Protocol for a multicentric, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) versus sham for treating vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) in sickle cell disea... by Thomas Agoritsas, Alain Gervaix, Sylvain Boet, Pierre Cougoul, Cyril Sahyoun, Jerôme Stirnemann, Benoît Desgraz, Olivier Grosgurin, Jean-Luc Reny, Jacques Serratrice, Yves Chalandon, Marc Ansari, Pierre Louge, Tamara Mann, Combescure Christophe, Kaveh Samii, Rodrigue Pignel, Giovanna Cannas, Laurent Cimasoni, Thierry Joffre, Claude Lae, Marie-Anne Magnan, Etienne Menager, Annie Momo Bona, Marc-Alain Panchard, Michel Pellegrini, Beatrice Riu

“…Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a safe and well-established method of increasing tissue oxygen delivery immediately by up to 10-fold to 20-fold. …”
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Implementasi Hak Waris Perempuan Dalam Masyarakat Adat Patrilineal by Nathasya Irish Rachelninta, Sulastri Sulastri

“…The urgency of this research lies in harmonizing legal pluralism, particularly the role of judges in inheritance cases and their impact on the development of customary law and gender equality for Karo women and the community. This study employs a normative juridical method to examine the application of customary inheritance law in the distribution of inheritance assets through judicial decisions. …”
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The possibility of using the DKS-AT1123 dosimeter for radiation monitoring of medical electron accelerators with the energy of more than 10 MeV by A. N. Barkovsky, S. A. Ogorodnikov

“…It is possible to use a correction factor to the measurement results equal to 1.63 ±0.04 to compensate for this underestimation. …”
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Comparative antinociceptive and sedative effects of epidural romifidine and xylazine in dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedarius) by Mohamed A. Hamed, Ibrahim S. Zahran, Alaa Samy, Eman Fayad, Hanadi A. Katouah, Foad Farrag, Mohamed M. A. Abumandour, Adel Sobhy, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Ibrahim A. Okene, Mustafa Shukry, Magdy Elgioushy

“…Twenty-one adult camels (9 non-pregnant females and 12 intact males) weighing between 400–450 kg were randomly divided into three equal groups. Each group received one of the following treatments: an equal volume of sterile saline, 0.17 mg/kg of xylazine, or 50 g/kg of romifidine. …”
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Vision-related quality of life and access to eye care among recently resettled Syrian refugees in Philadelphia by Sila Bal

“…. # Methods Cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of recently resettled Syrian refugees recruited through Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia, PA. …”
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Incidence of Clinical and Subclinical Cystoid Macular Edema in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients After Cataract Surgery by Means of Optical Coherence Tomography by Aditi Chinmay Deshpande, Nitin Prabhudesai, Chinmay V. Deshpande

“…Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of clinical and subclinical cystoid macular edema in diabetic and non-diabetic patients after cataract surgery by means of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Materials & Methods: A total of 30 eyes of 30 patients (15 diabetic and 15 non-diabetic) aged between 50 and 80 years diagnosed to have cataract were enrolled. …”
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IL-8 and MCP Gene Expression and Production by LPS-Stimulated Human Corneal Stromal Cells by Roni M. Shtein, Susan G. Elner, Zong-Mei Bian, Victor M. Elner

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Emergency Lateral Canthotomy Followed by Orbital Septum Release for Traumatic Retrobulbar Hemorrhage: 2 Case Reports by Yosuke Ochi, MD, Shimpei Ono, MD, PhD, Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD

“…Emergent decompression is needed to preserve visual function. Multiple decompression methods that are favored by different clinical departments have been reported. …”
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Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty for Corneal Decompensation Secondary to Phakic Intraocular Lenses by Ester Fernández López, Cristina Peris Martínez

“…To describe the surgical technique and clinical outcomes of bilensectomy (pIOL explant and phacoemulsification), followed by DMEK performed for bullous keratopathy secondary to pIOL. Methods. Seven eyes of seven patients, who developed corneal decompensation after pIOL implantation, underwent bilensectomy followed by DMEK in a two-step procedure. …”
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Mitigating Class Confusion in Class-Incremental Semantic Segmentation by Nayoung Ko, Gyeong-Hyeon Kim, Eunwoo Kim

“…Extensive experiments on PASCAL VOC 2012, ADE20K and PASCAL Context show that MC-Seg outperforms state-of-the-art CSS methods, especially in alleviating class confusion in incremental learning.…”
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Transepithelial versus conventional photorefractive keratectomy for myopic regression after laser in situ keratomileusis by Turad A. Alkadi, Faris H. Binyousef, Shahad A. Alruwaili, Abdullah A. Alhubaysh, Amro Alhazimi

“…Purpose To compare the outcomes of transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (trans-PRK) and conventional photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for the treatment of myopic regression after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Patients and methods A prospective comparative study was conducted on patients who experienced myopic regression after LASIK. …”
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Relation of accommodative microfluctuation with dry eye symptoms in short tear break-up time dry eye. by Minako Kaido, Motoko Kawashima, Yuta Shigeno, Yoshiaki Yamada, Kazuo Tsubota

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This prospective comparative study included 48 volunteers with DE symptoms (mean age 34.8 ± 5.5 years, age range 25-42 years) and 73 without DE symptoms (mean age 30.6 ± 4.7 years, age range 25-42 years). …”
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PHARMACOECONOMIC STUDY OF OLMESARTAN/LERCANIDIPINE AND OFENOPRIL/LERCANIDIPINE COMBINATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION by D. S. Kaskaeva, M. M. Petrova, O. V. Zimnitskaya

“…Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the use of combinations of antihypertensive drugs were olmesartan/lercanidipine and zofenopril/lercanidipine in patients with essential hypertension II-III stage.Materials and methods. The authors performed prospective randomized uncontrolled study. …”
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EFL University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Effect of Implementing Contextualized Grammar Teaching on Developing their Writing Skills by Paiman Omer Mustafa, Fatimah Rasheed Hasan Al Bajalani

“…The analysis revealed that the students stated positive attitudes towards the use of both methods for developing their writing skills. Nevertheless, contextualized explicit grammar teaching received a higher level of the students’ agreement. …”
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Phase Characteristics of Models of GaAs Gyroelectric Waveguides with Temperature Sensitive Anisotropic Dielectric Layers in Case of One Layer by Plonis Darius, Katkevičius Andrius, Belova-Plonienė Diana

“…Differential Maxwell’s equations, coupled mode and partial area methods have been used to obtain complex dispersion equation of the models of gyroelectric-anisotropic-gyroelectric waveguides with or without the temperature sensitive external anisotropic dielectric layer. …”
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Economic Burden of Drug Use in Patients with Acute Burns: Experience in a Developing Country by Kolawole Olubunmi Ogundipe, Ismaila Abiona Adigun, Babatunde Akeeb Solagberu

“…Methods. The financial implication of drug use in the management of 69 consecutive patients admitted by the burn unit over a period of two years was retrospectively analysed. …”
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A Coverage Hole Healing Strategy with Awareness of Data Delivery Time in Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu-Tian Lin, Tien-Wen Sung, Chu-Sing Yang

“…This path is determined based on the proposed EDPS (equally divided path selection) algorithm. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed hole healing scheme over other general methods.…”
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The Ambulatory and Home Care Record: A Methodological Framework for Economic Analyses in End-of-Life Care by Denise N. Guerriere, Peter C. Coyte

“…This paper addresses the methods used to measure end-of-life care costs. The existing empirical literature will be reviewed in order to assess care costs with areas neglected in this body of literature to be identified. …”
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Adaptive Optics-Transscleral Flood Illumination Imaging of Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Laura Kowalczuk, Rémy Dornier, Aurélie Navarro, Fanny Jeunet, Christophe Moser, Francine Behar-Cohen, Irmela Mantel

“…AO-TFI images were correlated with OCT using a custom method (Fiji software, v. 2.9). Eleven eyes of nine patients (70 ± 8.3 years) with early (n = 5), intermediate (n = 1) and atrophic (n = 5) AMD were analyzed. …”
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Newly Discovered Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei from SDSS and LAMOST Survey by Qian Dong, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Wei-Min Gu, Mouyuan Sun, Yong-Gang Zheng

“…Our approach to identifying CL AGNs is based on automatic spectral fitting, followed by detailed visual inspections. We identify a sample of 51 CL AGNs through this method, in which 40 CL AGNs are newly discovered. …”
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