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Open AccessUtility of a virtual small group cognitive behaviour program for autistic children during the pandemic: evidence from a community-based implementation study
Autistic children often experience socioemotional difficulties relating to emotion regulation and mental health problems. Supports for autistic children involve the use of adapted interventions that target emo...
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Open AccessImpact of Bacteria Types on the Clinical Outcomes of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Cirrhotic patients presenting with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) have elevated risk of short-term mortality. While high Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium score (MELD-Na) and ascites culture yi...
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Patient perspectives on window of opportunity clinical trials in early-stage breast cancer
Window of opportunity trials (WOT) are increasingly common in oncology research. In WOT participants receive a drug between diagnosis and anti-cancer treatment, usually for the purpose of investigating that dr...
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Pathology of the Eyelids
The eyelid is a complex structure, composed of skin, orbicularis muscle, tarsus, and conjunctiva. Bordered by the eyebrow superiorly and cheek inferiorly, the eyelids are split into an upper and lower eyelids....
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Open AccessBiocompatibility and feasibility of VisiPlate, a novel ultrathin, multichannel glaucoma drainage device
Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Glaucoma drainage devices and minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) often present with tradeoffs in safety and durability of efficacy. Using a rabbi...
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Open AccessRetina tissue validation of optical coherence tomography determined outer nuclear layer loss in FTLD-tau
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with inner retina (nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers) thinning. In contrast, we have seen outer retina thinning driven by photoreceptor outer nuclear layer (ONL) thinn...
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An investigation of “We” agency in co-operative joint actions
Sense of agency refers to the sense that I am controlling an action or outcome, and is associated with a perceived compression of the temporal interval between these events known as intentional binding (IB). T...
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The WISDOM study: a new approach to screening can and should be tested
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Open AccessPharmacists reinventing their roles to effectively respond to COVID-19: a global report from the international pharmacists for anticoagulation care taskforce (iPACT)
SARS-CoV2 is dramatically impacting the global population. Worldwide, pharmacists are changing their roles and being increasingly recognized for their role as essential service providers. This commentary provi...
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Awareness campaigns of atrial fibrillation as an opportunity for early detection by pharmacists: an international cross-sectional study
Atrial fibrillation (AF) accounts for up to one third of strokes, one of the lead mortality causes worldwide. The European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend opportunistic screening as a means to incre...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Pathology of the Eyelids
The eyelid is a complex structure, composed of skin, orbicularis muscle, tarsus, and conjunctiva. Bordered by the eyebrow superiorly and cheek inferiorly, the eyelids are split into an upper and lower eyelids....
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Multiscale reverse engineering of the human ocular surface
Here we present a miniaturized analog of a blinking human eye to reverse engineer the complexity of the interface between the ocular system and the external environment. Our model comprises human cells and pro...
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Open AccessDeep learning networks find unique mammographic differences in previous negative mammograms between interval and screen-detected cancers: a case-case study
To determine if mammographic features from deep learning networks can be applied in breast cancer to identify groups at interval invasive cancer risk due to masking beyond using traditional breast density meas...
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Molecular Pathology of Pediatric Oculoplastic Disorders
The landscape of diagnostic pathology has changed tremendously over the last few decades. New technology and improvement on classic techniques have allowed pathologists to probe deeper into the molecular mecha...
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Open AccessVenous Endothelial Marker COUP-TFII Regulates the Distinct Pathologic Potentials of Adult Arteries and Veins
Arteries and veins have very different susceptibility to certain vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and vascular calcification. The molecular mechanisms of these differences are not fully understood. In...
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Brief Report: Infants Develo** with ASD Show a Unique Developmental Pattern of Facial Feature Scanning
Infants are interested in eyes, but look preferentially at mouths toward the end of the first year, when word learning begins. Language delays are characteristic of children develo** with autism spectrum dis...
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Patient Lifecycle Management: An Approach for Clinical Processes
Clinical processes can be described, inside the Biomedical scope, like a systematic guideline to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. In ...
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Open AccessThe emergency to home project: impact of an emergency department care coordinator on hospital admission and emergency department utilization among seniors
Seniors comprise 14% to 21% of all emergency department (ED) visits, yet are disproportionately larger users of ED and inpatient resources. ED care coordinators (EDCCs) target seniors at risk for functional de...
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Exploiting Linked Data in Financial Engineering
In this paper, we report on a recent initiative that exploiting Linked Data for financial data integration. Financial data present high heterogeneity. Linked Data helps to reveal the true data semantics and “h...
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In Vitro Approaches to Assessing the Toxicity of Quantum Dots
Advances in nanotechnology have produced a new class of fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots (Qdots). Compared with organic dyes and fluorescent proteins, Qdots offer several unique advantages in te...
