Management of Patients with Graves’ Disease and Orbital Involvement: Role of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Alice Bruscolini, Maurizio La Cava, Magda Gharbiya, Marta Sacchetti, Lucia Restivo, Chiara Nardella, Marco Marenco, Alessandro Lambiase

“…Thirty-six eyes of 18 patients with GO and 36 eyes of 18 age-matched control subjects were included in this retrospective observational study. All the subjects underwent a complete ophthalmological evaluation, including clinical activity score (CAS) and exophthalmometry. …”
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Relationship between the Direction of Ophthalmic Artery Blood Flow and Ocular Microcirculation before and after Carotid Artery Stenting by Masashi Ishii, Morito Hayashi, Fumihiko Yagi, Kenichiro Sato, Goji Tomita, Satoshi Iwabuchi

“…Peak systolic velocity as an indicator of the rate of stenosis was also significantly higher in the group with retrograde/undetected flow of the ophthalmic artery than in the group with antegrade flow (P=0.002). In all cases where retrograde flow of the ophthalmic artery was observed before stenting, the flow changed to antegrade after stenting. …”
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Development of a Methodology for the Determination of Pesticide Residues in Cajá-Manga Pulp (Spondias dulcis L.) Using Solid-Liquid Extraction with Low-Temperature Partitioning by Escarlet T. D. Santana, Dayane F. Soares, Anizio M. Faria

“…The extraction of pesticides from the cajá-manga pulp was performed by the liquid-solid extraction with low-temperature partitioning, achieving efficiency in the range of 75.3–129.3% with limits of quantification between 170 and 430 ng·g−1 for all compounds. The methodology was validated according to the SANTE/11813/2017 document, demonstrating good detectability, selectivity, precision, and accuracy with limits of quantification within the range of the maximum residual limits preconized for the compounds. …”
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Glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus affects periodontal health but not salivary status: An observational study by Paula de Oliveira Cunha, Isadora Messias Batista Rosa, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant’ana, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando, Carlos Antonio Negrato, Carla Andreotti Damante

“…Capillary blood glucose was recorded for all patients, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was measured only for patients with T1DM. …”
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Pedagogical responsiveness of mathematics instruction at inclusive secondary schools: A particularistic case study by Leena Ngonyofi Kanandjebo

“…Teacher training should also incorporate responsive pedagogy to enhance outcomes and foster a more inclusive learning environment that promotes academic success and positive social experiences for all learners. Recommendations at a policy level, including advocating for a decolonised curriculum were made.…”
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Illumination on Chemical Compounds from Qufeng Zhitong Capsule and Its Potential Pharmacological Mechanism against Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on UHPLC/Q-Orbitrap-MS Combined with N... by Mengjie Xue, Lihua Zhang, Yuting Zhao, Qixuan Mu, Ying Cui, Ke Qian, Xin Chai

“…In this study, 61 compounds including 16 phenylpropanoids, 15 organic acids, 13 alkaloids, seven flavonoids, six iridoids, one saccharide, two aldehydes, and one saponin in QZC were simultaneously identified and traced to their herbal origins by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem Q-Exactive Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC/Q-Orbitrap-MS), where 31 of them were unambiguously identified by reference compounds, and the other 30 were tentatively characterized. Besides, all these compounds were proven to have potential pharmacological activity in the treatment of RA based on network pharmacology analysis. …”
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Intra-Abdominal Localisation of a Buschke-Lowenstein Tumour: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by N. E. Wester, E. M. Hutten, C. Krikke, Robert A. Pol

“…We present a literature overview on the treatment options for a Buschke-Lowenstein tumour, with emphasis on interferon therapy, with all the advantages and disadvantages.…”
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Effects of Reinforcing Fiber and Microsilica on the Mechanical and Chloride Ion Penetration Properties of Latex-Modified Fiber-Reinforced Rapid-Set Cement Concrete for Pavement Rep... by Woong Kim, Jong-Chan Jeon, Byung-Hwan An, Joo-Ha Lee, Hae-Do Kim, Chan-Gi Park

“…Based on these test results, microsilica at a substitution ratio of 3% or less and macrosynthetic fiber as the reinforcement improved the performance of LMFRCRSC for a concrete pavement emergency repair and satisfied all of the target strength requirements.…”
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Effect of Biodegradable Mulch and Different Synthetic Mulches on Growth and Yield of Field-Grown Small-Fruited Tomato (<i>Lycopersicon esculentum</i> Mill.) by Katarzyna Adamczewska-Sowińska, Joanna Bykowy, Janina Jaworska

“…Compared to the control, the use of black, red, and aluminum PE films and brown PP resulted in a 7.2% increase in plant height. All mulching treatments, except white film, increased the lateral spread of the plants by an average of 24.2%. …”
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Investigation of Multiple Hole Grouting for Reducing Water Inrush Risk in Underground Engineering by Changde Yang, Ling Li, Ying Li, Yakuan Gao

“…The risk of the water inrush into coal mines can all be reduced by grouting. A model that integrates a geographic information system (GIS), distribution of quantity of grouting injected, and water inflow correlation method is proposed here to evaluate the effects of grouted reinforcement in coal mining. …”
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European Union Energy Saving Policy by N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…The paper also analyzes the provisions of the Directive 2012/27 that is the first EU document, providing for a comprehensive approach to energy saving at all stages: production, transformation and consumption. …”
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Arthroscopic Treatment for Primary Septic Arthritis of the Hip in Adults by Jörg Hartmut Schröder, David Krüger, Carsten Perka, Martin Hufeland

“…Inspired by the success of all-arthroscopic treatment in pediatric patients, we developed a diagnostic and surgical pathway for our adult patients. …”
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Tritium Breeding Performance Analysis of HCLL Blanket Fusion Reactor Employing Vanadium Alloy (V-5Cr-5Ti) as First Wall Material by Indah Rosidah Maemunah, Zaki Su’ud, Abdul Waris, Dwi Irwanto

“…This alloy has the highest number of neutronic performing for 1.27 TBR and 1.26 in multiplication energy factor in all investigations. Meanwhile, the amount of atomic displacement, hydrogen, and helium production are around 22.31 appm, 765.55 appm, and 281.57 appm, respectively. …”
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Entre el castigo y la reconciliación. Análisis sociojurídico del proceso de paz y la negociación del Acuerdo sobre las Víctimas del Conflicto by Gabriel Ignacio Gómez

“…El punto de partida de esta reflexi n se basa en una perspectiva sociojur dica cr tica que va m s all de las orientaciones institucionalistas que han predominado en la literatura internacional sobre justicia transicional. …”
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Multiobjective distribution system operation with demand response to optimize solar hosting capacity, voltage deviation index and network loss by Kabulo Loji, Sachin Sharma, Gulshan Sharma, Tanuj Rawat

“…From the simulation results, it is found that HC is 3322.31 kW, VDev is 0.4982 p.u and system losses is 1314.86 kWh with demand response program when all the objectives are simultaneously optimized. …”
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Primary Sarcoma of the Specialised Prostatic Stroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rosanna Zamparese, Francesco Corini, Antonio Braccischi, Antonella D'Angelo, Lucilla Diamanti, Marina Del Vecchio, Willy Giannubilo, Vladimiro Mambelli

“…This is a really rare neoplasm; in the literature, in fact, to our knowledge, only 6 cases are described and all of these were alive and free of disease at followup. …”
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Foreword by Kammila Naidoo

“…This is distressing to note for all who work in this field and who acknowledge that a country’s future stability, growth, and development, are inextricably linked to the ways in which this youngest cohort is treated, catered for, inspired, and afforded economic, social, and educational opportunities. …”
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The heart attack of the Polish health service: metaphors, arguments, and emotional appeals in political debates by Konrad Juszczyk, Barbara Konat, Małgorzata Fabiszak

“…The results show that metaphorical arguments do not outnumber non-metaphorical ones (H1 is falsified), and arguments that are both metaphorical and emotional do not outnumber the sum of all other types (H3 is falsified). Emotional arguments are more common than non-emotional ones (H2 is verified). …”
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Convolutional Neural Network-Based Fish Posture Classification by Xin Li, Anzi Ding, Shaojie Mei, Wenjin Wu, Wenguang Hou

“…Before training the network, all sample images are preprocessed to make the fish be horizontal on the image according to the principal component analysis. …”
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Voiles et caravansérails : l’Orient dans Lolita by Monica Manolescu

“…Nabokov’s Oriental intertexts, which have not at all been analysed by critics, can be found in Ada as well (although this paper will only focus on Lolita).Going beyond these obvious motifs, Lolita’s Oriental paradigm can also be uncovered, more subtly, in what we could call the “spatial narrative” or “narrative of space” that Humbert invents for the nymphet’s delight when the two of them “put the geography of the United States into motion”. …”
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