Short-Term Efficacy of High-Intensity Laser Therapy in Alleviating Pain in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial by Punpetch Siriratna, Chompoonuch Ratanasutiranont, Thongsuk Manissorn, Nonthalee Santiniyom, Waree Chira-Adisai

“…The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) on pain reduction in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). …”
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Nonlinear Small Sample Data Regression with a New Rational-Quadratic Minkowski Kernel for Tobacco Laser Perforation Process Tar Reduction Estimation by Juan Huo, Feng He, Changtong Lu, Meng Zhu, Yifan Bu, Di Kang, Rui Wang, Wenning Feng, Rong Ma

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Contralateral Renal Cell Carcinoma Ureteric Metastases Can Arise on Tyrosine Kinase Adjuvant Therapy and Be Effectively Treated by Endoscopic Laser Excision and Ablation by Sarah L. Reid, Nikolas J. Arestis, Craig McIlhenny, Gavin W. A. Lamb

“…Both lesions were treated with endoscopic excision and laser ablation with preservation of the renal unit and no local recurrence. …”
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Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Ocular Microcirculation Shown by Laser Speckle Flowgraphy in a Hospital Setting Devoted to Sleep Apnea Syndrome Diagnostics by Tomoaki Shiba, Mao Takahashi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Yuichi Hori

“…To clarify whether the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the overlap of MetS components are affecting the ocular circulation shown by laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG). Materials and Methods. …”
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C-Methionine Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging of Biologic Activity of a Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated with Stereotaxy-Guided Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermotherapy by Norbert Galldiks, Wernholt von Tempelhoff, Deniz Kahraman, Lutz W. Kracht, Stefan Vollmar, Gereon R. Fink, Michael Schroeter, Roland Goldbrunner, Matthias Schmidt, Mohammad Maarouf

“…For example, local tumor coagulation by laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is such a minimally invasive technique. …”
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Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Basivertebral Nerve Laser Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Modic Changes: A Preliminary Open-Label Study by Hyeun Sung Kim, Nitin Adsul, Farid Yudoyono, Byapak Paudel, Ki Joon Kim, Sung Ho Choi, Jeong Hoon Kim, Sung Kyun Chung, Jeong-Hoon Choi, Jee-Soo Jang, Il-Tae Jang, Seong-Hoon Oh

“…All patients underwent ablation of the basivertebral nerve (BVN) using 1414 nm Nd:YAG laser-assisted energy guided in a transforaminal epiduroscopic approach. …”
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Features of circuitry of acousto-optic laser measuring systems for controlling three-coordinate (3D) movements of products and equipment elements. Part 1. by E. V. Leun

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X-ray phase contrast imaging and diffraction in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell: A case study on the high-pressure melting of Pt by Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Bernhard Massani, Thea Engler, Olivia S. Pardo, Konstantin Glazyrin, Nico Giordano, Johannes Hagemann, Daniel Sneed, Timofey Fedotenko, Daniel J. Campbell, Mario Wendt, Sergej Wenz, Christian G. Schroer, Mathias Trabs, R.Stewart McWilliams, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Zsolt Jenei, Earl F. O’Bannon

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Effect of Shielding Gas on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of TC4 Titanium Alloy Ultranarrow Gap Welded Joint by Laser Welding with Filler Wire by Naiwen Fang, Erjun Guo, Kai Xu, Ruisheng Huang, Yiming Ma, Caiyou Zeng, Yicheng Yang, Jilin Xie, Hao Cao

“…A 20 mm thick TC4 titanium alloy plate was welded by ultranarrow gap laser welding with filler wire with Ar and He as shielding gas, respectively. …”
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Comparison of forest canopy gap fraction measurements from drone-based video frames, below-canopy hemispherical photography, and airborne laser scanning by Mait Lang, Mikk Antsov, Andres Mumma, Indrek Suitso, Andres Kuusk, Kaarel Piip

“…The dependence of forest canopy gap fraction determination on view zenith angle was calculated from polar-transformed sparse ([Formula: see text]) airborne laser scanning (ALS) point clouds for a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand growing on Kiriku Bog, Estonia. …”
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Laser Based ¹³C-urea Breath Test in Quantitative Assessment of Bacterial Colonization, Severity of Inflammation and Atrophy in Gastric Mucosa by E. V. Stepanov, V. T. Ivashkin

Subjects: “…laser based ¹³c urease breath test…”
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Microstructural evolution of FeCoNiCrMn high-entropy alloy subjected to laser shock peening: Molecular dynamics simulation study by Weizhou Xu, Yongxiang Geng, Haizhong Zheng, Yixin Xiao

Subjects: “…Laser shock peening…”
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Effect of Optical Signal Beam Shift on the Performance of Satellite Chaos Laser Safety Communication System under Space-Integrated-Ground Information Network by Mi LI, Qiang CHEN, Cheng ZENG, Xue WANG, Yisi WANG, Xiangfei CHEN

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Preparation of SiO2-Capped Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu,Dy Nanoparticles with Laser Ablation in Liquid by Mika Ishizaki, Takao Katagiri, Takao Sasagawa, Yoshitaka Kitamoto, Osamu Odawara, Hiroyuki Wada

“…Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu,Dy nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation in liquid. The SiO2 capping was performed using the Stöber method with ultrasonication. …”
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Pyroshock Acceleration Field Reconstruction in Temporal and Spectral Domains Based on Laser Shock Scanning and Iterative Decomposition and Synthesis Considering Stop Band Effects by Yong-Woon Kim, Jae-Kyeong Jang, Jung-Ryul Lee

“…The developed algorithm reconstructs pyroshock from laser shock test in both temporal and spectral domains using an iterative signal decomposition and synthesis method. …”
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Features of circuitry of acousto-optic laser measuring systems for controlling three-coordinate (3D) movements of products and equipment elements. Part 2 by E. V. Leun

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Efficacy and Safety of Topical Timolol Eye Drops in the Treatment of Myopic Regression after Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xiaochen Wang, Guiqiu Zhao, Jing Lin, Nan Jiang, Qian Wang, Qiang Xu

“…The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of timolol in the treatment of myopic regression after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Methods. We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Chinese Biological Medicine (CBM) from the inception to July 2015 for relevant randomized controlled trials that examined timolol therapy for myopic regression. …”
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Lightweight resilience: Advancing visual-inertial odometry with deep convolutional networks and an intelligent learnable Kalman filter for defense against laser remote attacks by A. Ebrahimi, M.R. Mosavi, A. Ayatollahi

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Effect of Myopic Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK on Anterior Chamber Inflammation (Flare Values) and Corneal Endothelium: A Prospective before and after Study by Kemal Turgay Özbilen, Emre Altinkurt, Nihan Aksu Ceylan, Gizem Sayar Bilgin, Nilüfer Gözüm

“…This study aimed to investigate whether femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (FS-LASIK) surgery causes inflammation in the anterior chamber and to analyze its effect on endothelial cells. …”
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Laser powder bed fusion processed LaCe(Fe, Mn, Si)₁₃ lattices for magnetic refrigeration: Process optimization, microstructure, and magnetocaloric performance by Kun Sun, Yuting Zhang, Sheng Li, Zhaohe Gao, Xue Cao, Ziling Peng, Pengyan Huang, Abd El-Moez A. Mohamed, Zhigang Zheng, Minki Jeong, Yu-Lung Chiu, Yang Lu, Moataz M. Attallah

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