Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Transplantation Using Corneas from Foreign Donors versus Domestic Donors: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Yingxin Chen, Congling Liao, Minghong Gao, Michael Wellington Belin, Mingwu Wang, Hai Yu, Jing Yu

“…No significant difference with respect to the therapeutic outcome and postoperative Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) and neovascularization by final follow-up was observed between the two groups. …”
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Clinical Case-control Study of Postoperative Ocular Microbiota Colonization Using Microbial Analysis in Patients Undergoing Blepharoplasty by Hejia Zhao, PhD, Yanjun Chen, MD, Huamin Mao, MD, Junpu Ye, MD, Min Fu, MD, Jinhao Qiu, MD, Yunhan Zhang, BS, Er Pan, MD, Ke Xiong, MD

“…This study aimed to investigate microbial changes before and after blepharoplasty. Methods:. A clinical case-control study was conducted involving 30 blepharoplasty patients and 23 controls. …”
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Effect of Bian-stone and warm-ironing therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of joint pain induced by knee osteoarthritis (中药砭石热熨技术治疗膝骨关节炎患者关节疼痛效果观察)... by ZHEN Hong (甄红), ZHANG Xuejian (张雪键), CUI Yangfang (崔杨芳)

“…The pain degree was measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results In the degree of pain measured with VAS, there was significantly decreased after nursing intervention (P＜0. 05). …”
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The process of developing a joint theory of change across three global entities: can this help to make their efforts to strengthen capacity for implementation research more effecti... by Kabir Sheikh, Pascal Launois, Mahnaz Vahedi, Marta Feletto, Vanessa Brizuela, Imelda Bates, Anna Thorson, Susie Crossman, Sara Begg, Garry Aslanyan

“…Introduction A theory of change is a visual representation of the pathway by which a programme anticipates it will achieve its goal. …”
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Enhancing intracranial aneurysm rupture risk prediction with a novel multivariable logistic regression model incorporating high-resolution vessel wall imaging by Zihang Wang, Zihang Wang, Chang Yan, Chang Yan, Wenqing Yuan, Wenqing Yuan, Shuangyan Jiang, Shuangyan Jiang, Yongxiang Jiang, Ting Chen

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and validate a multivariate logistic regression model for predicting intracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture by integrating clinical data, aneurysm morphology, and parent artery characteristics using high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI).MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 298 patients with 386 aneurysms. …”
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Short-term memory retrieval enhances brain functional connectivity by Fanglei Duan, Xiangyu Yan, Jing Wang, Zhenhua Wu, Yixin Zhang, QiCheng Shu, Fangfang Liu, Fan Xu, Qin Han

“…However, the mechanisms underlying the formation, storage, and execution of short-term memory remain poorly understood.MethodsIn this study, 41 healthy college students participated in a memory challenge test designed to investigate these processes. …”
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Morphofunctional retinal pigment epithelium changes in normal eye and age-related macular degeneration by R.R. Fayzrakhmanov, E.D. Bosov, V.A. Bogdanova, E.E. Vaganova, O.L. Sechina

“…To analyze features of retinal pigment epithelium in normal and pathological conditions. Material and methods. The literature review was carried out using PubMed and Sochape Library. …”
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Effectiveness of a mental health literacy programme in reducing stigma in young people in Póvoa de Varzim by Ana Lia Moura, Barbara Monteiro, Maria João Trigueiro, Vitor Simões Silva, Raquel Simões de Almeida, Paula Portugal, Sara Sousa, Filipa Campos, Ana Paula Soutelo, Paulo Veloso, António Marques

“…Results: There was a decrease in stigma levels in both groups (p<0.001), and the interaction value between the intervention effect and the RIBS score was equal (p<0.001). Conclusion: The effectiveness of the Mental Health Literacy promotion programme "Bicho de 7 Cabeças" in reducing the levels of stigma in young people from Póvoa de Varzim was found. …”
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Classification of the LC4 Primarily-like Cell Line—Recapitulating a CDK4 Overexpressing Immune Evasive HIV-HCV-Induced HCC by Janine Kah, Lisa Staffeldt, Tassilo Volz, Kornelius Schulze, Asmus Heumann, Götz Rövenstrunk, Meike Goebel, Sven Peine, Maura Dandri, Stefan Lüth

“…Moreover, we identified specific biomarkers equally regulated in the parental tissue, in global datasets of the same entities as well as in LC4 cells. …”
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GRaNIE and GRaNPA: inference and evaluation of enhancer‐mediated gene regulatory networks by Aryan Kamal, Christian Arnold, Annique Claringbould, Rim Moussa, Nila H Servaas, Maksim Kholmatov, Neha Daga, Daria Nogina, Sophia Mueller‐Dott, Armando Reyes‐Palomares, Giovanni Palla, Olga Sigalova, Daria Bunina, Caroline Pabst, Judith B Zaugg

“…Despite the strong mechanistic link between TFs and enhancers, we currently lack a framework for jointly analysing them in cell‐type‐specific gene regulatory networks (GRN). Equally important, we lack an unbiased way of assessing the biological significance of inferred GRNs since no complete ground truth exists. …”
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Investigating the chemical composition and antifungal effect of Cinnamomum cassia essential oil against Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Acremonium sp by Fairouz Boubrik, Tahar Boubellouta, Nabil Benyoucef, Yuva Bellik, Lynda Gali, Abdullah Akdoğan, Dmitry E. Kucher, Aleksandra O. Utkina, Olga D. Kucher, Nazih Y. Rebouh

“…The antifungal activity was assessed using the disk diffusion agar method. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) were determined using microdilution methods. …”
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The changing demographics and severity in hospitalized patients across COVID-19 variants: A national cohort study by Priyanka Parajuli, Lara A.C. Phipps, Roy Sabo, Rasha Alsaadawi, Amanda Robinson, Evan French, Richard K. Sterling, N3C. consortium

“… Abstract Introduction: The respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has undergone genetic evolution and led to variants of concern that vary in transmissibility and clinical severity. Methods: This retrospective cohort analysis studied 232,364 hospitalized COVID-19-positive patients in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative [April 27, 2020 and June 25, 2022]. …”
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Thrombolytic and Anticoagulant Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism with High and Intermendiate Risk of Early Death. Part 3. An Effect on Pulmonary Perfusion with High and Intermediate R... by O. V. Nikitina, I. P. Mikhailov, N. Y. Kudryashova, E. V. Migunova, A. G. Dorfman, V. I. Avfukov

“…The accumulation deficit of an area equal to a segment was counted as a perfusion deficiency of 5% (subsegmental 2.5%), inferior lobe — 25%, an area equal to the right lung — 55%, the left lung — 45%.Characteristics of the sample In a sample of 503 patients who received treatment at the Intensive Care Unit for Surgical Patients of the N.V. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…To analyze the data, both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed within the AMOS and SPSS software environment. …”
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BCSnet: A U-Net-Based Model for Segmentation of Brain Cells in Trypan Blue Images by Aleksei A. Kudryavtsev, Ivan V. Simkin, Maksim A. Dragun, Olga P. Alexandrova, Ivan P. Malashin, Denis A. Sukhanov, Vladimir A. Nelyub, Aleksei S. Borodulin, Stanislav O. Yurchenko, Vadim S. Tynchenko

“…This method requires a lot of time and effort associated with the need for manual cell counting and qualification in histology to detect visual differences between alive neuron cells and non-alive ones. …”
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The hidden impact of myopia severity on interocular suppression in myopia: a cross-sectional study by Yan Luo, Xiyang Yang, Enwei Lin, Min Kong, Wuqiang Luo, Qi Chen, Jin Zeng, Li Yan, Lili Li, Xin Xiao, Xin Xiao, Xin Xiao

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between spherical equivalent (SE) and interocular suppression in myopic adults, addressing the knowledge gap in functional visual impairments beyond structural changes.MethodsThis hospital-based cross-sectional study included 988 myopic patients (aged 18.0–48.7 years, SE ≥ 0.50D). …”
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Decadal analysis of nonsoplastic ocular enucleation in a tertiary hospital in southern China by Yao Ni, Kerui Wang, Xuanwei Liang, Hao Fang, Zhen Mao, Xingyi Li, Danping Huang, Xianchai Lin, Zuohong Li

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Optical correction of hyperopia in school-aged children: a scoping review protocol by Su-Hsun Liu, Tawna L Roberts, Gayathri Srinivasan, Kristen L Kerber, Vivian M Manh, Kristine Huang, Alexandra Williamson, Soumen Sadhu, Morgan C Ollinger, Zahra Tajbakhsh, Jennifer H Fisher, Nathan L Cheung, Jasmine Junge, Kevin C H Chan, Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Patrick Simard, Kelsey R Trast, Christina E Morettin, Samantha Krueger, Augustine N Nti, Debora M Lee Chen

“…We will exclude studies associated with myopia control treatments, ocular and visual pathway pathologies affecting vision or visual function. …”
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Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography imaging findings in patients receiving teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease by Timothy Truong, Rona Z. Silkiss, Johnell Renz Amoroso, Huanye Li, Quan V. Hoang, Kasra Eliasieh, Jesse J. Jung

“…Subjects: 22 eyes of 12 TED patients. Methods and outcomes measures: Retrospective chart review was conducted, with demographics, clinical examination, BCVA, Humphrey visual field (HVF), and SD-OCT data: central foveal thickness (CFT), sub-foveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), choroidal vascular index (CVI), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) thickness compared between before and after an 8-infusion course of teprotumumab. …”
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Evaluating the Accuracy and Performance of ChatGPT-4o in Solving Japanese National Dental Technician Examination by Hikaru Fukuda, Masaki Morishita, Kosuke Muraoka, Shino Yamaguchi, Taiji Nakamura, Manabu Habu, Izumi Yoshioka, Shuji Awano, Kentaro Ono

“…Materials and methods: A total of 400 JNDTE questions (2018-2022) were analysed using ChatGPT-4o. …”
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