Treatment Efficacy of Electromyography versus Fiberscopy-Guided Botulinum Toxin Injection in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Patients: A Prospective Comparative Study by Jae Wook Kim, Jae Hong Park, Ki Nam Park, Seung Won Lee

“…The mean total dosage of botulinum toxin was similar for both groups: 1.7 ± 0.5 U for the EMG group and 1.8 ± 0.4 U for the fiberscopy group (P>0.05). …”
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Habit-induced oral lesions in different occupations: A comparative study among people between geographical different places of West Bengal by Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Kasturi Mukherjee, Kailash C. Dash, Somnath Gangopadhyay

“…People in armed forces had cancer-causing habits most, and people with Group-1 occupation/managers had cancer-causing habits least.…”
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Insights to Clinical Use of Serial Determination in Titers of Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Autoantibodies by Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Atsushi Niizawa, Katsutoshi Terasawa

“…As a result, 6 patients with RA were divided into two groups: one possessed high titers without variation, and the other was without high titers. …”
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Lasting Developmental Effects of Neonatal Fentanyl Exposure in Preweanling Rats by Dora Catré, Maria Francelina Lopes, António Silvério Cabrita

“…Six-day-old rats were assigned to one of three groups (10 males/group): (1) fentanyl (incision+fentanyl), (2) saline (incision+0.9% saline), and (3) unoperated (unoperated sham). …”
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Response of conifers to UV-B and climate in mountain areas by S.L. Bondarenko, D.A. Savchuk

“…After the correlation analysis, all trees were divided into two groups: 1) Trees whose correlation between tree ring density and UV-B values in April is significantly positive; 2) Trees whose correlation between tree ring density and aridity index values in March-September is significantly negative. …”
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Relationship of individual psychological peculiarities of convicts with a tendency to auto-aggressive behavior by M. A. Sergeeva, L. F. Fursi, A. S. Kubekova

“…These individual psychological characteristics can be divided into two groups: one group of individual psychological characteristics (demonstrativeness, social pessimism, maximalism, uniqueness, breaking cultural barriers) is associated with a tendency to an extreme form of manifestation of auto-aggressive behavior, that is, to suicide, and the other group of individual psychological characteristics (black color, depression, psychasthenia and schizoid) are characteristic of convicts who are prone to manifesting auto-aggressive behavior in the form of self-harm. …”
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3D Slot Roughness Evaluation Of Novel Orthodontic Brackets With Two Commercial Brackets (An İn-Vitro Study) by Omar Sabah, Isra Dilshad, Sana Rizgar

“…The brackets were divided into three groups: (1) E-max brackets (IPS E-max press, Ivoclar, Germany), (2) Gemini clear brackets (Unitek, 3M, USA), and (3) Discovery pearl ceramic brackets (Dentaurum, Germany). …”
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Impact of propylene glycol supplementation during early postpartum period on serum me tabolites and reproductive performance in Nili-Ravi buffalo by Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Rehman Khan, Ejaz Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmad, Aijaz Ali Channa, Muhammad Irfan ur Rehman Khan

“…Nili Ravi buffalo (n=25) were randomly assigned to one of two groups, i.e., Treatment Group (n=15) and Control Group (n=10). …”
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DNA Damage Induced by Alkylating Agents and Repair Pathways by Natsuko Kondo, Akihisa Takahashi, Koji Ono, Takeo Ohnishi

“…., endnuclease xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group F-excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency complementation group 1), Fanconi anemia repair, and homologous recombination. …”
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Efficacy of ProTaper Retreatment System in Root Canals Obturated with Gutta-Percha Using Two Different Sealers and GuttaFlow by Jaya Siotia, Shashi Rashmi Acharya, Sunil Kumar Gupta

“…Forty-five human, single-rooted premolars were divided into three experimental groups. Group 1 was obturated with gutta-percha and AH Plus sealer, Group 2 was obturated with gutta-percha and zinc oxide eugenol sealer, and Group 3 was obturated with GuttaFlow. …”
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Comparing General versus Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Severely Pre-eclamptic Parturients by Omer Abdalbagi Mohamed Elawad, Omayma Hassan Elamin, Areeg Izzeldin Ahmed Yousif, Gamal Abdalla Mohamed Ejaimi

“…Methods: A total of 80 parturients were enrolled into two equal groups, one group received SA and the other GA. Vital parameters were recorded before starting and during the procedure. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF LABORATORY TESTS OF WOMEN IN THE DYNAMICS OF TREATMENT OF PERIODONTAL DISEASES CONCOMITANT WITH BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS by T.O. Petrushanko, A.D. Krutikova, E.I. Krutikova

“…The subjects were assigned into groups according to their gynecological status: Group I (control) (n=10) included women with the I and II degree of purity of the vagina Group II (n=10) included carriers of Gardnerella vaginalis without diagnosed bacterial vaginosis ; Group ІІІ-A (n=15) included women with verified diagnosis of BV who received conventional treatment; Group IІІ-B (n=15) included women with BV, who received treatment using our patented treatment regimen that takes into account the presence of specific BV-microflora found in the oral cavity in this group of subjects. …”
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Сhanges in the donor site following bone-patellar tendon-bone graft harvesting with open or closed defects by Pavel A. Trachuk, Aleksandr P. Trachuk, Oleg E. Bogopolskiy

“…The thickness of the tendon increased by 55% (M = 2.4 mm; SD = 1.6 mm; p = 0.001). All patients in Group 1 exhibited persistent bony and ligamentous defects. …”
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Echocardiography indicators in patients with atherosclerosis of peripheral arteries of the lower extremities dependent on T(–786)C polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synt... by V.I. Tseluyko, O.D. Yarova

“…Patients were divided into two clinical groups: group I – 63 (63 %) men without coronary heart disease, group II – 37 (37 %) patients with CHD. …”
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The effect of smoking on the immediate effectiveness of induction chemotherapy in the combined treatment of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer by P. V. Golubev, L. V. Bolotina, A. R. Gevorkov, T. I. Deshkina

“…When evaluating the objective response to treatment, it was revealed that disease control was achieved in 33 (97 %) patients from group 1 and in all 34 (100 %) patients from group 2. …”
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Impact of Mating Methods and Semen Preservation on Reproductive and Growth Performances in Palestinian Assaf Sheep by Wael Halaweh, Samia Khnissi, Ikram Ben Souf, Muayad Salman, Naceur M’Hamdi

“…Prolific lambing significantly impacted birth weight, weaning weight, and average daily gain at 60 days across all groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05), but not the average daily gain or final weight at 180 days (<i>p</i> > 0.05). …”
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Causes of revision hip arthroplasty after hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture by Alexander N. Tsed, Nikita E. Mushtin, Alexander K. Dulaev

“…The average age of patients in Group 1 at the time of revision arthroplasty was 79 years and was statistically significantly different from the age of patients in Groups 2 and 3 (74.4 and 74.9 years, respectively). …”
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The Platelet-Specific Gene Signature in the Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease Transcriptome by Ali Kemal Oguz, Cagdas Sahap Oygur, Bala Gur Dedeoglu, Irem Dogan Turacli, Sibel Serin Kilicoglu, Ihsan Ergun

“…The platelet-specific gene signature derived was used for cluster analysis of patient and control groups. <i>Results</i>: When IgG4-RD patients were compared with controls, 268 DEGs (204 with increased and 64 with decreased expression) were detected. …”
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A Prospective, Crossover, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study Comparing the Effectiveness and Ocular Comfort of 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid and 0.3% Hyaluronic Acid in Patients With D... by Kim SJ, Yoo WS, Kwon LH, Kim RB, Yoon HJ, Yoon KC

“…We included 60 adults with moderate to severe DED and divided them into two groups. One group used 0.1% HA for four weeks and then switched to 0.3% HA for another four weeks, while the other group used the drops in the opposite order. …”
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The Evaluation of Conceptual Learning and Epistemological Beliefs on Physics Learning by Think-Pair-Share by Tolga Gok

“…The research was conducted with two groups. One of the groups was the experimental group (EG) and the other group was the control group (CG). 35 students in the experimental group were instructed with think pair share instructional strategy while 36 students in the control group were instructed with conventional, teacher-centered teaching. …”
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