Visual and refractive outcomes following implantation of a new trifocal intraocular lens by Michael Lawless, Chris Hodge, Joe Reich, Lewis Levitz, Uday K. Bhatt, Colm McAlinden, Kate Roberts, Timothy V. Roberts

“…All patients achieved an unaided distance acuity of 20/40 or better postoperatively. …”
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Defining role of atlantoaxial and subaxial spinal instability in the pathogenesis of cervical spinal degeneration: Experience with “only-fixation” without any decompression as trea... by Atul Goel, Ravikiran Vutha, Abhidha Shah, Apurva Prasad, Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Shradha Maheshwari

“…Of 130 patients who had clinical evidences of severe myelopathy and were either wheelchair or bed bound, 116 patients walked aided (23 patients), or unaided (93 patients) at the last follow-up. One patient in the series was operated on 24 months after the first surgery by anterior cervical route for “adjacent segment” disc herniation. …”
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Treatment of forefoot problems in older people: study protocol for a randomised clinical trial comparing podiatric treatment to standardised shoe advice by Peeraer Louis, Gorter Kees J, Knol Dirk L, Elders Petra JM, van der Zwaard Babette C, van der Windt Daniëlle AWM, van der Horst Henriëtte E

“…Participants must be able to walk unaided for 7 metres and be able to fill in questionnaires. …”
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Keratoconic patient profile and management at public sector facilities in South Africa by Pheagane M.W. Nkoana, Vanessa R. Moodley, Khathutshelo P. Mashige

“…Clinical findings were mean unaided visual acuity (UVA) of 0.19 ± 0.18, best corrected VA of 0.53 ± 0.24, spherical equivalence of -4.89 ± 9.17 dioptre (D), mean K of 57.37 ± 17 D and corneal astigmatism of -6.24 ± 4.27 D. …”
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Sensitive Visual Detection of AHPND Bacteria Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Combined with DNA-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles as Probes. by Narong Arunrut, Jantana Kampeera, Sarawut Sirithammajak, Piyachat Sanguanrut, Porranee Proespraiwong, Rungkarn Suebsing, Wansika Kiatpathomchai

“…Here, we describe a simpler but equally sensitive approach for detection of VPAHPND based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) combined with unaided visual reading of positive amplification products using a DNA-functionalized, ssDNA-labled nanogold probe (AuNP). …”
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Modelling Water Colour Characteristics in an Optically Complex Nearshore Environment in the Baltic Sea; Quantitative Interpretation of the Forel-Ule Scale and Algorithms for the Re... by Sławomir B. Woźniak, Justyna Meler

“…The modelled quantities include the spectra of the remote-sensing reflectance <i>R_rs</i>(λ) and the hue angle α, which quantitatively describes the colour of water visible to the unaided human eye. Based on the latter value, it is also possible to match water-leaving light spectra to classes on the traditional Forel-Ule water colour scale. …”
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Invading the Greek Seas: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Marine Impactful Alien and Cryptogenic Species by Michail Ragkousis, Maria Sini, Nikoletta Koukourouvli, Argyro Zenetos, Stelios Katsanevakis

“…This latitudinal gradient is mainly due to the large number of thermophilous Lessepsian species of West Indo-Pacific origin, which reach the southern parts of the study area through unaided dispersal. On the other hand, transport stowaways appear to be more prevalent in areas located near large ports, which show significant differences in ICAS numbers and community composition compared to sites located far from ports. …”
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Effect of face masks on speech perception in noise of individuals with hearing aids by Jung Ho Choi, Hyo Jung Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Ji Hye Park, Yong-Hwi An, Hyun Joon Shim

“…The improvement conferred by hearing aids (unaided speech perception score minus aided speech perception score) was significantly greater at 0 and −4 dB SNR than at −16 dB SNR in the mask–AV group (Bonferroni’s corrected p &lt; 0.01). …”
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Application of a Revised Tissue Saving Protocol for Combined Topography-Guided Photorefractive Keratectomy and Cross-Linking in a Cohort Having Pellucid Marginal Degeneration by Omar Yousif M, Elkitkat RS, Hamza MN, Abdelsadek Alaarag N

“…A revised protocol of topo-guided photorefractive keratectomy to be followed by customized phototherapeutic keratectomy and then corneal crosslinking was evaluated by comparing the pre and postoperative outcomes regarding visual (subjective refraction) and topographic (using data from Sirius CSO topography software) outcomes.Results: There were both statistically significant and clinically relevant improvements in the postoperative parameters, where each of the unaided and corrected visual acuity, spherical equivalent, refractive cylinder, K readings, topographic cylinder, inferior minus superior difference at the 2- and 4- mm diameters, coma aberration, and higher order aberrations were significantly better postoperatively (all p values were less than 0.01, except for maximum k readings where the p-value was 0.017). …”
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Role Conflict and Psychological WellBeing in School Teachers: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern India by Megha Thakur, Varalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Vasudeva Guddattu

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the government, aided and unaided schools in Udupi, Karnataka. A total of 645 school teachers were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Web page enhancement on desktop and mobile browsers by Yu, Chen-Hsiang

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The use of Malay version of hearing handicap questionnaire on adults with hearing impairment : case study by Muhammad Shahanizam, Shamsuddin

“…This research was conducted to study the hearing handicaps of adults with hearing impairment in relation to the degree, type and duration of hearing loss, by means of a simple questionnaire in Malay version. Ten unaided subjects participated in this study. All of them were above ·18 years of age, had hearing impairment and in good mental health. …”
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The effects of vortex gate design on mechanical strength of thin section casting of LM 25 (Al---7Si-0.3Mg) aluminum casting alloy by Subhi, Zaid Ali

“…Numerical simulation by ADESTEFAN v.10 package was used to identify the molten metal flow behavior in the mold cavity which is physically could not be detected by unaided eye. The X-Ray Radiography test used to examine in general the distribution of defects in thin casted part. 3-Point bending test was applied to measure the flexural strength of the casted alloy material. …”
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Digital Fluoroscopic Navigation for Limb Length Restoration During Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty by Robert O’Leary, MD, Anshul Saxena, PhD, William Arguelles, PhD, Yvette Hernandez, CCRP, Chukwuemeka U. Osondu, MD, MPH, Juan C. Suarez, MD

“…One surgeon utilized DF to achieve intended length (n = 50), while the other utilized unaided standard fluoroscopy (SF; n = 50). A third surgeon blinded to the procedures assessed actual limb length using an ipsilateral overlay technique on the 6-week postoperative radiograph. …”
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Axial length/corneal radius of curvature ratio and refractive development evaluation in 3- to 4-year-old children: the Shanghai Pudong Eye Study by Ke-Ke Zhao, Yuan Yang, Hong Wang, Lu Li, Zhao-Yang Wang, Fan Jiang, Ji-Fang Qu

“…According to the measurement and analysis of the unaided visual acuity (VA), AL, CRC, AL/CRC ratio, astigmatism and other refractive parameters, the data distribution and reference range were obtained. …”
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Artificial-Intelligence-Aided Radiographic Diagnostic of Knee Osteoarthritis Leads to a Higher Association of Clinical Findings with Diagnostic Ratings by Markus Neubauer, Lukas Moser, Johannes Neugebauer, Marcus Raudner, Barbara Wondrasch, Magdalena Führer, Robert Emprechtinger, Dietmar Dammerer, Richard Ljuhar, Christoph Salzlechner, Stefan Nehrer

“…Thus, AI-aided radiographic diagnoses were compared against AI-unaided diagnoses with regard to their correlations with clinical severity. …”
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Colorimetric Method for Detection of Hydrazine Decomposition in Chemical Decontamination Process by Jungsoon Park, Hee-Chul Eun, Seonbyeong Kim, Changhyun Roh, So-Jin Park

“…Furthermore, the colorimetric response was easy to monitor with the unaided eye, without any sophisticated instrumentation. …”
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Comparative Study of Surgically Induced Astigmatism in Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery by Dnyanoba Mukund Darade, Jayshri Hariharrao Pendamkar, Bhagyashree Suresh Wangikar

“…Conclusion: The present study showed the superiority of Frown incision over Batwing incision in terms of less SIA and improved postoperative unaided visual results.…”
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Preliminary Results and a Treatment Algorithm for Osteomyelitis of the Distal Tibia and Talus by Augusto Roca Fernandez BS, Richard M. Smith MD, Federico Palacio Bedoya MD, Richard T. Laughlin MD

“…All are able to walk unaided and 25% used an AFO to control and protect the foot and equalize leg length. …”
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Impact of practicing internal benchmarking on continuous improvement of cataract surgery outcomes: a retrospective observational study at Aravind Eye Hospitals, India by Sachin Gupta, Thulasiraj D Ravilla, Helen Mertens, Frits van Merode, Ganesh-Babu Subburaman Balu, Ravindran D Ravilla, Carroll Webers, Shyam Vasudeva Rao

“…We created tables and line charts to examine trends in key outcomes.Setting Aravind Eye Care System, India.Participants Phacoemulsification surgeries performed on 718 120 eyes at 10 centres (five tertiary and five secondary eye centres) from 2012 to 2020 were included.Interventions An internal benchmarking of surgery outcome parameters, to assess variations among the hospitals and compare with the best hospital.Outcome measures Intraoperative complications, unaided visual acuity (VA) at postoperative follow-up visit and residual postoperative refractive error (within ±0.5D).Results Over the study period the intraoperative complication rate decreased from 1.2% to 0.6%, surgeries with uncorrected VA of 6/12 or better increased from 80.8% to 89.8%, and surgeries with postoperative refractive error within ±0.5D increased from 76.3% to 87.3%. …”
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