PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether the outer nuclear layer (ONL) deformation detected by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is correlated with visual acuity before and after surgery in patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM). METHODS Forty-four eyes of 44 patients who underwent vitreous surgery for treatment of ERM were included. All patie...

A novel ion-mediated self-assembly method was applied for integration of graphene oxide (GO), propanoic- and glutaric-substituted perylenes (glu-PDI PA-PDI), Zn (OAc)2 into new hybrid materials with photocatalytic properties. The structuring chromophores through coordination bonding on the GO surface is controlled by chemistry PDI linkers. Four-substituted glu-PDI forms consolidated microporous...

Irrigated agriculture in semi-arid regions is expected to increase the future, which puts greater demands on scarce water resources. Sustainable irrigation strategies will support agricultural resilience climatic change. The response of “Sweetheart”/Mazzard sweet cherry trees ( Prunus avium L.) postharvest deficit (PDI), as a conservation method, was studied over three seasons (2019–2022) Okana...

Prolyl 4-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.11.2) catalyses the formation of 4-hydroxyproline in collagens. The vertebrate enzymes are alpha 2 beta 2 tetramers while the Caenorhabditis elegans enzyme is an alpha beta dimer. The beta-subunit is identical to protein disulphide isomerase (PDI), a multifunctional endoplasmic reticulum luminal polypeptide. ERp60 is a PDI isoform that was initially misidentified a...

Besnoitia besnoiti is an apicomplexan parasite responsible for bovine besnoitiosis, a disease with a high prevalence in tropical and subtropical regions and re-emerging in Europe. Despite the great economical losses associated with besnoitiosis, this disease has been underestimated and poorly studied, and neither an effective therapy nor an efficacious vaccine is available. Protein disulfide is...

The aim of the study was to monitor the influence of increasing initiator concentrations on the properties of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (polyNIPA) nanoparticles obtained via surfactant free precipitation polymerization (SFPP). In all studied systems P-001 to P-1, the same amount of monomer was used, and increasing amounts of potassium persulphate (KPS). The course of each reaction was monitore...

Chitosan hydrogels containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and toluidine blue O were prepared and assessed for their mucoadhesive property and antimicrobial efficacy of photodynamic inactivation (PDI). Increased HPMC content in the hydrogels resulted in increased mucoadhesiveness. Furthermore, we developed a simple In Vitro 3D gingival model resembling the oral periodontal pocket to cul...