Evaluation of Patient Comfort and Impact of Different Anesthesia Techniques on the Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis Applications by Comparing Gow-Gates Mandibular Block Anest... by Onur Atalı, Elif Özçelik, Onur Gönül, Hasan Garip

“…Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are clinical situations that are characterized by pain, sound, and irregular movements of the temporomandibular joints. The most common method in the treatment of TMDs is arthrocentesis. …”
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Enteric Coated Pellets with Lactoferrin for Oral Delivery: Improved Shelf Life of the Product by Nika Kržišnik, Blaž Grilc, Robert Roškar

“…Conclusion: We successfully transferred a technology commonly used for small molecules to a protein-containing product, effectively protected it from the destructive effects of gastric juice, and achieved an acceptable shelf life.…”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Specimens in a Tertiary Hospital from 2010 to 2012 by Alain C. Juayang, Gemma B. de los Reyes, April Joy G. de la Rama, Christine T. Gallega

“…Wounds and abscesses were considered to be the most common specimens with MRSA infections having 71.05% while blood was the least with 5.3%. …”
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The Impact of Circadian Preferences on Quality of Life in Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: An Evaluation Using the SF‐36 by Uğur Ergün, Ahmet Güleç, Taner Buğra Tan

“…ABSTRACT Background/Aims Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that negatively impacts individuals' quality of life. …”
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Temperature and composition dependence of viscosity, refractive index and thermodynamics of viscous flow for benzonitrile + methyl/ethyl/butyl methacrylate binary systems: Experime... by Anil Kumar Nain, Preeti Droliya

“…The viscosities, η and refractive indices, nD of pure benzonitrile, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, n‑butyl methacrylate and of their binary mixtures with benzonitrile as common component, covering the entire composition range were measured at temperatures (293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15, 313.15 and 318.15) K and atmospheric pressure. …”
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Mechanisms of Action of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Sitong Yi, Qingwei Cong, Ying Zhu, Qiumin Xu

“…Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is currently the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. However, its pathophysiological mechanism is complicated, and currently, it has no FDA-approved pharmacological therapies. …”
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Foreign experience of realization of the personied approach to development of management personnel of educational organization by V. V. Tarasenko

“…The features of the implementation of a personalized approach to the development of management personnel of foreign educational organizations are revealed and described: the recognition and strict observance of the rights and freedoms, abilities and capabilities of management personnel as a subject of development; the focus of the development system on internal motivation, transformation of common values (education system, the state and society as a whole) in the personal values of management personnel; the continuity of the personnel development system with a focus on the emerging socio-professional experience of the subject of development. …”
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A knowledge embedded multimodal pseudo-siamese model for atrial fibrillation detection by Chenglin Lin, Huimin Lu, Pengcheng Sang, Chenyu Pan

“…Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia disease with a higher incidence rate. …”
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The Role of Dopamine in Impulsivity and Substance Abuse: A Narrative Review by Connor J Plaisance, Lloyd F Ledet III, Nicholas J Slusher, Charles P Daniel, Zachary Lee, Bradley Dorius, Sonnah Barrie, Tomasina Q Parker-Actlis, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

“…Impulsive decision making is commonly defined as a reduced ability to choose a delayed large reward instead of a small immediate reward. …”
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Interrelationship of the volunteerism and solidarity concepts in sociology by O. P. Noskova

“…The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical research into interrelationship of the volunteerism and solidarity concepts in sociology, and the former has been considered as a form of assistance and support for those in need, and the latter as an ideological justification of this assistance, a link that allows citizens to rally around a common good goal. Both concepts, being direct attributes of civil society, allow to strengthen social ties and promote formation of indifferent attitude to social transformations. …”
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Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Insulin Secretion and Signaling-Related Genes in Etiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Zahra Shaaban, Arezoo Khoradmehr, Amir Amiri-Yekta, Fariborz Nowzari, Mohammad Reza Jafarzadeh Shirazi, Amin Tamadon

“…Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrinopathy in women. PCOS is characterized by anovulation, hyperandrogenism, polycystic ovaries, insulin resistance, and obesity. …”
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A machine learning technique for optimizing load demand prediction within air conditioning systems utilizing GRU/IASO model by Meng He, Hui Wang, Myo Thwin

“…By comparing the proposed method with some other commonly used techniques, including ---, the advantage of the suggested model regarding accuracy and robustness has been defined.…”
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Profile of Skin Disorders in Unreached Hilly Areas of North India by Deepak Dimri, Venkatashiva Reddy B, Amit Kumar Singh

“…Overall the infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue were the most common (32.6%) followed by the disorders of skin appendages (19.8%), and dermatitis and eczema (18.8%). …”
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The Incidence of Infection Complicating Snakebites in Tropical Australia: Implications for Clinical Management and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis by Laura K. Smith, John Vardanega, Simon Smith, Julian White, Mark Little, Josh Hanson

“…Superficial skin infection was diagnosed by clinicians in 6/732 (0.8%) patients during their hospitalisation; infection was diagnosed more commonly in envenomated than in nonenvenomated patients (3/29 (10.3%) versus 3/703 (0.4%), p=0.001). …”
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From Fitness Tracking to Augmented Shopping Experience: Perceptions and Use of Mobile Payment among Runners Using Wearable Devices by Özlem Özdinç

“…These results indicate that mobile payment use on a smartphone is common among the physically active, but the convergence of that technology with high-tech wearable devices is yet to find acceptance.…”
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Predicting Wet-Road Crashes Using the Finite-Mixture Zero-Truncated Negative Binomial Model by Ying Chen, Zhongxiang Huang

“…Data incompleteness is a challenge in many developing countries. It is common that safety researchers only have access to data on sites where a crash has occurred (i.e., zero-truncated data). …”
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Modality Specific Cerebro-Cerebellar Activations in Verbal Working Memory: An fMRI Study by Matthew P. Kirschen, S. H. Annabel Chen, John E. Desmond

“…These results extend our previous findings of fMRI activation in cerebro-cerebellar networks during VWM, and demonstrate both modality dependent commonalities and differences in activations with increasing memory load.…”
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Current situation and considerations on Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing in nutritional management for diabetes mellitus (中医护理在糖尿病营养管理中的应用现状及思考)... by HAO Yangyang (郝杨杨)

“…Diabetes mellitus is a common clinical condition, and nutritional management is one of the indispensable aspects in the treatment of diabetic patients. …”
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Mechanism of Acupuncture and Moxibustion on Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Narrative Review of Animal Studies by Xiaoling Wu, Kai Cheng, Chang Xu, Shaoming Liu, Qianhui Sun, Zhiwen Yang, Xingye Dai, Na Li

“…Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a genitourinary disease commonly seen in males, with symptoms involving pelvic pain, urinary system disease, and sexual dysfunction, which seriously affects physical and mental health, and it also influences the quality of life of patients. …”
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Simulating Complex Urban Behaviours With AI: Incorporating Improved Intelligent Agents in Urban Simulation Models by Solon Solomou, Ulysses Sengupta

“…The study evaluates the model’s suitability, strengths, and weaknesses, by comparing it against the results of a control model featuring commonly used logic-based architecture. The findings showcase the improved ability of cognitive-based intelligent agents to display dynamic market behaviours. …”
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