Aims: To determine the acceptability and identify potential concerns and barriers of using a hypothetical smartphone application (app) for home monitoring (HM) of visual function among patients with diabetes.
Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire. Patients diagnosed with diabetes aged between 20 and 70 years were included.
Aluminum oxide nanoparticles (AlO NPs) were synthesized using a simple, eco-friendly green synthesis approach in an alkaline medium from the extract of grapefruit peel waste. The pre-synthesized, nano-crystalline AlO NPs were characterized by using spectroscopic (UV-vis, FTIR, XRD, and EDX) and microscopic (SEM and TEM) techniques. The formed AlO NPs exhibited a pronounced absorption peak at 278 nm in the UV-vis spectrum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) is a treatment that is widely applied to halt the progression of ectatic diseases such as keratoconus by creating biomechanical strength in the cornea. Most of the studies assessed the effect of the CXL on the cornea without any differentiation of its effect between periphery and the center of the untreated control cornea especially after the 7 days of CXL application. We investigate the ultrastructural changes in the architecture of the center and periphery of rat corneas, 7 days after standard CXL application.
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