Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Topical Cyclosporine, Dexamethasone and Loteprednol in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Muhammad Shahid Naeem, Atif Mansoor Ahmed, Irum Abbas, Sumaira Rahim, Zyiemah Arif Kitchlew

“… Introduction: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is a chronic, severe, recurrent and bilateral seasonal allergic conjunctivitis causing vision threatening complications for which drugs like topical corticosteroids and cyclosporine are required for severe inflammation. …”
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YOLOv8n-DSDL: A lightweight dual-backbone network with decoupled self-attention for cotton maturity detection by Meiqi Zhong, Linjing Wei, Henghui Mo

“…A novel Decoupled Focused Self-Attention (DFSA) mechanism is designed, which utilizes one-dimensional dilated convolutions and key-value fusion operations to dynamically enhance feature associations and improve perception of subtle visual cues such as color variation and micro-cracks. …”
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Harmony in Complexity: Navigating the Symphony of Biomolecular Interactions and Networks by Ujban Md. Hussain Hussain, Samiksha Sandeep Tammewar, Hrushikesh Ramkrushn Ghotkar, Sameer Ramesh Lode

“…Imagine peering into the secret conversations of proteins through avant-garde techniques like yeast two-hybrid screens and mass spectrometry, unveiling a kaleidoscope of connections. …”
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Digital Media and Foreign Language Learning

“…Cornelia Gick focuses on the didactic value of digital platforms, while other contributions examine tools like chat rooms, online portfolios, interactive storytelling, and language learning platforms such as Moodle and lo-net2. …”
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Moscow Population Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic by A. A. Savina, E. V. Zemlyanova

“…As a result, the population growth in Moscow remained steady. Like any metropolis, Moscow faces the issue of an aging population, largely due to increased life expectancy, which presents significant challenges for sustainable societal development.Objective. …”
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Coral Reef Restoration Techniques and Management Strategies in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic: A Quantitative Literature Review by Leah Hodges, Pamela Hallock

“…Additionally, sources were analyzed according to time and location of publication to better visualize the emergence of this area of research and restoration efforts. …”
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Macrophages in rosacea: pathogenesis and therapeutic potential by Xiaolin Wang, Huanyu Shi, Xueli Li, Yanyan Feng

“…If you wish to make any changes, kindly provide the exact revised Alt-Text you would like to use, ensuring that the word-count remains at approximately 100 words for best accessibility results. …”
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Network analysis of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with heart failure by Qiuge Zhao, Xiaofei Sun, Yanting Zhang, Yuzhen Zhang, Cancan Chen

“…Network analysis is a statistical method that can discover and visualize complex relationships between multiple variables. …”
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Gene expression study in the siRNA based aniridia cell model and in primary aniridia limbal epithelial cells following duloxetine and ritanserin treatment. by Shweta Suiwal, Tanja Stachon, Zhen Li, Marta Corton, Mahsa Nastaranpour, Ning Chai, Maryam Amini, Berthold Seitz, Fabian N Fries, Thomas Tschernig, Nóra Szentmáry

“…Progressive aniridia associated keratopathy is worsening visual acuity of congenital aniridia subjects lifelong. …”
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Making nutrition labels more evaluable: A qualitative research study exploring equivalence framing for energy density to support chronic disease prevention by Lauren Bayliss

“…However, even women who regularly used measures of weight did not like servings in grams or ounces. Because serving size was so often overlooked, the use of a set serving size across different food categories may be more useful than the variable serving size currently used in the United States. …”
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Nature of boson peak and associated heat capacity anomaly caused by structural and proton disorder in Ih and LDA Ices by Rodion V. Belosludov, Kirill V. Gets, Ravil K. Zhdanov, Yulia Y. Bozhko, Vladimir R. Belosludov

“…This paper shows for the first time a boson peak-like anomaly in the heat capacity of the structure of crystalline ice I h , as well as amorphous LDA ice. …”
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Tai Chi Chuan teaching on alleviating mental fatigue among college students: insights from ERPs by Ruimin Ji, Jiayu Li

“…Existing interventions like caffeine use have side-effects, highlighting the need for alternative approaches. …”
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Downscaling, bias correction, and spatial adjustment of extreme tropical cyclone rainfall in ERA5 using deep learning by Guido Ascenso, Andrea Ficchì, Matteo Giuliani, Enrico Scoccimarro, Andrea Castelletti

“…However, ERA5 precipitation has large systematic biases, especially over heavy precipitation events like Tropical Cyclones, compromising its usefulness in such scenarios. …”
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Evolving Trends in Corneal Surgery by Supriya Dhar, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Amrita Joshi, Alok Sati, Pradeep Kumar, Deepesh Unni

“…Corneal transplant procedures include full-thickness procedures such as penetrating keratoplasty and lamellar transplant procedures which can be performed manually or using a femtosecond laser like Bowman layer transplant, anterior and posterior lamellar keratoplasty, Descemet's Stripping endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet's stripping only, and use of Rho kinase inhibitors for endothelial disorders. …”
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Spatial analysis and associated risk factors of HIV prevalence in Botswana: insights from the 2021 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V) by Sethunya R. Simela, Matlhogonolo Kelepile, Thabo I. Sebobi

“…Further, a high HIV prevalence cluster was found in the northeastern region of Botswana, while urban districts like Gaborone had significantly lower rates (11.2%). …”
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Laryngeal disease classification using voice data: Octave-band vs. mel-frequency filters by Jaemin Song, Hyunbum Kim, Yong Oh Lee

“…Problem statement: Accurate early diagnosis of laryngeal cancer through voice data is challenging with current methods like MFCC. Objectives: This study compares the effectiveness of MFCC and OFSE in classifying voice data into healthy, laryngeal cancer, benign mucosal disease, and vocal fold paralysis categories. …”
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Lentiviral expression of retinal guanylate cyclase-1 (RetGC1) restores vision in an avian model of childhood blindness. by Melissa L Williams, Jason E Coleman, Shannon E Haire, Tomas S Aleman, Artur V Cideciyan, Izabel Sokal, Krzysztof Palczewski, Samuel G Jacobson, Susan L Semple-Rowland

“…Of seven treated animals, six exhibited sight as evidenced by robust optokinetic and volitional visual behaviors. Electroretinographic responses, absent in untreated animals, were partially restored in treated animals. …”
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The impact of environmental quality components on enhancing social health: a case study on residential complexes of Ardabil city by Maleka Negari, Javad Javan Majidi, Elham Alavizadeh

“…Notably, components like the use of natural elements, economic dimension, and safety had the most substantial effects on residents' social health. …”
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Varenicline Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease Following Corneal Collagen Crosslinking by Tanner J. Ferguson, David Durgan, Travis Whitt, Russell J. Swan

“…The primary outcome measure was the change in the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ)-25, a dry eye questionnaire, from baseline to day 28. …”
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Comparative study of effectiveness and safety between non-Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty and Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty for endothelial decompensation by Minghai Huang, Guina Yin, Thuthuy Hoang, Zhifeng Wu, Jian Teng, Yanqing Liang, Zhuoyuan Zhang, Dongmei Wei

“…The study documented key variables like best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), endothelial cell density (ECD), endothelial cell loss (ECL), and any issues that occurred during the follow-up period.ResultsA total of 85 eyes from 85patients (nDSEK n = 40 eyes, DSEK n = 45 eyes) were ultimately included in the study for analysis based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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