Evaluation of the effect of phacoemulsification surgery on retinal and choroidal microvasculature in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography by S. Nazem Ibrahim, Mona K. Abdellatif, Alaa F. Mahmoud, Tamer F. Eliwa

“…Settings and design A prospective comparative case-control study was performed at the Ophthalmology Department of Ain Shams University hospital, between November 2020 and November 2022. Patients and material A total 50 eyes of 35 cataractous patients were included in this prospective study and divided into two groups: the control group (25 eyes of 19 patients) and the diabetic group (25 eyes of 16 patients with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy). …”
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Combination Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Enhances the Treatment of Skin Photoaging in a Murine Model System by Li L, He Z, Yu C, Zhang C, Yu Y, Li Y, Xu X

“…Li Li,1– 3,* Zeyu He,3– 5,* Chengqian Yu,3– 5 Chao Zhang,3– 5 Yanqiu Yu,6 Yuanhong Li,3– 5 Xuegang Xu3– 5 1ShanXi Medical University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, The First Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Dermatology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 030001, People’s Republic of China; 4Key Laboratory of Immunodermatology (China Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang, 110001, People’s Republic of China; 5NHC Key Laboratory of Immunodermatology (China Medical University), Shenyang, 110001, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xuegang Xu, Department of Dermatology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No. 155 Nanjing Bei Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110001, People’s Republic of China, Email xuxuegang2749290@163.com Li Li, Department of Dermatology, The First Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, No. 85 South Jiefang Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, People’s Republic of China, Email lilizaimu0807@163.comBackground: Fractional carbon dioxide lasers and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are commonly employed in the treatment of skin photoaging.Objective: This study was developed to explore the effects of combination carbon dioxide laser treatment and BMSC injection on skin photoaging and the underlying molecular mechanisms.Methods & Materials: In total, 24 mice with experimentally photoaged skin were separated into control, carbon dioxide fractional laser treatment, combination therapy, and BMSC injection groups. …”
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Rusførebygging i skulen som diskursivt forma pedagogisk-politisk fenomen. Eit teoretisk-empirisk bidrag til omgrepsutvikling by Øyvind Wiik Halvorsen, Liv Eide, Olin Blaalid Oldeide

“…Discourses on school-based drug prevention are theoretically conceptualized as activating cultural images of children and youths and as legitimizing prevention technologies. The empirical material consists of 29 media texts from the period January 2020 to November 2023, which are analyzed with attention to how drug prevention in schools is discursively shaped. …”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The objective of this study was to present the demographic characteristics and the burden of locally-specific CDs (hepatitis B and C, TB, AIDS), NCDs (diabetes, renal diseases, asthma, epilepsy, coronary heart diseases, cancer, hypertension, cholesterol, thalassemia), and disabilities (congenital, post-disease, post-injury, paralysis) stratified by sex, age and setting in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.<h4>Material and methods</h4>The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Population and Health Survey (KP-IPHS) was conducted in 2016-17 to gather comprehensive information about the demographic characteristics and locale-specific health-related issues of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. …”
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Migration, race, and gender: the policing of subversive solidarity actors in Morocco by Sébastien Bachelet, Maria Hagan

“…Drawing on ethnographic material and interviews with migrant people and subversive solidarity actors, this article demonstrates how these solidarity actors - much like migrant people themselves - are differentially targeted according to intersectional differences. …”
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Humanities education reform exploration and practice under outcomes-based education (OBE) by P. Yang

“…The knowledge of actual material (content of the programme) is not the key element of the education process, but the skills of knowledge application are important when solving specific tasks. …”
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Surgical decompression for endocrine ophthalmopathy: state-of-the-art by A.A. Krylova, O.I. Krivosheina

“…&nbsp;<b>Financial Disclosure:&nbsp;</b>no authors have a financial or property interest in any material or method mentioned. There is no&nbsp;<b>conflict of interests. …”
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The Magnitude of Salt Intake Behaviors and Its Predictors among Saqez Urban Population of Kurdistan District in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kolsom Khoram, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mamagani, Behjat Shokrvash, Maral Hariri-Akbari

“…This study aimed at determining the predictors related to salt control methods in Saqez urban population. Methods and Materials. In the present cross-sectional study, the sample population was randomly selected through cluster sampling. …”
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Assessment of in vitro skin permeation and accumulation of phenolic acids from honey and honey-based pharmaceutical formulations by Anna Nowak, Anna Muzykiewicz-Szymańska, Magdalena Perużyńska, Edyta Kucharska, Łukasz Kucharski, Karolina Jakubczyk, Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, Justyna Stefanowicz-Hajduk, Marek Droździk, Juraj Majtan

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Determination of Polyphenol Components of Korean Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia supina) by Using Liquid Chromatography—Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Overall Contribution to Antioxidant Ac... by Yi Song, Sung Woo Jeong, Won Sup Lee, Semin Park, Yun-Hi Kim, Gon-Sup Kim, Soo Jung Lee, Jong Sung Jin, Chi-Yeon Kim, Ji Eun Lee, Se Yun Ok, Ki-Min Bark, Sung Chul Shin

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Investigation of deflections and natural vibration frequencies of circular isotropic plates of variable thickness according to the law of square parabola with thickening to the sup... by A. V. Turkov, S. I. Poleshko

“…Based on the theoretical data obtained, it is possible to diagnose defects (change in the design scheme, destruction, reduction in the thickness of the plate as a result of corrosion, etc.) based on the results of comparison and analysis of theoretical and experimentally measured natural vibration frequencies and (or) maximum deflections in the center of the plate.Materials and methods. The design structure is a steel round isotropic plate of variable thickness according to the law of square parabola with thickening to the support. …”
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Pengenalan Aktivitas Manusia Menggunakan Sensor Akselerometer dan Giroskop pada Smatphone dengan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor by Zainal Arifien, Fitra Abdurrahman Bachtiar, Novanto Yudistira

“…This research is important because the results can be used as material for further research assistance. Some development opportunities are also attached at the end.   …”
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Designing and modeling an intelligent system for managing the distribution and scheduling of farmed fish feed using the Arduino Uno microcontroller by Shayesteh Tabatabaei

“…This system assists fish farm managers in automating and efficiently managing the feeding operations, ultimately leading to improvements in the quality and quantity of their fish production. Materials and methods: The main components of the fish feed distribution and scheduling system consist of three essential elements: the Arduino Uno board, serving as a programmable platform; a servo motor with a single output shaft capable of positioning itself at a specific angle by receiving encoded signals; and a feeder, functioning as a storage and dispensing container for fish feed in the aquaculture system. …”
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Arctiin Protects Chondrocytes from Interleukin-1β-Induced Inflammation and Apoptosis by RNA Sequence In vivo and In vitro by Yong-Jia Song, Jia-Min Bao, Zeng-Qiao Zhang, Yun-Xiang Hai, Hao-Nan Wen, Tian-Jun Zhai, Wei Feng, Min Song

“…Here, we explore the mechanism by which ARC plays its protective role in OA. Materials and Methods: Mouse chondrocytes were isolated and characterized through toluidine blue staining and collagen II immunofluorescence labeling. …”
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Innovative Model of Socio-Professional Development of a Student’s Personality by E. F. Zeer, V. S. Tretyakova, M. V. Zinnatova

“…The presented innovative model of socio-professional development can be focused on the training of specialists at different levels of education, including additional education. The research materials can be useful to developers of educational programmes and training technologies of vocational education, to managers and specialists of educational organisations when making management decisions and organising the educational process.…”
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Release Profile and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> Essential Oil-Incorporated, Optimally Stabilized Type I Collagen Hydrogels by Caglar Ersanli, Ioannis Skoufos, Konstantina Fotou, Athina Tzora, Yves Bayon, Despoina Mari, Eleftheria Sarafi, Konstantina Nikolaou, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis

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Les voyages reproductifs vers la Tunisie : l’intime au prisme des pratiques de l’assistance médicale à la procréation by Irene Maffi, Betty Rouland, Carole Wenger

“…The reproductive routes taken, invite us to decentralise the gaze and focus on other types of circulation from the Maghreb to the southern shore of the Sahara and even beyond (European and Gulf countries where the TRA have emigrated); to spatialise the narratives of couples in motion while grasping the globalised social transformations they characterise (biomobility, bioeconomies, biotechnologies); and to understand the sensitive nature of these narratives, which carry a very strong emotional charge. The materiality of the reproductive routes deployed (medical structures, technologies, means of transport and communication, etc.) is intertwined with other immaterial aspects intimately linked to the affective dimension behind the desire to procreate and the moral and social suffering in the face of its impossibility. …”
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Virtual Reality Simulation for Undergraduate Nursing Students for Care of Patients With Infectious Diseases: Mixed Methods Study by Wen Chang, Chun-Chih Lin, Julia Crilly, Hui-Ling Lee, Li-Chin Chen, Chin-Yen Han

“…Tools included an infection control written test, the Instructional Materials Motivation Survey, and a learning attitude questionnaire. …”
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Effects of amino acid value-added urea on rice growth and nitrogen utilization. by Lin Cheng, Zongya Wang, Shuangshuang Huang, Hongyan Wu, Ruichao Li

“…Amino acids were added at 5‰ and 5% levels to create different levels of amino acid value-added urea (AU0.5 and AU5) by blending with urea as test materials. Pot experiments were conducted using 'Liangyouhua 6' rice as the test crop, with four treatment groups: non-urea (CK), regular urea (U), and amino acid value-added urea (AU0.5, AU5) at two different addition ratios. …”
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THC degradation does not impair the accuracy of THC doses aerosolized by the metered-dose SyqeAir inhaler: a 24-month stability trial by Joshua Aviram, Daniella Atzmony, Anna Frenklakh, Asaf Kroll, Ilana Zaks, Arno Hazekamp

“…Abstract Background Although the worldwide use of medical cannabis (MC) is on the rise, there is insufficient data regarding the long-term stability of phytocannabinoids in the plant material under different storage conditions. Specifically, there is insufficient data on the effect of storage conditions on the availability of (-)-∆9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in vaporized cannabis. …”
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