Sportsmanship in sport with athlete perspective by Ilyas Gorgut, Erkut Tutkun

“…In the study, qualitative research method and phenomenology design was preferred. The sampling group of the study consists of 15 athletes determined by the easily accessible case sampling method. …”
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The effect of cigarette smoking and heated tobacco products on different denture materials; an in vitro study by Sara F. El Shafei, Ayman H. Amin, Eman G. Abdelghaffar, Sara Moataz, Fatma Makkeyah, Mohamed Shamel, Mahmoud Al Ankily

“…This change was statistically significant in all sample groups. Bacterial accumulation was also increased in all four denture base sample groups, with the heated tobacco causing greater bacterial accumulation than conventional cigarette smoke. …”
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Through restful waters and deep commotion: A study on burnout and health impairment of Italian seafarers from the JD-R model perspective. [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 app... by Lara Colombo, Lara Bertola, Margherita Zito, Clarissa Cricenti, Lorenzo Cena, Francesco Buscema

“…Conclusions The discussion highlights the urgent need for more research in the field of organisational psychology in the maritime industry and the discrepancies between these findings, which are consistent with the existing maritime literature, and other studies that do not include seafarers in their sample groups.…”
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Influence of physical activity on students’ physical selfconcept and satisfaction with life: Physical and nonphysical education students’ perspective by Masoumeh Golsanamlou, Vali Mehdınezhad

“…The purpose of this study was to find out the physical and non-physical education students' physical self-concept and satisfaction with life. 470 students were selected randomly as two sample groups (physical and non-physical education students). …”
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Feasibility of Pulverized Oyster Shell as a Cementing Material by Chou-Fu Liang, Hung-Yu Wang

“…Soil, which is classified as CL in the USCS system, commercialized pulverized oyster shell, F-type fly ash, and lime are mixed in different weight percentages. Five sample groups are made to study the compressive strength of soil and lime specimens, respectively. …”
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Detection of Garlic Powder Adulteration Using FTIR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: A Case Study in an Indonesia Marketplace by Avika Rizky Elvira, Anggita Rosiana Putri, Luthfi Ahmad Muchlashi

“…The chemometrics employed in this study were OPLS-DA (Orthogonal Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis) for sample grouping, as well as PLS (Partial Least Squares) for multivariate calibration. …”
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Functionalization of collagen fiber with nano-islands of silver via atomic layer deposition to promote bone healing by Sarah Hashemi Astaneh, Leonardo P. Faverani, Harshdeep Bhatia, Eduardo Dallazen, Monique Gonçalves Costa, Edilson Ervolino, Valentim A.R. Barão, Cortino Sukotjo, Christos G. Takoudis

“…In this study, ALD of silver was conducted on commercially available Type I collagen membrane to improve its bioactivity and promote bone healing. Two different sample groups were studied: pristine collagen and silver-coated collagen via ALD (Ag/Collagen). …”
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Milling degree affects the fermentation properties of rice: perspectives from the composition of nutrients and gut microbiota via in vitro fermentation by Yu Zhang, Fan Li, Shutong Pan, Bing Bai, Kai Huang, Sen Li, Hongwei Cao, Tian Xie, Jian Xie, Xiao Guan

“…Effects of fermentation substrates of rice with different MDs on gut microbiota were evaluated by 16S rDNA sequencing. All the sample groups reduced the pH and produced short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and branched-chain fatty acids. …”
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The Relationship Between Young Amateur Footballers’ Ego States and Accordance Levels Based on Their Positions In The Team and Their Performance: Samsun Province Sample by Fatih Samet Atasoy, Soner Çankaya

“…For this reason, it is necessary to do more studies that different research methods and scales should be used on different sample groups in teams and individual sports based on TA Ego States.…”
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Comparison of Milrinone with Sildenafil for the Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn by Imtiaz Ahmad, Motia Javaid, Tanveer Ahmad, Imran Baloch, Nisar Khan Sajid, Abdul Razzaq Mughal

“…Methodology:  A single blinded randomized control trial was conducted in Department of Pediatrics, Aziz Fatima Hospital  Faisalabad from October 2022 to September 2023. 160 infants of persistent pulmonary hypertension were included through non probablity consecutive sampling. Group 1 infants (n = 80) received a loading dose of milrinone intravenously administered over a 60-minute period at a dose of 50 µg/kg. …”
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Construction of a Cuprotosis-Related Gene-Based Model to Improve the Prognostic Evaluation of Patients with Gastric Cancer by Chunyan Han, Kai Zhang, XinKai Mo

“…Additionally, GC patients in the test group, the training group, and all the sample groups had shorter survival time with the increase of the risk factor (p<0.05). …”
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The Public Health Surveillance Well-Being Scale: Reliability and validity study of the Turkish version by Selma Infal Kesim, Fatih Kara

“…This questionnaire could be used by researchers for further investigation in different regions of Turkey, on larger sample groups and for evaluation of special groups, such as individuals with chronic illness and disability, or individuals employed in specific occupation (e.g., healthcare and social care professionals, unemployed, and students).…”

Features of personal competence of the employees of preventive activity units of the National Police by O. Yu. Shlomin

“…The similarities of effective communication skills, the ability to teach and persuade as components of the overall personal competence of police officers, regardless of the stage of professional genesis have been noted within sample groups. The author has established the specificity of social competence of police officers of preventive activity units at different stages of professional genesis: the first year cadets have clearly expressed properties that help to accumulate skills and abilities of social actions and contacts in personal experience; fourth-year cadets have developed abilities to solve interpersonal problems and interaction problems; experienced police officers performing their duties have the ability to quickly change their behavior according to the requirements of the situation, have high readiness for social interaction and partnership.…”
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Impact of paralympic sports on the resilience of people with disabilities: evaluation and key analysis by Karollyni Bastos Andrade Dantas, Gabriel Gastélum-Cuadras, David Arnoldo García-Fernández, Francisco Prado Reis, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas

“…Given that the calculated power of this experiment indicates an 88% possibility of extrapolation to other sample groups (with a β error = 12%), these findings are robust and highly generalizable. …”
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Forkhead Box Protein-3 Gene Expression of Purified Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Treated with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Somatic Antigens and Hepatitis... by Entidhar A. Hadi, Mohammad A. K. Al-Saadi, Kaiser N. Madlum

“…This work involved five experimental groups each group involving 15 samples. Group I involves separated PBMCs (1 × 106 cells/mL) alone as a control; Group II involves PBMCs stimulated with killed somatic MRSA antigen; Group III of PBMCs were stimulated with HBV vaccine only; Group IV involves PBMCs pretreated with HBV vaccine for 48 hr, and then with killed somatic MRSA antigen. …”
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The Effect of Music on the Happiness of Turkman Elderly in Day Care Centers by Zahra Sabzi, Razieh Saffar, Fatemeh Mehravar, Hamideh Mancheri

“…Of the total elderly population in day care centers in Bandar Turkman and Gomishan cities (95 people), 37 people from Bandar Turkman (intervention group) and 37 people from Gomishan (control group) were selected and entered into the study based on the inclusion criteria using convenience sampling. Group matching was conducted based on gender. …”
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An In Situ Evaluation of the Protective Effect of Nano Eggshell/Titanium Dioxide against Erosive Acids by Stanley Chibuzor Onwubu, Phumlane Selby Mdluli, Shenuka Singh, Sanele Nyembe, Rookmoney Thakur

“…Twenty prepared bovine tooth enamel specimens were randomly assigned to 5 sample groups (n=4): (1) unexposed tooth enamel; (2) exposed tooth enamel + HCI; (3) exposed tooth enamel + HCI + Colgate toothpaste; (4) exposed tooth enamel + HCI + Sensodyne toothpaste; and (5) exposed tooth enamel + HCI + EB@TiO2. …”
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Immunomodulatory effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens and MRSA antigens on immune response by Entidhar A. Hadi, Mohammad Abd-Kadhum Al-Saadi, Kaiser N. Madlum

“…This work involved five experimental groups, each group involved 15 samples. Group I involves separated PBMCs (1 × 106 cells/mL) alone as a control; group II involves PBMCs stimulated with killed somatic MRSA antigen; group III of PBMCs were stimulated with HBV vaccine only; group IV involves PBMCs pretreated with HBV vaccine for 48 h, then with killed somatic MRSA antigen; and group V involves PBMCs stimulated with mixed of killed somatic MRSA antigen and HBV vaccine. …”
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Impact of environmental and geographical position on the chemometric classification of ethanol extracts from Isotoma longiflora leaves by E. Imelda, K. Khairan, R.R. Lubis, T. Karma, R. Idroes

“…Principal component analysis was used to categorize the ethanol extract of Isotoma longiflora leaves, and a linear discriminant analysis was used for authentication.FINDINGS: The principal component analysis score plot indicated 89 percent of total data variance and that the samples formed three distinct groups: group I consisting of Aceh Tengah and Bener Meriah samples; group II of Aceh Besar and Banda Aceh samples; and group III of Aceh Selatan, Aceh Barat Daya, Aceh Jaya, and Bireun. …”
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Biodiversity of Marine Mollusk Assemblages from Two Contrasted Algal Habitats in the Mediterranean Sea (Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava, NE Spain) by Manuel Ballesteros, Angra S. Silva, Óscar F. Villamizar, Miquel Pontes, Francesc Oliva

“…Mollusks were separated, identified, and later analyzed statistically to assess biodiversity indices and sample grouping. A total of 7913 mollusk specimens from 148 species (112 Gastropoda; 32 Bivalvia and 4 Polyplacophora) were identified across all samples, with 1669 specimens (84 species) from the sciophilous algae and 6244 specimens (133 species) from the photophilous algae. …”
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