fungal Guilds Reveal Ecological Redundancy in a Post-Mining Environment by Geisianny Moreira, Jefferson Brendon Almeida dos Reis, Elisa Catão Caldeira Pires, Cristine Chaves Barreto, Helson Mario Martins do Vale

“…From a mining and restoration perspective, this offers a low-cost, ecologically meaningful tool for monitoring soil recovery and guiding reclamation efforts.…”
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Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Services of Birds in Productive Landscapes of the Colombian Amazon by Jenniffer Tatiana Díaz-Cháux, Alexander Velasquez-Valencia, Alejandra Martínez-Salinas, Fernando Casanoves

“…Bird communities were surveyed through visual observations and mist-net captures, during which functional traits were measured. …”
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How the brain memorizes the world from others’ perspectives: investigating allocentric encoding of object features during perspective taking by Nanbo Wang, Shuo Huang, Junyang Cai, Ruiyi Huang, Haiyan Geng

“…To achieve this objective, understanding others’ visual world is significantly beneficial. However, as a fundamental aspect of human cognition, to what extent can individuals effectively memorize object information when adopting another’s viewpoint? …”
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Bioinformatics screening of therapeutic targets in chemoresistance human colon cancer HCT8 cell line by Zohreh Jahanafrooz

“…CeRNA networks included the low expressed mRNAs (as targets of upregulated miR-675-3p, miR-6084, and miR-1182) whose expression is also downregulated in COAD tissues based on GEPIA database. …”
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Spirulina supplementation effects on small ruminants performance and product attributes: a meta-analysis by Frediansyah Firdaus, Tanda Sahat Panjaitan, Malik Makmur, Bayu Andri Atmoko, Yudi Adinata, Noor Hudhia Krishna, Retno Widiyawati

“…Blood biochemistry markers, including alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, cholesterol, haemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein, total protein, urea, and white blood cell counts, remain within normal physiological ranges. …”
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