Ocular Abnormalities in Stroke: Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South-East Nigeria by David O. Ukwu, Stella N. Onwubiko, Nkiru Z. Nwachukwu, Judith C. Ezike, Favour A. Onwuasoanya, Ferdinand C. Maduka-Okafor, Birinus A. Ezeala-Adikaibe, Rich E. Umeh

“…Background: Visual challenges have been associated with stroke. …”
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Inhibition of a Myotoxic Phospholipase A2 isolated from Crotalus durissus cumanensis by Pentacyclic Triterpenes by Laura Cardona-Alzate, Lina Maria Preciado-Rojo, Isabela Barahona-Sanchez, Vanesa Cardona-Cartagena, Jaime Andres Pereañez

“…Molecular docking was also performed to identify by visual inspection the interactions between the compounds and the active site of the enzyme.  …”
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Clinical impact of nanophotonic blue-light filtering spectacles based on fullerene C60 and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by Jankov Mirko R., Jakšić Vesna, Koruga Đuro

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the subjective and objective impact of the spectacles on daily activities. Methods. Twenty-five healthy participants were sub-mitted to contrast sensitivity (CS) and visual field (VF) testing and a questionnaire about the influence of spectacles on daily activities: two spectacles with different concentrations of fullerene C60 vs. two commercially available blue-blocking spectacles. …”
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The Influence of Decentration on Higher-Order Aberrations in Artisan Aphakic Intraocular Lens Implantation Eyes by Aizhu Miao, Min Zhang, Tianhui Chen, Yi Lu

“…Retrospective case series. Methods. Twenty-three eyes of 18 patients were retrospectively examined. …”
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Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…Therefore, the development of new techniques is imperative to enhance patient outcomes. Materials and Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted on a cohort of patients with ACJ dislocation who were treated using the triple Endobutton and CAL transfer techniques. …”
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NICOTINE IN TRADITIONAL TOBACCO AND MODERN ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES: THE NATURE OF DEPENDENCE FORMATION AND COGNITIVE FEATURES OF SMOKERS by Галина Урядова Урядова, Наталья Юрьевна Русецкая

“…The aim of the present investigation was to study is devoted to the study of the nature of addiction formation and cognitive characteristics of smokers of traditional and modern electronic smoking systems. Materials and methods. The participants of the experiment underwent psychodiagnostic testing to assess the concentration of attention and the volume of visual, auditory, motor-auditory and combined memory, as well as a questionnaire. …”
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Running Retraining Technique and Neuromuscular Exercises in Runners with Patellofemoral Pain: A Scoping Review by Miguel Farraj, Thomas Guilhem, Joachim Van Cant, Alexandre Rambaud

“… # Study design Scoping review # Methods Databases searched included MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. …”
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Prevalence and organization problems of medical care to patients with precanceral oral cavity mucosa diseases (on the Tomsk Region example) by D. E. Mikhalev, O. D. Baydik, M. R. Mukhamedov, P. G. Sysolyatin

“…The main complaints and medical history were clarified in all patients, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, assessed the state of the oral mucosa and lips according to the visual inspection data. To assess the primary diagnosis quality of an oral mucosa disease, we analyzed the data from a dental patient’s medical record, dentist’s referrals, and anamnesis data.Results. …”
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Does local steroid injection have a prognostic value for endoscopic plantar fascia release in chronic plantar fasciopathy? by Mohamed A. Mohamed, Mohammed S. Redwan, Hassan H. Noaman, Moustafa Elsayed

“…Clinical evaluation was carried out using the visual analogue scale (VAS), American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle-Hindfoot Scale (AOFAS) and Patient self-assessment (Roles and Maudsley score) preoperatively and at 4, 8 weeks, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively. …”
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Proteomic selection of immunodiagnostic antigens for human African trypanosomiasis and generation of a prototype lateral flow immunodiagnostic device. by Lauren Sullivan, Steven J Wall, Mark Carrington, Michael A J Ferguson

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Using a panel of eighty randomized T. b. gambiense infection and control sera, the prototype showed reasonable sensitivity (88%) and specificity (93%) using visual readout in detecting T. b. gambiense infections. …”
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Contribution of the EyeMAX™ 11Fr (Micro-Tech) digital single-operator cholangioscope with a wide working channel: a multicenter pilot study on the first French experiences by David Karsenti, Adrien Sportes, Sarah Leblanc, Stéphane Béchet, Jonathan Derman, Isaac Fassler, Bertrand Brieau

“…Satisfaction and procedural evaluations were recorded using a visual analog scale (VAS) and compared with the Spyglass™ DS II (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA, USA). …”
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Peripheral Cone Dystrophy: Expanded Clinical Spectrum, Multimodal and Ultrawide-Field Imaging, and Genomic Analysis by Robert A. Sisk, Robert B. Hufnagel, Ailee Laham, Elizabeth S. Wohler, Nara Sobreira, Zubair M. Ahmed

“…To present new clinical features, multimodal and ultrawide-field imaging characteristics of peripheral cone dystrophy (PCD), and results of laboratory and genetic investigation to decipher the etiology. Methods. Retrospective observational case-series. …”
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Enhancing peripheral nerve regeneration: A novel nanofibrous nerve conduit with bioactive poly(ɛ-caprolactone), collagen, and retinoic acid nanofiber by Muhammad Aseer, Niloofar Nazeri, Nasrollah Tabatabaei, Zohreh Arabpour, Reza Faridi Majidi, Hossein Ghanbari

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Bovine milk and milk protein– promotor or inhibitor of bacterial biofilm formation at the tooth surface? by A. Kensche, C. Pohl, S. Basche, A. Dürasch, T. Henle, M. Hannig, C. Hannig

“…Extracellular polysaccharides were visualized by Concanavalin A/Alexa-Fluor 594-staining. …”
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STDNet: Improved lip reading via short-term temporal dependency modeling by Xiaoer Wu, Zhenhua Tan, Ziwei Cheng, Yuran Ru

“…Methods: This article presents a spatiotemporal feature fusion network (STDNet) that compensates for the deficiencies of current lip-reading approaches in short-term temporal dependency modeling. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Clinical Cases of Ducks in Hungary Between 2022 and 2023 by Ádám Kerek, Ábel Szabó, Ákos Jerzsele

“…Cross-resistance relationships were visualized using graph-based models, and Monte Carlo simulations estimated MDR prevalence variations. …”
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Vascular changes in the retina in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency by Adžić-Zečević Antoaneta, Milojko Biljana, Janićijević-Petrović Mirjana A.

“…It is necessary to provide their monitoring and to prescribe proper therapeutic treatment in order to preserve visual functions.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Universal Periotome and Conventional Techniques in Single-Rooted Tooth Extractions: A Randomized Controlled Study by Swati Sahu, Ankita Barodiya, Animesh Barodiya, Mrunal Dave, Bharani K. Bhattu, Rajat Mohanty, Mahesh Ghadage, Dipooja Patil

“…Pain was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale at 3, 6, and 24 hours and on the 7th day postextraction. …”
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Measuring Blink-Related Brainwaves Using Low-Density Electroencephalography with Textile Electrodes for Real-World Applications by Emily Acampora, Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Careesa Chang Liu

“…Blink-related oscillations (BROs) are a new measure of brain function that corresponds to brainwave responses occurring after spontaneous blinking, and indexes neural processes as the brain evaluates new visual information appearing after eye re-opening. …”
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A propensity-score matched comparison of perioperative and early renal functional outcomes of robotic versus open partial nephrectomy. by Zhenjie Wu, Mingmin Li, Le Qu, Huamao Ye, Bing Liu, Qing Yang, Jing Sheng, Liang Xiao, Chen Lv, Bo Yang, Xu Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Chuanliang Xu, Jianguo Hou, Yinghao Sun, Linhui Wang

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare the perioperative and early renal functional outcomes of RPN with OPN for kidney tumors.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 209 RPN or OPN patients with availability of preoperative cross-sectional imaging since 2009 at our center were included. …”
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