Prognostic factors in low back pain individuals undergoing steroid and anaesthetic intra-articular facet joint infiltration: a protocol for a prospective, longitudinal, cohort stud... by João Carlos Rodrigues, Arthur Werner Poetscher, Mario Lenza, Alberto Ofenhejm Gotfryd, Délio Eulálio Martins Filho, Luciano Miller Reis Rodrigues, Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia, Laercio Alberto Rosemberg, Durval do Carmo Santos Barros, Eduardo Noda Kihara Filho, Mario Ferretti, Gilbert Sung Soo Bang

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Minimally invasive biportal endoscopic spinal surgery for central canal stenosis in low-grade degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: clinical outcomes and implications: a retrospec... by Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Ho-Jin Lee, Sang Bum Kim, Sang Hyeok Lee, Sang Shin Lee, Ju-Eun Kim

“…Methods A total of 68 patients with symptomatic, low-grade DLS and moderate-to-severe central canal stenosis underwent ULBD using BESS. …”
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Effect of High Maintenance Dose Versus Low Dose of Remifentanil on Incidence of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) in Patients Under Gynecological Laparoscopic Procedure: A P... by Liu ZY, Yang XY, Lv C, Ye L, Chen JJ, Chen XY, Wang SP, Wu L, Zhang WQ, Lu M, Guo XW

“…Forty-eight-hour PONV and postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) and haemodynamic parameters and recovery quality and the concentrations of propofol TCI during the intraoperative periods were evaluated.Results: PONV incidences at 2, 6, 24, and 48 hours were 12.5%, 15%, 20% and 20% in (H group) and 25.6%, 25.6%, 25.6%, and 25.6% in (L group), but no statistical difference between groups (all P values > 0.05). …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of 48-Week Low-Dose Dienogest Administration in Patients With Dysmenorrhea Caused by Endometriosis: Protocol for a Randomized, Open-Label, Parall... by Kyoko Kikuno, Ryuta Asada, Takuma Ishihara, Yoshimasa Bomoto, Saki Murase, Yoko Ueda, Tomomi Shiga, Yoh Hayasaki, Tatsuro Furui, Satoko Matsuzaki, Masahiko Takemura, Kazutoshi Matsunami, Makoto Kubo, Naoki Ito, Masanori Isobe, Ken-ichirou Morishige

“…Among hormonal treatments, low-dose estrogen progestin preparations are not recommended for patients older than 40 years due to the increased risk of thrombotic side effects. …”
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Feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging-guided cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, and stenting in a commercial wide-bore 0.55T scanner by Aimee K. Armstrong, Yixuan Liu, John M. Kelly, Ramkumar Krishnamurthy, Jason Swinning, Yingmin Liu, Matthew Joseph, Ning Jin, Jianing Pang, Florian Maier, Axel J. Krafft, Orville Bramwell, Nathan Ooms, Jesse Roll, Joshua Krieger, David C. Gross, Lucien de Mos, Paul Borm, Orlando P. Simonetti

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Low-field (0.55T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may allow MRI-guided interventions using available catheterization equipment, as radiofrequency-induced heating of interventional devices is reduced at low field. …”
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A conceptual ethical framework to preserve natural human presence in the use of AI systems in education by Werner Alexander Isop

“…In response, this article introduces a detailed Unified Modeling Language (UML)-based ancillary framework that includes a novel set of low-level properties. Whilst not incorporated in related work, particularly the ethical behavior and visual representation of the actors are intended to improve transparency and reduce the potential for misinterpretation and misuse of AIS. …”
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Consumers’ online shopping choices and assortment forecasting by ABC analysis using eye tracking technology by N.N. Kalkova

“…The evi dence base was formed by the results of a neuromarketing experiment (30 experimental subjects) on investigating three online stores with different shelf space allocation (low, middle or high density of products). The research employs general scientific and economic-statistical methods, as well as neurophysiological methods to assess consumers’ reaction during the visual examina tion of goods on the stores’ virtual shelves. …”
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A novel digital radiography image fusion enhancement algorithm based on NSST by Guangwen Wang, Kuan Shen, Dingmei Jing, Wang Liao, Zichao Li

“…In this study, we propose an enhanced visual sensitivity fusion method based on the non-subsampled shearlet transform (NSST), leveraging the inherent characteristics of the human visual system. …”
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Task-evoked pupil responses during free-viewing of hierarchical figures in relation to autistic traits in adults by Chloe Brittenham, Antoinette Sabatino DiCriscio, Vanessa Troiani, Yirui Hu, Jennifer B. Wagner

“…Further, trajectory-based pupillary analysis revealed two trajectories, one characterized by constriction and the other dilation, and results showed that the dilation group disproportionately included low traits individuals. Findings suggest that although high and low traits groups showed similar behavioral responses, visual strategies used may differ, as indicated by pupillometry. …”
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QAAPT: an interoperable web-based open-source tool for antimicrobial resistance data analysis and visualisation by Mohammad Julhas Sujan, Sanjay Gautam, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Adam Clark, Sooyoung Kwon, Hea Sun Joh, Marianne Holm, John Stelling, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Nimesh Poudyal

“…The analysis and visualisation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data is a crucial challenge, especially in high-burden, low-middle-income countries. We describe the design, development, integration, and implementation of the Quick Analysis of Antimicrobial Patterns and Trends (QAAPT) tool for AMR data analysis and visualisation. …”
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About the global effect and the critical role of retinal eccentricity: Implications for eye movements in reading by Françoise Vitu

“…These limitations reflect physiological constraints and the dynamics of the patterns of activity in a visual saliency map. They form the basis for a low-level centre-of-gravity type account of eye guidance in natural perceptual tasks such as reading.…”
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Industrial Computed Tomography Image Denoising Network Based on Channel Attention Mechanism by Yu HE, Chengxiang WANG, Wei YU

“…To improve the quality of low signal-to-noise CT reconstructed images, this study proposes a deep learning-based denoising method. …”
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High-efficiency sparse convolution operator for event-based cameras by Sen Zhang, Fusheng Zha, Fusheng Zha, Xiangji Wang, Mantian Li, Wei Guo, Pengfei Wang, Xiaolin Li, Lining Sun

“…Event-based cameras are bio-inspired vision sensors that mimic the sparse and asynchronous activation of the animal retina, offering advantages such as low latency and low computational load in various robotic applications. …”
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The Illusion of Being Located in Dynamic Virtual Environments. Can Eye Movement Parameters Predict Spatial Presence? by Bartholomäus Wissmath, Daniel Stricker, David Weibel, Eva Siegenthaler, Fred W. Mast

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A model of feature extraction for well logging data based on graph regularized non-negative matrix factorization with optimal estimation by Kehong Yuan, Youlin Shang, Haixiang Guo, Yongsheng Dong, Zhonghua Liu

“…It is crucial to obtain key low-dimensional features and study an accurate automatic recognition algorithm under unsupervised condition. …”
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Flexographic Printed Flexible Thermochromic Stickers for Smart Sensing Applications by M. Morais, J. Figueira, M. C. Corvo, M. Peixoto, D. Oliveira, A. Gonçalves, E. Fortunato, R. Martins, E. Carlos, J. V. Pinto

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Optometrists’ perceptions of vision impairment services in public hospitals of Limpopo province by Modjadji M. Leshabane, Nishanee Rampersad, Khathutshelo P. Mashige

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Cross-country comparative analysis of climate resilience and localized mapping in data-sparse regions by Ronald Katende

“…IntroductionClimate resilience varies substantially across low-income countries (LICs), with agriculture often being the most vulnerable sector. …”
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LoRA Fusion: Enhancing Image Generation by Dooho Choi, Jeonghyeon Im, Yunsick Sung

“…Recent advancements in low-rank adaptation (LoRA) have shown its effectiveness in fine-tuning diffusion models for generating images tailored to new downstream tasks. …”
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Anxiety, fears and fear-avoidance beliefs and therapeutic outcome after lumbar microdiscectomy by Slobodan Pantelinac, Dušica Simić-Panić, Gordana Devečerski, Snežana Tomašević Todorović

“…Th e following questionnaires were used in the study: Spielberger Anxiety Inventory-State and Trait; Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (Physical activity and Work); for intensity of pain, visual analog scale and Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire. …”
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