Monocular eye-cueing shifts eye balance in amblyopia.

Here, we investigate the shift in eye balance in response to monocular cueing in adults with amblyopia. In normally sighted adults, biasing attention toward one eye, by presenting a monocular visual stimulus to it, can shift eye balance toward the stimulated eye, as measured by binocular rivalry. We investigated whether we can modulate eye balance by directing monocular stimulation/attention in adults with clinical binocular deficits associated with amblyopia and larger eye imbalances.

Database of soil properties incorporating organic content from roots and soil organisms for regional slope stabilisation.

The effectiveness of using vegetation to reinforce slopes is influenced by the soil and vegetation characteristics. Hence, this study pioneers the construction of an extensive soil database using random forest machine learning and ordinary kriging methods, focusing on the influence of plant roots on the saturated and unsaturated properties of residual soils. Soil organic content, which includes contributions from both soil organisms and roots, functions as a key factor in estimating soil hydraulic and mechanical properties influenced by vegetation roots.

Outcomes After Standardized Burr-Hole Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Population-Based Consecutive Cohort Study of 2655 Patients.

Background And Objectives: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical conditions. However, current evidence on postoperative outcomes exhibits variability due to small sample sizes, nonstandardized outcome assessment, and variations in surgical techniques. The aim of this study was to overcome these limitations by assessing standardized outcome measures after surgical intervention for CSDH at a high-volume population-based center favoring a uniform burr-hole craniotomy (BHC) approach.

Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance-Experience of Hong Kong, China.

The world has gone through the COVID-19 pandemic and has now returned to normalcy. We reviewed the strategies and public health actions conducted in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic, and reflected on the lessons learned, which are potentially useful in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We recommended extending wastewater surveillance for AMR, apart from SARS-CoV2.

Prediction of Bacterial Etiology in Pediatric Patients with Acute Epididymitis: A Comparison of C-Reactive Protein and Urinalysis in Terms of Diagnostic Accuracy.

: We aimed to determine the proportion of bacterial etiology in pediatric acute epididymitis (AE) and to compare the predictive accuracy of C-reactive protein (CRP) and urinalysis. : Pediatric patients diagnosed with AE in National Taiwan University Hospital from 2009 to 2018 were retrospectively identified. Patient profiles, including clinical symptoms, physical findings, laboratory data, and treatment types, were collected.