Association between Self-Reported Bruxism and Sleeping Patterns among Dental Students in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shereen M. Shokry, Eman E. El Wakeel, Nassr Al-Maflehi, Zaheera RasRas, Nida Fataftah, Enam Abdul Kareem

“…A structured questionnaire was adopted from The PSQI (The Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire Index) used for data collection. It included questions which are categorized into sleeping habits, sleep-related symptoms, and additional questions concerning bruxism. …”
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Effects of Flash Glucose Monitoring on Dietary Variety, Physical Activity, and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Hujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…Furthermore, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the glycemic excursion index improved significantly and HbA1c decreased significantly (from 7.7 (1.2) to 7.4 (0.8), P=0.025). …”
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Facial biotype and maxillomandibular skeletal classification in Angolan patients with dentomaxillofacial anomalies by Yosvany Herrero Solano

“…Using the Ricketts VERT index, 49.59% of cases were classified as dolichofacial, followed by 42.27% as brachyfacial. 83.60% of patients with dolichofacial biotype were characterized by having maxillomandibular skeletal class II, and 76.92% of those with brachyfacial biotype were classified as class III. …”
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Measuring above-ground carbon stock using spatial analysis and the InVEST model: application in the Thoria Watershed, India by Zhe Guo, Himani Sharma, Mahesh Jadav, Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Chiranjit Guha, Wei Zhang, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Ruth S Meinzen-Dick

“…Using high-resolution NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) data from Sentinel satellites, we disaggregate land cover types into high and low NDVI classes, which allows enhanced assessment of carbon stocks by capturing the spatial variation within the same land cover types. …”
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Deep Tissue Massage and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Low Back Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial by Marian Majchrzycki, Piotr Kocur, Tomasz Kotwicki

“…Visual analogue scale, Oswestry disability index (ODI), and Roland-Morris questionnaire (RM). …”
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Implication of High Body Fat Percentage on Migraine Chronification in Premenopausal Females by Pooja Ojha, Varun Malhotra

“…High body fat%’s implication on chronic migraine which was adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and the use of oral contraceptives was determined using logistic regression analysis. …”
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Maximum Dry Unit Weight and Optimum Moisture Content Prediction of Lateritic Soils Using Regression Analysis by Yufeng Qian

“…Due to the time limitations and concerns of finishing resources, it is obligate to develop some relationships for predicting compaction parameters such as maximum dry unit weight (γdmax) and optimum moisture content (ωopt) from easily estimated index properties. The purpose is to evaluate the applicability of multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) for estimating γdmax and ωopt of lateritic soils. …”
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Flowering characteristics and breeding system of Deutzia parviflora by WANG Qi, LI Jinyu, WANG Xinyi, WANG Yixuan, GUO Wei, YUAN Tao

“…Its flowering type is concentrated flowering, with a group flowering period of 22-23 d and a single flowering period of 8 d, which can be divided into 8 stages. (2) The stigma acceptability at the petal flattening stage was the strongest, and the pollen viability at the stamen expansion stage was the highest. (3) The optimal medium for pollen viability determination was: 100.0 g/L sucrose + 0.3 g/L H3BO3 + 0.2 g/L CaCl2. (4) Pollen can be dried and stored in the short term (within 10 d), at -20 ℃ and -80 ℃ in the medium term (10-30 d), and at -80 ℃ for a long time (more than 30 d). (5) The pollen-ovule ratio of D . parviflora was 23 695.93, the out-crossing index was 3, the fruit setting rate of xenogamy was the highest. …”
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Sex steroid hormones mediate the association between neonicotinoids and obesity among children and adolescents by Qian Su, Jinzhu Luo, You Zhou, Miao Liu, Shaohua Zeng, Yin Li, Jieying Gao

“…Mediation analysis was used to assess potential mediators of sex steroid hormones, including testosterone (T), estradiol (E2), T/E2, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and free androgen index (FAI). Results: Clothianidin (β = −0.29, 95 % CI: −0.57, −0.01) and N-desmethyl-acetamiprid (β = −0.19, 95 % CI: −0.35, −0.03) were associated with reduced VFI z-score. …”
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Identification of Individuals at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Aylín Altuna Delgado, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…The variables were: age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference and nutritional assessment. …”
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Prevalence of low bone mineral density in ankylosing spondylitis, correlation with disease activity, and serum sclerostin levels by Anupam Wakhlu, Akhil Pawan Goel, Puneet Kumar

“…Neck of femur BMD had significant positive correlation with Bath's ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index. Serum sclerostin levels were significantly higher in patients and had significant negative correlation with modified Stoke's ankylosing spondylitis spinal score. …”
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Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Talensi District, Northern Ghana by Larry Pax Chegbeleh, Bismark Awinbire Akurugu, Sandow Mark Yidana

“…Based on the water quality index (WQI) technique modified for the district and an interpolation technique using ordinary kriging developed from a well-fitted exponential semivariogram for the estimated WQIs, the groundwater quality has been spatially classified as generally ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ for domestic purposes. …”
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Does the Serum Vaspin Level Have a Role in the Diagnosis of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency? by Fatma Nur Koyun, Nafiye Yilmaz, Duygu Tugrul Ersak

“…There were no statistically significant differences in body mass index, gravidity, parity, and cigarette consumption between the groups. …”
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Cross-sectional study exploring barriers to adverse drug reactions reporting in community pharmacy settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Tahir Mehmood Khan, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan, Mohammad Safiqul Islam, Mizanur Rahman Moghal, Long Chiau Ming

“…Exploring the barriers to the reporting of ADRs, it was revealed that the top four barriers to ADR reporting were ‘I do not know how to report (Relative Importance Index (RII)=0.998)’, ‘reporting forms are not available (0.996)’, ‘I am not motivated to report (0.997)’ and ‘Unavailability of professional environment to discuss about ADR (RII=0.939)’. …”
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Modulation of Zn Ion Toxicity in <i>Pisum sativum</i> L. by Phycoremediation by Zornitsa Karcheva, Zhaneta Georgieva, Svetoslav Anev, Detelina Petrova, Momchil Paunov, Miroslava Zhiponova, Ganka Chaneva

“…The effects of increasing Zn²⁺ concentrations were evaluated through solution parameters, microalgal dry weight, pea growth (height, biomass), and physiological parameters, including leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll content, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Zinc accumulation in microalgal and plant biomass was also analyzed. …”
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THE MODERN PRACTICES OF CORPORATE SOCIAL POLICY IN RUSSIAN COMPANIES by I. V. Dolgorukova

“…Social reputation is understood as one of indexes of efficiency of corporate policy. Article contains information on results of author's sociological research of a condition of corporate social policy and the factors of development at large and medium-sized enterprises of the country. …”
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Posttreatment Blood Pressure as a Key Predictor in a 5‐Year Stroke Prediction Model by Nan Zhang, Jiarong Mei, Fangfang Fan, Yan Zhang, Ziyi Zhou, Jianping Li

“…The model was internally validated using bootstrap resampling, and its predictive performance was assessed with the C‐index and calibration curves. We also developed a random forest model to rank the variable importance. …”
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Relationship between Maternal Central Obesity and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies by Da Yao, Qing Chang, Qi-Jun Wu, Shan-Yan Gao, Huan Zhao, Ya-Shu Liu, Yu-Ting Jiang, Yu-Hong Zhao

“…Objective. Nowadays, body mass index (BMI) is used to evaluate the risk stratification of obesity-related pregnancy complications in clinics. …”
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A Review of Different Stimulation Methods for Functional Reconstruction and Comparison of Respiratory Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaqi Chang, Dongkai Shen, Yixuan Wang, Na Wang, Ya Liang

“…Finally, this paper will compare the indexes and effects of typical stimulation methods, as well as the two auxiliary methods: training and operation. …”
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Clinical, Socioeconomic, and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Blood Pressure Control and Adherence: Results from a Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular National Program Providing U... by Daniela Sandoval, Carolina Nazzal, Tomás Romero

“…Uncontrolled BP significantly associated with male sex (OR: 1.73 [95% CI 1.35-2.22]), low family income, high emotional-stress-depression score, body mass index, no adherence (OR: 1.83 [95% CI 1.44 - 2.32]), multiple Rx, baseline systolic BP value, and sedentary life style. …”
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