The knight’s fall: personification of Pride in Southern French hagiography and iconography of the 11th — early 12th centuries by Vera Yarnykh

“…The metaphor of Pride brought low literally visualized as the fall of a proud she-warrior from her steed resonates in the literature of the 11th–12th century. …”
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Presentation of Body Sway Sensation Considering the Distinction Between Self-Motion and Environmental Motion Induced by Alternating Vibrations to Antagonistic Tendons in the Ankles by Eifu Narita, Keigo Ushiyama, Izumi Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Kajimoto

“…In Experiment 3, we presented visual stimuli of sway with various phase delays and assessed whether the match between the visual stimuli and the vibration-induced sway illusion changed. …”
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Cornea eye care coverage based on geographic distribution and population demographics in the United States by Riya H. Patel, David Mothy, Hassaam S. Choudhry, Aliya Grinberg, Jayant Bhasin, Mohammad H. Dastjerdi

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Positive rate and influencing factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among school children aged 9 to 18 years in Xiamen, China by Zhongrui Peng, Yuanchao Li, Hong Yang, Yanfang Jiang, Yuqing Li, Mengyang Gao, Yangjingling Hua, Guimei Liu, Manqi Zhou, Tianmu Chen, Huarong Hong, Lei Li

“…Scoliosis screening was performed through visual inspection of clinical signs, Adams forward bending test, and measurement of trunk rotation angles using a scoliometer. …”
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Myasthenia Gravis and Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis by Elli-Sophia Tripodaki, Sotirios Kakavas, Ioanna Skrapari, Dimitrios Michas, Giorgios Katsikas, Charikleia Kouvidou, Theodoros Gounaris, Euaggelia Sioula

“…Patient’s concurrent symptoms of blepharoptosis, dysphagia, and proximal muscle weakness were strongly suggestive of myasthenia gravis. The persistent low-grade fever and elevated inflammatory markers in combination with the visual deterioration that developed also raised the suspicion of GCA. …”
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Mineralogical and geochemical peculiarities and gold content of pyrite and arsenopyrite of the Southern Ashaly gold deposit (East Kazakhstan) by Greku E. D., Kalinin Yu. A., Serdyukov A. N., Naumov E. A., Borovikov A. A., Ragozin A. L., Gladkov A. S.

“…The article provides a brief geological description of the Southern Ashaly mineral deposit within which ores of the gold-sulfide and gold-low-sulfide-quartz types were recognized. Two ore mineralization phases were established, that incorporate four stages, the pyrite, pyrite-arsenopyrite, sulfide, and polymetallic ones. …”
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Lightweight Super-Resolution Techniques in Medical Imaging: Bridging Quality and Computational Efficiency by Akmalbek Abdusalomov, Sanjar Mirzakhalilov, Zaripova Dilnoza, Kudratjon Zohirov, Rashid Nasimov, Sabina Umirzakova, Young-Im Cho

“…Single image super-resolution (SISR) techniques offer a solution by reconstructing high-resolution (HR) images from low-resolution (LR) counterparts, enhancing the visual quality of medical images. …”
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Genome-wide association study identified novel loci and gene-environment interaction for refractive error in children by Yuyao Wang, Yuzhou Zhang, Haoyu Chen, Xiu Juan Zhang, Riping Zhang, Tsz Kin Ng, Jenson A. Tham, Ka Wai Kam, Pancy O. S. Tam, Alvin L. Young, Yingying Wei, Mingzhi Zhang, Chi Pui Pang, Clement C. Tham, Jason C. Yam, Li Jia Chen

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Portable DNA extraction integrated with LAMP-CRISPR/Cas12a technology for on-site detection of Salmonella Typhimurium by Liang Zhang, Mengfan Zhang, Xingxing Liu, Jia Wei, Caihong Yin, Nan Wang, Beibei Fan, Yanli Fu, Yanwen Liu, Liangyun Bu, Zhenyue Su, Bo Pang, Jinhua Li, Xiuling Song

“…Our method exhibited potential to better control and respond to outbreaks of foodborne diseases, especially in low-resource settings.…”
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Optical, Spectroscopic, and Doppler Evaluation of “Normal” and “Abnormal” Reflexology Areas in Lumbar Vertebral Pathology: A Case Study by Krishna Dalal, D. Elanchezhiyan, V. B. Maran, Raunak Kumar Das, Piyush Kumar, S. P. Singh, C. Murali Krishna, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee

“…The present paper reports the differential properties of “normal” and “abnormal” reflexology areas related to the lumbar vertebrae in a subject suffering from low back pain. The pathology is supported by radiological evidence. …”
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Yellow Tainting of Flesh in Pangasius (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus): Origin of the Color and Procedures for Removal by Seikh Razibul Islam, Mohammad Mahfujul Haque, Muhammad Abdur Razzak, Louise Schlüter, Emranul Ahsan, Raju Podduturi, Niels O. G. Jørgensen

“…Our study demonstrates that pangasius with white flesh can be produced in Bangladesh by combining feeds low in pigments with frequent water exchange.…”
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Solvent-Free Lipase-Catalysed Esterification of Potato Maltodextrins by Magdalena Rudlicka, Arkadiusz Zarski, Marta Pokora-Carzynska, Janusz Kapusniak

“…Oil-in-water emulsions were prepared on the basis of the obtained esters, which were then visually assessed. The lowest creaming index (0.0%) was obtained for the emulsion prepared from low-saccharified maltodextrin ester with DS = 0.038.…”
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Pixel Interaction Model for Contrast Enhancement: Bridging Social Science and Image Processing by Beatriz A. Rivera-Aguilar, Erik Cuevas, Alberto Luque-Chang, Jesús López, Marco Pérez-Cisneros

“…Image contrast enhancement is an essential process that improves the visibility of many features that may remain hidden due to low-contrast conditions arising from environmental causes, limitations of the device, or the wrong setting of the camera. …”
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A study of YOLO architectures for wildfire and smoke detection in ground and aerial imagery by Leo Thomas Ramos, Edmundo Casas, Cristian Romero, Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, Eduardo Bendek

“…Notably, YOLOv10 and YOLOv11 surpassed YOLOv8 in certain cases, particularly in reducing false detections under partial occlusions or visual elements resembling smoke. However, all architectures struggled in low-visibility conditions, such as detecting faint smoke at night.…”
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AAV-mediated gene therapies for glaucoma and uveitis: are we there yet? by Brenda Castro, Jason C. Steel, Christopher J. Layton

“…Furthermore, the lack of symptoms in the early stages of glaucoma and the diverse aetiology of uveitis hinder timely and accurate diagnoses, which are a cause of poor visual outcomes under both conditions. Although current treatment is effective in most cases, it is often associated with low patient adherence and adverse events, which directly impact the overall therapeutic success. …”
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From image to insight: leveraging imaging to empower patients with inflammatory arthropathies by Chiara Conte, Chiara Conte, Anna Menegolo, Anna Menegolo, Ludovico De Stefano, Ludovico De Stefano, Serena Bugatti, Serena Bugatti, Garifallia Sakellariou, Garifallia Sakellariou

“…Barriers to adherence often arise from low health literacy and entrenched beliefs about illness and medications. …”
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Preservation and maintenance of wood-based structures of historic buildings: A systematic literature review on structural recovery techniques by Pedro Ignácio Lima Gadêlha Jardim, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo, Victor Almeida de Araújo, Tulio Hallak Panzera, André Luis Christoforo

“…The results show that: reinforcements with fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), even at low ratios, consistently improved load capacity and stiffness; steel-based reinforcements showed higher variability in performance; visual inspection remains the most common diagnostic method, despite its limitations; replacement of original elements is sometimes inevitable, but strategies that preserve visual and material continuity are preferred.…”
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In silico test of brotowali (Tinospora crispa) as potential anticancer agent targeting mTOR on colorectal cancer by Hanik Isnaini, Adinda Amalia Agustin RJ, Washeilatus Sholehah, Nida Sudarlina, Safina Oktafia, Luluk Ayu Khodariyah, Siwi Putri Mumpuni

“…The method used is to explore active compounds through the KnapSack web and 3D protein structures on NCBI, docking validation using PyMol, tethering compounds N-acetylnornuciferine, N-formylanonaine, N-trans-coumaroyltyramine, and Tyramine to the target ligand using Pyrx and then visualized using BIOVIA Discovery Studio Visualizer. …”
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Phenological growth stages of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.): An extended BBCH scale by Samantha Jo Grimes, Clemens Baier, Jens Hartung, Carl Friedrich Horst Longin, Simone Graeff-Hönninger

“…Developmental stages were determined by visual assessment of three defined plants per plot, in parallel with the overall visual assessment of the stand. …”
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SymSwin: Multi-Scale-Aware Super-Resolution of Remote Sensing Images Based on Swin Transformers by Dian Jiao, Nan Su, Yiming Yan, Ying Liang, Shou Feng, Chunhui Zhao, Guangjun He

“…Despite the successful applications of the remote sensing image in agriculture, meteorology, and geography, its relatively low spatial resolution is hindering the further applications. …”
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