Application of Solution Blow Spinning (SBS) Through Airbrush Pen for in situ Generation of Barrier Membranes by Fabiano Luiz Heggendorn, Ellen dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Samora Viana, Pablo Lourenço Fernandes, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani

“…Objective This study has evaluated the applicability and microstructure of polymeric membranes produced by poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) solutions developed through an airbrush pen by the Solution Blow Spinning (SBS) technique.Materials and Methods Polymeric solutions with different concentrations were used: PLA 20%, PLA 25% and PLA 40% in CH3Cl, PLA 20% in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (PLA 20%/TFE), PVA 20%, PVA 25% and PVA 40% and 20% PVA with 10% microcrystalline cellulose (PVA 20%/MC 10%) in water. …”
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Survey of the mechanical and physical behaviors of yttria-stabilized zirconia from multiple dental laboratoriesWhy Is This Important? by Yifeng Liao, PhD, Max Gruber, BSE, Henry Lukic, BSE, Jim McLees, CDT, Si Chen, PhD, Alan Boghosian, DDS, Spiro Megremis, MS, PhD

“…The specimens were then tested and evaluated for their mechanical and physical behaviors. Methods: In a double-blinded manner, 9 laboratories provided 32 specimens from 17 different zirconia blanks, which were tested in the American Dental Association laboratory. …”
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Comparative analysis of surgical treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with lower localization of breaks with tamponade of the vitreal cavity by gas or silicone by A.A. Shpak, I.M. Gorshkov, D.O. Shkvorchenko, A.V. Yukhananova

“…Subgroups of patients with different types of tamponade did not differ from each other in clinical and demographic characteristics. …”
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Expression of a Novel HIV-1 Gag-Pol-Env-Nef-Rev Multi-Epitope Construct in Escherichia coli by Elahe Akbari, Soheila Ajdari, Esmat Mirabzadeh Ardakani, Elnaz Agi, Vahid Khalaj, Azam Bolhassani

“…Then, expression of the target antigen was evaluated in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and Rosetta strains under different conditions (temperature, optical density/ OD600, isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) concentration, and time). …”
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Analysis of Morphologic and Functional Outcomes in Macular Edema due to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Treated with Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant by Alfredo Niro, Giancarlo Sborgia, Alessandra Sborgia, Luigi Sborgia, Claudio Furino, Nicola Recchimurzo, Giovanni Alessio

“…To analyze anatomic and functional retinal changes and their correlation after intravitreal dexamethasone implant (DEX implant) in patients with central retinal vein occlusion- (CRVO-) related macular edema (ME) using optical coherence tomography and microperimetry. Methods. …”
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Assessing the accuracy of multi-model approaches for downscaling land surface temperature across diverse agroclimatic zones by Debasish Roy, Bappa Das, Pooja Singh, Priyabrata Santra, Shovik Deb, Bimal Kumar Bhattacharya, Ajit Govind, Raghuveer Jatav, Deepak Sethi, Tridiv Ghosh, Joydeep Mukherjee, Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Prakash Kumar Jha, Sheshakumar Goroshi, P. V. Vara Prasad, Debashis Chakraborty

“…In the current article, we compared three different models, namely 1) Thermal Sharpening (TsHARP), 2) Thin Plate Spline (TPS), and 3) Random Forest (RF) for downscaling LST from 100 to 10 m by using high-resolution Sentinel-1,2 optical-microwave data. …”
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Visual Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction with a Hydrophobic Acrylic Monofocal IOL Delivered Using a Manual System by Christenbury J, Hall B

“…However, recent advancements in optical designs for monofocal IOLs may provide functional vision when viewing objects at intermediate distances. …”
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The state of the alveolar bone tissue depending on the vitality of the tooth pulp according to the saliva indicators of patients with moderate periodontitis by O. O. Yanushevich, Z. T. Gasanova, T. P. Vavilova, G. S. Runova

“…To evaluate the results of surgical treatment of patients with moderate chronic periodontitis with different dental pulp status by determining sRANKL, OPG and FGF-2 in mixed saliva and dynamic densitotomometry data.Materials and methods. …”
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The Association of Myopia Progression with Changes in Retinal Thickness among Primary School Students with Myopia by Jing Shang Zhang, Jing Li, Jin Da Wang, Ying Xiong, Kai Cao, Meng Li, Kai Jie Wang, Ying Yan Mao, Jian Ying Liu, Xiu-Hua Wan

“…An analysis was conducted on the differences in retinal thickness between different genders and between high myopia and nonhigh myopia. …”
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Effect of tibial rotational alignment and posterior slope on joint biomechanics in posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty: a finite element study by Long Shao, Xiangdong Wu, Chaohua Fang, Hongli Zhu, Kun Tao, Shicheng Wang

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The use of prostaglandin analogues before and after phacoemulsification cataract with primary glaucoma by I. E. Ioshin, A. I. Tolchinskaya

“…After 6-8 weeks, IOP showed no difference from the preoperative level, averaging 15.1 ± 0.28 mm Hg. …”
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The development of functional glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic connections between vestibulo-ocular projection neurons and oculomotor motoneurons in the chicken embryo by Hiraku Mochida, Joel C. Glover

“…Introduction and methodsWe assessed the functional development of synapses from defined vestibulo-ocular projection neurons to motoneurons (MNs) in the oculomotor nuclear complex in the chicken embryo using optical recording of postsynaptic responses with the calcium-sensitive probe Calcium Green Dextran Amine (CGDA). …”
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Investigation on the activation mechanisms of coal gangue and the corresponding CO2 mineralization potential by Lei Zhu, Chengyong Liu, Gang Duan, Zhicheng Liu, Lingling Shen, Yuejin Zhou, Kun Fang

“…Additionally, the evolution of the mineralization potential of MACG and CACG samples under different conditions was explored by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) tests. …”
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Ground moving target indication of polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar using joint scattering vector by Jing Xu, Long Cheng, Chunhui Yu, Shiwei Zhang

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Identification of Chicken Bone Paste in Starch-Based Sausages Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy by Haoyu Li, Li Shen, Xiang Han, Yu Liu, Yutong Wang

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Mix-­and­-match Implantation of Multifocal and Extended Depth of Focus IOLs by K. B. Pershin, N. F. Pashinova, А. Yu. Tsygankov, E. A. Antonov, I. V. Kosova, L. V. Batalina

“…Purpose: Analysis of results of combined implantation of non­diffractive IOL with extended depth of focus and multifocal IOL.Materials and methods. The study included 40 patients (80 eyes) after cataract phacoemulsification or clear lens removal with a mean follow­up of 15.4 ± 1.2 (12–22) months. …”
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Tracking of Brain Tumors using Vision and Neurosonography by Rubén Machucho Cadena, Sergio de la Cruz Rodríguez, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano

“…We propose to track an ultrasound probe in successive endoscopic images without relying on an external optic or magnetic tracking system. The probe is tracked using two different methods: one of them based on a generalised Hough transform and the other one based on particle filters. …”
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Partial crystallization in Pd-BMG systems: From understanding structure towards influencing functionality through temperature-time series by SabrinaL.J. Thomä, Robert Zboray, Anthony Chevalier, Ruggero Frison, Romuald Sauget, Silke Prades-Rödel, Roland Logé, Andreas Blatter, Alex Dommann, Antonia Neels

“…We investigated partial crystallization and phase transformations through a series of isotherms at 370°C performed on amorphous Pd-based BMG samples with the nominal composition of Pd43Cu27Ni10P20 (Pd-BMG) and a density of 9.425 g/cm3. X-ray based methods such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and phase enhanced micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) have been pushed to their limits for studying atomic structure and morphology, while time available before crystallization has additionally been investigated via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and are combined with optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and hardness measurements for their mechanical properties. …”
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A Fractal Curve-Inspired Framework for Enhanced Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images by Xinhua Wang, Botao Yuan, Zhuang Li, Heqi Wang

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NEW POSSIBILITIES OF STAPHYLOCOCC INFECTION THERAPY by M. V. Matyushkina, V. V. Godovan, T. L. Grydina, I. I. Seyfullina, K. F. Shemonaeva

“…Materials and methods. Experiments were performed on Staphylococcus aureus АТСС 25923, Staphylococcus aureus 2781, Staphylococcus aureus Kunda strains. …”
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