PURPOSE To evaluate the validity of the novel and noninvasive retro-mode imaging modality of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO) for detecting the morphological features of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). DESIGN Prospective, observational, consecutive case series. METHODS Twenty-six patients (29 eyes) with PCV were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent comprehens...

Objective. To evaluate both results and complications of Retro-pubic, Pre-pubic and Trans-obturator miniinvasive anti-incontinence surgical procedures. Material and methods. Search of PubMed, Cochrane library and relevant articles from 1996 to 2012. Results. Seventy-four works were found. Literature showed similar cure rates among retro-pubic (71,4-91%), transobturator (77,3-95%) and pre-pubic ...

Numerous experiments have been conducted in recent years on anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect (Bem, 2010), yet more data are needed to understand these processes precisely. For this purpose, we carried out an initial retro-priming study in which the response times of 162 participants were measured (Rabeyron and Watt, 2010). In the current paper, we present the results of ...

Natural selective processes have been known to drive phenotypic plasticity, which is the emergence of different phenotypes from one genome following environmental stimulation. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been observed to modulate transcriptional and epigenetic states of genes in human cells. We surmised that lncRNAs are governors of phenotypic plasticity and drive natural selective proc...

In visual working memory (VWM) tasks, participants' performance can be improved by a retro-object-cue. However, previous studies have not investigated whether participants' performance can also be improved by a retro-dimension-cue. Three experiments investigated this issue. We used a recall task with a retro-dimension-cue in all experiments. In Experiment 1, we found benefits from retro-dimensi...

Феномен мощного радиоизлучения ядра галактики является кратковременной по космологическим масштабам (до ~10лет) эволюционной фазой самых массивных звездных систем, поэтому информация о статистических свойствах радиоисточников в разных диапазонах электромагнитного спектра важна для понимания природы и эволюции галактик. Программные средства виртуальной обсерватории (ВО), разработанные за последн...

Hutchins, Yuan, M., and Santangelo (2015) proposed the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) as a new field-normalized impact indicator. This study investigates the RCR by correlating it on the level of single publications with established field-normalized indicators and assessments of the publications by peers. We find that the RCR correlates highly with established field-normalized indicators, but th...

Retrospectively cueing an item retained in visual working memory during maintenance is known to improve its retention. However, studies have provided conflicting results regarding the costs of such retro-cues for the noncued items, leading to different theories on the mechanisms behind visual working memory maintenance and retro-cueing. Here we tested an alternative explanation of the conflicti...

Recent studies have demonstrated that memory performance can be enhanced by a cue which indicates the item most likely to be subsequently probed, even when that cue is delivered seconds after a stimulus array is extinguished. Although such retro-cuing has attracted considerable interest, the mechanisms underlying it remain unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that retro-cues might protect an...