Evaluation of Bleb Morphology and Reduction in IOP and Glaucoma Medication following Implantation of a Novel Gel Stent by Antonio Maria Fea, Roberta Spinetta, Paola Maria Loredana Cannizzo, Giulia Consolandi, Carlo Lavia, Vittoria Aragno, Francesco Germinetti, Teresa Rolle

“…Safety parameters were adverse events, best corrected visual acuity, visual field, and corneal endothelial cell loss. …”
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Plasma and Urine Metabolites Associated with Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Krupa Sourirajan, Kevin Mendez, Ines Lains, Gregory Tsougranis, Haemin Kang, Georgiy Kozak, Augustine Bannerman, Roshni Bhat, Hanna Choi, Archana Nigalye, Ivana K. Kim, Demetrios G. Vavvas, David M. Wu, Liming Liang, John B. Miller, Joan W. Miller, Jessica Lasky-Su, Deeba Husain

“…Methods: We included data on 363 eyes (95 controls, 268 AMD). …”
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The Problem of Grade Inflation: Measurement and Analysis by Andrei R. Markov, Natalia L. Shagas, Elena V. Merekina, Alexandra A. Moskaleva

“…The authors offer interpretation of these types and suggest their methods for measurement.  The authors use specially collected grade data base of grades for compulsory and elective courses received by several cohorts of students admitted to a public research University. …”
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Gold from copper mining as a case study for allocation in life cycle assessment by Benjamin Fritz, Mario Schmidt

“…We demonstrate that the prioritization of allocation methods prescribed by ISO 14044 is often inapplicable. …”
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Property is only another name for monopoly by E. A. Posner, E. G. Weyl

“…Objective: to consider the possibility of a property tax promoting allocative efficiency without losses to investment efficiency. Methods: dialectical approach to the cognition of social phenomena, enabling to analyze them in their historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors, which determined the choice of the following research methods: formal-logical, comparative-legal, sociological.Results: the existing system of private property interferes with allocative efficiency by giving owners the power to hold out for excessive prices. …”
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State sanctions policy: Historical and legal review by Aleksey A. Malinovsky, Elena N. Trikoz

“…The sanctions practice of modern states is introducing increasingly sophisticated methods of political, economic, trade, organizational and legal restrictions, which constitute an institutional strategy of multi-vector impact on the "target state". …”
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Practical guidelines for developing digital health solutions to increase equity in dementia care in the UK by Beth Wolff, Simon Nielsen, Achilles Kiwanuka

“…However, despite all the proposed and observed advantages of DHS, a growing body of research suggests that these DHS are not equally accessible to all. This research aimed to assess whether equity frameworks for digital health solutions can be used to guide the development of digital health solutions to increase access to care for dementia patients in the UK and, thereafter, develop practical guidelines to guide the design of equitable DHS products to address this growing issue.MethodsA scoping review across four databases and grey literature was done to identify equity frameworks and design principles for DHS. …”
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Inequality of Labor Income in Kazakhstan’s Regions: Trends, Causes and Opportunities for Reduction by N. K. Nurlanova, F. M. Dnishev, F. G. Alzhanova, N. K. Saparbek

“…In the modern world, income inequality is growing, the share of labor income is decreasing, and the problems of overcoming poverty and equalizing people’s living standards have become acute. …”
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Urinary stone ablation with a thulium fibre laser: a rate-of-completion evaluation by I. A. Arbuzov, V. S. Chernega

“…We used physical methods of estimation of specific values when we developed a universal indicator of specific value of stone mass reduction.Results. …”
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Sales Promotion and Growth of Bread Bakery Business in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Elite Bakery. by Ahurira, Isabel

“…In chapter three this is where the methods of data collection were put into action. The research used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. …”
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A Review on Risk and Reliability Analysis in Photovoltaic Power Generation by Ahmad Zaki Abdul Karim, Mohamad Shaiful Osman, Mohd. Khairil Rahmat

“…HQQ methodology combines table-based and visual analysis methods. Currently, reliability assessment techniques such as mean time between failures (MTBF), system average interruption frequency index (SAIFI), and system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) are commonly used to predict PVPS performance. …”
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Images syndicales du travail cheminot. Les archives photographiques du Landesverband au Luxembourg  by Sébastien Moreau

“…By studying the photographic archives of the Landesverband, a major railway workers' union in Luxembourg, this article aims to give an account of the reasons for and methods of producing and disseminating trade union iconography relating to the railway sector. …”
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Cartographier un territoire « cycloné » : Saint-Martin après le passage de l’ouragan Irma (Antilles du Nord, sept. 2017) by Thomas Candela, Frédéric Leone, Matthieu Péroche, Martin Robustelli

“…In addition, we take into account acquisition methods, the meteorological context and diagnostic deviations as crucial parameters with uncertainties. …”
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (literature review) by E. A. Kovaleva, L. Kh.-B. Akhmatkhanova, T. A. Magomedov, E. V. Shevchenko, M. M. Khakhova, G. R. Ramazanov

“…This article will discuss the main causes of PRES, the consequences and methods of verifying the manifestation, as well as the principles of treatment of this condition.…”
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Recent advances in dual response molecular probes for biothiols by Master Mwafulirwa, Khamis Abdalla, Wenhai Bian, Hongbei Wei, Liren Xu, Wanyi Yu, Zhang Hui, Qi Yang, Xiaolong Sun

“…We examine design techniques, sensing mechanisms, and imaging methods to assess their effectiveness and responsiveness to thiols. …”
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Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: Long-Term Disease Progression and Management of Complications by Merve Özbek, Özgür Artunay, Rümeysa Koçak, İlker Hoşver, Metehan Şimşek

“…Conclusion: MacTel demonstrates a progressive decline in visual and structural integrity over extended follow-up. …”
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Corneal higher-order aberrations following small incision lenticule extraction for high myopic astigmatism correction by Yin Liu, Cheng Hu, Juan Yu, Nian Xiang, Bo Zeng, Wen-Shan Jiang

“…METHODS: A total of 157 eyes of 157 patients who underwent SMILE were included in this retrospective, nonrandomized, comparative study. …”
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Single high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and intermittent theta pulse stimulation promote working memory behavior in participants: An event-related potent... by Longting Hu, Jinyan He, Menglin Han, Zhiqiang Wang, Yulan Gao, Boyu Zhang, Shuyan Zhou, Kangling Wang, Shuning Li, Xuan Wu

“…However, no statistically significant differences were observed in the behavioral changes in the task-switching and visual Oddball paradigms. ERP analysis showed that N2 amplitude in the frontal and central regions of the participants increased during the 2-back paradigm following HF-rTMS and iTBS; however, no statistically significant differences were observed between the ERP components of the task-switching and visual Oddball paradigms. …”
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Outcomes of perfluorocarbon liquid vs. posterior retinotomy as adjuncts during pars-plana vitrectomy for the surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a randomized clin... by Ehab Mohamed Elsayed Saad, Hazem Elbadry Mohammed Mohammed, Mohamed Mohamed-Aly Ibrahim, Omar Hassan Salama Selim, Sayed Mostafa Elsayed Abdelhafeez, Ahmed Mohammed Sakr, Fathy Mohamed Abo Elftouh Elsalhy, Ahmed Abdelmohsen Ali Ayoub, Ehab Abdelsamea Alazab, Ehab Tharwat, Tamer Gamal El Sayed Mostafa

“…Methods This is a prospective randomized controlled trial that included 58 eyes with RRD, divided into Group A (PFCL, n = 29) and Group B (PR, n = 29). …”
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Improving the Efficiency of Screen Type Potato Sorting Machines by a Modification of the Sieve Drive Movement Algorithm by A. G. Ivanov, M. N. Erokhin, S. P. Kazantsev, P. V. Dorodov, I. I. Khuzyakhmetov, I. T. Khakimov

“…The paper emphasizes the relevance of developing effective methods for designing and calculating the parameters of this type sorting devices. …”
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