Ocular blood flow measurements in healthy white subjects using laser speckle flowgraphy by Luft, Nikolaus, Wozniak, Piotr A., Aschinger, Gerold C., Fondi, Klemens, Bata, Ahmed M., Werkmeister, René M., Schmidl, Doreen, Witkowska, Katarzyna J., Bolz, Matthias, Garhöfer, Gerhard, Schmetterer, Leopold

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study included 80 eyes of 80 healthy, non-smoking white subjects of Western European descent between 19 and 79 years of age. A commercial LSFG instrument was applied to measure ocular blood flow at the optic nerve head (ONH) three successive times before and after pharmacological pupil dilation. …”
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A circular ferrofluid driven microchip for rapid polymerase chain reaction by Sun, Yi, Kwok, Yien Chian, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…In the past few years, much attention has been paid to the development of miniaturized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) devices. …”
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L’urgenza del suono come espressione propria: conversazione con Anna Oxa by Ammaturo, Francesca Romana

“…The interviewer enters into a dialogue with the heroine of her teenage years, Anna Oxa, by weaving together personal and academic elements, presenting a relational account of an encounter with a celebrity who has long been the subject of the interviewer’s interest and admiration.…”
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Digging for literature on tailoring cultural offers with and for older people from ethnic minority groups: a scoping review by Tierney, S, Gorenberg, J, Santillo, M, Westlake, D, Wong, G, Husk, K, Vougioukalou, S, Baxter, R, Dawson, S, Roberts, N, Potter, C, Warburton, H, McDougall, B, Latchem, J, Mahtani, KR

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A scoping review was conducted to identify what existing literature, conducted in the United Kingdom, tells us about tailoring cultural offers for older people (aged 60+ years) from ethnic minority groups. Relevant literature was searched for on electronic databases, through Google, via a questionnaire to cultural organisations and by contacting the study's advisory group.…”

Neotropical mammal responses to megafires in the Brazilian Pantanal by Bardales, R, Boron, V, Viana, DFP, Sousa, LL, Droge, E, Porfirio, G, Jaramillo, M, Payan, E, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Hyde, M

“…Jaguar density remained stable across years (2.8 ± 1.3, 3.7 ± 1.3, 2.6 ± 0.85/100 km2), while ocelot density increased from 13.9 ± 3.2 to 16.1 ± 5.2/100 km2. …”

Time to speed up scientific deliveries in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: innovative clinical trial design to improve patient care by Kawano-Dourado, L, Kulkarni, T, Ryerson, CJ, Richards, DB

“…Despite a large increase in the number of clinical trials in the last 10 years, current regulatory-approved management approaches are limited to two therapies that prevent the progression of fibrosis. …”

A systematic review of transanal total mesorectal excision: is this the future of rectal cancer surgery? by Simillis, C, Hompes, R, Penna, M, Rasheed, S, Tekkis, PP

“…The mean age ranged from 43 to 80 years and the mean body mass index from 21.7 to 31.8 kg/m2. …”

Elucidating the effects of DNA modification on transcription by Yavorska, O

“…<p>DNA modifications play important roles in genome function of vertebrates. 5-methylcytosine (mC) has been extensively studied over the last 50 years as the most common covalent DNA modification, present at roughly 70% of CpGs in the human genome. …”

Efgartigimod efficacy and safety in refractory myasthenia gravis: UK’s first real-world experience by Moniz Dionísio, J, Ambrose, P, Burke, G, Farrugia, ME, Garcia-Reitboeck, P, Hewamadduma, C, Hill, M, Howard, RS, Jacob, S, Kullmann, D, Leite, MI, Miller, J, Pinto, A, Pritchard, J, Riswick, T, Sathasivam, S, Thambirajah, N, Viegas, S, Norwood, F, Spillane, J

“…Most (75%) were female and most had a disease duration of over 10 years. The average MG-Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score at baseline was 11.2. …”

Prevalence of complications in older adults after hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Goh, EL, Khatri, A, Costa, A, Ting, A, Steiner, K, Png, ME, Metcalfe, D, Cook, J, Costa, M

“…Studies were included if they reported prevalence data of complications in an unselected, consecutive population of older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) undergoing hip fracture surgery.</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 95 studies representing 2,521,300 patients were included. …”

T-helper cell phenotypes are repeatable, positively correlated, and associated with helminth infection in wild Soay sheep by Corripio-Miyar, Y, Hayward, AD, Lemon, H, Bal, X, Cunnea, C, Kenyon, F, Pilkington, JG, Pemberton, JM, Nussey, DH, McNeilly, TN

“…Cell counts had low repeatability (among-individual variation) across 4 years, while antibody levels were highly repeatable. …”

“UPDATE: I’m pregnant!”: inferring global downloads and reasons for using menstrual tracking apps by Rampazzo, F, Raybould, A, Rampazzo, P, Barker, R, Leasure, D

“…<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The market for smartphone apps tracking menstrual cycles has expanded in recent years. These apps market themselves as empowering users to achieve their reproductive goals and maximise chance of pregnancy. …”

Spatial analysis of income inequality: the case of Sumatra Island, Indonesia by Arif Rahman, Inggrita Gusti Sari Nasution, Raina Linda Sari, Irsad Lubis, Sirojuzilam, Wahyu Ario Pratomo

“…This study used panel data from 10 provinces in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, spanning the years 2015-2022, sourced from the Statistics Indonesia and the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry. …”
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Learning moral values through cartoons for Malaysian preschool-aged children by Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan

“…A total of 20 preschool children (aged five to six years old) from an elementary school in Kuala Lumpur were selected. …”
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Lower limb torque prediction for sit-to-walk strategies using long short-term memory neural networks by Perera, Chamalka Kenneth, Gopalai, Alpha A., Gouwanda, Darwin, Ahmad, Siti A., Teh, Pei-Lee

“…As such, train and test STW data were obtained from 65 subjects across three age groups: young, middle-aged, and older adults (19-73 years). Model inputs were hip and knee angles with horizontal center of mass velocity, while windowing allowed the LSTMs to dynamically adapt to real-time changes in STW transitions. …”
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Psychometric properties of behavioural regulation in exercise questionnaire-4 in Chinese adolescents by Xu, Zhongliang, Shamsulariffin, Samsudin, Azhar, Yaacob, Xi, Mizhe

“…A total of 846 Chinese adolescents (389 males and 457 females, comprising 411 secondary school students and 435 high school students), aged 12-18, with a mean (x̅) age of 14.67 (±1.45) years, participated in this study. The C-BREQ-4 was tested for convergent, discriminant, structural and criterion validity, internal consistency reliability, and cross-gender and grade invariance. …”
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Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…Results shows The middle age group of 41-50 years old, SPM holders, have less than 5ha of paddy field and earn RM3,500 monthly of paddy farmers who are the majority to join off-farm employment. …”
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Synergistic antibacterial effect of Persicaria odorata synthesised silver nanoparticles with antibiotics on drug-resistant bacteria. by Abdul Hadi, Atieya, Nik Malek, Nik Ahmad Nizam, Matmin, Juan, Asraf, Muhammad Hariz, Susanto, Hendra, Mohammad Din, Shahrulnizahana, Shamsuddin, Mustaffa

“…For many years, combination therapies with two or more antimicrobial agents have gained interest to address the problem of emerging antibiotic resistance. …”

Mechanical, Durability and Thermal Properties of Foamed Concrete Reinforced with Synthetic Twisted Bundle Macro-Fibers by Othuman Mydin, Md Azree, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Omar, Roshartini, Dulaimi, Anmar, Mohammed Najm, Hadee, Mahmood, Shaker, Sabri, Mohanad Muayad Sabri

“…The use of foamed concrete (FC) in the construction sector has been rapidly growing over the past few years as a result of the several advantages it possesses in comparison to traditional high-strength concrete. …”
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India-Southeast Asia relations : beyond economics. by Malminderjit Singh.

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