The first geospatial dataset of irrigated fields (2020-2024) in Vojvodina (Serbia).

Irrigation is a cornerstone of global food security, enabling sustainable agricultural production and helping to ensure that food is available for people around the world, now and in the future. Mapping irrigated fields provides valuable information for sustainable water management, agricultural development, and environmental conservation efforts. However, the collection of high-quality training data, which is necessary for accurate irrigation mapping remains costly and labour-intensive.

Patients' Intentions to Use Telemedicine for Ophthalmic Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background This study aimed to examine the factors predicting participants' intention to use telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest in health information technologies (HITs) has increased due to COVID-19. Most studies have focused on the acceptance of HIT by physicians and nurses, while there is a lack of studies on patients' perception and acceptance of such systems in ophthalmology.

Endothelium sparing - Air-assisted wedge resection for the treatment of pellucid marginal degeneration.

To describe the surgical technique of performing a wedge resection of a 1 mm area of inferior corneal stroma using stromal air injection assisted separation sparring the endothelium in a patient with bilateral Pellucid Marginal Degeneration. 68-year-old male Caucasian advanced, non progressive. A 30G needle on a 1 ml air-filled syringe injects air into the stromal lamellae with the bevel up, leading to stromal emphysema.

ChromaX: a fast and scalable breeding program simulator.

Summary: ChromaX is a Python library that enables the simulation of genetic recombination, genomic estimated breeding value calculations, and selection processes. By utilizing GPU processing, it can perform these simulations up to two orders of magnitude faster than existing tools with standard hardware. This offers breeders and scientists new opportunities to simulate genetic gain and optimize breeding schemes.

The benefits and struggles of FAIR data: the case of reusing plant phenotyping data.

Plant phenotyping experiments are conducted under a variety of experimental parameters and settings for diverse purposes. The data they produce is heterogeneous, complicated, often poorly documented and, as a result, difficult to reuse. Meeting societal needs (nutrition, crop adaptation and stability) requires more efficient methods toward data integration and reuse.

Contact Lens Use Advice-Risks and Outcomes: Are Patients Drowning in Information but Starved for Knowledge?

Objectives: Microbial keratitis can cause significant visual morbidity and is a common reason for presentation to eye casualty clinics. Contact lens wear and poor contact lens hygiene significantly increase the risk of corneal infection. This study aimed to determine the level of contact lens hygiene awareness amongst contact lens wearers attending our service and determining whether contact lens type and hygiene attitude are related to severity of disease.

Safety and Efficacy of Hypertonic Sodium Chloride 5% Ointment for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome.

Background In this study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of hypertonic sodium chloride 5% ointment in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES). Methodology A total of 21 eyes from 21 patients with RCES either following trauma or spontaneously due to underlying anterior basement membrane dystrophy (ABMD) were prospectively enrolled over a six-month period. The acute episode was managed with topical sodium chloride 5% ophthalmic ointment applied twice daily for 30 days.

Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty for Congenital Aniridia: An Interesting and Challenging Story.

Congenital aniridia is a rare condition affecting a wide range of ocular structures, from the ocular surface to the retina. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with PAX6- and WT1-negative congenital aniridia who developed aniridia-associated keratopathy and progressive endothelial dysfunction with corneal decompensation after cataract surgery. The patient underwent successful ultrathin Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty.

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: A Devastating Disease Coming Back with Vengeance or Finding Its Nemesis?

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is a frequent, painful, and debilitating condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus alongside the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. Twenty-five percent of adults will develop the disease during their lifetime with the risk increasing to one in two over the age of 50. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus presents with a plethora of ocular manifestations ranging from the characteristic rash in the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the fifth cranial nerve to more severe keratouveitis, disciform keratitis, and even retinal necrosis.

The current and future uses of machine learning in ecosystem service research.

Machine learning (ML) expands traditional data analysis and presents a range of opportunities in ecosystem service (ES) research, offering rapid processing of 'big data' and enabling significant advances in data description and predictive modelling. Descriptive ML techniques group data with little or no prior domain specific assumptions; they can generate hypotheses and automatically sort data prior to other analyses. Predictive ML techniques allow for the predictive modelling of highly non-linear systems where casual mechanisms are poorly understood, as is often the case for ES.

Simulating adaptation strategies to offset potential impacts of climate variability and change on maize yields in Embu County, Kenya.

In this study, we assessed the possible impacts of climate variability and change on growth and performance of maize using multi-climate, multi-crop model approaches built on Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) protocols in five different agro-ecological zones (AEZs) of Embu County in Kenya and under different management systems. Adaptation strategies were developed that are locally relevant by identifying a set of technologies that help to offset potential impacts of climate change on maize yields. Impacts and adaptation options were evaluated using projections by 20 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project-Phase 5 (CMIP5) climate models under two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.

Enabling reusability of plant phenomic datasets with MIAPPE 1.1.

Enabling data reuse and knowledge discovery is increasingly critical in modern science, and requires an effort towards standardising data publication practices. This is particularly challenging in the plant phenotyping domain, due to its complexity and heterogeneity. We have produced the MIAPPE 1.

Towards globally customizable ecosystem service models.

Scientists, stakeholders and decision makers face trade-offs between adopting simple or complex approaches when modeling ecosystem services (ES). Complex approaches may be time- and data-intensive, making them more challenging to implement and difficult to scale, but can produce more accurate and locally specific results. In contrast, simple approaches allow for faster assessments but may sacrifice accuracy and credibility.

Comparison of the Endosaver with noninjector techniques in Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty.

Purpose: Minimal loss of corneal endothelial cells during corneal transplantation is a major target but remains a point of controversy among specialists. Hence, the available method to best achieve this continues to stir progress in the field. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of the Endosaver injector device for graft insertion in Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and compare the visual outcomes and endothelial cell survival between the Endosaver injector and Goosey grasping forceps insertion techniques.

Towards a new generation of agricultural system data, models and knowledge products: Information and communication technology.

Agricultural modeling has long suffered from fragmentation in model implementation. Many models are developed, there is much redundancy, models are often poorly coupled, model component re-use is rare, and it is frequently difficult to apply models to generate real solutions for the agricultural sector. To improve this situation, we argue that an open, self-sustained, and committed community is required to co-develop agricultural models and associated data and tools as a common resource.

Herpes simplex virus keratitis: an update of the pathogenesis and current treatment with oral and topical antiviral agents.

Ophthalmic herpes simplex viral keratitis is responsible for a range of ocular manifestations from superficial epithelial disease to stromal keratitis and endotheliitis. The Herpetic Eye Disease Study has guided the management of herpetic eye disease for almost twenty years, but newer medications such as valacyclovir are now available and are considered to have better bioavailability than acyclovir. In this review, we examine the existing evidence on the pathogenesis of different ophthalmic herpes simplex viral keratitis disease modalities and the role of oral and topically administered antiviral drugs in the treatment of herpes simplex viral keratitis.

The international forum of ophthalmic simulation: developing a virtual reality training curriculum for ophthalmology.

Background: To investigate the effect of a structured, supervised, cataract simulation programme on ophthalmic surgeons in their first year of training, and to evaluate the level of skill transfer.

Methods: Trainees with minimal intraocular and simulator experience in their first year of ophthalmology undertook a structured, sequential, customised, virtual reality (VR) cataract training programme developed through the International Forum of Ophthalmic Simulation. A set of one-handed, bimanual, static and dynamic tasks were evaluated before and after the course and scores obtained.

Training and oculoplastics: past, present and future.

Purpose: To describe the evolution of ophthalmic plastic surgical training since the establishment of an oculoplastic subspecialty.

Methods: A systematic search and consultation was undertaken, involving various oculoplastic societies and selected members, to better define the previous and currently evolving training paradigms in oculoplastics. The salient events along with variances that exist in programs across the world today are analysed.