The cerebral blood flow response to neuroactivation is reduced in cognitively normal men with β-amyloid accumulation by Mark Bitsch Vestergaard, Aftab Bakhtiari, Merete Osler, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Ulrich Lindberg, Ian Law, Martin Lauritzen, Krisztina Benedek, Henrik Bo Wiberg Larsson

“…Methods 64 subjects participated in the present study. …”
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Analysis of the Critical Discourse of the Mediatization of Religion in Murals from the Constitutional Era by Samaneh Seraj, Khashayar Ghazizadeh

“…A notable development during this era was the transition from oral traditions to visual representation, particularly through murals, which reshaped public perceptions of religious and social values. …”
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‘More than a pill’: a qualitative co-exploration of the things that matter in young women's stories of adherence to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa by Lynn Hendricks, Taryn Young, Robin Julies, Rizqah Dollie, Dollie Reshaan, Karin Hannes

“…This study is one of the first to go beyond barriers and facilitators to adherence for people living with HIV to explore the role of the material environment in depth. Methods We adopted a multisensory arts-based community participatory approach and used visual and digital mediums for data-collection and analytical purposes. …”
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Nano-based drug delivery systems for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis by Xingdi Wu, Mengyuan Hu, Yilu Cai, Fan Jia, Yang Ye, Naiji Yu, Min Chen, Kaijun Wang

“…Background: Uveitis is one of the most prevalent causes of global visual impairment. The current approaches to treating non-infectious uveitis (NIU) involve the utilization of corticosteroids, immunosuppressant and biologics agents. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Behçet’s Syndrome-Related Uveitis: A Monocentric Italian Experience by Jurgen Sota, Luca Cantarini, Antonio Vitale, Arianna Sgheri, Stefano Gentileschi, Valeria Caggiano, Viviana Gelardi, Bruno Frediani, Gian Marco Tosi, Claudia Fabiani

“…To examine demographic and clinical characteristics and long-term visual outcome in a cohort of Italian patients affected by Behçet’s uveitis (BU). …”
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Dall-E in hand surgery: Exploring the utility of ChatGPT image generation by Daniel Soroudi, Daniel S. Rouhani, Alap Patel, Ryan Sadjadi, Reta Behnam-Hanona, Nicholas C. Oleck, Israel Falade, Merisa Piper, Scott L. Hansen

“…GPT 4o, DALL-E 3, and DALL-E 2 illustrated visual representations of selected ChatGPT responses in each category, which were further evaluated. …”
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Bacterial and Viral-Induced Changes in the Reflectance Spectra of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> Plants by Alyona Grishina, Maxim Lysov, Maria Ageyeva, Victoria Diakova, Oksana Sherstneva, Anna Brilkina, Vladimir Vodeneev

“…An evaluation of the visual symptoms of diseases demonstrated the presence of pronounced symptoms in the case of bacterial infection and an almost complete absence of visual symptoms in the case of viral infection. …”
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Methodology for adapting a co-created early childhood development intervention and implementation strategies for use by frontline workers in India and Guatemala: a systematic appli... by Amruta Bandal, Sara Hernández, Revan Mustafa, Karyn Choy, Namrata Edwards, Magdalena Guarchaj, Marinés Mejía Alvarez, Anushree Sane, Scott Tschida, Chetna Maliye, Ann Miller, Abhishek Raut, Roopa Srinivasan, Morgan Turner, Bradley H. Wagenaar, Ilgi Ertem, Maria del Pilar Grazioso, Subodh S. Gupta, Vibha Krishnamurthy, Peter Rohloff

“…There is little evidence on optimizing the effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based early childhood development (ECD) interventions when task-shifted to frontline workers. In this Methods Forum paper, we describe our adaptation of the International Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD) for task-shifting to frontline workers in Guatemala and India. …”
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Selective otolithic dysfunction in patients presenting with acute spontaneous vertigo: consideration based on MRI by Keun-Tae Kim, Sangeun Park, Sun-Uk Lee, Sun-Uk Lee, Euyhyun Park, Euyhyun Park, Byungjun Kim, Ji-Soo Kim, Ji-Soo Kim

“…All patients underwent extensive neurotologic evaluation, including cervical and ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP and oVEMP, respectively), subjective visual vertical, video-oculography, video-HITs, caloric tests, and audiometry. …”
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Postoperative endophthalmitis treatment with antibiotics associated or not with pars plana vitrectomy: a randomized clinical trial by Vinicius Campos Bergamo, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Nilva Simeren Bueno de Moraes, Ivan Maynart Tavares, Mauro Silveira De Queiroz Campos, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima, Maurício Maia

“…Conclusions Early PPV + IVAIES provides faster visual recovery and reduces retreatment rates compared to IVAI alone. …”
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Ultrasound and single‐port laparoscopic‐guided microwave ablation of abdominal wall endometriosis lesions: A single‐center observational study by Shunshi Yang, Jueying Li, Jingjing Li, Xiaoyu Zhao, Mengying Li, Yi Zhang, Xiong Li, Ying Chen

“…Pain levels were assessed using a visual analog scale. Subsequently, ultrasound and single‐port laparoscopic‐guided microwave ablation of the lesions was performed, and patients were followed up to monitor the lesion volume and pain. …”
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Features of pathological changes of fibro-cartilaginous tissue knee in patients with Baker cyst by S. A. Chernyad'ev, A. I. Chernookov, E. A. Grebenev, N. I. Sivkova, A. V. Zhilyakov, D. A. Babushkin, N. Yu. Korobova, O. A. Vinogradov

“…Synovitis of various severity was detected in 85% of the studies. Nineteen visualized the patellar cartilage damage, the condyles of the femur and tibia are most commonly affects the joint area. …”
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Predictive factors for response to viscosupplementation in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an analysis of clinical and imaging factors by Gustavo Rossanese Pinto, Guilherme Conforto Gracitelli, Fernando Cury Rezende, Claudio Gattas, Thais Cristina Pereira Vasques, Flavio Duarte Silva, Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Franciozi, Marcus Vinicius Malheiros Luzo

“…Results: The results showed a significant reduction in WOMAC and Visual Analog Scale scores for all evaluated times after VS compared to baseline. …”
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Virtual Reality and Sound Intervention under Chemotherapy (ViSu): study protocol for a three-arm randomised-controlled trial by Andre Karger, Luisa Ernsten, Steffen Holsteg, Nora K Schaal, Luisa M Keßling, Nele Schmutzler, Tanja N Fehm, Verena Friebe, Norbert Gattermann, Eugen Ruckhäberle

“…Virtual reality (VR) offers the potential to visually and audibly disengage from the surrounding environment and can create an alternative sense of presence. …”
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Clinical features evaluation of myopic fundus tessellation from OCTA and MfERG by Yanyan Zhang, Yan Zhong, Wei Mao, Zhe Zhang, Yusheng Zhou, Hu Li, Jianing Ying, Quanyong Yi

“…Methods: This study included 52 patients totaling 87 eyes. …”
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Acanthamoeba keratitis in a tertiary referral hospital in central China: demographics, risk factors, clinical presentation, treatments and outcomes by Jia-Song Wang, Dan Zhao, Tian-Yu Yao, Xiao-Ying Jiang, Hua-Tao Xie, Ming-Chang Zhang

“…All patients underwent anterior segment photography, in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). …”
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Exploring Molecular Pathways in Refractive Errors Associated with Inherited Retinal Dystrophies by Fabiana D’Esposito, Caterina Gagliano, Alessandro Avitabile, Giuseppe Gagliano, Mutali Musa, Matteo Capobianco, Federico Visalli, Edoardo Dammino, Marco Zeppieri, Maria Francesca Cordeiro

“…We also discuss the therapeutic implications of refractive defects in individuals with IRD, including possible approaches to treating visual impairments. In addition, we address the value of using cutting-edge imaging methods and animal models to examine refractive errors linked to IRDs and suggest future lines of inquiry for identifying new targets for treatment. …”
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Research Progress in Urban Pollinator-Friendly Landscape Construction by Guiying LI, Hanwen XIAO, Runan TIAN

“…In order to make full use of the protective effect of urban green spaces on pollinator communities, while improving the benefits of urban ecosystems, it is very significant to clarify a systematic approach for the construction of pollinator-friendly landscapes and to point out the future development direction of the field of pollinator-friendly landscapes in Chinese cities.MethodsThis research is based on VOS viewer software to visualize and analyze the effective literature in the field of pollinator-friendly landscapes filtered from Web of Science core database, Google Scholar and X-MOL academic platform. …”
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Optimal 2D Placement of Virtual Objects in Physical Space for Augmented Reality Applications by M. V. Alpatova, Yu. V. Rudyak

“…The work aims at creating and implementing such a 2D algorithm for placing objects in physical space, which takes into account the above limitations.Materials and Methods. Using a set of numerical methods, the authors applied the previously created 1D algorithm for the placement of objects. …”
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Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy of an AI-Based Tool for Postoperative Vault Estimation in Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation by Zaldivar R, Zaldivar R, Cummings AB, Cummings BK, Mertens EL, Ang RE, Zarate Piscopo LI, Quintero G, Cerviño A

“…Emilio Civit 701, Mendoza, Argentina, Email zaldivar@zaldivar.comIntroduction: Phakic intraocular lenses are widely used for refractive error correction, with the EVO ICL delivering excellent visual outcomes. Achieving an optimal postoperative vault is critical to minimize complications. …”
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