Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic Findings of Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy by Ali Osman Saatci, Hasan Can Doruk, Aylin Yaman, Ferit Hakan Öner

“…Seventeen of 24 eyes were in intermediate stage of the disease and seven in advanced stage of the disease at the time of latest OCT examination performed in 2014. …”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“…An important characteristic is the sample's large migrant population, including the timings of their demographic events and living arrangements, whilst resident in the district of Antwerp. …”
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Ultrasound and 3D Skin Imaging: Methods to Evaluate Efficacy of Striae Distensae Treatment by Mariella Bleve, Priscilla Capra, Franca Pavanetto, Paola Perugini

“…Background. Over time, the striae rubra develop into striae alba that appear white, flat, and depressed. …”
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Elegant and Innovative Recoding Strategies for Advancing Vaccine Development by François Meurens, Fanny Renois, Uladzimir Karniychuk

“…Live vaccines attenuated using classical methods pose a risk of reversion to virulence and can be time-consuming to produce. Synonymous recoding, involving numerous codon alterations, boosts safety and vaccine stability. …”
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The key roles of teammates, coaches, and instrumental support in adolescent sports participation: a one-year prospective study by Gwennyth E. Spruijtenburg, Femke van Abswoude, Sebastiaan W. J. Platvoet, Mark de Niet, Bert Steenbergen

“…Additionally, we found that the relationships remained stable over time. Yet, substantial individual variability in how social support related to sports participation was also observed.DiscussionThese findings emphasize the importance to promote social support from within the sports environment and to encourage instrumental support. …”
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A novel machine learning approach for portfolio optimization by Saman Haratizadeh, Fatemeh Rezaee

“…The purpose of this paper is to show for the first time, that machine learning can be used to create a more effective mechanism for estimating performance, which leads to a more efficient allocation of capital to portfolio stocks.Methodology: Our proposed framework, uses two predictive models based on machine learning. …”
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Pectic substances from babassu mesocarp flour: extraction and characterization by Jaine Oliveira, Yves José Souza Santos, Cleber Amaral Mafessoni Liviz, Gisele Teixeira de Souza, Ladyslene Chrístyns de Paula, Luís Fernando Polesi, Gabrieli Oliveira Folador

“…In order to determine the best extraction conditions, were tested different extraction time (30, 60 and 90 min) and concentration of citric acid (3, 4.5 and 6%) at constant temperature (90°C). …”
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A Novel Capsule Lumbar Interbody Fusion (CLIF) in Treating Foot Drop due to Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: a Prospective, Observational Study by Kaiqiang Sun, Feng Lin, Jialin Jiang, Jingchuan Sun, Jiangang Shi

“…We assessed patients’ neurological status using JOA and VAS score, tibialis anterior muscle strength using MMT score, diameter and hemodynamic parameters of the L5 nerve root using intraoperative ultrasonography (IoUS), and related radiological parameters of the lumbar spine. Operation time, blood loss, and surgery-associated complications were also recorded. …”
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Caregivers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury at Rehabilitation Center in Bangladesh by Niraj Singh Tharu, Monzurul Alam, Shristi Bajracharya, Gautam Prasad Chaudhary, Jitendra Pandey, Mohammad A. Kabir

“…The KAP factors that require higher priority were positioning and turning the patient, preventing skin breakdown, assessing weight changes over time, interest in patient care, additional care for PIs, frequently changing the individual’s position, priority to PI care, interest in other types of care other than PIs, using special cushions, consulting doctors on a regular basis, being aware of clothing and fabrics, proper transfer technique, pressure relief, and skin inspection, among others.…”
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Histological characterization of HIFU lesions by Ian Rivens, Chaturika Jayadewa, Petros Mouratidis, Gail ter Haar

“…Here, detailed histological analysis over time using well characterized HIFU exposures in in vivo rat livers is described.Methods: Exposures used invoked either (i) thermal, with acoustic cavitation and/or tissue water boiling or (ii) predominantly thermal damage. …”
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Travel route recommendation with a trajectory learning model by Xiangping Wu, Zheng Zhang, Wangjun Wan

“…It leverages historical trajectory data to predict the actual route on a road network from a starting point to a destination, given a specific departure time. However, capturing the latent patterns in complex trajectory data for accurate route planning presents a significant challenge. …”
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Awareness and utilization of Swedish youth clinics among migrants enrolled in Swedish language programmes: a cross-sectional study by Amanda Lundberg, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu-Kalengayi

“…Targeted interventions and sustainable strategies beyond one-time interventions are essential to address the specific needs of different socio-demographic groups and ensure equitable access to YCs’ information and services.…”
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A High Efficiency Discontinuous Galerkin Method for 3D Ground-Penetrating Radar Simulation by Shuyang Xue, Changchun Yin, Jing Li, Jiao Zhu, Wuyang Liu

“…The results demonstrate that, for the same error level, the proposed DG method has significant advantages over the FDTD method, with less than 20% of the memory consumption and calculation time. Additionally, we evaluate the effectiveness of our method by simulating targets in an undulating subsurface, and further demonstrate its capability for simulating complex models.…”
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Valley floor inclination affecting valley winds and transport of passive tracers in idealised simulations by J. Mikkola, A. Gohm, V. A. Sinclair, F. Bianchi

“…The flat-floored valley exhibits the strongest night-time down-valley winds overall, but surface-based down-valley winds are more prominent in inclined valleys. …”
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Formation model of sound engineers’ communicative competence by Yuriy A. Kachalov

“…The components of communicative competence of sound engineers are presented, in accordance with them, teaching methods are selected within the framework of the personality-oriented methodology. At the same time, due to the expansion of subjective experience, the use of self-analysis and empathy, the development of student personality is additionally stimulated. …”
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Up to half of companies would be behind on their climate targets under stricter scope 2 accounting rules by Anders Bjørn, Jens Friis Lund, Matthew Brander

“…However, a small subset of the company sample has over time replaced potentially invalid RECs with valid RECs, and the accounting restrictions would lead to improved target performance for these companies. …”
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Role of ixodid ticks in tick-borne pathogen spread and circulation in the Belarusian Lakeland by A. A. Osmolovsky, I. A. Subotsina

“….), Babesia spp. and Tick-borne encephalitis virus genetic materials with real-time polymerase chain reaction using the reagent kit for nucleic acid extraction from environmental samples in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruc­tions. …”
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Chronic Restraint Stress Induces an Isoform-Specific Regulation on the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule in the Hippocampus by K. Touyarot, C. Sandi

“…Although possible changes in NCAM-120, NCAM-180 and corticosteroid receptors at earlier time points of the stress period cannot be ignored; this study suggests that a down-regulation of NCAM-140 might be implicated in the structural alterations consistently shown to be induced in the hippocampus by chronic stress exposure. …”
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Settlement and Release in European Legislation by V. V. Rasskazova

“…According to the results of the conducted research the author has established that civil legislation of the most European countries does not enshrine settlement and release as the institution of obligation law and does not recognize it as an independent method to terminate the obligation. At the same time, the codified acts of some states contain certain legal norms, which provide for cases of transferring a certain good by the debtor to the creditor instead of fulfillment of an obligation, as well as enshrine legal institutions that act as settlement and release. …”
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On the Financial Determinants of the Piotroski F-Score: An Analysis of Borsa İstanbul Firms by Sinan Aytekin, Nida Abdioğlu

“…Manufacturing firms operate in Borsa İstanbul are considered in the analyses with using the time period of 2017:Q1-2024:Q3. This study contributes to the literature by identifying financial determinants of Piotroski F-Score in Türkiye. …”
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