Detection of frictional meltwater on snow surface using a humidity indicator by Shiraz Ahmed Siddiqui, Michael Hasler, Martin Mössner, Joost van Putten, Kurt Schindelwig, Werner Nachbauer

“…The normal load was 430 N taking into account half the weight of the skier during XC skiing. On three different days we performed experiments with different snow temperatures. …”
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Brain development in a facultatively social allodapine bee aligns with caste, but not group living by Simon M. Tierney, Sarah Jaumann, Oliver Hightower, Adam R. Smith

“…Workers had larger optic lobes than queens, but did not differ from single-females. …”
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Comparison of oropharyngeal leak pressure and insertion characteristics of Ambu AuraGain and i-gel in patients undergoing laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A randomized control... by Anupma, Swati Chhabra, Sadik Mohammed, Manoj Kamal, Rakesh Kumar, Pradeep Bhatia

“…Material and Methods: A randomized controlled trial of 50 patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status grade I and II, aged between 18–60 years, was randomly divided into group AAG and Group IG. …”
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Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Facoemulsification of Hypermature Cataract by Yo. N. Yousef, S. N. Yousef, A. S. Vvedenskiy, K. S. Avetisov, L. Alkharki

“…The development and clinical study of optimized femtosecond laser-assisted phacoemulsification (PE) technology of hypermature cataract. Patients and methods. Femtosecond laser-assisted PE of hypermature cataract was performed in 72 patients (72 eyes). …”
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Three-Decade Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in Open-Angle Glaucoma at a Tertiary Care Center by Catherine G. Knier, David Fleischman, David O. Hodge, John P. Berdahl, Michael P. Fautsch

“…The translaminar pressure difference (TLPD) theory proposes that the pressure gradient generated by the difference of IOP and cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFp) acting at the level of the optic nerve can lead to cupping and glaucoma when IOP is higher than normal and/or CSFp is lower than normal. …”
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Evaluation of Two Commercial Artificial Intelligence Segmentation Systems for Radiation Therapy by Chloe DiTusa, Jasmine Chen, Abbas Husain, Chris Schneider, Hamlet Spears, Nikos Paragios, Grant Debevec, Sotiri Stathakis

“…Purpose: To assess the clinical acceptability of artificial intelligence (AI) auto-segmentation systems by comparing their performance with physician expert delineated contours, focusing on evaluating contour accuracy and volume differences. Methods: Thirty-three previously treated head and neck patients were selected for comparison. …”
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Changes in the morphofunctional parameters of the eye in neovascular glaucoma on the after vitreoretinal surgery by R. R. Fayzrakhmanov, M. M. Shishkin, M. E. Kalinin, O. A. Pavlovsky

“…Statistically significant differences of morphometric parameters of the optic disc between groups 1 and 2, on the one hand, and group 3, on the other hand were found. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the initial hypotensive treatment with an optimized latanoprost composition by S. Yu. Petrov, E. V. Yani, A. N. Zhuravleva, O. M. Filippova, O. M. Kalinina, L. V. Yakubova, S. M. Kosakyan, L. V. Vasilenkova, I. V. Manukyan

“…Purpose: a comparative study of the efficacy and safety of Latanoprost-Optic, a new composition of excipients and the original latanoprost, in the initial therapy of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)Material and methods. …”
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The Gradient of Spontaneous Oscillations Across Cortical Hierarchies Measured by Wearable Magnetoencephalography by Xiaoyu Liang, Yuyu Ma, Huanqi Wu, Ruilin Wang, Ruonan Wang, Changzeng Liu, Yang Gao, Xiaolin Ning

“…The methods and conclusions offer potential to integrate electrophysiological and structural information of the brain, which contributes to the analysis of oscillatory fluctuations across the cortex recorded by OPM-MEG.…”
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Serum Oxidative Stress-related Biomarkers in Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma by Mine Esen Baris, Onur Furundaoturan, Meltem Kocamanoğlu, Seray Sahin, Yasemin Akçay, Suzan Güven Yılmaz

“… Purpose: To evaluate the serum levels of oxidative stress-related molecules in patients with ocular hypertension (OHT) and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) compared with healthy controls. Methods: Treatment-naive patients with no known systemic diseases and with OHT and POAG diagnosis were recruited for the study. …”
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Estimation of diurnal emissions of CO₂ from thermal power plants using spaceborne integrated path differential absorption (IPDA) lidar by X. Zhang, H. Yang, L. Bu, Z. Fan, W. Xiao, B. Chen, L. Zhang, S. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Liu, W. Chen, X. Lee

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Professional Gender Segregation in Scientific Discourse: Trends and Contradiction by A. Yu. Kolianov

“…Comparative analysis of various approaches to understanding gender issues allows us to identify new potentials for their study, as well as to pay attention to the development of the optics of Russian science in considering gender differences. …”
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Usefulness of Implantation of Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens in Eyes with Long Axial Lengths by Tomoichiro Ogawa, Takuya Shiba, Hiroshi Tsuneoka

“…This study retrospectively analyzed the postoperative visual functions of myopic eyes implanted with multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) to evaluate the efficacy of multifocal IOL in highly myopic eyes. Methods. We studied 61 patients (96 eyes) who were implanted with multifocal IOL ZMA00 or ZMB00 (Abbott Medical Optics). …”
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Unbiased analysis of obesity related, fat depot specific changes of adipocyte volumes and numbers using light sheet fluorescence microscopy. by Natalie Theobalt, Isabel Hofmann, Sonja Fiedler, Simone Renner, Georg Dhom, Annette Feuchtinger, Axel Walch, Martin Hrabĕ de Angelis, Eckhard Wolf, Rüdiger Wanke, Andreas Blutke

“…The applied stereological methods and LSFM protocols are described in detail and can serve as a guideline for unbiased quantitative morphological analyses of adipocytes in other studies and species.…”
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The pattern of visual impairment in the spectrum of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy by Swati Phuljhele, Niranjana Balasubramaniam, Gunjan Saluja, Rohit Saxena, Pradeep Sharma, Pavan Kumar, Sanjay Kusiyait, Sheffali Gulati

“…Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between visual impairment, social maturity, and clinical severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in the Indian population. Methods: An observational study was conducted in children with HIE sequelae aged between 6 months and 5 years. …”
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Evaluation of Visual Field and Balance Function Alterations in Patients Who Underwent Dermatochalasis Surgery by Melih Akidan, Deniz Turgut Coban, Muhammet Kazım Erol, Uğur Balci

“…To compare perioperative visual field (VF), balance functions (BF), and changes in the other ocular parameters in patients undergoing upper eyelid dermatochalasis (DC) surgery. Methods. One hundred and fifty-eight eyes of 79 patients who underwent DC surgery were included in the study. …”
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Quality of life of patients with an advanced stage of proliferative diabetic retinopathy after application of various vitrectomy technologies by A. F. Teshev, A. V. Malyshev

“…Purpose: A comparative assessment of quality of life (QL) after the use of various vitrectomy (VE) technologies in patients with an advanced stage of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (ASPDR).Material and methods. We examined 132 patients aged 42 to 76 (average age 62.8 ± 2.4 years) who met the classification criteria of ASPDR: impossibility to estimate the area of neovascularization; the fundus of the eye in the posterior pole cannot be seen or can only partialy be seen using an ophthalmoscope; evidence of preretinal or vitreal hemorrhage in the posterior pole with an area of more than 4 optic discs and retinoschisis in the macular zone. …”
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Olfactory functioning in early multiple sclerosis: Sniffin’ Sticks Test study by Batur Caglayan H, Irkec C, Nazliel B, Akyol Gurses A, Capraz I

“…This study assessed the level of the olfactory impairment in early MS by using the Sniffin’ Sticks Test.Methods: This study included 30 patients with MS and 30 healthy controls. …”
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Relationship Marketing Stage of Development in Romanian Banking Industry by Alina Filip, Diana Maria Vrânceanu, Bogdan Georgescu, Daniela Elena Marinescu

“…Due to respondents’ expertise, during the interviews could be applied mixed research methods in the process of data collection and subsequently, in data analysis. …”
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Microtrabeculectomy versus Conventional Trabeculectomy in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma: A Prospective Interventional Study by Rekha Ramesh Mudhol, Ameena Shirin

“…Introduction: Glaucoma is a group of multifactorial, irreversible, progressive optic neuropathies characterised by the loss of retinal ganglion cells. …”
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