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People cry for various reasons and in numerous situations, some involving highly moral aspects such as altruism or moral beauty. At the same time, criers have been found to be evaluated as more morally upright—they are perceived as more honest, reliable,
Janis H. Zickfeld+3 more
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Student physiotherapists perceptions of online curriculum delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic a rapid transformation from face-to-face curriculum delivery to an online teaching and learning environment, was adopted in a number of higher education institutions globally.
Paul Chesterton+2 more
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Schirmer tear test and strip menisometry in healthy cats [PDF]
Background: The surface of the eye is covered by the preocular tear film, which is critical for maintaining a normal, healthy, visual, and comfortable vision.
Līga Kovaļčuka+2 more
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Concern about climate change is often rooted in sympathy, compassion, and care for nature, living beings, and future generations. Feeling sympathy for others temporarily forms a bond between them and us: we focus on what we have in common and feel a ...
Beate Seibt+3 more
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Cystatin C and lactoferrin concentrations in biological fluids as possible prognostic factors in eye tumor development [PDF]
Objectives. To investigate the possible role of cystatin C in eye biological fluids locally and in serum and lactoferrin revealing anti-tumor activity in eye tumor development. Background.
Mariya A. Dikovskaya+3 more
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The detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) oligoclonal bands (OCB) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by isoelectric focusing (IEF) is a valuable tool for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
Farah Haddad+7 more
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Spontaneous or secondary to intravitreal injections of anti-angiogenic agents retinal pigment epithelial tears in age-related macular degeneration [PDF]
AIM:To evaluate the visual function evolution of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tears in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) according to type of occurrence [spontaneous or secondary to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti ...
Pia E. Leon+6 more
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PURPOSE: To assess the change of interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in tears and ocular clinical parameters in corneal ulcer patients with moderate-to-severe infection after adjunctive therapy with platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) lysate-eyedrops compared with ...
Jehan Fauzi Rakhmandani+6 more
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Objectives To explore pro‐inflammatory cytokines status in the tear fluid of patients with hyperuricemia and gout and its association with uric acid level.
Mian Wu+4 more
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Parameter Estimation for Mixed-Mechanism Tear Film Thinning [PDF]
Etiologies of tear breakup include evaporation-driven, divergent flow-driven, and a combination of these two. A mathematical model incorporating evaporation and lipid-driven tangential flow is fit to fluorescence imaging data. The lipid-driven motion is hypothesized to be caused by localized excess lipid, or "globs." Tear breakup quantities such as ...
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