Symmetric Grayscale Image Encryption Based on Quantum Operators with Dynamic Matrices by Luis Olvera-Martinez, Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez, Carlos Adolfo Diaz-Rodriguez, Leonardo Faustinos-Morales, Antonio Cedillo-Hernandez, Francisco Javier Garcia-Ugalde

“…The proposed method is applied to grayscale images with 8-, 10-, and 12-bit depth per pixel. …”
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Unraveling the site-specific features in small intestinal stromal tumors: a retrospective study by Qipu Wang, Muhan Li, Xiaoyin Bai, Ruishi Zhang, Suaizhi Ruan, Chengzhu Ou, Ji Li, Jingnan Li

“…Conclusions Small intestinal GISTs might exhibit distinct clinical presentations and oncological features depending on their sites. Visual abstract…”
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Clinical and Genetic Features of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome with Long-Term Follow-Up by Hiroaki Kanno, Kyoko Ishida, Wataru Yamada, Ikumi Shiraki, Hiroki Murase, Yuka Yamagishi, Kiyofumi Mochizuki

“…To investigate the clinical manifestations, prognosis, and HLA-type of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU) with long-term follow-up. Methods. Clinical data of five patients with TINU were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Improving of the Generation Accuracy Forecasting of Photovoltaic Plants Based on <i>k</i>-Means and <i>k</i>-Nearest Neighbors Algorithms by P. V. Matrenin, A. I. Khalyasmaa, V. V. Gamaley, S. A. Eroshenko, N. A. Papkova, D. A. Sekatski, Y. V. Potachits

“…In this case, unsupervised learning is first performed using the k-means method to form clusters. For this, it is also proposed to use studied the feature space dimensionality reduction algorithm to visualize and estimate the clustering accuracy. …”
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Assessment of Brazilian children’s anxiety during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic through cross-sectional interviews at schools by Patrícia Aparecida Francelino Crepalde, Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila, Michelle Cristine de Oliveira Minharro, Meire Cristina Novelli Castro, Tatiane Roberta Fernandes Teixeira, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Stefan Nilsson, Stefan Nilsson, Stefan Nilsson

“…IntroductionThis cross-sectional study aimed to assess anxiety prevalence among schoolchildren and associated factors following their return to in-person classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsThis study was conducted in June 2022 and involved children aged 6–12 years and their parents at four public schools in Brazil. …”
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Clinical observation on the therapeutic effect of open intersphincteric groove incision in the LIFT procedure for transsphincteric anal fistula by Zhang Yang, Zhao Tuanjie, Dong Wanqing, Su Yue, Zhang Zhiliang, Liu Zixi

“…There were no statistically significant differences in Visual Analog Scale scores on postoperative day 1 and day 7, wound healing time, or Wexner incontinence score at 6 months postoperatively between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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Effects of Night-Time Use of Rotigotine on Nocturnal Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease by Francesc Vallderiola, Yaroslau Compta, Javier Aparicio, Jaume Tarradellas, Gabriel Salazar, Josep María Oliver, Antonio Callén, Tania Delgado, Fritz Nobbe

“…Other outcomes included a pain visual analogue scale (VAS) and short-form Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8) for quality of life. …”
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Unveiling GFAP Astrocytopathy: Insights from Case Studies and a Comprehensive Review of the Literature by Panagiotis Gklinos, Fotios Athanasopoulos, Vagia Giatrakou, Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Dorothea Pournara, Eirini Giagkou, Argyro Tountopoulou, Sofia Vassilopoulou, Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas

“…Other symptoms include headache, visual disturbances, extrapyramidal or brainstem syndromes, and psychiatric manifestations including psychosis. …”
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Explainable AI-Based Skin Cancer Detection Using CNN, Particle Swarm Optimization and Machine Learning by Syed Adil Hussain Shah, Syed Taimoor Hussain Shah, Roa’a Khaled, Andrea Buccoliero, Syed Baqir Hussain Shah, Angelo Di Terlizzi, Giacomo Di Benedetto, Marco Agostino Deriu

“…Traditional diagnostic methods, based on visual examination, are subjective, time-intensive, and require specialized expertise. …”
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Reshaping research in crisis: bibliometric analysis of Ecuadorian public universities during COVID-19 (2019–2021) by Bill Serrano-Orellana, Jorge Guido Sotomayor-Pereira, Oscar Geovanny Riofrio Orozco, Luis Brito-Gaona, Patricio Alvarez-Muñoz, Patricio Alvarez-Muñoz, Marco Faytong-Haro

“…By applying a dynamic HJ-Biplot approach in R (dynBiplotGUI), we visualized the relationships among the 24 public universities and tracked their temporal evolution.ResultsThe results indicated that Education and Social Sciences were the most productive areas, with the Technical University of Machala leading in both publication volume and number of citations. …”
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CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE APPLICATION OF PLATELET GROWTH FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH PILONIDAL CYST WITH ABSCESS by E. E. Achkasov, A. Ya. Solomka, A. A. Ulyanov, Е. N. Bezuglov, E. V. Orekhova, T. M. Zharikova

“…The objective of this study is to investigate the surgical management of pilonidal cyst with abscess and to improve short-term and long-term outcomes.MATERIAL AND METHODS. The initial sample consisted of 353 patients operated for pilonidal cyst with abscess. …”
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CONNECTIVITY OF BIVALVES BETWEEN MANGROVE AND SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEMS IN KELAPA DUA ISLANDS by Endang Sunarwati Srimariana, Azizah Lutfia Ningtyas, Dea Fauzia Lestari, Beginer Subhan, Neviaty Putri Zamani, Tumpak Sidabutar

“…Line transect and plot methods were used for mangrove observation, while the Seagrass Watch method was applied for seagrass observation. …”
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Combined Phacoemulsification and Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant (Ozurdex®) in Diabetic Patients with Coexisting Cataract and Diabetic Macular Edema by Claudio Furino, Francesco Boscia, Alfredo Niro, Ermete Giancipoli, Maria Oliva Grassi, Giuseppe D’amico Ricci, Francesco Blasetti, Michele Reibaldi, Giovanni Alessio

“…Primary outcome was the change of the central retinal thickness (CRT); secondary outcome was the change of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Any ocular complications were recorded. …”
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Improved colorization and classification of intracranial tumor expanse in MRI images via hybrid scheme of Pix2Pix-cGANs and NASNet-large by Mavra Mehmood, Nasser Alshammari, Saad Awadh Alanazi, Asma Basharat, Fahad Ahmad, Muhammad Sajjad, Kashaf Junaid

“…To assist the medical practitioners in visualizing tumor shape, size, and orientation; only the tumor region is colored in a greyscale image. …”
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Line-labelling enhanced CNNs for transparent juvenile fish crowd counting by Dianzhuo Zhou, Hequn Tan, Yuxiang Li, Yuxuan Deng, Ming Zhu

“…Counting accuracy was assessed using heatmap-based visualizations. Experimental results demonstrate that the line-labeling method significantly improves counting accuracy, achieving 97.73 % for Silver Carp and 98.04 % for Tilapia, outperforming conventional point-based annotations in high-density contexts. …”
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Painful shoulder syndrome and upper limb function in competitive Painful shoulder syndrome and upper limb function in competitive swimmers by Beata POŻAROWSZCZYK-KUCZKO, Martyna KUMOREK, Dariusz MROCZEK, Filipe CLEMENTE, Wioletta DZIUBEK

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate whether PSS affects upper limb function in competitive swimmers. Material and methods. Thirty-two swimmers aged 17–24 years with at least 2nd sport class participated in the study. …”
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DeepVinci: Organ and Tool Segmentation with Edge Supervision and a Densely Multi-Scale Pyramid Module for Robot-Assisted Surgery by Li-An Tseng, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Meng-Yi Bai, Mei-Fang Li, Yi-Liang Lee, Kai-Jo Chiang, Yu-Chi Wang, Jing-Ming Guo

“…<b>Background</b>: Automated surgical navigation can be separated into three stages: (1) organ identification and localization, (2) identification of the organs requiring further surgery, and (3) automated planning of the operation path and steps. With its ideal visual and operating system, the da Vinci surgical system provides a promising platform for automated surgical navigation. …”
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Big Bubble Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty for Management of Deep Fungal Keratitis by Hua Gao, Peng Song, Jose J. Echegaray, Yanni Jia, Suxia Li, Man Du, Victor L. Perez, Weiyun Shi

“…To evaluate the therapeutic effect of big bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) in patients with deep fungal keratitis. Methods. Consecutive patients who had DALK for deep fungal keratitis at Shandong Eye Hospital between July 2011 and December 2012 were included. …”
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Second-harmonic generation microscopy of murine scleral remodeling by collagenase and reparative collagen mimetic peptides by Daniel E. Savage, Daniel E. Savage, Aldo Tecse, Aldo Tecse, Jiaxi Zhou, James A. Germann, Mark R. Buckley, Mark R. Buckley, Robert O. Baratta, Brian J. Del Buono, Eric Schlumpf, Michael Telias, Michael Telias, Susana Marcos, Susana Marcos

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Gene expression cluster differences and molecular correlation with the STING pathway in orbital MALT lymphoma and orbital IgG4-related eye disease by Mizuki Tagami, Keishiro Isayama, Mizuho Nishio, Atsuko Yoshikawa, Norihiko Misawa, Atsushi Sakai, Yusuke Haruna, Mami Tomita, Yoichi Mizukami, Atsushi Azumi, Shigeru Honda

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