Fundus Autofluorescence and Spectral Domain OCT in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Luiz Roisman, Daniel Lavinsky, Fernanda Magalhaes, Fabio Bom Aggio, Nilva Moraes, Jose A. Cardillo, Michel E. Farah

“…The presentation features were a mottled hyperFAF in the detached area and areas with pigment mottling. NIA images showed areas of hyperNIA similar to FAF and localized areas of hypoNIA, which correlated with the points of leakage in the FA. …”
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Thermal performance analysis capturing variable liquid characteristics based on chemically reactive rheological liquid with diffusive-thermo and thermo-diffusive effect by Attia Boudjemline, M. Waqas, Nurnadiah Zamri, Mohammed Jameel, Hala A. Hejazi, Saidani Taoufik, Meznah M. Alanazi, Oqila Ganiyeva

“…The analytical outcomes exhibited through graphical images and tabular representations offer pragmatic insights into dimensional fields pertinent for engineering utilizations. …”
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Compression of the Femoral Vessels by a Pseudotumor after Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty by Yasuaki Tamaki, Tomohiro Goto, Takahiko Tsutsui, Tomoya Takasago, Keizo Wada, Koichi Sairyo

“…Enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large cystic lesion extending from the left hip anteriorly to the intrapelvic region and compressing the left femoral vessels. …”
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Development of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy 11 Days after Spinal Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eiichi Kakehi, Tadataka Kawakami, Yukiko Ishikawa, Takashi Matsuoka, Naoki Nakagawa, Tugutake Morishita, Shohei Taniguchi, Yukinobu Akamatsu, Shigehisa Sakurai, Akane Hirotani, Takafumi Nozaki, Keisuke Shoji, Seiji Adachi, Kazuhiko Kotani, Masami Matsumura

“…A literature review of 18 cases revealed that unexplained weakness, areflexia, and numbness of the extremities after spinal surgery, a shorter time from spinal surgery to symptom onset to general GBS, abnormal nerve conduction study results, normal spinal imaging findings, and the development of atypical symptoms such as cranial and autonomic nerve syndrome and respiratory failure are useful for diagnosing GBS when cerebrospinal fluid examination cannot be performed after spinal surgery.…”
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Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate reduces sperm motility by decreasing sperm tail energy supply by Xiao-lu Li, Qi-meng Li, Yuan-zhuo Zheng, Die Hu, Xiao-yue Cai, Ke Yin, Yin-yin Qi, Zi yu Cheng, Xia Ning, Yang Cai, Wei Wu, Ting-yuan Lin, Tao Xu, Ling-li Zhao

“…The movement of sperm is mainly dependent on the tail motility, which is largely determined by tail structure and energy supply. Electron microscopy images illustrate that there are no observable changes in the basic kinematic structure of the sperm tail. …”
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Visual Route Recognition in Urban Spaces: A Scalable Approach Using Open Street View Data by Menglin Wu, Qingren Jia, Anran Yang, Zhinong Zhong, Mengyu Ma, Luo Chen, Ning Jing

“…We construct a feature database from multiperspective street view images to enable efficient feature retrieval for query video frames. …”
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Why It Is Not Always Anxiety: A Tough Diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome by Carmen Elena Cervantes, Hsien Lee Lau, Tina Ataian Binazir, Keith O. O’Brien, Jonathan S. Cross

“…Previous electroencephalogram (EEG) and brain and cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were unremarkable. She was empirically treated with diazepam and beta-blockers for SPS, which was confirmed by positive glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies. …”
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Ketamine-associated upper urinary tract dysfunction: What we know from current literature by Zhihuan Zheng, Zhongyi Li, Jiazhe Yuan, Feng Han, Li Huang, Zhao Wang

“…The detection of these symptoms largely depends on laboratory and imaging examinations. The treatment principles of ketamine-associated UUT dysfunction are protecting the UUT, improving bladder dysfunction, and resuming normal social life. …”
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Reinforced AdaBoost Learning for Object Detection with Local Pattern Representations by Younghyun Lee, David K. Han, Hanseok Ko

“…Experimental classification performance on human face and license plate images confirm that the proposed method requires smaller number of weak classifiers than the conventional learning algorithm, resulting in higher learning and faster classification rates. …”
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Behavior of a Glycerol Aqueous Droplet Impacting a Thin Water Film by J. Zhu, B. Liu, J. Sheng, S. Zheng, T. Lu, X. Chen

“…The laser-induced fluorescence images illustrate that the prompt splash secondary droplets mainly originated from the thin water film, while the components of delayed splash secondary droplets came from both the glycerol aqueous droplet and the thin water film. …”
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Improved YOLOv5s Algorithm for Small Target Detection in UAV Aerial Photography by Shixin Li, Chen Liu, Kaiwen Tang, Fanrun Meng, Zhiren Zhu, Liming Zhou, Fankai Chen

“…Applying existing object detection algorithms to such images is often inaccurate and prone to misdetection and omission. …”
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Surgical Treatment Options for the Young and Active Middle-Aged Patient with Glenohumeral Arthritis by Sanjeev Bhatia, Andrew Hsu, Emery C. Lin, Peter Chalmers, Michael Ellman, Brian J. Cole, Nikhil N. Verma

“…A thorough history, physical examination, and imaging work up is necessary and often results in a diagnosis of exclusion that is verified on arthroscopy. …”
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Real-Time Vegetation Monitoring in Antarctica: A Review by Kaelan Lockhart, Juan Sandino, Narmilan Amarasingam, Richard Hann, Barbara Bollard, Felipe Gonzalez

“…Despite the potential of established Machine-Learning (ML) classifiers such as Random Forest, K Nearest Neighbour, and Support Vector Machine, and gradient boosting in the semantic segmentation of UAV-captured images, there is a notable scarcity of research employing Deep Learning (DL) models in these extreme environments. …”
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GOLD Observations of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Reaching Mid‐Latitudes During the 23 April 2023 Geomagnetic Storm by Deepak Kumar Karan, Carlos R. Martinis, Richard W. Eastes, Robert E. Daniell, William E. McClintock, Chao‐Song Huang

“…NASA's global‐scale observations of the limb and disk (GOLD) imager observed bright equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests at ∼25° Mlat, ∼11° poleward from their average locations, computed by averaging the EIA crests during the previous geomagnetic quiet days (18–22 April) between ∼15°W and 5°W Glon. …”
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Uterine Rupture on MRI Presenting as Nonspecific Abdominal Pain in a Primigravid Patient with 28-Week Twins Resulting in Normal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at Age Two by Kathryn L. Ponder, Rosa Won, Laurel Clymer

“…The pain was initially intermittent and felt to be musculoskeletal in origin. Ultrasound imaging after 3 days of worsening abdominal pain revealed extrauterine fluid, prompting an urgent MRI. …”
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Correlation between the Rotation of the First Molars and the Severity of Class II Division 1 Malocclusion by Betânia Pessoa Lima, Célia Regina Maio Pinzan-Vercelino, Laércio Santos Dias, Fausto Silva Bramante, Rudys Rodolfo De Jesus Tavarez

“…This study aimed to evaluate the potential correlation between the severity of Class II division 1 malocclusion and the magnitude of mesiopalatal rotation of the maxillary first molars. Scanned images of 104 cast models were grouped according to the severity of Class II malocclusion as follows: Group 1, 1/4 Class II malocclusion; Group 2, 1/2 Class II malocclusion; Group 3, 3/4 Class II malocclusion; and Group 4, complete Class II malocclusion. …”
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Develop an emotion recognition system using jointly connectivity between electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram signals by Javid Farhadi Sedehi, Nader Jafarnia Dabanloo, Keivan Maghooli, Ali Sheikhani

“…Remarkably, our approach achieves an average accuracy of 97.34 ± 1.19 and 96.53 ± 3.54 for DTF images within the alpha frequency band using ResNet-18 and MobileNetV2, respectively. …”
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Needle Tip Position and Bevel Direction Have No Effect in the Fluoroscopic Epidural Spreading Pattern in Caudal Epidural Injections: A Randomized Trial by Won Kyoung Kwon, Ah Na Kim, Pil Moo Lee, Cheol Hwan Park, Jae Hun Kim

“…Following fluoroscope-guided injection of 4 mL contrast media and 10 mL of injectates, the epidural spreading patterns (ventral or dorsal, bilateral or lateral) were imaged. Results. In the 210 CESIs performed, the needle tip position and bevel direction did not influence the epidural spreading patterns at L4-5 and L5-S1 disc levels. …”
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Concurrent Stenoocclusive Disease of Intracranial and Extracranial Arteries in a Patient with Polycythemia Vera by Le H. Hua, Robert L. Dodd, Neil E. Schwartz

“…A 47-year-old woman with polycythemia vera had multiple transient ischemic attacks, and noninvasive vessel imaging revealed steno-occlusive disease of bilateral supraclinoid internal carotid arteries with moyamoya-type collaterals, proximal left subclavian artery, right vertebral artery origin, bilateral renal arteries, superior mesenteric artery, and right common iliac artery. …”
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Hyperandrogenism-Insulin Resistance-Acanthosis Nigricans Syndrome by A. H. Dédjan, A. Chadli, S. El Aziz, A. Farouqi

“…The assessment carried out revealed testosteronemia at 1.28 ng/mL, which is more than twice the upper norm of the laboratory. Imaging studies were negative for both ovarian and adrenal masses. …”
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