BACKGROUND/AIMS To evaluate intravitreal aflibercept versus laser in subgroups of patients with baseline Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale (DRSS) scores ≤43, 47, and ≥53 in VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME. METHODS Patients with diabetic macular oedema were randomised to receive intravitreal aflibercept 2 mg every 4 weeks (2q4), intravitreal aflibercept 2 mg every 8 weeks after five initial monthly ...

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Based on a study of 1,100 specimens of the genus Agra (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini: Agrina) from Costa Rica, twenty-nine new species were discovered and are here validated and described: A. catie, n. sp. (type locality: Limon, Tortuguero National Park, Estacion Cuatro Esquinas, sea level, LN 280000,590500); A. catbellae, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, 600m, 09°53'N 083°38'W); A. ...

For this two-site immunochemiluminometric assay of intact human parathyrin (hPTH), the luminescent tracer was synthetic hPTH(53-84), conjugated via succinimide linkage to (aminobutyl)ethyl-isoluminol hemisuccinimide (abei-h). Purification of the labeled hPTH(53-84) by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography allowed isolation of the conjugate having the highest incorporation of abe...

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Apterobiroina flavipes sp. n., A. truncata Bentrovata flavithorax B. minor nigrithorax n. are described from Australia and compared to their type species australis L. Papp, 1979 as well regalis Richards, 1973. All these wingless, only have halteres. Keys given for identifications. With 53 original figures on seven tables.