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Dry eye among patients at the eye clinic of a secondary referral hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: Dry eye is a common but under-diagnosed problem in the general population. Lack of standardised diagnostic protocol causes prevalence of dry eye varied widely in different populations. Nevertheless, effective management rests largely on the
Abdul Muna'aim, Maimunah   +4 more
core  

Flexible Dielectric Acoustic Resonator Patch for Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A flexible dielectric acoustic resonator patch enables MHz‐range ultrasound generation through resonance amplification without using piezoelectric materials. Conformal integration on a curved substrate allows efficient acoustic delivery to tissue‐mimicking environments.
Donyoung Kang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freeform Manufacturing of Plant‐Based Structural Colors for Scalable Photonic and Mechanochromic Devices

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meibomian gland dysfunction in Sjögren's disease

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
For many years, lacrimal gland dysfunction was considered the primary cause of dry eye disease in Sjögren's Disease (SjD). However, recent studies reveal that meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is also a significant contributor in dry eye associated with ...
Esther N. Anuwa-Amarh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Developments on Colloidal Deposits Obtained by Evaporation of Sessile Droplets on a Solid Surface

open access: yes, 2019
Understanding flow patterns and coupled transport phenomena during evaporation of droplets loaded with colloidal particles is central to design technical applications such as organizing proteins/DNA on a solid surface.
Bhardwaj, Rajneesh, Patil, Nagesh D.
core   +1 more source

Tear Interferon-Gamma as a Biomarker for Evaporative Dry Eye Disease

open access: yesInvestigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2016
To assess whether tear hyperosmolarity, being diagnostic of dry eye disease (DED), is associated with specific alterations to the cytokine content of human tears that may provide a biomarker for DED.In this prospective, cross-sectional, clinical study, participants (n = 77) were recruited from a single clinical site and categorized into groups based ...
David Charles, Jackson   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

2D Nanomaterials Toward Function‐Ready Superlubricity in Advanced Microsystems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A unified framework links structural and transformation superlubricity with microsystem functions and deployment requirements. Mechanisms, device architectures, integration strategies, AI‐guided discovery, and benchmarking protocols are connected to define function‐ready superlubricity in advanced microsystems.
Yushan Geng, Jun Yang, Yong Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Transparent Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes with Conductive Oxide Top Electrodes

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Transparent perovskite light‐emitting diodes (TrPeLEDs) enable simultaneous display and transparency, expanding application possibilities. Using a metal oxide buffer layer and pulsed laser deposition, TrPeLEDs with diverse compositions and architectures are demonstrated.
Michele Forzatti   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overview of Dry Eye Disease for Primary Care Physicians

open access: yesMedicina
Dry eye disease (DED), also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is a multifactorial ocular disease characterized by tear film insufficiency due to diverse etiologies including aging, incomplete and infrequent blinking, hormonal changes, medications, and
Jeonghyun Kwon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ocular surface and tear film changes in workers exposed to organic solvents used in the dry-cleaning industry.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Workers in the dry-cleaning industry are exposed to organic solvents that may cause eye irritation and tear film changes. Objective To quantify changes in the ocular surface and tear film in dry cleaners exposed to organic solvents and associate these ...
Ingrid Astrid Jiménez Barbosa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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