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Optical coherence tomography angiography using the black-and-white pixel binarization histogram software: a new technique for evaluating healing of macular holes in two surgical techniques

open access: yesInternational Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2020
Background Many factors can influence the functional outcomes of macular hole surgery and some studies have tried to describe anatomical features that could predict successful treatment.
Oswaldo Ferreira Moura Brasil   +9 more
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The impact of Merowe Dam on Simulium hamedense vector of onchocerciasis in Abu Hamed focus - Northern Sudan

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Abu Hamed, the northernmost onchocerciasis focus in the world, is located along the River Nile banks in the Nubian Desert. Hydroelectric dams can alter activity of black flies and may provide breeding sites for black fly.
Isam MA Zarroug   +8 more
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The Blind [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1919
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
doaj   +1 more source

Blindness in children [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2003
Half of it is avoidable, and suitable cost effective interventions are available Childhood blindness is a priority of “Vision 2020—the Right to Sight,” a global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness (http://www.v2020.org/), although only 1.4m blind children are included in the worldwide total of 45m blind people.1 2 There are several ...
Gilbert, Clare, Awan, Haroon
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Development of a patient-derived xenograft model of glioblastoma via intravitreal injection in mice

open access: yesExperimental and Molecular Medicine, 2019
Brain cancer: A clearer view of glioblastoma An improved strategy for cultivating patient-derived tumors in mice gives researchers a faster, more accurate means for testing glioblastoma treatments.
Jooyoung Lee   +13 more
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A comparative analysis on human resources among the specialized ophthalmic medical institutions in China

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2020
Background This study compares perspectives on specialized ophthalmic medical institutions, identifies the gaps in property and geographic offerings, and explores the ways that ophthalmic medical institutions can better allocate resources. The results of
Leilei Zhan   +6 more
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Blind reconciliation

open access: yesQuantum Information and Computation, 2012
Information reconciliation is a crucial procedure in the classical post-processing of quantum key distribution (QKD). Poor reconciliation efficiency, revealing more information than strictly needed, may compromise the maximum attainable distance, while poor performance of the algorithm limits the practical throughput in a QKD device.
Martínez Mateo, Jesús   +2 more
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Challenging behaviour in an adult male with congenital deaf-blindness: analysis and intervention

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2009
People with severe congenital disabilities have been assessed on negatives, on what they do not have. Skill training and education of these missing abilities have been the major focus for the habilitation since emergence of the normalization ideology in ...
Karl Jacobsen   +2 more
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