Single treatment selective laser trabeculoplasty in a Southern African resource-constrained context by Emma J. Pons, Jonathan J. Pons, Elly S. Grossman, Daniel Louw, Merle Werbeloff

“…Contribution: This research provides, for the first time, long-term data from a low-resourced setting on the use of SLT in the treatment of glaucoma in Eswatini.…”
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Comparisons of Esophageal Function Tests between Chinese and British Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Feng Gao, Samantha Leach, Jian Yu Hao, Zhan Min Shang, Anthony Robert Hobson

“…Values for British patients, Chinese patients, and healthy volunteers were as follows: Lower esophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) 16.0±8.6, 16.5±10.0, and 26.4±10.9 mmHg, peristalsis (normal/small break/large break) 24/12/23, 44/10/28, and 57/1/4, total bolus transit time (TBTT) 7.3±1.3, 7.6±1.2, and 6.9±0.9 s, and complete bolus transit rate (CBTR) 66.7±37.8, 61.7±36.4, and 90.3±14.0%, respectively. …”
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TOOTH MORPHOTYPES SHED LIGHT ON THE PALEOBIODIVERSITY OF MIDDLE TRIASSIC TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE ECOSYSTEMS FROM NE IBERIAN PENINSULA (SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE) by MARC RICCETTO, EUDALD MUJAL, ARNAU BOLET, CHABIER DE JAIME-SOGUERO, SOLEDAD DE ESTEBAN-TRIVIGNO, Josep Fortuny

“… The Early to Middle Triassic is a key time interval in tetrapod evolution. After the end-Permian biotic crisis, harsh environmental conditions due to global warming and aridity persisted during the Early Triassic. …”
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Maternal Parvovirus B19 Infection Causing First-Trimester Increased Nuchal Translucency and Fetal Hydrops by Olivia Grubman, Farrah Naz Hussain, Zoe Nelson, Lois Brustman

“…The anatomy scan at 20 weeks’ and 1-day gestation revealed fetal ascites, pleural effusion, and increased middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity suspicious for fetal anemia. At this time, maternal serology for parvovirus was positive for IgM and IgG. …”
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Concurrent Mode-Division Multiplexed Half-Mode Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Link With Three Independent Data Channels by Mohamed Elsawaf, Constantine Sideris

“…Methods for selective excitation of both modes with good overall cross-modal isolation are introduced and presented. Furthermore, real-time eye-diagram measurements of the link using a pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) and on-off keying (OOK) modulation are presented in addition to a full MATLAB simulation model of the link showing its performance under quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). …”
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Smokeless, not harmless: Understanding Naswar's cardiovascular risks in the northwestern Pakistan by Ihsanur Rahman, Fayaz Ahmad, Naveed Sadiq

“…Multivariable logistic regression showed that Naswar users (OR: 2.56, 95 % CI: 1.08–6.10), Naswar dip time of five or more minutes (OR: 3.77, 95 %CI: 1.11–12.84), 20+ years of Naswar use (OR: 4.30, 95 %CI: 1.26–14.75), black Naswar (OR: 2.62, 95 %CI: 1.04–6.60), and spitting Naswar saliva (OR: 3.76, 95 %CI: 1.43–9.86) exhibited higher adjusted odds of CAD compared to non-users of Naswar. …”
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Evaluating [⁶⁸Ga]-Ga PSMA PET/CT for Detecting Prostate Cancer Recurrence Post-High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound and Brachytherapy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Andrea Di Giorgio, Marco Rapa, Simona Civollani, Andrea Farolfi, Stefano Fanti

“…Out of 22 patients, 32% had HIFU and 68% had brachytherapy. The median time from treatment to PET scan was 77 months, with a median PSA level of 3 ng/mL. …”
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FREE FARE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS A DETERMINATE ON PUPILS TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND PREFERENCES IN THEIR DAILY TRAVELS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – THE CASE OF GDYNIA (POLAND) by Krzysztof GRZELEC, Katarzyna HEBEL, Maciej HELBIN, Hubert KOŁODZIEJSKI, Olgierd WYSZOMIRSKI

“…According to the authors, the lack of positive effects of FFPT on travel behavior in the segment of students, or even more broadly, for achieving the purposes of sustainable mobility, results from the interaction of the following factors: specificity of students' travel behavior determined by the schedule of school activities, pupils' positive attitude to cars as urban transport means, not covering all means of public transport services of FFPT in Gdynia (the city rail is not covered by FFPT), short period of time since FFPT has been introduced. The results of the presented studies could not be verified due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Primary multiple synchronous tumors: soft tissue sarcoma of the retroperitoneal space and metastatic prostate cancer by O. A. Mailyan, K. Yu. Kanukoev, P. G. Berezin, K. M. Nyushko, V. A. Gorbach

“…At the present time primary-multiple malignancies are of interest in connection with the frequency of prevalence, which remains at the rather high level and continues to grow up, therefore increasing the relevance of this pathology in clinical oncology and everyday practice. …”
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3D Semantic VSLAM of Indoor Environment Based on Mask Scoring RCNN by Chongben Tao, Yufeng Jin, Feng Cao, Zufeng Zhang, Chunguang Li, Hanwen Gao

“…Semantic information of independent targets in scenes provides semantic information including categories, which not only provides high accuracy of localization but also realizes the probability update of semantic estimation by marking movable objects, thereby reducing the impact of moving objects on real-time mapping. Through simulation and actual experimental comparison with other three algorithms, results show the proposed algorithm has better robustness, and semantic information used in 3D semantic mapping can be accurately obtained.…”
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CIRBP Regulates Pancreatic Cancer Cell Ferroptosis and Growth by Directly Binding to p53 by Hongqiang Gao, Ran Xie, Rong Huang, Chonglin Wang, Yue Wang, Dongdong Wang, Kaimin Liu, Conghui Yang, Qingxiong Yang, Long Chen

“…The expression of CIRBP in pancreatic cancer tissues was slightly lower than that in normal tissues, and the high expression of CIRBP was beneficial to survival. At the same time, immunohistochemical detection showed that the expression level of CIRBP in the cytoplasm of cancer tissues was significantly lower than that of adjacent tissues; survival curve analysis showed that pancreatic cancer patients with high nuclear CIRBP expression had a longer overall survival period. …”
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Monitoring Implementation Impact of the EU-Indonesia’s VPA on SME Livelihood by Rahmanta Setiahadi, S. R. Kartika Sari, Ahmad Maryudi, Julia Kalmirah, Liliana Baskorowati

“…Second, SVLK is susceptible to the effects and at risk of losing livelihoods for women and disabled groups in a short time. This group includes vulnerable groups of aspects of adaptability and sensitivity to the effect. …”
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Treating self-harm behaviors in prisons: implementation of the STEPPS program by Rosa Lorente-Català, Irene Jaén, Xavier Buscà-Huertas, Berta Framis, Azucena García-Palacios

“…Additionally, professionals remained committed to the implementation, dedicating time and effort to the process and engaging in thorough evaluations, without increasing their levels of burnout. …”
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Evaluation of Plaque Stability of Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions in Apo E-Deficient Mice after Treatment with the Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor Rivaroxaban by Qianxing Zhou, Florian Bea, Michael Preusch, Hongjie Wang, Berend Isermann, Khurrum Shahzad, Hugo A. Katus, Erwin Blessing

“…FXa inhibition with 5 mg Rivaroxaban/kg/day resulted in increased thickness of the protective fibrous caps (12.3±3.8 μm versus 10.1±2.7 μm; P<.05), as well as in fewer medial erosions and fewer lateral xanthomas, indicating plaque stabilizing properties. Real time-PCR from thoracic aortas revealed that rivaroxaban (5 mg/kg/day) treatment reduced mRNA expression of inflammatory mediators, such of IL-6, TNF-α, MCP-1, and Egr-1 (P<.05). …”
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A Modified Surgical Technique of Fovea-Sparing Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling: Continuous Arc-Shaped Foldback Peeling by Zheng-Gao Xie, Qing-Yi He, Jun Zhu, Wei Du, Jun Tong, Fang Chen

“…The average follow-up time was 11.80 ± 3.35 months (range; 8–16 months). …”
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Associations between meeting 24h movement behavior guidelines and cognition, gray matter volume, and academic performance in children and adolescents: a systematic review by Bo Liu, Peng Shi, Teng Jin, Xiaosu Feng

“…The included studies generally agreed upon the following associations: adherence to the screen time (ST) guidelines is positively linked to fluid intelligence; adherence to the sleep duration (SD) guidelines is positively linked to literacy; adherence to both ST and SD guidelines is associated with increased fluid intelligence and gray matter volume; and overall adherence to all guidelines is positively correlated with fluid intelligence. …”
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INFLUENCE OF EXO- AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE SPLEEN AS AN IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEM OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM by O.V. Mamai, S.M. Bilash, R.M. Grinko

“…Thus, modern literature sources indicate a significant role of the spleen not only in the processes of immune regulation but also in maintaining the body’s homeostasis through participation in hematopoiesis and the body’s response to stress. At the same time, numerous studies have been conducted that indicate the vulnerability of the spleen to exogenous and endogenous factors, which is manifested by asplenia, splenomegaly, and hypersplenism. …”
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Access to employee assistance programs and employee wellbeing: a cross-sectional study of employees in Southeast Asia by Amani Fadzlina Abdul Aziz, Tiffanie Ong

“…However, approximately 15% of working adults worldwide are struggling with a mental disorder at any given time. The COVID-19 pandemic has spearheaded the importance of employee mental health, highlighting the role that employers can play in preserving employee wellbeing. …”
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Influence of crosspolarization of dual-polarized antenna elements on the ergodic capacity of a multichannel system by Ekaterina V. Averina, Ksenia V. Smuseva, Pavel A. Tokarev, Grigory K. Uskov

“…This will allow to optimally select radiating elements for a given system. At the same time, the developed antenna elements of various types satisfy the imposed cross-polarization restrictions.…”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis and Herpes Zoster as a Component of Syndrome of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an HIV-Positive Patient by Ermira Muço, Arta Karruli, Neada Hoxha, Alma Hoxhaj, Majlinda Kokici

“…Our patient presented with two different components of IRIS in two different time frames, confirming IRIS to be a broad-spectrum disease, heterogeneous and unique for each patient. …”
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