The current study reports comparing the postoperative mechanical properties of the anterior capsule between femtosecond laser capsulotomy (FLC) and continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) of variable size and shape in porcine eyes. All CCCs were created using capsule forceps. Irregular or eccentric CCCs were also created to simulate real cataract surgery. For FLC, capsulotomies 5.3 mm in dia...

Coronary collateral circulation (CCC), an alternative blood supply for ischemic myocardium, improves survival rates among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there remains a lack of biomarkers to discriminate between patients with poor or good CCC. In this study, we aimed to observe the relationship between plasma microRNA-146a (miR-146a) levels and the coronary collateral cir...

PURPOSE The study explores international trends in law on compulsory commitment to care of substance misusers (CCC), and two subtypes - civil CCC and CCC within criminal justice legislation - as well as maximum length and amount of applications of such care. METHOD The time period covers more than 25 years, and a total of 104 countries and territories. The study is based on available data in ...

The basic purpose of the economic design of the control charts is to find the optimum control charts parameters to minimize the process cost. In this paper, an R package, edcc (economic design of control charts), which provides a numerical method to find the optimum chart parameters is presented using the unified approach of the economic design. Also, some examples are given to illustrate how t...

the efficiency and robustness of reliability methods are two important factors in first order reliability method (form). the conjugate choice control (ccc) and directional chaos control method (dcc) were developed to improve the robustness and efficiency of form formula using the stability transformation method. in this paper, the ccc and dcc methods are applied for reliability analysis of a co...

This working paper series is intended to facilitate discussion and encourage the exchange of ideas. Inclusion here does not preclude publication elsewhere. It is the original work of the author(s) and subject to copyright regulations. ABSTRACT We believe that conflicting decision signals resulting from examining Shewhart Mean and Variability Control Charts produce undesirable consequences. Ther...

Let B be a complete ccc Boolean algebra and let τs be the topology on B induced by the algebraic convergence of sequences in B. 1. Either there exists a Maharam submeasure on B or every nonempty open set in (B, τs) is topologically dense. 2. It is consistent that every weakly distributive complete ccc Boolean algebra carries a strictly positive Maharam submeasure. 3. The topological space (B, τ...

Chronic Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy (CCC) is an often fatal outcome of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, with a poorer prognosis than other cardiomyopathies. CCC is refractory to heart failure treatments, and is the major indication of heart transplantation in Latin America. A diffuse myocarditis, plus intense myocardial hypertrophy, damage and fibrosis, in the presence of very few T. cruzi forms...

En este artículo se discuten las formas de comercialización los productos agroalimentarios base agroecológica familias agricultoras, a través circuitos cortos; partiendo la construcción social mercados como acto político por parte productores y consumidores. Para análisis, llevó cabo una revisión bibliográfica sobre aspectos teóricos experiencias en el territorio brasilero referidas cortos (CCC...

Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCC) is the second most common subtype of ovarian cancer after high-grade serous adenocarcinomas. CCC tends to develop resistance to the standard platinum-based chemotherapy, and has a poor prognosis when diagnosed in advanced stages. The ANXA4 gene, along with its product, a Ca(++)-binding annexin A4 (ANXA4) protein, has been identified as the CCC signature g...