Filtered beauty in Oslo and Tokyo: A spatial frequency analysis of facial attractiveness. by Morten Øvervoll, Ilaria Schettino, Hikaru Suzuki, Matia Okubo, Bruno Laeng

“…Images of European female and male faces were digitally processed to generate spatial frequency (SF) filtered images containing only a narrow band of visual information within the Fourier spectrum. The original unfiltered images and four SF filtered images (low, medium-low, medium-high and high) were then paired in trials that kept constant SF band and face gender and participants made a forced-choice decision about the more attractive among the two faces. …”
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Effects of matrix viscosity on morphological and rheological properties and the electrical percolation threshold in graphene/epoxy nanocomposites by A. Alipour, T. Giffney, R. Lin, K. Jayaraman

“…The visual state of GNPs dispersion with a change in matrix viscosity was also evaluated through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and optical microscopy. …”
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URINARY EXCRETION OF WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS (C, B1, B2, AND B6) IN HEALTHY CHILDREN OF PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Svetlana G. Makarova, Oksana A. Vrzhesinskaya, Vera M. Kodentsova, Olga G. Pereverzeva, Svetlana N. Leonenko, Tatiana V. Turti, Dmitry S. Yasakov

“…Riboflavin (vitamin B2 metabolite) was determined spectrophotometrically by titration with a riboflavin-binding apoprotein; 4-pyridoxyl acid (vitamin B6 metabolite) and thiamine (vitamin B1 metabolite) — by fluorescent method, ascorbic acid (vitamin C metabolite) — by visual titration with Tillman’s reagent. The excretion considered to be low (equivalent to vitamin deficiency) when thiamine excretion was < 7, 10, 11, and 12 μg/h and riboflavin < 6, 9, 10, and 13 μg/h in children aged 3–5, 6–8, 9–11, and above 12 years, respectively; 4-pyridoxylic acid — < 40, 60, and 70 μg/h in children aged 3–5, 6–8, and ≥ 9 years, ascorbic acid — < 0.2 and 0.4 mg/h in children aged 3–11 and ≥ 12 years, respectively.Results. …”
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Bahiagrass for Florida Lawns by Laurie E. Trenholm, John L. Cisar, J. Bryan Unruh

“…Although bahiagrass does not produce a carpet-like, dense lawn like some other warm-season lawn grasses, it does provide a good, low-maintenance lawn where slightly reduced visual quality is acceptable. …”
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Lateralization of Spatial Relation Processing in Natural Scenes by Ineke J. M. van der Ham, Martine J. E. van Zandvoort, Albert Postma

“…In addition, all participants performed a low-level spatial relation processing task. The results suggest that the lateralization pattern commonly found for spatial relation processing in low-level perceptual tasks is also applicable to the processing of complex visual scenes.…”
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Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda) by Mujinya, Regan, Kalange, Muhamudu, Ochieng, Juma John, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Eze, Ejike Daniel, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Nabirumbi, Ritah, Sulaiman, Sheu Oluwadare, Kairania, Emmanuel, Echoru, Isaac, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Matama, Kevin, Asiimwe, Oscar Hilary, Nambuya, Grace, Usman, Ibe Michael, Obado, Osuwat Lawrence, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Nansunga, Miriam, Matovu, Henry, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Nganda, Ponsiano Ernest, Onanyang, David, Ekou, Justine, Musinguzi, Simon Peter, Ssimbwa, Godfrey, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Also, highly stressed individuals had higher TRT and ART and low VRT. SS had high VRT and ART and low TRT in preclinical students, demonstrating the importance of the visual cortex in stress plasticity. …”
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Not mine, it's yours: Liberal decision threshold underpins self-other memory prioritization by Ashleigh S. Vella, David K. Sewell, Timothy Ballard, Ada Kritikos

“…If so, self-relevance should counteract impaired memory for visually degraded stimuli (e.g., those presented at low contrast). …”
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Research on Finger image Enhancement Algorithm Based on Fusion Histogram Equalization and Homomorphic Filtering by ZHAO Chun li, DONG Jing wei, XU Bo, MA Xiao feng

“…In order to improve the shortcomings of the current fog algorithm, the histogram equalization algorithm and the homomorphic filtering algorithm are combined to enhance the fog image.First, the improved homomorphic filtering algorithm is used to correct the brightness of the illumination uneven image, and the nonlinear problem is linearized by the logarithmic operation. At the same time, the low frequency and high frequency components are separated, the high frequency filter is used to suppress the low frequency information, and then the histogram equalization algorithm is used to nonlinearly stretch the low frequency components of the image, and the pixel values of the image are redistributed to enhance the fog Image.Simulation used by Matlab,the comparison of visual effects and run time and information entropy shows that the improved algorithm is better than the result of the two algorithms alone.…”
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Optimizing dataset diversity for a robust deep-learning model in rice blast disease identification to enhance crop health assessment across diverse conditions by Reuben Alfred, Judith Leo, Shubi Felix Kaijage

“…In contrast, the Low-Diverse Model was trained on a less diverse dataset with significantly limited variability. …”
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Sleep, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and risk of cataract: a cross-sectional and prospective study from UK Biobank by Yu Peng, Yuzhou Zhang, Ka Wai Kam, Mary Ho, Sunny Au, Xiujuan Zhang, Mandy PH Ng, Patrick Ip, Alvin Young, Chi Pui Pang, Clement C. Tham, Li Jia Chen, Jason C. Yam

“…Significant associations were found between poor sleep (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.23–1.48), low PA (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01–1.11), and cataract. …”
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Impacts of Nitrogen Fertilization on Hybrid Bermudagrass During Deficit Irrigation by Reagan W. Hejl, Matthew M. Conley, Julia G. Farias, Desalegn D. Serba, Clinton F. Williams

“…At 0.30 × ET_a, low-rate fertilizer application also significantly improved visual quality (7.0) compared to the unfertilized control. …”
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Analysis of Flood Disaster Risks in Jiangsu Province Based on Composite Factors by LU Wanying, SHAO Tingting, ZHAN Zhongyu, HUANG Suning, SUN Xingyi

“…The comprehensive risk of flood disasters in Jiangsu Province is generally low in the north and high in the south, and the areas of flood disaster risks at different levels in Jiangsu Province in descending order are as follows: lower-risk area > low-risk area > medium-risk area > higher-risk area > high-risk area. …”
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Analysis of Flood Disaster Risks in Jiangsu Province Based on Composite Factors by LU Wanying, SHAO Tingting, ZHAN Zhongyu, HUANG Suning, SUN Xingyi

“…The comprehensive risk of flood disasters in Jiangsu Province is generally low in the north and high in the south, and the areas of flood disaster risks at different levels in Jiangsu Province in descending order are as follows: lower-risk area > low-risk area > medium-risk area > higher-risk area > high-risk area. …”
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The psychology of a glaucoma patient by L. M. Gabdrakhmanov, I. R. Gazizova, A. V. Seleznev, A. V. Kuroyedov, D. N. Lovpache, А. I. Gadzhiev

“…Damaged visual field has an even more adverse effect on the quality of life than deterioration in visual acuity,  especially when the visual field defect is localized in the lower hemisphere. …”
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Barriers to effective outpatient hypertension treatment: a view of physicians and patients by S. V. Nedogoda, A. V. Sabanov, O. I. Bychkova

“…Among patients, about 1% had a high compliance rate, 34% — moderate, 65% — low. In all groups, AHT did not significantly differ and was characterized by a low frequency of prescribing fixeddose combinations (27,1%). …”
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK IMPROVES FOCUSED ATTENTION IN ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER by E. M. Sokhadze, B. Hillard, M. Eng, A. S. El-Baz, A. Tasman, L. Sears

“…We performed analysis of relative power of Theta, Alpha, Low and High Beta, Theta/Alpha, Theta/Beta, and Theta/Low Beta and Theta/High Beta ratios. …”
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Interactive Cognitive-Motor Step Training Improves Cognitive Risk Factors of Falling in Older Adults - A Randomized Controlled Trial. by Daniel Schoene, Trinidad Valenzuela, Barbara Toson, Kim Delbaere, Connie Severino, Jaime Garcia, Thomas A Davies, Frances Russell, Stuart T Smith, Stephen R Lord

“…Compared to high adherers, low adherers improved more in processing speed and visual scanning while high-adherers improved more in tasks related to EF.…”
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Magneto‐Electroluminescence Responses Mediated by Magneto‐Conductance in Polymer and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence‐Emitter‐Based Light‐Emitting Diodes by Anas Mujahid, Yulin Lin, Chih‐Ting Li, Wei‐Cheng Liu, Yi‐Ting Lee, Tzung‐Fang Guo

“…A negative curve feature in the MEL response of TADF‐based LEDs is visualized under the electric bias in a low magnetic field regime. …”
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Dual-Branch Luminance–Chrominance Attention Network for Hydraulic Concrete Image Enhancement by Zhangjun Peng, Li Li, Chuanhao Chang, Rong Tang, Guoqiang Zheng, Mingfei Wan, Juanping Jiang, Shuai Zhou, Zhenggang Tian, Zhigui Liu

“…Extensive experiments conducted on both LOLv1 and LLHCID benchmarks demonstrate that the proposed method significantly enhances the visual interpretability of hydraulic concrete surfaces while effectively addressing low-light degradation challenges.…”
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Angiogenesis related gene signatures predict prognosis and guide therapeutic strategies in renal clear cell carcinoma by Yuhe Zhou, Weixiong Ma, Hengda Hu, Qirui He, Chengshuai Yu, Wenpu Chen, Guofeng Yu

“…The KIRC prognostic prediction model, which is based on five angiogenesis-related genes, demonstrated reliable performance, indicating that high-risk patients have a significantly poorer prognosis than low-risk patients do. The developed nomogram model effectively visualizes and accurately predicts patient prognosis. …”
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