The impact of the Change4Life Food Scanner app on children’s diets and parental psychological outcomes: a randomised pilot and feasibility study by Sundus Mahdi, Jim Chilcott, Nicola J. Buckland

“…Conclusions Despite high attrition, study procedures were deemed feasible. Low app engagement and usage barriers may have impacted app acceptability and related outcomes. …”
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Neurodevelopmental problems in pre-school children in rural Western Cape, South Africa: is community screening feasible? by Ben Truter, Christopher Gillberg, Amy L. Slogrove, Petra Conradie, Eva Billstedt, Lucy Thompson

“…Since mothers generally had low levels of education and literacy, time was required to clarify certain child development concepts during screening. …”
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Shallow Acupuncture for Chronic Neck Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol with fMRI and DTI by Lin J, Gu Z, Zhou P, Huang W, Ou A, Zhao Q, Xu Z

“…Analyses will include regional homogeneity (ReHo), amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), functional connectivity (FC), fractional anisotropy (FA), and mean diffusivity (MD) within and between groups. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of the human vascular atlas provides new insights into vasorelaxation redundancy and heterogeneity by Elisa Avolio, Sarah F. Pearce, David Wambeke, Paolo Madeddu

“…At the same time, it was low in capillary, littoral, and lymphatic ECs and pericytes. …”
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Nationwide conflict damage mapping with interferometric synthetic aperture radar: A study of the 2022 Russia–Ukraine conflict by Corey Scher, Jamon Van Den Hoek

“…Our approach is scalable, rapid, low-cost, and can be used to prioritize specific regions for in-depth remote or field-based damage assessments. …”
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Strawberry Freshness Assessment by Hyperspectral Imaging by Georgiy V. Nesterov, Anastasia V. Guryleva, Milana O. Sharikova, Svetlana A. Sukhanova, Alexander S. Machikhin

“…The freshness of these fruits plays a crucial role in their quality, as it determines their shelf life, nutritional content, visual appeal, and safety for human consumption. Traditional methods of assessing fruit freshness are subjective, labor-intensive, and have low productivity. …”
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Deep Learning Stack LSTM Based MPPT Control of Dual Stage 100 kWp Grid-Tied Solar PV System by Umair Younas, Ahmet Afsin Kulaksiz, Zunaib Ali

“…Solar photovoltaics (PV), as an abundant renewable alternative, can potentially address this demand, yet low cell efficiency (15-25&#x0025;) and fluctuating output power due to intermittent irradiance <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(G)$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and temperature <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(T)$ </tex-math></inline-formula> impedes grid integration. …”
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Efficacy of Selective Nerve Root Block for Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Study Protocol for a Single-Blind, Prospective Cohort Study by Tan H, Zhou J, Pu Y, He L, Wang L

“…Primary outcomes will include the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain intensity. Secondary outcomes will include the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), health-related quality of life (Short Form-36, SF-36) and average weekly analgesic consumption. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of refraction disorders: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 and projections to 2050 by Miaomiao Dai, Yi Ouyang

“…Abstract Background Refraction disorders are the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. This study investigates the global burden and trends of refraction disorders from 1990 to 2021, with projections extending to 2050. …”
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Does Vision Health Knowledge Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study of Primary School Students in Rural China by Pang Z, Jia X, Zhou M, Zhang X, Feng C, Ma Y

“…Parents with higher education levels, at least one family member wearing eyeglasses, medium to high family wealth demonstrated higher levels of vision health knowledge.Conclusion: We found that poor vision health knowledge is prevalent among children, parents, and teachers in rural western China, and that prevalent visual impairment among children is accompanied by low eyeglasses ownership and wear rates. …”
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Radiological and clinical outcomes of combined wedge versus lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy for medial osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial by Maarten R. Huizinga, A. J. de Vries, T. M. van Raaij, R. W. Brouwer

“…Even though success rate of the achieved correction is relative low, these similar outcomes suggest that both CW and LCW HTO techniques can be used; where CW might be preferred to reduce bone loss at the proximal tibia. …”
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Intracorneal Ring Segments in Keratoconus: A Narrative Literature Review by Hayat UK, Shiwani HA, Memon D, Walkden A

“…Complications include epithelial defects, segment migration, and keratitis, but long-term follow-up reveals low rates of serious adverse events.Conclusion: ICRS provide an effective option for enhancing vision in select keratoconus patients, ultimately lowering the chances of requiring a corneal transplant. …”
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Predictors and long-term patterns of medication adherence to glaucoma treatment in Denmark—an observational registry study of 30 100 Danish patients with glaucoma by Miriam Kolko, Rikke Faergemann Hansen, Louise G Dal, Emma Sabelström, Magnus Brandel, Andreas Hoiberg Bentsen, Anne Cathrine Falch-Joergensen

“…Being medical adherent was related to higher costs related to glaucoma medication after 5 and 10 years comparing with poor adherence, whereas poor adherence was associated with a marked increase in long-term costs for hospital contacts.Conclusion Increasing age, female sex and low comorbidity score are correlated with better adherence to glaucoma treatment. …”
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Detection of Invasive Species (Siam Weed) Using Drone-Based Imaging and YOLO Deep Learning Model by Deepak Gautam, Zulfadli Mawardi, Louis Elliott, David Loewensteiner, Timothy Whiteside, Simon Brooks

“…Validation was performed through expert visual interpretation of the detection results in image tiles. …”
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A mathematical approach to the role of chemical reactions and temperature-dependent fluid properties on the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian Ree-Eyring fluid in a nonuniform... by Prathiksha Sanil, Manjunatha Gudekote, Rajashekhar Choudhari, Madhavi M. R., Hanumesh Vaidya, Kerehalli Vinayaka Prasad

“…The governing nonlinear equations are simplified using low Reynolds numbers and long-wavelength approximations and are non-dimensionalized for analysis. …”
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Clinical characteristic analysis of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pituitary adverse events by Yufan ZHENG, Jingjing WANG, Qin YUAN, Fenping ZHENG

“…Pituitary irAEs primarily manifest as secondary hypoadrenocorticism, lacking specific clinical symptoms and exhibiting a low positive rate on MRI. These factors contribute to a high risk of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis, necessitating heightened clinical vigilance.…”
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Computational histology reveals that concomitant application of insect repellent with sunscreen impairs UV protection in an ex vivo human skin model by Sophie Charrasse, Titouan Poquillon, Charlotte Saint-Omer, Audrey Schunemann, Mylène Weill, Victor Racine, Abdel Aouacheria

“…Abstract Background Histological alterations such as nuclear abnormalities are sensitive biomarkers associated with diseases, tissue injury and environmental insults. While visual inspection and human interpretation of histology images are useful for initial characterization, such low-throughput procedures suffer from inherent limitations in terms of reliability, objectivity and reproducibility. …”
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Combined Treatment of Post-Thrombotic Macular Edema with Navigation Laser Coagulation and Intravitreal Administration of Angiogenesis Inhibitors by I. A. Krylova, O. L. Fabrikantov

“…The combination of navigation retinal laser coagulation and angiogenesis inhibitors in the treatment of low post-thrombotic edema (less than 390 μm) gives good results; therefore, it can be justified and advisable in real clinical practice.…”
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Occurrence and assessment of chronic pain fatigue and sleep disturbance in axial spondyloarthritis patients by Eman Abdel Ghani Sayed, Samer Samy, Faruk Ali Abdi, Anna Abou-Raya

“…Background Axial spondyloarthritis is an inflammatory arthritis with low back pain that affects the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints, with extra-articular manifestations. …”
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‘More than a pill’: a qualitative co-exploration of the things that matter in young women's stories of adherence to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa by Lynn Hendricks, Taryn Young, Robin Julies, Rizqah Dollie, Dollie Reshaan, Karin Hannes

“…Abstract Background Young women living with perinatal infections of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (YWLPHIV) in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to be challenged by social and health inequities, which can make adherence to life-long treatment difficult. …”
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