Development of a Low-Intensity Light Imaging Probe for Childbirth Cervical Dilation Image Acquisition by Temitope O. Takpor, Aderemi A. Atayero, Emmanuel Adetiba, Joke A. Badejo

“…The method involves a doctor or midwife wearing sterilized gloves and inserting his or her fingers through the vagina to manually assess cervical dilation and mentally visualize it. Hence, in this research, a prototype of a novel low-intensity light imaging probe was developed to acquire images of cervical dilation simulation models for further processing and analysis. …”
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A multicenter study on rates and risk factors of proliferative vitreoretinopathy in a low-income economy. by Ogugua Ndubuisi Okonkwo, Martha-Mary Udoh, Olukorede Adenuga, Wilson Ovienria, Affiong Ibanga, Dennis Nkanga, Idris Oyekunle, Toyin Akanbi, Chineze Agweye

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Underground personnel recognition based on low-light enhancement of infrared and visible light image fusion by NAN Jingjing, PAN Hongguang, JIANG Ze, ZHANG Libin, ZHANG Huipeng

“…In underground environments, there is low light, and personnel features are not clearly visible. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram model for predicting low muscle mass in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Rongrong Tian, Liyang Chang, Ying Zhang, Hongmei Zhang

“…We aimed to develop and validate a nomogram model for predicting low muscle mass in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD).Methods A total of 346 patients undergoing HD were enrolled and randomly divided into a 70% training set and a 30% validation set. …”
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Low background fluorescence 3D-printed micro-lens for imaging of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques by Rouyan Chen, Florian Rothermel, Robert Fitridge, Christina A. Bursill, Peter J. Psaltis, Harald Giessen, Alois Herkommer, Robert A. McLaughlin, Andrea Toulouse, Jiawen Li

“…While current intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) is capable of visualizing structural characteristics of plaques, such as the fibrous cap thickness, it has limitations in reliably identifying vulnerable plaques. …”
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The Relationship Between Lower Limb Biomechanics and Muscle Strength With Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Kotryna Žaltauskaitė, Vilma Juodžbalienė

“…The rising incidence of low back pain (LBP) poses a challenge in terms of pain-related healthcare costs and reduced work capacity. …”
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Standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography does not improve EEG Alzheimer's disease assessment by Wolfgang Frühwirt, Martin Mairhofer, Andreas Hahn, Heinrich Garn, Markus Waser, Reinhold Schmidt, Thomas Benke, Peter Dal-Bianco, Gerhard Ransmayr, Dieter Grossegger, Stephen Roberts, Georg Dorffner

“…To address EEG's major drawback – its low spatial resolution – many studies have employed 3D source localization. …”
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Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Berbasis SAVI (Somatis, Auditori, Visual, Intelektual) dalam Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar pada Peserta Didik by Koderi Koderi

“… Abstract: This research is focused on  to cope with the problems commonly encountered by students in learning Arabic including low retention, low motivation, lack of skills and unsatisfactory learning achievement due to insufficient learning facilities and variations.  …”
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Assessment of urbanization‐related groundwater flooding process via Visual MODFLOW modeling: A case study for the northern part of Almaty city, Kazakhstan by Vladimir Mirlas, Altynay Zhakyp, Yergali Auelkhan, Yaakov Anker

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Barriers to cataract surgeries as perceived by visually impaired 50 years and older cataract blind participants of Nepal survey for rapid assessment of avoidable blindness. by Ranjan Shah, Sailesh Kumar Mishra, Rajiv Khandekar, Parikshit Gogate, Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota, Reeta Gurung, Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Islay Mactaggart, Ian McCormick, Brish Bahadur Shahi, Matthew Burton

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>To improve cataract surgery uptake, identified barriers, like lack of awareness, low visual need, and high cost must be addressed. …”
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A nested case-control analysis of factors influencing preoperative hospitalization fear in pediatric patients and the alleviating effects of child-friendly visual interventions by Liuxia Bian, Tingting Zhang, Yushan Wu, Xiaomin Shan

“…Participants met specific inclusion criteria and We defined cases as those with a Child Medical Fear Scale (CMFS) score > 30 (High Fear Group) and controls as those with CMFS ≤ 30 (Low Fear Group). Further stratification was based on hospitalization in conventional wards a conventional environment versus specially designed wards featuring “child-friendly visual intervention strategies” (e.g., cartoon themes, interactive toys, multimedia TVs). …”
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EuroQoL-Visual Analog Scale as a Tool for Assessing Health Status in Breast Cancer Patients: A Cross-sectional Study by Richha Prabhakar, Rajat Prabhakar, Dharmapuri R. Rao

“…This study utilizes the EuroQoL-Visual Analog Scale (EQ-VAS) to systematically evaluate the health status and quality of life in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. …”
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Visual performance, light distortion and patient reported outcomes with a new bi-aspheric non-diffractive extended depth of focus intraocular lens by Santiago Tañá-Sanz, Pedro Tañá-Sanz, Belén Elvira-Giner, Paz Orts-Vila, Pedro Tañá-Rivero

“…The main outcomes assessed were refractive error, monocular and binocular visual acuities at distance, intermediate (67 cm) and near (40 cm), low contrast visual acuity, defocus curves, contrast sensitivity, and patient questionnaires.ResultsThe average postoperative spherical equivalent was −0.31 ± 0.30 D. …”
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Parallel and Visual Detections of ASFV by CRISPR-Cas12a and CRISPR-Cas13a Systems Targeting the Viral S273R Gene by Hongjian Han, Desheng Zhang, Weilin Hao, Anjing Liu, Nengwen Xia, Meng Cui, Jia Luo, Sen Jiang, Wanglong Zheng, Nanhua Chen, Jinguo Gu, Jianfa Bai, Jianzhong Zhu

“…Previously, we established the CRISPR-LbCas12a and LwCRSIRP-Cas13a visual detections of ASFV, separately, targeting the structural p17 gene D117L. …”
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Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy by Hui Deng, Kejie Fu, Binglin Yu, Huimin Li, Rui Duan, Yichuan Deng, Jia-rui Lin

“…These algorithms primarily rely on low-level visual features and struggle to capture high-order semantic information, leading to a gap between computer-generated image semantics and human interpretation. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment among preschool children in selected kindergarten schools in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia,2023 cross-sectional study by Kirubel Asmelash, Hanna Gebre, Girum W. Gebriel Gesese, Yordanos Girma, Hiwot Berhanu Andualem

“…The prevalence rates of low vision and blindness in Ethiopia are 3.7% and 1.6%, respectively. …”
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Utilization-Focused Evaluation in State-Funded Preschool Decision-Making: Community-Engaged Design, Process, and Implementation by Jamie Wu, Hope Akaeze, Teresa Herbowicz, Laurie Van Egeren

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HSNMF enables accurate and effective analysis for the college students' psychological health education data and student life data by Yuanyuan Ma, Yuanyuan Ma, Lifang Liu

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Capillary‐Driven Backflow During Salt Precipitation in a Rough Fracture by Xu‐Sheng Chen, Ran Hu, Chen‐Xing Zhou, Yang Xiao, Zhibing Yang, Yi‐Feng Chen

“…We further show that the impact of capillary‐driven backflow is significant at low flow rates and is gradually suppressed as the flow rate increases. …”
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Effects of repeated low-level red-light therapy on macular retinal thickness and microvascular system in children with myopia by Linlin Liu, Yuchuan Wang, Fang Liu, Xinghui Yu, Lianfeng Xie, Shuxiang Tan, Jing Liu, Yanfang Liu, Jiaxing Huang, Shuang Zhang, Yiping Jiang

“…At baseline and therapy for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, all children underwent comprehensive ophthalmological examinations, including slit-lamp examination, uncorrected visual acuity, best-corrected visual acuity, spherical equivalent degree, axial length, and OCTA. …”
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