The association between sensory impairment and motoric cognitive risk syndrome in Chinese older adults by LI Qi, ZHANG Weibo, JIA Feifei, JIA Cunxian

“…Objective To explore the relationship between sensory impairment and motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) in Chinese older adults. Methods Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for the period 2011-2015 were utilized. …”
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Executive dysfunction in affective disorders: differences in bipolar affective disorder and depressive episode by S. A. Galkin, S. N. Vasilieva, G. G. Simutkin, S. A. Ivanova

“…To identify the differences in executive function (inhibitory control, working memory, cognitive flexibility) between patients with bipolar affective disorder and depressive episode.Materials and methods. A total of 72 patients with affective disorders aged 20–40 years were examined. …”
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Pathogenetic links between cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension and anatomical and functional characteristics of hippocampal morphology and blood supply (a literature revi... by A. O. Svitlytskyi, I. F. Bielenichev, O. V. Hancheva, T. A. Hrekova

“…To update the study on morphological changes in the hippocampal structure and blood supply in conditions of persistent arterial hypertension with a focus on the cognitive sphere state. Materials and methods. The authors independently searched and selected scientific literature for a systematic review in the PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane databases using the following keywords “arterial hypertension”, “cognitive functions”, “morphological and functional state of the hippocampus” in full-text articles in English and Ukrainian based on the study results with a level of evidence I–III. …”
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Fast and sensitive multivalent spatial pattern-recognition for circular RNA detection by Zhixin Zhou, Bing Han, Yu Wang, Nina Lin, Zhongqiu Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Ying Bai, Ling Shen, Yanfei Shen, Yuanjian Zhang, Honghong Yao

“…Nevertheless, challenges arise from the low concentration and distinctive structural features of circRNAs, rendering existing methods operationally intricate and less sensitive. …”
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Artificially intelligent nasal perception for rapid sepsis diagnostics by Joonchul Shin, Gwang Su Kim, Seongmin Ha, Taehee Yoon, Junwoo Lee, Taehoon Lee, Woong Heo, Kyungyeon Lee, Seong Jun Park, Sunyoung Park, Jaewoo Song, Sunghoon Hur, Hyun-Cheol Song, Ji-Soo Jang, Jin-Sang Kim, Hyo-Il Jung, Chong-Yun Kang

“…However, conventional diagnostic methods, such as bacterial cultures, are time-consuming and can delay sepsis diagnosis. …”
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Photonic silver iodide nanostructures for optical biosensors by Humaira Aslam, Nazia Nusrat, Manel Mansour, Ali Umar, Aman Ullah, Shehla Honey, Muhammad Jehanzeb Sohail, Mustansar Abbas, Muhammad Waseem Aslam, Misbah Ullah Khan

“…The formed AgI nanostructures can be synthesized using chemical precipitation and template methods that enable fine-tuning of the morphology and crystallinity of the final nanostructure. …”
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Beacon of Hope for Age-Related Retinopathy: Antioxidative Mechanisms and Pre-Clinical Trials of Quercetin Therapy by Ning Pu, Siyu Li, Hao Wu, Na Zhao, Kexin Wang, Dong Wei, Jiale Wang, Lulu Sha, Yameng Zhao, Ye Tao, Zongming Song

“…Age-related retinopathy is one of the leading causes of visual impairment and irreversible blindness, characterized by progressive neuronal and myelin loss. …”
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Processing L2 action verbs shares the same mechanisms for processing L1 items: evidence from a combined behavioral and MEG study by Elisa Visani, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Gioacchino Garofalo, Gioacchino Garofalo, Dunja Duran, Melania Tangorra, Marco Mezzadri, Giovanni Buccino, Giovanni Buccino

“…Following this approach, language items presented in L1 and L2 should affect motor activity in the same manner.MethodsThis study aimed to investigate the involvement of motor system during the processing of L2 items in a combined behavioral and MEG study. …”
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Astronomical Image Superresolution Reconstruction with Deep Learning for Better Identification of Interacting Galaxies by Jiawei Miao, Liangping Tu, Hao Liu, Jian Zhao

“…In the second stage, we use DBCTNet, trained in the first stage as the generator, to train the galaxy image superresolution reconstruction model based on generative adversarial networks, DBCTGAN, which aims to enhance the visual quality of the reconstructed images. In addition, we use superresolution methods as a preprocessing step in the task of interacting galaxy classification. …”
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Real-World Views of Patching Differ to Health Professionals’: An Online Survey of Professionals, Patients, Teachers, Parents and Carers by Daniel Osborne, Maddison McGowan, Jeremy Bradshaw, Helen Ellis, Megan Evans, James Stallwood, Joerg Fliege, Jay Self

“…Background: Patching therapy is the most common treatment for amblyopia (lazy eye) and is unsuccessful for approximately 40% of patients, leaving them with life-long unilateral visual impairment and increased risk of bilateral visual impairment later in life. …”
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Comparison of Individual Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Epiretinal Membrane Surgery with or without Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling by Chul Hee Lee, Min Woo Lee, Eun Young Choi, Suk Ho Byeon, Sung Soo Kim, Hyoung Jun Koh, Sung Chul Lee, Min Kim

“…Methods. Seventy-six eyes of 76 patients who underwent ERM surgery from January 2013 to March 2015 at the Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, were analyzed. …”
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Protective effects of sumatriptan against optic nerve injury in rats via modulation of kynurenine pathway, oxidative stress and apoptosis by Moein Ala, Razieh Mohammad Jafari, Leila Aghajanpour, Mehdi Sanatkar, Masoud Aghsaei Fard, Sepideh Goudarzi, Amir Shadboorestan, Ahmad Reza Dehpour

“…Introduction: Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is an acute visual dysfunction subsequent to head and neck trauma. …”
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Two-Photon Microscopy for the Investigation of Morphological and Quantitative Changes in Skin Chrono- and Photo-Aging by Stefano Bighetti, Chiara Rovati, Luca Bettolini, Mariachiara Arisi, Mariateresa Rossi, Cosetta Ravelli, Sara Rovaris, Marina Venturini, Stefania Mitola, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton

“…Understanding these changes is crucial for developing effective anti-aging treatments. Materials and Methods: This pilot cross-sectional study examined skin biopsy samples from three Caucasian male subjects with different levels of UV exposure, aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of two-photon microscopy (2PM) and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) in visualizing and quantifying structural changes associated with skin aging. …”
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Navigating the clinical landscape of artery of Percheron infarction: A systematic review by Oday Atallah, Yasser F. Almealawy, Arwa Salam Alabide, Minaam Farooq, Vivek Sanker, Suraa N. Alrubaye, Rami Darwazeh, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Ahmed Muthana, Aalaa Saleh, Jack Wellington, Amr Badary

“…The challenge lies in its often-delayed diagnosis due to its rarity and diverse clinical presentations, necessitating heightened awareness among clinicians for expedited diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions. Materials and methods: All relevant studies involving patients diagnosed with infarction of AOP were retrieved from PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus. …”
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ViX-MangoEFormer: An Enhanced Vision Transformer–EfficientFormer and Stacking Ensemble Approach for Mango Leaf Disease Recognition with Explainable Artificial Intelligence by Abdullah Al Noman, Amira Hossain, Anamul Sakib, Jesika Debnath, Hasib Fardin, Abdullah Al Sakib, Rezaul Haque, Md. Redwan Ahmed, Ahmed Wasif Reza, M. Ali Akber Dewan

“…Mango productivity suffers greatly from leaf diseases, leading to economic and food security issues. Current visual inspection methods are slow and subjective. …”
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Therapeutic HL-Contact Lens versus Standard Bandage Contact Lens for Corneal Edema: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Crossover Study by Ofer Daphna, Michael Mimouni, Yariv Keshet, Meydan Ben Ishai, Irina S. Barequet, Boris Knyazer, Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek, Tomasz Zarnowski, Malca Chen-Zion, Arie Marcovich

“…To compare the safety and efficacy of the Therapeutic Hyper-CL™ lens versus a standard bandage contact lens (PureVision B&L) for chronic corneal edema. Methods. Prospective, multicenter, randomized, crossover study. …”
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Twelve-Year Outcomes of Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft versus Intraoperative Mitomycin C in Double-Head Pterygium Surgery by Tommy C. Y. Chan, Raymond L. M. Wong, Emmy Y. M. Li, Hunter K. L. Yuen, Emily F. Y. Yeung, Vishal Jhanji, Ian Y. H. Wong

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Sex Differences in Brain Transcriptomes of Juvenile Cynomolgus Macaques by Nadia Kabbej, Frederick J. Ashby, Alberto Riva, Paul D. Gamlin, Ronald J. Mandel, Aishwarya Kunta, Courtney J. Rouse, Coy D. Heldermon

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First results of long-term follow-up of children in Russia after gene therapy for hereditary retinal dystrophies associated with biallelic mutations in the RPE65 gene by V. V. Neroev, L. A. Katargina, M. P. Kharlampidi, L. V. Kogoleva, I. V. Zolnikova, P. A. Ilyukhin, E. V. Denisova, S. V. Milash, N. A. Osipova, S. I. Kutsev, A. V. Polyakov, R. A. Zinchenko, V. V. Kadyshev, Yu. A. Bobrovskaya

“…Purpose: to evaluate the results of gene therapy by the recombinant adeno-associated viral vector voretigene neparvovec (VN) in children with follow-up periods of 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.Material and methods. The study included 6 children (12 eyes) aged 5 to 15 with a confirmed biallelic mutation in the RPE65 gene, treated with VN (Luxturna, USA). …”
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Clinical and demographic data and the significance of various dysfunctions and severity indicators in multiple sclerosis patients by Gennadii M. Chupryna, Natalia V. Khanenko

“… Introduction: Visual and oculomotor disorders are frequent manifestations of nervous system damage in multiple sclerosis. …”
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