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Integrating child eye health within primary health care: a case study. [PDF]

, 2017
Few children have access to specialised eye care in Tanzania. However, ten simple activities have been shown to reduce the risk of childhood blindness and eye disease dramatically.
Gilbert, Clare, Milka Mafwiri, Mafwiri, Milka, Aeesha NJ Malik, Malik, Aeesha Nj, Clare Gilbert   +5 more
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Exposure of Healthy Individuals to Pleasant Odours During Sleep: Effects on Odour Identification and Sleep Quality

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
Sleeping with pleasant odours was associated with improved cued odour identification, particularly in the sandalwood group. Subjective night‐time awakenings showed a descriptive decrease. EEG data did not reveal robust changes in sleep architecture, though exploratory analyses suggested potential benefits for individuals with poorer baseline sleep ...
Zetian Li, Tony Sehr, Jonathan Warr, Antje Haehner, Thomas Hummel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI PADA PENDERITA AUTIS

Journal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2015
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that is aetiologically and clinically heterogeneous. Behaviour of the autistic child makes delivery of oral hygiene and dental treatment a problem because of its lack of communication and decreased ...
Sjahril Noerdin
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Attitude and behaviour of soft contact lens wearers toward compliance in Gauteng, South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health, 2023
Background: There are ongoing concerns regarding adherence to contact lens (CL) care regimens by wearers. Global studies evaluating behavioural trends have shown that full compliance to CL wear is rare and widespread non-compliance exists.
Tania B. Noach, Thokozile I. Metsing, Dirk Booysen   +2 more
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Synergistic Toxicity of Low‐Concentration Metal Mixture on Male Rats: Reproductive, Renal, and Hepatic Effects

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mining plays a crucial role in economic development, but improper management can lead to severe environmental degradation. Particularly for iron ore, mining generates vast amounts of tailings often stored in unstable dams. This study aims to investigate the toxicological impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of metals mixture ...
Kalinka Helóra Gomes de Almeida, Thalita Tofanin Sargiani D'Assumpção, Ana Priscila Gomes Silva, Carolina Rocha Moreira de Oliveira, Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Lucas Buruaem Moreira, Juliana Elaine Perobelli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro, Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on primary eye care. [PDF]

, 2009
We think of primary eye care (PEC), and any kind of primary health care (PHC), as a ‘frontline’ activity, providing care and identifying disease before it becomes a serious medical issue.
Usha Raman, GVS Murthy, Raman, Usha, Murthy, Gvs   +3 more
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Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus 0·5% timolol eye drops for the treatment of glaucoma in Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Glaucoma is a major cause of sight loss worldwide, with the highest regional prevalence and incidence reported in Africa. The most common low-cost treatment used to control glaucoma is long-term timolol eye drops.
Heiko Philippin, MD, Einoti Matayan, MMed, Karin M Knoll, MD, Edith Macha, Pharm Tech, Sia Mbishi, BSc, Andrew Makupa, MMed, Cristóvão Matsinhe, MMed, Vasco da Gama, MMed, Mario Monjane, MMed, Awum Joyce Ncheda, MMed, Francisco Alcides Mulobuana, MMed, Elisante Muna, MMed, Nelly Fopoussi, MMed, Gus Gazzard, ProfFRCOphth, Ana Patricia Marques, PhD, Peter Shah, ProfFRCOphth, David Macleod, PhD, William U Makupa, MMed, Matthew J Burton, ProfPhD   +18 more
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Duration‐Dependent Efficacy and Clinical Safety of Repeated Low‐Level Red‐Light Therapy for Paediatric Myopia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Repeated low‐level red‐light (RLRL) therapy is a novel, non‐invasive intervention for controlling paediatric myopia progression. Despite increasing clinical use, questions remain regarding the magnitude, durability, and safety of treatment effects.
Lee‐Yuan Lin, Cheng‐Hao Hsu, Hung Su, Jia‐Wei Sun, Jie‐Syuan Wu, Wei‐Jung Jeng, Chen‐Hsin Tsai, Fara Silvia Yuliani, Shyh‐Hsiang Lin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology and control of the trachoma vector Musca sorbens [PDF]

, 2001
The work described in this thesis was conducted In rural Gambia and builds a body of evidence Incriminating the fly Musca sorbens as a vector of the blinding disease, trachoma, which is caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. Literature on
Emerson, Paul Michael
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