Comparison of Streptococcus mutans Adhesion with Different Concentrations in Artificial Saliva to Fixed Orthodontic Materials in Laboratory Conditions by Leila Mohammadpour Belvirdy, Ahmad Sheibaninia, Shadab Safarzadeh Khosroshahi, Seyyed Khalil Shokouhi Mostafavi, Mohammad Javad Kharazi Fard

“…The irregular surfaces of orthodontic appliances (archwires, brackets, and braces) create retention areas that hinder effective oral hygiene, increase bacterial load, and alter oral microbiota, potentially leading to pathogenic species proliferation. In addition, factors such as buffering capacity, pH levels, and saliva flow are crucial for optimal oral function and caries prevention. …”
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CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND VALUE DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA by Evgeniya K. Belikova

“…Since the first stages of society’s development, such phenomena as “culture” and “value” have been of particular importance, since value development necessarily leads to a change in culture, and a renewed culture forms new values in society. …”
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On the human nature (following in the steps of Belyaev) by A. L. Markel

“…The main views and theories of the human nature and the main paths of genome and culture evolution during anthropogenesis are overviewed. The views of the leading past and present world-wide scientists on the basic principles of the genome-culture interactions are discussed. …”
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SOCIOLOGY AS A TOOL OF “PEDAGOGICAL INTELLIGENCE” by A. L. Andreev

“…The argument given in support of this point of view uses data obtained in the course of sociological surveys conducted at various times in leading Russian universities. In conclusion, the content and organizational-methodological aspects of modernizing History teaching are examined in accordance with the considerations expressed in the article. …”
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Awareness and healthcare-seeking behavior regarding acute respiratory infections among mothers of under-five children in rural Tamil Nadu: A hospital-based cross-sectional study by Rasha Aslam Koranath, Abhilasha Nair

“…Background: Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and eventually mortality in under-five children across the globe. …”
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Copper in the colorectal cancer microenvironment: pioneering a new era of cuproptosis-based therapy by Qixuan Feng, Yue Sun, Zhe Yang, Zhiyu Wang, Zhangyi Chen, Fang Liu, Lingxiang Liu

“…Copper is primarily absorbed in the intestinal tract, often leading to an imbalance of copper ions in the body. …”
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Effect of Nonparallel End Face on Energy Dissipation Analyses of Rocklike Materials Based on SHPB Tests by Pu Yuan, Ning-Ning Wei, Qin-Yong Ma

“…Existence of elastic unloading in the damaged rocklike specimen leads to a reduction of energy consumption density and a constant dissipated energy density during total strain shrinkage. …”
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Opposite roles of serotonin and neuropeptide FMRFamide in the regulation of epigenetic processes involved in the longterm memory formation by L. N. Grinkevich, O. V. Vorobiova

“…Serotonin strengthens synaptic connections between neurons of the network, and FMRFamid is an inhibitory transmitter leading to long-term depression. To study the epigenetic regulation of the processes involved in the long-term memory formation, we performed comparative studies on the serotonin and FMRFamide effects on histone H3 methylation in the CNS of the Helix. …”
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Detection of False Data Injection Attacks (FDIA) on Power Dynamical Systems With a State Prediction Method by Abhijeet Sahu, Truc Nguyen, Kejun Chen, Xiangyu Zhang, Malik Hassanaly

“…They have the potential to disrupt the system’s stability like frequency stability, thereby leading to catastrophic failures. Therefore, an FDIA detection method would be valuable to protect power systems. …”
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Etoricoxib–NLC Mitigates Radiation-Induced Ovarian Damage in Rats: Insights into Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Antioxidant Activity, and Hormonal Responses by Sahar Khateeb

“…Radiotherapy is a critical treatment for cancer but poses significant risks to ovarian tissue, particularly in young females, leading to premature ovarian failure (POF). This study examines the therapeutic potential of etoricoxib nanostructured lipid carriers (ETO-NLC) in mitigating radiation-induced ovarian damage in female <i>Wistar</i> rats. …”
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Deep Interest-Shifting Network with Meta-Embeddings for Fresh Item Recommendation by Zhao Li, Haobo Wang, Donghui Ding, Shichang Hu, Zhen Zhang, Weiwei Liu, Jianliang Gao, Zhiqiang Zhang, Ji Zhang

“…Second, since the items are fresh, many of them have never been exposed to users, leading to a severe cold-start problem. Though this problem can be alleviated by knowledge transfer, we further babysit these fully cold-start items by a relational meta-Id-embedding generator (RM-IdEG). …”
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Clinical case of co-infection: Dengue fever and respiratory mycoplasmosis in a child by D.V. Preobrazhenskaia, E.V. Melekhina, Zh.B. Ponezheva

“…All that complicates clinical and laboratory diagnosis and leads to incorrect administration of starting etiotropic therapy.…”
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Rootlets Hierarchical Principal Component Analysis for Revealing Nested Dependencies in Hierarchical Data by Korey P. Wylie, Jason R. Tregellas

“…Nested clusters of arbitrary size but equal correlations are constructed and merged using their leading principal components. The visualization method then maps elements of SO(<i>k</i>) onto a low-dimensional hyperbolic manifold, the Poincaré disk. …”
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A Novel COL7A1 Mutation in a Patient With Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Successful Treatment With Upadacitinib by Lai S, Lin C, Guo Z, Lai Y, Xie L, Wan C, Yang T, Li L

“…The absence or dysfunction of Type VII collagen can cause the dense lower layer of the basal membrane zone of the skin to separate from the dermis, leading to blister formation and various complications. …”
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Optical tuning of polymer functionalized zinc oxide quantum dots as a selective probe for the detection of antibiotics by Awadhesh Kumar Verma, G. B. V. S. Lakshmi, Tarun Kumar Dhiman, S. Z. H. Hashmi, Anil Kumar, Pratima R. Solanki

“…Abstract Excess consumption of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance that hinders the control and cure of microbial diseases. …”
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Advancing energy efficiency: thermomechanical characterization of plastic-infused concrete for sustainable building solutions by Siddique, Mohammed Javeed, Akhas, Punitha Kumar

“…The evaluation of the modified concrete’s mechanical and thermophysical properties indicates that the incorporation of 30 wt% LDPE yields the most significant economic and environmental benefits. This modification leads to the highest annual savings, calculated at 0.9946 $/m2 in Muscat and 0.9928 $/m2 in New Delhi, along with a marked reduction in carbon emissions—19 kg/kWh in Oman and 18.2 kg/kWh in New Delhi. …”
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Preventive aspects and patient satisfaction with laser aided gingivectomy versus conventional method. An in-vivo comparative study by Aras Maruf Rauf, Ara Omer Fattah

“…Conclusions: Diode laser can be used as a preventive tool for undesired Gingivectomyassociated pain, bleeding, and needs for anaesthesia which subsequently leads to more patient satisfaction compared to conventional methods. …”
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Information extraction from historical well records using a large language model by Zhiwei Ma, Javier E. Santos, Greg Lackey, Hari Viswanathan, Daniel O’Malley

“…Additionally, more detailed prompting leads to improved information extraction, and LLMs with more parameters typically perform better. …”
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Pengaruh Variasi Latihan Core Terhadap Kemampuan Balance dan Forehand Drive Atlet Putra by M. Wahyu Hidayah NST, David Siahaan

“…It addresses the issue of inadequate balance when chasing the ball, leading to hitting errors such as balls getting caught in the net, improper racket-ball contact, lack of control, and shots going out of bounds. …”
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EFFECT OF THE SCREENS RADIANT REFLECTANCE ON THERMAL TRANSPORT PROCESS IN THE CLADDING STRUCTURES by V. D. Sizov, L. V. Nesterov, V. M. Kopko

“…It allows reducing the irradiating component in the combined value of thermal transport through the enclosure and consequently raises the structure thermal resistance or, with parity of these values, leads to lower thickness of the heat-insulating layer. …”
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