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The power of light and sound: optoacoustic skin imaging for diabetes progression monitoring

Light: Science & Applications, 2023
Diabetes progression is marked by damage to vascular and neural networks. Raster-scan optoacoustic mesoscopy holds the potential to measure extent of diabetes progression by analyzing changes in skin vasculature.
Amanda P. Siegel, Kamran Avanaki
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Functional Optical Coherence Tomography for Intrinsic Signal Optoretinography: Recent Developments and Deployment Challenges

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) imaging of the retina, also termed as optoretinogram or optoretinography (ORG), promises a non-invasive method for the objective assessment of retinal function.
Tae-Hoon Kim, Guangying Ma, Taeyoon Son, Xincheng Yao, Xincheng Yao   +4 more
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Efficacy of Phase I and Phase II Coxiella burnetii Bacterin Vaccines in a Pregnant Ewe Challenge Model

Vaccines, 2023
The bacterium Coxiella burnetii can cause the disease Q-fever in a wide range of animal hosts. Ruminants, including sheep, are thought to play a pivotal role in the transmission of C.
Sarah E. Williams-Macdonald, Mairi Mitchell, David Frew, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, David Ewing, William T. Golde, David Longbottom, Alasdair J. Nisbet, Morag Livingstone, Clare M. Hamilton, Stephen F. Fitzgerald, Søren Buus, Emil Bach, Annemieke Dinkla, Hendrik-Jan Roest, Ad P. Koets, Tom N. McNeilly   +16 more
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4D biofabrication via instantly generated graded hydrogel scaffolds

Bioactive Materials, 2022
Formation of graded biomaterials to render shape-morphing scaffolds for 4D biofabrication holds great promise in fabrication of complex structures and the recapitulation of critical dynamics for tissue/organ regeneration.
Aixiang Ding, Sang Jin Lee, Sriramya Ayyagari, Rui Tang, Cong Truc Huynh, Eben Alsberg   +5 more
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USURIOUS LOAN & ISLAMIC LOAN [PDF]

Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2005
The purpose of this study to know the Islamic formulas as a substitute for interest rate which can be used in agricultural banks. A number of farmers don't like to deal with agricultural banks that take the familiar interest due to their religious rules , and because of the high costs from which the farmers suffer.
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Precision worm control in grazing lambs by targeting group treatment based on performance of sentinels

Animal, 2021
Given the economic impact of gastrointestinal nematode infection on livestock farming worldwide, and increasing anthelmintic resistance, it is imperative to develop practical, efficient and sustainable control strategies.
L.A. Melville, A. Hayward, E.R. Morgan, D.J. Shaw, D. McBean, L. Andrews, A. Morrison, F. Kenyon   +7 more
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Credit risk management and profitability: Evidence from Palestinian banks [PDF]

Banks and Bank Systems, 2023
Credit risk has gained considerable attention in most countries of the world intending to manage the efficiency of credit portfolios. This study attempts to examine the impact of credit risk management on bank profitability.
Besan Abdallah Saleh, Veronica Paz
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in small ruminants from four Caribbean islands

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals including livestock. In these animals, the parasite forms cysts in the tissues which may pose a risk to public health if infected meat is consumed ...
Clare M Hamilton, Frank Katzer, Elisabeth A Innes, Patrick J Kelly   +3 more
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Credit constraints in the market for consumer durables: evidence from micro data on car loans [PDF]

, 2000
We investigate the empirical significance of borrowing constraints in the market for consumer loans. We set up a theoretical model of consumer loan demand, which in the presence of credit rationing implies restrictions on the elasticities of loan demand ...
Attanasio, O., Goldberg, P.K., Kyriazidou, E.   +2 more
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Toxoplasma gondii in livestock in St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous protozoan parasite capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals including livestock. In these animals, the parasite forms cysts in the tissues which may pose a risk to public health if infected meat is ...
Clare M Hamilton, Patrick J Kelly, Paul M Bartley, Alison Burrells, Alice Porco, Deidra Metzler, Kirsten Crouch, Jennifer K Ketzis, Elisabeth A Innes, Frank Katzer   +9 more
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