La molaire néandertalienne de la grotte Vaufrey (Dordogne, France) by Maria Dolorès Garralda, Bruno Maureille, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Bernard Vandermeersch

“…It is a very large tooth, both in its absolute dimensions and its indexes; the pulp chamber, however, is of medium size. …”
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Common spine codes are reimbursed 13% less by Medicaid compared to Medicare, ranging from 46% to 160% by state by Adam P. Henderson, BS, M. Lane Moore, MD, MBA, Camryn S. Payne, BA, Jack M. Haglin, MD, MS, Joseph C. Brinkman, MD, Paul R. Van Schuyver, MD, Joshua S. Bingham, MD, Michael S. Chang, MD

“…Rates were compared directly to each other by state and averaged to reflect national differences. The Medicare Wage Index was used to control for variability in wages between states and was used to adjust Medicaid data for comparison. …”
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A novel lidocaine-chitosan-barium titanate microemulsion gel for prolonged local anesthesia: An in vitro study by Qiao Xiaoru, Li Ling

“…The lidocaine/chitosan/BaTiO3 ranged in size from 7-30 nm, displaying a narrow particle size distribution. The polydispersity index (PDI) value was 0.989. Lidocaine/chitosan with BaTiO3 nanoparticles as a carrier achieved over 84% drug release, whereas the lidocaine/chitosan without the BaTiO3 nanoparticles only reached 52% cumulative release. …”
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Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Musculoskeletal Status: A Cross-Sectional Study of NHANES by Yue Shi, Shuhan Li, Xiaolong Xie, Yue Feng

“…This study explored the effect of MetS on bone mineral density (BMD) and muscle quality index (MQI). Methods. Data from the NHANES database from 2011 to 2014 were extracted, and nonpregnant participants aged 45–59 years were included. …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…A survey with the following variables was applied: age, sex, marital status, skin color, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, smoking, physical activity, food intake (fruits, vegetables and fat), body mass index and waist circumference.<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> 35-44-year age group and female sex predominated, as well as white married individuals. …”
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Description of body image perception and its relation to nutrient intake in bodybuilders by Sarli Mohd, Riyadi Hadi, Setiawan Budi, Dzulhijjah Rahmi

“…The BMI was classified as normal, while the Fat-Free Mass Index (FFMI) in the competitive group was predominantly average, and in the non-competitive group, it was mostly below average. …”
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Nonacademic predictors of China medical licensing examination by Jie Sun, Yingying Xie, Ningnannan Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Meiyun Wang, Bing Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu, Hui Zhang, Shijun Qiu, Xiaojun Xu, Yongqiang Yu, Tong Han, Zuojun Geng, Weihua Liao, Bo Gao, Wen Qin, Feng Liu, Meng Liang, Qiang Xu, Jilian Fu, Jiayuan Xu, Mengge Liu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li, Dapeng Shi, Caihong Wang, Xi-Nian Zuo, Quan Zhang, Feng Chen, Jiance Li, Zhihan Yan, Wen Shen, Yanwei Miao, Junfang Xian, Longjiang Zhang, Kai Xu, Zhaoxiang Ye, Jing Zhang, Guangbin Cui, Chunshui Yu, for the CHIMGEN Consortium

“…Results We identified seven nonacademic predictors for GMKT performance. Body mass index (BMI) and working memory reaction time showed direct negative effects on GMKT performance. …”
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OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE HARMFUL ENTOMOFAUNA FROM WINTER RAPESEED CROPS IN THE CONDITIONS OF CENTRAL OF MOLDAVA, BETWEEN YEARS 2014-2017 by PAULA -LUCELIA URSACHE, ELENA TROTUS, ALEXANDRA -ANDREEA BUBURUZ

“…., Epicometis hirta Poda and Ceuthorrhynchus napi Gyll. species recorded the highest values for the index of ecological significance (W %) and were classified in the W5 class - characteristic species. …”
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Nitrogen-carbon nanotubes as a basis for a new type of semiconductor materials for electronics devices by Irina V. Zaporotskova, Sergey V. Boroznin, Natalia P. Boroznina, Evgeniy S. Dryuchkov, Kseniya Yu. Verevkina, Yulia V Butenko, Pavel A. Zaporotskov, Lev V. Kozhitov, Alena V. Popkova, Aleksandr D. Grigoriev

“…The results are of utmost importance for the design and fabrication of components and units for nanoelectronics and microsystems: our theoretical study has confirmed the possibility to control the refraction index and conductivity of media by implementing a carbon-for-nitrogen substitution reaction to various concentrations. …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in the North Africa and Middle East Region from 1990 to 2021 by Saeid Safiri, Ali Shamekh, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Mortaza Raeisi, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…Additionally, from 1990 to 2021, the burden of prostate cancer largely increased with the socio-demographic index (SDI) at the regional level. The burden of prostate cancer in the MENA region rose markedly between 1990 and 2021. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for the development of obesity in preschool children: a logistic model analysis by Huasheng Jin, Huihui Zhou, Kai Chen

“…High birth weight, high parental body mass index (BMI), picky eating habits, preference for meat, frequent consumption of junk food, and binge eating were found to be significant risk factors for obesity in preschool children. …”
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Crop productivity of Central European Permaculture is within the range of organic and conventional agriculture by Reiff, Julius, Jungkunst, Hermann F., Antes, Nicole, Entling, Martin H.

“…We used the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) as an index to compare mixed cropping systems of permaculture sites with average monoculture yield data of the overall German agricultural sector, as well as that of only organic German agriculture. …”
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Salivary Biomarkers in Periodontitis Patients: A Pilot Study by Sarah Reddahi, Amal Bouziane, Sana Rida, Houssain Tligui, Oumkeltoum Ennibi

“…The concentration of these proteins in saliva showed a significant association with gingival index and pocket depth measurements and may reflect the clinical status of healthy and diseased periodontium. …”
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Cardiometabolic Risk in Hyperlipidemic Men and Women by Michael Leutner, Christian Göbl, Alice Wielandner, Eleonora Howorka, Marlies Prünner, Latife Bozkurt, Jürgen Harreiter, Helmut Prosch, Oliver Schlager, Silvia Charwat-Resl, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

“…HL-women were older and had overall more favourable concentrations of lipid parameters and liver enzymes but did not differ regarding vascular morphology and insulin sensitivity compared to HL-men of comparable body mass index (BMI).…”
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Host plants selection of Centranthera grandiflora Benth. and nontargeted metabolomics analysis of its parasitic and non-parasitic samples. by Song Jin, Yuchuan Li, Jun Ni, Haili Xie, Falin Lei, He Liu

“…The experiments of mixed sowing of C. grandiflora and 9 companion plants that might be hosts were conducted, and the growth, biological yield and other indexes were observed. The results showed that Cyperus iria L. was the best host for C. grandiflora, and when they were mixed sowed, C. grandiflora had a vigorous growth above ground and the haustoria connected obviously below ground, while C. grandiflora could achieve blossoming and fruiting in the same year. …”
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Pengembangan panduan konseling rational emotive behavioral teknik dispute cognitive untuk meningkatkan konsep diri dan resiliensi terhadap kemandirian pada siswa by I Gst. Agung Diah Rusdayanti, Ni Ketut Suarni, I Ketut Dharsana, Nyoman Dantes, Putu Ari Dharmayanti

“…The results of this research are (1) the design of this counseling guidebook consists of five chapters, (2) the content validity of the guidebook is declared valid with a Content Validity Index of 0.8825 so that it has the feasibility of being developed and implemented by counseling guidance teachers for students, (3) the practicality of this guidebook is stated to be very practical for use by guidance and counseling teachers with an average result of 96.25%, (4) the implementation of the rational emotive behavioral counseling guidebook with cognitive dispute techniques is simultaneous quite effective in increasing self-concept and resilience towards independence students with significance value of 0.020 which is less than 0.05 and an effect size value of 0.485.…”
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Flexural Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Beam Using BFRP Composites: Finite Element Approach by Asaad M. H. Kadhim, Hesham A. Numan, Mustafa Özakça

“…In addition, under all strategies of wrapping schemes, the findings also indicated that the deflection ductility index noticeably reduced for RC beams with BFRP composites compared to the control beam. …”
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The Analysis of Spatiotemporal Changes in Vegetation Coverage and Driving Factors in the Historically Affected Manganese Mining Areas of Yongzhou City, Hunan Province by Jinbin Liu, Zexin He, Huading Shi, Yun Zhao, Junke Wang, Anfu Liu, Li Li, Ruifeng Zhu

“…By calculating the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Fractional Vegetation Coverage (FVC), the spatiotemporal changes and driving factors of vegetation coverage in the Yongzhou manganese mining area from 2000 to 2023 were analyzed. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on vibration-based damage detection and localisation in laminated composite plates by Saeesh Verenkar, I. Sridhar, Vinayak S. Uppin, P. S. Shivakumar Gouda

“…Finite Difference Method has been employed to calculate the derivatives, and a novel damage index (DI) is proposed to enhance damage localization capabilities. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Forgotten Joint Score usage in total hip arthroplasty by Waleed Albishi, Nasser M. AbuDujain, Orfan Arafah, Ibrahim S. Alshaygy, Abdulaziz Almaawi, Zyad A. Aldosari, Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, Omar A. Aldosari, Saad M. Alangari

“…The construct validity of the study was evaluated using the reduced Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (rWOMAC). To assess the test-retest reliability, 72 people took the Ar-FJS test twice. …”
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