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Open AccessCondylar volume and positional changes following a bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy in skeletal class II and III malocclusions
Mandibular condyle remodeling and displacement are post-orthognathic surgery concerns that can potentially lead to occlusal issues after bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy. This retrospective study exami...
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ASO Visual Abstract: Favorable Prognostic Factors for Survival Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis after Hepatectomy
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Favorable Prognostic Factors for Survival Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis After Hepatectomy
This study aimed to investigate prognostic factors of recurrence and survival associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT).
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Vitamin A deficiency and the retinal “double carrot” sign with optical coherence tomography
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and full-field electroretinography (ERG) allow retinal assessment with vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Using SD-OCT, this study aimed to characterize and follo...
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Fundus Photography Methodologies to Assess RP Patients
The development of fundus photography and imaging has improved our ability to diagnose and monitor inherited retinal degenerations. Nowadays, color fundus photography has become a staple in evaluating patients...
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The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in Evaluation of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging technology that has gained widespread use in the evaluation of multiple retinal pathologies, including retinitis pigmentosa (RP). OCT allows for visu...
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P58IPK facilitates plant recovery from ER stress by enhancing protein synthesis
P58IPK has been implicated in eukaryotic ER stress responses and viral pathogenesis, however, its biological functions and molecular mechanism in plants are unclear. Prolonged ER stress produced by tunicamycin (T...
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Effects of Carbonated Water Concentration on Swallowing Function in Healthy Adults
In this study, we investigated the effects of carbonated water concentration on swallowing function using surface electromyography (sEMG). Healthy subjects (n = 52, 26.77 ± 3.21 years old) were asked to perform t...
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Open AccessAccuracy of digital surgical guides for dental implants
Recently developed imaging techniques, such as cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and CAD/CAM technology, have facilitated reliable implant planning and implant surgical guide production by 3D printing. This...
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Open AccessExpanding the phenotype of TTLL5-associated retinal dystrophy: a case series
Inherited retinal dystrophies describe a heterogeneous group of retinal diseases that lead to the irreversible degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors and eventual blindness. Recessive loss-of-function mut...
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Ca2+/Calmodulin Activates an MAP Kinase Through the Inhibition of a Protein Phosphatase (DsPTP1) in Arabidopsis
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MPKs) play roles as critical signal components in the environmental stress responses and developmental processes in plants. Calcium ion (Ca2+) is one of the most essential ubiqu...
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DAPP: automatic detection and analysis of prototype pollution vulnerability in Node.js modules
The safe maintenance of Node.js modules is critical in the software security industry. Most server-side web applications are built on Node.js, an environment that is highly dependent on modules. However, there...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of rhBMP/β-TCP in alveolar ridge preservation: a multicenter, randomized, open-label, comparative, investigator-blinded clinical trial
The aim of this multicenter, randomized, open-label, comparative, investigator-blinded study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) combined with...
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Open AccessGenome of the world’s smallest flowering plant, Wolffia australiana, helps explain its specialized physiology and unique morphology
Watermeal, Wolffia australiana, is the smallest known flowering monocot and is rich in protein. Despite its great potential as a biotech crop, basic research on Wolffia is in its infancy. Here, we generated the r...
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Bacterial inactivation characteristics of magnesium–calcium–zinc alloys for bone implants
The understanding of adhesion and survival behavior of bacterial pathogens on implant surfaces are critical to control and reduce implant-associated infections. Herein, the authors investigate the interactions...
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Open AccessShort-Wavelength and Near-Infrared Autofluorescence in Patients with Deficiencies of the Visual Cycle and Phototransduction
Fundus autofluorescence is a valuable imaging tool in the diagnosis of inherited retinal dystrophies. With the advent of gene therapy and the numerous ongoing clinical trials for inherited retinal degeneration...
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PKM2 ablation enhanced retinal function and survival in a preclinical model of retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes irreversible vision loss in over 1.5 million individuals world-wide. The genetic heterogeneity of RP necessitates a broad therapy that is a...
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Open AccessDisease asymmetry and hyperautofluorescent ring shape in retinitis pigmentosa patients
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is described as a bilateral disease with inter-eye symmetry that presents on short-wavelength fundus autofluorescence (SW-AF) imaging with hyperautofluorescent (hyperAF) rings with an...
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Open AccessNovel mutations in the 3-box motif of the BACK domain of KLHL7 associated with nonsyndromic autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
Mutations in the Kelch-like protein 7 (KLHL7) represent a recently described and, to date, poorly characterized etiology of inherited retinal dystrophy. Dominant mutations in KLHL7 are a cause of isolated, non-sy...
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Open AccessOrbicularis oris muscle reconstruction and cheiloplasty with Z-plasty in a patient with a transverse facial cleft
Transverse facial clefts are Tessier’s number 7 facial cleft among numbers 1–15 in Tessier’s classification of craniofacial malformations, which varies from a simple widening oral commissure to a complete fiss...
