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Surgical Options for the Refractive Correction of Keratoconus: Myth or Reality

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Keratoconus provides a decrease of quality of life to the patients who suffer from it. The treatment used as well as the method to correct the refractive error of these patients may influence on the impact of the disease on their quality of life.
L. Fernández-Vega-Cueto, V. Romano, R. Zaldivar, C. H. Gordillo, F. Aiello, D. Madrid-Costa, J. F. Alfonso   +6 more
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Flax Composites With Improved Interfacial Strength Through Microbially Induced Mineral Precipitation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A bio‐inspired biomineralization strategy introduces an additional hierarchy to flax fiber composites. By controlling microbe‐mediated mineral particle deposition through tuned salt concentrations, stress transfer within the natural fiber composite is enhanced.
Deniz Sayinbas, Ingo Nettersheim, Jeong‐Joo Oh, Marie‐Eve Aubin‐Tam, Julie Teuwen, Kunal Masania   +5 more
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Elastomeric 3D‐Printed Microenvironments Enable Nanonewton Force Measurements in Healthy and Diseased Human Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Neuroepithelial Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present elastomeric three‐dimensional (3D) microstructures fabricated via two‐photon polymerization (2PP) and post‐processed through wet etching, for quantifying nanonewton (nN)‐scale forces applied by healthy and diseased neural cells. The mechanically characterized free‐standing beam architectures enable measurement of traction forces of ...
Pieter F. J. van Altena, Lucia Castillo Ransanz, Ruben H. Guis, Giulia Bergamaschi, Nanne J. Paauw, Urs Staufer, Vivi M. Heine, Angelo Accardo   +7 more
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Electropolymerized Aptasensor for Femtogram‐Level Cytokine Detection

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electropolymerization of 3‐amino‐ʟ‐tyrosine creates ultrathin, smooth, and chemically robust pALT nanofilms with accessible carboxyl functionalities for direct aptamer immobilization. Integrated with fiber‐optic SPR and OECT platforms, these interfaces enable IL‐6 detection down to 100 fg mL−1 and provide a versatile route to bioelectronic sensing ...
Jiyao Yu, Renan Colucci, Rachel X. Shi, Qi Lu, Tommaso Marchesi D'Alvise, Ulrike Kraft, Christopher V. Synatschke, Tanja Weil   +7 more
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Fast Hydrogel Micro‐Actuators Driven by Electric Fields

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We report the fabrication of chemically programmable electroactuating microstructures through the first integration of two‐photon polymerization with electrically actuated gelatin methacrylate‐based hydrogels. By tailoring the charge of the polymer network, we demonstrate programmable polarity‐dependent bending, enabling microstructures that ...
Annaël Sort‐Montenegro, Jason M. Delente, Žiga Roblek, Yekaterina Tskhe, Luke Dowling, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea   +6 more
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Screening for refractive error among primary school children in Bayelsa state, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Vision screening study in primary school children has not been done in Bayelsa State. This study aims to screen for refractive error among primary school children in Bayelsa State and use the data to plan for school Eye Health Program ...
Ibeinmo Opubiri, Chinyere Pedro-Egbe
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Bottom‐Up Engineering of a Human Neuromuscular System for Modeling Activity‐Induced Remodeling, Metabolic Stress, and Endothelial‐Modulated Excitability

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Using a bottom‐up approach, we engineered a human neuromuscular microchip to investigate distinct adaptive responses to neural stimulation and metabolic stress. Further integration of endothelial cells revealed their critical role in modulating neuromuscular excitability, establishing a comprehensive neurovascular‐muscular model.
Jinchul Ahn, Min‐seop Kim, Ju‐Hee Kim, Seok‐Hyeon Kang, Dain Lee, Hui‐Wen Liu, Seung‐cheol Shin, Kyuhwan Na, Yesl Jun, Oak‐Kee Hong, Ji Hun Yang, Jin‐A Kim, Hwanseok Jang, Hong Nam Kim, Roger D. Kamm, Ji‐Hoon Kim, Jang‐Won Son, Seok Chung   +17 more
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Spectral Selective and Low‐Noise Thin‐Film Organic Photodetectors Enabled by Electric‐Field Engineering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular doping redistributes the internal electric field in organic photodetectors, providing a new degree of freedom to spatially control carrier transport and collection. Simulations and experiments reveal distinct transport pathways for injected and photogenerated carriers, enabling low dark current under reverse bias and wavelength‐selective ...
Jingwei Yi, Yi Yang, Vahid Mahdikhah, Yibo Shi, Jordan Shanahan, Apurva Gadikar, Yusen Pei, Xinyun Dong, Jacob P Mauthe, Reece Henry, Kenan Gundogdu, Brendan T. O'Connor, Aram Amassian, Harald Ade, Wei You, Franky So   +15 more
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Refractive error accuracy and user perceptions of a smartphone home-based tester

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Uncorrected refractive error accounts for nearly half of the global burden of vision impairment. The EyeQue personal vision tracker (EPVT) was created as a convenient smartphone refractometer to be used at home and order spectacles online ...
Lungile M. Buthelezi, Tsatsawani N. Hlungwani, Gcinile P. Mbuli, S’bahle S. Mthembu, Pallo Nteke, Thuli Sindane, Siyathemba A. Skam   +6 more
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Keratin–Melanin Complexation Enables Robust, Delamination‐Resistant Feather‐Inspired Structural Color Coatings for Flexible and Curved Substrates

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Providing mechanically robust structural color coating technology inspired by cooperative interactions in nature. The spatial arrangement of melanin particles within the keratin matrix generates angle‐independent structural colors. Diverse functional groups in keratin and melanin contribute to interparticle and substrate adhesion, resulting in the ...
Taisei Harada, Yui Maejima, Ryota Iwamori, Hideyuki Mitomo, Hirotoshi Tamayama, Shin‐ichi Takeda, Daisuke Unabara, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Koji Yonekura, Gen Morimoto, Hiroshi Fudouzi, Keiki Kishikawa, Michinari Kohri   +12 more
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