Effectiveness and safety of the XEN45 gel stent compared to trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma: the Gold-Standard Pathway Study by Kaweh Mansouri, Xuemin Gu, Ingeborg Stalmans, Herbert A Reitsamer, Iqbal K Ahmed, Vanessa Vera, Antonio Maria Fea, Earl Randy Craven

“…Visual recovery was faster/better (per the mean and time to first return to baseline best corrected visual acuity) and SHPC-18-related improvements were greater post-gel stent than post-trabeculectomy.Conclusion Similar proportions of eyes with POAG achieved the primary endpoint post-gel stent and post-trabeculectomy. …”
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Oral manifestations of Nance Horan syndrome: A systematic review of case reports by Ankita Mathur, Sapna Negi, Snehasish Tripathy, Shalini Aggarwal, Felix Amekpor, Vini Mehta

“…An electronic search of PubMed-MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases was done to retrieve case reports documenting oral anomalies related to NHS at the time of presentation. Genetic studies or studies focussing on the genetic analysis of the case were excluded. …”
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Interplay between fecundity, sexual and growth selection on the spring phenology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). by Oddou-Muratorio, Sylvie, Bontemps, Aurore, Gauzere, Julie, Klein, Etienne K

“…Background: Plant phenological traits such as the timing of budburst or flowering can evolve on ecological timescales through response to fecundity and viability selection. …”
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Magnetic Reconnection between a Solar Jet and a Filament Channel by Garima Karki, Brigitte Schmieder, Pooja Devi, Ramesh Chandra, Nicolas Labrosse, Reetika Joshi, Bernard Gelly

“…Large Doppler shifts in H α are derived in a typical area for a short time (order of minute). They correspond to flows around 140 km s ^−1 . …”
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Knowledge and Use of Caries Detection Methods among Dental Students and Dental Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Waseem Radwan, Abeer A. AlNasser, Hesah Aloqab, Khalid Al-Saggaf, Nora A. Almuhtab, Bothinah Alnasyan

“…Results. 42.3% and 32.7% use sharp explorers in diagnosing caries always and most of the time, respectively. When conducting caries risk assessment practices, 64.4% was very likely to review the patient’s medical history and lifestyle. …”
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EduCardia: A Modern Technology-Powered Methodology for the Assessment and Improvement of Social and Emotional Competencies of Students in K12 Schools by Eleni Fotopoulou, Elia Lopez Cassa, Lydia Mavraidi, Julia Peris, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Adina Colomeischi, Christina Papasolomontos, Symeon Papavassiliou

“…Evaluation results are provided based on the application of the EduCardia SEL methodology in K12 schools in Greece for a short period of time, considering three different age groups. The targeted competencies are shown to be improved, while teachers provide insights on the applicability and efficiency of the proposed approach.…”
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Strengthening public health education and humanitarian response through academic volunteerism by Faiza Rab, Mekdes Assefa, Salim Sohani, Ilja Ormel, Farwa Arshad, Ahmad Firas Khalid

“…Academic volunteerism within the Movement includes contributions from students, volunteers and professionals from academic institutions who offer their time and expertise. In this study we aimed to understand the process of embedding academic volunteers in humanitarian organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) and assess the impact of their activities within the realm of public health education. …”
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Renin-Angiotensin System Genes Polymorphisms and Essential Hypertension in Burkina Faso, West Africa by Daméhan Tchelougou, Jonas K. Kologo, Simplice D. Karou, Valentin N. Yaméogo, Cyrille Bisseye, Florencia W. Djigma, Djeneba Ouermi, Tegwindé R. Compaoré, Maléki Assih, Virginio Pietra, Patrice Zabsonré, Jacques Simpore

“…The polymorphisms were identified by a classical and a real-time PCR. Results. The AGT 235M/T and AT1R 1166A/C polymorphisms were not associated with the hypertension while the genotype frequencies of the ACE I/D polymorphism between patients and controls (DD: 66.83% and 35.78%, ID: 28.22% and 50.98%, II: 4.95% and 13.24%, resp.) were significantly different (p < 10−4). …”
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Effect of Inflammation on Gingival Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cells’ Proliferation and Migration through Microperforated Membranes: An In Vitro Study by M. Al Bahrawy, K. Ghaffar, A. Gamal, K. El-Sayed, V. Iacono

“…The population doubling time and the MTT test of both populations were determined. …”
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Follow-up care needs and motivational factors for childhood cancer survivors and their parents in Germany by Aleshchenko Ekaterina, Langer Thorsten, Calaminus Gabriele, Glogner Juliane, Hellwig Kathrin, Trocchi Pietro, Swart Enno, Baust Katja

“…Both survivors and parents highlighted specific needs, including timely, personalized health information and practical help with healthcare logistics. …”
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Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties degradation behavior of nuclear power pressure vessel steel induced by prolonged thermal aging by Tengfei Wang, Junkang Gao, Shaohong Li, Jun Li, Junwan Li, Hengyong Bu, Huarong Qi, Zhimin Li, Mengnie Li

“…It was found that with the prolongation of thermal aging time, the carbides were coarsened and transformed, and the large-sized carbides were redissolved into the matrix after a certain period of thermal aging. …”
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Efficacy Analysis of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic Tumors: A Retrospective Study by Qian Sun MD, Hanqing Zhao MS, Xianwen Zhang MS, Suli Zhang MS, Zelai He MD, Gengming Wang MD, Hao Jiang MS, Aili Xuan MS, Xianming Li MD

“…Results Among the 65 patients, the median follow-up time, PFS, and OS were 26 months (95% CI: 0.80-37.50), 15 months (95% CI: 9.36-20.64), and 28 months (95% CI: 16.71-39.29), respectively. …”
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Explainable artificial intelligence with fusion-based transfer learning on adverse weather conditions detection using complex data for autonomous vehicles by Khaled Tarmissi, Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Noha Negm, Yahia Said, Ali M. Al-Sharafi

“…Tracing and detecting numerous targets in real-time, mainly in city arrangements in adversarial environmental conditions, has become a significant challenge for AVs. …”
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Risk factors associated with poor pain outcomes following primary knee replacement surgery: Analysis of data from the clinical practice research datalink, hospital episode statisti... by Hasan Raza Mohammad, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Antonella Delmestri, John Broomfield, Rita Patel, Joerg Huber, Cesar Garriga, Christopher Eccleston, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Tamer T Malak, Nigel Arden, Andrew Price, Vikki Wylde, Tim J Peters, Ashley W Blom, Andrew Judge

“…The strongest effects were seen for pre-operative factors: mild knee pain symptoms at the time of surgery (ARD 18.2% (95% Confidence Interval 13.6, 22.8), smoking 12.0% (95% CI:7.3, 16.6), living in the most deprived areas 5.6% (95% CI:2.3, 9.0) and obesity class II 6.3% (95% CI:3.0, 9.7). …”
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Nonfluent/Agrammatic PPA with In-Vivo Cortical Amyloidosis and Pick’s Disease Pathology by Francesca Caso, Benno Gesierich, Maya Henry, Manu Sidhu, Amanda LaMarre, Miranda Babiak, Bruce L. Miller, Gil D. Rabinovici, Eric J. Huang, Giuseppe Magnani, Massimo Filippi, Giancarlo Comi, William W. Seeley, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini

“…Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) showed selective cortical atrophy of the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and underlying insula that worsened over time, extending along the left premotor strip. Five years after her first evaluation, she developed mild memory impairment and underwent PET-FDG and PiB scans that showed left frontal hypometabolism and cortical amyloidosis. …”
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Comparing the Efficacy of Two Cognitive Screening Tools in Identifying Gray and White Matter Brain Damage among Older Adults by Paula Andreatta Maduro, Manoel Pereira Guimarães, Mateus de Sousa Rodrigues, Ana Paula Pereira Rolim Coimbra Pinto, Américo Alves da Mota Junior, Alaine Souza Lima Rocha, Juliana Magalhães Duarte Matoso, Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi, Paulo Adriano Schwingel

“…The MMSE accurately revealed MTL atrophy based on the Scheltens (p<0.05) and Fazekas (p<0.05) scales. At the same time, the MoCA accurately identified periventricular white matter (PWM) abnormalities according to the Fazekas scale (p<0.05). …”
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Developing and Validating a Novel Generic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure &ndash; Postoperative Recovery Scale for Adult (PRSA): A Prospective Observational Study by Liu Y, Yu R, Fu Y, Zuo Y, Qiu Y, Liu J

“…The internal consistency and test–retest reliability of the PRSA were satisfactory. Besides, the time to complete the PRSA was 27.5s (95% CI: 24.5– 30.0 s) shorter than QoR-15, and more patients thought that completing the PRSA was easy compared to QoR-15 (65.7% vs 57.2%, P < 0.001).Conclusion: The PRSA scale is a universal patient-reported outcome measure that can be utilized for evaluating postoperative recovery. …”
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A Damage Constitutive Model for the Effects of CO2-Brine-Rock Interactions on the Brittleness of a Low-Clay Shale by Qiao Lyu, Xinping Long, P. G. Ranjith, Jingqiang Tan, Yong Kang, Wenbin Luo

“…Therefore, a series of strength tests were conducted to obtain the stress-strain characteristics of shale soaked in different phases of CO2 including subcritical or supercritical CO2 with formation of water for different time intervals (10 days, 20 days, and 30 days). Two damage constitutive equations based on the power function distribution and Weibull distribution were established to predict the threshold stress for both intact and soaked shale samples. …”
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Efficient and Fast Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Cell Therapy by Xinxin Han, Liming Yu, Jie Ren, Min Wang, Zhongliang Liu, Xinyu Hu, Daiyu Hu, Yihong Chen, Li Chen, Ying Zhang, Yuehua Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Hua He, Zhengliang Gao

“…In this study, we developed a method to obtain hNSCs from hES cells, by which we could harvest abundant hNSCs in a relatively short time. Then, we examined the expression of pluripotent and multipotent marker genes through immunostaining and confirmed differentiation potential of the differentiated hNSCs. …”
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Production, Purification, and Characterization of Thermostable α-Amylase Produced by Bacillus licheniformis Isolate AI20 by Yasser R. Abdel-Fattah, Nadia A. Soliman, Nabil M. El-Toukhy, Hamada El-Gendi, Rania S. Ahmed

“…An optimization strategy, based on statistical experimental design, is employed to enhance the production of thermostable α-amylase by a thermotolerant B. licheniformis AI20 isolate. Using one variant at time (OVAT) method, starch, yeast extract, and CaCl2 were observed to influence the enzyme production significantly. …”
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