Effectiveness of Fluoride Varnish Application as Cariostatic and Desensitizing Agent in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer Patients by Kanchan P. Dholam, Priyanka Piyush Somani, Seema D. Prabhu, Shubhangi R. Ambre

“…Significant increase in decayed-missing-filling-teeth index was seen at nine (P=0.028), twelve (P=0.003) and fifteen (P=0.002) months follow-up. …”
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Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Airway Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Promsrisuk Tichanon, Khrisanapant Wilaiwan, Santamit Sopida, Pasurivong Orapin, Boonsawat Watchara, Intarapoka Banjamas

“…FeNO and MDA levels were lower post-CPAP compared to pre-CPAP (FeNO: 25.9 ± 5.0 versus 17.0 ± 2.3 ppb, P<0.001; MDA: 14.6 ± 7.8 versus 10.0 ± 6.4 μmol/L, P<0.01). Apnea-hypopnea index (15.9 ± 6.6 versus 4.1 ± 2.1/h, P<0.001) and mean arterial pressure (P<0.01) decreased following CPAP treatment. …”
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The Timing and Spectral Properties of the 2022 Outburst of SGR J1935+2154 Observed with NICER by Fu Yu-Cong, Lin Lin, Ge Ming-Yu, Enoto Teruaki, Hu Chin-Ping, Younes George, Göǧüş Ersin, Malacaria Christian

“…The decay of the outburst is dominated by the drop in the nonthermal component, which also leads to an increase in thermal proportion. The photon index of the PL is inversely correlated with both the unabsorbed flux and the burst rate. …”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prevalence of hyperuricemia in American adults: a study based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yongchun Xiao, Yong Mou, Yong Mou, Ping Wu, Ke Wang, Tianjun Chen, Zhiwan Chen, Hongsheng Lin, Hua Yang, Zhisheng Ji

“…Subgroup analysis indicated a positive association between MDS and HUA, with significant interactions observed for sex and body mass index. Sensitivity and additional analyses reinforced the robustness of these findings.ConclusionAmong U.S. adults, higher MDS were significantly associated with an increased prevalence of HUA, suggesting that interventions targeting magnesium deficiency could be beneficial in reducing HUA prevalence within this population. …”
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Medium- to long-term functional outcomes of artcure diffusional patch therapy for lumbar disc herniation: which herniation is more likely to require surgery? by Zekeriya Ersin Çelen, Furkan Hanege, Soner Sarı, Bülent Özkurt

“…Outcomes measures included the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and leg and low back visual analog scales (VAS). …”
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A Time-Varying Coupling Analysis of Expressway Traffic Volume and Manufacturing PMI by Shuo Sun, Mingchen Gu, Yingping Wang, Rongjie Lin, Lifeng Xing, Zhiyuan Xu

“…This study investigates the time-varying coupling relationship between expressway traffic volume and manufacturing purchasing manager index (PMI). First, for the traffic volume and manufacturing PMI time-series data, unit root stability test and Johansen cointegration test are applied to determine the stability of single sequence and the long-term stable correlation between variables, respectively. …”
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Selective mPGES-1 Inhibitor Ameliorated Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in the Rat Model by Min Ji Kim, Hwi-Ho Lee, Choi Kim, Ja Yeon Lee, Kyung-Sook Chung, Kyung-Tae Lee, Jae Yeol Lee

“…As our continuous research for the discovery of novel mPGES-1 inhibitors, we have characterized MPO-0144 as a selective mPGES-1 inhibitor with a selectivity index of >270 over COX-1 and >25 over COX-2, respectively. …”
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Predicting Nanobinder-Improved Unsaturated Soil Consistency Limits Using Genetic Programming and Artificial Neural Networks by Ahmed M. Ebid, Light I. Nwobia, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Frank I. Aneke

“…., liquid limits, plastic limit, and plasticity index of unsaturated soil treated with a composite binder known as hybrid cement (HC) made from blending nanostructured quarry fines (NQF) and hydrated-lime-activated nanostructured rice husk ash (HANRHA). …”
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Anomaly detection solutions: The dynamic loss approach in VAE for manufacturing and IoT environment by Praveen Vijai, Bagavathi Sivakumar P

“…The innovative dynamic loss function integrates a tempering index mechanism with tuneable parameters (α and γ), which assigns higher weights to underrepresented classes and down-weights easily classified samples. …”
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Dust Scattering Albedo at Millimeter Wavelengths in the TW Hya Disk by Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Takashi Tsukagoshi, Kiyoaki Doi, Kenji Furuya, Akimasa Kataoka

“…Even without assuming dust composition, we estimate the maximum grain size to be ~340 μ m, the power-law index of the grain size distribution to be >−4.1, and the porosity to be <0.96. …”
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The Relationship between Serum Bilirubin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Xiaojing Zhao, Linzhen Li, Xueting Li, Jiajia Li, Di Wang, Hongjie Zhang

“…The Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score was used to assess disease activity in patients with CD and the Mayo score of patients with UC. 255 clinically healthy subjects comprised the control group, which come from the same geographic area as the IBD group. …”
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Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes of Women with and Without Hypertension at the Latent Phase of Labor Who Were Under Medical Care for Preeclampsia by Resul Karakus, Cetin Kilicci, Enis Ozkaya, Ezgi Darici, Onder Tosun, Sultan Seren Karakus, Ali Aras

“…RESULTS: Mean age and body mass index were similar between the two groups (p>0.05). …”
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Mechanical response of deep circular shaft supported by steel frame and sprayed concrete in loess-paleosol sequence: A case study by Jiawei Kang, Guohua Deng, Shengjun Shao, Liqin Wang

“…The main conclusions are as follows: (1) Various physical property indexes, horizontal deformation, and lateral pressure of the shaft lining exhibit fluctuations within the loess-paleosol sequence. (2) The measured maximum horizontal deformation of the shaft lining is less than 10 mm. …”
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Analisis Kapasitas Seismik Gedung Eksisting Beton Bertulang Dengan Dinding Bata by Dinda Lestari, Maidawati Maidawati, Muhammad Ridwan

“…Kapasitas seismik dinyatakan dengan nilai indeks seismik dasar (basic seismic index) gedung, E0 yang didapat dari hubungan kekuatan lateral dan daktilitas struktur. …”
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Air Quality Status in Wuhan City during and One Year after the COVID-19 Lockdown by Crystal Jane Ethan, Kingsley Katleho Mokoena, Yan Yu

“…Using the independent t-test, the means of air quality index (AQI) and individual air pollutants concentration during the lockdown were compared with the means after the lockdown. …”
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Fractional hitting sets for efficient multiset sketching by Timothé Rouzé, Igor Martayan, Camille Marchet, Antoine Limasset

“…Scalable sketching methods, such as sourmash, provide valuable solutions but still lack resource-efficient, tailored indexing. Our objective is to create lighter sketches with comparable results while enhancing efficiency. …”
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Estimating soil profile salinity under vegetation cover based on UAV multi-source remote sensing by Zhenhai Luo, Meihua Deng, Min Tang, Rui Liu, Shaoyuan Feng, Chao Zhang, Zhen Zheng

“…For depths of 10 ~ 20 cm and 20 ~ 30 cm, the random forest (RF) models, incorporating spectral index and texture data, demonstrated superior accuracy with R2 values of 0.666 and 0.714. …”
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The Protective Effect of Naringin against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Wistar Rats by Nergiz H. Turgut, Haki Kara, Sahende Elagoz, Koksal Deveci, Huseyin Gungor, Emre Arslanbas

“…Rats and lung tissue were weighed to determine the lung index. TNF-α and IL-1β levels, hydroxyproline content, and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were assayed. …”
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Significance of Endoscopic Redness of Duodenum in Health Checkup by Atsushi Nakayama, Motohiko Kato, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Yu Takahashi, Shinya Kodashima, Ai Fujimoto, Nobutake Yamamichi, Kazumasa Miki, Naohisa Yahagi

“…And only Δa*, a chromatic index for changes in the degree of redness, showed a statistically and considerably positive correlation with ΔVAS (r = 0.4529, p < 0.0001). …”
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Indoor Deterministic Simulations and Statistical Modeling at Sub-THz Frequencies for Future Wireless Networks by Nektarios Moraitis, Konstantina S. Nikita

“…All the large-scale features of the channel exhibit a linear variation with distance, whereas according to the Gini Index and K-factor analysis, a channel with limited sparsity is encountered, especially in NLOS scenarios. …”
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