Pulsed Light Accelerated Crosslinking versus Continuous Light Accelerated Crosslinking: One-Year Results by Cosimo Mazzotta, Claudio Traversi, Anna Lucia Paradiso, Maria Eugenia Latronico, Miguel Rechichi

“…Patients underwent clinical examination of uncorrected distance visual acuity and corrected distance visual acuity (UDVA and CDVA), corneal topography and aberrometry (CSO EyeTop, Florence, Italy), corneal OCT optical pachymetry (Cirrus OCT, Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany), endothelial cells count (I-Conan Non Co Robot), and in vivo scanning laser confocal microscopy (Heidelberg, Germany) at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months of follow-up. …”
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Peculiarities of interspousal relations in infertile marriages by V. A. Stepanova

“…Bonkalo), and dyadic coping strategies of spouses (scale of M. Bowman in the adaptation of E.V. Kuftyak) have been studied. …”
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Optimization of shotcrete manipulator motion trajectory based on AIWCPSO algorithm by SHI Can, TAN Ziliang, LEI Chao, LI Yunwang, XU Hanfei, HU Qiaowei, JI Zhendong

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Selección de hábitat del lobito de río (Lontra longicaudis) (Carnívora: Mustelidae) en la Reserva Natural Iberá, Argentina by Xochilt Pocasangre-Orellana, Romeo Manuel Spínola Parallada

“…Se midieron atributos ambientales como tipo de ambiente, cobertura vegetal y la influencia de yacaré (Caiman latirostris y C. yacare). Estos atributos fueron utilizados para crear modelos de ocupación. …”
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Performance Assessment of Sintered Metal Fiber Filters in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit by Liang Yang, Zhongli Ji, Qiaoqi Xu, Hao Li

“…The cake thickness is calculated based on the equation of Carman-Kozeny. The effects of operating parameters including face velocity, gas cleaning pressure, pulse duration, and maximum pressure drop were investigated. …”
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The Role of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells in Regulating Corneal (Lymph)angiogenic Privilege and the Micromilieu of the Limbal Niche following UV Exposure by M. Notara, A. Lentzsch, M. Coroneo, C. Cursiefen

“…Defects in limbal epithelial stem cells are linked to corneal neovascularisation, including lymphangiogenesis, chronic inflammation, conjunctivalisation, epithelial abnormalities including the presence of goblet cells, breaks in Bowman’s membrane, persistent epithelial defects and ulceration, ocular surface squamous neoplasia, lipid keratopathy, pain, discomfort, and compromised vision. …”
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Role of Chromosome Changes in Evolution and Diversity by Kornsorn Srikulnath, Watcharaporn Thapana, Narongrit Muangmai

“…The karyotypic features of crocodilians contain small diploid chromosome numbers (30~42), with little interspecific variation of the chromosome arm number (fundamental number) among crocodiles (56~60). …”
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Literatura indígena para crianças: o desafio da interculturalidade by Ana Paula Franco Nobile Brandileone, Thiago Alves Valente

“…Como objeto de análisis son abordadas las obras Paiquerê: el paraíso de los Kaingangs, de Cléo Busatto, y Karú Tarú: el pequeño chamán, de Daniel Munduruku, ambas editadas en 2009. …”
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THE LANGUAGE OF LUCK: AN EXPLORATION INTO MEDIA DISCOURSE ON GAMBLING IN ROMANIAN NEWS OUTLETS by Alexandra-Teodora BERZOVAN, Ioana NEDELCU, Andreea Alina MOGOȘ

“…This paper takes into account the predominant frames used in online media coverage of gambling in the general news websites Libertatea and Adevărul and the tabloids Click and Cancan, along with prevailing sentiments and narratives in each case. …”
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Simulação de carga térmica e otimização de sistema de ar-condicionado utilizando a integração EnergyPlus™ / MATLAB® by Guilherme Antonio dos Santos, Lucas Francisco Rodrigues, Maria Thereza de Moraes Gomes Rosa, Miriam Tvrzská de Gouvêa

“…A carga térmica simulada foi ajustada e validada para as cargas de projeto disponibilizadas pela Coordenação de Obras e Manutenção (COMAN) da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). …”
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Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex-Cord Tumors Initially Diagnosed as a Prolapsed Fibroid by Fernando Augusto Rozário Garcia, Vanessa Pereira Gaigher, Rodrigo Neves Ferreira, Antônio Chambô Filho

“…First described in 1945 by Morehead and Bowman, uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex-cord tumors (UTROSCT) are rare tumors of the uterine body that tend to occur in menopausal women presenting with abnormal vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, and increased uterine volume. …”
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Improving the quality of barley transcriptome <i>de novo</i> assembling by using a hybrid approach for lines with varying spike and stem coloration by N. A. Shmakov

“…In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach for creating a transcriptome assembly of the barley Hordeum vulgare isogenic line Bowman and two nearly isogenic lines contrasting in spike pigmentation, based on the results of sequencing on the IonTorrent platform. …”
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Use of Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography to Evaluate Anterior Stromal Opacities in Donor Corneas by Matthew R. Bald, Christopher Stoeger, Joshua Galloway, Maolong Tang, Jeffrey Holiman, David Huang

“…Slit lamp examination of the second cornea suggested opacity limited to the epithelium, but OCT identified significant sub-Bowman's scarring. In all cases, the Eye Bank Technicians reported that the location and depth of corneal opacity were more sharply defined by OCT than by slit lamp. …”
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To destroy or not? A Cognitive Linguistics exploration of Yahweh’s (un)willingness to destroy Israel in Deuteronomy by Izaak J.L. Connoway

“…Although the judgement described there does involve severe casualties, the focus is on being removed from Canaan rather than the nation being annihilated. In Deuteronomy 9, however, שׁמד does refer to annihilation since it is coordinated with verbs of annihilation, indicating Yahweh’s intent to wipe Israel out at Horeb. …”
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Öğretmen Adaylarının Özgeci Davranışları ve Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki by Kemal Oğuz Er, Tugay Aydemir

“…Amaçlanan ilişkileri ortaya koymak amacıyla Ümmet, Ekşi ve Otrar (2013) tarafından doktora tezi kapsamında geliştirilen “Özgecilik Ölçeği”, Kauffman, Soylu ve Duke (2011) tarafından geliştirilen ve Türkçeye uyarlama çalışması Güzel-Candan ve Gencel (2015) tarafından gerçekleştirilen “Öğretme Motivasyonu Ölçeği” ve Üstüner (2006) tarafından geliştirilen “Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği” ile araştırmacı tarafından katılımcıların demografik özelliklerini belirlemek için geliştirilen “Kişisel Bilgiler Anketi” kullanılmıştır. …”
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Aislamiento e identificación de microorganismos entéricos en muestras ambientales y cloacales en Crocodylus intermedius y Testudines de la Estación de Biología Tropical Roberto Fra... by D. A. Pachón, A. P. Pulido, C. A. Moreno

“…La Estación de Biología Tropical Roberto Franco (EBTRF), lidera el programa de recuperación del Caimán Llanero ( Crocodylus intermedius ), que se encuentra en inminente peligro de extinción; adicionalmente cuenta con una colección viva de Testudines que comprende más de 20 especies. …”
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Impact of Treatment Decentration on Higher-Order Aberrations after SMILE by Ying Yu, Wenwen Zhang, Xinliang Cheng, Jianru Cai, Hui Chen

“…To evaluate decentration following femtosecond laser small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and sub-Bowman keratomileusis (SBK) and its impact on higher-order aberrations (HOAs). …”
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Corneal Backscatter Analysis by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Fellow Eye Comparison of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction and Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK by Alper Agca, Engin Bilge Ozgurhan, Yusuf Yildirim, Kadir Ilker Cankaya, Nimet Burcu Guleryuz, Zeynep Alkin, Abdullah Ozkaya, Ahmet Demirok, Omer Faruk Yilmaz

“…The main outcome measurements were maximum backscattered intensity and the depth from which it was measured, the backscattered light intensity 30 μm below Bowman’s membrane at the flap interface and 150 μm below the superficial epithelium, and the number of refractive particles at the flap interface. …”
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Case report: a rare concurrence of dense deposit disease in an adolescent patient with IgA nephropathy by Jian-Hui Zhang, Hong-Ping Yu, Ying Chen, Qian Chen, Xiao-Ling Zheng, Jie-Wei Luo, Li Zhang

“…Unexpectedly, the renal pathological biopsy of the patient exhibited strong positivity for both IgA and C3, characterized by petaloid deposition of C3 along glomerular capillary loops and the glomerular mesangial region, as well as linear deposition in Bowman’s capsule and portions of the renal tubular basement membrane. …”
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Evaluation of Three Adolescent Sexual Health Programs in Ha Noi and Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam by Van Pham, Hoang Nguyen, Le Huu Tho, Truong Tan Minh, Porntip Lerdboon, Rosemary Riel, Mackenzie S. Green, Linda M. Kaljee

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