Promoting visual health in early childhood is crucial for visual development, and effective school-based interventions are urgently needed. This study examined the effects of physical exercise combined with accommodative training on visual acuity and...
Anaerobic digestate has been commonly used for the cultivation of vegetable seedlings and as one of the measures for improving peat substrate. Studies have shown that there has been further research conducted on the effect of anaerobic digestate on g...
Abelmoschus esculentus L. is a plant of legume origin; it is used in several areas of nutrition, industry and medicine. This study was proposed in order to understand the adaptation mechanisms of the seeds of this species under the effect of NaCl. Ge...
Mapping individual-tree crowns (ITCs) along with extracting tree morphological attributes provides the core parameters required for estimating thermal stress and carbon emission functions. However, calculating morphological attributes relies on the p...
Study of dimensions (biometry) and shapes (geometric morphometry) of bone structures in ungulates is of extreme importance in wildlife population management. Unlike classical biometry, which involves the use of a caliper for measurements, geometric m...
Background: The aim of this study was to highlight the structural changes in patients with cataract following surgery and the repercussions on the anterior pole. Methods: A total of 83 patients diagnosed with cataract who underwent uneventful phacoem...
Insect frass and vermicompost hold potential applications as fertilizers, with their abilities to improve plant resilience against unfavorable environmental conditions and increase their resistance to pests and diseases. In this study, we explored th...
Background/Objectives: The prevalence of myopia is increasing globally, including in Spain. The early detection of ocular biometric parameters associated with myopia development is crucial for implementing control strategies. This study aims to descr...
Winter wheat is the most important crop in Germany, which is why a three-year field trial (2015–2017) investigated the effects of weather on biometric parameters in relation to the phenological growth stage of the winter wheat varieties Opal, Kerubin...
Plant quality and survival prediction tools are useful when applied in the field in different agricultural sectors. The objectives of this study were to conduct a review and bibliometric analysis of the Dickson Quality Index (DQI) as a key plant qual...
Damage caused by larvae of Noctua comes Hübner, 1813, was recorded during an experiment on ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) cultivated under protected conditions in Poland. This is the first confirmed report of feeding by larvae of the lesser...
The clinical application of artificial intelligence (AI) can provide technical support for examiners and improve obstetric workflow efficiency. In this study, we developed AI models that automatically extract the four-chamber view (4CV) from fetal ca...
The aim of this study was to identify growth-restricted fetuses using biometric parameters and to assess the validity and clinical value of individual ultrasound parameters and ratios, such as transcerebellar diameter/abdominal circumference (TCD/AC)...
The Body Weight (BW) of sheep is an important indicator for producers. Genetic management, nutrition, and health activities can benefit from weight monitoring. This article presents a polynomial model with an adjustable degree for estimating the weig...
Background: Lattice degeneration (LD) is a well-established precursor lesion of retinal detachment, a condition with often poor prognosis that can lead to permanent vision loss. Early identification of LD is clinically significant for risk assessment...
Multispectral sensors onboard unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have proven accurate and fast to predict sugarcane yield. However, challenges to a reliable approach still exist. In this study, we propose to predict sugarcane biometric parameters by usin...
Humic acids are plant biostimulants, which can be used in horticulture as an effective and relatively inexpensive alternative to chemical means of production. The aim of the study was to assess how the fertiliser containing humic acids affected the g...
Nanoparticles (NPs) have great potential for stimulating plant growth and development, reducing the negative impact of various types of stress on plants, and increasing the yield of agriculturally important crops. Metal oxide NPs (MONPs) have been sh...
Users’ satisfaction in indoor spaces plays a key role in building design. In recent years, scientific research has focused more and more on the effects produced by the presence of greenery solutions in indoor environments. In this study, the In...
Background/Objectives: Accurate biometric measurements are critical for achieving optimal refractive outcomes in cataract surgery. This study evaluated the agreement of biometric measurements between a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS&nd...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the association between demographic, ocular biometric, and systemic comorbidity variables with corneal endothelial morphometric parameters in a Caucasian adult population undergoing cataract surgery. Methods: Cross-...
Mint is one of the most valuable herbs, and has multiple benefits and uses. The effect of cultivation methods on the biometric parameters of mint plants was determined by comparing a hydroponic system involving moveable flood tables with plastic cove...
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between preoperative ocular biometric parameters and intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction after phacoemulsification in non-glaucomatous eyes. Methods: The charts of non-glaucomatous patients who...
Microgreens are becoming increasingly popular both as horticultural crops and as vegetables consumed by humans. They are classified as foods of high nutritional value. Twenty-eight microgreens crops were grown in a growth chamber under fully controll...
Between 2021 and 2023, the Scientific Council of Dietplus®, a group specialized in overweight and obesity management, conducted a clinical study on 170 volunteer subjects with a BMI > 29 Kg/m2 consecutively recruited. The Dietplus® program...
Background and Objective: To evaluate the effect of pseudophakia on anterior chamber depth and other ocular biometric parameters, and to analyze its relationship with age, sex, and axial length. Materials and Methods: Optical biometry data from 2372...
Background/Objectives: To determine the impact of corneal and biometry parameters on the normative root mean square (RMS) values of corneal aberrations measured at a 6 mm diameter. Methods: The RMS values for corneal aberrations (anterior, posterior,...
Various products are used to mitigate the negative effects of abiotic stress in olive trees. The aim of the research was to examine an anti-transpirant product (Vapor Gard®, V) and a kaolin- based product (Manisol, K) effect on the growth of two-year...
Soil affects plant growth and development, and it is one of the factors that determine crop yields and quality. Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) plants cv. Cezar were grown in an experiment conducted in 2021–2022 on a horticultu...
Background: With increasing incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), newborn infants with perinatal morbidity, including large-for-gestational-age (LGA) or macrosomia, are also increasing. The purpose of this study was to develop a predictio...
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a severe congenital heart disease, yet its prenatal detection rate remains suboptimal. To support prenatal ultrasound screening of TAPVC, the post-left atrium space (PLAS) index and the left-atri...
Biometric parameters of hop plants were studied over a three-year period on the Czech variety Premiant grown in the Žatec (Saaz) hop-growing region under an organic farming regime. Initially, only bine leaves developed, with lateral leaves emerg...
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the intrasession repeatability of the HBM-1 (Huvitz) optical biometer and to assess its agreement with the IOLMaster 700 (Zeiss) for the main biometric parameters used in intraocular lens (IOL) power calculatio...
Bark stripping by red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) is one of the most acute instances of damage wrought by these animals in a forest. Because of its location, bark stripping causes damage to the thickest and most valuable part of the tree trunk, which lo...
Although plant characterization under the International Potato Center’s (CIP’s) aeroponic system requires many morpho-physiological parameters to evaluate a cultivar, there is no method to evaluate the best parameters or the most suitable...
The effect of white and additional red and blue LED lighting at night (Blue-NLL, Red-NLL) and during the pre-harvest period (Blue-P-hLL, Red-P-hLL) on morphological and physiological parameters, elemental composition, content of polyphenols, and esse...
Hermetia illucens and Tenebrio molitor were tested on account of their potential to replace fish protein in feed. Two levels of replacement for H. illucens, 30% and 50% (H30 and H50), and one for T. molitor, 50% (T50), as well as an additional diet w...
The rule of thumb “the right tree in the right place” is a common idea in different countries to avoid damages caused by trees on sidewalks. Although many new planting techniques can be used, the estimation of the trunk flare diameter (TF...
Food insecurity is a top economic and national security concern in many countries, and scientists worldwide are working to increase crop productivity in order to address this issue. In line with this information, the present study aimed to test the p...
Accurate estimation of tree structural and morphological parameters is essential in precision fruit farming, supporting optimised irrigation management, biomass estimation and carbon stock assessment. While traditional field-based measurements remain...
Black point (BP) and Fusarium-damaged kernels are common disorders affecting wheat grains worldwide. While the negative impact of Fusarium head blight (FHB) on yield and grain quality is well established, the biological significance of BP remains deb...
The continuous progress and advancement of innovation in technology and development of digital tools makes modern structural engineers and technicians of the building and construction sector increasingly able to solve a multitude of design issues. In...
Jelly palm (Butia capitata) is a species of palm tree endemic to the Brazilian Savannah (Cerrado) Biome, which stands out for its use as food, which has resulted in a predatory exploitation of its natural populations. This study aimed to characterize...
How soil is used affects its production characteristics in the future. Under ARD (Apple Replant Disease) conditions, replanted soil’s physical, chemical and biological properties deteriorate. Their improvement is possible through, for example,...
Light-emitting diodes are an attractive tool for improving the yield and quality of plant products. This study investigated the effect of different light intensity and spectral composition on the growth, bioactive compound content, and antioxidant me...
Human eyes are in constant motion. Even when we fix our gaze on a certain point, our eyes continue to move. When looking at a point, scientists have distinguished three different fixational eye movements (FEM)—microsaccades, drift and tremor. T...
Competitive indoor climbing has increased in popularity at the youth, collegiate, and Olympic levels. A critical aspect for improving performance is characterizing the physiologic response to different climbing strategies (e.g., work/rest patterns, p...
(1) Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Early diagnosis and reliable clinical assessments are essential for appropriate therapy and improving patients’ quality of life. Keystroke biome...
The use of an individual’s biometric characteristics to advance authentication and verification technology beyond the current dependence on passwords has been the subject of extensive research for some time. Since such physical characteristics cannot...
This paper presents a research study conducted in a specially developed laboratory for biometric engineering education. The laboratory gives students an opportunity to learn more about fingerprint acquisition and analyze the impact of acquisition on...
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