Comparative Analysis of Visual Performance and Astigmatism Tolerance with Monofocal, Bifocal, and Extended Depth-of-Focus Intraocular Lenses Targeting Slight Myopia by Jie Xu, Tianyu Zheng, Yi Lu

“…The EDOF group provided equivalently excellent distance visual outcomes (0.06 ± 0.12) as the monofocal (0.06 ± 0.09) and bifocal (0.03 ± 0.09) groups P=0.554, better intermediate vision than the other 2 groups P<0.05, and similarly satisfactory near visual outcomes (0.23 ± 0.16 at 20 cm, and 0.17 ± 0.14 at 33 cm) as the bifocal group (0.28 ± 0.14 at 20 cm and 0.08 ± 0.10 at 33 cm) P>0.05. …”
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Which factors influence the transition towards a healthy and sustainable food environment in Dutch hospitals? A qualitative view from stakeholders by Joline J. Wierda, Femke van Nassau, Sanne K. Djojosoeparto, Maartje P. Poelman

“…Identified themes and subthemes were: 1 the outer setting, with momentum for change, government-established policies and guidelines, collaboration and networks outside the hospital, and caterers’ and suppliers’ food offerings, interests, and contracts; 2 the innovation domain, with familiarity and compliance with the TEH program; 3 support at all levels, achieving organizational buy-in with communication as a strategy, and end user interests; 4 the inner setting, with key priority in policy and having a vision, available resources, infrastructure within the hospital, ambassadors, and gradual process with continuous effort; and 5 the individual domain with personal drive. …”
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Ab Externo Choroidal Fluid Drainage, Pars Plana Vitrectomy, and Endotamponade for the Management of Persistent Hypotony following Glaucoma Surgery by Susanna Friederike Koenig, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Christian Maximilian Wertheimer, Armin Wolf

“…Before surgery, all patients presented with flat anterior chamber, decreased vision, and persistent choroidal detachment. The surgery itself was uneventful, but due to the complexity of the cases, tailoring the procedure to each patient’s needs was required. …”
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Astigmatism and maternal myopia as important factors affecting success rate of DIMS lens treatment by Christof Meigen, Adrienne Csutak, Patricia Domsa, Éva M Bankó, Judit Körtvélyes, Rita Széchey, Krisztina Lantos, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy

“…In contrast, only young age but not astigmatism was associated with AL increase in a comparable group of children with myopia, part of the LIFE Child Study, wearing single-vision spectacles. Patients reported consistent satisfaction with treatment, with minimal side effects, which diminished over the year.Conclusion In the European population, astigmatism, young age and severe maternal myopia are risk factors for suboptimal outcomes following DIMS therapy. …”
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Heat transportation of 3D chemically reactive flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over a porous frame with variable thermal conductivity by Nahid Fatima, Aaqib Majeed, Taoufik Saidani, Nouman Ijaz, Kamal Barghout, Nidal Abu-Libdeh

“…The insertion of nanoparticles into the base fluid significantly changes its properties, affecting thermal conductivity and viscosity. The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the heat transfer rate and three-dimensional bio-convective flow of a non-Newtonian Jeffrey nanofluid across a porous surface with variable thermal conductivity. …”
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Self-Compacting Concrete with Artificial Lightweight Aggregates from Sugarcane Ash and Calcined Scheelite Mining Waste by Jemima Tabita F. de Sousa, Marcos Alyssandro S. dos Anjos, José Anselmo da S. Neto, Evilane C. de Farias, Fernando G. Branco, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

“…The concretes studied were subjected to characterisation tests in a fresh state; fluidity, apparent viscosity, visual stability, and passing ability were assessed through slump flow tests, flow time (T500), visual stability index, and J-ring, respectively, as well as measurement of the fresh specific mass. …”
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MODELO DECISIONAL DE RIESGO SÍSMICO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO POCITO (SAN JUAN – ARGENTINA) by Luciana Maricel Narvaez

“…La Geografía de los Riesgos lo enfoca con una visión holística, la cual considera que el riesgo sísmico es igual al producto del peligro sísmico por la vulnerabilidad. …”
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Investigation on the influencing mechanism and quantitative evaluation of stirred heat effect in high-speed mechanical seals by Xuezhong Ma, Xiaoxin Xiao

“…Secondly, in terms of heat generation, because of the high-speed shear effect of rotor, a much larger effective viscosity, radial velocity gradient, turbulence intensity and turbulence dissipation rate are generated by the turbulent flow in sealed chamber, which are responsible for the significant stirred heat. …”
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La arquitectura de madera en La Habana by Ángel Manuel Álvarez Gómez, María Victoria Zardoya Loureda, Yliem Álvarez Falero, Beatriz Villavicencio Oramas

“…Los resultados alcanzados permiten una mejor comprensión de la arquitectura construida a base de madera entre 1900 y 1930 en La Habana, no sólo desde el punto de vista histórico, sino también desde el diseño y la tecnología y constituyen una visión actualizada sobre el tema al demostrar que la arquitectura de madera que se analiza no fue importada desde los Estados Unidos, sino que fue elaborada en la isla, por operarios cubanos y además, que poco de lo construido en esa etapa empleó el esquema portante de tipo Balloon frame, como se ha afirmado. …”
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THE SOCIAL THEORY OF MAX WEBER IN CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATIONS by Zenonas Norkus

“…The two extreme opposing standpoints in this discussion were represented by the vision of Weber as historist (R. Bendix, G. Roth) and as multilinear culturalist evolutionist (F. …”
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Postural control patterns in gravid women-A systematic review. by Wanda Forczek-Karkosz, Agata Masłoń

“…Importantly, the results indicate that women in advanced pregnancy may be at increased risk of falling when their vision is compromised.<h4>Discussion</h4>A lack of homogeneity in the study groups and a small number of longitudinal analyses were observed. …”
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Beyond the Hype: Ten Lessons from Co-Creating and Implementing Digital Innovation in a Rwandan Smallholder Banana Farming System by Julius Adewopo, Mariette McCampbell, Charles Mwizerwa, Marc Schut

“…Digital and data generating tools are seen as critical enablers for this transformation and are expected to make farming more planned, predictive, productive, and efficient. To make this vision a reality, agricultural producers will first adopt and use the technologies, but this is easier said than done. …”
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Transitar desde la Escuela al Mercado Laboral: Un Enfoque Basado En la Educación para el Trabajo by Tania Mateos Blanco

“…A continuación, se analiza críticamente cómo podría configurarse dentro de la institución escolar una educación para el trabajo humanista que supere la visión instrumental. Para ello, se propone revisar qué tipo de conexión se establece entre el sistema educativo y laboral, pues de ello va a depender el éxito de las transiciones. …”
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SPLIT LATERAL FOREHEAD FLAP FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS by I G. A. N. Widya Pramana, Sitti Rizaliyana

“…The tumor had a history of 7 years, without any pain or vision disorders involved. Tumor was widely excised, leaving a full thickness on upper and lower eyelids. …”
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Addressing certain issues of administrative and legal regulation of liability for violation of legal requirements for the safety of vehicle operation in Ukraine by O. M. Halkina, A. O. Ivanov

“…The urgency and importance of road safety issues is emphasised by both academics and the official authorities, who have a strategic vision of the key issues in this area and ways to address them. …”
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Jidoka-DT simulator programmed by hybridize XGboost-LSTM to evaluate helmets quality produced by Rice-Straw-alumina plastic dough to resist shocks and impenetrable by Ahmed M. Abed, Ahmed Fathy, Radwa A. El Behairy, Tamer S Gaafar

“…The mixture machine is connected to many sensors that track the values of significant parameters, such as temperature, moisture, viscosity, Reynolds number, crack resistance, and compressibility, that affect helmet manufacturing via injecting RSA composition towards mould. …”
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La Paille, un matériau pour transmettre by Volker Ehrlich, Édouard Vermès

“…The paper aims, on the one hand, to be a cause of thought for the readers, but also seeks to sketch a holistic vision of a possible future for our construction culture, which should nowadays be focused upon materials like straw, wood and soil.…”
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Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Deliver miR-21 to Promote Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing through PTEN/PI3K/Akt Pathway by Xiaolong Liu, Xuran Li, Guangyuan Wu, Pengfei Qi, Yanyan Zhang, Zhiyu Liu, Xinyue Li, Yu Yu, Xiangmei Ye, Yang Li, Dongguang Yang, Yueqiu Teng, Ce Shi, Xin Jin, Sen Qi, Yuting Liu, Shudan Wang, Ying Liu, Fenglin Cao, Qingran Kong, Zhenkun Wang, Hong Zhang

“…Rapid restoration of corneal epithelium integrity after injury is particularly important for preserving corneal transparency and vision. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be taken into account as the promising regenerative therapeutics for improvement of wound healing processes based on the variety of the effective components. …”
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Lightweight Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv8 Network Improvement by Xiaoyi Hao, Ting Li

“…Experimental results demonstrate that SFD-YOLOv8 reduces parameters by 16.95% compared to YOLOv8n. On the VisDrone2019 dataset, it achieves 2.50% improvement in mAP@0.5 and a 1.40% increase in mAP@0.5-0.95.SFD-YOLOv8 demonstrates superior accuracy in comparison to other leading detection models, making it well-suited for real-time detection requirements.…”
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Factors influencing image quality in Tibetan children by optical coherence tomography by Yao Yao, Jiawen Liu, Lei Li, Weiwei Chen, Zhaojun Meng, Jing Fu

“…Among students who have completed OCT, a higher percentage of boys (X2 = 8.48, P = 0.004) and suburban students (X2 = 34.97, P &lt; 0.001) with younger age (t = -2.20, P = 0.03), worse near vision (t = -3.95, P &lt; 0.001), higher IOP (t = 2.38, P = 0.017) and higher heart rate (t = 3.15, P = 0.002) have unsatisfactory image quality in the macular region, almost same as the optic disc region. …”
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