Increased Corneal Toricity after Long-Term Orthokeratology Lens Wear by Zhi Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Feng Xue, Xingtao Zhou, Xiaomei Qu

“…A more pronounced change in corneal toricity was found in subjects who were younger to start ortho-k and have been in a longer period of treatment. …”
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Models of Historical Memory and past Representation of Vilnius University in the 19th-20th Centuries by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…Yet again, changes in historiography make it possible for us to start perceiving and interpreting Vilnius University within the context of the universities of East Central Europe and Jesuit universities.  …”
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Quantity and quality of napping to mitigate fatigue and sleepiness among nurses working long night shifts: a prospective observational study by Kazuhiro Watanabe, Inaho Shishido, Yoichi M. Ito, Rika Yano

“…The two nap conditions (TIB 120–180 min and SE ≥ 70%, TIB > 180 min and SE ≥ 70%) were not worse than other nap conditions in fatigue and sleepiness at the end of the night shift and change in fatigue from the start to the end of the night shift. Sleep reactivity, pre-nap time on electronic devices, and prophylactic naps taken before the night shift were each the common factors related to napping for TIB ≥ 120 min and SE ≥ 70%. …”
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Multicomponent rehabilitation to improve independence and functioning in elderly patients with common age-associated diseases: a scoping review by Omar Baritello, Hanna Stein, Heinz Völler, Annett Salzwedel, Theo Taxis, Machteld Luizink-Dogan

“…MR was defined as exercise training and at least one additional component (eg, nutritional counselling), starting within 3 months after hospital discharge. …”
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Generalising axion-like particle as the curvaton: sourcing primordial density perturbation and non-Gaussianities by Anish Ghoshal, Abhishek Naskar

“…The ALP is a spectator field during inflation but it starts to oscillate and dominates the energy density of the universe after inflation ends, thereby sourcing isocurvature perturbations, while standard curvature fluctuations from the inflaton are assumed to be sub-dominant. …”
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Occupational Infections Among Workers in Europe: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Guglielmo Dini, Stefania Curti, Alborz Rahmani, Paolo Durando, Stefano Mattioli

“…ResultsThe literature search through different scientific databases started in April 2024 and is expected to be completed by December 2024. …”
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Antiallodynic Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2R) Agonists on Retrovirus Infection-Induced Neuropathic Pain by Wen S. Sheng, Priyanka Chauhan, Shuxian Hu, Sujata Prasad, James R. Lokensgard

“…Results demonstrated that, following weekly intraperitoneal injections starting at 5 wk p.i., JWH015, JWH133, and Gp1a, but not HU308 (5 mg/kg), significantly ameliorated allodynia when assessed 2 h after ligand injection. …”
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The first Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…In 2007, the Center of Archaeological Projects "Antiqua" started an archaeological heritage mission related to the search, survey, and registration of archaeological remains in the province of Ghor. …”
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Shape and Measurement Monitoring of Inrush Current Characteristics of a Battery-Capacitive Energy Storage Device with Two-Channel Digital Oscilloscope by V. P. Vasilevich, M. V. Zbyshinskaya

“…Obtained data was transferred to a personal computer and analyzed.The measurement results showed that 82.3 % of the energy losses compensation of the motor start is taken over by the capacitive part of the energy storage device, what makes longer LIB’s life. …”
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A global review of national guidelines of post‐exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV by Marcus Maisano, Daniel Tran, Virginia Macdonald, Rachel C. Baggaley, Nathan Ford, Cheryl C. Johnson, Ying Zhang, Jason J. Ong

“…No country guidance provided considerations on using HIV self‐tests for starting or stopping PEP. Discussion Despite PEP being recommended for more than three decades, many national policies were lacking in terms of PEP guidance. …”
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Słowo - obraz - pamięć w labiryntach komiksu by Grażyna Gajewska

“…However, in the late 1990s these depictions increasingly started to develop into something of much different nature. …”
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Geomatics and metaverse for lost heritage sites documentation and dissemination: the case study of Palmyra Roman Theatre (Syria) by Anna Forte, Yara Jamil Alkhatib, Gabriele Bitelli, Eva Savina Malinverni, Roberto Pierdicca

“…The methodology report starts with the description of the metrological foundation of the 3D model construction, i.e. spherical photogrammetry as developed by Prof. …”
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Populism in the political culture of Turkey: The foreign policy dimension by P. V. Shlykov

“…The embeddedness of populism in political culture of Turkey provided it with ideological flexibility and made populism almost a universal instrument for engaging with electorate. Starting from Turkey’s transition to multiparty system the majority of political actors have resorted to populism in one or another way. …”
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VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT IN UKRAINE AS AN ELEMENT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM: MODERNITY AND PROSPECTS by Євгеній СЛЮСАР

“…The priority areas of work of volunteer organizations during military operations, starting in 2022, have been revealed. They include active assistance to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that are directly on the “line of fire”. …”
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US Deterrence against Russia and China (based on strategic documents of J. Biden administration) by V. I. Batyuk

“…Washington’s relations with Moscow deteriorated sharply after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, but even before that, the United States faced serious challenges in maintaining strategic parity with the Russian Federation. …”
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Usage, knowledge and attitudes towards electronic cigarettes use among nursing students in Croatia: a cross-sectional study by Leopold Kajan, Livia Puljak, Ivica Matić, Mario Marendić, Sanja Zoranić, Kata Ivanišević, Dijana Majstorović, Zrinka Puharić, Nataša Skitarelić, Marijana Neuberg, Ivana Barać, Snježana Čukljek, Marta Čivljak

“…More than half indicated that e-cigarettes could encourage non-smokers to start smoking. The majority (60%) reported that they had never received education on smoking cessation at university. …”
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Characteristics and publication status of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, 2007–2024: a cross-sectional study by Chuzhi Peng, Hongyan Jia, Jianping Hu, Yonghong Jiao

“…Purpose To investigate the characteristics and publication status of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.Design A cross-sectional study.Methods All 1212 interventional glaucoma trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov with start dates between 1 October 2007 and 30 April 2024 were included. …”
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Chief Isaac Oluwole Delano: The Man, His Time, and His Significance by Toyin Falola

“…His educational exploits started from Holy Trinity Primary School situated at Okenla Christian Village in Ifo. …”
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Diagnostic Performance between Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (HRP-2), a Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Test and Microscopic-Based Staining Techniques for Diagnosis of Malaria by Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, Emmanuel Kamana Gatera

“…One hundred and fifty suspected cases of malaria, who attended Rukara Health Centre, during the period, from 21st June to 30th July 2018, were included in this study. HRP-2 RDTs (CareStart™ Malaria HRP-2 (Access Bio, Inc., Somerset, New Jersey, USA)), for malaria were performed. …”
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Downregulation of VRK1 Inhibits Progression of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma through DNA Damage by Ning Du, Boxiang Zhang, Yunfeng Zhang

“…After transfection of VRK1 shRNA in both LUSC cells, cell activity decreased (P<0.001), migration ability started to be inhibited (P<0.001), the ratio of G0/G1 phase cells increased (P<0.001), and apoptosis rate increased (P<0.001). …”
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