Self-Testing of Vision in Age-Related Macula Degeneration: A Longitudinal Pilot Study Using a Smartphone-Based Rarebit Test by Christina Winther, Lars Frisén

“…There were no fixation demands. Twenty-eight patients with neovascular AMD of varying severity were monitored for an average of 30 weeks. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanical Properties of AA8014 + Si3N4/ ZrO2 Hybrid Composites by Stir Casting Process by C. Ramesh Kannan, R. Venkatesh, M. Vivekanandan, J. Phani Krishna, S. Manivannan, S. Rajkumar, V. Vijayan

“…Aluminium alloy is one of the light-weight materials, and it fulfills the industrial demands based on their natural strength/stiffness, enhanced temperature permanence, superior wear, and corrosion resistance. …”
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¿Una nación en bosquejos? Procesos de identificación aymara en Chile durante el periodo transicional, 1990-1993 by Cristina Oyarzo

“…This experience reinforced identification processes that gained renewed strength with the national democratic opening and the international recognition of indigenous rights. As a result, demands were better articulated and gained visibility in the public space, and thus, an incipient idea of an Aymara nation emerged. …”
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Russia-India Economic Cooperation: Current Trends and Promising Directions by Lydia Kulik

“…Russian entrepreneurs demonstrate a keen interest in India's market trends and swiftly adapt to India's evolving demands and capabilities. Similarly, Indian business circles exhibit a growing inclination to acquire knowledge about contemporary Russia. …”
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Higher Education and the Challenges of Network Society: Philosophical Themes by B. V. Markov

“…However, the process of globalization and the mobility of education demanded the alignment and unification of national educational programs. …”
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Exploring short-term memory and listening effort in two-talker conversations: The influence of soft and moderate background noise. by Chinthusa Mohanathasan, Cosima A Ermert, Janina Fels, Torsten W Kuhlen, Sabine J Schlittmeier

“…Listening to conversations and remembering their content is a highly demanding task, especially in noisy environments. Previous research has mainly focused on short-term memory using simple cognitive tasks with unrelated words or digits. …”
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Forming the environmental professional competence of future specialists in ship technical systems and complex operation by A. Yurzhenko, O. Kononova, Y. Bevzenko

“…As the global maritime industry continues to move towards stricter environmental regulations, endorsed by the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) MARPOL Convention (which mandates the reduction of pollution from ships), and more sustainable practices, future ship engineers with environmental competence are crucially needed to meet the demands of the evolving industry. This study explored the use of e-learning facilitated by the LMS Moodle platform for future specialists in ship technical systems and complex operations, particularly in developing environmental professional competence during the Maritime English course. …”
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UNA PROPUESTA DE AULA PARA EL ABORDAJE DE LA REGIÓN DEL ALTO VALLE DE RÍO NEGRO Y NEUQUÉN by Guillermina Muñoz Castillo

“…Geography teaching needs to reconsider to meet students’ demands, to provide tools to offer a solution of their problems and practical needs. …”
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Proven secure blind adaptor signature scheme based on the SM2 by HU Xiaoming, CHEN Haichan

“…However, the lack of anonymity in AS can lead to the exposure of transaction participants' identities, which may limit its application in scenarios demanding high privacy standards, such as electronic payments. …”
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Motivations, activités et expériences du tourisme oléicole : Perspectives d’un panel Delphi portugais by Francisco Dias, Fernanda Oliveira

“…La tendance à une consommation plus saine et plus authentique contribue à une demande croissante pour des propositions qui valorisent de plus en plus les valeurs et les ressources du monde rural, y compris celles liées à l’oléiculture. …”
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Development of Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogel Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin for Photochemotherapy of Skin Cancer After Surgery by Yu-Hsiang Lee, Chieh-Lin Chung

“…Although regimens such as chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are often administered following surgical treatments, the patients may suffer from severe side effects, drug resistance, and/or high cost during treatments, indicating that the development of an effective and safe modality for skin cancer after surgery is still highly demanded nowadays. In this study, an injectable and thermoresponsive hyaluronic acid/hexamethylene diisocyanate-Pluronic F127 block copolymer crosslinking composite hydrogel loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) and camptothecin (CPT), called ICHHPG, was developed for photochemotherapy of skin cancer after surgery. …”
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INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS’ MILITARY TRAINING by V. S. Dobrovolsky, G. G. Shpakov

“…This course is the main tool in the formation of high professional and moral qualities of a serviceman, highly demanded not only in the military, but also in all other spheres of activity. …”
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Brexit: Could France Follow the Lead? by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…All this imposes greater demands on the current president-euroenthusiast E. …”
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Assessment of the characteristics of the medical care teachers who train the Maternal and Child Health Nursing specialists by Norma Mur Villar, Miriam Iglesias León, Manuel Eduardo Cortés Cortés, María José Aguilar Cordero

“…<strong><br />Results</strong>: 23 criteria exceeding the PC4 cutoff point corresponding to the “much” category are needed, which links the professional model to the social demands to know, relate and apply the contents of nursing using the material resources that connect the concrete to the abstract to promote the continuity of medical care and the use of the potential of assistance in the training the specialists in which the professional’s behavior was demonstrated. …”
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Outage analysis and power optimization in uplink and downlink NOMA systems with Rician fading by Dipinkrishnan R, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu

“…These findings have significant implications for designing and deploying NOMA-based wireless networks, allowing operators to optimize system performance and meet the growing demands of future wireless services.…”
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Improving Medical Image Quality Using a Super-Resolution Technique with Attention Mechanism by Dong Yun Lee, Jang Yeop Kim, Soo Young Cho

“…Sharp and detailed images are essential for accurate diagnoses, but acquiring high-resolution medical images often demands sophisticated and costly equipment. To address this challenge, this study proposes a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based super-resolution architecture, utilizing a melanoma dataset to enhance image resolution through deep learning techniques. …”
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Association between cognitive restraint, emotional eating, uncontrolled eating, and body mass index among health care professionals by Rasha Mohammad Alqahtani, Amani Alhazmi

“…Abstract Among healthcare professionals (HCPs), the demanding nature of their work, irregular schedules, and high-stress environments can significantly influence their eating behaviors. …”
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State of the Art in Automated Operational Modal Identification: Algorithms, Applications, and Future Perspectives by Hasan Mostafaei, Mahdi Ghamami

“…This review concludes by highlighting the current challenges, such as computational demands and data management, and proposing future directions for research in automated modal analysis to support resilient, sustainable infrastructure.…”
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Evaluation of the effects of maintaining a moderate humidity (50–60%) and increased air movement on litter moisture and footpad health in a commercial broiler house by C.T. Mou, M. Czarick, III, B.D. Fairchild

“…Although there are methods to help reduce the occurrence of high litter moisture, such as ventilation and proper drinker management, these methods need to evolve due to increasing consumer demands and more stringent animal welfare guidelines. …”
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Global FRAND-Licensing by EU National Courts: The Winner Asks Them All? – On Global SEP Disputes and International Jurisdiction by Stefanie Krome

“…Therefore, legal scholars are demanding comity from the national courts and wishing for an international FRAND tribunal. …”
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