You Will Recognize Her… About the Transformations of the Female Body in Cinema by Regina V. Penner

“…The purpose of the article is to identify how cinematic images of the female body serve as a means of conveying cultural and social meanings, as well as to expose the illusory nature of ideas about the female body often created by screen culture. The study applies methods of socio-philosophical, cultural and feminist analysis, as well as the theory of visual media. …”
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Agile DQN: adaptive deep recurrent attention reinforcement learning for autonomous UAV obstacle avoidance by Fadi AlMahamid, Katarina Grolinger

“…Experimental results demonstrate AG-DQN’s improved performance over existing DRL methods, highlighting its potential in advancing autonomous UAV navigation and robotics.…”
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Effects Of Smokers’ Recent Cessation Failure on Their Responses to Threat Appeals in Anti-Smoking Ads by Jungsuk Kang, Carolyn A. Lin, Deya Roy

“…This study aims to investigate the effects of smokers’ recent cessation failure on their responses to smoking-related threat appeals in anti-smoking ads. Methods: This study conducted a 2 (strong vs. weak verbal threat appeal) x 2 (strong vs. weak visual threat appeal) pretest-posttest experiment online with a smoker segment (Korean male smokers in their 30’s) who had the highest rate of attempted smoking cessation across all gender and age groups in Korea. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of the SOLIO Alfa Cure Plus device in treating low back pain: a randomized controlled study by Hadari Yotam, Pesah Galia, Goor-Aryeh Itay, Ungar Lior

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Transcutaneous Temperature-controlled Radiofrequency for Vaginal Rejuvenation by Smit Bharat Solanki, Vineet Mishra, Nita Mishra, Sejal Ajmera Desai, Red Alinsod

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AASNet: A Novel Image Instance Segmentation Framework for Fine-Grained Fish Recognition via Linear Correlation Attention and Dynamic Adaptive Focal Loss by Jianlei Kong, Shunong Tang, Jiameng Feng, Lipo Mo, Xuebo Jin

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Transformer attention fusion for fine grained medical image classification by Danyal Badar, Junaid Abbas, Raed Alsini, Tahir Abbas, Wang ChengLiang, Ali Daud

“…The presented research demonstrates how fine-grained visual classification methods benefit detecting and treating DR during its early stages.…”
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Optimization of the root canals preparation in accordance with their anatomy

“…Extracted tooth was treated by the procedure, which can make it transparent. The proposed method of visualization of the root canals of teeth makes possible a detailed analysis of the anatomy of the root canal, while maintaining its anatomical shape and size, which is important in the learning process.…”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Intravitreal Brolucizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema After Vitrectomy: A Before-and-After Study at a Specialized Center in Japan by Saito K, Akiyama H

“…Outcomes assessed over 1 year included best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central subfield retinal thickness (CST), and the number of IVBr injections administered. …”
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Assessment of cataract surgery outcomes at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia by Amare Atoma Gelalcha, Sisay Bekele, Dagmawit Kifle, Wolela Mulatu, Edosa Kejela Keno, Wondu Reta Demissie

“…BackgroundGlobally, cataract is the leading cause of blindness accounting for 51% and affecting approximately 39 million people. Visual rehabilitation is achieved through sight-restoring surgery.ObjectivesThe study aimed to assess the outcomes of cataract surgery that were performed by senior ophthalmologists and residents at Jimma Medical Center (JMC), Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia.MethodsAn institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 341 patients who underwent cataract surgery. …”
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Outcomes of mini-monovision with monofocal, enhanced monofocal and extended depth-of-focus intraocular lenses by Issac Levy, Issac Levy, Issac Levy, Rachana Prashant Shah, Ritika Mukhija, Mayank A. Nanavaty, Mayank A. Nanavaty

“…This systemic review aims to evaluate the clinical outcomes of pseudophakic mini-monovision with three types of intraocular lenses (IOLs): monofocal, enhanced monofocal, and extended depth of focus (EDOF).MethodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted using PubMed and MEDLINE to identify studies reporting mini-monovision outcomes within the three categories of IOLs up to July 2024. …”
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Estructura interna de la coordinación motriz de los movimientos de pies en ataque del baloncesto (Internal structure of the motor coordination of foot movements in attack of baske... by Noel Mejia, Bergelino Zaldívar Pérez

“…Under the qualitative approach and the phenomenological paradigm; The theoretical methods of analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction were applied together to the content analysis and the triangulation of theories related to motor coordination, coordinative capacities and antecedent studies. …”
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Preoperative MR - based model for predicting prognosis in patients with intracranial extraventricular ependymoma by Liyan Li, Xueying Wang, Zeming Tan, Yipu Mao, Deyou Huang, Xiaoping Yi, Muliang Jiang, Bihong T. Chen

“…Objectives: To develop and validate a prediction model based on brain MRI features to predict disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) for patients with intracranial extraventricular ependymoma (IEE). Methods: The study included 114 patients with pathology-proven IEE, of whom 80 were randomly assigned to a training group and 34 to a validation group. …”
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Prognostic Value of the Goutallier Scale for Paravertebral Muscle Atrophy in Predicting Disability and Pain Outcomes in Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Longitudinal Cohort S... by Giuseppe Corazzelli, Sergio Corvino, Chiara Di Domenico, Federico Russo, Vincenzo Meglio, Settimio Leonetti, Valentina Pizzuti, Marco Santilli, Alessandro D’Elia, Francesco Ricciardi, Sergio Paolini, Raffaele de Falco, Oreste de Divitiis, Vincenzo Esposito, Gualtiero Innocenzi

“…The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain were collected preoperatively and at follow-up. …”
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Global research trends in Chinese medicine for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A bibliometric study by Kangjie li, Jie Wang, Ming Dang, Runxin Ren, Maomao Fu, Jing Wang, Qiao Zhang, Chongbo Zhao

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Motion feature extraction using magnocellular-inspired spiking neural networks for drone detection by Jiayi Zheng, Jiayi Zheng, Yaping Wan, Xin Yang, Hua Zhong, Minghua Du, Gang Wang, Gang Wang

“…To design and train the MG-SNN, we propose a new backpropagation method called Dynamic Threshold Multi-frame Spike Time Sequence (DT-MSTS), and establish a dataset for the training and validation of MG-SNN, effectively extracting and updating visual motion features. …”
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Intelligent voice assistant as an example of inclusive design methodology implementation by A. A. Zakharov, I. G. Zakharova, A. M. Shabalin, Sh. I. Khanbekov, D. B. Dzhalilzoda

“…The development of artificial intelligence methods and technologies aimed at speech recognition contributes to the creation of specialised programmes – namely voice assistants – which are capable of conducting a dialogue in natural language. …”
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A Metaphorical Approach to Developing Behavior Within the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic by Ceren Yegen, Arthur Berger

“…In the analysis, thesemiotic analysis method was used. According to the analysis, it is seen that the examined visuals are quiteremarkable often calling for protection from the new Coronavirus through euphemism and often usingmetaphors. …”
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Real-Time Coordinate Estimation for SCARA Robots in PCB Repair Using Vision and Laser Triangulation by Nuwan Sanjeewa, Vimukthi Madushan Wathudura, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Kasun Subasinghage, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe

“…The proposed system integrates Image-Based Visual Servoing (IBVS) for precise X and Y coordinate estimation and a simplified laser triangulation method for Z-axis depth estimation. …”
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The effect of enhanced recovery after surgery combined with fine surgical nursing on rehabilitation after lung cancer surgery by Jiali Dong, Xiaoling Zhu

“… Objective: To analyse the enhanced recovery after surgery approach combined with fine surgical nursing on recovery time, pain, sleep quality and satisfaction with care after lung cancer surgery. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Nanjing Chest Hospital, China, from October 2019 to March 2022, and comprised non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. …”
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