Long-Term Anatomic and Functional Outcomes after Macular Hole Surgery by Karolina Kaźmierczak, Joanna Stafiej, Joanna Stachura, Paweł Żuchowski, Grażyna Malukiewicz

“…The examination included visual acuity, optical coherence tomography, and colour vision testing. …”
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Outcomes of intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) in patients with post-surgical macular edema – a real-world scenario by Elder Ohara de Oliveira Júnior, Isabel Ahn, Rodrigo Antonio Brant Fernandes, Arthur Gustavo Fernandes

“…Methods Patients with post-surgical macular edema diagnosed by optical coherence tomography (Cirrus SD-OCT) and treated with Ozudex were selected for the current study. …”
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Design Simulation and Preparation of White OLED Microdisplay Based on Microcavity Structure Optimization by Liangfei Duan, Guanghua Wang, Yu Duan, Denglin Lei, Fuli Qian, Qiming Yang

“…White-light OLED devices play an important application in information display fields. Optical interference of the microcavity structure has an important effect on device performances. …”
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Detection of Soybean Pod Formation Stage Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data by Sakshi Jain, Unmesh Khati, Vineet Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Verma

“…Soybean pod formation and its variability during the crop cycle has direct impact on the final crop yield. Observation using optical data could not be a better alternative for a crop like soybean, which is grown in summer monsoon in India in the Kharif season (crop grown mid June to end September). …”
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Orbital lesion (pseudotumor and dacryoadenitis) is a manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis by E.A. Burylova, L.A. Mamaeva, A.S. Berdnikova, O.K. Fedorova

“…However, orbital pseudotumor, dacryoadenitis, and other rare presentations (optic neuritis, dacryocystitis etc.) also occur in sarcoidosis. …”
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Balloon dilation for the treatment of male urethral strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tianyu Cai, Xiaoyu Li, Jian Lin, Chunru Xu, Xing Ji, Zhenpeng Zhu, Zhenke Guo

“…There is insufficient evidence to suggest that balloon dilation is superior to optical internal urethrotomy or direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) (RR= 1.4754, 95% CI: 0.7306 to 2.9793, p=0.278).Conclusion Balloon dilation may be an intermediate step before urethroplasty and is a promising alternative therapy to simple dilation and DVIU. …”
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Effects of potassium sodium niobate (KNN) thickness on biaxial non-resonant microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror performance by L. Mollard, C. Dieppedale, A. Hamelin, R. Liechti, G. Le Rhun

“…The results obtained with these non-resonant mirrors, all fabricated using a collective 200 mm silicon manufacturing process, exhibit the following: (a) an arm deformation of 50 to 80 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m corresponding to an estimated tensile residual stress of approximately 120 MPa in the KNN layer, (b) the same level of performance for the 0.5 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m thick lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and KNN at 10 V, and (c) an optical angle up to 8.5° at 40 V for the 2 <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 2 mm<span class="inline-formula">²</span> mirror design with 1.5 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m thick KNN. …”
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Proposed framework for the integration of refractive error services into the eye health ecosystem in Kenya via social enterprise by Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo, Rekha Hansraj

“…While innovative approaches such as utilization of telemedicine is being adopted by social enterprises in different parts of the world to scale refractive error service delivery, commercial entrepreneurship still dominates the optical industry in Kenya with minimal focus on accessibility and affordability. …”
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Preparation of Iron Oxide and Titania-Based Composite, Core-Shell Populated, Nanoparticulates Material by Two-Step LASER Ablation in Aqueous Media as Antimicrobial and Anticancer A... by Hasan H. Bahjat, Raid A. Ismail, Ghassan M. Sulaiman, Hamdoon A. Mohammed, Mohsen Al-Omar, Salman A. A. Mohammed, Riaz A. Khan

“…The prepared monometallics, composite, and core-shell NPs structures were confirmed from the XRD, TEM, and EDX analyses, followed by the FE-SEM and UV absorptions. Optically, the NPs exhibited an increase in the energy gap from 3.27 eV to 3.75 eV as LASER fluence increased from 30 mJ/cm2 to 60 mJ/cm2. …”
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TACSTD2 in gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy: variant functional analysis and expression in the cornea after limbal stem cell transplantation by Liubov O. Skorodumova, Ekaterina N. Grafskaia, Daria D. Kharlampieva, Dmitry I. Maltsev, Tatiana V. Petrova, Alexandra V. Kanygina, Elena V. Fedoseeva, Pavel V. Makarov, Boris E. Malyugin

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Disentangling the effects of intermittent faecal shedding and imperfect test sensitivity on the microscopy-based detection of gut parasites in stool samples. by Lana C E Ferreira-Sá, Eleuza R Machado, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Fernando Abad-Franch

“…Samples (413 overall) were independently examined, via standard sedimentation/optical microscopy, by a senior parasitologist and a junior, trained student (826 tests overall). …”
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Unveiling the effects of post-monsoon agricultural biomass burning on aerosols, clouds, and radiation in Northwest India by Pradeep Khatri, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Prabir K. Patra, Husi Letu, Hiren Jethva, Sachiko Hayashida

“…The intensification of these burning activities can cause an increase in cloud droplet size and a decrease in cloud optical thickness, suggesting an enhancement of the cloud droplet collision-coalescence process during the period of intense burning. …”
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Revisiting Cosa (Ansedonia, Italy): contributions of SAR-X images from the PAZ satellite to non-invasive archaeological prospecting by José Ignacio Fiz Fernández, Pere Manel Martín Serrano, Maria Mercè Grau Salvat, Antoni Cartes Reverté

“… • The possibilities of using PAZ images treated multi-temporally as a high-resolution panchromatic image applicable to multispectral optical images of the type Sentinel-2 were tested. …”
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Markers of vascular autoregulation in primary open-angle glaucoma by N.E. Fomin, A.V. Kuroyedov

“…VEGF is involved in the development of optic nerve and retinal neurons by promoting neuronal proliferation and stimulating endothelial cells. …”
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Structural mechanisms of formation of adiabatic shear bands by Mikhail Sokovikov, Dmitry Bilalov, Vladimir Oborin, Vasiliy Chudinov, Sergey Uvarov, Yuriy Bayandin, Oleg Naimark

“…The microstructure of tested samples was analyzed using an optical interferometer-profilometer and a scanning electron microscope. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Air Quality over China and India Using Long-term (2009–2020) Multi-satellite Data by Manish Soni, Sunita Verma, Hiren Jethava, Swagata Payra, Lok Lamsal, Priyanshu Gupta, Janhavi Singh

“…., nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), Aerosol Index (AI) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) data are retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), and MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on the Terra and Aqua satellites, respectively. …”
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Enhancing photovoltaic efficiency in Half-Tandem MAPbI3/ MASnI3 Perovskite solar cells with triple core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles by Saeed Baghaee Ivriq, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi, Rasmus Schmidt Davidsen

“…Subsequently, dielectric-metal-dielectric nanoparticles were introduced into the MASnI3 layer, replacing the previously embedded metallic nanoparticles, in order to enhance their chemical and thermal stability. According to optical-electrical simulation results, the short-circuit current density (Jsc) of the proposed parallel PSC, featuring triple core-shell nanoparticles composed of TiO2@Ag@TiO2 and SiO2@Ag@SiO2, has been improved by approximately 40% and 41.5%, respectively, compared to a PSC lacking nanoparticles. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of combination therapy for post-occlusive retinal changes by A.G. Shchuko, S.I. Zhukova, M.V. Akulenko

“…Allpatients underwent examination, including visometry, electroretinography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography. …”
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Association between retinal markers and cognition in older adults: a systematic review by Gerald Liew, Bamini Gopinath, Joyce Chan, Joyce Siette, Varshanie Jeevakumar, Rebekah Sefton, Tejal M Shah

“…Majority of studies were cross-sectional (n=60; 89.6%). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was the most commonly used retinal scanning methodology to measure the thickness of retinal nerve fibre layer, the ganglion cell complex, choroid and macula. 51.1% of cross-sectional studies using OCT reported an association between the thinning of at least one retinal parameter and poor cognition. …”
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A comparative evaluation of commercially available short fiber-reinforced composites by Sufyan Garoushi, Eija Säilynoja, Mark Frater, Filip Keulemans, Pekka K. Vallittu, Lippo Lassila

“…The two-body wear test was performed in a ball-on-flat configuration using a chewing simulator with 15,000 cycles. A non-contact 3D optical profilometer was utilized to measure wear depth. …”
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