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Road air pollution harms the reproductive success of a bee‐pollinated wildflower: A dusty threat to biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Dust, a common form of air pollution, is particularly problematic on roadsides, which are important habitats for plants and pollinators. We investigated whether and how road dust affects plant sexual reproduction using Primula chungensis in a biodiversity hotspot. Our study provides compelling evidence that road dust can harm plant reproductive success
Yong‐Peng Cha, Yin‐Mei Ma, David W. Inouye, Zhao‐Li Tong, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Betulinic Acid Enema Alleviates Colitis by Targeting Vitamin D Receptor to Protect the Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Modulate Mucosa‐Associated Microbiota

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon with limited effectiveness and safety of current drug therapies. Betulinic acid (BA) is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid present in traditional Chinese medicines used clinically as retention enemas for UC, but its direct effects and mechanisms remain unclear ...
Lina Dong, Yuanxia Gao, Qian Li, Guangxin Chen, Dong Yang, Liping Zhao, Xiaojing Liu, Shumei Lin   +7 more
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Vergence Eye Movements: From Basic Science to Clinical Application

Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2020
The abstract book of the last European Conference on Eye Movements (Martinez-Conde, Martinez-Otero, Compte, & Groner, 2019) lists abstracts of 373 presentations, but less than five percent investigate vergence eye movements, i.e.
Wolfgang Jaschinski, Rudolf Groner
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Automated Lawn Maintenance: An Agronomic and Operational Review of Turf Health, Biodiversity, and Field Performance

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grass mowing is one of the most resource‐consuming activities in green maintenance, whether in private areas such as home gardens or in public spaces like urban parks. In recent years, concerns related to climate change, human health, and sustainability have become increasingly prominent in green maintenance, leading manufacturers and industry
Andrea Palladini, Lorenzo Guerrini, Marco Fontanelli, Lucia Bortolini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accommodation and vergence status among the 3rd and 4th graders in a mainstream school in Gauteng*

African Vision and Eye Health, 2012
Aim: The data presented in this paper is obtained from the study on the prevalence of visual deficien-cies in mainstream and learning disabled schools which revealed no difference in the prevalence of visual deficiencies in both schools.
I. T. Metsing, J. T. Ferreira
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35 Years of the Continua of Biliteracy: A discussion of what has been, what is, and what is to come

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This issue of the Forum celebrates the 35th anniversary of the seminal publication on the continua of biliteracy (Hornberger, 1989). The issue has brought together scholars who each shed light on the continued need for such conceptual framing, illuminating ways in which “the hope for understanding biliteracy, as well as literacy and ...
Nancy H. Hornberger, Jamie L. Schissel
wiley   +1 more source

Vergence tracking: a tool to assess oculomotor performance in stereoscopic displays

Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2012
Oculomotor conflict induced between the accommodative and vergence components in stereoscopic displays represents an unnatural viewing condition. There is now some evidence that stereoscopic viewing may induce discomfort and changes in oculomotor ...
Pascaline Neveu, Matthieu Philippe, Anne-Emmanuelle Priot, Philippe Fuchs, Corinne Roumes   +4 more
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Vergence and accommodation disorders in children with vertigo: A need for evidence-based diagnosis

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Previous clinical evaluations have demonstrated a difference in eye movements in healthy children compared to children with vertigo without vestibular pathology.
Lindsey M Ward, Chrystal Gaertner, Lucrezia Olivier, Layla Ajrezo, Zoï Kapoula   +4 more
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Head‐to‐head prospective comparison of diagnostic accuracy of preoperative ultrasonography and MRI in patients undergoing surgery for deep endometriosis using #Enzian classification

Ultrasound in Obstetrics &Gynecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To perform a head‐to‐head comparison of the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography (US) vs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the preoperative detection of endometriosis using the #Enzian classification system. Methods This was a prospective observational study of postmenarchal premenopausal women who underwent laparoscopy ...
B. Pete, K. Turtóczki, A. Bokor, I. Kalina, I. Madár, L. Lipták, J. Rigó Jr, N. Ács, G. Szabó   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of non-strabismic accommodative-vergence anomalies in school-age children. Part 1: Vergence anomalies

African Vision and Eye Health, 2015
Comfortable reading and the performance of near point activities involve efficient accommodative and vergence systems. However, accommodative and vergence anomalies are associated with various symptoms that impair efficient near point tasks.
Samuel O. Wajuihian, Rekha Hansraj
doaj   +1 more source