Ocular sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil compared with Europe. by Ruth E Gilbert, Katherine Freeman, Eleonor G Lago, Lilian M G Bahia-Oliveira, Hooi Kuan Tan, Martine Wallon, Wilma Buffolano, Miles R Stanford, Eskild Petersen, European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT)

“…Children in Brazil had larger lesions, which were more likely to be multiple and to affect the posterior pole (p<0.0001). …”
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Quality and reliability evaluation of pancreatic cancer-related video content on social short video platforms: a cross-sectional study by Yuting Lei, Foqiang Liao, Xin Li, Yin Zhu

“…Videos from specialists received more likes on short social video platforms than those from nonspecialists did (median: 678 vs. 270, P = 0.005). …”
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A Computer Vision Method for Finding Mislabelled Specimens Within Natural History Collections by Jack D. Hollister, Geoff Martin, Xiaohao Cai, Tammy Horton, Owain Powell, Mark Sterling, Glory Turnbull, Ben W. Price, Phillip B. Fenberg

“…However, specimens flagged consistently across > 80% of pipeline runs are likely mislabelled within the collections. Taxonomic experts visually examined 210 such specimens, finding 145 to be incorrectly labelled in the collection or the NHM data portal. …”
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Twitter/X activity and financial performance: Evidence from European listed companies by Katarzyna Byrka-Kita, Renata Gola, Jacek Cypryjański, Christophe J. Godlewski

“…Findings: Our findings indicate that growth companies are more likely to use Twitter/X for corporate communications. …”
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Sarcopenia in older patients with osteoarthritis of large joints by Yu. A. Safonova, E. G. Zotkin

“…Patients with sarcopenia were significantly more likely to have lower rates of ALM index (p&lt;0.001), body mass index (p&lt;0.001) and muscle strength (p&lt;0.01). …”
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A comparative analysis of clinical, functional and morphological results of femtosecond, trans-epithelial and standard corneal collagen cross-linking by V. V. Neroev, A. T. Khandzhyan, O. G. Oganesyan, A. V. Penkina, K. B. Letnikova

“…The available weak positive result justifies the recommendation to use this technique in children, patients with thin cornea, those likely to develop complications during reepithelization, and as a preventive measure in cases of slow progression rate // Russian ophthalmological journal. 2017; 10 (2): 47-53. …”
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Detection of alpha-rod protein repeats using a neural network and application to huntingtin. by Gareth A Palidwor, Sergey Shcherbinin, Matthew R Huska, Tamas Rasko, Ulrich Stelzl, Anup Arumughan, Raphaele Foulle, Pablo Porras, Luis Sanchez-Pulido, Erich E Wanker, Miguel A Andrade-Navarro

“…Alpha-rods are flexible and expose a large surface, which makes them suitable for protein interaction. Although most likely originating by tandem duplication of a two-helix unit, their detection using sequence similarity between repeats is poor. …”
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Neurodevelopmental disorders at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital: a 4-year retrospective database review by Sarah Jane Lowick, Sibongile Mbatha

“…Autism was diagnosed in 37.1%, non-syndromic intellectual disability in 16.6%, a confirmed genetic diagnosis in 11.8% and a ‘likely genetic disorder’ in 18% of patients. 98 different genetic conditions were identified. …”
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Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Augmentation Increases the Strength of Midfoot Beam Constructs in Charcot Neuroarthropathy Model: A Biomechanical Study by Naveen Pattisapu MD, Dave Huang MS, Giselle M. Porter BS, Rebisi Owhonda MD, Timothy Charlton MD, Christopher E. Gross MD, David Thordarson MD, Melodie Metzger PhD

“…Surgical fixation has a 30% risk of recurrent ulceration, likely due to poor host bone quality which is prone to deformity recurrence and subsequent ulceration. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict short video addiction among nursing students in China by Liyuan Tian, Wenfeng Xu, Mengjie Cui, Hongliang Dai

“…This nomogram is potentially useful for universities and educators in identifying nursing students more likely to develop SVA and in developing tailored preventive interventions to reduce the prevalence of this condition.…”
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Techniques for the surgical correction of lagophthalmos secondary to leprosy: A systematic review. by Matthew Willis, Heynes Brown, Dan McGrath, Essam Eltoukhy, Anil Fastenau

“…Therefore, operations which are more cost effective, show a reduced complication rate and yield better long-term results without complicated follow-up are more likely to be adopted in lower resource settings.…”
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Unique Design of Learning Studio Spaces: A Case Study of The Department of Applied Design and Fine Art Kabale University. by Akatwijuka, Onesmus

“…Every design institute must have modified art studios which are designed in order to manage or facilitate experimental or practical and revisable or theoretical visual artist' work comfortably. (Sjoholm, 2013). …”
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Unique Design of Learning Studio Spaces: A Case Study of the Department of Applied Design and Fine Art Kabale University. by Akatwijuka, Onesmus

“…Every design institute must have modified art studios which are designed in order to manage or facilitate experimental or practical and revisable or theoretical visual artist' work comfortably. (Sjoholm, 2013). …”
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An In-Depth Statistical Analysis of the TARC Parameter to Evaluate the Real Impact of Random Phases in MIMO Antennas by Angel Perez-Miguel, Hildeberto Jardon-Aguilar, Jose Alfredo Tirado-Mendez, Ricardo Gomez-Villanueva, Ruben Flores-Leal, Erik Fritz-Andrade

“…Additionally, we have introduced the term “TARC shadow”, a visual representation of the TARC as a function of the frequency where the probability function is projected into this 2D graphic with different colors to identify the most likely values of the TARC. …”
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Pooling the complex survey data across the 64 lower and middle-income countries: A study on antibiotic usage in under-five children by Md Fakrul Islam, Prosenjit Basak Arka, Mahfuzer Rohman, Md Sabbir Hossain, Md Rashed Babu, Hasin Anupama Azhari, Md Jamal Uddin

“…Additionally, children in richer households (Richer: OR = 1.38, 95 % CI:1.15–1.66, Richest: OR = 1.46, 95 % CI:1.19–1.80) were more likely to receive antibiotics than those in poorer households. …”
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Designing novel cabozantinib analogues as p-glycoprotein inhibitors to target cancer cell resistance using molecular docking study, ADMET screening, bioisosteric approach, and mole... by Gajendra Singh Thakur, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Dipti Pal, Yogesh Vaishnav, Neeraj Kumar, Sivakumar Annadurai, Sanmati Kumar Jain

“…We also predicted the drug likeness (DL) and drug score (DS) of analogues. The molecular docking studies of screened analogues against the protein (PDB ID: 3G5U) were conducted using AutoDock Vina flowing by BIOVIA Discovery Studio for visualizing interactions.Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of docked ligands was done using Schrödinger suite.Results and DiscussionThe docking scores for the ligands CBZ01, CBZ06, CBZ11, CBZ13, CBZ25, CBZ34, and CBZ38 ranged from −8.0 to −6.4 kcal/mol against the protein (PDB ID: 3G5U). …”
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Investigation of the functional impact of CHED- and FECD4-associated SLC4A11 mutations in human corneal endothelial cells. by Doug D Chung, Angela C Chen, Charlene H Choo, Wenlin Zhang, Dominic Williams, Christopher G Griffis, Paul Bonezzi, Kavya Jatavallabhula, Alapakkam P Sampath, Anthony J Aldave

“…Additionally, based on their similar subcellular localization and exhibiting similar cell functional profiles, protein isoforms encoded by SLC4A11 variant 2 and variant 3 likely have highly overlapping functional roles in hCEnC.…”
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Anti-VEGF drugs compared with laser photocoagulation for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and economic analysis by Mark Simmonds, Matthew Walton, Rob Hodgson, Alexis Llewellyn, Ruth Walker, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Lesley Stewart, Sofia Dias, Thomas Rush, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, David Steel

“…However, people who received anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections were substantially less likely to experience the more severe consequences of vision loss, including where vision is lost in the centre of the eye (called diabetic macular oedema). …”
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Acoustic Sediment Classification Using High-Frequency (400 kHz) Multibeam Data in Pari Water of Seribu Island, Indonesia by Dadang Handoko, Henry Munandar Manik, Totok Hestirianoto, Karlisa Priandana, Rozaimi Che Hasan

“…The FMGT-based classification tended to prioritize finer sediment categories, likely due to the acoustic limitations in detecting granular details. …”
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Contrasting pathophysiological mechanisms of OPA1 mutations in autosomal dominant optic atrophy by Shi-Qi Yao, Jia-Jian Liang, Hui Zhou, Shaoying Tan, Yingjie Cao, Chong-Bo Chen, Ciyan Xu, Ruixi Wang, Tai-Ping Li, Fang-Fang Zhao, Yun Wang, Han-Jie He, Dan Zhang, Meng Wang, Lifang Liu, Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Shihui Wei, Ling-Ping Cen

“…The c.1034 G > A OPA1 missense mutation is likely to induce a dominant-negative effect compared with haploinsufficiency with the c.1305+2delGT OPA1 deletion. …”
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