Impact of Multi-Component Surrogates on the Performances, Pollutants, and Exergy of IC Engines by Kambale Mondo, Senda Agrebi, Fathi Hamdi, Fatma Lakhal, Amsini Sadiki, Mouldi Chrigui

“…The RNG k-Epsilon coupled to power-law combustion models is applied to describe the complex in-cylinder turbulent reacting flow, while the hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian Kelvin Helmholtz-Rayleigh Taylor (KH-RT) spray model is employed to capture the spray breakup. Third, highlight the impact of these surrogate fuels on the combustion properties along with the exergy of the engine. …”
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Efficacy and safety of dual-polymer hydroxypropyl guar- and hyaluronic acid-containing lubricant eyedrops for the management of dry-eye disease: a randomized double-masked clinical... by Labetoulle M, Schmickler S, Galarreta D, Böhringer D, Ogundele A, Guillon M, Baudouin C

“…Changes from baseline in TOSS (primary end point), impact of dry eye on everyday life (IDEEL) treatment-satisfaction scores (effectiveness and inconvenience), and tear-film breakup time (TFBUT) at day 42 were assessed using a fixed-sequence testing strategy. …”
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A Preservative-Free Approach – Effects on Dry Eye Signs and Symptoms After Cataract Surgery by Jensen P, Nilsen C, Gundersen M, Gundersen KG, Potvin R, Gazerani P, Chen X, Utheim TP, Utheim ØA

“…Patients were considered as having dry eye, SDE (sign of dry eye), if at least one of the following dry eye tests were abnormal; corneal fluorescein staining (CFS), non-invasive keratograph breakup time (NIKBUT) or tear osmolarity. Patients with SDE were randomly assigned to one of two groups. …”
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Demodex folliculorum Infestation in Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Related Dry Eye Patients by Yiran Hao, Yiran Hao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiayu Bao, Jiayu Bao, Lei Tian, Lei Tian, Lei Tian, Ying Jie, Ying Jie

“…The tests included fluorescein tear breakup time (TBUT), corneal fluorescein staining, Schirmer I test (SIT), lid margin abnormalities, meibum expression assessment, and meibomian gland dropout.ResultsThe scores for OSDI, corneal fluorescein staining, lid margin abnormalities, meibum expression, and meibomian gland dropout were significantly higher (all P < 0.05), while TBUT was significantly shorter in the Demodex positive group compared to the Demodex negative group (P = 0.020). …”
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Domínios Estruturais Relacionados à Tectônica do Sal na Região Sul da Bacia do Espírito Santo by Igor Nascimento, João Paulo Oliveira, Jorge de Jesus Picanço de Figueiredo, Leonardo Borghi

“…A porção offshore da seção drifte da bacia do Espírito Santo é conhecida pela sua complexidade estratigráfica e estrutural relacionada, à tectônica salífera pós-breakup. A movimentação do sal deformou o registro sedimentar da fase drifte na Província de Domos de Sal, região sul da bacia, área de estudo desse trabalho. …”
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REVISIÓN DE LOS BIOCOREMAS MARINOS GLOBALES DEL JURÁSICO SEGÚN LA DISTRIBUCIÓN DE LOS MOLUSCOS BIVALVOS by Susana E. Damborenea

“…This paper is a review of those proposals with the aim to obtain a coherent synthesis of the global biogeographic patterns from Early to Late Jurassic times, when significant changes in the Earth paleogeography and oceanic circulation took place as the result of the breakup of Pangea. A brief account of the evolution in time and space of the recognized units and their relationships is also made. …”
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Deep structural research of the South China Sea: Progresses and directions by Xu-wen Qin, Bin Zhao, Fu-yuan Li, Bao-jin Zhang, Hou-jin Wang, Ru-wei Zhang, Jia-xiong He, Xi Chen

“…The SCS has experienced complex geological processes including continental lithospheric breakup, seafloor spreading and oceanic crust subduction, which leads debates for decades. …”
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Safety and efficacy of lacrimal canalicular plug in the treatment of severe chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease by He Wang, Xiao-Yue Yin, Zhao-Wei Zhang, Yi-Ning Wang, Ling Zhang, Ying-Yi Zhao, Ming-Xin Li

“…Ocular surface disease index(OSDI)score, tear meniscus height(TMH), corneal fluorescein staining(CFS)scores, conjunctival lisamine green staining(CLGS)score, noninvasive breakup time(NIBUT), Schirmer Ⅰ test(SⅠt)and the infiltration of Langerhans cells in the superficial corneal stroma tested by confocal corneal microscopy were observed before treatment and at 1 and 3 mo after treatment. …”
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Combined Intense Pulsed Light and Low-Level Light Therapy for the Treatment of Dry Eye: A Retrospective Before–After Study with One-Year Follow-Up by Pérez-Silguero MA, Pérez-Silguero D, Rivero-Santana A, Bernal-Blasco MI, Encinas-Pisa P

“…The Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, non-invasive breakup time (NIBUT), tear film osmolarity and meniscus height were measured 6 months before intervention, at baseline, post-intervention (3 months), 9 and 15 months.Results: NIBUT, osmolarity and meniscus height significantly worsened during the 6 months before treatment, whereas symptoms did not change. …”
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The effect of 3% diquafosol on the improvement of ocular surface post cataract surgery: A meta-analysis for time of intervention by Yuhang Zhang, Ying Qi, Xiaohang Xie, Fengyan Zhang

“…Data on changes in Schirmer’s test, tear breakup time (TBUT), corneal staining score, and OSDI score were collected for meta-analysis. …”
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Prevalence of Dry Eye Disease Among Individuals Scheduled for Cataract Surgery in a Norwegian Cataract Clinic by Graae Jensen P, Gundersen M, Nilsen C, Gundersen KG, Potvin R, Gazerani P, Chen X, Utheim TP, Utheim ØA

“…Patients were diagnosed with DED if they fulfilled the DEWS II criteria with symptom score > 12/100 with Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, and the presence of any of the three signs: tear osmolarity > 307 mOsm/L in either eye or a difference in osmolarity between the two eyes of > 8 mOsm/L, corneal fluorescein staining (CSF) ≥ grade 2 and non-invasive tear film breakup time (NIKBUT) of < 10 seconds. Additional tests were the Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness (SPEED) questionnaire, tear meniscus height (TMH), Schirmer 1, tear film thickness (TFT), corneal sensitivity and meibography (meiboscore). …”
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Fragmentation of ice particles: laboratory experiments on graupel–graupel and graupel–snowflake collisions by P. Grzegorczyk, P. Grzegorczyk, S. Yadav, F. Zanger, A. Theis, S. K. Mitra, S. Borrmann, S. Borrmann, M. Szakáll

“…These results can be used to improve the representation of ice collision breakup in microphysical schemes.</p>…”
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Comparison of the femtosecond laser and mechanical microkeratome for flap cutting in LASIK by Li-Kun Xia, Jie Yu, Guang-Rui Chai, Dang Wang, Yang Li

“…The mean ocular surface disease index scores in both groups were increased at 1wk, and recovered to preoperative level at 1mo after surgery. The mean tear breakup time (TBUT) of the femtosecond treated eyes were markedly longer than those of the microkeratome treated eyes at postoperative 1, 3mo (<i>P</i>＜0.01).…”
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The diurnal stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition over land in southern West Africa by X. Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, S. R. de Roode, B. Adler, K. Babić, C. Dione, N. Kalthoff, F. Lohou, M. Lothon, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

“…As a consequence, wind shear at the cloud top accelerates the breakup and transition by about 2&thinsp;h. The quantification of the transition and its driving factors presented here sets the path for an improved representation by larger-scale models.…”
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A randomized multicenter study comparing seawater washes and carmellose artificial tears eyedrops in the treatment of dry eye syndrome by Diaz-Llopis M, Pinazo-Duran MD, Diaz-Guiñon L, Rahhal-Ortuño M, Perez-Ramos M, Bosch R, Gallego-Pinazo R, Dolz-Marco R, Diaz-Guiñon T, Diaz M, Romero FJ, Cisneros A

“…The parameters studied and measured were as follows: Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire score, Schirmer I test (without anesthesia) score, tear osmolarity (TearLab&reg;), tear breakup time, tear meniscus height (meniscography OCT), fluorescein corneal staining score (National Eye Institute scale), lissamine green conjunctival staining score, and levels of IL-1 beta and IL-6 in tears (Luminex&reg; 200). …”
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Effect of phacoemulsification on ocular surface and corneal endothelial cells in cataract patients with diabetes mellitus by Zhang-Biao He, Chuan-Bo Feng, Cui-Xia Wang, Lin Zhao, Wei-Hua Dong, Tan Xie

“…Dry eye symptoms, lacrimal film breakup time(BUT), corneal fluorescein staining(FL)score, SchirmerⅠtest(SⅠt)and corneal endothelial cell density were compared. …”
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Mechanisms and effects of under-ice warming water in Ngoring Lake of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by M. Wang, M. Wang, L. Wen, Z. Li, M. Leppäranta, V. Stepanenko, V. Stepanenko, Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao, R. Niu, R. Niu, L. Yang, L. Yang, G. Kirillin

“…We use the first under-ice temperature observations from the largest Tibetan freshwater lake, Ngoring Lake, and a one-dimensional lake model to quantify the mechanism of solar thermal accumulation under ice, which relies on the ice optical properties and weather conditions, as well as the effect of the accumulated heat on the land–atmosphere heat exchange after the ice breakup. The model was able to realistically simulate the feature of the Ngoring Lake thermal regime: the “summer-like” temperature stratification with temperatures exceeding the maximum density point of 3.98 <span class="inline-formula">^∘</span>C across the bulk of the freshwater column. …”
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Two-year statistics of columnar-ice production in stratiform clouds over Hyytiälä, Finland: environmental conditions and the relevance to secondary ice production by H. Li, H. Li, O. Möhler, T. Petäjä, D. Moisseev, D. Moisseev

“…This classification allows us to study potential impacts of various SIP mechanisms, such as the Hallet–Mossop process or freezing breakup, on columnar-ice production. To answer the question whether the observed ice particles are generated by SIP in the observed single-layer shallow clouds, ice particle number concentrations were retrieved and compared to several INP parameterizations. …”
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Family satisfaction, communication and emotional intelligence by Heriberto Rodríguez-Mateo, Isabel Luján Henríquez, Carmen Delia Díaz Bolaños, José Carlos Rodríguez Trueba, Yurena González Sosa, Raquel Irene Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…In addition, a new variable has been added with respect to the study on the model of family instability in the breakup of a partner (Rodríguez, Rodríguez-Mateo and Luján, 2015), emotional intelligence, to verify its relationship with marital stability. …”
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Geophysical and geochemical constraints on submarine volcanic processes by Jones, Meghan R.

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