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Light and temperature as triggers for surface filamentous green algal blooms in shallow freshwater systems

open access: yesLimnology and Oceanography, EarlyView.
Abstract Blooms of filamentous green algae (FGA) form dense mats at the surface of shallow freshwaters and have multiple negative impacts on aquatic ecosystem functions, services, and aesthetics. Although nutrient enrichment in freshwaters is a primary driver of excessive FGA growth, much less is known about other abiotic factors controlling bloom ...
Hannah R. Kemp   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vitrectomy versus scleral buckle for retinal detachment without posterior vitreous detachment

open access: yesScientific Reports
To compare the effectiveness and safety of scleral buckling and pars plana vitrectomy in treating retinal detachment without posterior vitreous detachment.
Ioanna Dimakopoulou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of Students Who Represent Missed Opportunity for Diversifying STEM Fields

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although many students exhibit interest and demonstrate academic preparedness in math and science, a significant proportion of students do not major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. These students encounter systemic barriers to STEM opportunities related to their intersecting gender and racial/ethnic ...
Svetlana Masjutina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical management of raised intra-ocular tension in the hostile ocular surface - recurrent tube erosion in a patient with systemic sclerosis: a case report

open access: yesBMC Ophthalmology, 2018
Background The surgical management of patients with uncontrolled glaucoma and scleroderma is challenging, as the hostile ocular surface poses a challenge to surgery.
Gurjeet Jutley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anatomical success rate of pars plana vitrectomy for treatment of complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is preferred surgical procedure for the management of complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical results of primary PPV for the treatment of primary ...
Hawlina Marko   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A medieval fallacy: the crystalline lens in the center of the eye. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
ObjectiveTo determine whether, as most modern historians have written, ancient Greco-Roman authors believed the crystalline lens is positioned in the center of the eye.BackgroundHistorians have written that statements about cataract couching by Celsus ...
Hadi, Tamer M   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Is Cain more able? A behavioral perspective on the relationship between family CEO birth order and family firms' CSR

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We investigate family CEO birth order as an antecedent of family firms' CSR behavior. Despite psychology literature recognizing it as a key predictor of individual behavior, birth order has been largely neglected in management research.
Paola Rovelli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Engagement Proposal for Developing Ethical Governance for Science: The Ethna Experience

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The concept of Public Engagement (PE) is related to progress toward responsible and open science. This article aims to analyse how to define and integrate PE into the development of ethical governance systems for research and innovation. Multistakeholder consultation on the governance of Responsible Research and Innovation was carried out ...
Rosana Sanahuja‐Sanahuja   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of the pars plana clip in the Ahmed valve device inserted via the pars plana in patients with refractory glaucoma

open access: yesClinical Ophthalmology, 2010
Manuel Diaz-Llopis1,2,3, David Salom1,3, Salvador García-Delpech1,2,3, Patricia Udaondo1,3, Jose Maria Millan3,5, J Fernando Arevalo61Department of Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 2Department of ...
Manuel Diaz-Llopis   +3 more
doaj  

Surgical outcomes after pneumatic retinopexy, scleral buckle placement, and/or pars plana vitrectomy in cases of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
PURPOSE: To investigate the outcomes and success rate of surgical intervention for patients diagnosed with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We investigate the most common and current procedures: pneumatic retinopexy (PR), pars plana vitrectomy ...
Hassad, Ahmed
core  

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