Inhibition of Aberrant IGF-I Signaling in Diabetic Male Rat Retina Prevents and Reverses Changes of Diabetic Retinopathy by Gang Xi, Christine Wai, David Clemmons

“…To determine if it could reverse established pathophysiologic changes in vivo, this antibody or normal rat IgG F(ab)2 was injected intraperitoneally for 6 weeks into rats that had diabetes for 4 weeks. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed that retinal thickness increased at 4 weeks and this increase was maintained in rats treated with the control antibody for an additional 6 weeks. …”
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No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance by Dirk Scheer, Sandra Venghaus, Stefania Sardo, Sascha Stark, Sophie Kuppler, Michael W. Schmidt, Carsten Hoyer-Klick

“…These challenges may have long-lasting impacts on both present and future generations and, therefore, require to be addressed through a long-term governance perspective, i.e., coherent and consistent policy-making across sectors, institutions, and temporal scales. …”
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CAPTCHA as a Visual Performance Metric in Active Macular Disease by Gautam Vangipuram, Aaron Y. Lee, Kasra A. Rezaei, Lisa C. Olmos De Koo, Yewlin E. Chee, Jennifer R. Chao, Catherine Egan, Cecilia S. Lee

“…Active disease was defined as the presence of either intraretinal fluid (IRF) or subretinal fluid (SRF) on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. CAPTCHA performance was tested using 10 prompts. …”
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Use of Imaging Modalities in Real Life: Impact on Visual Acuity Outcomes of Ranibizumab Treatment for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Germany by Joachim Wachtlin, Georg Spital, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Sandra Liakopoulos, Jessica Vögeler, Bettina Müller, Focke Ziemssen, Ocean study group

“…To date, there are limited prospective real-world data on the impact of optical coherence tomography (OCT) diagnostics on treatment outcomes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). …”
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HISTORICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL COMPONENTS OF POLICY AND MO-RALITY RELATIONS by Dmytro V. Usov

“…Concerning the public discourse of social agreement, it goes about the need for compromise and consideration of individual life plans, and the problem of legitimacy of power and necessary for the operation of universal principles of sense of justice and trust.…”
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Grid-Based Characterization and Sustainable Planning for Fractured Urban Textures: A Case Study of Nanhao Village in Baotou by Haoyu Tian, Weidong Wang, Ting Hao

“…During urban development, significant contrasts between urban villages and their surrounding areas lead to the emergence of fragmented urban spaces, dysfunctionalities, cultural barriers, and, ultimately, to the formation of fractured urban textures centered on urban villages (FUT-UVs). …”
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American struggle for global leadership and the strategic options of Serbia by Lišanin Mladen

“…At the same time, the fact that the hegemon is usually a status quo power, seeking to maintain the basic global parameters of power distribution, does not mean that it will not behave in a revisionist manner in various subsystem (regional and sub-regional) frameworks. …”
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Clinical Features of Optic Disc Drusen in an Ophthalmic Genetics Cohort by Jasmine Y. Serpen, Lev Prasov, Wadih M. Zein, Catherine A. Cukras, Denise Cunningham, Elizabeth C. Murphy, Amy Turriff, Brian P. Brooks, Laryssa A. Huryn

“…While an association between ODD and retinitis pigmentosa has been reported, this study surveys a large cohort of patients with inherited eye conditions and finds the prevalence of superficial ODD is lower than that in the literature. Some subpopulations, such as rod-cone dystrophy and Usher syndrome, had a higher prevalence than the cohort as a whole.…”
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Novel surgical technique for macular holes with basal diameter >1000 μ by Debdulal Chakraborty, Soumen Mondal, Sabyasachi Sengupta, Subhendu Boral, Arnab Das

“…Visual acuity (VA) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) assessments were performed at baseline, week 1 after surgery and at postoperative months 1, 3, 6, and 12. …”
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HEROIC: a 5-year observational cohort study aimed at identifying novel factors that drive diabetic kidney disease: rationale and study protocol by Neil Ashman, Ben Caplin, David Wheeler, Tahseen Ahmad Chowdhury, Kieran Mccafferty, Sinead Knight, Paul Hockings, Stanley L Fan, Johannes Hulthe, Robert Kleta, Vasilios Papastefanou, Hemal Mehta, Alan Salama, Sinela Hadzovic, Lisa Jarl, Robert Unwin, Benjamin Challis, Anna K Sundgren, Muhammad Magdi Yaqoob

“…Measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR), echocardiography, retinal optical coherence tomography angiography and kidney and cardiac MRI will be performed at baseline and twice more during follow-up. …”
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Ekoantropologia antyhumanistyczna. Przypadek Johna Nicholasa Graya by Piotr Domeracki

“…Gray’s anti-humanistic eco-anthropology leads us in the end to a sombre, pessimistic vision of the post-humankind that a highly probable destiny is mass destruction if human beings do not come to their senses in time becoming the straw subjects.…”
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The Analysis of Correlative Factors of Visual Acuity with Intravitreal Conbercept Injection in Macular Edema Associated with Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion by Wenjuan Luo, Fengjiao Jia, Min Liu, Yunxiao Wang, Ting Zhang

“…Data collected at various time points include BCVA, CFT, photoreceptor layer thickness (PLT), and outer nuclear layer thickness (ONLT) on optical coherence tomography. The correlation between CFT, PLT, ONLT, and BCVA before and after injections was analyzed. …”
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Analysis of Peripapillary and Macular Choroidal Thickness in Eyes with Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma and Fellow Eyes by Fan Li, Qingli Shang, Guangxian Tang, Hengli Zhang, Xiaowei Yan, Lihua Ma, Yulei Geng, Qing Zhang

“…NIP choroidal thickness was significantly lower in groups A and B than in group C (P<0.05). …”
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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. The number of injections and laser manipulations over the entire follow up period was taken into account. …”
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Prevalence of Corneal Astigmatism in Patients before Cataract Surgery in Western China by Wei Ma, Chengguo Zuo, Weirong Chen, Shaoyang Zheng, Jiangang Xu, Ruowen Gong, Maierhaba Mijiti, Kaidiliya Alifu, Lin Ding, Mingkai Lin

“…Preoperative keratometric data measured by performing preoperative bilateral partial coherence interferometry (IOLMaster), and patient demographics were recorded and analyzed. …”
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Behavior of SD-OCT Detectable Hyperreflective Foci in Diabetic Macular Edema Patients after Therapy with Anti-VEGF Agents and Dexamethasone Implants by Anne Rübsam, Laura Wernecke, Saskia Rau, Dominika Pohlmann, Bert Müller, Oliver Zeitz, Antonia M. Joussen

“…Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) allows detection and monitoring of the edema and a detailed analysis of the retinal structure. …”
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Innovator ranibizumab ComparEd to Biosimilar ranibizumab in combination with Expansile gas in submaculaR HemorrhaGe: the ICEBERG study by Debdulal Chakraborty, Tushar Kanti Sinha, Soumen Mondal, Subhendu Boral, Arnab Das, Saptorshi Majumbar, Angshuman Mukherjee, Ranabir Bhattacharya, Sumit Randhir Singh

“…Patients received either innovator or biosimilar RBZ (3 loading doses followed by pro re nata regimen) and single injection of intravitreal C3F8. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed at baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months. …”
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We Walk: a person-centred, dyadic behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity through outdoor walking after stroke—an intervention development study by Stephan U Dombrowski, Brendan McCormack, Maggie Lawrence, Frederike Van Wijck, Jacqui H Morris, Linda A Irvine

“…This study established intervention components and structure and identified operational issues critical to future success. Future research will pilot and refine We Walk and evaluate acceptability, feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.Trial registration number ISRCTN34488928.…”
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Formgestaltung aus aufführungspraktischer Perspektive. Zur Interpretationsgeschichte von Beethovens 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von A. Diabelli op. 120 by Thomas Glaser

“…Dieser Beitrag untersucht auf Grundlage einer umfassenden quantitativen Datenerhebung aus 66 Gesamteinspielungen von Beethovens ›Diabelli-Variationen‹ mit Aufnahmedatum zwischen 1937 und 2018 Aufführungsweisen von Pianist*innen zur Gestaltung zyklischer Makroform. …”
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Effect of Anterior Chamber Instability during Phacoemulsification Combined with Intraocular Lens Implantation by Wenjing Geng, Wenli Lin, Pei Song, Min Zhang, Jian Wu, Shu Su, Yurong Yuan, Min Ji, Huaijin Guan

“…AC stability was evaluated using operating microscopy and intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT). …”
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