Color Stability and Roughness of Ocular Prosthesis Between Heat-Cured Acrylic and 3D Printed Acrylic After Artificial Weathering by Shahad Fadhil Bunyan, Shahad Mohammed Shakir, Faraedon Mohidden Mostafa Zardawi

“…The results demonstrated a significant difference in color stability between the two materials and fabrication methods; the highest mean ΔE observed in heat-cured PMMA samples was 2.67 (p=0.003) and the lowest in 3D-printed samples ΔE of 1.42, respectively. …”
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Exploring the macro-level, meso-level and micro-level barriers and facilitators to the provision of good quality early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) care in England and Wales by Sam Norton, Cath Taylor, James Galloway, Magdalena Zasada, Mark Yates, Nicola Ayers, Zoë Ide

“…Quality was assessed in relation to 11 quality indicators based on clinical opinion, evidence and variability observed in the data. Data from semi-structured interviews with staff (1–5 from each unit, 56 in total) and an online questionnaire (n=14/16 units) were integrated and analysed using the framework method for thematic analysis using a combined inductive and deductive approach (underpinned by an evidence-based framework of healthcare team effectiveness), and constant comparison of data within and between units and its relationship with the quality criteria.Findings Quality of care was influenced by an interplay between macro, meso and micro domains. …”
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Exploring the protective role of caffeine against Taraxacum-Induced ribotoxic stress mediated through autophagy and mitochondrial depolarization by Chien-Jung Lin, Shu-Ting Liu, Zih-Syuan Wu, Shih-Ming Huang, Teng-Wei Chen

“…T. formosanum induced the N-terminal clipping of histone H3, which was observed not only in human HeLa cervical cancer cells but also in human Huh6 and HepG2 liver cancer cells. …”
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The effect of salicylic and jasmonic acids on the activity of <i>SnAGO</i> genes in the fungus <i>Stagonospora nodorum</i> Berk. in <i>in vitro</i> culture and during infection o... by M. Yu. Shein, G. F. Burkhanova, I. V. Maksimov

“…At the same time, the SnAGO genes of the fungus S. nodorum, when interacting with plant cells, reacted depending on the degree of host resistance: the highest level of transcripts in the resistant variety was observed. Thus, our data prove that the SnAGO genes of the fungus S. nodorum effectively interact with the host defense system in direct proportion to the degree of resistance of the latter to the pathogen. …”
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Gum Arabic Reduces C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients without Affecting Urea or Indoxyl Sulfate Levels by Sarra Elamin, Mariam J. Alkhawaja, Amina Y. Bukhamsin, Mohamed A. S. Idris, Muntasir M. Abdelrahman, Nasrulla K. Abutaleb, Abdulrahman A. Housawi

“…In contrast to previous observations, we found no effect on serum urea or creatinine levels. …”
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Estimation of the Wenchuan Earthquake Rupture Sequence Utilizing Teleseismic Records and Coseismic Displacements by Deyu Yin, Qifang Liu, Jingke Wu

“…The conformity between synthetic and observed teleseismic records as well as the slip value of the shallowest subfaults and the coseismic displacements is utilized to calibrate the model. …”
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Corneal Biomechanics Determination in Healthy Myopic Subjects by Kunliang Qiu, Xuehui Lu, Riping Zhang, Geng Wang, Mingzhi Zhang

“…Methods. 135 eyes from 135 healthy myopic subjects were included in this cross-sectional observational study. Cornea hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF), cornea-compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc), and Goldmann-correlated intraocular pressure (IOPg) were determined with the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA). …”
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Exploring the impact of grazing on fecal and soil microbiome dynamics in small ruminants in organic crop-livestock integration systems. by Sejin Cheong, Kimberly Aguirre-Siliezar, Sequoia R Williams, Amélie C M Gaudin, Paulo Pagliari, Michele T Jay-Russell, Roselle Busch, Elizabeth A Maga, Alda F A Pires

“…Grazing did not significantly affect soil microbial diversity or composition, and no interaction was observed between post-grazing fecal samples and the graze CC soil. …”
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Multistrategic Approaches in the Treatment of Acute Migraine During Pregnancy: The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy, Exercise, and Relaxation Techniques by Özge Baykan Çopuroğlu, Mehmet Çopuroğlu

“…Quality of life and sleep quality improved across all groups, with unique benefits observed for each intervention. <i>Conclusions</i>: Physiotherapy, structured exercise, and relaxation techniques are effective, safe, and non-invasive interventions for managing acute migraines during pregnancy. …”
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Upregulated Solute Carrier SLC39A1 Promotes Gastric Cancer Proliferation and Indicates Unfavorable Prognosis by Dan Yu, Yong Chen, Ming Luo, Yanjin Peng, Shengen Yi

“…Compared with adjacent stomach tissues, gastric adenocarcinoma tissues showed significantly higher SLC39A1 on both mRNA and protein levels. Higher SLC39A1 was observed in patients with larger tumor size (P=0.003) and advanced tumor stages (P<0.001). …”
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Evaluation of genotoxic potential induced by marine cage culture by F. Turan, M. Turgut

“…<br /> <strong>FINDING:</strong> The DNA damages at gill and liver cells of gilthead sea bream in the present study were observed with a higher level of DNA damage in gill cells compared to liver cells, and were determined at the low and minimal scale at the cage and reference stations, respectively. …”
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Divergence of alpine plant populations of three Gentianaceae species in the Qinling sky Island by Peng-Cheng Fu, Bing-Jie Mo, He-Xin Wan, Shu-Wen Yang, Rui Xing, Shan-Shan Sun

“…A high level of genetic differentiation was observed among the Qinling populations and the other populations of each species. …”
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Reduced avoidance behaviour in Daphnia magna due to agrochemical-induced vulnerability by María Eugenia López-Valcárcel, Ana del Arco, Cristiano V.M. Araújo, Gema Parra

“…Vulnerability was verified using a starvation test in which significant differences were observed between the control populations and populations with a disturbance history. …”
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Does Apoptotic Index Predict the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Breast Carcinoma? by Gokce ASKAN, Oguzhan OKCU, Cigdem OZTURK, Seda DUMAN OZTURK, Bayram SEN, Recep BEDIR

“…A significant decline in AI (p=0.001) and Ki67 proliferation index (p&lt;0.001) was observed in resections AT. Conclusions: These data suggested that the AI is a simple and cost-effective tool that may play an important role in determining response, and a low AI in TC-BT may have some value as a predictive marker in breast carcinomas.…”
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Estimating the Growing Degree Days in the Northwest of Iran based on Climate Change Models by Hasan Zolfaghari, Jafar Masoompourv Samakosh, Shabnam Chahvari

“…Calibration, verification and Performance Model with the rate of the adaption of observed data and the simulated measures through statistics , RMSE and MAE were analyzed. …”
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Digital Radiography for Determination of Primary Tooth Length: In Vivo and Ex Vivo Studies by Maria D. Basso, Fabiano Jeremias, Rita C. L. Cordeiro, Lourdes Santos-Pinto

“…No significance was observed (P≤0.48) between APTL and ACTL. Conclusion. …”
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Field apple scab susceptibility of a diverse Malus germplasm collection identifies potential sources of resistance for apple breeding by David Papp, Liqiang Gao, Ranjita Thapa, Dan Olmstead, Awais Khan

“…Races 1 to 7 and 9 of V. inaequalis were present in the orchard, but no scab was observed on the indicator host accessions for races 11 and 12. …”
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Development and Complex Dynamics at School Environment by Miguel Angel Fuentes, Juan Pablo Cárdenas, Natalia Carro, Mariana Lozada

“…These findings were not observed in the control group. Through the use of the mentioned methodologies, the current investigation provides new quantitative evidence of social network plasticity in children, an important topic which, to our knowledge, has been little studied. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) GRADE AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN OUTPATIENTS OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT RSUD DR. SOETOMO by Lukas Widhiyanto, Andre Triadi Desnantyo, Lilik Djuari, Maynura Kharismansha

“…This study was cross-sectional study with analitical observational design and survey was the method to determine whether there is correlation between knee OA grade and BMI. …”
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Experimental investigation of the effect of the offset ratio on the flow characteristics and heat transfer behaviour of a wall-bounded dual jet flow by P.J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S.M. O'Shaughnessy

“…Distinct differences in the observed flow and heat transfer behaviour are noted for OR ≤ 2 and OR ≥ 3, where lower OR values produce a unique ‘peaking’ phenomenon in the Nux profile that becomes more exaggerated for higher Re values.…”
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