Factors Related to Visual Outcomes after Lens Surgery in Isolated Microspherophakia by Jialei Zheng, Lina Cheng, Zexu Chen, Tianhui Chen, Yongxiang Jiang

“…To evaluate the main factors influencing visual performance after lens subluxation surgery in subjects with isolated MSP. Design. Retrospective study. Methods. In this study, 38 eyes of subjects with isolated MSP (microspherophakia) were included and divided into two groups based on preoperative IOP (intraocular pressure), IOP <21 mmHg, or IOP ≧21 mmHg. …”
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Determining the Level of Service Scale of Public Transport System considering the Distribution of Service Quality by Min Wang, Baohua Mao, Yanqiang Yang, Ruijia Shi, Junsheng Huang

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Estimation of Current Water Use over the Complex Topography of the Nile Basin Headwaters: The Case of Ghba Subbasin, Ethiopia by Mehari Gebreyohannes Hiben, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke, Abraha Adugna Ashenafi

“…Quantifying the available and useable water is critical work in any water resource study and design project. However, it is challenging to provide a robust and accurate estimation of water use and distribution for better water resource management and planning. …”
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LENDING RATE AND COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING IN NIGERIA by Lateef Adewale Yunusa, Mayowa Ebenezer Ariyibi, Kehinde Isiaq Olaiya, Tolulope Oyakhilome Williams

“…The study made use of ex-post facto research design. The data collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin in the period 1981-2018 were subjected to Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method of regression analysis. …”
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Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers with children under five years: A community-based cross-sectional study in Battor, North Tong... by Emmanuel Abu Bonsra, Petra Amankwah Osei, Akua Grace Sekyi, Gideon Amankwah Kyere

“…This study aimed to assess ITN ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers of children under five years old. A cross-sectional design was employed, utilizing a multi-stage sampling to collect quantitative data from 211 caregivers. …”
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Landslide hazard assessment of an urban agglomeration in central Guizhou Province based on an information value method and SVM, bagging, DNN algorithm by Junhua Luo, Zulun Zhao, Wei Li, Liang Huang, Weiquan Zhao

“…The evaluation results can provide strong guidance for engineering design, construction and disaster prevention decision-making of urban agglomeration in central Guizhou.…”
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Industry specialisation of the Kemerovsk region – Kuzbass: trends and problems that affect economic growth and development of the region by K. I. Bobko, O. A. Zatepyakin, T. V. Bobko

“…The expediency of using international experience in the design of high-tech industries on the basis of private investment in the research and development sector, and its adaptation to the realities of the development of Russian regions is indicated. …”
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Usual prevention in unusual settings: A scoping review of place-based health interventions in public-facing businesses. by Jack Tsai, Nicholas A McCann

“…These findings highlight the need for more rigorously designed studies in diverse settings that can effectively evaluate the impact of place-based health interventions. …”
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AI anxiety: Explication and exploration of effect on state anxiety when interacting with AI doctors by Hyun Yang, S. Shyam Sundar

“…Additionally, data showed that an AI doctor's explanations for its diagnosis significantly reduce state anxiety in patients with high AI (trait) anxiety but increase state anxiety in those with low AI (trait) anxiety, but these effects of explanations are not significant among patients who interact with a human doctor. Theoretical and design implications of these findings and limitations of this study are discussed.…”
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A multivalent binding model infers antibody Fc species from systems serology. by Armaan A Abraham, Zhixin Cyrillus Tan, Priyanka Shrestha, Emily R Bozich, Aaron S Meyer

“…Knowing these antibody features is important for both understanding how effector responses are naturally controlled through antibody Fc structure and designing antibody therapies with specific effector profiles. …”
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The role of Pnut and its functional domains in Drosophila spermatogenesis by K. A. Akhmetova, N. D. Dorogova, E. U. Bolobolova, I. N. Chesnokov, S. A. Fedorova

“…The goal of this work was to study the role of pnut in Drosophila spermatogenesis. We designed a construct for pnut RNA interference allowing pnut expression to be suppressed ectopically. …”
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Conceptualizing innovation capabilities: A contingency perspective by Tor Helge Aas, Karl Joachim Breunig

“…Due to the status of the extant research, we chose a conceptual research design to answer our research question and the paper contributes with a conceptual framework to discuss what innovation capabilities firms need to reproduce innovation success. …”
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Mode Optimization and Rule Management of Intellectual Property Rights Protection of Educational Resource Data Based on Machine Learning Algorithm by Jiawei Cao

“…On the basis of summarizing and analyzing previous research works, this paper expounded the current research status and significance of intellectual property expression and protection of educational resource data; elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of machine learning technology; introduced the methods and principles of data classification algorithm and protection authority identification; performed the technical framework design and expression system establishment of the intellectual property expression of educational resource data based on machine learning; analyzed the mode optimization and rule management of intellectual property protection of educational resource data based on machine learning; and finally conducted a simulation experiment and its result analysis. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Two Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents as the Sole Procedure in Japanese Patients with Medically Uncontrolled Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Pilot Case Series by Daisuke Shiba, Shingo Hosoda, Saori Yaguchi, Naoki Ozeki, Kenya Yuki, Kazuo Tsubota

“…To evaluate efficacy and safety of a trabecular micro-bypass stent system when used as the sole procedure in Japanese patients with medically uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Design. Prospective nonrandomized interventional pilot study. …”
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Hip Abduction Strength: Relationship to Trunk and Lower Extremity Motion During A Single-Leg Step-Down Task in Professional Baseball Players by M. Christopher Zipser, Hillary A Plummer, Nathan Kindstrand, Johnathan C Sum, Bernard Li, Lori A Michener

“… # Purpose To determine the relationship between hip abduction isometric strength and movement during the SLSD of trunk lean, pelvic drop, knee valgus, and hip flexion. # Study Design Cross sectional, cohort study # Methods One hundred-eighteen Minor League baseball players (age=21.6 ± 2.0 years; n=68 pitchers, n=50 position players) participated. …”
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Bifocal and Multifocal Contact Lenses for Presbyopia and Myopia Control by Laura Remón, Pablo Pérez-Merino, Rute J. Macedo-de-Araújo, Ana I. Amorim-de-Sousa, José M. González-Méijome

“…This review presents the recent developments in material platforms, optical designs, simulated visual performance, and the clinical performance assessment of bifocal and multifocal contact lenses for presbyopia correction and/or myopia progression control.…”
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Exploring Current Evidence on the Past, the Present, and the Future of the Heart Team: A Narrative Review by Alexandru Burlacu, Adrian Covic, Mircea Cinteza, Paula Madalina Lupu, Radu Deac, Grigore Tinica

“…Including healthcare professionals dealing with cardiovascular diseases, Heart Team is a concept/structure designed for selecting diagnostic strategies, facilitating therapeutic decisions, and improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with complex heart pathologies, requiring input from different subspecialties and the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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Policy and strategies addressing prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance in Brazil: A scoping review protocol. by Joslaine de Oliveira Nunes, Raissa Allan Santos Domingues, Roberto Mauro Pinto Coelho Barcellos, Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré Alves, Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares

“…It has both social and economic consequences; therefore, timely review of public health policies that have been designed to manage AMR is essential. Brazil too has developed and implemented various polices for the prevention and control of AMR. …”
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The Sociology of Karl Mannheim’s Knowledge and the Methodological Foundations of the History of Socio-Political Ideas by Alexander A. Chanyshev, Vasilisa A. Kuznetsova

“…Ultimately, the study was designed to determine that it is due the heuristic possibilities of such interpretations that the actual socio-cultural meaning of the concept, not necessarily realized by the creator himself, saturated with normative, evaluative, subjective content, but tied to an objective tradition, can be identified and understood. …”
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Optimal Lighting of Optical Devices for Oral Cavity by Chia Hung Yeh, Liang Gie Huang, Man Yee Chan

“…The results show that the optical simulation achieves the target light distribution by optimizing the three geometric reflection surfaces combined with the lens design by the optimization method, and the maximum illumination value can reach 5102 lux. …”
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