Predisposing Factors, Microbial Characteristics, and Clinical Outcome of Microbial Keratitis in a Tertiary Centre in Hong Kong: A 10-Year Experience by Alex Lap-Ki Ng, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Chile Chi-Lai Choi, Leonard Hsu Yuen, Suk-Ming Yim, Keith Shun-Kit Chan, Jimmy Shiu-Ming Lai, Ian Yat-Hin Wong

“…Fluoroquinolone susceptibility was tested in 47 Gram-negative bacteria with 93.6% susceptibility (100% for Pseudomonas). 90.7% of cases had good visual outcome. …”
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Integrating Study on Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization of the Major Constituents in Shuanghuanglian Injection with UHPLC/Q-Orbitrap-MS and UPLC-PDA by Gen Xue, Meijuan Zhu, Ning Meng, Jianli Guan, Jide Zhang, Jing Yang, Yuefei Wang, Ying Cui, Xin Chai

“…Based on the successfully established method, the total content of 22 components in 20 batches of SHLIs was efficiently determined with a slight variation between 10.25 and 11.28 mg/mL, which accounted for 38.7% in total solid of SHLI. This study performed a reliable chemical identification and provided a rapid and effective method for quality analysis, which contributed to the in-depth investigation and application of SHLI.…”
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Associations between Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment and Patient Nutritional Status and Height by Mariana F. Granato, Alexandre A. Ferraro, Denise M. Lellis, Erasmo B. Casella

“…The results showed that the prevalence of overweight/obesity was statistically higher in the cohort of ADHD patients compared to controls (40.9% vs. 34.7%; P<0.05). After treating ADHD patients with methylphenidate, a statistically significant decrease in the BMI z-score was observed (0.695 vs. 0.305; P<0.01). …”
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Macular Retinal Vessel Oxygen Saturation Elevation in Chinese Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Cheng Li, Xiaoxiao Feng, Xin Wen, Xiaobing Qian, Qishan Zheng, Yongguang Yuan, Yue Fu, Wanwen Shao, Yujie Li, Xiaofeng Lin, Qianying Gao

“…In the optic disc area, the inferotemporal quadrant (TI) AS (93.2 ± 10.2%) and inferonasal quadrant (NI) VS (61.3 ± 7.3%) were higher in the affected eyes than in the contralateral eyes (88.7 ± 7.7% and 56.9 ± 6.5%) and AVS in NI (36.7 ± 10.4%) decreased compared to the contralateral eyes (41.5 ± 11.2%). …”
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Olfactory Loss and Brain Connectivity after COVID-19: Structural Follow-Up at One Year by Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cirillo, Rosa De Micco, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Andrea G. Russo, Caterina Monari, Nicola Coppola, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Alessandro Tessitore

“…To complement this finding, here we report the outcome of an identical high angular resolution diffusion MRI analysis on follow-up data sets collected in 18/27 COV+ subjects (10 males, mean age±SD: 38.7±8.1 years) and 10/18 COV- subjects (5 males, mean age±SD: 33.1±3.6 years) from the previous samples who repeated both the olfactory functional assessment and the MRI examination after ~1 year. …”
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Magnetically tailored dielectric behaviour of (1-x)Ba0.98Sm0.02TiO3-xBa0.7Sr0.3Fe12O19 ceramic composites by Kaur Arshdeep, Nindrayog Amritpal Singh, Masih Sajan, Middha Shiffali, Kaur Shubhpreet, Kumar Sunil, Ghosh Rubina, Vishwakarma Prakash Nath, Arya Nisharika, Singh Satvir, Tandon Nitin, Sharma Indu, Arora ishal, Paul Surinder, Singh Mandeep, Chopra Vibha, Singh Anupinder

“…The selected titanate and M-type hexaferrite powders were used for fabrication of (1-x)Ba0.98Sm0.02TiO3-xBa0.7Sr0.3Fe12O19 composites (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) by their mixing, compaction and sintering at 1240°C. …”
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PROFILES AND PREFERENCES OF ON-LINE MILLENIAL SHOPPERS IN BULGARIA by Patricia R. Loubeau, Robert Jantzen, Elitsa Alexander

“…An empirical study was conducted based on a written survey of a sample consisting of 367 high school and university students in Bulgaria. …”
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The “Gender Factor” in Wearing-Off among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Post Hoc Analysis of DEEP Study by Delia Colombo, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Angelo Antonini, Paolo Barone, Gilberto Bellia, Flavia Franconi, Lucia Simoni, Mahmood Attar, Emanuela Zagni, Shalom Haggiag, Fabrizio Stocchi

“…In patients with WO (WOQ-19), women experienced ≥1 motor symptom in 72.5% versus 64.0% in men and ≥1 nonmotor symptom in 44.5% versus 36.7%, in men. Conclusions. Our results suggest WO as more common among women, for both motor and nonmotor symptoms. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Mycophenolate Mofetil as Its Charge-Transfer Complexes with Two π-Acceptors by K. B. Vinay, H. D. Revanasiddappa, M. S. Raghu, Sameer. A. M. Abdulrahman, N. Rajendraprasad

“…The apparent molar absorptivity values are calculated to be 1.06×103 and 3.87×103 L mol−1 cm−1, respectively, and the corresponding Sandell’s sensitivities are 0.4106 and 0.1119 μg cm−1. …”
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Effect of Weight Loss on Serum Osteocalcin and Its Association with Serum Adipokines by Mohammed S. Albadah, Hafedh Dekhil, Shaffi Ahamed Shaik, Mohammed A. Alsaif, Mustafa Shogair, Shahid Nawaz, Assim A. Alfadda

“…Body mass index (BMI) decreased significantly from 39.7±7.6 to 37.8±7.6 (P<0.001). This was associated with significant reduction in waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, HOMA-IR, total and LDL-cholesterol, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and resistin (P<0.05). …”
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Lessons from the pandemic: Relationship between patient visits and patient length of stay in California’s health system by David D. Cho, Yu Wang

“…Results A total of 56 California counties were analysed, of which 37 counties were urban and 19 counties were rural. …”
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Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Ratio Is Improved When Using a Digital, Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera Onsite in a Diabetes Outpatient Clinic by Pia Roser, Hannes Kalscheuer, Jan B. Groener, Daniel Lehnhoff, Roman Klein, Gerd U. Auffarth, Peter P. Nawroth, Florian Schuett, Gottfried Rudofsky

“…For both types of diabetes, prevalence of DR was 25.0% (n=126) and incidence 6.4% (n=32) (T1DM versus T2DM: prevalence: 35.7% versus 22.1%, incidence 5.4% versus 6.7%). 25.4% of all DRs were newly diagnosed. …”
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Menstrual Changes after COVID-19 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination by Işılay Taşkaldıran, Emre Vuraloğlu, Yusuf Bozkuş, Özlem Turhan İyidir, Aslı Nar, Neslihan Başçıl Tütüncü

“…Of 241 women with COVID-19 infection, 86 (35.7%) mentioned that they experienced various changes in their menstrual patterns in the first three cycles after infection. …”
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Effect of adhesive on the anchorage performance of variable curvature waveform clamping anchor for CFRP plate: Experimental investigation and carrying capacity calculation by Yongyu Duo, Minglei Ma, Guowen Xu, Xiaogang Liu

“…For specimens subjected to friction-bending-adhesion coupling anchoring, the theoretical carrying capacity values were in good agreement with the experimental results, yielding a mean deviation of 3.67 %. The high-efficiency anchorage and the carrying capacity calculating method proposed in this study are expected to provide a solid foundation for the large-scale application of CFRP plates in prestressed reinforcement and cable structures, while also offering a reliable basis for structural design.…”
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How Important Is the Etiology in the Treatment of Epiphora? by Mahmut Oğuz Ulusoy, Sertaç Argun Kıvanç, Mehmet Atakan, Berna Akova-Budak

“…Lacrimal system disease (48.4% [79/163]) was the most common cause, followed by ocular surface disease (dry eye/blepharitis) (38.7% [63/163]). Among the patients included in this study, 69% (113/163) did not receive any treatment, whereas only 1.8% (3/163) were treated surgically. …”
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Perbandingan Tingkat Keparahan Infeksi Sekunder Virus Dengue pada Keempat Serotipe di Indonesia: Systematic Review by Annelin Kurniati, Ahmad Fandi, Mardhatillah Sariyanti, Ety Febrianti, Debie Rizqoh

“…The distribution of dengue virus serotypes varies in various areas and can change over time. There are four dengue serotypes, namely DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4. …”
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Farklı Şekilde Etiketlenen Likert Tipi Ölçeklerin Ölçme Değişmezliğine Etkisinin İncelenmesi by Meltem Yurtçu, Nuri Doğan, Ceylan Gündeğer

“…Bu araştırma, farklı orta nokta etiketine sahip üç sözel ve bir ucu gömülü ölçek formunun psikometrik özelliklerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, 377 üniversite öğrencisinden, aynı özelliği ölçen ve aynı maddelerden oluşan fakat farklı tutum etiketlerine sahip dört farklı ölçek formu ile veri toplanmıştır. …”
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Heat Transfer Potentiality and Flow Behavior in a Square Duct Fitted with Double-Inclined Baffles: A Numerical Analysis by Amnart Boonloi, Withada Jedsadaratanachai

“…The best TEF of the HESC installed with the DIB is about 3.87 at P/H=1, α=30°, Re=2000, and b/H=0.15. Additionally, the TEF contours, which help to design the HESC inserted with the DIB, are performed.…”
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Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Ana Ibis Betancourt García, Carlos Lázaro Nodal García, Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez, Diosky Ferrer Vilches, Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The knowledge level according to the bioethical principle of justice was assessed: 40% for good, 37.7% for average and 22.2% for bad. For biosecurity measures it was obtained: 26.6% good, 24.4% average and 48.8% bad. …”
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A Cross-Study Biomarker Signature of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Luiz Gustavo Gardinassi

“…Importantly, this study revealed a biosignature constituted by genes such as ABCC4, ARMC8, BCLAF1, EZH1, FAM118A, FAM208B, FUS, HSPH1, KAZN, MAP3K2, N6AMT1, PRMT2, S100PBP, SERPINA1, TLK2, ZNF322, and ZNF337 which should be considered in the development of new molecular diagnosis tools.…”
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