Incidence of Tooth Loss in Adults: A 4-Year Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study by Manoelito Ferreira Silva-Junior, Marília Jesus Batista, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

“…The dependent variable was cumulative incidence of tooth loss, assessed by difference between missing teeth (M) of decayed, missing, and filled tooth index (DMFT) in 2011 and 2015. Participants were stratified into young (20–44 years old) and older (45–64 years old) adults. …”
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Physicochemical, Rheological, Structural, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties of Polysaccharides Extracted from Tamarind Seeds by Likun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Xiaomei Li, Bing Wang, Dangfeng Wang, Dan Su, Linlin Liu, Dehui Yu, Xiaoxue Guo, Xiumin Zhang, Na Zhang

“…The flow behavior testing confirmed its pseudoplastic character, and the flow behavior index (n) was between 0.4539 and 0.9201. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of TSP was 40.34% at 10 mg/mL. …”
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Radiofrequency-Targeted Vertebral Augmentation: Case Report of a Patient with 7 Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in a Variant of Osteogenesis Imperfecta by Leonard Westermann, Peer Eysel, Marvin Simons, Kourosh Zarghooni

“…However, overall pain relief dropped only slightly from 7 to 5 on the numerical rating scale (NRS) at the 6-week follow-up, and there was only a small decrease in the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) from 72% to 63%. An MRI at the 3-month follow-up revealed hyperintensity at levels T11 and T12, indicating slight recollapsing. …”
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Investigation of the Physicochemical Properties of Vegetable Oils Blended with Sesame Oil and Their Oxidative Stability during Frying by Fereshteh Ramroudi, Seyed Ali Yasini Ardakani, Arefeh Dehghani-tafti, Elham Khalili Sadrabad

“…The analyses of fatty acid composition (GC-FID), oxidative stability index (Rancimat), smoke point, and antioxidant activity (DPPH) were done on oil samples. …”
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Social isolation increases impulsive choice with minor changes on metabolic function in middle‐aged rats by Jassmyn J. Venegas, Jacob M. Weisz, Chan Young Choi, Ren E. Herringshaw, Omar A. Nabelsi, Nu‐Chu Liang

“…Male rats had a higher plasma insulin concentration and insulin resistance index compared to females. Our findings demonstrate that SI in middle age is sufficient to increase IC behavior and highlight inherent sex‐specific differences in metabolic profiles. …”
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Comparative transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis of monoclonal and polyclonal Populus deltoides genotypes by Macy Gosselaar, Macy Gosselaar, Mark A. Arick, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Heidi Renninger, Courtney M. Siegert, Waqar Shafqat, Daniel G. Peterson, Austin Himes

“…Phenotypic results showed that polyclonal plots exhibited higher leaf area index (LAI; p < 0.01, 2.96 ± 0.057 m2) and total biomass (p < 0.01, 2.74 ± 0.06) compared to monoclonal plots, indicating superior productivity. …”
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Risk Factors of Lymph Edema in Breast Cancer Patients by Haghighat Shahpar, Akbari Atieh, Ansari Maryam, Homaei Shandiz Fatemeh, Najafi Massoome, Ebrahimi Mandana, Yunesian Masud, Mirzaei Hamid Reza, Akbari Mohammad Esmaeil

“…Variables such as low educational level, body mass index (BMI), higher stage of disease, number of involved lymph nodes, comorbid diseases, trauma, infection, and the time after surgery showed significant correlation with the development of lymphedema. …”
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Performance of classification criteria for Behcet's disease in an Egyptian cohort by Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, Mona I Ellawindi, Gaafar Ragab

“…Performance of the revised Japanese criteria, ISG, ICBD 2006, and the revised ICBD 2010 was evaluated evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), positive predictive value (PPV), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), diagnostic odd ratio (DOR), and Youden's index (YI). Results: ICBD 2010 carried the highest sensitivity (98.83%), NPV (98.48%), DOR (1645), and YI (0.94) with lowest NLR (0.01). …”
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A prevalent caveolin-1 gene rs926198 variant is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Thai population by Metha Yaikwawong, Pornpimon Ek-eudomsuk, Gunya Sittithumcharee, Vipavee Anupunpisit, Thavatchai Peerapatdit, Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Thep Himathongkam, Siwanon Jirawatnotai, Somlak Chuengsamarn

“…Multiple logistic regression was conducted to adjust for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI), and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. …”
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Metronomic Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate Chemotherapy Combined with 1E10 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine in Metastatic Breast Cancer by Jorge L. Soriano, Noyde Batista, Eduardo Santiesteban, Mayté Lima, Joaquín González, Robin García, Yohanka Zarza, María V. López, Myriam Rodríguez, Jorge L. Loys, Narciso Montejo, Frank Aguirre, Amparo Macías, Ana M. Vázquez

“…Twenty one patients with metastatic breast cancer in progression and a Karnosky index ≥60%, were treated with metronomic chemotherapy (50 mg of cyclophospamide orally daily and 2.5 mg of methotrexate orally bi-daily), in combination with five bi-weekly subcutaneous injections of 1 mg of aluminum hydroxide-precipitated 1E10 anti-idiotype MAb (1E10-Alum), followed by reimmunizations every 28 days. …”
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Serum IL-18 Is Increased at Early Postburn Period in Moderately Burned Patients by Y. Kenan Coban, Murat Aral

“…Total mean burned surface area (TBSA) was 24.6±5.7% and mean BMI (body mass index) was 24.5±3.4. The patients' age ranged from 17 to 38 (mean 26.3±7.4) years. …”
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Sleep Spindles Characteristics in Insomnia Sufferers and Their Relationship with Sleep Misperception by Marie-Pier Normand, Patrick St-Hilaire, Célyne H. Bastien

“…Number, density, duration, frequency, and amplitude of sleep spindles were calculated. A misperception index was used to determine the degree of discrepancy between subjective and objective total sleep times. …”
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Long-Term Changes and Trends in the F2 Layer Critical Frequency over Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) by Galina Gordiyenko, Artur Yakovets, Yurii Litvinov, Murat Zhiganbayev

“…It is shown that the foF2 and solar activity index F10.7 display regular 11-year periodicity, stable negative trend over the 60-year observation interval, and some long-term (approximately four 11-year solar cycles) oscillation. …”
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Risk Factors for Persistent or Recurrent Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Jia Yu, Gezhi Xu, Qing Chang, Xiaofeng Ye, Lei Li, Chunhui Jiang, Qi Zhao

“…Using multivariate analysis, male sex (odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval: 5.63 [1.02–31.02]; p=0.047), older age (OR: 1.14 [1.03–1.25]; p=0.008), and higher Insomnia Severity Index score (OR: 1.30 [1.05–1.60]; p=0.015) were found to be independently associated with persistent or recurrent CSC. …”
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Study on Bond Defect Detection in Grouted Rock Bolt Systems under Pullout Loads by Shuisheng Yu, Leilei Niu, Jin Chen, Yawei Wang, Honghao Yang

“…The debonding length increased exponentially with the amplitude ratio (Q) of low frequency to high frequency, and the Q value could be used as the quantitative index of debonding length. As the pullout load increased, the impedance mismatch between the rock bolt and cement mortar (defect) increased, and the guided wave propagation in grouted rock bolt systems was irregular. …”
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Plasma Periostin Levels Are Increased in Chinese Subjects with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes and Are Positively Correlated with Glucose and Lipid Parameters by Yuanyuan Luo, Hua Qu, Hang Wang, Huili Wei, Jing Wu, Yang Duan, Dan Liu, Huacong Deng

“…Correlation analysis showed that plasma periostin levels were positively correlated with weight, waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2 h postchallenge plasma glucose (2 h PG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), fasting insulin (FINS), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), TNF-α, and IL-6 (P<0.05 or 0.001) and negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (P<0.001). …”
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Evolution and Attribution Analysis of Habitat Quality in China’s First Batch of National Parks by Pengyue Dai, Yanfang Wang, Jinhong Ye, Jing Chen, Runze Li, Xiping Cheng

“…Specifically, Wuyishan National Park exhibited the highest and most stable habitat quality index, while Three-River-Source National Park experienced significant improvement (+34.10%). …”
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Research on Wheel-Rail Local Impact Identification Based on Axle Box Acceleration by Yuanjin Ji, Junwei Zeng, Wenjing Sun

“…Further, the vibration characteristics were analyzed and quality indexes were calculated in combination with the marginal spectra so as to judge the reasons for abnormal vibration and failure modes of the tramcar. …”
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Mechanism of Photocatalytic Degradation of Diclofenac in Water by a Novel Carbon Nitride by LIU Zi’ang, GAO Yifang, LIU Chao, LI Wenjun, LIU Xiaona, LI Bo, QIAN Tianwei

“…The degradation pathway of DCF is determined by the Fukui index-based density functional theory and the determination of intermediates. …”
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The effect of large-sided games with HIIT protocol on the anaerobic ability of student futsal players by I Dewa Made Aryananda Wijaya Kusuma, M. Fu’ad Fahrudin, Bayu Agung Pramono, Adi Pranoto, I Wayan Artanayasa, I Made Satyawan, Ketut Chandra Adinata Kusuma, Agus Himawan

“…Results: with regard to Peak Power (p = .012), Mean Power (p = .001), Peak Power per Weight (p = .012), Mean Power per Weight (p = .001), Fatigue Index (p = .002), and Total Effort Time (p = .000), on the other hand, the CG did not show any discernible changes for any of the variables. …”
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