Thermal ocular burns and evaluation of associated limbal stem cell deficiency in the light of global consensus.

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to examine the demographic data and clinical features of ocular surface injuries due to thermal burns and to evaluate LSCD in the light of global consensus.

Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 20 cases with ocular surface injury due to thermal burn who attended to the clinic between 2012 and 2023 were included in the study. LSCD severity was staged according to the global consensus which was published in 2019.

Factors Associated With Balance and Fear of Falling in Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Controlled Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors influencing balance and fear of falling (FOF) in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Design: A controlled cross-sectional study.

Setting: Single center study.

Anti-Adhesive Podocalyxin Expression Is Disrupted in Recurrent Implantation Failure.

The downregulation of anti-adhesive regulatory proteins and upregulation of adhesive genes are critical for the receptive endometrium. This study was designed to determine whether switching between the anti-adhesive podocalyxin (PDX) and adhesive HOXA10 receptivity modulator occurs in the endometrium of women with recurrent implantation failure (RIF). Twenty-four patients with RIF who could not conceive for three or more cycles despite good-quality embryo transfer constituted the study group.

Optical Centers in Cr-, Mn-, and O-Doped AlN and Their Thermodynamic Stability Designed by a Multiscale Computational Approach.

The optical centers in AlN can frequently exist in various charge states and can be accompanied by many coexisting defect species, creating a complex environment where mutual interactions are inevitable. Therefore, it is an immediate quest to design AlN crystal growth protocols that can target a specific optical center of interest and tune its concentration while preventing the formation of other unwanted point defects. Here, we provide a powerful workflow for point defect engineering in wide band gap, binary semiconductors that can be readily used to design optimal crystal growth protocols through combining CALPHAD-based phase analysis, and defect calculations.

Combined radiographic and ultrasound evaluations to decipher joint involvement in the hands of patients with systemic sclerosis.

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the etiologies and contributing factors of synovial and tenosynovial involvement in SSc, as well as to assess the phenotype of patients with these synovial and tenosynovial features.

Methods: 171 SSc patients with hand manifestations (either vascular, skin or joint manifestations) who underwent standard X-rays of both hands and hand ultrasound (US), were included. Two independent evaluators recorded the presence or absence of acro-osteolysis, calcinosis, microcrystalline and degenerative rheumatisms, including osteophytosis on X-Rays.

Short-Term Metformin Therapy in Clomiphene Citrate Resistant PCOS Patients Improves Fertility Outcome by Regulating Follicular Fluid Redox Balance: A Case-Controlled Study.

Objectives: To determine the effect of short-term metformin administration on follicular fluid (FF) total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS), oxidative stress index (OSI) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) in women with clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: Fifty-eight patients aged 23-34 who were planned to have intracytoplasmic sperm injection due to clomiphene citrate-resistant PCOS were included in the study. Participants were divided into two groups according to whether they used metformin or not.

Atomistic Origins of Various Luminescent Centers and n-Type Conductivity in GaN: Exploring the Point Defects Induced by Cr, Mn, and O through an Thermodynamic Approach.

GaN is a technologically indispensable material for various optoelectronic properties, mainly due to the dopant-induced or native atomic-scale point defects that can create single photon emitters, a range of luminescence bands, and n- or p-type conductivities. Among the various dopants, chromium and manganese-induced defects have been of particular interest over the past few years, because some of them contribute to our present-day light-emitting diode (LED) and spintronic technologies. However, the nature of such atomistic centers in Cr and Mn-doped GaN is yet to be understood.

Enhancing Lung Cancer Survival Prediction: 3D CNN Analysis of CT Images Using Novel GTV1-SliceNum Feature and PEN-BCE Loss Function.

Lung cancer is a prevalent malignancy associated with a high mortality rate, with a 5-year relative survival rate of 23%. Traditional survival analysis methods, reliant on clinician judgment, may lack accuracy due to their subjective nature. Consequently, there is growing interest in leveraging AI-based systems for survival analysis using clinical data and medical imaging.

Publisher Correction: Accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 from lung CT images using transfer learning.

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2024; 28 (3): 1213-1226-DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202402_35360-PMID: 38375726, published online on February 16, 2024. This erratum corrects the references 1, 2, and 3, which have been mistakenly inserted in the text during the authors' drafting with the following: - Reference 1 has been substituted with the following: 1) Umakanthan S, Sahu P, Ranade AV, Bukelo MM, Rao JS, Abrahao-Machado LF, Dahal S, Kumar H, Kv D.

Evaluation of treatment processes in childhood fifth metacarpal bone (Boxer) fractures with QuickDASH scoring system.

Objective: Metacarpal fractures are one of the most common orthopedic injuries seen in emergency departments. Despite this, only a few data have been published about the epidemiology of metacarpal fractures. Simple radiographs are the standard imaging modality used to diagnose boxer fractures and determine the degree of angulation.

Evaluation of scleral thickness in patients with pterygium.

Objectives: To evaluate scleral thickness measurements of pterygium patients using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and to compare them with healthy individuals.

Material And Methods: Scleral thickness was measured from 2, 4, 6 mm posterior to the scleral spur with AS-OCT (Swept Source OCT Triton, Topcon, Japan) in 4 quadrants (superior, inferior, nasal and temporal).

Results: Eyes with pterygium were determined as Group 1, and contralateral eyes without pterygium were determined as Group 2.

Accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 from lung CT images using transfer learning.

Objective: In this study, it is aimed to classify data by feature extraction from tomographic images for the diagnosis of COVID-19 using image processing and transfer learning.

Materials And Methods: In the proposed study, CT images are made better detectable by artificial intelligence through preliminary processes such as masking and segmentation. Then, the number of data was increased by applying data augmentation.

Integrative analysis of neuroblastoma by single-cell RNA sequencing identifies the NECTIN2-TIGIT axis as a target for immunotherapy.

Pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma have poor survival rates and urgently need more effective treatment options with less side effects. Since novel and improved immunotherapies may fill this need, we dissect the immunoregulatory interactions in neuroblastoma by single-cell RNA-sequencing of 24 tumors (10 pre- and 14 post-chemotherapy, including 5 pairs) to identify strategies for optimizing immunotherapy efficacy. Neuroblastomas are infiltrated by natural killer (NK), T and B cells, and immunosuppressive myeloid populations.

Unusual Inflammatory Clinical Presentation After Cataract Surgery and that Thought-provoking Question: Is this Infection or Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome?

Purpose: Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a noninfectious anterior chamber reaction caused by ocular surgeries. It usually develops within the first 12-48 h after surgery. In case of clinical suspicion of TASS, endophthalmitis as a devastating disease should always be excluded.

High Spin Magnetic Moments in All-3-Metallic Co-Based Full Heusler Compounds.

We conduct ab-initio electronic structure calculations to explore a novel category of magnetic Heusler compounds, comprising solely 3d transition metal atoms and characterized by high spin magnetic moments. Specifically, we focus on Co2YZ Heusler compounds, where and represent transition metal atoms such that the order of the valence is Co > > . We show that these compounds exhibit a distinctive region of very low density of minority-spin states at the Fermi level when crystallizing in the L21 lattice structure.

Effects of high-intensity interval training program on pituartry function in basketball players: a randomized controlled trial.

The aim of the study was to determine how the short high-interval training program affects cortisol levels in basketball players. A total of 27 male basketball players volunteered for the study and were randomly assigned to one of two groups: Control Group (CG) ( = 13, mean age; 20,56 ± 1,45 years, mean height; 184,53 ± 6,65 cm) and Experimental Group (EG) ( = 14, mean age; 20,71 ± 2,12 years, mean height; 86,51 ± 8,21 cm). The experimental group received a 7-week interval training program.

Case series on clinical applications of liquid biopsy in pediatric solid tumors: towards improved diagnostics and disease monitoring.

Background And Aims: Solid tumors account for about 30% of all pediatric cancers. The diagnosis is typically based on histological and molecular analysis of a primary tumor biopsy. Liquid biopsies carry several advantages over conventional tissue biopsy.

A novel marker for predicting type 1 retinopathy of prematurity: C-reactive protein/albumin ratio.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate whether the C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio (CAR) an inflammatory predictor can be used as a marker for the development of ROP.

Methods: Gestational age, birth weight, gender, neonatal, and maternal risk factors were recorded. The patients were divided into two groups: those who did not develop ROP (ROP -) and those who developed ROP (ROP +).

The Influence of Design Modifications and Microstructured Surface Topographies on Bleb Survival after Glaucoma Tube Shunt Implantation.

Lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) by placement of a glaucoma shunt is an effective treatment for glaucoma. However, fibrosis of the outflow site can hamper surgical outcome. In this study, the antifibrotic effect of adding an endplate (with or without microstructured surface topographies) to a microshunt made of poly(styrene-block-isobutylene-block-styrene) is investigated.