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Chemistry, Analytical
Jean-Louis De Bougrenet de la Tocnaye, Vincent Nourrit, Cyril Lahuec
Summary: Oculometric data plays a key role in the analysis of cognitive load and attentional activities. Recent advances in smart contact lens technology offer the ability to achieve reliable and accurate measurements while maintaining user mobility.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alexandre Marois, Brooke Charbonneau, Andrew M. Szolosi, Jason M. Watson
Summary: Exposure to nature has positive impacts on stress, health, and cognitive performance, mainly driven by fascination. Recent studies challenge the idea that voluntary attention is resting during exposure to restorative nature settings. High-mystery nature images can lead to higher engagement of attention, suggesting new hypotheses on potential mechanisms underlying attention restoration.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Casey Crump, Jan Sundquist, Mary Ann McLaughlin, Siobhan M. Dolan, Weiva Sieh, Kristina Sundquist
Summary: Women who deliver preterm have increased future risks of heart failure, with preterm and early term delivery associated with significantly higher hazards in the next 10 years compared to full-term delivery. These risks persist for up to 40 years and are not explained by shared familial factors. Preterm and early term delivery should be recognized as lifelong risk factors for heart failure.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2022)
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Engineering, Civil
Matthew Aultman, Zhenyu Wang, Lian Duan
Summary: The study found that URANS is less sensitive to time-step size than DDES in time-averaged flow field predictions. Even at a time-step size of 50 chi, drag buildup and mean flow-field predictions closely correlated with the temporally resolved case. The additional cost of unsteady methods was nearly inversely proportional to the time-step size.
JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS
(2021)
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Materials Science, Biomaterials
Jose Maria Paez-Munoz, Francisco Gamez, Yilian Fernandez-Afonso, Roberto Gallardo, Manuel Pernia Leal, Lucia Gutierrez, Jesus M. de la Fuente, Carlos Caro, Maria Luisa Garcia-Martin
Summary: The effects of nanoparticle size and shape on the magnetic hyperthermia performance have not been fully understood. Spherical nanoparticles showed higher magnetic relaxivity than cubic nanoparticles, but no significant differences were observed in specific absorption rate (SAR). Additionally, spherical nanoparticles exhibited low cytotoxicity and were tested in tumor-bearing mice.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Roni Kroll, Yoav Tsori
Summary: Theoretical investigation into the nucleation of liquid droplets from vapor in the presence of a charged spherical particle reveals that the charge destabilizes the vapor phase due to field gradients close to the critical point, initiating a phase transition. The fluid's free energy, described by the van der Waals expression augmented by electrostatic energy and a square-gradient term, allows for calculations of equilibrium density profiles under various conditions. Unlike classical nucleation theory, both liquid and vapor phases here are spatially nonuniform, and the theory applies to sharp and diffuse interfaces, calculating surface tension self-consistently. The presence of a field gradient is shown to enlarge the range of temperature and vapor density where liquid nucleation can occur.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
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Psychology, Mathematical
Ignace T. C. Hooge, Diederick C. Niehorster, Roy S. Hessels, Dixon Cleveland, Marcus Nystrom
Summary: The study found that the pupil size artefact (PSA) is stable over time but may vary between participants; the magnitude of the PSA is related to the direction of the eye-tracker-camera axis, suggesting that the angle between the participants' viewing direction and the camera axis affects the PSA.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
William Myles, Catherine Dunlop, Sally A. McFadden
Summary: Low-dose atropine can slow the progression of myopia in children, especially in the 'slow' progression group. However, rebound occurred in three-quarters of eyes after cessation of atropine. Adverse effects were observed in 69% of patients, with dilated pupils being more common in children with blue eyes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ryo Kubota, Nabin R. Joshi, Inna Samandarova, Maksud Oliva, Arkady Selenow, Amitava Gupta, Steven R. Ali
Summary: The study found that short-term peripheral myopic defocus significantly inhibited axial elongation in adult humans, without significant changes in choroidal thickness.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Christopher D. Conrady, Steven Yeh
Summary: Uveitis is a group of inflammatory disorders of the eye that require medical and surgical management, with challenges in drug delivery due to absorption barriers. New drugs and drug delivery platforms are being developed to reduce intraocular inflammation and its complications.
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Pediatrics
Sarah Castets, Kim-An Nguyen, Franck Plaisant, Malika Baya Prudon, Ingrid Plotton, Behrouz Kassai, Sylvain Roche, Rene Ecochard, Olivier Claris, Marc Nicolino, Carine Villanueva, Claire-Lise Gay
Summary: The study aimed to establish reference values for the external genitalia of full-term and pre-term female newborns. The mean clitoral length at day 3 of life was 3.69 +/- 1.53 mm, with a threshold for clitoromegaly defined as >6.5 mm and further investigations recommended for values >= 8 mm. An anogenital ratio >0.6 was considered a sign of virilisation.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
James Brean, Manuel Dall'Osto, Rafel Simo, Zongbo Shi, David C. S. Beddows, Roy M. Harrison
Summary: Studies have shown that new particles can form rapidly in Antarctica during the summer, through the reactions of sulfuric acid and amines, where amines facilitate the formation of sulfuric acid nuclei. This mechanism is more efficient than the ion-induced sulfuric acid-ammonia pathway previously observed in Antarctica, and can occur quickly under neutral conditions.
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Environmental Sciences
R. Eugene Turner, Jennifer Spicer Plunket
Summary: The study found that oil-contaminated mussels may lead to inhibited growth, changes in population structure, and alterations in shell morphology. Additionally, estuarine water freshening is suggested as a primary factor in the declining growth rate. In locations with higher oil contamination levels, mussels showed fewer growth bands and were predominantly composed of younger individuals.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Saeed Yazdani, Ali Daneshkhah, Abolee Diwate, Hardi Patel, Joshua Smith, Olivia Reul, Ruihua Cheng, Afshin Izadian, Amir Reza Hajrasouliha
Summary: The synthesis of gold nanoparticles relies on the concentration of trisodium citrate dihydrate and the interaction time with tetrachloroauric acid, enabling the production of gold nanoparticles with diverse sizes and dispersity through control variables. The chemical reactions between trisodium citrate dihydrate and tetrachloroauric acid lead to a slight decrease in pH throughout the synthesis process. The nucleation of gold nanoparticles causes pH fluctuation over time, with a negative correlation between pH and reaction time demonstrated at different ratios of trisodium citrate dihydrate to tetrachloroauric acid.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Angelo Romano, Matthias Sutter, James H. Liu, Toshio Yamagishi, Daniel Balliet
Summary: National parochialism is a pervasive phenomenon, present to a similar degree across all the studied nations, and occurs both when decisions are private or public.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
