β2-Microglobulin and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin, Potential Novel Urine Biomarkers in Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japanese by Mayuka Nakajima, Michihiro Hosojima, Koichi Tabeta, Sayuri Miyauchi, Miki Yamada-Hara, Naoki Takahashi, Haruna Miyazawa, Yumi Matsuda-Matsukawa, Keisuke Sato, Noriko Sugita, Yasutaka Komatsu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Akiishi, Kazuhisa Yamazaki, Kiminori Kato, Akihiko Saito, Hiromasa Yoshie

“…Finally, β2-MG was significantly higher in the severe periodontitis subjects compared to the no/mild periodontitis subjects. …”
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Fabrication and Optimization of ChE/ChO/HRP-AuNPs/c-MWCNTs Based Silver Electrode for Determining Total Cholesterol in Serum by Kusum Lata, Vikas Dhull, Vikas Hooda

“…Chemically synthesised Au nanoparticles were subjected to transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for analysing the shape and size of the particles. …”
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In-Plane Instability of Parabolic Arches under Uniformly Distributed Vertical Load Coupled with Temperature Gradient Field by Zhenyu Pan, Deyuan Deng, Changsheng Feng, Hanwen Lu, Zhou Chen, Jinman Zhou, Angfeng Jiang

“…In civil engineering, arches, such as steel arch roofs and arch bridges, are often subjected to linear temperature gradient field. It is known that the in-plane instability of parabolic arches is caused by the significant axial force. …”
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Gender Determination by Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Analysis of Mental Foramen in North Indian Population by Balwinder Singh, Alisha Madan, Kirandeep Kaur, Prabhnoor Kaur Saraya, Deepti Bhatnagar, Amit Aggarwal

“…The distance from the superior border of the mental foramen to the lower border of the mandible (SLM) and the distance from the lower border of the mental foramen to the lower border of the mandible (ILM), along with the thickness of the lower border of the mandible, were recorded, tabulated, and subjected to statistical analysis. Results: The mean distance of the right SLM among male and female subjects was 16.03 ± 1.91 mm and 15.35 ± 1.39 mm, respectively. …”
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Leptin as well as Free Leptin Receptor Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Young Women by Nasser M. Rizk, Elham Sharif

“…In PCOS, leptin level (ng/ml) and free leptin index (FLI) increased significantly while sOB-R (ng/ml) significantly decreased compared to control subjects. In age-matched subjects, obese PCOS had increased leptin level in ng/ml (median level with interquartile levels) of 45.67 (41.98–48.04) and decreased sOB-R in ng/ml 11.47 (7.59–16.44) compared to lean PCOS 16.97 (10.60–45.55) for leptin and 16.62 (11.61–17.96) for sOB-R with p values 0.013 and 0.042, respectively. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Inpatients and Outpatients by Masoomeh Sofian, Behzad Khansarinejad, Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad, Farzaneh Shokoohi, Hossein Mazaherpour, Farzane Farmani, Mona Sadat Larijani, Leila Pakpour, Amitis Ramezani

“…Therefore, we aimed at viral shedding determination in 58 COVID-19 confirmed Iranian subjects in different stages. Methods. 58 COVID-19 confirmed Iranian subjects including 21 outpatients and 37 inpatients were investigated. …”
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Adoption of AI writing tools among academic researchers: A Theory of Reasoned Action approach. by Mohammed A Al-Bukhrani, Yasser Mohammed Hamid Alrefaee, Mohammed Tawfik

“…Findings confirm the positive influence of favorable attitudes and subjective norms on intentions to use AI writing tools. …”
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Navigating the integration of ChatGPT in UAE’s government sector: challenges and opportunities by Ghada Nabil Goher

“…Design/methodology/approach – This research adopts a qualitative approach, purposive sampling strategy, and semi-structured interviews to explore the subjective viewpoints of 20 high-level UAE government authorities. …”
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The Relationship of immunoglobulin-e and tumor necrosis factor in patients with allergic rhinitis in Babylon province by Bushra Jihad Sabbar, Zenaa Abbass Ali, Tariq Hussein Mgheer

“…A control group of 40 subjects who appear to be in good health was selected. …”
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A Functional Neuroimaging Analysis of the Trail Making Test-B: Implications for Clinical Application by Mark D. Allen, Tyler E. Owens, Alina K. Fong, Douglas R. Richards

“…In this study, we describe an fMRI version of Trail Making Test-B (TMTB) that maintains the core functionality of the TMT while optimizing its use for both research and clinical settings. Subjects (N = 32) were administered the Functional Trail Making Test-B (f-TMTB). …”
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Performance of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots on Ultrasound Examinations: Cross-Sectional Comparative Analysis by Yong Zhang, Xiao Lu, Yan Luo, Ying Zhu, Wenwu Ling

“…Objective questions were scored based on accuracy rates, whereas subjective questions were rated by 5 experienced doctors using a Likert scale. …”
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Question Sequences and Salience in TED Talks by Michele Cardo, Agnès Celle

“…It may be difficult to quantify emphatic salience because of the subjective nature of discourse perception. However, there are some measures which can be used and have been discussed in previous literature. …”
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Can large language models meet the challenge of generating school-level questions? by Subhankar Maity, Aniket Deroy, Sudeshna Sarkar

“…In the realm of education, crafting appropriate questions for examinations is a meticulous and time-consuming task that is crucial for assessing students' understanding of the subject matter. This paper explores the potential of leveraging large language models (LLMs) to automate question generation in the educational domain. …”
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Fostering the future: Agripreneurship intentions among Indian agricultural students by Amaran K, Anbu Krishnamoorthy, Palanisamy Shobana

“…The results showed that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and personality traits substantially predict agripreneurship intention, and formal agripreneurship education appears to have minimal influence on outcomes. …”
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LEGITIMATE PERMISSIONS AND SPECIFITY OF THEIR ENFORCEABILITY IN MODERN RUSSIA by V. Subochev, A. Sheriev

“…The article draws attention to the fact that if a legal right or freedom are such kind of permissions which are guaranteed by the law in order to sustain certain demands of subjects of law, the legitimate interest is qualitatively different mean of regulation. …”
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Two different mechanisms support selective attention at different phases of training. by Sirawaj Itthipuripat, Kexin Cha, Anna Byers, John T Serences

“…Selective attention supports the prioritized processing of relevant sensory information to facilitate goal-directed behavior. Studies in human subjects demonstrate that attentional gain of cortical responses can sufficiently account for attention-related improvements in behavior. …”
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Conceptual basis of international jurisdiction by N. Yu. Rubanenko

“…The third concept concerns individual responsibility for international crimes, regardless of the social status and official position of the subject of the offense. The fourth idea is the principle of universal jurisdiction, which provides a legal response to serious violations of international law, regardless of the circumstances and the subject of their commission. …”
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Russian industry intellectualization development: Strategic approach by L. S. Zelentsova, V. F. Ukolov, A. I. Tikhonov

“…In this regard, the purpose of the study is to develop proposals for coordinated and balanced strategizing in the field of intellectual development of the country’s industry. The subject of the study is the relationship of digitalization processes and the use of intelligent technologies with strategies implementation for developing all industries and the Digital Economy National Program. …”
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Organisational and legal framework for state control over the exercise of administrative jurisdiction by educational institutions in Ukraine by O. Yu. Kyrychenko

“…The author emphasises that the State is the central subject of implementation of the control function in society, since it has all the necessary levers of influence on it, using an extensive system of relevant authorised public administration bodies. …”
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Applying the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior to Explore the Influencing Factors of NTC App Usage Intention by Chih-Wei Lin, Yi-Xuan Tsai, Yu-Shan Chang, Yun-Jhih Ding, Jou-Chun Liu, Yu-Sheng Lin

“…Second, the application of the decomposed theory of planned behavior found the following: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use had positive effects on attitude; interpersonal influence and electronic word of mouth had a positive influence on subjective norms; self-efficacy and technology facilitation had positive effects on perceptual behavior control; and attitude, subjective norms, and perceptual behavior control all had a positive impact on behavioral intention. …”
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