Effect of Staining and External Bleaching on the Color Stability and Surface Roughness of Universal-Shade Resin-Based Composite by AlHabdan A, Alsuhaibani A, Alomran L, Almutib L

“…Changes were considered statistically significant at P = 0.05.Results: Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) were used to describe color measurements and surface-roughness values. …”
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Biosafety Management Practices Among Clinical Laboratory Professionals in Debre Berhan Town Governmental Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Mahlet Tewodros Tadesse, Libse Lemma Ayalke, Beza Fitiwi Tedla, Fikrite Adefris Weldemeskel, Ahmed Seid Yirdaw, Tsegahun Asfaw Abebe

“…Methods A cross‐sectional study involving 81 participants was conducted using a standard questionnaire covering work habits, protective barriers, safety equipment, and biosafety policy perception. …”
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Uncertainty-aware diabetic retinopathy detection using deep learning enhanced by Bayesian approaches by Mohsin Akram, Muhammad Adnan, Syed Farooq Ali, Jameel Ahmad, Amr Yousef, Tagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali, Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh

“…We also measure how certain the predictions are, using an entropy and a standard deviation metric for each approach. We also evaluated the model using both AUC and accuracy scores at multiple data retention levels. …”
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The Association between Hepcidin and Iron Status in Children and Adolescents with Obesity by Ekkarit Panichsillaphakit, Orapa Suteerojntrakool, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Issarang Nuchprayoon, Sirinuch Chomtho

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between iron status, hepcidin, and BMI-standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) in children with and without obesity. …”
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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

“…Normalization of humoral immunity, as well as rapid normalization of ALT and AST can be considered as markers of maintaining AIH remission when immunosuppressor doses are reduced below standard doses, and in individual patients — the possibility of immunosuppressive therapy withdrawal. …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM2.5. The daily PM2.5 concentration peaked and troughed during the nighttime and the daytime, respectively, at all of the sites, which is consistent with local ground-level pollution sources, such as woodsmoke; this diel pattern was also confirmed by Aaethalometer Delta-C (DC) data, a woodsmoke PM indicator. …”
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Assessing the effects of therapeutic combinations on SARS-CoV-2 infected patient outcomes: A big data approach. by Hamidreza Moradi, H Timothy Bunnell, Bradley S Price, Maryam Khodaverdi, Michael T Vest, James Z Porterfield, Alfred J Anzalone, Susan L Santangelo, Wesley Kimble, Jeremy Harper, William B Hillegass, Sally L Hodder, National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium

“…Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) are the gold standard by which efficacy of therapeutic agents is demonstrated. …”
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SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF THE GAME «SHOOTING SIMULATION IN A SHOOTING RANGE» by D. Yanchev, O. Sakaliuk, D. Popkov

“…The work underscores the importance of integrating innovative technologies into the process of creating gaming products that meet modern standards of quality and convenience. Thus, the presented development serves as an example of the successful application of modern technologies in the field of interactive entertainment and demonstrates the prospects for developing such projects in the context of the growing popularity of virtual games and simulators.…”
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Economic Evaluation of a Novel Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in US Motor Vehicle Drivers by Jacie T. Cooper, John E. Schneider, Jim Potenziano, David S. Fam

“…Study outcomes suggest a DXR crash rate similar to that of a driver without ADHD, while patients treated with the current standard of care (SOC) have a 52% higher crash risk than non-ADHD drivers. …”
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Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block for Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparing 24-Hour Opioid Requirements: A Randomized Controlled Study by Dahlia Townsend, Nasir Siddique, Atsumi Kimura, Yaacov Chein, Eli Kamara, John Pope, Mitchell Weiser, Singh Nair, Iyabo Muse

“…Postoperatively, patients received a standardized multimodal analgesia protocol. Measurements. …”
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The Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PEMT) Gene rs12449964 Polymorphism in the Development of Acute Pancreatitis and its Complications by T. A. Samgina, Yu. E. Azarova, Yu. V. Kanishchev, V. A. Lazarenko, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…Genomic DNA was isolated by a standard phenol-chloroform extraction method. Genotyping of rs12449964 polymorphism was performed using real-time PCR by allelic discrimination using a CFX96 Bio-Rad Laboratories amplifier (USA) with TaqMan probes and commercial TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assays reagents purchased from Applied Biosystems (USA).Results. …”
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Successful thoracoscopic-assisted resection of a functional paraganglioma in the mediastinum with extracorporeal circulation: a case report by Zhihui Yang, Xiaojie Huang, Danting Zhou, Tao Tang, Hengxing Liang, Wenliang Liu, Fenglei Yu, Chen Chen

“…Conclusions Functional mediastinal paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor, with complete surgical resection being the gold standard treatment. Stringent perioperative management is crucial to mitigate the risk of cardiovascular complications associated with functional tumors. …”
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Synthesis of the Magnetically Nanoporous Organic Polymer Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2-COP and Its Application in the Determination of Sulfonamide Residues in Surface Water Surrounding a Cattle F... by Yuqin Yang, Junjie Miao, Zhendong Yin, Weili Hao, Hongmei Shi, Ling Ma, Tiesheng Shi

“…The enrichment factor (EF) for the four SAs was 34.13–38.86. The relative standard deviations of intraday (n = 5) and of interday (n = 3) were less than 4.8% and 8.9%, respectively. …”
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Varus/valgus angle of the femoral component relative to the tibial component increases risk of bearing dislocation in medial mobile bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Shaokui Nan, Chao Li, Haoming An, Yuda Lian, Haifeng Li

“…Methods One hundred twenty patients who underwent mobile-bearing uni-compartmental knee arthroplasty (MB-UKA) at our hospital between January and August 2023 were enrolled in this retrospective study. Standard anteroposterior radiographs were obtained postoperatively using C-arm fluoroscopy. …”
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The Different Insulin-Sensitising and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Palmitoleic Acid and Oleic Acid in a Prediabetes Model by Denisa Miklankova, Irena Markova, Martina Hüttl, Barbora Stankova, Hana Malinska

“…HHTg rats exhibiting genetically determined hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance were fed a standard diet. POA and OA were each administered intragastrically at a dose of 100 mg/kg b.wt. for four weeks. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the conduct of critical care research in low and lower-middle income countries: A scoping review. by Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Ena Gupta, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Abi Beane, Rashan Haniffa, Nazir Lone, Nicolette de Keizer, Neill K J Adhikari

“…For each study, reviewers independently extracted data using a standardized data extraction form. Barriers and facilitators were classified along the lines of a previous review and based on additional themes that emerged. …”
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The Efficacy of the Mulligan Concept to Treat Meniscal Pathology: A Systematic Review by Nathan C. Reep, Sydney N. Leverett, Rebecca M. Heywood, Russell T. Baker, Darren L. Barnes, Scott W. Cheatham

“…# Background Meniscal pathologies are common knee injuries and arthroscopic surgery is the current accepted gold standard for treatment. However, there is evidence to support the use of the Mulligan Concept (MC) Mobilization with Movement (MWM) for meniscal pathologies including the 'Squeeze' technique, tibial internal rotation (IR), and tibial external rotation (ER)…”
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Single postoperative infusion of zoledronic acid to improve patient-reported outcome after hip or knee replacement: study protocol for a randomised, controlled, double-blinded clin... by Jonas Ranstam, Jörg Schilcher, Ewa Roos, Jonathan Brandt, Håkan Ledin, Per Aspenberg

“…The study will be reported in accordance with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement for pharmacological trials. …”
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Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade by Kerry K Fierke, Gardner Lepp, Bridget McGugan, Marta Brooks

“…Pharmacy leaders feel that leadership is needed to make decisions, take accountability and, especially in an area as highly regulated as healthcare, ensure regulations and procedures are followed and standards are upheld. At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. …”
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Optimizing VGG16 deep learning model with enhanced hunger games search for logo classification by Mohammed Hussain, Thaer Thaher, Mohamed Basel Almourad, Majdi Mafarja

“…The Hunger Games Search (HGS) is a recent swarm intelligence algorithm that has shown good performance across various applications. However, the standard HGS still faces limitations, such as restricted population diversity and a tendency to get trapped in local optima, which can hinder its effectiveness. …”
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