From Simulation to Field Validation: A Digital Twin-Driven Sim2real Transfer Approach for Strawberry Fruit Detection and Sizing by Omeed Mirbod, Daeun Choi, John K. Schueller

“…Traditional simulators often lack visual realism, leading many studies to mix real images or adopt domain adaptation methods to address the reality gap. …”
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MULTISEMIOTIC PATTERNS OF EMOTIVE MEANING-MAKING IN FILM by Tetiana A. Krysanova, Iryna S. Shevchenko

“…To reach the aim, we apply an integrative cognitive-pragmatic and cognitive-semiotic approach, which requires the use of discursive and semiotic research methods. In cognitive-pragmatic perspective, we stress the intersubjective interaction of filmmakers and viewers in constructing ‘meaning-in-context’. …”
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Art psychotherapy meets creative AI: an integrative review positioning the role of creative AI in art therapy process by Ania Zubala, Alison Pease, Kacper Lyszkiewicz, Simon Hackett, Simon Hackett

“…A constructive dialogue between the disciplines of creative AI and art psychotherapy is needed, to establish potential relevance of AI-bases technologies to therapeutic practice involving artmaking and creative self-expression.MethodsThis integrative review set out to explore whether and how creative AI could enhance the practice of art psychotherapy and other psychological interventions utilizing visual communication and/or artmaking. …”
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Preoperative Steroid Use in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Associated with Choroidal Detachment after 23-Gauge Vitrectomy by Jianhua Wu, Rui Zhang, Junwen He, Changzhong Xu, Zhaohui Li

“…This retrospective study evaluated the effect of preoperative steroid on the clinical outcome of patients with RRDCD receiving 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Methods. Sixty-six patients (67 eyes) with diagnosed RRDCD underwent 23-gauge PPV. …”
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Reduced Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Glaucoma by N. M. Agarkov, A. M. Chukhraev, O. L. Fabrikantov, N. V. Yablokova

“…However, the study of the quality of life in elderly glaucoma patients by a specific questionnaire was not carried out.The purpose: to analyze the quality of life of elderly patients suffering from glaucoma for a long time.Material and methods. The study of quality of life was carried out in the Tambov branch of the S. …”
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Accessibility of medical information leaflets for patients in emergency care settings in Japan by Moe Sekine, Aya Goto, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Makoto Onodera, Yurie Kobashi, Ken Iseki

“…Aims: To evaluate written information leaflets used in emergency care settings at Fukushima Medical University Hospital to identify ways to improve their accessibility for patients and their families. Methods: Eighteen leaflets explaining emergency medical conditions were evaluated using two standardized clarity assessment tools: the Clear Communication Index (CCI, with subscales A–D) and Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM, with subscales 1–4). …”
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Unmet healthcare needs of people with disabilities: evidence from the 2018–2021 Korean disability and life dynamics panel by Jun Su Park, Bomgyeol Kim, Soo Hyeok Choi, Vasuki Rajaguru, Tae Hyun Kim

“…This study investigated the unmet healthcare needs of people with disabilities in Korea, addressing the disparities across disability types. Methods We analyzed the 2018–2021 Korean Disability and Life Dynamics Panel using the vulnerable population behavior model. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Fall Efficacy Scale-International in People with Parkinson’s Disease during On- and Off-Drug Phases by Maryam Mehdizadeh, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Seyed-Amirhasan Habibi, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Amirabas Abasi, Javad Niazi Khatoon, Seyed Hassan Saneii, Ghorban Taghizadeh

“…This study was carried out to investigate the psychometric attributes of the Fall Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) in people with PD, both in On and Off phases. Methods. One hundred twenty-four patients with PD (mean age ± standard deviation, 60.33 ± 12.59 years) were assessed with the FES-I, both in On- and Off-drug phases. …”
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Intravitreal conbercept for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy with occult CNV: a retrospective clinical study based on multimodal ophthalmic imaging by Suyu Wang, Jiajun Li, Zhipeng Yan, Qin Jiang, Keran Li

“…PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of intravitreal conbercept in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC) complicated by occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV), and to explore its potential in improving visual function and various ophthalmic parameters.MethodsThis retrospective, longitudinal, comparative study included 50 patients diagnosed with cCSC and occult CNV. …”
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Evaluation of laparoscopic surgery effects on pain severity and quality of life in different subtypes of endometriosis: A follow-up study by Mania Kaveh, Haniye Malakouti, Shahla Chaichian, Abolfazl Mehdizadeh Kashi, Mahdi Afshari, Kambiz Sadegi

“…Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of laparoscopic surgery on the severity of pain and the QoL of women with different types of endometriosis. Materials and Methods: In this follow-up study 50 women with endometriosis, who underwent laparoscopic surgery, who met a high visual analog score (> 6) with impaired QoL, lack of response to analgesics, infertility with pain unresponsive to assisted reproductive therapy, and involvement of other organs such as the bowel or ureter at the Amir Al Momenin hospital, Zabol, Iran, from August 2022 to January 2023 were enrolled. …”
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Mammographic Vascular Microcalcifications as a Surrogate Parameter for Coronary Heart Disease: Correlation to Cardiac Computer Tomography and Proposal of a Classification Score by Jonathan Andreas Saenger, Ela Uenal, Eugen Mann, Stephan Winnik, Urs Eriksson, Andreas Boss

“…Objective: This study develops a BI-RADS-like scoring system for vascular microcalcifications in mammographies, correlating breast arterial calcification (BAC) in a mammography with coronary artery calcification (CAC), and specifying differences between microcalcifications caused by BAC and microcalcifications potentially associated with malignant disease. Materials and Methods: This retrospective single-center cohort study evaluated 124 consecutive female patients (with a median age of 57 years). …”
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Predicting motor and cognitive outcomes from MRIs of brain structure in children with acquired brain injury: A pilot study by Alex M. Pagnozzi, Kerstin Pannek, Jurgen Fripp, Simona Fiori, Roslyn N. Boyd, Stephen Rose

“…Quantitative structural information from brain images may provide an opportunity to predict patient outcomes; however, due to the high prevalence of severe pathology in children with ABI, quantitative approaches must be robust to injury severity. Methods: In this pilot cross-sectional study, automated quantitative measures were extracted from the MRIs of a cohort of children with ABI (n = 30, 8–16 years, follow up MRI taken 1.8–13.4 years after time of injury) as well as 36 typically developing controls with no brain injury (7–17 years) using a pathology-robust technique. …”
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Total Hip Arthroplasty vs Hip Resurfacing in Patients Over 65: A Propensity Score–Matched Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcomes by Zachary Wong, BS, Anand Saluja, BA, Louis Andrew Jordan, MS, Jonathan Spaan, MS, Edwin Su, MD

“…We undertook this study to compare the results of HRA vs THA in a population of older patients, with specific focus on patient-reported outcome measures. Methods: A retrospective, propensity-matched study was conducted on patients aged 65 years or older who underwent either HRA or THA via posterior approach. …”
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Identification of Risk Group for Root Caries and Analysis of Associated Factors in Older Adults Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Clustering by Jiang L, Huang S, Reissmann DR, Schmalz G, Li J

“…The confusion matrix and alluvial diagram were used to visualize the predictive accuracy and composition of the clustering results. …”
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Brain Functional Connectome Gradients Analysis Study of Chronic Back Pain by YANG Junchao, YIN Xiaolong, HUANG Li, JIANG Feng, LI Zuanfang, LIANG Shengxiang

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between changes in functional network hierarchy and pain in patients with chronic back pain (CBP) by analyzing the differences in functional network connectivity gradients between the CBP group and the healthy control group.MethodsData (including basic clinical information such as VAS scores, years of pain, and resting functional MRI images) from the patients with CBP and healthy controls (HC) were obtained from the OpenPain database. …”
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Early real-world outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept 8 mg in treatment-Naïve neovascular AMD: AI-assisted fluid volume analysis by Jennifer Cattaneo, Eva C. De Oliveira Figueiredo, Andrea Montesel, Sandra Vermeirsch, Chiara M. Eandi

“…Abstract Background This study was conducted as a retrospective, exploratory analysis to assess early anatomical and functional effects of intravitreal aflibercept 8 mg in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in a small cohort of patients. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at the Jules Gonin Eye Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, and included treatment-naïve patients with nAMD. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Predictors of Favorable Functional Response in Naïve Diabetic Macular Edema Eyes Treated with Dexamethasone Implants as a First-Line Agent by Alessandro Meduri, Giovanni William Oliverio, Luigi Trombetta, Marta Giordano, Leandro Inferrera, Costantino John Trombetta

“…To evaluate efficacy and safety of intravitreal dexamethasone 0.7 mg implant in treatment-naïve DME patients and to assess the utility of OCT structural biomarkers as predictors of functional response after treatment. Methods. Thirty-nine eyes of 39 diabetic patients with center involving DME were enrolled. …”
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Survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Patterns of Ophthalmologists in the Philippines on the Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eye Disease by Margarita I. Echavez, MD, Ruben Lim Bon Siong, MD

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Measurements of white-to-white corneal diameter and anterior chamber parameters using the Pentacam AXL wave and their correlations in the adult Saudi population by Wafa M. Alotaibi, Naveen Challa, Saif Hassan Alrasheed, Rahaf Nasser Abanmi

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Vitrectomy with or without internal limiting membrane peeling for idiopathic epiretinal membrane: A meta-analysis. by Wei-Cheng Chang, Chin Lin, Cho-Hao Lee, Tzu-Ling Sung, Tao-Hsin Tung, Jorn-Hon Liu

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the clinical outcomes of vitrectomy with and without ILM peeling for idiopathic ERM.<h4>Methods</h4>Databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, Google Scholar, CNKI databases, FDA.gov, and ClinicalTrials.gov, published until July 2016, were searched to identify studies comparing the clinical outcomes following vitrectomy with ERM and ILM peeling and with only ERM peeling, for treating idiopathic ERM. …”
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