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Success and failure in foreign policy: Comparing Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd's regional order‐building initiatives

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Remarkably little is known about what factors drive success or failure in foreign policy. In part, this is because there is little fundamental agreement on what constitutes success or failure in this domain in the first place. This article engages with these shortcomings by comparing two similar regional order‐building initiatives overseen by ...
Benjamin Day
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Sinking peatlands: Optimal control of subsidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of about 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in these areas requires lowering groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry, which leaves future generations worse off by accelerating subsidence and increasing future costs.
Suphi Sen, Dewy Verhoeven, Hans‐Peter Weikard   +2 more
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Comparative analysis of corneal histomorphology of adults and children with hyperopia after intrastromal femtosecond laser keratomileusis

Офтальмохирургия, 2016
Purpose. A comparative analysis of cornea histomorphology of adults and children with hyperopic refraction after femtosecond laser intrastromal keratomileusis (FemtoLASIK).Material and methods.
N. P. Pashtaev, I. L. Kulikova, O. V. Shlenskaya   +2 more
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The longitudinal associations of reading, writing and screen time with myopia at age 9 years among children from the GUSTO birth cohort

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate the associations between paper‐based reading and writing time, screen‐based time at ages 2, 3, 6 and 9 years and myopia at age 9 in the GUSTO birth cohort. Methods The GUSTO study recruited pregnant women from two Singapore public maternity hospitals between 2009 and 2010. Parent‐reported reading and writing time, screen
Fan Wu, Chen‐Hsin Sun, Hla Myint Htoon, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Fabian Yap, Yih‐Chung Tham, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Seang‐Mei Saw   +7 more
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Prevalence and degrees of myopia and hyperopia at Gondar University Hospital Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Northwest Ethiopia

Clinical Optometry, 2016
Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Alemayehu Desalegn Gudeta, Ayanaw Tsega Ferede, Haile Woretaw Alemu Department of Optometry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia Background: Refractive errors are the second and third ...
Shiferaw Alemu D, Desalegn Gudeta A, Tsega Ferede A, Woretaw Alemu H   +3 more
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Comparison of Refractive Measures of Term and Preterm Children Aged One Year Old

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2020
INTRODUCTION[|]To compare the refractive measures of preterm and full-term children aged 1 year old.[¤]METHODS[|]Fifty two eyes of 26 preterm children and 44 eyes of 22 term children were included in this study.
Ayşin Tuba Kaplan, Leyla Yavuz Sarıçay, Ayşe Yeşim Oral Aydın, Şaban Şimşek   +3 more
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Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of numerical hypotony and choroidal effusion following PRESERFLO MicroShunt implantation

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the incidence, outcomes, and risk factors of numerical hypotony (NH) and choroidal effusion (CE) following standalone PRESERFLO MicroShunt (PMS) implantation. Methods Primary open‐angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG) patients with uni‐ or bilateral surgery at a tertiary university hospital were ...
Emil Nasyrov, Isabel Kommerell, Isabell Schleicher, David A. Merle, Caroline J. Wenzel, Bogomil Voykov   +5 more
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Advances in the genetics of refractive errors: Contributions from the CREAM consortium

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) was established in 2011, bringing together an international team of researchers studying more than 30 cohorts. Since its establishment, CREAM has played a pivotal role in research investigating the genetics of myopia and other refractive errors, serving as a key driver of progress in the ...
Sze Wai Rosa Li, Xi He, Louise Terry, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven, Samantha Sze‐Yee Lee, Gareth Lingham, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, David A. Mackey, Seang‐Mei Saw, Caroline C. W. Klaver, Chi Pui Pang, CREAM Consortium   +11 more
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Trans-epithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy in the Treatment of Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism; Five-year Results

Acta Medica Iranica, 2022
Aim: To report the five-year results of Trans-epithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy (TPRK) in treating all kinds of refractive errors. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we quantitatively compared the clinical findings and assessment of ...
Hamidreza Hasani, Armin Khavandegar, Parnian Adhami, Fateme Saberdoust   +3 more
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Astigmatic changes after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in decompensated penetrating keratoplasty grafts

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the surgery‐induced changes of astigmatism after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in eyes with failed previous penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Design Retrospective, interventional cohort study based on prospective DMEK database.
Florian Thomas Steinberg, Jithmi Weliwitage, Marie von Berg, Silvia Schrittenlocher, Simona Schlereth, Claus Cursiefen, Björn Bachmann   +6 more
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