Management and Clinical Outcomes of Eyes With Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Bodies Seen at a Tertiary Referral Center.

Background And Objective: This study aimed to identify the prognostic factors regarding the visual and anatomic outcomes of eyes with posterior segment intraocular foreign body (PS-IOFB).

Patients And Methods: The medical records of 95 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and PS-IOFB removal between 2004 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Data on anatomical and visual outcomes, as well as preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables were statistically analyzed.

Hybridizations Between of Pave the Way for a New Biocontrol Strategy to Manage Fungal Plant Pathogens.

Hybridization and adaptation to new hosts are important mechanisms of fungal disease emergence. Evaluating the risk of emergence of hybrids with enhanced virulence is then key to develop sustainable crop disease management. We evaluated this risk in , the fungus responsible for the common and serious scab disease on Rosaceae hosts, including apple, pyracantha, and loquat.

One Metric to Measure Them All: Localisation Recall Precision (LRP) for Evaluating Visual Detection Tasks.

Despite being widely used as a performance measure for visual detection tasks, Average Precision (AP) is limited in (i) reflecting localisation quality, (ii) interpretability and (iii) robustness to the design choices regarding its computation, and its applicability to outputs without confidence scores. Panoptic Quality (PQ), a measure proposed for evaluating panoptic segmentation (Kirillov et al., 2019), does not suffer from these limitations but is limited to panoptic segmentation.

A Self-Inserted Foreign Body in the Urinary Bladder and Urethra.

Foreign objects in the lower genitourinary system are a rare urological emergency often associated with self-eroticism, drug intoxication, or psychiatric illness. In addition to clinical examination, multiple imaging modalities such as X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging have been used for the diagnosis of foreign bodies. Surgical exploration and endoscopic extraction are the main approaches to the treatment.

Clinical aspects and prognosis of polymicrobial keratitis caused by different microbial combinations: a retrospective comparative case study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the predisposing factors, clinical findings, treatment results, and prognosis for polymicrobial keratitis.

Methods: In this retrospective comparative case study, we identified the cases of polymicrobial keratitis from the microbiological records (n = 649) at Balcalı Hospital, Çukurova University (Adana, Turkey; October 2010-2018). We included all the cases of infectious keratitis with two different types of microbial agents and grouped them as follows: group 1 (n = 25), bacterium-fungus coexistence; group 2 (n = 12), herpes simplex virus (HSV) or Acanthamoeba with bacterial infection; and group 3 (n = 7), HSV or Acanthamoeba with fungal infection.

Associations with meibomian gland loss in soft and rigid contact lens wearers.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the structural changes in meibomian glands (MGs) and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)-associated ocular surface alterations in contact lens (CL) wearers.

Methods: This prospective, multi-center, cross-sectional study included 44 soft CL wearers, 21 rigid CL wearers, and 26 healthy non-wearers. After completing the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, the participants were examined for lid margin abnormalities, tear breakup times, ocular surface staining, meibum quality and expressibility.

Threat to Asian wild apple trees posed by gene flow from domesticated apple trees and their "pestified" pathogens.

Secondary contact between crops and their wild relatives poses a threat to wild species, not only through gene flow between plants, but also through the dispersal of crop pathogens and genetic exchanges involving these pathogens, particularly those that have become more virulent by indirect selection on resistant crops, a phenomenon known as "pestification." Joint analyses of wild and domesticated hosts and their pathogens are essential to address this issue, but such analyses remain rare. We used population genetics approaches, demographic inference and pathogenicity tests on host-pathogen pairs of wild or domesticated apple trees from Central Asia and their main fungal pathogen, Venturia inaequalis, which itself has differentiated agricultural and wild-type populations.

Imbalance Problems in Object Detection: A Review.

In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of the imbalance problems in object detection. To analyze the problems in a systematic manner, we introduce a problem-based taxonomy. Following this taxonomy, we discuss each problem in depth and present a unifying yet critical perspective on the solutions in the literature.

Oxytocin-loaded sustained-release hydrogel graft provides accelerated bone formation: An experimental rat study.

Restoration of the lost bone volume is one of the most deliberate issues in dentistry. Sustained-release microspherical oxytocin hormone in a poloxamer hydrogel scaffold combined with a mixture of β-tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite (CP) may serve as a suitable bone graft. The aim of this study was to design and test a novel thermosensitive hydrogel graft incorporating oxytocin-loaded poly(d, l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) sustained-release microspheres and CP.

A life-threatening condition: The pulmonary artery air embolism.

Introduction: Air embolism is a very rare condition which occurs when air or gas enter into the vascular system in either the venous or arterial route. It can occur following a variety of circumstances ranging from invasive procedures to either blunt or penetrating trauma conditions.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 39-year-old male who had an air embolism in the pulmonary artery as a consequence of the injection of a contrast agent.

Pharmacologic Overview of Chlorogenic Acid and its Metabolites in Chronic Pain and Inflammation.

Background: Natural phenolic compounds in medicinal herbs and dietary plants are antioxidants which play therapeutic or preventive roles in different pathological situations, such as oxidative stress and inflammation. One of the most studied phenolic compounds in the last decade is chlorogenic acid (CGA), which is a potent antioxidant found in certain foods and drinks.

Objective: This review focuses on the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive bioactivities of CGA, and the putative mechanisms of action are described.

Thrombotic Complications of Nose and Toe Associated With Infection.

Thrombosis is a very rare complication of () infection. We report a case of a woman who has thrombotic complications associated with mycoplasma infection in distal body parts. A 79-year-old female patient applied to the emergency department with complaints of the pain and discoloration at the nose tip and distal toes of the feet.

Xylitol treats nasal mucosa in rhinitis medicamentosa: an experimental rat model study.

Objective: Rhinitis medicamentosa is drug-induced rhinitis which occurs by prolonged and overdose usage of topical nasal decongestants. There is not much of treatment choice rather than nasal steroids. In this pathological study, we have been aimed to represent the healing effects of xylitol on damaged nasal mucosa due to rhinitis medicamentosa.

Population Genome Sequencing of the Scab Fungal Species , , and .

The genus comprises fungal species that are pathogens on host plants, including and on apple, on sorbus and on pear. Although the genetic structure of populations has been investigated in detail, genomic features underlying these subdivisions remain poorly understood. Here, we report whole genome sequencing of 87 strains that represent each species and each population within We present a PacBio genome assembly for the EU-B04 reference isolate.

Outcome and Complications of Combined Phacoemulsification and 23-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy.

Background: With the advances in surgical tools, simultaneous removal of cataract associated with vitreoretinal disorders is gaining popularity. This combined surgery offers several advantages besides limitations. The aim of this study is to assess the outcome and complications of phacoemulsification combined with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

Nail Scissor as a Rare Foreign Body in the Urethra: Case Report.

Foreign bodies in the urethra are rare in the literature. A majority of the foreign bodies administered in the urethra are because of a psychiatric disorder, senility, intoxication, and self-erotic stimulation. Clinical examination and imaging tests, such as X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been used for the diagnosis of foreign bodies.

Impact of Menthol on Oral Nicotine Consumption in Female and Male Sprague Dawley Rats.

Introduction: One of the preferable flavors in oral nicotine delivery systems is menthol which masks the harshness of tobacco. However, possible interactions between oral menthol and nicotine on intake and preference remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed to determine the impact of menthol on oral nicotine consumption.

Pyramiding Quantitative Resistance with a Major Resistance Gene in Apple: From Ephemeral to Enduring Effectiveness in Controlling Scab.

Genetic resistance is a useful strategy to control plant disease, but its effectiveness may be reduced over time due to the emergence of pathogens able to circumvent the defenses of the plant. However, the pyramiding of different resistance factors in the same plant can improve the effectiveness and durability of the resistance. To investigate the potential for this approach in apple to control scab disease we surveyed scab incidence in two experimental orchards located at a distance of more than 300 km planted with apple genotypes carrying quantitative resistance and major gene resistance alone or in combination.

Effects of intracerebroventricularly injected glucagon-like peptide-2 on ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage in rats.

Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the effects of intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.

Estimation of Radionuclide Concentrations and Average Annual Committed Effective Dose due to Ingestion for the Population in the Red River Delta, Vietnam.

Radioactivity concentrations of nuclides of the Th and U radioactive chains and K, Sr, Cs, and Pu were surveyed for raw and cooked food of the population in the Red River delta region, Vietnam, using α-, γ-spectrometry, and liquid scintillation counting techniques. The concentration of K in the cooked food was the highest compared to those of other radionuclides ranging from (23 ± 5) (rice) to (347 ± 50) Bq kg dw (tofu). The Po concentration in the cooked food ranged from its limit of detection (LOD) of 5 mBq kg dw (rice) to (4.