The following article has been retracted by the authors due to irregularities they had found regarding compliance with study procedures and data management. Data files comprising details of participants that were not de-identified were sent between study sites. At the Zurich study site, research sessions and interpreter costs were partly charged to the insurance companies and the hospital rathe...

It has come to the attention of IOP Publishing that this article should not have reached publication because a lack consent use data in paper and an undeclared conflict interest by authors affiliated with company, Beijing star medical equipment co., produced product discussed paper. The who are company did provide do claim ownership over it. Consequently, been retracted Publishing. agree retrac...

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Over the past century, numerous boys born in Canada and the United States have been circumcised.1 However, this trend is changing, with neonatal circumcision being performed less commonly than in years past.2,3 Because of these historical practices, many physicians and nurses have limited experience treating patients with intact foreskins and engage in illadvised procedures such as premature fo...

trusion often involves the extraction of four first premolars.1 Since these patients often have Class I molar relationships, the objective is usually to reduce the lip protrusion and correct the incisor inclinations with the least amount of anchorage loss. Although headgear has historically been the standard for maximum anchorage,2,3 its intermittent force application and requirement for patien...

A retraction in science is the removal of a scientific paper from the literature’s records. Formerly and still on occasion today, retractions would involve the complete removal of all traces of the paper, including authors’ names, abstract and manuscript, what is now commonly termed a stealth or silent retraction. Despite what appears to be an increase in the number of retractions, retraction n...

A chief morbidity of Graves eye disease is eyelid retraction and exophthalmus. Transpalpebral orbital fat removal accomplished with full thickness anterior blepharotomy was performed in 4 patients (5 orbits). Preoperative and postoperative ocular exposure symptoms, visual acuity, upper eyelid retraction and proptosis were evaluated. In all 5 operated orbits preoperative symptoms resolved; good ...

We present an in-situ method for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) microphone sensitivity optimization via the growth/retraction of nanoelectrodeposits to achieve high directionality in hearing aid applications. Using a DC bias at room temperature, nanoelectrodeposits are electrochemically deposited and dissolved on a Ag-doped Ge-Se solid electrolyte film on a microphone diaphragm. The grow...

When neuroblastoma cells bearing neurites are incubated with colchicine or Nocodazole, the cytoplasmic microtubules are depolymerized and concomitantly the neurites retract. We report here that cytochalasin separates the two effects of these drugs: it quantitatively inhibits neurite retraction but does not inhibit microtubule assembly. The neurites that remain contain intermediate filaments and...