Effect of high and low molecular weight sodium hyaluronic acid eye drops on corneal recovery after crosslinking in keratoconus patients by Gamze Özkan, Semra Akkaya Turhan, Ebru Toker

“…Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire and non-invasive break-up time (NI-TBUT) were evaluated. All measurements were performed before CXL and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months postsurgery.Results At 6 months post-CXL, SNP reached to its preoperative. …”
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Laparoscopic Management of a Rare Right Paraduodenal Hernia: A Case Report Highlighting Successful Minimally Invasive Intervention by Abdullah S. Al-Darwish, Hanin H. Al-Kilani, Lham Darazi, Nuha A. Alsaleh, Elias F. Al-Khoury

“…Further studies are needed to evaluate the long-term outcomes and benefits of the laparoscopic approach in such cases.…”
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A study on glycogen content of endometrial glands in infertile women by Karthik LR, Raja Parthiban S R, Savita D, Shruthi Neelakanth Shetageri

“…In the remaining cases, 38.7% showed secretory phase, 4%cases each showed luteal phase defect and hyperplasia, and 1.3% tubercular endometritis. …”
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Gingival fibroblast suppress the osteogenesis process mediated by bone substitute materials via WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo by Guanqi Liu, Jiahui Lin, Xiaoyan Chen, Runheng Liu

“…In vivo, increased suppression of bone defect repair was observed with higher amounts of gingival fibroblasts, confirming the in vitro findings.ConclusionOur study demonstrates that gingival fibroblasts can suppress the osteogenic potential of BSMs by inhibiting the autocrine WNT expression and the activation of the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway in MMSCs. …”
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A rare case of adult ovarian inguinal hernia with an associated pelvic ectopic kidney by Komal Mishra, Pratapsingh Parihar, Rakshanda Agrawal

“…The structures were carefully returned to the pelvic cavity, and the defect in the inguinal canal was repaired using nonabsorbable sutures. …”
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Numerical Simulation of High Efficiency Environment Friendly CuBi2O4-Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Using SCAPS-1D by Kushal Sarker, Md. Shamsujjoha Sumon, Mst. Farzana Orthe, Sunirmal Kumar Biswas, Md. Mostak Ahmed

“…The performance of the suggested photovoltaic devices was quantitatively evaluated using variations in thickness such as absorber, buffer, defect density, operating temperature, back contact work function, series, shunt resistances, acceptor density, and donor density. …”
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Midterm Outcomes of Pediatric Mitral Valvuloplasty for Moderate to Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Associated Risk Factors for Postoperative Deterioration by Hongyuan Fu, MD, Aijun Liu, MD, Ming Yang, MD, Zeyu Liu, MD, Junwu Su, MD

“…Patients weighing 10 kg or more (P = .04) or with a ventricular septal defect 8 mm or larger (P = .04) had worse outcomes. …”
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Revisit of the AC conductivity behavior and the colossal dielectric constant of CaCu3Ti4O12 by Tsang-Tse Fang, Hsuan-Jung Hsu, Hsing-I. Hsiang

“…The defect structure of the grain boundary barrier of CCTO is proposed.…”
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Design and Performance Enhancement of a GaAs-Based Homojunction Solar Cell Using Ga0.5In0.5P as a Back Surface Field (BSF): A Simulation Approach by Cedrik Fotcha Kamdem, Ariel Teyou Ngoupo, François Xavier Abomo Abega, Aimé Magloire Ntouga Abena, Jean-Marie Bienvenu Ndjaka

“…We then continued the optimization by taking into account some parameters of the solar cell, such as thickness, doping, and bulk defect density of the p-GaAs base, n-GaAs emitter, and Ga0.5In0.5P BSF layer. …”
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Fault Detection System of Photovoltaic Based on Artificial Neural Network by Ali Salman Zamzeer, Mansour S. Farhan, Haider TH. ALRikabi

“…Due to the severity of the defects, fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) in the PV system have become difficult. …”
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What are the outcomes of dental implant placement in sites with oroantral communication using different treatment approaches?: a systematic review by Lida Kheiri, Reza Amid, Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh, Aida Kheiri

“…The aim of this review was to evaluate the outcomes of oroantral communication/fistula closure techniques followed by simultaneous or delayed implant placement. …”
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Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detecting Congenital Heart Disease: Experience at a Tertiary Care Center by Ziad R. Bulbul, Nour K. Younis, Farah Malaeb, Haytham Bou Hussein, Mariam Arabi, Fadi Bitar

“…Congenital heart disease (CHD) remains the number one birth defect worldwide. Pulse oximetry screening (POS) is a widely used CHD screening modality effective in detecting critical lesions. …”
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Williams-Beuren's Syndrome: A Case Report by Hassan Zamani, Kazem Babazadeh, Saeid Fattahi, Farzad Mokhtari-Esbuie

“…It is characterized by congenital heart defects (CHD), skeletal and renal anomalies, cognitive disorder, social personality disorder and dysmorphic facies. …”
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HUMAN AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE POTENTIAL FOR BONE REPAIR: FROM THE LAB TO THE CLINIC - ROLE OF ITS IMMUNOGENICITY

“…Results indicated limited effectiveness of hAM for bone defect repair. Given these findings, we explored hAM for medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). …”
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Possibilities of magnet-resonance tomography usage while examining patients with reccurent genital prolapse by Banakhevych R.M.

“…It takes into account the relationship between the segments and allows to evaluate the type of fascial and ligament complex defect, the details of planning future surgery. …”
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Measuring Residual Stresses with Crack Compliance Methods: An Ill-Posed Inverse Problem with a Closed-Form Kernel by Marco Beghini, Tommaso Grossi

“…To evaluate residual stresses, an integral equation must be solved. …”
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Comparative study of the inhibitory effects of different antibiotic administration routes on bone healing in a rat tibial infection model by Xiaoyu Han, Wei Wang, Zengli Shen, Lisong Lv, Bingyuan Lin, Haiyong Ren, Yiyang Liu, Qiaofeng Guo, Huang Kai, Xiang Wang

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous versus oral antibiotic treatments in managing bone infections, particularly osteomyelitis, using a rat tibial infection model.MethodsA tibial bone infection model was established in twelve-week-old Wistar rats via injection of Staphylococcus aureus at a cortical defect site. …”
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Prevalência das técnicas de reconstrução nasal utilizadas nos últimos quatro anos em serviço de Cirurgia Plástica do Ceará by William de Almeida Machado, Salustiano Gomes de Pinho Pessoa

“…Several techniques used to correct nasal defects have been documented since the origins of plastic surgery. …”
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Survival rate of ceramic inlay and onlay restorations in posterior tooth with one-surface or multi-surface after 10 years observation: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Zou Yun, Bai Jing, Xiang Jingzhou

“…Randomized controlled trials and non-randomized trials were collected and patients with posterior teeth defect were included. Publication bias and sensitivity analysis were also assessed. …”
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Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model by Emma Steijvers, Yunshong Shi, Hong Lu, Weixin Zhang, Yitian Zhang, Feihu Zhao, Baichuan Wang, Louise Hughes, Jake E. Barralet, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Igor Kraev, Richard Johnston, Zengwu Shao, Frank H. Ebetino, James T. Triffitt, R. Graham G. Russell, Davide Deganello, Xu Cao, Zhidao Xia

“…The osteogenic potential of HAA was further confirmed by implanting into a 3.5 mm diameter femoral cancellous bone defect in rats and a 5 mm diameter femoral cortical bone defect in minipigs. …”
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