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Evolution of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery and the Pursuit for Consensus on Standardized Algorithms of Care

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Summary:. Cleft lip and palate (CLP) surgery has evolved over centuries in an attempt to achieve anatomical closure while optimizing speech and limiting fistulas and midface hypoplasia.
Priyanka Naidu, MBChB, MS, Alexander T. Plonkowski, MBBS, MRes, Caroline A. Yao, MD, MS, William P. Magee, III, MD, DDS   +3 more
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Optical Detection of Cellular Signals at Material Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Emerging functional materials are transforming optical detection of cellular signals. This review highlights optical techniques that exploit the unique optical properties of diverse materials to detect and quantify cellular electrical, chemical, and mechanical signals, and discusses key opportunities and challenges.
Xuchen Ren, Jitong Ren, Zixin Zhang, Koney Eungkon Kim, Francis L. Hong, Yuecheng Peter Zhou   +5 more
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Teachers’ Views on Integrating Augmented Reality in Education: Needs, Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations

Future Internet, 2022
The integration of augmented reality (AR) in education is promising since it enhances teaching and offers more engaging and appealing learning experiences.
Maria Perifanou, Anastasios A. Economides, Stavros A. Nikou   +2 more
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The Retirement Spending Smile Revisited: Cross-Sectional Patterns versus Within-Household Dynamics

The "retirement spending smile" (Blanchett, 2014), a U-shaped pattern in the rate of retiree spending change, has influenced how advisors project retirement spending.
Derek Tharp
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Thermodynamic Limits to Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers: A Perspective on Phase Behavior and Miscibility

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular doping of conjugated polymers is fundamentally constrained by thermodynamic phase behavior. This Perspective reframes doping efficiency and stability in terms of miscibility limits, binodals, and solvus boundaries, highlighting the role of effective interaction parameters and charge transfer.
Somayeh Kashani, Justin Neu, Sung‐Joo Kwon, Runqio Song, Zixuan Chen, Tajah Trapier, Paschalis Gkoupidenis, David Ginger, Wei You, Jasper J. Michels, Harald Ade   +10 more
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Perception and Characterization of Posed Smile: A Photographic Study

Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society, 2021
Aims of the Study: The aims of the study are: (a) to compare the perceptions of dental specialists and laypeople regarding smile esthetics; (b) to compare male and female smile parameters; (c) to find influence of smile parameters on esthetics of smile ...
Sukhpal Kaur, Sanjeev Soni, Anil Prashar, and Rajdeep Kaur   +3 more
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Organic Materials of Tomorrow: Horizons of Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines machine learning techniques accelerating the discovery of organic semiconductors by linking molecular structure to properties. Key methods include graph neural networks, generative models, and active learning. Applications to organic photovoltaics demonstrate practical impact.
Harold Mena, J. Terence Blaskovits, Kun‐Han Lin, Denis Andrienko   +3 more
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Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes and Refractive Stability following SMILE versus SMILE Combined with Accelerated Cross-Linking (SMILE XTRA)

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose. To compare the long-term safety, efficacy, predictability, and refractive stability following SMILE versus SMILE combined with accelerated cross-linking (SMILE XTRA), and to specifically study the regression patterns following the two procedures.
Sheetal Brar, Skanda Sriganesh, Smith Snehal Sute, Sri Ganesh   +3 more
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Densitometric assessment of corneal transparency after correction of moderate myopia by femtosecond extraction of the lenticule through a small incision and using laser keratomilesis in situ with femtosecond assistance

Офтальмохирургия, 2021
Relevance. The study of the mechanisms of insufficiently rapid achievement of high visual acuity in the early postoperative period in the correction of myopia by the SMILE method is relevant. Purpose.
O. V. Pisarevskaya, A. G. Shchuko, T. N. Iureva   +2 more
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Factors Affecting Smile Esthetics [PDF]

, 2013
Smiling has been one of the areas that draw the interest of orthodontists due to esthetic concerns in recent years. It should be understood what an ideal smile is and which factors affect it, and these should certainly be reflected in the orthodontic ...
Yasemen Boncuk Tüzgiray, Burçak Kaya
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