Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System by Scott A. Weismiller, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Brandon Alderman, Carrie Esopenko, Fiona N. Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Allison Brown, Nicola L. de Souza, Jennifer F. Buckman

“…Athletes, particularly male athletes, in the high versus low contact sport group showed significantly more sway in the eyes open, soft surface and the eyes closed, hard and soft surface stances…”
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Artificial Waterbodies: A Valuable Source of eDNA for Detecting Threatened Birds by Gary Young, Benjamin L. Allen, Peter J. Murray, Elise M. Furlan

“…We validated the qPCR assay in the field by successfully detecting the target species at extremely low DNA concentrations (1 × 10−7 ng/μL; r2 = 0.992) using both active syringe and passive filtration methods across multiple farm dams and water troughs on a 20,000‐ha cattle property in northern Australia. …”
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RISK FACTORS OF DAMAGE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH IDENTIFIED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS by S. M. Tsvinger, A. V. Govorin, O. O. Portyannikova, E. N. Romanova

“…Men with higher frequency demonstrated the presence of bad habits (smoking), high levels of triglycerides and low-density lipoproteins (p=0.0001). The correlation analysis revealed that the incidence of hypertension, hypodynamia and dyslipidemia was associated with the duration of osteoarthritis, the intensity of pain according to visual analog scale and the number of affected joints.Conclusion. …”
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Do whispering minds tingle alike? Exploring the relationship between ASMR-sensitivity, trait-ASMR, and trigger preference. by Joanna M H Greer, Colin J Hamilton, Daniela Beckelhymer, Emily Thompson, Carin Perilloux

“…The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is described as a pleasant tingling sensation originating in the head and neck in response to specific audio-visual stimuli (triggers) with individuals self-classifying as ASMR-responders based on their experience of the phenomenon. …”
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Indocyanine Green Mediated Photothrombosis (IMP) with Intravitreal Bevacizumab (IVB) for Treatment of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane (CNV) due to ARMD by Anisha Seth, Bhanu Pangtey, Neha Goel, Basudeb Ghosh

“…IMP was performed with low power diode laser augmented with indocyanine green dye (ICG) and followed 24 hours later with intravitreal bevacizumab 1.25 mg/0.05ml. …”
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Green Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Malva parviflora Extract for Improving a New Nutrition Formula of a Hydroponic System by A. G. Oraibi, H. N. Yahia, K. H. Alobaidi

“…There are increasing needs for developing nontoxic, low-cost, high-yield, and eco-friendly procedures for manufacturing nanoparticles. …”
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Evaluating the combined effects of mobile computerized CBT and post-learning oscillatory modulation on self-esteem: a randomized controlled trial by Limor Shtoots, Asher Nadler, Avi Gamoran, Daniel A. Levy, Guy Doron

“…This six-month longitudinal study aimed to evaluate the synergistic effects of a computerized CBT intervention (GGSE) combined with post-training theta rhythm brain modulation on improving self-esteem in young adults with low self-esteem. Participants were randomly allocated to three groups: GGSE + theta audio–visual entrainment (AVE) with Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES), GGSE + beta AVE + CES (active control), and GGSE only (control). …”
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A multi-center, cross-sectional study on the burden of infectious keratitis in China. by Xiusheng Song, Lixin Xie, Xiaodong Tan, Zhichong Wang, Yanning Yang, Yuansheng Yuan, Yingping Deng, Shaoying Fu, Jianjiang Xu, Xuguang Sun, Xunlun Sheng, Qing Wang

“…Statistical analysis suggested that ocular trauma, alcoholic consumption, low socioeconomic levels, advanced age, and poor education were risk factors for infectious corneal blindness.…”
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Global long-run convergence of carbon emissions and intensity vis-à-vis countries' industrial profiles by Yigang Wei, Tsun Se Cheong, Michal Wojewodzki, Xunpeng Shi

“…Unlike other researchers, we employed two visual tools of the distribution dynamics approach and used a panel of 217 countries. …”
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The Effect of Borax Addition as Buffering Agent on Storage Stability of Melamine-Formaldehyde Resin in the Production of High-Pressure Laminates by Abdul Halim Muslem, Rahmi Rahmi, Midia Fujiani

“…Storage stability study of MF resin was carried out by daily visual observation and determination of daily changes in pH and viscosity. …”
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Anti-LGI1 encephalitis and co-existence of MOG-IgG: a case report and literature review by Xiaojiao Ci, Liuyu Lin, Yuqing Wu, Yifang Ma, Jie Lu

“…The majority of cases presented with encephalopathic symptoms. Visual changes were observed in a few cases with low titers of serum MOG-IgG or solely in the presence of MOG-IgG in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).ConclusionThe occurrence of anti-LGI1 encephalitis alongside MOG-IgG is a relatively rare phenomenon. …”
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Genetic Structure and Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Proteins 1 and 2 among Children below 5 Years in Delta State, Nigeria by Divine Avwerosuoghene Onobrudu, Pere-Ebi Yabrade Toloyai, Ejiro Prosper Awhin, Gabriel Otunuya Ibobo, Cyril Chukwu Dunkwu, Innocent Onyesom

“…Methods: A total of 690 participants were recruited, and P. falciparum deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted from 86 malaria-positive samples due to low parasite density. Allelic genotyping of msp1 and msp2 was evaluated based on polymerase chain reaction, electrophoresis, and visualized using ultraviolet-trans illumination gel system. …”
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Combined therapy of arterial hypertension, chronic heart failure and depressive disorders bу АСЕ inhibitor and diuretics by T. A. Dronova, D. V. Polyakov

“…Self-evaluated health was measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS).Results. Combined therapy was associated with substantial decrease in systolic, diastolic, pulse and mean BP levels in both groups. …”
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Developing regenerated rice lines by the anther culture method by N. G. Chertkova, P. I. Kostylev, N. V. Kalinina, V. Yu. Dontsova, O. V. Shumskaya

“…The purpose of the work was to study the ability of rice hybrids to form callus on artificial nutrient media and develop regenerated plants followed by a visual estimation of ploidy. Developing dihaploid homozygous lines will speed up the breeding process. …”
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Genres Hybridisation as an Author’s Strategy in “Night Film” Novel by M. Pessl by E. B. Kolomeytseva

“…Contemporary literature is built on the principles of playing, mixing high and low, and also mixing genres, therefore it requires research attention. …”
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Integrating Technology into Teaching to Foster Student Engagement and Interaction by Jarudin Wastira, Edy Tekad Bronto Waluyo

“…Thematic analysis of 1,274 coded reflections revealed that instant feedback, visual progress cues, and low-stakes collaborative tasks were perceived as the chief motivators of participation. …”
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Multi-Task Image Restoration Algorithm Under Different Weather Influence Factors by Lingwen Meng, Mingyong Xin, Junwei Zhang, Fu Zou, Qingqing Zhao

“…Specifically, the hidden information of the prompts is explored by low-rank decomposition, and the contras loss is added to prompt the prompts to converge on similar tasks. …”
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Ship crack detection method based on lightweight fast convolution and bidirectional weighted feature fusion network by Chong WANG, Yuhui ZHU

“…ObjectiveAs traditional ship crack detection methods based on artificial visual inspection and ultrasonic methods in ship repair and inspection processes have the characteristics of low efficiency, high cost and high danger, a ship crack detection method based on deep learning is proposed. …”
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Electricity-free amplification and detection for molecular point-of-care diagnosis of HIV-1. by Jered Singleton, Jennifer L Osborn, Lorraine Lillis, Kenneth Hawkins, Dylan Guelig, Will Price, Rachel Johns, Kelly Ebels, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl, Paul LaBarre

“…To address this need, we previously developed a low-cost, electricity-free heater using an exothermic reaction thermally coupled with a phase change material. …”
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Relevance of intra-hospital patient movements for the spread of healthcare-associated infections within hospitals - a mathematical modeling study. by Hannan Tahir, Luis Eduardo López-Cortés, Axel Kola, Dafna Yahav, André Karch, Hanjue Xia, Johannes Horn, Konrad Sakowski, Monika J Piotrowska, Leonard Leibovici, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Mirjam E Kretzschmar

“…Movement patterns were visualized as networks, and network centrality measures were calculated. …”
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