Retinal detachments secondary to inferior retinal breaks: anatomic outcomes following the use of different surgical techniques by Martin Zinkernagel, Enrico Bernardi, Rodrigo Anguita, Lorenzo Ferro Desideri, Dmitri Artemiev

“…Baseline best-corrected visual acuity was 1.00 logMAR, improving to 0.62 logMAR at the last visit (p=0.003). …”
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Comparison of central macular thickness using spectral domain optical coherence tomography in sickle cell hemoglobinopathy patients and age-matched controls – A comparative cross-s... by Kavita A. Dhabarde, Vandana A. Iyer, Nisha V. Rahul, Rohit P. Kende

“…All patients underwent detailed ophthalmic examination consisting of visual acuity measurement, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, dilated fundoscopy, and central subfield macular SD-OCT imaging of each eye. …”
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Discordance between patients’ perception and endoscopic assessment of disease activity in ulcerative colitis by Boilève Juliette, Trang-Poisson Caroline, Flamant Mathurin, Bouguen Guillaume, Goronflot Thomas, Freyssinet Marie, Kerdreux Elise, Bourreille Arnaud, Le Berre Catherine

“…Design: Prospective, observational study. Methods: Patients with UC were consecutively included at the time of flexible sigmoidoscopy. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Allograft Superior Capsular Reconstruction for Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears in Patients Aged 65 and Older: A Retrospective Study by Hsin-Pei Sung, Wei-Cheng Chen, Yung-Chang Lu, Tsung-Yu Lin, Po-Ju Wu

“…The outcome measures comprised forward flexion, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Constant, and Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation scores. …”
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Development and evaluation of a Physiotherapy-led, WHO-ICOPE-Based, Person-Centered Integrated Care Program (PTICOPE) module to enhance intrinsic capacity in older adults: Protocol... by Nurhazrina Noordin, Akkradate Siriphorn, Yu Chye Wah, Maria Justine

“…Primary outcomes, including locomotor, psychological, cognitive, vitality, visual, and hearing functions using validated scales, will be collected at baseline, 4th, 8th, and 12th week of the study period. …”
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Enhancing efficient deep learning models with multimodal, multi-teacher insights for medical image segmentation by Khondker Fariha Hossain, Sharif Amit Kamran, Joshua Ong, Alireza Tavakkoli

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Recent selective sweeps in North American Drosophila melanogaster show signatures of soft sweeps. by Nandita R Garud, Philipp W Messer, Erkan O Buzbas, Dmitri A Petrov

“…In contrast to a hard selective sweep, in which a single adaptive haplotype rises to high population frequency, in a soft selective sweep multiple adaptive haplotypes sweep through the population simultaneously, producing distinct patterns of genetic variation in the vicinity of the adaptive site. Current statistical methods were expressly designed to detect hard sweeps and most lack power to detect soft sweeps. …”
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Confocal 3D DNA Cytometry: Assessment of Required Coefficient of Variation by Computer Simulation by Lennert S. Ploeger, Jeroen A.M. Beliën, Neal M. Poulin, William Grizzle, Paul J. van Diest

“…By visual inspection, the histogram quality with respect to resolution of G0/1 and G2/M peaks of a diploid stemline was assessed. …”
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Biochemical changes in affected potato tubers by S. Bomok, B. Taktaiev, M. Pikovskyi, O. Marieva

“…Diagnosed disease by the visual method and a microscopic analysis with the subsequent identification of the pathogens. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting cognitive frailty in patients on cancer by Hui Wang, Yu Xia Wu, Su Yun Dong, Yan Qian, Hai Ou Yan

“…A prediction model was established using Logistic regression, and a visual nomogram was constructed using R software. …”
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Neurodevelopmental disorders at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital: a 4-year retrospective database review by Sarah Jane Lowick, Sibongile Mbatha

“…Background Developmental paediatrics is a growing field both globally and locally with increasing demand for medical and educational resources.Methods This retrospective, developmental database review is a baseline description of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital neurodevelopmental clinic population, and the service offered over the past 4 years. …”
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Study of technological aspects of Procambarus clarkii cultivation in terms of ensuring their welfare by V. Koretsky, I. Kononenko

“…The effect of vitamin intake was also noted in the visual assessment of the colour of the crayfish’s external chitinous covering. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration Combined Treatment by L. A. Golota, N. V. Pomytkina, L. P. Danilova

“…By 12 months, no patient in the main group had AMD activity, the central retinal thickness (CRT) decreased to 251.5±9.1 μm, and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) increased to 0.8 ± 0.06. The average number of intravitreal injections per year in the main group was 7 ± 1. …”
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A deep reinforcement learning approach for wind speed forecasting by Shahab S. Band, Ting Jia Lin, Sultan Noman Qasem, Rasoul Ameri, Danyal Shahmirzadi, Muhammad Shamrooz Aslam, Hao-Ting Pai, Ely Salwana, Amir Mosavi

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Neuropathic Pain Relief after Surgical Neurolysis in Patients with Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries: A Preliminary Report by Armando Armas-Salazar, Noe Téllez-León, Ana Isabel García-Jerónimo, Francisco Alberto Villegas-López, José Luis Navarro-Olvera, José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz

“…To evaluate the usefulness of surgical neurolysis for neuropathic pain relief in patients with posttraumatic brachial plexus injury (BPI). Methods. A prospective, longitudinal, nonrandomized, self-controlled before and after study was performed to evaluate the pain changes according to their intensity using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the sensory recovery after surgery using the British Medical Research Council (BMRC) scale for sensory recovery. …”
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Quantum dot nanotechnology: Advancing target drug delivery in Oncology by Pratiksha S. Hanmante, Radheshyam T. Lohiya, Aaditi G. Wankhede, Diksha S. Undirwade, Swati N. Lade, Sushil S. Burle, Milind J. Umekar

“…The incorporation of recent advancements in QD-enabled theranostics, which highlight systems that can simultaneously visualize tumors and release drugs under control, is a novel feature of this review. …”
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Quality of healthcare for people with intellectual disability: a mapping review protocol of the evidence in Australia and countries with similar universal health systems by Mary-Ann O’Donovan, Josephine Wyborn, Gisselle Gallego

“…Two reviewers will independently screen references against the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Visual/tabular summaries will then be produced alongside a descriptive overview. …”
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Corneal breakdown in thyroid eye disease: Presentation and outcomes over a decade by Prasansha Narnoli, Suryasnata Rath, Devjyoti Tripathy, Samir Mohapatra, Smruti R Priyadarshini, Sujata Das, Md Hasnat Ali

“…This study aimed to assess the outcome of multimodal management for corneal breakdown in TED. Methods: This retrospective audit included all consecutive corneal breakdowns in TED patients between November 2011 and May 2023. …”
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Impaired postural control in healthy men at moderate altitude (1630 m and 2590 m): data from a randomized trial. by Katrin Stadelmann, Tsogyal D Latshang, Christian M Lo Cascio, Ross A Clark, Reto Huber, Malcolm Kohler, Peter Achermann, Konrad E Bloch

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Exposure to 1630 and 2590m was associated with impaired static postural control even when visual references were available.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01130948.…”
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PGHDR: Dynamic HDR reconstruction with progressive feature alignment and quality-guided fusion by Ying Qi, Qiushi Li, Zhaoyuan Huang, Jian Li, Chenyang Wang, Teng Wan, Qiang Zhang

“…Experiments show that PGHDR achieves a PSNR- $$\ell $$ ℓ of 42.58 dB and an HDR-VDP-2 score of 67.15. Visual evaluations on multiple datasets demonstrate that our method significantly outperforms existing approaches, achieving high-quality, ghost-free HDR reconstruction.…”
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