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    ated with even more structural and functional abnormalities, normalized by limited vitrectomy. These findings may explain some common complaints of myopic patients with respect to vision and quality of life.

    To compare the accuracy of artificial intelligence formulas (Kane formula and Radial Basis Function [RBF] 2.0) and other formulas, including the original and modified Wang-Koch (MWK) adjustment formulas for Holladay 1 (H1-MWK) and SRK/T (SRK/T-WK and SRK/T-MWK), the Barrett Universal II (BUII), the emmetropia-verifying optical (EVO), and the Haigis equation in highly myopic eyes.

    Retrospective consecutive case-series study.

    A total of 370 eyes with an axial length (AL) ≥26.0mm of 370 patients were enrolled, and subgroup analyses was performed based on ALs. The median absolute error (MedAE), the percentages of eyes with hyperopic outcome and within ±0.25 diopters (D), ±0.50 D, and ±1.00 D of prediction error were determined.

    Overall, the Kane equation had the lowest MedAE (0.26 D), followed by H1-WK (0.27 D) and H1-MWK (0.28 D). There were no significant differences in MedAE among the Kane equation, the RBF 2.0, the BUII, the H1-MWK, and the H1-WK, whereas the Kane equation had a significantly lower MedAE than EVO (P < .001), SRK/T-MWK (P= .001), SRK/T-WK (P= .006), and Haigis (P < .001). In extremely myopic eyes with an AL ≥30.0mm (n= 115), the Kane equation had a significantly lower MedAE than the RBF 2.0 (P= .001), the EVO (P= .019), the BUII (P= .013), and the Haigis method (P= .005), whereas no significant differences were found among the Kane, H1-MWK, and H1-WK equations.

    The Kane equation was comparable to RBF 2.0, BUII, H1-MWK, and H1-WK in highly myopic eyes and was better than RBF 2.0 and BUII in extremely myopic eyes. The Kane, H1-MWK, and H1-WK methods were equally accurate in eyes with high to extreme myopia.

    The Kane equation was comparable to RBF 2.0, BUII, H1-MWK, and H1-WK in highly myopic eyes and was better than RBF 2.0 and BUII in extremely myopic eyes. The Kane, H1-MWK, and H1-WK methods were equally accurate in eyes with high to extreme myopia.Increased access to electronic devices and the ubiquity of social media has resulted in a rapid rise in the prevalence of students “multitasking” while in a classroom setting. While some data indicate the use of electronic devices in class can improve the classroom environment, other studies demonstrate the opposite finding. Moreover, it remains unclear if using social networking sites such as Instagram impacts performance on cognitive tasks when students are presented new material and, if so, what features of Instagram modulate this response. Therefore, in the current study we examined if social media use during or after being presented new information affected short-term memory in college students. Additionally, we assessed if the type or quantity of topics displayed had a modulatory impact on memory. Forty-five college-aged (18-24 years of age) students completed the Logical Memory Immediate Recall (LM I) component of the Wechsler Memory Scale IV, a measure of auditory recognition memory. Subjects were rano those that are not using their phones scrolling on social media.The current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exerted an unprecedented impact across the globe. As a consequence of this overwhelming catastrophe, long-established prevailing medical and scientific paradigms have been disrupted. The response of the scientific community, medical journals, media, and some politicians has been far from ideal. The present manuscript discusses the failure of the scientific enterprise in its initiatives to address the COVID-19 outbreak as a consequence of the disarray attributable to haste and urgency. To enhance conveying our message, this manuscript is organized into 3 interrelated sections 1) the accelerated pace of publications coupled with a dysfunctional review process; 2) failure of the clinical trial enterprise; 3) propagation of misleading information by the media. In response we propose a template comprising a focus on randomized controlled clinical trials, and an insistence on responsible journal publication, and enumeration of policies to deal with social media-propagated news. We conclude with a reconsideration of the appropriate role of academic medicine and journals.The crosstalk between macrophages and gastric epithelial cells has emerged as a player in chronic inflammation during intestinal metaplasia. However, the role of bile acid on this modulation remains to be studied. We hypothesized that deoxycholic acid-induced macrophages secreted exosomes to mediate intercellular communication and promoted intestinal metaplasia in human gastric epithelial cells (GES-1 cells). Macrophage-derived exosomes (M-Exos) and deoxycholic acid-induced macrophage-derived exosomes (D-Exos) were isolated by ultracentrifugation. EdU staining and CCK-8 assay were utilized to evaluate the effects of exosomes on the proliferation of GES-1 cells. Intestinal metaplasia was assessed by the expression of caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) at both mRNA and protein level. MicroRNA sequencing revealed the microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles of M-Exos and D-Exos. Cevidoplenib mouse The role of a specific miRNA and mRNA was analyzed by using miRNA mimics, miRNA inhibitors and siRNAs. D-Exos promoted the expression of CDX2 and suppressed the proliferation of GES-1 cells, compared to M-Exos. The miRNA profiles and quantitative real-time PCR examination showed D-Exos enriched a higher level of hsa-miR-30a-5p than M-Exos. Overexpressed has-miR-30a-5p increased CDX2 expression and inhibited the proliferation in GES-1 cells via targeted Forkhead Box D1 (FOXD1), a potential regulatory factor in the process of intestinal metaplasia. D-Exos may promote intestinal metaplasia and suppress proliferation of GES-1 cells via hsa-miR-30a-5p targeting FOXD1, which may be involved in the action mechanism of bile acid on gastric mucosa.Mutations of p53 in cancer cells not only subvert its antiproliferative properties but can also promote various oncogenic responses through a gain-of-function activity. Pharmacological manipulation of the mutant p53 pathway by specific compounds could be an effective strategy for cancer therapy. We show here that gain-of-function p53 mutation in gastric cancer cells promotes tumorigenesis by enhancing p53-EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) signaling pathway, and such process can be blocked by small molecule NA20, a naphthalimide derivative that exhibited selective inhibition in p53 mutant gastric cancer cell lines. Cevidoplenib mouse We found that targeting DNA and blocking the mutant p53-drived carcinogenicity accounted for the primary antitumor effect of NA20 in gastric tumor models. NA20 bound to DNA and p53 identified by a combination of drug tracking, DNA relaxation assay and coimmunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (CoIP-MS) detection, which led to the p21 activation and the suppression of EGFR signal cascading, thereby evoking cell cycle arrest and cell apoptosis, finally leading to cancer cell inhibition both in vitro and in vivo.