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Summary: In the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, ischemia and neurodegeneration were the main disease pathways associated with visual acuity, with mechanisms varying among patients. Vessel density in the deep retinal capillary plexus and thickness of the ganglion cell layer plus inner plexiform layer were significantly lower in eyes with decreased visual acuity. The prevalence of ischemia and neurodegeneration was higher in eyes with decreased visual acuity compared to eyes with normal visual acuity.
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Summary: Light is an important factor that affects plant growth and development, influencing plant morphology, physiology, and biochemical parameters. Different plants respond differently to different spectral radiations and light intensities, depending on growing conditions.
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Conceicao Lobo, Torcato Santos, Ines P. Marques, Maria H. Madeira, Ana Rita Santos, Joao Figueira, Jose Cunha-Vaz
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Shruti Chandra, Sarega Gurudas, Ian Pearce, Martin Mckibbin, Ajay Kotagiri, Geeta Menon, Benjamin J. L. Burton, James Talks, Anna Grabowska, Faruque Ghanchi, Richard Gale, Andrea Giani, Victor Chong, Ching Ning Taffeta Chen, Luke Nicholson, Sridevi Thottarath, Swati Chandak, Sobha Sivaprasad
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Qianxixi Min, Leo F. M. Marcelis, Celine C. S. Nicole, Ernst J. Woltering
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Summary: In the field of visual science study using rodents, methods for measuring visual function have limitations in specific cell measurement or requiring training time. We proposed an automated optometry program, 'SKY optomotry', that tracks rodents' optomotor response to overcome subjectivity and the lengthy scoring procedure of existing methods. The performance evaluation of SKY optomotry showed excellent results and good agreement with measurements by experts.
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Fisheries
Minoru Kadota, Shinsuke Torisawa, Tsutomu Takagi, Kazuyoshi Komeyama
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K Matsuda, S Torisawa, T Hiraishi, K Nashimoto, K Yamamoto
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S Torisawa, K Miyashita, R Kawabe, Y Fujimori, T Oshima, S Honda, K Sato
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