Effects of a New Nano-Silver Fluoride-Containing Dentifrice on Demineralization of Enamel and Streptococcus mutans Adhesion and Acidogenicity by Joás Araújo Teixeira, Amitis Vieira Costa e Silva, Valdeci Elias dos Santos Júnior, Paulo Correia de Melo Júnior, Manuela Arnaud, Maria Goretti Lima, Miguel Angel Pelagio Flores, Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford, José Ricardo Dias Pereira, Andréa Gadelha Ribeiro Targino, André Galembeck, Aronita Rosenblatt

“…Data were statistically analyzed using Student’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U test, ANOVA, and Tukey tests at 5% of significance. …”
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Simultaneous detection of human neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G on a single substrate using a fluorometric quantum dots probe and chemometric models by Fátima A.R. Mota, Rafael C. Castro, David S.M. Ribeiro, João L.M. Santos, Ricardo N.M.J. Páscoa, Marieta L.C. Passos, M. Lúcia M.F.S. Saraiva

“…These second-order data were processed using various chemometric models, including unfolded partial least-squares with residual bilinearization (U-PLS/RBL), radial basis function artificial neural network (RBF-ANN), and partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), to guarantee a detailed and precise analysis. …”
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Self-assessed depressive symptoms in adolescents comparing two Swedish cohorts born 15 years apart by Carl Wikberg, Pia Augustsson, Marcus Praetorius Björk, Tord Ivarsson, Gudny Sveinsdottir, Eiríkur Örn Arnarson, W. Edward Craighead, Ina Marteinsdottir, Josefine Lilja

“…The study employed a comparative analysis, using independent samples t-tests, ANOVA, and the Mann-Whitney U test for item-specific comparisons. Results: The analysis revealed no significant differences in total CDI scores between the 2004 and 2019/20 cohorts. …”
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Anomaly Detection in High Mobility MDT Traces Through Self-Supervised Learning by J. M. Sanchez-Martin, C. Gijon, M. Toril, S. Luna-Ramirez, V. Wille

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Factores de riesgo relacionados con el infarto de miocardio en pacientes menores de 45 años by Luis Mariano de la Torre Fonseca, Rubén Andrés Guamán Castro, Adrian Mauricio Pacheco Naranjo, Ronald Eduardo Pucha Pesántez, Juan Sebastián Echeverría Penagos, José Roberto Calero Carreño, Robert Alarcón Cedeño

“…Las variables continuas se expresaron como media con su desviación estándar o mediana, se utilizó la prueba estadística de ji cuadrado (χ2) y la U-Mann Whitney para su procesamiento estadístico. …”
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Geometrical determinants of cerebral artery fenestration for cerebral infarction by Yuqian Mei, Xiaoqin Chen, Yao Zhang, Yanling Wang, Bo Wu, Mingcheng Hu, Quan Bao

“…The data were evaluated using either the independent sample t-test or the Mann–Whitney U test. Conducting univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to ascertain potential independent predictors of CI. …”
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A Local Adversarial Attack with a Maximum Aggregated Region Sparseness Strategy for 3D Objects by Ling Zhao, Xun Lv, Lili Zhu, Binyan Luo, Hang Cao, Jiahao Cui, Haifeng Li, Jian Peng

“…To minimize the attack camouflage regions, a sparseness regularization is designed to make the mask weights tend toward a U-shaped distribution and limit extreme values. …”
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Correlation between gallstones and fasting blood glucose to serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio among American adults by Bo Wu, Huachao Zheng, Caixiang Zhuang, Jiesheng Mao, Luo Yuncheng, Lidong Huang, Min Li, Zhao Feiyang, Sisi Lin, Pengwei Wang, Yiren Hu

“…Several statistical methods, including analysis of threshold effects, smoothed curve fitting, multiple logistic regression modeling, and subgroup analysis, were utilized to investigate the connection between GHR and gallstones.ResultsIn 3898 U.S. adults, GHR was significantly positively associated with the prevalence of gallbladder stones. …”
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TET1 is a Tumor Suppressor That Inhibits Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Migration and Invasion by Shuang Yu, Yali Yin, Shubin Hong, Siting Cao, Yanrui Huang, Shuwei Chen, Yujie Liu, Hongyu Guan, Quan Zhang, Yanbing Li, Haipeng Xiao

“…After silencing the TET1 gene with siRNAs in BCPAP and TPC-1 cells, cell proliferation was detected using EdU assay. Transwell assay was used to investigate cell migration and invasion. miRNA and mRNA expression arrays were conducted in TET1-depleted BCPAP cells. …”
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Combined Transplantation of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells and Endothelial Progenitor Cells Improve Diabetic Erectile Dysfunction in a Rat Model by Qiyun Yang, Wanmei Chen, Chi Zhang, Yun Xie, Yong Gao, Cuncan Deng, Xiangzhou Sun, Guihua Liu, Chunhua Deng

“…More 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine- (EdU-) positive EPCs could be found lining in the cavernous endothelial layer in the ADSC/EPC group than the EPC group, which was attributed to the paracrine of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) by ADSCs. …”
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Predictive effect of estimated glomerular filtrate rate by creatinine or cystatin C on mortality in patients with coronary artery disease by Shiqun Chen, Yang Zhou, Guoxiao Liang, Wanying Wu, Zhigang Huang, Lile Shi, Yuwei Gao, Xia Gu, Dongmei Wang

“…Restricted cubic spline showed a U-shaped association between eGFRcr and all outcomes in patients with both reduced and supranormal eGFR levels, while a L-shaped association in eGFRcys and eGFRcr-cys.Conclusions Estimated GFR based on both creatinine and cystatin C has highest predictive effect for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among CAD patients. …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…New drug therapy approvals 2020. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/new-drugs-fda-cders-new-molecular-entities-and-new-therapeutic-biological-products/new-drug-therapy-approvals-2020#first-in-class. …”
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Scandinavia in Lithuanian Diplomacy in 1915-1917 by Sandra Grigaravičiūtė

“…Lucius) and Copenhagen (U. Brokdorf-Rantzau), which aimed to propagate the separate movement of nations of the Russian empire. …”
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Current applications and challenges in large language models for patient care: a systematic review by Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Christopher Rueger, Elon HC van Dijk, Rawen Kader, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marcus R. Makowski, Luca Saba, Martin Hadamitzky, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Daniel Truhn, Renato Cuocolo, Lisa C. Adams, Keno K. Bressem

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Medical care and initial health status of French children returnees from jihadist group operation areas: A cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2020 in one referral French hospital by J. Goutines, L.L. Pham, N. Lucidarme, C. Briand, A. Malka, C. Baker, M. Veyret-Morau, A. Mapelli, A. Klein, T. Baubet, L. De Pontual

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Effect of periodontal therapy on endothelial function and serum biomarkers in patients with periodontitis and established cardiovascular disease: a pilot study by Ana Molina, Nagore Ambrosio, María Molina, Eduardo Montero, Leire Virto, David Herrera, Elena Figuero, Mariano Sanz

“…Student T, Mann–Whitney U, Chi-square and Fisher-exact tests were performed along with repeated measures ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni's corrections.ResultsThirty-five patients were included. …”
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Association between the use of daily injury risk estimation feedback (I-REF) based on machine learning techniques and injuries in athletics (track and field): results of a prospect... by Karsten Hollander, David Blanco, Pascal Edouard, Laurent Navarro, Antoine Bruneau, Alexis Ruffault, Joris Chapon, Pierre-Eddy Dandrieux, Christophe Ley, Spyridon (Spyros) Iatropoulos

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Anatomical and Functional Outcomes of Vitrectomy with/without Intravitreal Methotrexate Infusion for Management of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Secondary to Rhegmatogenous Retin... by Samir El Baha, Mahmoud Leila, Ahmed Amr, Mohamed M. A. Lolah

“…ANOVA test and Kruskal–Wallis test analyzed quantitative variables. Mann–Whitney U-test and independent t-test evaluated the difference between each group and its control. …”
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Pregnancy and Postpartum Trends in Self‐Measured Blood Pressure and Derived Indices: The BOSHI Study by Seiya Izumi, Misato Nishimura, Noriyuki Iwama, Hasumi Tomita, Hirotaka Hamada, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Takahisa Murakami, Michihiro Satoh, Takuo Hirose, Masatoshi Saito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Hirohito Metoki, the BOSHI Study Group

“…During pregnancy, the pulse rate (PR) showed an inverted U‐shaped trend and then sharply increased rapidly until the first postpartum day after delivery. …”
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A multidimensional assessment of adverse events associated with paliperidone palmitate: a real-world pharmacovigilance study using the FAERS and JADER databases by Siyu Lou, Zhiwei Cui, Yingyong Ou, Junyou Chen, Linmei Zhou, Ruizhen Zhao, Chengyu Zhu, Li Wang, Zhu Wu, Fan Zou

“…As such, this study aimed to comprehensively evaluate real-world adverse drug events (ADEs) linked to paliperidone palmitate by employing data mining techniques on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database and the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report (JADER) database. …”
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