Automated Pavement Condition Index Assessment with Deep Learning and Image Analysis: An End-to-End Approach.

The degradation of road pavements due to environmental factors is a pressing issue in infrastructure maintenance, necessitating precise identification of pavement distresses. The pavement condition index (PCI) serves as a critical metric for evaluating pavement conditions, essential for effective budget allocation and performance tracking. Traditional manual PCI assessment methods are limited by labor intensity, subjectivity, and susceptibility to human error.

Q Fever-Associated Chorioretinitis.

is the causative agent in Q fever, a zoonotic disease. Ocular manifestations of this disease are extremely rare and have been infrequently reported. In this report, we describe a rare case of chorioretinitis in a patient incompletely treated for Q fever.

Long-term implantable ventricular assist device support in children.

Background: In pediatrics, implantable continuous-flow ventricular assist devices (IC-VAD) are often used as a "temporary" support, bridging children to cardiac transplantation during the same hospital admission.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of our consecutive patients undergoing IC-VAD support at a tertiary pediatric heart center between 2008 and 2022.

Results: We identified 100 IC-VAD implant encounters: HeartWare HVAD (67; 67%), HeartMate II (17; 17%), and HeartMate 3 (16; 16%).

Dual-Emissive Mn-Doped Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals as Background-Suppressed Latent Fingerprint Detection Probes.

Diverse strategies have been developed to visualize latent fingerprints (LFPs) that are undetectable by the naked eye. Among them, fluorescence-based approaches have emerged as an attractive method for enabling high-resolution LFP imaging. However, the use of fluorescent probes for LFP detection remains challenging due to cumbersome processing, low selectivity, and high background interference.

Halide Ion Mixing across Colloidal 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites: Implication of Spacer Ligand on Mixing Kinetics.

Halide ion exchange seen in metal halide perovskites provide a substantial opportunity to control their halide composition and corresponding optoelectronic properties. Halide ion mixing across colloidal 3D perovskite nanocrystals have been extensively studied while the mixing within colloidal 2D counterparts remain underexplored. In this study, the halide ion exchange kinetics across colloidally stable 2D Ruddlesden-Popper layered bromide (Br) and iodide (I) perovskites using two different spacer ligands such as aromatic phenethylammonium (PEA) versus linear butyammonium (BA) is demonstrated.

Pediatric Ophthalmology Scope of Practice.

Purpose: To determine practice patterns of pediatric ophthalmologists with respect to types of medical conditions cared for and age of patients treated due to limited data regarding pediatric ophthalmologists' scope of practice.

Methods: A survey was sent to 1408 international and United States members of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) membership through the group's internet listserv. Responses were collated and analyzed.

Ventricular assist device support for failing Glenn circulation: Impact of concomitant Fontan completion in select patients.

Background: Ventricular assist device (VAD) support for failing Glenn circulation represents a unique challenge.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of clinical outcomes in patients with VAD support for failing Glenn circulation between 2010 and 2020 at a tertiary pediatric institution.

Results: Ten patients were included: INTERMACS profiles were 1 in 3 patients and 2 in 7 patients.

Outcomes of temporary ventricular assist device: A pediatric institutional experience over 25 years.

Background: There are scarce data describing outcomes of pediatric temporary ventricular assist device support.

Methods: A retrospective single-center study was conducted to review clinical outcomes of all consecutive patients with temporary ventricular assist device between 1996 and 2021. Given the complex clinical course in some patients requiring multiple temporary ventricular assist device runs, outcome analysis was based on "encounters" (hospitalizations with temporary ventricular assist device, regardless of the number of devices used).

Predictive Factors of Outcomes in Kahook Dual Blade Excisional Goniotomy Combined with Phacoemulsification.

Aim: To identify factors that were significant predictors of Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) excisional goniotomy outcomes.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and thirty-two eyes from 99 adult glaucoma patients who underwent combined KDB and phacoemulsification (KDB-phaco) with a minimum 6-month follow-up were assessed for baseline patient characteristics to determine correlation to the success of KDB-phaco at 6 and 12 months postoperatively. Success was defined as ≥20% intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction or ≥1 medication reduction as well as IOP ≤18 mm Hg without any additional IOP-lowering procedures after KDB-phaco.

Netarsudil as a Predictor of Response for MicroPulse Transscleral Laser Therapy: A Pilot Study.

Purpose: To investigate the role of netarsudil as an outcome predictor of MicroPulse transscleral laser therapy (MPTLT).

Design: Retrospective comparative study.

Subjects: Forty-seven eyes in 33 adult patients with glaucoma with a minimum of 1 month of follow-up after netarsudil treatment and 3 months of follow-up after MPTLT were included.

Successful Treatment of Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Necrotizing Retinitis with Intravitreous Ganciclovir, Foscarnet, and Methotrexate.

This is a report of an immunocompromised 49-year-old renal transplant patient with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-induced necrotizing retinitis (NR). The patient with NR underwent diagnostic vitrectomy. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of the vitreous fluid was positive for EBV (25,000 IU/mL) and negative for all other organisms.

Dataset of ligand-controlled synthesis of CsPbBr nanoplatelets.

Lead halide perovskites nanocrystals have emerged as next-generation materials in the application of photovoltaics and various optoelectronics owing to the controllable optoelectronic properties (achieved through varying the dimensionality and composition of the materials). The design and control to obtain the desirable optoelectronic properties of the halide perovskite nanocrystals, thus, remain paramount importance. The synthesis and stabilization of cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr) nanoplatelets through ligand-assisted reprecipitation protocol (LARP) can indeed enable the manipulation of the layer thickness over the resulting nanoplatelets.

CsPbBr-CdS heterostructure: stabilizing perovskite nanocrystals for photocatalysis.

The instability of cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr) nanocrystals (NCs) in polar solvents has hampered their use in photocatalysis. We have now succeeded in synthesizing CsPbBr-CdS heterostructures with improved stability and photocatalytic performance. While the CdS deposition provides solvent stability, the parent CsPbBr in the heterostructure harvests photons to generate charge carriers.

Current and Upcoming Treatment Modalities in Myasthenia Gravis.

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of the extensively studied autoimmune disorder. There has been a dramatic increase in research to further understand molecular pathogenesis of MG and clinical trials for new drugs in MG treatment in the past decade. This review article is to consolidate the available information in simple terms with students, residents, and fellows as target audience for easy learning and help application of this knowledge to clinical practice.

Photoinduced Halide Segregation in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D Mixed Halide Perovskite Films.

2D lead halide perovskites, which exhibit bandgap tunability and increased chemical stability, have been found to be useful for designing optoelectronic devices. Reducing dimensionality with decreasing number of layers (n = 10-1) also imparts resistance to light-induced ion migration as seen from the halide ion segregation and dark recovery in mixed halide (Br:I = 50:50) perovskite films. The light-induced halide ion segregation efficiency, as determined from difference absorbance spectra, decreases from 20% to <1% as the dimensionality is decreased for 2D perovskite film from n = 10 to 1.

Mixed or Segregated: Toward Efficient and Stable Mixed Halide Perovskite-Based Devices.

Convenient modulation of bandgap for the mixed halide perovskites (MHPs) (e.g., CsPbBr I ) through varying the halide composition (i.

Highly stable cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals for ultra-sensitive and selective latent fingerprint detection.

Latent fingerprints (LFPs) are one of the most important forms of evidence in crime scenes due to the uniqueness and permanence of the friction ridges in fingerprints. Therefore, an efficient method to detect LFPs is crucial in forensic science. However, there remain several challenges with traditional detection strategies including low sensitivity, low contrast, high background, and complicated processing steps.

Comparison of Outcomes for Laser Trabeculoplasty after Kahook Dual Blade Goniotomy Versus in Goniotomy-Naive Eyes.

Introduction: This was a comparison of laser trabeculoplasty (LTP) outcomes in eyes with prior Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) goniotomy versus in goniotomy-naive control eyes.

Methods: This was a retrospective matched comparative case series. We identified a cohort of patients undergoing LTP between February 2017 and July 2020 at University of Missouri.

Ti Addition Effect on the Grain Structure Evolution and Thermoelectric Transport Properties of HfZrNiSnSb Half-Heusler Alloy.

Compositional tuning is one of the important approaches to enhance the electronic and thermal transport properties of thermoelectric materials since it can generate point defects as well as control the phase evolution behavior. Herein, we investigated the Ti addition effect on the grain growth during melt spinning and thermoelectric transport properties of HfZrNiSnSb half-Heusler compound. The characteristic grain size of melt-spun ribbons was reduced by Ti addition, and very low lattice thermal conductivity lower than 0.

Dataset of enhanced UV-C emitting properties of Pr-activated rare earth phosphates driven by structural lattice distortion through a substitutional doping strategy.

Ongoing global pandemic crisis of coronavirus (COVID-19) and its fast- and wide-spreading into entire worlds, critically intimidating our current and future lives, put more emphasis on the development of efficient UV-C emitting phosphors for the germicidal and medical applications due to the intense UV-C emission, which can effectively deactivate such viruses. In this regard, UV-C emitting Pr-activated three presentative rare earth phosphate such as YPO, LaPO, and La ( mol.%, =0-0.