The outcome of trachomatous trichiasis surgery in Ethiopia: risk factors for recurrence. by Saul N Rajak, Esmael Habtamu, Helen A Weiss, Amir B Kello, Bayeh Abera, Mulat Zerihun, Teshome Gebre, Clare E Gilbert, Peng T Khaw, Paul M Emerson, Matthew J Burton

“…Granuloma occurred in 69 (5.7%) and notching in 156 (13.0%).<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Risk of recurrence is high despite high volume, highly trained surgeons. …”
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Concerning the issue of early diagnostics of low tannin content in faba bean seeds (<i>Vicia faba</i> L.) by S. M. Mamedova, V. S. Popov, A. E. Solovyeva, I. N. Perchuk, L. L. Malyshev, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…The absence of anthocyanin staining on seedlings and the absence of dark-colored extrafloral nectaries on stipules can serve as markers of low-tannin genotypes in the early stages of plant development. …”
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Prediction of transcript isoforms and identification of tissue-specific genes in cucumber by Wenjiao Wang, Chengcheng Shen, Xinqiang Wen, Anqi Li, Qi Gao, Zhaoying Xu, Yuping Wei, Yushun Li, Dailu Guan, Bin Liu

“…Transcriptome assembly identified 151,453 transcripts spanning 20,442 loci. Among these, 12.7% of transcripts exactly matched annotated genes in the cucumber reference genome. …”
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women at Saesie Tsaeda Emba Woreda Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2018 by Gebrehiwot Gebremariam Weldearegawi, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola, Berhane Fseha Teklehaymanot

“…Unintended pregnancy among ever visited by health extension workers was 1.7 times higher than not visited (AOR 1.7, 95% CI: 1.09, 5. 128). …”
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Effect of low salicylate diet on clinical and inflammatory markers in patients with aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease – a randomized crossover trial by Leigh J. Sowerby, Krupal B. Patel, Crystal Schmerk, Brian W. Rotenberg, Taciano Rocha, Doron D. Sommer

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Enhancing the Tribological Characteristics of Epoxy Composites by the Use of Three-Dimensional Carbon Fibers and Cobalt Oxide Nanowires by Muad Muhammed Ali, Haidar Akram Hussein, Nabil Kadhim Taieh, Ying Li, Riad Abdul Abas, Sumair Ahmed Soomro, Salman Aatif

“…Epoxy composites of NWRs@CFs have friction coefficients of 0.261, 0.304, and 0.332µ. …”
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The influence of sintering of osteoporotic vertebral fractures on the sagittal lumbar profile and degenerative changes by Christoph Beyersdorf, Max Prost, Melanie Elisabeth Röckner, Uwe Martin Maus, Cornelius Jacobs, Max Joseph Scheyerer

“…Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 27 (IBM, Armonk, USA). Results Thirty patients (73.3% female, 26.7% male) met the inclusion criteria, with an average age of 82.4 years. …”
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The Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and Ultrasonographic Indices of Hepatic Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease... by Farzad Shidfar, Samaneh Sadat Bahrololumi, Saeid Doaei, Assieh Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Gholamalizadeh, Ali Mohammadimanesh

“…This clinical trial was carried out on 50 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver (mean age of 45.91 ± 9.61 years, mean BMI of 29.7 ± 0.58 Kg/m2) and the subjects were randomly assigned to the olive oil group (receiving the equivalent of 20% of their total daily energy requirement from olive oil) or the control group (with normal consumption of oil) for 12 weeks. …”
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Exploring a high-level programming model for the NWP domain using ECMWF microphysics schemes by S. Ubbiali, C. Kühnlein, C. Schär, L. Schlemmer, T. C. Schulthess, T. C. Schulthess, M. Staneker, H. Wernli

“…We benchmark all prototype codes on three European supercomputers characterized by diverse graphics processing unit (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) hardware, node designs, software stacks, and compiler suites. …”
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Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Transfer from Dried Medicinal Plants in Infusions for Therapeutic Purposes by Mihaela Mirela Bratu, Semaghiul Birghila, Corina Birghila, Diana Andreea Danilov, Valentina Coatu, Elena Ristea, Nicoleta Alexandra Damir

“…The average total content of PAHs varied from 277.22 ± 12.78 to 2466.46 ± 203.45 µg/kg in dry plants, and the compounds benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) were present in all samples. …”
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Enhancing patient education on the role of tibial osteotomy in the management of knee osteoarthritis using a customized ChatGPT: a readability and quality assessment by Stephen Fahy, Stephan Oehme, Danko Dan Milinkovic, Benjamin Bartek

“…“The Knee Guide” achieved better readability with a mean FKGL of 8.2 (range 5–10.7, ±1.42) and a mean FRES of 60 (range 47–76, ±7.83), compared to the native model's FKGL of 13.9 (range 11–16, ±1.39) and FRES of 32 (range 14–47, ±8.3). …”
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Phytochemical analysis and biological activities of solvent extracts and silver nanoparticles obtained from Woodwardia unigemmata (Makino) Nakai. by Syed Ahsan Shah, Alia Gul, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Maha Saeed Ibrahim Wizrah, Awais Khalid, Mamoona Munir, Zainab Maqbool, Arusa Aftab, Mazen R Alrahili, Ayesha Siddiqua, M Yasmin Begum

“…The extracts prepared in organic solvents showed strong antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa (chloroform, 13.66±0.88, ethyl acetate, 8.66±4.33, methyl alcohol, 13.33±1.66, N-hexane, 12.33±0.88) and S. aureus (chloroform, 15±0.57, ethyl acetate, 16.33±0.33, methyl alcohol, 17.66±0.33 and N-hexane, 16.33±0.33). …”
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Extracellular MMP-9-Based Assessment of Ocular Surface Inflammation in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska, Ewa Strzemecka, Zbigniew M. Wawrzyniak, Jacek P. Szaflik

“…Clinically significant MMP-9 levels (>40 ng/mL) were detected in tear film from 46.7% of subjects treated with BAK-containing medication. …”
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Euphorbia serpens extracts mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and their biological applications by Sana Idrees, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Javed Iqbal, Mohsin Kazi

“…These bio-nanoparticles easily target diseased cells, bind to them and damage the diseased tissue. Green synthesis of CuONPs is multi-purposed and can also be used for several bio-applications. …”
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Study protocol for virtual leisure investigating the effect of virtual reality-delivered stress reduction, entertainment and distraction on the use of coercion and need-based medic... by Julie Midtgaard, Lars Clemmensen, Louise Birkedal Glenthøj, Gry Jørgensen, Kristina Ballestad Gundersen, Lisa Charlotte Smith, Stephane Bouchard, Christina Plambøck Thomsen, Louise Turgut

“…Introduction The environment at a psychiatric inpatient ward can lead to emotional distress and behavioural deviations in vulnerable individuals potentially resulting in conflicts, increased use of need-based medication and coercive actions, along with low satisfaction with treatment. …”
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Three-Dimensional Printable Magnetic Hydrogels with Adjustable Stiffness and Adhesion for Magnetic Actuation and Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications by Xueting Xuan, Yi Li, Xing Xu, Zhouyi Pan, Yu Li, Yonghao Luo, Li Sun

“…This approach enables precise control over the hydrogel’s mechanical properties, with an elastic modulus ranging from 43 kPa to 277 kPa, tensile strength from 93 kPa to 421 kPa, and toughness from 243 kJ/m³ to 1400 kJ/m³, achieved by modulating the concentrations of acrylamide (AM) and Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. …”
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Antibacterial activity improvement in a point mutant K45E of the pepper defensin J1-1 by Gilberto Andrés Muñoz-Pérez, Francisco A. Guillén-Chable, Gerardo Corzo, Ivan Arenas-Sosa, Lucila A. Sánchez-Cach, Georgina Estrada

“…Together, our findings support the idea that amino acid sequence variability in plant defensins superfamily can generate major functional changes, and highlight the relevant role of charged residues, beyond the g-core loop, in the improvement of J1-1 antibacterial activity.…”
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Investigations of Long-Acting Formulations in Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review by Lynn Bertagnolli, Zhengyi Deng, Melissa Davy-Rothwell, Elaine J. Abrams, Charles Flexner, Ethel D. Weld

“…Only 9.3% of the studies in children and 16.7% of the studies in pregnant people collected any pharmacokinetic (PK) data. …”
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Wearable Regionally Trained AI-Enabled Bruxism-Detection System by Anusha Ishtiaq, Jahanzeb Gul, Zia Mohy Ud Din, Azhar Imran, Khalil El Hindi

“…The other eight classifiers have provided accuracies in descending order such as Convolutional Neural Network, Long Short-Term Memory, k-Nearest Neighbors, and Decision Tree 0.98; Logistic Regression 0.96; Support Vector Machine 0.97, and Na&#x00EF;ve Bayes 0.89, respectively. …”
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MHD Study of Extreme Space Weather Conditions for Exoplanets With Earth‐Like Magnetospheres: On Habitability Conditions and Radio‐Emission by J. Varela, A. S. Brun, P. Zarka, A. Strugarek, F. Pantellini, V. Réville

“…The range of radio emission values calculated in the simulations are consistent with the scaling proposed by Zarka (2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55333-7_22) during regular and common CME‐like space weather conditions. …”
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