Efficacy and safety of faricimab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Francisco Rodríguez, Daniel Samacá-Samacá, Claudia Hernández-Castillo, Laura Prieto-Pinto, Carolina Sardi, Hugo Ocampo, Joshua Kock, Fabián Hernández

“…Faricimab showed a significant reduction in the number of annual injections compared with most fixed and flexible anti-VEGF treatment regimens, while showing no statistically significant differences in visual acuity through ETDRS letter gain, demonstrating a comparable efficacy. Retinal thickness results showed comparable efficacy to other anti-VEGF agents, and inferior only to brolucizumab. …”
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Association between atmospheric particulate matter pollution during pregnancy and premature birth in China: a meta-analysis by Bingbing Guo, Xinye Jiang

“…No correlation was found between exposure to atmospheric particulate matter at other times and the occurrence of premature birth.ConclusionAlthough our results indicate that exposure to atmospheric particulate matter during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy increases the risk of preterm birth among pregnant women in China, the association is relatively weak. …”
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A patient-centered interactive voice response system for supporting self-management in kidney transplantation: design and field testing by Raheleh Ganjali, Raheleh Ganjali, Mahin Ghorban Sabbagh, Mahin Ghorban Sabbagh, Saeid Eslami, Saeid Eslami

“…Finally, fifteen end users (KT beneficiaries and health professionals) participated in a usability field test by completing a thinking -aloud test and a questionnaire based on the System Usability Scale (SUS).ResultsThe review study indicates the necessary of self-management education and the potential outcomes and functionalities of information technology intervention. …”
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Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Inhibits Skin Renewal through Inhibiting WNT-Dependent Lgr5+ Hair Follicle Stem Cell Activation in C57BL/6 Mice by Minghui Wang, Shangsheng Yao, Dehua He, Mulan Qahar, Jinqing He, Meifang Yin, Jun Wu, Guang Yang

“…Compared to control mice, T2DM mice had smaller hair follicles, reduced skin thickness, and less expression of PCNA and K14. RNA sequencing showed that the two groups had significant differences in cell cycle and proliferation-related pathways. …”
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Improving the Quality Characteristics of Low-Fat Beef Burgers by Adding Different Levels of Rice Bran as a Source of Fibre by Nawar A.A. Al-Ghabawi, Aum El-Bashar H.J. Al-Mossawi

“…The burger was prepared using four treatments: the first treatment was a control treatment, the second treatment was through adding rice bran by 10%, the third treatment by 20%, and the fourth treatment by 30%. …”
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Optimizing Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Advanced Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Siva Ram Rajeyyagari, Srinivas Nowduri

“…Our approach utilizes a Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network trained with experimental data encompassing five input parameters: oxygen concentration, operating temperature, instrumentation, electrolyte thickness, and electrical current, with the goal of optimizing the single output parameter of power. …”
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“We are Performance Philosophy Problems” by Janet Gibson, Kate Maguire-Rosier, Tony McCaffrey

“… This article originates from a KeyGroup presentation at the June 2022 Performance Philosophy Problems conference in Helsinki in which the performers of Different Light Theatre Company, a learning-disabled theatre company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, interrogated the conference process, proposing their own research questions for the conference participants as well as questions about theatre, Zoom, and thinking. At the conclusion of the presentation, Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, asked how ‘we’ (academics and the learning-disabled) can be together in conferences in meaningful and inclusive ways. …”
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A Few Words about the Hybrid Nature of Mawlid’s Text of the 18th Century by Alla Kozhinowa

“…There also may be a case typical of undifferentiated multilingualism when a speaker does not separate the system of languages and uses the first option that comes to mind without thinking about its linguistic affiliation.   …”
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Immune responses in rodent whole eye transplantation: elucidation and preliminary investigations into rejection diagnosis and monitoring by Bing Li, Yong Wang, Charles R. Owens, Touka Banaee, Charleen T. Chu, Kayvon Jabbari, Anna D. Lee, Neil J. Khatter, Alan G. Palestine, An-Jey A. Su, Christene A. Huang, Kia M. Washington

“…This study delves into the timeline and nature of immune responses in a rodent model of WET without immunosuppression, aiming to elucidate a detailed picture of the immune landscape post-transplantation and establish innovative diagnostic and monitoring methods.MethodsWe employed a multi-faceted approach to analyze immune responses post-WET, including assessments of gross changes in corneal transparency, thickness, and skin condition. Histopathological examinations of both ocular and surrounding skin tissues provided insights into cellular changes, complemented by ocular RT-qPCR for molecular analysis. …”
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Canadian Rhinology Working Group consensus statement: biologic therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis by Andrew Thamboo, S. Kilty, I. Witterick, Y. Chan, C. J. Chin, A. Janjua, A. Javer, J. Lee, E. Monterio, B. Rotenberg, J. Scott, K. Smith, D. D. Sommer, L. Sowerby, M. Tewfik, E. Wright, M. Desrosiers

“…Methods A Delphi Method process was utilized involving three rounds of questionnaires in which the first two were completed individually online and the third was discussed on a virtual platform with all the panelists. 17 fellowship trained rhinologists across Canada evaluated the 28 original statements on a scale of 1–10 and provided comments. …”
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Interpretation of Rehabilitation Medicine Specialty Indicators in National Report on the Services， Quality and Safety in Medical Care System by ZHOU Mouwang

“…Since 2016, Peking University Third hospital has been entrusted by the National Health Commission to undertake the work of National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Rehabilitation Medicine. …”
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Placenta Creta: A Spectrum of Lesions Associated with Shallow Placental Implantation by Jerzy Stanek

“….%), gestational hypertension (11.2% vs 4.3%), preeclampsia (11.8% vs 2.6%), complicated third stage of labor (18.9% vs 6.4%), villous infarction (14.2% vs 8.9%), chronic hypoxic patterns of placental injury, particularly the uterine pattern (14.8%, vs 9.6%), massive perivillous fibrin deposition (9.5% vs 5.3%), chorionic disc chorionic microcysts (21.9% vs 15.9%), clusters of maternal floor multinucleate trophoblasts (27.8% vs 21.2%), excessive trophoblasts of chorionic disc (24.3% vs 17.3%), segmental fetal vascular malperfusion (27.8% vs 19.9%), and fetal vascular ectasia (26.2% vs 15.2%). …”
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Estimation of the pattern of ocular manifestations, risk factors, and imaging of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients by Rajwinder Kaur, Grace Budhiraja, Upasana Bhumbla, Manjot Kaur, Vandana Sharma, Priyanka Gupta, Ritesh Singla, Akashdeep Goel, Ekta Gupta, Priyanka Dahiya

“…Ptosis and loss of vision related to third nerve involvement and CRAO, respectively, were alarming signs and bad prognostic indicators to the patient. …”
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Survey of Supplement Use and Effects Felt by Amateur Boxers by Trisnar Adi Prabowo, Nevitaningrum, Moch. Septian Resi Wibowo, Wahyu Dwi Yulianto

“…It is evident from the results that show that many boxers feel in the categories of "enough", "low" and "very low" in the use of supplements but boxers think that the use of supplements is really needed. …”
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Study on Intelligent Classing of Public Welfare Forestland in Kunyu City by Meng Sha, Hua Yang, Jianwei Wu, Jianning Qi

“…The main contributions of this work are as follows: A machine learning model was developed using integrated data from the Third National Land Survey of China, including forestry, grassland, and wetland datasets. …”
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Study on the Stability and Control of Gob-Side Entry Retaining in Paste Backfill Working Face by Changtao Xu, Xiangyu Wang, Dingchao Chen, Guanghui Wang, Zhenpeng Niu, Huixing Lu

“…The results showed that as the backfill ratio increased, the support provided by the backfill material improved, leading to enhanced bearing capacity of the overlying strata, reduced mine pressure intensity, significantly decreased deformation of the roadway, and substantially improved stability of the surrounding rock. Third, under a backfill ratio of 95%, the evolution of the abutment stress during face advancement was investigated. …”
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Negative Effects of Reforming Russian Graduate School: Analysis and Ways to Minimize by M. A. Kashina

“…The transformation of Russian graduate school into the third stage of higher education hasn’t increased its effectiveness. …”
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Gyrfalcon Prey Abundance and Their Habitat Associations in a Changing Arctic by Michaela Gustafson, Jennifer D. McCabe, Brian W. Rolek, Travis L. Booms, Michael T. Henderson, Leah Dunn, David L. Anderson, Jennyffer Cruz

“…Second, we aimed to map herbivore densities within Gyrfalcon breeding territories. Third, we aimed to evaluate whether Gyrfalcons were more likely to occupy territories with higher prey densities using a multi‐season occupancy model coupled with occupancy observations from helicopter surveys conducted during 2016–2022 at 97 Gyrfalcon territories. …”
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Wehrl entropy and entanglement complexity of quantum spin systems by Chen Xu, Yiqi Yu, Peng Zhang

“…We further demonstrate that many-body pure entangled states can be classified into three types, based on the behavior of the WEPP in the limit $N \rightarrow \infty$ : states approaching that of a maximally mixed state, those approaching completely separable pure states, and a third category lying between these two extremes. …”
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Large-scale high purity and brightness structural color generation in layered thin film structures via coupled cavity resonance by Wang Danyan, Ji Chengang, Li Moxin, Xing Zhenyu, Gao Hao, Li Xiaochan, Zhou Huixian, Hu Yuhui, Lin Zhelin, Zhang Cheng

“…In addition, the generated color can be easily tuned by adjusting the thickness of SiO2 layer, and the associated color gamut coverage shows a wider range than many existing standards. …”
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