Corneal biomechanics: A diagnostic tool for differentiating high astigmatism and mild keratoconus by Norsyariza Razak, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Bariah Mohd-Ali

“…Corneal biomechanical and tomography parameters were measured using the Corvis ST and Pentacam HR (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Germany). Keratoconus was diagnosed through slit lamp examination and abnormal corneal tomography patterns. …”
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From Infection to Tumor: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Ciprofloxacin Derivatives as Anticancer Agents by Hesham M. Hassan, Roket Hassan, Ranya Mohammed Elmagzoub, Ahmed Al-Emam, Konstantinos Kossenas, Ahmed S. Abdel-Samea, Hazim O. Khalifa, Suleyman Akocak, Stefan Bräse, Hamada Hashem

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Marginal Discrepancy of Cast Copings to Abutments with Three Different Luting Agents by José Rosas, Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Maria Eugenia Guerrero, Pedro Luis Tinedo-López, Claudia Delgado, Vanessa Z. Ccahuana-Vasquez

“…MD was evaluated using a stereoscopic microscope (Leica EZ4 W, Leica Microsystems, Germany) with an increase of ×100. MD was measured at four predetermined and equidistant sites with respect to the marginal line of the cast adaptation. …”
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Investigating the research landscape of chlorinated paraffins over the past ten decades by Chinemerem Ruth Ohoro, Chijioke Olisah, Victor Wepener

“…China ranked first in publication output (n = 556, 43.3%), and the highest total citations (n = 12,007), followed by Sweden (n = 90), Canada (n = 77), and Germany (n = 75). Publications from developing countries were limited, with most contributions from Africa originating from Egypt (n = 7), South Africa (n = 5), and Nigeria (n = 3), primarily through international collaborations. …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity of an Epoxy Resin-Based Endodontic Sealer Containing Nanoparticles Amorphous Calcium Phosphate by Bilal H. Ibrahim, Hussain Al-Huwaizi

“…In order to determine the antimicrobial activity, the epoxy resin sealer (AH Plus, Dentsply, Germany) was supplemented with NACP from Sigma–Aldrich, at a concentration of 3wt.%, as per the previous flowability tests. …”
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Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

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HERA: a high-resolution pan-European hydrological reanalysis (1951–2020) by A. Tilloy, D. Paprotny, S. Grimaldi, G. Gomes, A. Bianchi, S. Lange, H. Beck, C. Mazzetti, L. Feyen

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Four-year clinical update and treatment switching-adjusted outcomes with first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with chemotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in the Che... by Enriqueta Felip, David P. Carbone, Martin Reck, Luis Paz-Ares, Yong Yuan, Nan Hu, Niels Reinmuth, Xiaoqing Zhang, Thomas John, Ying Cheng, Shun Lu, Manuel Cobo, Michael Schenker, Tudor-Eliade Ciuleanu, Stéphanie Bordenave, Oscar Juan-Vidal, Juliana Menezes, Eduardo Richardet, Hideaki Mizutani, Bogdan Zurawski, Aurelia Alexandru, Javed Mahmood, Tuli De, Irene Santi, John R. Penrod, Adam Lee

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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Specifically, they study the impact of recent reforms in pay-as-you-go pension systems in Norway, Poland and Germany. They find that reforms have reduced the implicit debt to be paid by future generations in all cases, but the burden is shared differently. …”
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Source material for breeding winter bread wheat for grain quality in the north of the Middle Volga Region by I. D. Fadeeva, I. Yu. Ignatieva, A. G. Khakimova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…The following accessions had high and stable levels of protein content in grain (15.1–16.1%): ‘TAW 42971/80’ (k-58363, Germany); ‘Lutescens 471 N8’ (Kazakhstan); ‘Rita’ (k-58057), ‘Scotty’ (k-59322) and ‘Nelson’ (all from the U.S.); ‘Moskovskaya 39’ (k-65160, Russia); ‘Bilotserkivchanka’ (k-64330) and ‘Barkan’ (k-64495) (both from Ukraine). …”
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The role of dendritic cells in tertiary lymphoid structures: implications in cancer and autoimmune diseases by Mariana Reste, Kristi Ajazi, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Radmila Jankovic, Biljana Bufan, Sven Brandau, Espen S. Bækkevold, Florent Petitprez, Malin Lindstedt, Gosse J. Adema, Catarina R. Almeida

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CONUS+ Experiment by N. Ackermann, S. Armbruster, H. Bonet, C. Buck, K. Fülber, J. Hakenmüller, J. Hempfling, G. Heusser, M. Lindner, W. Maneschg, K. Ni, M. Rank, T. Rink, E. Sánchez García, I. Stalder, H. Strecker, R. Wink, J. Woenckhaus, CONUS Collaboration

“…Abstract The CONUS+ experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE $$\nu $$ ν NS) of reactor antineutrinos on germanium nuclei in the fully coherent regime, continuing on this way the CONUS physics program started at the Brokdorf nuclear power plant, Germany. The CONUS+ setup is installed in the nuclear power plant in Leibstadt, Switzerland, at a distance of 20.7 m from the 3.6 GW thermal power reactor core. …”
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The Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Modification, and Cytotoxic Activity of α-Hydroxy-Alkylphosphonates by Zsuzsanna Szalai, Anna Sára Kis, Angéla Takács, László Kőhidai, Konstantin Karaghiosoff, Mátyás Czugler, László Drahos, György Keglevich

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Application of diagnostic methods in the verification of Lyme carditis (clinical case) by K.V. Myndziv, N.I. Yarema, N.Ya. Vereshchahina, V.I. Bondarchuk, U.P. Hevko, O.V. Vayda

“…Total antibodies to antigens of the B. burgdorferi sensu lato complex in blood serum were determined by the ELISA method with test systems Euroimmun AG (Germany). At the second stage, the immunoblot method was applied using the EUROLINE Borrelia RN-AT test system. …”
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Practical Minimum Sample Size for Road Crash Time-Series Prediction Models by Fady M. A. Hassouna, Khaled Al-Sahili

“…Based on the availability of annual crash records, road crash data for four selected countries (Denmark, Turkey, Germany, and Israel) were used to develop the crash prediction models based on different sample sizes (45, 35, 25, and 15 years). …”
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Review of climate-resilient agriculture for ensuring food security: Sustainability opportunities and challenges of India by Satiprasad Sahoo, Chiranjit Singha, Ajit Govind, Armin Moghimi

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Rapid assessment of main agronomic indicators in the grain of winter and spring forms of triticale using infrared spectroscopy by V. S. Popov, N. G. Konkova, T. V. Shelenga, V. I. Khoreva, I. A. Kibkalo, M. Kh. Gadjimagomedova, L. G. Suvaryan

“…Calibration models for the assessment of the said agronomic characters in triticale grain were developed on the platform of the MATRIX-I IR analyzer (Bruker Optics, Germany) and based on the values obtained by classical methods of biochemical analysis adopted at VIR. …”
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Distribution of Pupil Size and Associated Factors: Results from the Population-Based Gutenberg Health Study by Marian Kiel, Stephanie D. Grabitz, Susanne Hopf, Thomas Koeck, Philipp S. Wild, Irene Schmidtmann, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Alexander K. Schuster

“…The Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) is a prospective cohort study established at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany. As part of the 5-year follow-up (2012–2017), 9,559 of 12,432 participants had a valid pupil size measurement. …”
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Advances in chromosomal microarray analysis: Transforming neurology and neurosurgery by Wireko Andrew Awuah, Muhammad Hamza Shah, Vivek Sanker, Krishitha Meenu Mannan, Sruthi Ranganathan, Princess Afia Nkrumah-Boateng, Mabel Frimpong, Kwadwo Darko, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Oday Atallah

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Expression and Function of the Homeostatic Molecule Del-1 in Endothelial Cells and the Periodontal Tissue by Jieun Shin, Kavita B. Hosur, Kalyani Pyaram, Ravi Jotwani, Shuang Liang, Triantafyllos Chavakis, George Hajishengallis

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