Color Stability and Surface Properties of PMMA/ZrO2 Nanocomposite Denture Base Material after Using Denture Cleanser by Mohammed M. Gad, Reem Abualsaud, Shaimaa M. Fouda, Ahmed Rahoma, Ahmad M. Al-Thobity, Soban Q. Khan, Sultan Akhtar, Khalid S. Al-Abidi, Mohamed S. Ali, Fahad A. Al-Harbi

“…A total of 420 specimens were fabricated of unreinforced and nano-ZrO2 reinforced acrylic resin at 2.5% and 5%, resulting in 3 main groups. These groups were further subdivided (n = 10) according to immersion solution (distilled water, Corega, sodium hypochlorite, and Renew) and immersion duration. …”
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Post COVID glaucoma service redesign utilising electronic patient triage and community optometry clinics (Fife, Scotland 2020—2022) by Niharika Nalagatla, Shameela Parveen, Kelvin KW Cheng, Caroline Styles, Andrew Blaikie, Peter Wilson, Bhavani Karri, David J Chinn, Roshini Sanders, Glaucoma Team, Lisa Wong, Alan Ramsay, Steven Halstead, Michelle Boulton, David Cummins, Colin Ferrier, Gavin Galloway, Elizabeth Embrey, Duncan Preston

“…After 24 months level one patients had a return rate of 40.2%, mainly for other diseases with only 20.4% retained within hospital or level two. 9.4% of level two patients returned to hospital with retention of only 2.7% in hospital at 24 months. …”
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Sunscreen Use among a Population of Saudi University Students by Mohammed I. AlJasser, Abdullah Aljumah, Mohannad Alzaydi, Abdullah Alassaf, Suliman Alassafi, Maha T. Alassafi, Mohammed Almedlej, Emad Masuadi

“…Female gender, high family income, previous history of sunburn, tanning bed use, and use of other sun protection methods were factors independently associated with sunscreen use. The main reasons for using sunscreen were prevention of sunburns, dark spots, skin cancer, and overall skin darkening. …”
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Analysis of the Clinicopathological Characteristics, Genetic Phenotypes, and Prognostics of Primary Pulmonary and Bronchial Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma by Zhengyang Hu, Xing Jin, Jian Wang, Qihai Sui, Yanjun Yi, Dejun Zeng, Zhencong Chen, Qun Wang, Jiacheng Yin, Lin Wang, Zongwu Lin

“…Conclusion Our study analyzed the main factors that influence the prognosis of PACC patients undergoing surgery and discovered the unique genetic phenotype of PACC.…”
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Production of organic fertilizer using pleurotus sp. as a process accelerator by A. Medina-Buelvas, A. Garcia-Guan, B. Barraza-Amador, E. Espinosa-Fuente, M. Del Castillo-Cabrales, K. Mendez-Gutiérrez, N. Rosales-Hernández

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: One of the best retributions that man can make to the environment and that promotes development is the incorporation of waste into truly productive processes. In this sense, the main objective of this study was to take advantage of the vegetal residues from tree pruning obtained from the maintenance of the overhead wiring of the electrical networks in the city of Barranquilla, in Colombia, to produce an organic fertilizer, which are some of the most demanded products in the world. …”
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Acupuncture treatment of restless legs syndrome: a randomized clinical controlled study protocol based on PET-CT and fMRI by Lin Tang, Na Zhao, Xiaolin Gao, Jinjin Li, Xintong Yu, Ruilong Liang, Chen Xie, Lutong Li, Qianqian Wang, Wenjia Yang

“…IntroductionRestless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder of the nervous system that is mainly characterized by nighttime leg discomfort and can be accompanied by significant anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders. …”
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Constructing benzothiadiazole‐based donor‒acceptor covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution by Yanchang Huang, Bin Gao, Qihang Huang, De‐Li Ma, Hongwei Wu, Cheng Qian

“…Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that both triphenylamine and benzothiadiazole units are the main active sites for HER over the DHU‐COF‐BB. This work provides new insight into the photocatalytic hydrogen production activity of D‒A COFs by a donor structural engineering strategy.…”
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Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of Taxol Synthesis in Taxus wallichiana var. Mairei by Tao Wang, Yiming Chen, Weibing Zhuang, Fengjiao Zhang, Xiaochun Shu, Zhong Wang, Qing Yang

“…Our results indicated that high expressions of the genes taxadienol acetyltransferase (TAT), taxadiene 5-alpha hydroxylase (T5H), 5-alpha-taxadienol-10-beta-hydroxylase (T10OH), and 2-debenzoyl-7,13-diacetylbaccatin III-2-O-benzoyl-transferase (DBBT), which catalyze a series of key acetylation and hydroxylation steps, are the main cause of high taxol content in JXS. Moreover, in the present study, the activation of jasmonic acid (JA) signal transduction and its crosstalk with gibberellin (GA), auxin, and ethylene (ET) explained the elevation of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from the taxol biosynthesis pathway. …”
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Association of uveitis with pediatric autoimmune diseases based on a TriNetX study by Alan Y. Hsu, Hou-Ting Kuo, Chun-Ju Lin, Chang-Ching Wei, Ning-Yi Hsia, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Yu-Hsun Wang, You-Ling Li, Chun-Ting Lai, Huan-Sheng Chen, Yi-Yu Tsai

“…The non-autoimmune cohort were randomly selected control patients matched by sex, age, and index year. The main outcome is the incidence of new-onset uveitis. 175,328 pediatric patients with autoimmune diseases (mean age 10.7 +/- 5.1 years; 55.8% female; 66.2% White) and 175,328 pediatric patients without autoimmune diseases (mean age 10.8+/- 5.1 years; 55.7% female; 66% White) were recruited. …”
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Cortisol regulates neonatal lung development via Smoothened by Shanshan Lu, Yifei Chen, Jiawen Song, Liangliang Ren, Jun Du, Donglai Shen, Jiayin Peng, Yao Yin, Xia Li, Yuqing Wang, Yan Gao, Siman Han, Yichang Jia, Yun Zhao, Yizheng Wang

“…Abstract Background Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), one of the main causes of neonatal death, is clinically characterized by progressive dyspnea and cyanosis 1 to 2 h after birth. …”
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Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a large health system: a quality improvement approach using a fractal management system by Elie A. Saade, Esther J. Thatcher, Tina Lewis, Susan Carr, Marcia Cornell, Rachel Arnold, Lisa Bushong, Zainab Albar, Peter Pronovost

“…Key drivers were indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) alternatives, insertion, maintenance, removal, and smart diagnostics. The main outcome measures were standardized infection ratios (SIR) and standardized utilization ratio (SUR), comparing period 1 (P1, June 2020 to December 2021) and period 2 (P2, January 2022 to June 2023). …”
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Hybrid parking space prediction model: integrating ARIMA, Long short-term memory (LSTM), and backpropagation neural network (BPNN) for smart city development by Anchal Dahiya, Pooja Mittal, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Sarita Simaiya, Mohd Anul Haq, Mohammed A. Aleisa, Abdullah Alenizi

“…The present research mainly focuses on proposing a novel scalable hybrid model for accurately predicting parking space. …”
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A new strategy for pharmacodynamic substance screening and research on gut microbiota pathway mechanisms based on UPLC-Q-orbitrap-MS and 16S rRNA by Zhiying Yu, Tong Li, Jie Yang, Jianghua He, Weijiang Zhang, Siyuan Li, Yunpeng Qi, Yihui Yin, Ling Dong, Wenjuan Xu

“…Efficacy verification showed that the main active components, puerarin, baicalin, and berberine, had good therapeutic effects on UC. …”
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Implant-Supported Rehabilitation Using GBR Combined with Bone Graft on a Reconstructed Maxilla with the Fibula Free Flap by S. Di Carlo, V. Valentini, E. Grasso, F. De Angelis, L. Piccoli, A. Quarato, S. Jamshir, E. Brauner

“…Computed tomography (CT) six months after GBR showed a good bone regeneration of 1.5 cm mesiodistal (MD), 1.8 cm buccopalatal (BP), and 2.8 cm in height. The main difficulty of this clinical case concerns the low predictability of success of GBR on a maxillary reconstructed area with a free fibula flap: there is no previous evidence in the literature. …”
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Species richness is not a good predictor for above-ground biomass in a warm temperate deciduous broadleaf forest by Chunmei He, Yushan Li, Xiaoxia Dai, Na Liu, Fangfang Wu, Jiangbo Yan, Meiping Gao, Yonghui Liang, Zuoqiang Yuan, Zhanqing Hao, Qiulong Yin

“…The variation in AGB was mainly explained by the maximum diameter at breast height and the coefficients of variation of diameter at breast height, suggesting that large diameter individuals contribute disproportionately to AGB. …”
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Chemical Profile and Alcoholic Fermentation Analysis of the Ethiopian Wild Edible Fruit <i>Physalis peruviana</i> L. by Tesfom Zeru Zereahannes, Tarekegn Berhanu Esho, Alayu Woldtensay Teklie, Henock Woldemichael Woldemariam, Neela Satheesh, Aselefech Sorsa Wotango

“…The current study is the very first investigation into the nutrient characteristics of <i>Physalis peruviana</i> L. fruits found in Ethiopia. Its main objective is to investigate the nutritional, antinutritional, and antioxidant capacity of the edible fruit of <i>Physalis peruviana</i> L. …”
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Longitudinal association of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin levels with clinical characteristics in thyroid eye disease by Kyung In Woo, Suk-Woo Yang, Jeong Kyu Lee, Sang In Khwarg, Jin Sook Yoon, Sehyun Baek, Jae Wook Yang, JaeSang Ko, Koung Hoon Kook, Sang Duck Kim, Jun Hyuk Son, Helen Lew, Sung Bok Lee, Jae Woo Jang, Hee Young Choi, Mi Jung Chi

“…Additionally, we analysed longitudinal associations between the serum TRAb levels and clinical activity score (CAS), no signs or symptoms, only signs, soft tissue involvement, proptosis, extraocular muscle involvement, corneal involvement, sight loss (NOSPECS) score and proptosis.Results Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) and TSH-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (TBII) levels decreased during the 1-year follow-up, whereas disease activity measured using CAS decreased mainly in the first 6 months. Disease severity measured using NOSPECS score and proptosis remained unchanged. …”
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Associations between use of expressed human milk at 2 weeks postpartum and human milk feeding practices to 6 months: a prospective cohort study with vulnerable women in Toronto, Ca... by Cindy-Lee Dennis, Jane Francis, Alex Kiss, Deborah L O'Connor, Erica Di Ruggiero, Alison Mildon, Stacia Stewart, Bronwyn Underhill, Yi Man Ng, Christina Rousseau, Daniel W Sellen

“…Exclusions: pregnancy loss or participation in prior related study; Study B: preterm birth (&lt;34 weeks); plan to move outside Toronto; not intending to feed human milk; hospitalisation of mother or baby at 2 weeks postpartum.Primary and secondary outcome measures Main exposure variable: any use of expressed human milk at 2 weeks postpartum. …”
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Unravelling spatiotemporal propagation processes among meteorological, soil, and evaporative flash droughts from a three-dimensional perspective by Chen Hu, Dunxian She, Gangsheng Wang, Liping Zhang, Zhaoxia Jing, Zhihong Song, Jun Xia

“…Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and temperature were the main factors influencing propagations toward soil and evaporative flash droughts, respectively. …”
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Corneal and Epithelial Thickness Mapping: Comparison of Swept-Source- and Spectral-Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography by Cristina Georgeon, Ilanite Marciano, Roxane Cuyaubère, Otman Sandali, Nacim Bouheraoua, Vincent Borderie

“…However, both technologies are not interchangeable when the main thickness parameters (i.e., central and minimum CT and minimum ET) are used for diagnosing early keratoconus or calculating the expected residual stromal bed thickness before corneal refractive surgery or anterior lamellar keratoplasty.…”
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