Towards a Virtual Fencing System: Training Domestic Sheep Using Audio Stimuli by Natasa Kleanthous, Abir Hussain, Jennifer Sneddon, Wasiq Khan, Bilal Khan, Zeyar Aung, Panos Liatsis

“…The study demonstrated that unaided audio stimuli were effective at managing virtual fencing for sheep.…”
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A case of total hip arthroplasty for nonunion after femoral trochanteric fracture surgery with complete breakage of only the compression screw of the InterTAN nail by Fumihiro Yoshimura, Koichi Kinoshita, Hajime Seo, Taiki Matsunaga, Kenichiro Doi, Takuaki Yamamoto

“…Three months after total hip arthroplasty, the patient was able to walk unaided and the hip pain had resolved. If only the compression screw is completely broken after internal fixation with the Trigen InterTAN nail, both the lag screw and compression screw will be difficult to remove with preservation of the femoral head. …”
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Examination of Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Whether Individuals Would Purchase Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids by Shunsuke Takai, Takeshi Sato, Yuya Miyakura, Mika Adachi, Yohei Honkura, Daisuke Yamauchi, Yukio Katori

“…Age, disease category, and the pure-tone threshold of air and bone conduction, unaided field sound threshold, aided field sound threshold, and functional gain (FG) at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz were compared between patients who subsequently purchased and did not purchase the CC-HAs. …”
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“Blind” calibration of vector sensors whose dipole/loop triads deviate from their nominal gains/phases/orientations/locations by Song, Yang, Wong, Kainam Thomas, Chen, Fangjiong

“…“self-calibration,” “autocalibration,” or “unaided calibration”) of all above nonidealities. …”
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Spectacles Under Utilization and Associated Factors Among Adults in Hawassa, South Ethiopia, June, 2022 by Gebresellassie MG, Sisay H, Desta K

“…The spectacles under utilization was more prevalent in individuals with unaided visual acuity of 6/6 − 6/12 (46.1%), no eye checkup (38.4%), no surgery on the eye (46.6%), willingness to accept spectacles (35.9%), good knowledge about spectacles (32.6%) and poor attitude about spectacles (35%). …”
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Study of health seeking behaviour in parents of children in a population-based childhood visual impairment study in North India – “CHVI 2” by Meenakshi Wadhwani, Praveen Vashist, Suraj S Singh, Vivek Gupta, Rohit Saxena, Noopur Gupta

“…Of these, 789 children were referred to the centrally based clinic with unaided visual acuity <6/12 in any eye for undergoing detailed ophthalmic examination. …”
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Development of a set of novel binary expression vectors for plant gene function analysis and genetic transformation by Xiuyuan Wang, Chong Teng, Huitian Wei, Shuang Liu, Hongzhuan Xuan, Wentao Peng, Qianqian Li, Hongyan Hao, Qingya Lyu, Shanhua Lyu, Yinglun Fan

“…In addition, the pBTR vectors carry the visual marker, a brightness monomeric red fluorescent protein mScarlet-I, that can be observed with the unaided eye in screening of positive recombinants without the use of additional reagents/equipment. …”
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Improved Segmentation Model for Melanoma Lesion Detection Using Normalized Cross-Correlation-Based <italic>k</italic>-Means Clustering by Muhammad Imran Faizi, Syed Muhammad Adnan

“…The primary stages of melanoma for its identification by the unaided eye are a difficult task that demands extensive training and understanding. …”
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Construction of a near infrared fluorescence system for imaging of biological tissues by Xu Zhao, Shilin Li, Yue Song, Lianhui Fan

“…Abstract Surgical procedures often rely on unaided visual observation or endoscopic assistance, which may pose challenges in cases involving intricate anatomical relationships. …”
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A clinical trial on phakic intraocular lens for the treatment of refractive amblyopia in children and adolescents by Arvind Kumar Morya, Kirandeep Kaur, Bharat Gurnani, Siddharam S Janti, Ankur Kumar Shrivastava, Antarvedi Tejaswini, Aprajita Sinha, Dharavath Venkatesh

“…The mean intraocular lens power was − 12.20 diopter spherical (DS) in 23 eyes and − 2.25 diopter cylindrical (DC) in four patients. The mean unaided distant visual acuity (UDVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were 1.39 ± 0.25 and 0.40 ± 0.21 preoperatively on the log of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) chart. …”
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Visual and Refractive Outcomes of a New Hydrophobic Trifocal Toric Intraocular Lens by Daya S, Espinosa Lagana M

“…Greater than or equal to unaided 20/20 vision was achieved at 40 cm in 42 (67.74%), UIVA at 60 cm in 42 (67.74%) and 50 eyes (80.65%) at 80 cm. …”
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Communicating with mechanically ventilated patients who are awake. A qualitative study on the experience of critical care nurses in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic by Maria Kyranou, Chariklia Cheta, Eliada Pampoulou

“…<h4>Results</h4> We identified several strategies of unaided (movements—lips, hands, legs—facial expressions, gestures, touching) and aided forms of communication (pen and paper, boards, tablets, mobiles) used by nurses to communicate with patients. …”
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Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block and Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomi... by Halime Ozdemir, Coskun Araz, Omer Karaca, Emin Turk

“…Conclusion Bilateral ultrasound-guided ESPB provides superior analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery compared to STAPB and further reduces unaided walking time and hospital stay.…”
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Communicating with mechanically ventilated patients who are awake. A qualitative study on the experience of critical care nurses in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Maria Kyranou, Chariklia Cheta, Eliada Pampoulou

“…<h4>Results</h4>We identified several strategies of unaided (movements-lips, hands, legs-facial expressions, gestures, touching) and aided forms of communication (pen and paper, boards, tablets, mobiles) used by nurses to communicate with patients. …”
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Comparison of the Snellen and Spectrum LogMAR visual acuity charts in schoolgoing children by Thokozile I. Metsing, Rekha Hansraj, Wanda Jacobs

“…Methods: Visual acuity (VA) data on uncompensated distance was collected from three randomly selected schools in Gauteng from 206 children aged between 6 and 17 years (mean age and standard deviation of 10.13 ± 2.45 years). Unaided monocular and binocular VAs were measured using the Snellen chart (SC) at 6 m and the Spectrum LogMAR chart (SLC) at 3 m. …”
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Refractive errors among patients attending the ophthalmology department of a medical college in North-East India by Tanie Natung, Trishna Taye, Laura Amanda Lyngdoh, Begonia Dkhar, Ranendra Hajong

“…Materials and Methods: A prospective study of the new patients (age ≥5 years), who were phakic and whose unaided visual acuities were worse than 20/20 but improved with pinhole, was done. …”
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Implementation of an interactive mobile application to pilot a rapid assay to detect HIV drug resistance mutations in Kenya by Justin D. Vrana, Nuttada Panpradist, Nikki Higa, Daisy Ko, Parker Ruth, Ruth Kanthula, James J. Lai, Yaoyu Yang, Samar R. Sakr, Bhavna Chohan, Michael H. Chung, Lisa M. Frenkel, Barry R. Lutz, Eric Klavins, Ingrid A. Beck

“…The OLA-Simple workflow was completed by all, with genotyping results interpreted correctly by unaided-eye in 108/120 (90%) and by software in 116/120 (97%) of codons analyzed. …”
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Implementation of an interactive mobile application to pilot a rapid assay to detect HIV drug resistance mutations in Kenya. by Justin D Vrana, Nuttada Panpradist, Nikki Higa, Daisy Ko, Parker Ruth, Ruth Kanthula, James J Lai, Yaoyu Yang, Samar R Sakr, Bhavna Chohan, Michael H Chung, Lisa M Frenkel, Barry R Lutz, Eric Klavins, Ingrid A Beck

“…The OLA-Simple workflow was completed by all, with genotyping results interpreted correctly by unaided-eye in 108/120 (90%) and by software in 116/120 (97%) of codons analyzed. …”
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Synced ads: effects of mobile ad size and timing by Jean M. Brechman, Duane Varan, Brooke Wooley, Steven Bellman

“…These four studies manipulated the effects of synced-ad timing (simultaneous vs. sequential before or after) and the size of the mobile ad, to see if these moderate the effects of synced ads.ResultsThe results showed that synced ads were more effective, measured by unaided brand recall, when they were shown after the TV commercial, rather than simultaneously. …”
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Rural Community Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs and Risk Factors by Joseph A. Russell, NREMT-P, Daniel V. Rodriguez, MD, Martha J. Allen, RN, BSN, Nicholas J. Okon, DO, Anne M. Burnett, RN, MN, Steven D. Helgerson, MD, MPH, Dorothy Gohdes, MD, Dennis W. Dietrich, MD, Crystelle C. Fogle, MBA, MS, RD, Carrie S. Oser, MPH, Lynda L. Blades, MPH, CHES, Todd S. Harwell, MPH

“…Methods In 2004, 800 adults aged 45 years and older from two Montana counties participated in a telephone survey using unaided questions to assess awareness of stroke warning signs and risk factors. …”
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