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Role of postoperative lubrication in preventing dry eye after cataract surgery in high- and low-risk patients stratified by ocular surface frailty index
Purpose Symptoms and signs of dry eye can significantly increase after cataract surgery. The present study seeks to investigate the effect of intensive lubrication using Systane HYDRATION multi-dose p...
Exploiting a natural instance of vertebrate-posed chemical aposematism for tick bite prevention: Repellency of Ixodes scapularis with (E)-Oct-2-enal
Ticks are medically important, nuisance arthropods found worldwide. Applications of semiochemical-based tick repellents for personal protection and reproductive/reservoir host-targeted tick interventi...
An ecological momentary assessment study assessing repetitive negative thinking as a predictor for psychopathology
Repetitive negative thinking (RNT), an important transdiagnostic process, is commonly assessed using trait questionnaires. While these instruments ask respondents to estimate their general tendency to...
Long-term prognosis after coronary bifurcation PCI—A nationwide observational study
Background Long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for bifurcation lesions are underexplored. We investigated long-term PCI outcomes for proximal LAD bifurcation lesions involvi...
Analysis of urban subway construction collapse disaster chain and research on chain breaking and disaster reduction
In recent years, China ‘s major cities set off a climax of subway construction, but also brought an endless stream of safety accidents. In order to analyze the impact of the evolution process of urban...
Non–adherence and predictors in patients with schizophrenia on second generation antipsychotics at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia
Background Schizophrenia is a chronic and profound mental disorder. Non–adherence to prescribed medication regimens is a major concern in the treatment of schizophrenia. This study aimed to investiga...
24-hour movement behaviors and cognitive ability in preschool children: A compositional and isotemporal reallocation analysis
Research has supported the association between movement behaviors and cognitive ability in preschool children. However, most of the research has independently examined the various movement behaviors (...
Investigating the effects of percussion massage therapy on pain, functionality, muscle diameter, and proprioception in ındividuals with ACL reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial
Background Percussion massage therapy (PMT) integrates traditional massage with vibration therapy. This study examined the effects of adding PMT to a structured exercise program for individuals who u...
The effects of resistance based post-activation performance enhancement on reaction time and change of direction in basketball players
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) intervention with 80% one repetition maximum (1RM) resistance on change of direction (COD) and rea...
On the use of kinship and familiarity associated social information in mediating Drosophila melanogaster oviposition decisions
Decisions where an individual lays their eggs are important, as the choice may affect their offspring’s survival and lifetime reproductive success. Information produced by conspecifics can potentially...
The impact of shift work on paramedics and their practice: Protocol for a simulated paramedic shift work study
Paramedics make up an integral part of modern healthcare systems, however, there remains a paucity of research on the occupational demands of their role. The majority of paramedics in Australia work o...
Derivation and validation of a model to predict treatment failure among under five children with severe community acquired pneumonia who are admitted at Debre Tabor specialized comprehensive hospital
Background Severe community-acquired pneumonia related treatment failure is persistence of features of severe pneumonia after initiation of antimicrobial therapy or a worsening clinical condition wit...
Role of COVID-19 infection status on the prediction of future infection: Immunity or susceptibility
Background COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world, and the duration of protective immunity against the virus remains unknown. Evidence suggests that patients with a confirmed COVID-19 infection...
Relationship between tear film stability, dry eye symptoms, and night driving vision among Malaysian adults
Background Dry eye disease, a prevalent condition globally, affects the quality of the tear film and, subsequently, vision, especially during visually demanding tasks like driving at night. This study...
INcreasing Adolescent social and Community supporT (INACT): Pilot study protocol
Background Social prescribing is a mechanism for connecting patients with non-medical forms of support within the community and has been shown to improve loneliness. Yet uptake from young people (YP)...
Nutritional predictors of lymphatic filariasis progression: Insights from a machine learning approach
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquito-borne neglected tropical disease that causes disfiguring of the affected extremities, often leading to permanent disability and stigma. Described as a disease o...
Prospective associations between psychosocial work stress, work-privacy conflict, and relationship satisfaction of young parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of symptoms of depression and anger/hostility
The COVID-19 pandemic changed employment conditions and childcare availability worldwide. This contributed to higher work-related stress among working parents, which in turn may have led to lower rela...
Electroacupuncture for acute postoperative pain during coughing after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Background Despite the use of multimodal analgesia regimens following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), acute postoperative pain persists. Electroacupuncture (EA) may alleviate acute postop...
High resolution tissue and cell type identification via single cell transcriptomic profiling
Tissue identification can be instrumental in reconstructing a crime scene but remains a challenging task in forensic investigations. Conventionally, identifying the presence of certain tissue from tis...
What determines the ‘culture of silence’? Disclosing and reporting sexual harassment among university employees and students at a large Swedish public university
Background The MeToo-movement challenges the ‘culture of silence’ regarding sexual harassment (SH). There are few studies regarding this phenomenon in academic settings. The aim of this study was to i...
Dollar shocks and cross-border capital flows: Evidence from 33 emerging economies
Under the dollar-dominated international monetary system, the cross-border capital flows of emerging economies reverse sharply following policy shifts by the Fed. To investigate the sensitivity of cro...
The Arabidopsis thaliana core splicing factor PORCUPINE/SmE1 requires intron-mediated expression
Plants are prone to genome duplications and tend to preserve multiple gene copies. This is also the case for the genes encoding the Sm proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana (L). The Sm proteins are best kn...
Impacts of nitrogen fertilization and planting date on the physiology and yield of purple sweet potato at the extreme Northern edge of cultivation
Global warming causes plant stress and reduces crop productivity. Cultivation of the warmer region crop sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) in Northern regions can be an opportunity to benefit fro...
BRCA1 regulates glucose and lipid metabolism in diabetes mellitus with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
Purpose This study mimics the metabolic environment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and diabetic mellitus (DM) to investigate the function of BRCA1 in regulating g...
Terahertz spectrum-based refractive index sensor for brain lesion detection using photonic crystal fibers
Numerous types of brain lesions, cancers, and tumors are still thought to be lethal. An accurate photonic-based biological sensor that is capable of differentiate between normal and pathological brain...