FGF2 and EGF for the Regeneration of Tympanic Membrane: A Systematic Review by Zhengcai Lou, Zihan Lou, Yumeng Jiang, Zhengnong Chen

“…Nine clinical studies of acute large perforations showed closure rates of 91.4%–100% with FGF2 or EGF. Two clinical studies showed similar closure rates between groups treated with FGF2 and EGF. …”
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Orthodontic Replacement of Lost Permanent Molar with Neighbor Molar: A Six-Year Follow-Up by Taisa Boamorte Raveli, Ricardo Lima Shintcovsk, Luegya Amorim Henriques Knop, Luana Paz Sampaio, Dirceu Barnabé Raveli

“…Next to extraction comes space closure, which represents a challenge for orthodontists because of extended treatment time, discomfort created for the patient, tissue tolerance, and stability concerns. …”
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Large-Scale Forest Modeling: Deducing Stand Density from Inventory Data by Oskar Franklin, Elena Moltchanova, Florian Kraxner, Rupert Seidl, Hannes Böttcher, Dimitry Rokityiansky, Michael Obersteiner

“…The improvement in model performance attained by including variable stand closure among age cohorts compared to a fixed closure suggests that stand closure is an important parameter for accurate forest growth modeling also at large scales.…”
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Evaluating short and long term outcomes following pediatric Myringoplasty with Gelfoam graft for tympanic membrane perforation following ventilation tube insertion by Jin Soo Song, Gerard Corsten, Liane B. Johnson

“…In the gelfoam cohort, 77 (90.6%) of patients demonstrated successful TM closure at initial follow up. Overall mean time to closure was 5.6 (standard error (SE) 0.9) months. …”
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To Study the Outcome of Low-Cost Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy Using Wall-Mounted Vacuum Device in the Treatment of Open Wounds by Neeraj Jain, Ravi Kant Jain, Ajay Sabhnani

“…This was followed by application of Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC). The infection rate analysed by clinical findings and investigations. …”
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Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011–2023 by Anders Malthe Bach-Mortensen, Michelle Degli Esposti, Benjamin Goodair

“…We aimed to test whether ownership (for-profit, public and third sector (non-profit)) influences determinants of closure among all care homes in England, 2011–2023.Methods We created a dataset of all care homes from 2011 to 2023 (29 548 care homes and 8346 closures) and Care Quality Commission inspections from 2014 to 2023 (n=65 726). …”
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Para uma compreensão da Clausura Monástica e Emparedamento enquanto fenómenos históricos e religiosos by Paula Barata Dias

“…The closure, voluntary or involuntary under the ground, in a tomb, a cave or between tight walls, is an ancient practice, crossing various times and places in the history of man, both as punishment, propitiatory sacrifice or funeral ritual. …”
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Surgical Outcomes in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2-Related Macular Holes: A Report on Four Patients by Kinza T. Ahmad, Joseph Chacko, Ahmed B. Sallam, David B. Warner, Sami H. Uwaydat

“…The few published studies that exist on the surgical outcomes of full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) repair in Macular Telangiectasia (MacTel) Type 2 report poor rates of hole closure of around 30%. This study is the largest case series of patients with FTMH in MacTel Type 2 and describes an 80% hole closure rate. …”
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Reduction of Pacific Double‐ITCZ Bias by Convection Parameterization in NCAR CESM2.2 by Xiaoliang Song, Guang J. Zhang

“…Abstract The impact of convective closure on the double‐ITCZ bias in the NCAR CESM2.2 is investigated in this study. …”
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Should Echocardiographic Evaluation Be Performed Routinely in the First 72 Hours in Extremely Low Birth Weight Babies? by Ruya Colak, Senem Alkan Ozdemir, Ezgi Yangin Ergon, Ferit Kulali, Oguz Han Kalkanli, Tulin Gokmen Yildirim, Murat Muhtar Yilmazer, Cuneyt Zihni, Sebnem Calkavur

“…Conclusion:Performing early ECHO without symptoms in infants with ELBW may provoke the clinician to give PDA closure treatment earlier. In infants with ELBW,unnecessary closure treatment can be prevented by closely monitoring the symptoms of PDA and performing ECHO when necessary. …”
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Study on the Oxygen Consumption Rule of Hydroponic Cotton in Different Periods by Yanbo Fu, Xiaojuan Rao, Qingyong Bian, Yaozu Feng, Jian Huang, Zhiguo Wang

“…The blossoming and boll-forming stage cotton is more resistant to hypoxia stress.…”
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Verifying the Usefulness of Pulmonary Blood Flow Studies in the Correction of Pulmonary Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect with Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries by Zirou Huang, Fan Cao, Rongjun Zou, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Wenlei Li, Guodong Huang, Li Ma, Xinxin Chen

“…Partial VSD repair was recorded for 21 children (36.84%), including 4 children (19.05%) who underwent VSD closure in the later stages and 13 children (61.90%) who were under follow-up and waiting to undergo complete VSD closure. …”
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Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) versus Perfluoropropane (C3F8) in the Intraoperative Management of Macular Holes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Idan Hecht, Michael Mimouni, Eytan Z. Blumenthal, Yoreh Barak

“…Publications up to October 2018 that focused on macular hole surgery in terms of primary closure, complications, and clinical outcomes were included. …”
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Anterior Chamber Angle Shape Analysis and Classification of Glaucoma in SS-OCT Images by Soe Ni Ni, J. Tian, Pina Marziliano, Hong-Tym Wong

“…Optical coherence tomography is a high resolution, rapid, and noninvasive diagnostic tool for angle closure glaucoma. In this paper, we present a new strategy for the classification of the angle closure glaucoma using morphological shape analysis of the iridocorneal angle. …”
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Blood clots affect the response of tympanic membrane perforations to gelfoam grafting after ventilation tube insertion by Zhengcai Lou

“…In addition, a confounding factor was added in the gelfoam group, thereby affected the assessment of TM closure. Thus, the conclusion is not rigorous and scientific.…”
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Strategies for Optimizing Acute Burn Wound Therapy: A Comprehensive Review by Andrei Cretu, Andreea Grosu-Bularda, Eliza-Maria Bordeanu-Diaconescu, Florin-Vlad Hodea, Vladut-Alin Ratoiu, Catalina-Stefania Dumitru, Mihaela-Cristina Andrei, Tiberiu-Paul Neagu, Ioan Lascar, Cristian-Sorin Hariga

“…However, current clinical treatments face significant challenges, including the difficulty of accurately assessing wound depth and tissue viability, which can lead to suboptimal treatment planning. Traditional closure methods often struggle with issues such as delayed wound closure, limited graft survival, inadequate tissue regeneration, and insufficient vascularization. …”
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Viscoat Assisted Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique for Large Macular Holes Associated with High Myopia by Zongming Song, Mei Li, Junjie Liu, Xuting Hu, Zhixiang Hu, Ding Chen

“…Type 1 closure was observed in 13 eyes (86.7%); type 2 closure was observed in the remaining 2 eyes (13.3%). …”
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The temporal inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique versus multilayered inverted flap technique in patients with idiopathic macular hole by Sameh M. Elgouhary, Safaa M. Abd-elmoaty, Ahmed A. Salama

“…Postoperative OCT revealed no significant differences in closure patterns between the groups. Group A had 60% type U, 10% type V, and 20% type W closure patterns, with 10% of cases failing to close. …”
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Connections on trivial vector bundles over projective schemes by Biswas, Indranil, Hô Hai, Phùng, dos Santos, Joao Pedro

“…Over a smooth and proper complex scheme, the differential Galois group of an integrable connection may be obtained as the closure of the transcendental monodromy representation. …”
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The Provence Coalfield: trajectory, assessment and prospective by Daviet, Sylvie, Schleyer-Lindenmann, Alexandra, Raynal, Jean-Claude, Batteau, Pierre, Noack, Yves

“…The trajectory taken by the Provence Coalfield (or Bassin Minier de Provence), located between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, is explained by its long mining history, disrupted by the closure of the mine in 2003. We approach this space from a global perspective, considering the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the socio-ecosystem. …”
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