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 symptoms reported were visual disturbance in 43.9% of cases and changed mental state in 77.2% of cases. …”
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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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Smartphone-based screening of neonatal jaundice in three populations in low and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study by Elisabeth Darj, Håkon Bergseng, Anders Aune, Gabriela Jímenez-Díaz, Lobke Marijn Gierman, Gunnar Vartdal, Mónica Reyes Berlanga, Jorge Tusoy, Sunila Shakya

“…Visual assessment of jaundice is shown to be inaccurate. …”
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Evaluation of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) response to herbicides using unmanned aerial system imagery by Amber E. Riner, Jonathan S. Glueckert, Corrina J. Vuillequez, James K. Leary, Benjamin P. Sperry, Gregory E. Macdonald

“…Quantifying management success in large-scale operations is challenging with traditional survey methods that rely on boat-based teams and can be time-consuming and labor-intensive. …”
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Association between crystalline lens thickness and intermittent exotropia in children: a cross-sectional observational clinical study by Jingxin Li, Xiangxiang Liu, Jie Hao, Fengchao Zhou, Huixin Li, Yiyang Zhao, Yumeng Wang, Lei Li, Jing Fu

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Subretinal suspensions of hiPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells form functional monolayers in NOD-SCID mice facilitating treatment of advanced retinal diseases by Xiaojing Song, Guanjie Gao, Ke Ye, Ping Xu, Yuan Wang, Suai Zhang, Dandan Zheng, Jian Ge, Xiufeng Zhong

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Prospective Evaluation of Results of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Idiopathic Macular Hole by Phacovitrectomy and Combined Cataract and Vitrectomy Surgery by Kinga Tochman-Kanty, Monika Jasielska, Jerzy Mackiewicz

“…Morphological and functional improvement was noted in all patients, regardless of the treatment method used. There were no statistically significant differences between phacovitrectomy and the combined procedure in terms of the improvement achieved in the values of distance visual acuity parameters, near vision and retinal sensitivity in the macula 12 months after trans pars plana vitrectomy. …”
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Exploring the VAK model to predict student learning styles based on learning activity by Ahmed Rashad Sayed, Mohamed Helmy Khafagy, Mostafa Ali, Marwa Hussien Mohamed

“…One of the factors which require this adaptation is the preferred way of students to learn, which is at times considered as a blend of visual, auditory, kinesthetic, (VAK) etc. Knowing such things, not only helps the teacher to improve the delivery of the content, but also assists in improving assessment methods to suit each student. …”
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Legacy ICS Cybersecurity Assessment Using Hybrid Threat Modeling—An Oil and Gas Sector Case Study by Mohamed Badawy, Nada H. Sherief, Ayman A. Abdel-Hamid

“…As security breaches are increasingly widely reported in today’s culture, cybersecurity is gaining attention on a global scale. Threat modeling methods (TMM) are a proactive security practice that is essential for pinpointing risks and limiting their impact. …”
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Electrolytic Cleaning as Part of Surgical Reconstructive Peri-Implantitis Treatment: A Case Series by Jarno Hakkers, Henny J. A. Meijer, Yvonne C. M. de Waal, Gerry M. Raghoebar

“…PROMs with regard to pain experience varied between 4.5 and 5.9 on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). After 12 months, the PES increased in two cases and decreased in one case. …”
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Continuous Speech for Improved Learning Pathological Voice Disorders by Syu-Siang Wang, Chi-Te Wang, Chih-Chung Lai, Yu Tsao, Shih-Hau Fang

“…This study proposes a novel approach, using continuous Mandarin speech instead of a single vowel, to classify four common voice disorders (i.e. functional dysphonia, neoplasm, phonotrauma, and vocal palsy). <italic>Methods:</italic> In the proposed framework, acoustic signals are transformed into mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, and a bi-directional long-short term memory network (BiLSTM) is adopted to model the sequential features. …”
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Dry cupping therapy combined with conventional therapy does not provide additional benefits over conventional therapy alone in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a r... by Renjie Xu, Yun Yang, Chengjie Yan, Zhou Li, Chaochen Zhao, Jingming Ma, Guangxu Xu

“…We evaluated whether the addition of dry cupping therapy to guideline‑based conventional therapy would further improve clinical outcomes in CNLBP. Methods Thirty-six patients with CNLBP were recruitedand randomly divided into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Image Quality and Radiation Dose Using Novel Intelligent Noise Reduction (INR) Software in Chest Radiography: A Phantom Study by Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Helle Precht, Claus Bjørn Outzen, Janni Jensen

“…Future clinical validation, incorporating subjective visual assessments by radiologists, is recommended to confirm these findings and facilitate the integration of INR closer to clinical practice.…”
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A Novel Surgical Approach (Freya Technique) in Vulvar Labiaplasty: Inspired by the Fibonacci Sequence by Erhan Okuyan, Hülya Kandemir, Selim Kandemir, Necim Yalcin, Nurullah Peker

“…Results: The Freya approach technique was associated with a shorter operation time (p < 0.05) and significantly lower postoperative Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores (p < 0.001). Both techniques increased FSFI scores (p < 0.001) and total FGSIS scores (p < 0.001). …”
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Falls in a single brain rehabilitation center: a 3-year retrospective chart review by Yoo Jin Choo, Jun Sung Moon, Gun Woo Lee, Wook-Tae Park, Min Cheol Chang

“…This study aimed to analyze the incidence of falls and identify associated risk factors among patients with brain lesions in a tertiary hospital’s brain rehabilitation center from June 2021 to May 2024.MethodsA retrospective chart review was conducted to examine patient characteristics, fall-related risk factors, functional assessments, and circumstances surrounding falls.ResultsAmong 316 patients, 10 (3.2%) experienced falls, with a mean age of 61.3 ± 11.9 years. …”
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Personalized rehabilitation program for older patients with osteoarthritis by V. I. Panikar, E. I. Korshun, S. G. Anikin, O. V. Bochko, E. A. Voronina, M. V. Silyutina, E. S. Kravchenko

“…We conducted an additional comparative study of changes in AR, AOS, severity of joint pain (by visual analogue scale, VAS) and quality of life (according to SF-36 questionnaire) in patients with coxarthrosis (n=114).Results and discussion. …”
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Improved Masticatory Performance in the Partially Edentulous Rehabilitated with Conventional Dental Prostheses by Maria Angeles Lopez-Cordon, Laura Khoury-Ribas, Bernat Rovira-Lastra, Raul Ayuso-Montero, Jordi Martinez-Gomis

“…Changes in the occlusal contact area (OCA) and satisfaction with their chewing ability during the adaptation period were also evaluated. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: in total, 34 partially edentulous participants (median age 65.3 years; 56% women) who received an RPD or FPDP were assessed using masticatory performance assay, OCA calculation, and a visual analog scale (VAS). …”
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Psychological adaptation and recovery in youth with sarcoma: a qualitative study with practical implications for clinical care and research by Rachel M Taylor, Craig Gerrand, Ana Martins, Maria Onasanya, Rachael Windsor, Urska Kosir, Lucy Bowes

“…Objectives This study explored factors that play a role in psychological adaptation and recovery of young people with sarcoma.Design Qualitative study.Setting National Health Service hospitals in the UK.Methods Using purposive sampling, participants were recruited for semistructured interviews over the telephone or face to face in order to answer questions about how cancer impacted various domains of their life. …”
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