Epidemiology of Eyelid Trauma Among Filipino Patients in a Tertiary Hospital by Joanne Christine E. Macenas, MD, Alexander D. Tan, MD

“…Objective: This study aims to identify the epidemiological characteristics and co-morbidities of eyelid injuries among Filipino patients seen at the Emergency and Out-patient Clinics of a single, tertiary, government, urbanbased hospital from June 2014 to June 2015. Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive single-center study. …”
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The development of MOOCs on students' learning outcomes in science subjects by Nurhikmah H, Anas Arfandi, Farida Febriati, Indra Azis, Istar Al Fatih Malik Nur

“…Analysis results state that students prefer collaborative, visual, and interactive learning approaches over traditional methods such as reading. …”
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Outcomes of chronic pectoralis major rupture repair with implant-free Achilles allograft by Abdul-ilah Hachem, MD, Diego Gonzalez-Morgado, MD, Peio Beristain, MD, Gonzalo Barraza, MD, Fernando Alvarado, MD, Karla Bascones, MD, Amr Elmaraghy, MD, Xavi Rius, MD

“…Although multiple techniques involving different grafts and fixation methods have been described, a standardized approach is lacking. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Structural Brain MRI in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease by Jason Appel, Elizabeth Potter, Qian Shen, Gustavo Pantol, Maria T. Greig, David Loewenstein, Ranjan Duara

“…Multiple neuroimaging methods utilizing visual rating scales, volumetric measurements, and automated methods have been developed to identify, quantify, and track anatomic sequelae of Alzheimer’s Disease.…”
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Nonlinear multi-head cross-attention network and programmable gradient information for gaze estimation by Yujie Li, Yuhang Hong, Ziwen Wang, Jiahui Chen, Rongjie Liu, Shuxue Ding, Benying Tan

“…Recent gaze estimation methods are primarily based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) or attention Transformers. …”
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IQA Vision Transformed: A Survey of Transformer Architectures in Perceptual Image Quality Assessment by Mobeen Ur Rehman, Imran Fareed Nizami, Farman Ullah, Irfan Hussain

“…In an era dominated by visual content, perceptual image quality assessment (IQA) is crucial for enhancing user experiences and driving technological advancements across various domains. …”
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ACT-SR: Aggregation Connection Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Yingdong Kang, Xinyu Wang, Xuemin Zhang, Shaoju Wang, Guang Jin

“…Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed modules, with ACT-SR outperforming several state-of-the-art RSISR methods in both objective metrics and visual quality.…”
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Glaucoma secondary to intraocular tumors key aspects of etiopathogenesis by A.A. Yarovoy, T.V. Sokolovskaya, E.O. Krasnova, A.D. Matyaeva

“…To analyze the literature on the main aspects of etiology, pathogenesis of secondary glaucoma in tumor diseases of visual organs. Material and methods. PubMed, Scopus and eLIBRARY databases for the period up to 2022 were used for article selection, and the following keywords were used in the mesh: secondary glaucoma, tumor, neovascularization, pigment dispersion (and the same phrases in Russian). …”
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Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma in Sturge-Weber Syndrome by Saeed Karimi, Sadra Ashrafi, Zahra Siavashpour, Mona Malekzadeh Moghani

“… Purpose: This study aimed to report the efficiency and safety of using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in treating diffuse choroidal hemangioma (DCH) in patients with Sturge- Weber syndrome (SWS). Methods: IMRT planning was carried out for each case after patient fixation, CT simulation, and target delineation. …”
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Despeckle Filtering for Multiscale Amplitude-Modulation Frequency-Modulation (AM-FM) Texture Analysis of Ultrasound Images of the Intima-Media Complex by C. P. Loizou, V. Murray, M. S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A. N. Nicolaides, C. S. Pattichis

“…In this study, we perform a comparative evaluation of several despeckle filtering methods, on 100 ultrasound images of the CCA, based on the extracted multiscale Amplitude-Modulation Frequency-Modulation (AM-FM) texture features and visual image quality assessment by two clinical experts. …”
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Inverse power XLindley distribution with statistical inference and applications to engineering data by Amal S. Hassan, Najwan Alsadat, Christophe Chesneau, Mohammed Elgarhy, Mohamed Kayid, Suleman Nasiru, Ahmed M. Gemeay

“…In particular, the parameters are determined using twelve efficient estimation methods. These methods are maximum likelihood, Anderson-Darling, right-tailed Anderson-Darling, left-tailed Anderson-Darling, Cramér-von Mises, least squares, weighted least squares, maximum product of spacing, minimum spacing absolute distance, minimum spacing absolute-log distance, percentiles, and Kolmogorov. …”
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Access to primary healthcare services by people with disabilities by Paula Marciana Pinheiro de Oliveira, Gisele Mendes da Silva, Neucilia Oliveira Silva, Sonha Maria Coelho de Aquino, Dandara Araújo Viana, Edmara Chaves Costa, Andressa Suelly Saturnino de Oliveira

“… Objective: to analyze the access of people with hearing, physical, and visual disabilities to primary healthcare services. …”
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Analisis Sumber Informasi Budaya Suku Rejang dalam Menciptakan Layanan Rejang Corner Perpustakaan Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup by Rahmat Iswanto, Rhoni Rodin, Jurianto Jurianto

“…Data collection used interview, observation and documentation methods. The results of the study showed that there are two sources of information about the rejang tribe, the first, information sources based on library materials, including printed and non-printed works. …”
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Navigator - a global database of verified marine protected and managed area regulations and boundaries by Virgil Zetterlind, Jennifer Sletten, Claire Colegrove, Alex Driedger, Samantha Cope King, Nicole Raudsepp, Fabio Favoretto, Timothe Vincent

“…Navigator’s LFP scoring system aligns well with other data sources and assessment methods, which seek to identify highly and fully protected areas. …”
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Evaluation of Flange Grease on Revenue Service Tracks Using Laser-Based Systems and Machine Learning by Aditya Rahalkar, S. Morteza Mirzaei, Yang Chen, Carvel Holton, Mehdi Ahmadian

“…It offers an alternative to the current empirical and subjective methods for lubrication assessment, in which track engineers’ periodic visual inspections are used to evaluate the condition of the rail. …”
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Conceptualizing the Irish and UK food systems by Alice Gilmour, John Ingram, John Ingram, John Ingram, Monika Zurek

“…This paper proposes a new food system conceptual framework (the Food Co-Centre Conceptual Framework) which was developed via multi-stakeholder collaboration through a mixed-methods approach of: interviews, focus groups, webinars and workshops. …”
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First Experience of Laser Radiation Application in Wound Treatment After Open Hemorrhoidectomy by S. A. Frolov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, A. M. Kuzminov, V. Y. Korolik, A. R. Melkumyan, M. A. Ignatenko, I. V. Vorobjeva, S. G. Magomedova

“…In the postoperative period the terms of wound healing were determined based on the data of visual inspection, anoscopy, planimetric and cytologic methods of examination. …”
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A deep learning approach for automated scoring of the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure by Nicolas Langer, Maurice Weber, Bruno Hebling Vieira, Dawid Strzelczyk, Lukas Wolf, Andreas Pedroni, Jonathan Heitz, Stephan Müller, Christoph Schultheiss, Marius Troendle, Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla, Diego Rivera, Federica Scarpina, Qianhua Zhao, Rico Leuthold, Flavia Wehrle, Oskar Jenni, Peter Brugger, Tino Zaehle, Romy Lorenz, Ce Zhang

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Comparison of intravitreal anti-VEGF agents and oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors in the treatment of cystoid macular edema secondary to retinitis pigmentosa by Jia Liang, Xueping Wu, Lu Chen, Lujia Feng, Xiangqing Hei, Yingying Diao, Yuke Ji, Huiyan Zheng, Zhenhua Zou, Dong Fang, Shaochong Zhang

“…Medical records were reviewed to assess best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), and intraocular pressure (IOP) at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months post-treatment using Generalized Estimation Equations (GEE). …”
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Age-Related Variations in Anterior, Posterior, and Total Corneal Astigmatism by Pothikamjorn T, Surawatsatien N, Ueathaweephol S, Somkijrungroj T

“…However, age-related changes and sex-based differences in PCA and TCA remain inconclusive due to limited sample sizes in previous studies.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional observational study using biometric measurements obtained with the IOLMaster 700. …”
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