Flexibly funding WHO? An analysis of its donors’ voluntary contributions by Andrew Harmer, Jonathan Kennedy, Obichukwu Iwunna

“…As voluntary contributions tend to be earmarked for donor-specified programmes and projects, there are concerns that this trend has diverted focus away from WHO’s strategic priorities, made coordination and attaining coherence more difficult, undermined WHO’s democratic structures and given undue power to a handful of wealthy donors. …”
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A Missense Mutation in OPA1 Causes Dominant Optic Atrophy in a Chinese Family by Shaoyi Mei, Xiaosheng Huang, Lin Cheng, Shiming Peng, Tianhui Zhu, Liang Chen, Yan Wang, Jun Zhao

“…The visual fields, optical coherence tomography, and visual evoked potential suggested variable degree of abnormality in patients. …”
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Novel electroretinography devices to detect hydroxychloroquine retinopathy: study protocol for a diagnostic accuracy and feasibility study by James Galloway, Chan Ning Lee, Omar A Mahroo, Timothy L Jackson, George Murphy, Hatem A Wafa

“…Three groups of 35 participants on HCQ, categorised by HCQ retinopathy (definite, possible and no retinopathy), and 35 healthy control participants, recruited by consecutive sampling, will have full field and multifocal ERG index tests, delivered using skin-contact electrodes by two devices—RETEval full-field and UTAS multifocal ERG, both manufactured by LKC Technologies (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA), compared with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence reference tests graded by two masked, independent retinal specialists. …”
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Défense et illustration d’un genre. Le merveilleux scientifique défini par Maurice Renard (1909-1928) by Emilie Pézard

“…Sa définition du « roman merveilleux-scientifique », remarquable par sa richesse et sa cohérence, est constituée d’autant de prises de position nettement affirmées au sein de débats qui traversaient la critique : outre qu’il affirme l’autonomie du genre et sa valeur littéraire, Renard s’efforce de démontrer que le roman merveilleux-scientifique est bien, à la fois, pleinement merveilleux — ce qui motive son refus de l’anticipation — et authentiquement scientifique — ce qui le conduit à le redéfinir comme « roman d’hypothèse ».…”
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New Insights Into the Reservoir Landslide Deformation Mechanism From InSAR and Numerical Simulation Technology by Guoshi Liu, Bin Wang, Qian Sun, Jun Hu, Lei-Lei Liu, Wanji Zheng, Liye Zou

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La pédagogie comme lieu d’interactions entre savoirs, recherches et pratiques by Etiennette Vellas

“…Il rappelle que le pédagogue réalise, à partir de sa propre expérience éducative, une recherche spécifique de cohérence entre finalités, savoirs et pratiques de l’éducation. …”
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On the Fractional Dynamics of Kinks in Sine-Gordon Models by Tassos Bountis, Julia Cantisán, Jesús Cuevas-Maraver, Jorge Eduardo Macías-Díaz, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

“…In particular, we modified the order <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>β</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> of the temporal derivative to that of a Caputo fractional type and found that, for <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo><</mo><mi>β</mi><mo><</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, this imposes a dissipative dynamical behavior on the coherent structures. We also examined the variation of a fractional Riesz order <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>α</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> on the spatial derivative. …”
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A Novel Network for Choroidal Segmentation Based on Enhanced Boundary Information by Wenbo Huang, Chaofan Qu, Yang Yan

“…Due to the inherent imaging characteristics of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), the contrast between the choroid and sclera is low, presenting significant challenges in choroidal segmentation, such as subchoroidal boundary blurring and difficulty in accurate boundary delineation. …”
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Efficacy of dexamethasone implant in the management of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy without choroidal neovascularization by Umesh Chandra Behera, Anand S Brar, Anup Kelgaonkar, Jyotiranjan Sahoo, Raja Narayanan, SriniVas R Sadda

“…Changes in central macular thickness (CMT) and change in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) on optical coherence tomography (OCT), incidence of recurrent fluid, and safety of DEX implant were secondary outcome measures. …”
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A modeling of budget optimization for the strategic plan of universities by different faculties: a case study in Allameh Tabataba'i University by Hassan Rashidi, Morteza Khorsandi, Fatemeh Shams

“…In an era when university managers face new challenges such as fleeting changes and opportunities, uncertainty and disorder, having a strategic approach can help managers focus on distant horizons and identify opportunities and advantages as well as coherence. The activities of the university helped to clear the path of collective goals. …”
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Incidence and risk factors for insulinoma diagnosed in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK by Kasper Kraai, Dan G. O’Neill, Lucy J. Davison, Dave C. Brodbelt, Sara Galac, Floryne O. Buishand

“…Compared to crossbreeds, predisposed breeds included Dogue de Bordeaux, German Pointer, Flat Coated Retriever, Boxer and West Highland White Terrier. The Labrador Retriever showed decreased odds for insulinoma diagnosis. …”
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Similarities and differences between two Hungarian particles for also: szintén and is by Judit Farkas, Bettina Futó, Aliz Huszics, Judit Kleiber, Mónika Dóla, Gábor Alberti

“…In discourse, is acts as an intensional/metacognitive pragmatic marker in the sense as proposed by Aijmer et al. (2006), while szintén functions as a coherence-signaling discourse marker. The two particles share certain syntactic-semantic properties: neither of them can be followed by a topic, they both have distributive meaning, and both of them can pertain to the noun phrase that they immediately follow, as well as to ordered n-tuples of noun phrases. …”
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A model-based spectral directional approach reveals the long-term impact of COVID-19 on cardiorespiratory control and baroreflex by Beatrice Cairo, Francesca Gelpi, Vlasta Bari, Martina Anguissola, Pavandeep Singh, Beatrice De Maria, Marco Ranucci, Alberto Porta

“…Methods A model-based causal spectral approach, namely causal squared coherence (CK2), was applied to the beat-to-beat variability series of heart period (HP) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP), and to the respiratory signal (RESP) acquired at rest in supine position and during active standing (STAND) in COVID-19 survivors 9 months after their hospital discharge. …”
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Multimodal abnormalities of brain function in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies by Xingyao Chen, Xingyao Chen, Xingyao Chen, Nuo Chen, Nuo Chen, Nuo Chen, Peng Lai, Peng Lai, Yiqi Sun, Jie Yu, Ming Xin, Deliang Zhu, Fanrong Liang, Fanrong Liang, Fanrong Liang, Qian Song, Shirui Cheng, Shirui Cheng, Shirui Cheng, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li

“…In this meta-analysis, we integrated the existing data, delineating a pattern of coherent results from the encompassed studies.MethodsA systematic search of neuroimaging studies investigating the brain activity differences between CLBP and Healthy controls (HCs) was conducted in seven databases up to December 22, 2024. …”
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Axial length to corneal curvature radius ratio is negatively correlated with choroidal blood flow in myopic children by Yurong Ye, Zizhong Hu, Na Su, Yeyu Shen, Songtao Yuan

“…BackgroundThe pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying early-onset myopia remain unclear; in this study, we investigate the pathogenesis by examining the interrelationships between axial length to corneal curvature radius ratio (AL/CR) and choroidal blood flow.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included 202 eyes from myopic children, categorized into 141 eyes with mild myopia, 47 eyes with moderate myopia, and 14 eyes with high myopia. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) was used to measure choroidal blood flow perfusion within a 6 mm × 6 mm area of the macular region, divided into nine subareas based on ETDRS partitioning: macular fovea, nasal side 1, superior 1, temporal side 1, inferior 1, nasal side 2, superior 2, temporal side 2, and inferior 2. …”
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Estimation of Heterosis and Inbreeding Depression for Fruit Yield Attributing Characters in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) by Jagruti S. Mahla, R. R. Acharya, M. M. Pandya, Sushil Kumar, D. A. Patel, D. J. Parmar

“…The positive significant heterosis over the mid-parent and better parent, coupled with negative inbreeding depression, can be attributed to the major contribution from dominance (h) and additive × additive (i) gene effects. …”
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The Effect of Steep Trendelenburg Positioning on Retinal Structure and Function during Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Procedures by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Kaori Ukegawa, Eri Nitta, Nobufumi Ueda, Yushi Hayashida, Hiromi Hirama, Rikiya Taoka, Yuma Sakura, Mari Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Tsunemori, Mikio Sugimoto, Yoshiyuki Kakehi

“…Standard automated perimetry (SAP) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed in 20 males scheduled for RALP at 1 month and 1 day before the operation and at 1 and 3 months after the operation. …”
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Urlinie und Zwölftonreihe als Zeitgenossinnen by Martin Eybl

“…Mit Blick auf die konträren Positionen ihrer Autoren scheinen Urlinie und Zwölftonreihe – zwei Konzepte, die beide in die frühen 1920er Jahren datieren – eher die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen als so etwas wie Zeitgenossenschaft zu dokumentieren. …”
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Ophthalmological monitoring in patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease by L.K. Moshetova, I.V. Vorobyeva, A. Dgebuadze, O.D. Ostroumova, A.V. Arablinskiy, E.P. Delver, A.A. Belogurov

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Keywords</b>: hypertension, coronary heart disease, coronary artery stenosis, hypertensive retinopathy, foveal avascular zone, vessel density, optical coherence tomography angiography.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>For citation: </b>Moshetova L.K., Vorobyeva I.V., Dgebuadze A. et al. …”
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Effect of Vitreous Reflux after Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Macular Edema with Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Real-World Study by Tetsuya Muto, Masaaki Sakamoto, Shigeki Machida, Shinichiro Imaizumi, Tetsuju Sekiryu

“…The treatment response was evaluated with the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and optical coherence tomography measurements of the retinal foveal thickness (RFT) before treatment and 1 month after the first injection. …”
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