Outcomes of Idiopathic Full-Thickness Macular Hole Surgery: Comparing Two Different ILM Peeling Sizes by Alireza Khodabande, Alireza Mahmoudi, Hooshang Faghihi, Fatemeh Bazvand, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani

“…Methods. In this single-center prospective study, patients with idiopathic FTMH underwent standard pars plana vitrectomy with two different extents of ILM peeling: 2-disc diameters (DD) or 4 DD. …”
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Information support for monitoring post-vaccination immunity against plague by O. M. Kudryavtseva, V. A. Kozhevnikov, Yu. I. Yashechkin, S. A. Bugorkova

“…The database was created on the Microsoft Access 8.0 platform, an interactive software development environment for Visual Basic 6.0 with VB (Visual Basic) and / or SQL (structured query language) queries. …”
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Disease Phenotypes in Refractory Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes Identified by Unsupervised Machine Learning by Thomas Hügle, Tiffany Prétat, Marc Suter, Chris Lovejoy, Pedro Ming Azevedo

“…Methods Data were collected during a multimodal pain program involving 202 patients. …”
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THEALOZ EYE DROPS INSTILLATION FOR PATIENTS AFTER LASER IN-SITU KERATOMILEUSIS by I. V. Bogush, K. B. Burilov, G. V. Bratko, V. V. Chernykh

“…Material and methods. 30 people aged 18-51 years (average age 28 years) undergoing laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery (LASIK) were observed. …”
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An explainable deep learning model for diabetic foot ulcer classification using swin transformer and efficient multi-scale attention-driven network by R. Karthik, Armaano Ajay, Anshika Jhalani, Kruthik Ballari, Suganthi K

“…To address this challenge, Deep Learning (DL) methods offer an efficient and automated approach to facilitate timely treatment and improve patient outcomes. …”
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Empathic Traits Modulate Oscillatory Dynamics Revealed by Time–Frequency Analysis During Body Language Reading by Alice Mado Proverbio, Pasquale Scognamiglio

“…<b>Objectives</b>: The aim of this study was to investigate how individual differences in trait empathy are reflected in oscillatory brain activity during the perception of non-verbal social cues. <b>Methods</b>: In this EEG study involving 30 participants, we examined spectral and time–frequency dynamics associated with trait empathy during a visual task requiring the interpretation of others’ body gestures. …”
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Effectiveness of duloxetine on severity of pain and quality of life in chronic low back pain in patients who had posterior spinal fixation by Arezoo Samadi, Razieh Salehian, Danial Kiani, Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei

“…Background: In this study, we want to search the effectiveness of Duloxetine on the severity of pain and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain who had posterior spinal fixation. Methods: In this randomized, placebo-controlled trial done in 6 months 50 patients who had CLBP and were candidates for PSF surgery selected and divided into two groups (drug and placebo). …”
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Prescription practices, experiences, and perspectives on the usage of hydroxychloroquine among rheumatologists and other specialists by R Naveen, Alka Verma, Hussain Ahmed Raza, K G Chengappa, G S K R Naidu, Supriya Sharma, Ashish Goel, Durga Prasanna Misra, Aman Sharma, Latika Gupta, Vikas Agarwal

“…We aimed to understand the practice, perceptions, and experience of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) with HCQ use for COVID-19 and other indications. Methods: A validated e-survey with 30 questions was circulated among rheumatologists and other specialists using SurveyMonkey. …”
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Analysis of Influencing Factors and Construction of Nomogram of School Bullying Suffered by Middle School Students in Beijing in 2022 by Gao R, Zhao H, Luo H, Kuang H, E B, Guo X

“…Previous studies lacked data on bullying of middle school students in Beijing and rarely visualized the risks of bullying. This study investigated the situation and related risk factors of school bullying of middle school students in Beijing in 2022 and established a Nomogram prediction model to visualize the risk of school bullying for its prevention.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional survey conducted from September 2022 to November 2022 to investigate the bullying situation and related risk factors of the 17729 middle school students in 16 districts of Beijing. …”
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Scleral melting following scleral sutured intraocular lens using a polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex®) suture by Hatem Kalantan, Abdulrahman Albuainain, Wael Otaif, Abdullah M. Alfawaz, Mohammed M. Abusayf, Abdulrahman F. AlBloushi

“…Abstract Purpose To report a case of scleral melting following implantation of a Gore-Tex®-sutured scleral-fixated intraocular lens (SFIOL). Methods Single-case report. Results A 39-year-old man with a history of blunt trauma and crystalline lens subluxation presented with a 3-week history of left-eye pain, redness, and foreign-body sensation. …”
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Bowman layer onlay transplantation in the management of epithelial-stromal dystrophies of Reis — Bücklers and Thiel — Behnke by O. G. Oganesyan, P. M. Ashikova, A. V. Ivanova, K. B. Letnikova, P. V. Makarov

“…Purpose of the work: to evaluate the effectiveness of Bowman’s layer transplantation in the complex treatment of Reis — Bücklers and Thiel — Behnke dystrophies. Material and methods. The study is pilot, limited, prospective, monocentric. …”
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Surgical outcomes of phacoemulsification with different fluidics systems (centurion with active sentry vs. centurion gravity) in cataract patients with eye axial length above 26 mm... by Yinan Liu, Xiaoyong Chen

“…Intraoperative parameters, visual acuity, parafoveal macular vessel density and macular thickness were analyzed.ResultsWe observed no significant differences in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), macular thickness, cumulative dissipated energy (CDE), total case time, as well as ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) usage between the two groups. …”
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Synergy-CLIP: Extending CLIP With Multi-Modal Integration for Robust Representation Learning by Sangyeon Cho, Jangyeong Jeon, Mingi Kim, Junyeong Kim

“…In this study, we propose Synergy-CLIP, a novel framework that extends the contrastive language-image pre-training (CLIP) architecture to enhance multi-modal representation learning by integrating visual, textual, and audio modalities. Unlike existing methods that focus on adapting individual modalities to vanilla-CLIP, Synergy-CLIP aligns and captures latent information across three modalities equally. …”
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE DESIGNERS: MIDJOURNEY TOOLS by Ivan M. Tsidylo, Chele Esteve Sendra

“…Such a situation prompts the selection of methods and means for developing the ability to carry out a qualitative verbal description of images and the surrounding reality in order to popularize the possibility of using artificial intelligence technologies in the process of training future designers. …”
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Effects of Residual Anterior Lens Epithelial Cell Removal on Axial Position of Intraocular Lens after Cataract Surgery by Seung Pil Bang, Young-Sik Yoo, Jong Hwa Jun, Choun-Ki Joo

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Self-relevant disgust and self-harm urges in patients with borderline personality disorder and depression: a pilot study with a newly designed psychological challenge. by Sawsan Abdul-Hamid, Chess Denman, Robert B Dudas

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>By using a new task (Self-relevant Task; SRT), to explore emotions related to one's own person (PERSON task) and body (BODY task), to study the correlations of these emotions, specifically disgust, with self-harm urge level changes, and to test the task's potential to be developed into an experimental model of self-harming for treatment trials.<h4>Methods</h4>17 BPD patients, 27 major depressive disorder (MDD) patients, and 25 healthy volunteers performed the SRT. …”
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AI depictions of psychiatric diagnoses: a preliminary study of generative image outputs in Midjourney V.6 and DALL-E 3 by John Torous, Ellen Wagner, Matthew Flathers, Griffin Smith, Carl Erik Fisher

“…We offer key lessons derived from these representations to inform clinicians, researchers, generative AI companies, policymakers and the public about the potential impacts of AI-generated imagery on mental health discourse.Methods We prompted two generative AI image models, Midjourney V.6 and DALL-E 3 with isolated diagnostic terms for common mental health conditions. …”
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Indications and Outcomes of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation by Alime Güneş, Levent Tök, Özlem Tök

“…Objectives: To investigate the indications and outcomes of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT). Materials and Methods: A total of 87 eyes who underwent amnion membrane transplantation in our clinic between February 2010 and April 2013 were included in this study. …”
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Steroid-induced cataract and glaucoma in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome by Lee Ryan N. Olonan, MD, Catherine Anne G. Pangilinan, MD, Mario M. Yatco, MD

“…Objective: This study investigated ocular complications, such as cataract and glaucoma, arising from prolonged corticosteroid therapy in children. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome was conducted in a tertiary hospital. …”
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Choroidal Vascularity Index among Filipinos with Non-Neovascular and Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration using Binarization of Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tom... by Minerva R. Paris, MD, DPBO, Carlo S. Ladores, MD, DPBO, Michael F. Fernandez, MD, DPBO

“…Objective: This study compared the choroidal vascularity indices (CVI) among eyes with neovascular, nonneovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and healthy controls. Methods: Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) with enhanced depth imaging (EDI) from 52 eyes of 33 subjects were analyzed and designated into 3 groups: control, non-neovascular AMD, and neovascular AMD. …”
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