Necessity of Antibiotics following Simple Exodontia by Waqas Yousuf, Moiz Khan, Hasan Mehdi, Sana Mateen

“…The aim of our study is to assess the need for postoperative antibiotics following simple exodontia and determine its role in minimizing patient discomfort and postoperative complications. Material and Methods. All the patients undergoing simple extractions were grouped into two categories: Group 1, patients receiving antibiotics, and Group 2, patients receiving no antibiotics. …”
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Modeling some properties of circadian rhythms by Miguel Lara-Aparicio, Carolina Barriga-Montoya, Pablo Padilla-Longoria, Beatriz Fuentes-Pardo

“…Our interest is to study the main process underlyingthe synchronization in the pacemaker of a circadian system: thesemechanisms should be conserved in all living beings. Indeed, from anevolutionary perspective, it seems reasonable to assume that either theyhave a common origin or that they emerge from similar selectioncircumstances. …”
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Analyzing the Impact of Various Jump Load Intensities on Countermovement Jump Metrics: A Comparison of Average, Peak, and Peak-to-Average Ratios in Force-Based Metrics by Gabriel J. Sanders, Stacie Skodinski, Corey A. Peacock

“…The findings revealed that the most significant (<i>p</i> < 0.001 for all) negative correlations (<i>r</i> ranged from −0.384 to −0.529) occurred between Jumps 50+ and the average CMJ test variables. …”
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Literature Study of Formulating and Testing Physical Properties of Hand Sanitizer Preparations of Various Plant Extracts by Susi Yanti, Cory Linda Futri

“…In the study of making hand sanitizers from various extracts, it can be concluded that the hand sanitizer gel that was formulated met all the requirements for evaluating the physical properties of the gel which included organoleptic, homogeneity, and pH tests, while for dispersion and adhesion there were those that did not meet the standards.…”
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Comparison of Matrix Pencil Extracted Features in Time Domain and in Frequency Domain for Radar Target Classification by Mahmoud Khodjet-Kesba, Khalil El Khamlichi Drissi, Sukhan Lee, Kamal Kerroum, Claire Faure, Christophe Pasquier

“…The proposed method takes into account not only the magnitude of the signal, but also its phase, so that all the physical characteristics of the target will be considered. …”
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An Investigation of Soil Profile Depth Change on Site Response Analysis by Fatma İlknur KARA, Barış Şahin

“…The paper concludes that, for the soil profile addressed in this study, the derived design spectrum related to soil type ZE- regardless of the depth change - is conservative for all periods except the high rise buildings as well as the buildings that do not require advanced performance evaluations such as new designed reinforced concrete buildings, precast concrete buildings and steel buildings.…”
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Distribution and composition of redox-active species and dissolved organic carbon in Arctic lacustrine porewaters by Danhui Xin, Jeffrey M. Hudson, Anthony Sigman-Lowery, Yu-Ping Chin

“…Fe2+ was abundantly detected below 4 cm of the sediment-water interface in all cores and was inversely related to dissolved O2. …”
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Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

“…Although stenting, coil embolization, and thrombin injection are all plausible options for management, we propose that surgical reconstruction be considered seriously as a treatment for such spontaneous pseudoaneurysms.…”
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Prediction Model of Phosphorus Content at the End Point of Electroslag Remelting Based on MI and XGBoost Algorithms by Liu　Yuxiao, Dong　Yanwu, Jiang　Zhouhua, Chen　Xi

“…The incorporation of MI and GridSearchCV enhances the model's predictive performance and fitting ability.Validation of the test set shows that the MI-XGBoost model achieves R2， Mean Absolute Error， Explained Variance Score， and Maximum Error values of 0.889 4， 0.000 4， 0.897 2， and 0.004 1， respectively， all superior to MI-RR， MI-RF， MI-GBDT， and MI-KNN models. …”
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Retinal Sensitivity Loss Correlates with Deep Capillary Plexus Impairment in Diabetic Macular Ischemia by Fabio Scarinci, Monica Varano, Mariacristina Parravano

“…Ten eyes of ten diabetic patients with normal outer retinal structure on SD-OCT were included as controls. All eyes underwent optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and MP1 microperimetry. …”
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The Immunological Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Characteristics of Children in Tajikistan Republic by Nighina M. Khodzhaeva, Alla M. Baranova, Anatoly K. Tokmalaev

“…Verification of the diagnosis was based on clinical, epidemiological data, and the results of blood microscopy. In all patients, along with the standard, clinical, and laboratory tests, a number of indicators of the immune status were performed that include the T-immunity, the content of serum immunoglobulins of three main classes, the level of circulating immune complexes (CIC), C3 complement, and the concentration of key serum cytokines that have been studied in the dynamics of infectious process. …”
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Enhancing Cobot Design Through User Experience Goals: An Investigation of Human–Robot Collaboration in Picking Tasks by Ana Pinto, Inês Duarte, Carla Carvalho, Luís Rocha, Joana Santos

“…For the collaboration phase, all UX ratings were positive, with attractiveness having the highest average value (M=2.46; SD=0.78) and efficiency the lowest (M=1.93; SD=0.77). …”
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Multi-Item Multiperiodic Inventory Control Problem with Variable Demand and Discounts: A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, S. T. A. Niaki, Ardeshir Bahreininejad, Siti Nurmaya Musa

“…The orders are placed in batch sizes and the decision variables are assumed integer. Moreover, all unit discounts for a number of products and incremental quantity discount for some other items are considered. …”
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Analysis of regional differences, spatial-temporal characteristics, and influencing factors of the coupling and coordination development of science and technology innovation betwee... by Xiao Liu, Qingjin Wang, Hao Gao, Qian Cui, Qian Cui

“…Thirdly, the CCDL of STI between universities and enterprises in each region is notably different, but all show σ convergence trend. Finally, the university STI ability and enterprise STI ability are identified as key factors in the CCDL of STI between universities and enterprises.…”
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Construction of a Cuprotosis-Related Gene-Based Model to Improve the Prognostic Evaluation of Patients with Gastric Cancer by Chunyan Han, Kai Zhang, XinKai Mo

“…Additionally, GC patients in the test group, the training group, and all the sample groups had shorter survival time with the increase of the risk factor (p<0.05). …”
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Enhanced Dual-Vector Model Predictive Current Integrated Control for Electric-Drive- Reconstructed Onboard Chargers by Feng Yu, Qihao Yin, Laiwu Luo, Yuhao Zhang

“…Secondly, the integrated control strategy for all operation modes is devised by incorporating the enhanced dual-vector model predictive control (MPC), mitigating the complexities and enhancing reliability. …”
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Coupling Strategies for the Synthesis of Peptide-Oligonucleotide Conjugates for Patterned Synthetic Biomineralization by Joshua D. Carter, Thomas H. LaBean

“…EDC resulted in the highest yield for both solution-phase (95%) and solid-phase strategies (24%), while the DMF-based reagents, PyBOP and HBTU, resulted in low yields with reduced recovery. All recoverable conjugates demonstrated gold nanoparticle templating capability.…”
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Mechanisms and Emerging Regulators of Neuroinflammation: Exploring New Therapeutic Strategies for Neurological Disorders by Mi Eun Kim, Jun Sik Lee

“…Immunomodulators, gene and RNA-based therapeutics, and stem cell methods have all shown promise for more specific and effective interventions. …”
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Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis by Yordany Boza Mejias, Clotilde Mora Pérez, Julio Romero Rodríguez, Surelys Sosa Suárez, Madialys Payo Monzón, Arelys Díaz Duménico

“…The opening access was not performed to all the patients in the emergency service. The causal tooth extraction was not commonly done early, according to the prescribed antibiotic group. …”
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Identifying and Ranking Security Indicators in Online Social Networks with an MADM Technique by Hamed Fathi, Alireza Amini

“…Also, based on the results of the Spearman correlation test, all factors have had a positive and significant effect on social network security.Originality/Value: In this study, we concluded that there is a significant relationship between the influential factors and the security of social networks on the line defined for these networks. …”
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