Impact of Laser Capsulotomy in the Quality of Life of the Elderly with Posterior Capsule Opacity after Cataract Surgery by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Kattia Molina Castellanos, Inés Zamora Galindo, Alina González Díaz, Maikelyn Rodríguez Hernández

“…A survey and a battery of assessment tools to measure functional status were applied as well as the VF-14 test for the assessment of life quality. …”
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Tunnel face stability in strata rich in water with soft upper and hard lower layers by Tao Zhan, Ziwei Hu, Yan Kuang, Zhiliang Zhu, Kaiyi Liao

“…Abstract When a shield tunnel is excavated in water-rich strata with soft upper and hard lower layers, the failure mode of the tunnel face may shift from an overall failure mode to a partial failure mode. …”
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Simulated Effects of Cropland Expansion on Summer Climate in Eastern China in the Last Three Centuries by Quansheng Ge, Jingyun Zheng, Xuezhen Zhang, Fanneng He

“…The rainy effect resulted from increases in convective rainfall, which was associated with a warming surface in certain areas of the Yellow River and Yangtze River and a large increase in the surface moisture flux in Northeast China. …”
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Mechanical Properties Measurement of Polymer Films by Bulge Test and Fringe Projection by C. S. Lin, T. L. Horng, J. H. Chen, K. H. Chen, J. J. Wu, C. Y. Chen, S. H. Ma

“…A deformed image was then obtained via fringe projections with a series of optical apparatuses, and a 3D membrane deformation distribution was further achieved from this deformed image by some image processes that are chiefly through wavelet transformation and phase expansion. …”
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Grape Seed Procyanidin Extract Improves Insulin Production but Enhances Bax Protein Expression in Cafeteria-Treated Male Rats by Lídia Cedó, Anna Castell-Auví, Victor Pallarès, Mayte Blay, Anna Ardévol, Montserrat Pinent

“…In a previous study, the administration of a grape seed procyanidin extract (GSPE) in female Wistar rats improved insulin resistance, reduced insulin production, and modulated apoptosis biomarkers in the pancreas. …”
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Amylin: Localization, Effects on Cerebral Arteries and on Local Cerebral Blood Flow in the Cat by Lars Edvinsson, Peter J. Goadsby, Rolf Uddman

“…CGRP8-37 blocked the CGRP and amylin induced relaxations in a parallel fashion. In vivo studies of amylin, adrenomedullin, and CGRP showed a brisk reproducible increase in local cerebral blood flow as examined using laser Doppler flowmetry applied to the cerebral cortex of the a-chloralose�anesthetized cat. …”
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Learning under label noise through few-shot human-in-the-loop refinement by Aaqib Saeed, Dimitris Spathis, Jungwoo Oh, Edward Choi, Ali Etemad

“…Our method initially learns a seed model using weak labels. Next, it fine-tunes the seed model using a handful of expert corrections. …”
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Can Digital Rectal Examination Identify the Subtype of Dyssynergic Disorders as Well as High Resolution Anorectal Manometry? by Philippe Onana Ndong, Karine Baumstarck, Véronique Vitton

“…Digital rectal examination (DRE) offers a reliable, cost‐effective alternative for DD diagnosis. …”
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Características de empresas que influenciam o seu disclosure voluntário de indicadores de desempenho by Roberto Carlos Klann, Ilse Maria Beuren

“…O estudo objetiva analisar se características como tamanho, setor de atividade e desempenho econômico-financeiro influenciam as empresas a divulgarem indicadores de desempenho contábeis na forma de disclosure voluntário em seus relatórios anuais. …”
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Gender-associated features in diabetic kidney disease by S.S. Safarova

“…Notably, older women with T2DM have a higher prevalence of DKD than older men. The albuminuric component of DKD was more frequently observed in men. …”
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Mechanistic relationship between obesity-induced inflammation triggering endothelial dysfunction and the initiation of atherosclerosis development by Richard L. Jayaraj, Elhadi H Aburawi

“…Obesity is a multifactorial, chronic inflammatory illness that affects individuals of all ages; it is linked to several cardiovascular and metabolic syndromes. …”
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Hematological Parameters in Individuals with Beta Thalassemia Trait in South Sumatra, Indonesia by Dian Puspita Sari, Pustika Amalia Wahidiyat, Iswari Setianingsih, Ina S. Timan, Djajadiman Gatot, Aria Kekalih

“…Background. β-Thalassemia has a very wide clinical variation, depending on the severity of the patient’s condition. …”
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Microgrid Islanding Detection Using D-PMU and Phase Angle Analysis of Negative Sequence Impedance by Asim Chaulagain, Ramakrishna Gokaraju, Nurul Chowdhury, Krish Narendra

“…Unintentional islanding detection is a major challenge during the operation of a microgrid. …”
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The impact of artistic sports on academic self-efficacy by Yanyan Tian, Yanyan Tian, Haiqing Wang

“…IntroductionArtistic sports have a more positive impact on adolescents on the basis of basic sports. …”
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Mapeamento do uso do vidro em construções residenciais: um estudo de caso no município de Goianésia do Pará by Sueda da Silva Borille, Alyne Barboza da Costa Araújo, Fernanda Pereira Gouveia, Grazielle Tigre de Souza, Matuzalem dos Santos Araújo, Taiane Barbosa da Silva Costa

“…Assim sendo, tem-se como objetivo principal do presente artigo, demonstrar o mapeamento e análise da utilização do vidro em residências do município de Goianésia do Pará. A coleta de dados se deu por meio da realização de entrevistas com os proprietários de todas as três vidraçarias locais e a aplicação de questionários a 65 proprietários de residências do município. …”
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Caffeine's Vascular Mechanisms of Action by Darío Echeverri, Félix R. Montes, Mariana Cabrera, Angélica Galán, Angélica Prieto

“…It is found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolate, and many medications. Caffeine is a xanthine with various effects and mechanisms of action in vascular tissue. …”
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Compilation of 10 Years of MIRU-VNTR Data: Canadian National Tuberculosis Laboratory’s Experience by Meenu K. Sharma, Debra Janella, Alisa McGurran, Cindi Corbett, Heather Adam, Pierre-Marie Akochy, David Haldane, Hope MacKenzie, Jessica Minion, Robert Needle, Caroline Newberry, Michael Patterson, Inna Sekirov, Gregory Tyrrell, Hafid Soualhine

“…Tuberculosis is a significant cause of morbidity worldwide and is a priority at the provincial and federal levels in Canada. …”
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COMUNICAREA STRATEGICĂ: UNELE CONSIDERAȚII TEORETICE by USM ADMIN

“… Articolul oferă o analiză cuprinzătoare a cadrului teoretic al conceptului de comunicare strategică (StratCom). …”
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Investigating the Selective Control of Photoassociation of Yb2 by Junxia Cheng, Bo Tian, Siyu Li, Jia Wang, Shenjiang Wu

“…These conditions will provide an important reference and suggest a scheme for a feasible photoassociation of further experimental and theoretical research studies. …”
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Analiza i ocjena gazdovanja šumama: kritički osvrt na šumskoprivredne osnove by Zoran Maunaga, Vojislav Dukić

“…Promjene prirasta takođe nemaju adekvatno obrazloženje, a ne pridaje se potreban značaj ni analizi otvorenosti šuma. …”
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