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Vector Analysis of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Arcuate Keratotomy for Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatic Correction

. . Elzarga AAA, Osman AA, Gamal M, Khafagy MM, Osman IS. . Ophthalmic Res. 2019;62(3):150-156. doi: 10.1159/000499859. Epub 2019 Jun 5. Abstract PURPOSE: To study the astigmatic correction of high post-keratoplasty astigmatism using Femtosecond laser (FSL)-assisted Arcuate Keratotomy (FS-AK). METHODS: A prospective interventional cohort study. We enrolled 17 eyes with high degree of irregular …

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Differences between female and castrated male lambs in susceptibility to natural, predominantly Teladorsagia circumcincta infection

. . Abuargob O, Stear MJ. . Vet Parasitol. 2014 Oct 15;205(3-4):588-94. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.08.024. Epub 2014 Sep 4. Abstract The difference between castrated male lambs and entire female lambs in susceptibility to gastrointestinal nematode infection was investigated in a flock of Scottish Blackface sheep. Castrated male lambs had higher faecal egg counts, higher body weights, …

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Teratogenic effect of cisplatin in rats and the protective role of sodium selenate

. . Hassan MS, Morgan AM, Mekawy MM, Zaki AR, Ghazi ZM. . Exp Toxicol Pathol. 2016 May;68(5):277-87. doi: 10.1016/j.etp.2016.02.003. Epub 2016 Mar 8. Abstract Eighty pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. They were allotted to four equal groups. The first group served as a control without any treatment while the other groups …

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Health production and determinants of health systems performance in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

. . Pourreza A, Alipour V, Arabloo J, Bayati M, Ahadinezhad B. . East Mediterr Health J. 2017 Jul 16;23(5):368-374. doi: 10.26719/2017.23.5.368. Abstract This descriptive-analytical study used data envelopment analysis to evaluated the technical efficiency (TE) of health systems in Member States of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region during 2004-2011. Life expectancy and …

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A multidimensional framework for rating health system performance and sustainability: A nine plus one ranking system

. . Müller L, El Oakley R, Saad M, Mokdad AH, Etolhi GA, Flahault A. . J Glob Health. 2021 May 8;11:04025. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.04025. Abstract BACKGROUND: Health Care provision in terms of prevention, detection and treatment is primarily dependent on the quality of the hosting Health System. In its health report 2000, the WHO’s attempt …

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Health and sanitary status in 1970 of Tubu nomads dwelling in Northeastern Niger

. . Magnaval JF, Oosterbosch C, Mandl M; MABN group. . Mil Med Res. 2014 Dec 2;1:25. doi: 10.1186/2054-9369-1-25. 2014. Abstract BACKGROUND: The Tubu are nomadic people who live in remote parts of the central Sahara, primarily in the Tibesti massif (Chad), and in both Northeastern Niger and Southern Libya. No data about the Tubu’s …

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A study on the fatty acid composition of lipids in truffles selected from Europe and Africa

. . Shah NN, Hokkanen S, Pastinen O, Eljamil A, Shamekh S. . 3 Biotech. 2020 Oct;10(10):415. doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-02414-y. Epub 2020 Sep 3. Abstract The gas chromatography of hexane extracts from ascocarps of Tuber maculatum (mostly the first report), T. aestivum/unicantum, T. borchii, T. melanosporum and Tirmania nivea dominantly showed palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids …

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