Impact of Chronic Smoking on Choroidal Thickness: A Comparative Analysis Using Optical Coherence Tomography by Ranabir Mazumdar, Subhamitra Maulik, Nazir Abdul Wasim

“…The mean age in smokers and nonsmokers was found to be 43.1 ± 7.2 and 40.8 ± 11.4 years respectively. …”
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Influence of Aging and Diabetes on the Mechanical Properties of Mouse Skin by Sarah Miny, Gaël Runel, Julien Chlasta, Christelle Bonod

“…No differences were found in type 1 diabetic mice. The results of the Western blot did not reveal any significant differences in the CML content in different types of mice, although a non-significant increase was found in type 2 diabetic and aged mice. …”
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Theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in psychosis and healthy controls: Predicting working memory capacity across different tasks by Orestis Papaioannou, Kailey Clark, Nicole N Ogbuagu, Steven M Silverstein, Judy L Thompson, Molly A Erickson

“…We found significant theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling across all tasks, including during a pre-stimulus baseline period. …”
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Thermacut bur gingivectomy versus functional crown lengthening in management of subgingival interproximal carious lesions 12 months randomized controlled trial by Ahmed Khairy Elmorsy, Shereen Hafez Ibrahim, Hani Mohamed Essam El-Nahass, Nesma Shemais, Ahmed El Zohairy

“…There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding patient satisfaction in the immediate postoperative values, no statistically significant difference was found in the 6-month and 12-month intervals. Regarding BoP, no statistical significance was found between intervention and control groups at different time intervals. …”
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Increased IgE Deposition in Appendicular Tissue Specimens Is Compatible with a Type I Hypersensitivity Reaction in Acute Appendicitis by Nuno Carvalho, André Barros, Hélder Coelho, Ana Cóias, Pedro Botelho, Brigitta Cismasiu, Luís Moita, Paulo Costa

“…IgE mediates type I hypersensitivity reaction and can be found in the mucosa of organs affected by allergy. …”
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Proportion and distribution of neurotransmitter-defined cell types in the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta by William S. Conrad, Lucie Oriol, Grace J. Kollman, Lauren Faget, Thomas S. Hnasko

“…We also assessed within VTA and SNc subregions and found remarkable heterogeneity in cell-type composition. …”
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How do parents experience video triage when seeking care for their acute ill children? A qualitative study in a Danish out-of-hours primary care setting by Linda Huibers, Morten Bondo Christensen, Elisabeth Assing Hvidt, Mette Amalie Nebsbjerg, Katrine Bjørnshave Bomholt

“…The conversation before activation of video was found important, as it established a feeling of trust and reassurance. …”
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The Effect of Using Fluorescent Concretization Intervention on Hand Hygiene Training in Primary School Students by Cevriye Yüksel Kaçan, Hülya Yılmaz

“…When the percentage of change in the mean hand washing checklist scores before and after the training was compared, it was found that the change in the experimental group increased to 62% and in the control group to 23% (p lt; 0.001).Conclusion: Visual concretization and explanation improve hand washing activity. …”
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Asymptomatic ocular candida: a case outside the guidance by Roshnee Patel, Lena Wragg, Jas Virdee

“…Introduction: Candidaemia carries a high mortality rate among inpatients.1 Deep-seated infection needs to be ruled out to guide both source control and treatment duration.2 Ophthalmic candida can lead to sight-threatening endophthalmitis, although guidelines in both the UK and USA are conflicting as to whether patients with candidaemia but no visual symptoms should be screened for this.3–5 We present a case of a patient who developed candidaemia and was found to have chorioretinitis on routine ophthalmic examination in the absence of any visual symptoms. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Antiglaucoma Eye Drops on Conjunctival Structures: An In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Study by Wenqing Zhu, Xiangmei Kong, Jianjiang Xu, Xinghuai Sun

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Clinical Outcomes with Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lenses in Cases in Which Multifocal Lenses Are Not Primarily Recommended by María Teresa Álvarez-García, Carlota Fuente-García, Cristina Muñoz-Puyol, David P. Piñero

“…In the retrospective phase, significant improvements were found in uncorrected distance (UDVA), corrected distance (CDVA), and corrected near visual acuity (CNVA) (p≤0.013), with a nonsignificant trend to improvement in uncorrected near visual acuity (UNVA). …”
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Combined intravitreal anti-VEGF and photodynamic therapy versus photodynamic monotherapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative... by Wei Wang, Miao He, Xiulan Zhang

“…At three and six months post-injection, no significant difference in visual acuity was found in the combined therapy group compared with the PDT monotherapy group, with pooled weighted mean differences (WMDs) of 0.074 (-0.021, 0.17) at three months and 0.082 (-0.013, 0.18) at six months. …”
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Genomic signatures of sensory adaptation and evolution in pangolins by Jun Li, Ce Guo, Meiling Xie, Kai Wang, Xianghe Wang, Bishan Zou, Fanghui Hou, Chongyang Ran, Shiman Bi, Yanchun Xu, Yan Hua

“…GO terms associated with visual perception were enriched in PSGs, ISGs, and REGs. …”
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Causal analysis and impact of a systematic error detected about consumption associated with trastuzumab by Nuria Bujaldón Querejeta, Dolores Camacho Romera, José Antonio Pomares Pastor, María Sánchez Garnes, Mauricio Martínez Ramírez, Mercedes González Delgado

“…Results: difference between the optimum volume of trastuzumab contained in the summary of product characteristics and the same included in Farmis_Oncofarm® was found. Also found a defect of the optimum volume of 10ml syringes used in the reconstitution vials process. …”
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Purkinje Fibers in Canine False Tendons: New Anatomical and Electrophysiological Findings by Ming Liang, Zulu Wang, Yi Li, Yanchun Liang, Yuji Zhang, Jingjing Rong, Yang Lv, Qi Zhang, Guitang Yang, Mingyu Sun, Junqi Wang, Sainan Li, Xunzhang Wang, Yaling Han

“…Purkinje fibers are commonly found in FTs. The electrophysiological characteristics of the Purkinje fibers contained in FTs are similar to the fibers on the endocardium. …”
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A specific dual-mobility prosthesis design in trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis by Giuseppe Rovere, Francesco Bosco, Alessio Cioffi, Fortunato Giustra, Francesco Liuzza, Lawrence Camarda

“…A non-statistically significant postoperative improvement was found in the Kapandji score (p < 0.05). Regarding complications, only one EPL injury was found, but no infection or prosthetic dislocation. …”
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Kaligrafi Arab pada Jimat dalam Perspektif Seni, Magi, dan Religi by Agung Zainal Muttakin Raden, Mohamad Sjafei Andrijanto, Wirawan Sukarwo

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan visual metodologi dengan tujuan untuk menganalisis elemen-elemen visual yang terdapat dalam jimat melalui pendekatan estetika serta pendekatan budaya. …”
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Misshaped chromosomes, mismatched chromatids, and missized genes: easy edits may help mitigate misconceptions commonly represented in published scientific figures by Crystal Uminski, Dina L. Newman, L. Kate Wright

“…We found published figures featuring Y-shaped Y chromosomes, replicated chromosomes incorrectly shown with different alleles on sister chromatids, single genes portrayed as wide bands on chromosomes, and genes consisting of only a small number of nucleotides. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Environment on the Color of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) in the Wild by Georgina Jaimes, Erik Maki, Beth A. Reinke

“…We also found that neither water clarity nor plant density predicted carotenoid chroma, despite reason to believe that light environment and carotenoid availability should impact a visual signal. …”
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The Fine Art in Structure of John Fowles’ Novel “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” by Oksana Levytska

“…There were studied intermedial connections of the novel with other works of arts. It was found that in the writer’s novels and stories were presented the most clearly visual arts in terms of their classification for the form of sensory perception. …”
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