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

“…Results: The reliability of the visual classification of BAC was high, with an overall Fleiss’ kappa for inter-rater agreement of 0.76 (ranging between 0.62 and 0.89 depending on the score). …”
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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

“…Measures of brain volume, lesion volume and cortical morphology were associated with concurrent motor, behavioral, visual and communicative function using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression. …”
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An Integrated Stepwise Approach to the Treatment of Graft Disease in a Patient with an Implanted Iris Lens Diaphragm and Concomitant Postkeratoplastic Ametropia (Clinical Case) by M. V. Sinitsyn, N. A. Pozdeyeva, A. E. Terent’eva

“…After performing FS-DSEK, the transparency of the penetrating corneal graft was completely restored, visometry, refractokeratometry, and keratopachymetric data were stabilized by 6 months after the operation. 12 months after FS-DSEK, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) increased from 1.6 to 1.2 LogMAR, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) increased from 1.6 to 0.8 LogMAR. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE AWARENESS OF STEM CELL DONATION by Çiğdem Kekik Çınar, Ayşe Emel Önal, Yasemin Oyacı, Hülya Gül, Nilgün Bozbuğa, Fatma Savran Oğuz

“…The school in the student group and the written/visual media in the public participant group were extremely important in raising awareness. …”
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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

“…Patient-reported outcome measures, including Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Joint Replacement, Lower Extremity Activity Scale, Visual Analog Scale pain scores, and modified Harris Hip Score were compared at preoperative, 6-week, 1-year, and minimum 2-year follow-ups. …”
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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

“…Compared to the HC group, the CBP group had higher gradient scores of sensorimotor, visual, dorsal attention, and ventral attention network, and lower gradient scores of frontoparietal control, limbic, and default mode network. …”
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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

“…Given the retrospective design and small cohort, further studies are warranted to assess long-term outcomes and the potential predictive value of early changes on long-term visual prognosis and safety. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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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

“…Multiple logistic analysis was performed to evaluate the possible OCT biomarker as predictive factors for final visual acuity improvement at the end of treatment. …”
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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>Conclusions</h4>Vitrectomy with ILM peeling results in better visual improvement in long-term follow-ups and lower ERM recurrence rates, and vitrectomy with only ERM peeling is more efficacious in reduction of CRT than is vitrectomy with ILM peeling.…”
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Efficacy and safety of faricimab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Francisco Rodríguez, Daniel Samacá-Samacá, Claudia Hernández-Castillo, Laura Prieto-Pinto, Carolina Sardi, Hugo Ocampo, Joshua Kock, Fabián Hernández

“…Outcomes included changes in visual acuity (Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] letters), anatomical changes, frequency of injections and adverse events. …”
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Amazonian manatee critical habitat revealed by artificial intelligence‐based passive acoustic techniques by Florence Erbs, Mike van derSchaar, Miriam Marmontel, Marina Gaona, Emiliano Ramalho, Michel André

“…Abstract For many species at risk, monitoring challenges related to low visual detectability and elusive behavior limit the use of traditional visual surveys to collect critical information, hindering the development of sound conservation strategies. …”
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Efficacy of Cheiranthus Cheiri in the Treatment of Pericoronitis: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial with Molecular Docking by Shubhamoy Ghosh, Aritra Roy Chowdhury, Sarbendu Paul, Avipsha Sarkar, Abhijit Rana, Mousumi Koley, Indrani Halder, Suman Chandra, Subhranil Saha

“…Aim: This trial attempted to explore the efficacy of Cheiranthus cheiri (CC) 30 cH against placebos in the treatment of pericoronitis by detecting group differences in pain on the visual analog scale (VAS) over 14 days of intervention. …”
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Intraocular pressure and ocular biomechanical parameters vary between generations of the ocular response analyzer in healthy and ectatic eyes by Phillip T. Yuhas, Maddison M. Fortman, Michael Nye, Ashraf M. Mahmoud, Cynthia J. Roberts, Cynthia J. Roberts

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Cervical transcutaneous vagal neuromodulation in chronic pancreatitis patients with chronic pain: A randomised sham controlled clinical trial. by Janusiya Anajan Muthulingam, Søren Schou Olesen, Tine Maria Hansen, Christina Brock, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær

“…We investigated the pain-relieving effects of transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation in comparison to sham treatment in chronic pancreatitis patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a randomised double-blinded, sham-controlled, crossover trial in patients with chronic pancreatitis. …”
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Life&amp;rsquo;s Crucial 9 Score as a Novel Role for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening by Li W, Wen Y, Fan Y, Hu Z, Deng Z, Huang Q

“…After multivariate adjustment, the LC9 score was found to be inversely associated with COPD diagnosis. The RCS visually demonstrated a linear decreasing relationship between the two. …”
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Efficacy of Intravitreal Brolucizumab Switch in Pachychoroid Neovasculopathy by Nicolò Ribarich, Marco Battista, Lisa Checchin, Riccardo Sacconi, Francesco Bandello, Giuseppe Querques

“…While BCVA remained stable, the number of brolucizumab injections required to resolve SRF emerged as a predictor of final visual outcome, suggesting that an earlier switch in non-responders might optimize anatomical results. …”
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Crisis versus extended care: bimodal distribution of length of stay in psychiatric inpatients by Andreas B. Hofmann, Tobias R. Spiller, Jeremy A. Rapaport, Philipp Homan, Erich Seifritz, Stefan Vetter, Stephan T. Egger, Achim Burrer

“…Using both linear and logarithmic visualizations, we examined LoS distribution patterns across diagnostic groups based on ICD-10 classifications. …”
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