Visual and Refractive Outcomes of Cataract Surgeries Performed in One Year in a Private Practice Setting: Review of 2714 Procedures by Laureano A. Rementería-Capelo, Jorge L. García-Pérez, Juan Gros-Otero, Aida Morán, José M. Sánchez-Pina, Inés Contreras

“…There were no cases of endophthalmitis. Mean LogMAR-corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) improved from 0.25 (SD 0.34) preoperatively to 0.04 (SD 0.17) postoperatively; 86.5% of eyes achieved a CDVA ≤0.0, with 97.5% achieving ≤0.3. …”
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Perfil epidemiológico de pessoas com alergia alimentar atendidas em um hospital universitário by Vinícius Vital de Oliveira, Stephany Abdias Varjão, Iramirton Figuerêdo Moreira

“…Os alérgenos predominantes foram frutos do mar (25,9%), proteína do leite de vaca (24,2%), ovo (10,3%), frutas (9,3%), leite (7,6%), grãos (5,8%), peixes (4,1%), carnes (4,1%), chocolate (2,0%) e vegetais (1,0%).Conclusão: a população estudada nesta pesquisa apresenta um perfil epidemiológico semelhante aos dados da literatura, e evidencia características que justificam a necessidade de maior atenção quanto ao diagnóstico e tratamento precoce, visto que houve uma prevalência do acometimento da faixa etária de adultos-jovens que são economicamente ativos, além da presença significativa de alimentos comuns no cardápio da população brasileira. …”
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Experimental study on the impact of perpendicular and parallel bedding planes on the physical and geomechanical characteristics of carbonate rocks by Ahmed K. Abd El-Aal, Ahmed E. Radwan, Jabir Hussain, Mahrous A. M. Ali

“…Petrography revealed a total of 4 lithofacies of dolosparite, dolomicrite, foraminiferal wackestone (FW), and foraminiferal grainstone/packstone (GMF) in the Khoman Formation, and three microfacies of vuggy dolostone, sandy dolostone, and marly dolostone in both of El-Heiz and Ain Giffara formations. …”
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An analysis of heavy silicone oil treatment for inferior proliferative vitreoretinopathy by Maximilian Hammer, Amanda Ie, Katharina Eibenberger, Gerd Uwe Auffarth, Kanmin Xue

“…The mean (± SD) best-corrected visual acuities were 1.04 (± 0.79), 0.85 (± 0.62) and 0.50 (± 0.51) logMAR prior, during and after Densiron tamponade, respectively. …”
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Viral Etiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations during the A/H1N1pdm09 Pandemic and Postpandemic Period by Ivan Sanz, Sonia Tamames, Silvia Rojo, Mar Justel, José Eugenio Lozano, Carlos Disdier, Tomás Vega, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu

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La implicación social en la acción y gobernanza climática urbana: lecciones desde Barcelona y Sevilla by Mar Satorras Grau, Ángela Lara-Garcia, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Leandro Del Moral, Luis Berraquero-Díaz, Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Hug March

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ANÁLISIS DE LAS RELACIONES COMERCIALES ENTRE IBEROAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE Y LA UNIÓN EUROPEA (1992-2003) by Eduardo Cuenca García, José Antonio Rodríguez Martín

“…En este tra ba jo pre sen ta mos una va lo ra ción em pí ri ca de la evo lu ción de las re la cio nes co mer cia les en tre Ibe ro amé ri ca y el Ca ri be y la Unión Eu ro pea en tre 199 2 y 200 3, de acue r do con los da tos dis po ni bles re cien tes, cen trán donos en su vo lu men, la con cen tra ción por paí ses y áreas y las fa ses por las que ha atra ve sa do, en el mar co de los prin ci pa les acuer dos in tra rre gio na les y la cre cien te li be ra ción de sus eco no mías. …”
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Bridging the gaps for a thriving Black Sea Blue Economy: insights from a multi-sectoral forum of Turkish stakeholders by Kadir Seyhan, Ömerhan Dürrani, Lydia Papadaki, Ebun Akinsete, Şebnem Atasaral, Koray Özşeker, Hatice Akpınar, Ercan Kurtuluş, Rahşan Evren Mazlum, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Adrian Stanica

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Feasibility and potential effect of a pilot blended digital behavior change intervention promoting sustainable diets over a year by Ujué Fresán, Miguel López-Moreno, Sergi Fàbregues, Paquito Bernard, Anna Boronat, Vera Araújo-Soares, Laura M. König, Joren Buekers, Guillaume Chevance

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Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification of Antimicrobial Resistance amongst the Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Strains Isolated from Raw Milk of Animal Species by Gholamreza Banisharif Dehkordi, Mohammad Hossein Marhamatizadeh, Hassan Momtaz

“…C. jejuni and C. coli average multiple antimicrobial resistance (MAR)-indexes in the present research were 0.49 and 0.32, respectively. …”
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Longitudinal Changes of Axial Length and Associated Factors in Congenital Ectopia Lentis Patients by Jingxin He, Zhangkai Lian, Qianzhong Cao, Zhenzhen Liu, Charlotte Aimee Young, Xinyu Zhang, Danying Zheng, Guangming Jin

“…For the surgery group, the results of the linear regression model showed that a higher change rate of AL was associated with younger age (older age: β = −0.009, 95% CI: −0.014 to −0.003, and P=0.002) and worse baseline BCVA (logMAR) (β = 0.256, 95% CI: 0.072 to 0.439, and P=0.007). …”
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Heat and Helium-3 Fluxes from Teide Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain by Mar Alonso, Eleazar Padrón, Hirochika Sumino, Pedro A. Hernández, Gladys V. Melián, María Asensio-Ramos, Fátima Rodríguez, Germán Padilla, Marta García-Merino, Cecilia Amonte, Nemesio M. Pérez

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Spinal cord injury induces transient activation of hepatic stellate cells in rat liver by Inmaculada Fernandez-Canadas, Alejandro Badajoz, Jesús Jimenez-Gonzalez, Martin Wirenfeldt, Beatriz Paniagua-Torija, Clara Bravo-Jimenez, Mar Del Cerro, Angel Arevalo-Martin, Daniel Garcia-Ovejero

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Three-Month Outcomes of SMILE Pro with the VISUMAX 800 for Myopic Astigmatism in a Large Population by Cung HS, Tran LHT, Tran TN

“…The mean postoperative UDVA and CDVA values were 0.05± 0.09 and 0.00± 0.02 logMAR, respectively. There was no change in CDVA in 99% of eyes. …”
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Retention of international nurses in receiving country: Voices of Indonesian nurses in Japanese healthcare facilities by Ferry Efendi, Eka Mishbahatul Mar’ah Has, Rifky Octavia Pradipta, Grace Solely Houghty, Hisaya Oda, Yuko Tsujita

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ORGANIZACIÓN Y PLANIFICACIÓN EN NIÑOS CON TDAH: EVALUACIÓN Y PROPUESTA DE UN PROGRAMA DE ESTIMULACIÓN by Josefina Rubiales, Liliana Bakker, Iván Darío Delgado Mejía

“…MATERIALES Y METODOS: L a muestra clínica conformada por 16 niños con diagnóstico de TDAH y la muestra control por 32 niños sin el diagnóstico, en ambos casos de 8 a 14 años de edad y de la ciudad de Mar del Plata (Argentina) . Los instrumento s utilizados para evaluar la organización y planificación han sido el subtest Torres de México de la Batería Neuropsicológica Infantil (ENI), y las subp ruebas Construcción con cubos, Completamiento de Objetos y Ordenamiento de Historias del Test de Intelig encia de Weschler para niños y adolescentes. …”
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Understanding Local Perspectives on Climate Change and Its Impacts on Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines by Jesusito Vicente, Niño Jess Mar Mecha, Jean Beth Jontila

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Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Role on Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Current Perspectives by Pablo Olivero, Carlo Lozano, Ramón Sotomayor-Zárate, Nicolás Meza-Concha, Marcelo Arancibia, Claudio Córdova, Wilfredo González-Arriagada, Ricardo Ramírez-Barrantes, Ivanny Marchant

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Human Activity as a Growing Threat to Marine Ecosystems: Plastic and Temperature Effects on the Sponge <i>Sarcotragus spinosulus</i> by Jessica Lombardo, Maria del Mar Ribas-Taberner, Maria Magdalena Quetglas-Llabrés, Samuel Pinya, Llorenç Gil, Silvia Tejada, Antoni Sureda, Montserrat Compa

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Comparison of AOPs Efficiencies on Phenolic Compounds Degradation by Lourdes Hurtado, Deysi Amado-Piña, Gabriela Roa-Morales, Ever Peralta-Reyes, Eduardo Martin del Campo, Reyna Natividad

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