Evaluation of Gingival Microleakage in Class II Composite Restorations with Different Lining Techniques: An In Vitro Study by Vedavathi Bore Gowda, B. V. Sreenivasa Murthy, Swaroop Hegde, Swapna Devarasanahalli Venkataramanaswamy, Veena Suresh Pai, Rashmi Krishna

“…The specimens were coated with nail varnish leaving 1 mm around the restoration, subjected to thermocycling, basic fuchsin dye penetration, sectioned mesiodistally, and observed under a stereomicroscope. …”
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Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Gene Polymorphisms and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and in Healthy Controls by Justyna Kuliczkowska Plaksej, Lukasz Laczmanski, Andrzej Milewicz, A. Lenarcik-Kabza, Anna Trzmiel-Bira, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz, Felicja Lwow, Lidia Hirnle

“…Our department (a tertiary referral center) conducted a cross-sectional, case-controlled study. Subjects. 173 women with PCOS (aged 20–35) and 125 healthy, age- and weight-matched controls were studied. …”
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Behaviour of Foam Concrete under Impact Loading Based on SHPB Experiments by Yongliang He, Mingshi Gao, Hongchao Zhao, Yichao Zhao

“…This paper presents an innovative method for using foam concrete as a typical building material for soft structures in underground coal mines subjected to dynamic loading. To understand the behaviour of foam concrete under impact loading, a total of 30 specimens with a diameter of 50 mm and a height of 50 mm were experimentally tested using a 75 mm diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device. …”
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Urine Metabolite Profiling of Human Colorectal Cancer by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry Based on MRB by Jin-Lian Chen, Jing Fan, Liu-Shui Yan, Hui-Qin Guo, Jing-Jing Xiong, Yan Ren, Jun-Duo Hu

“…Urine samples of colorectal cancer patients and healthy adults were collected and subjected to capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry based on moving reaction boundary analysis. …”
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Screening of Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism in Elderly Persons with Diabetes according to Age-Specific Reference Intervals for Serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and the Impact of Antid... by Rosita Fontes, Patricia de Fatima dos Santos Teixeira, Mario Vaisman

“…Material and Methods. 1160 subjects, 60 years and older (751 with diabetes), were studied; results were compared according to diabetes treatment and with persons without diabetes. …”
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Evaluation of the Hepatoprotective Properties of Traditional Formulations Based on Cochlospermum tinctorium Used in Benin by Appolinaire K. Dossa, Jean Robert Klotoé, Victorien Dougnon, Eric Agbodjento, Rémi Akotègnon, Fréjus Ohouko, Manoir Hounkanrin, Kévine Vodounnon, Luc V. C. Brun, Fréderic Loko

“…The hepatoprotective effect of these extracts at doses of 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg/bw was evaluated in Wistar rats subjected to hepatotoxicity induction through the administration of 5 g/kg of paracetamol. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms of Interleukin-1 Alpha and the Vitamin D Receptor in Mexican Mestizo Patients with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Salvador Cervin Serrano, Dalia González Villareal, Maribel Aguilar-Medina, Jose Guillermo Romero-Navarro, Jose Geovanni Romero Quintana, Eliakym Arámbula Meraz, Ignacio Osuna Ramírez, Veronica Picos-Cárdenas, Julio Granados, Iris Estrada-García, Guzman Sánchez-Schmitz, Rosalío Ramos-Payán

“…Gene polymorphisms were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism, in two groups matched by age and gender: patients with symptomatic lumbar IDD n=100 and subjects with normal lumbar-spine MRI-scans n=100. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Failure Behavior of Composite Samples by Hongwei Zhang, Zhijun Wan, Yuan Zhang, Dong Wu

“…To study the failure response of these structures, the rock-coal-rock (RCR) sample, in which a coal component is sandwiched between rocks, is always employed as the experimental subject. In this study, the effect of height ratio (a ratio represents the height percentage of coal component in an RCR sample) on the mechanical properties and deformation behavior of RCR samples was numerically investigated by using the distinct element model (DEM). …”
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Comparisons of Vitreal Angiogenic, Inflammatory, Profibrotic Cytokines, and Chemokines Profile between Patients with Epiretinal Membrane and Macular Hole by Lu Chen, Weiwei Zhang, Ping Xie, Jiangdong Ji, Huiming Qian, Songtao Yuan, Qinghuai Liu, Zizhong Hu

“…In this prospective study, all subjects received standard pars plana vitrectomy surgery, and 0.5 ml of native vitreous sample was extracted during the vitrectomy. …”
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Postrema area syndrome in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report by Jose Ricardo Muñoz-Zúñiga, Andrea del Mar Tamayo-Delgado, Alberto Masaru Shinchi-Tanaka, Juan Camilo Márquez, Alex Echeverri-García, Santiago Lopez Garcia

“…First documented in 1896, it has been a subject of scientific interest ever since. Area postrema syndrome (APS) is characterised by intractable nausea, vomiting, or hiccups, typically associated with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). …”
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A comprehensive classification and analysis of oily sensitive facial skin: a cross-sectional study of young Chinese women by Xinjue Kuang, Caini Lin, Yuanyuan Fu, Yuhui Wang, Junhua Gong, Yong Chen, Youting Liu, Fan Yi

“…However, the current classification method relies on subjective assessment. This study aimed to classify skin type and subtype using objective biophysical parameters to investigate differences in skin characteristics across anatomical and morphological regions. …”
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Noninvasive diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B using nomogram and machine learning models by Chuan Jiang, Zhenyu Xu, Jinqing Liu, Ronghua Li, Keyu Chen, Wenting Peng, Yueming Xiao, Da Cheng, Lei Fu, Shifang Peng

“…A cohort of 259 CHB patients were selected as research subjects. Through random grouping, 182 cases were included in the training set and 77 cases in the validation set. …”
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Combination of Multifocal Electroretinogram and Spectral-Domain OCT Can Increase Diagnostic Efficacy of Parkinson’s Disease by Jiang Huang, Yi Li, Jianjiang Xiao, Qin Zhang, Guoxu Xu, Guanhui Wu, Tong Liu, Weifeng Luo

“…Fifty-three PD patients and forty-one healthy controls were enrolled. Subjects were assessed for retinal function using mf-ERG and retinal structure using SD-OCT. …”
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Luminescence Lifetime-Based Water Conductivity Sensing Using a Cationic Dextran-Supported Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complex by Ya Jie Knöbl, Lauren M. Johnston, José Quílez-Alburquerque, Guillermo Orellana

“…Water conductivity sensing relies universally on electrical measurements, which are subject to corrosion of the electrodes and subsequent signal drift in prolonged in situ uses. …”
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Assessment of smartphone-based active distraction in association with audioanalgesia for overcoming airotor-related anxiety in children: a randomized controlled trial by Kritika Bali, Radhika Ailawadi, Y. M. Karuna, N. Srikant, Ashwin Rao, P. Anupama Nayak, Charisma Thimmaiah

“…The data obtained were subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. Results Self-reported dental anxiety was significantly lower in group 1 (p < 0.005). …”
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Impact of Phenomenon-Based Learning on High School Physics Education in Shymkent, Kazakhstan by Bayan Ualikhanova, Ganya Ormanova, Dauletbay Berdaliyev, Nurken Mussakhan, Bakdaulet Anas, Ertan Güdekli

“…The research also aims to examine the influence of PhBL on students’ motivation to study physics and improve their knowledge of the subject. The fundamental approach to teaching physics was to introduce lessons through phenomena and use interdisciplinary communication as a universal approach. …”
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Mobbing process as a psychosocial risk factor in educational groups by Victoria N. Chaika, Vladislav A. Mashtakov, Olga S. Matorina, Oleg V. Streltsov, Oksana G. Meretukova

“…A diagram of the relationship between objects and subjects of the mobbing process is presented. Based on the analysis, a standard version of the actions of a potential victim of mobbing has been developed. …”
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Clinical Trial of Human Fetal Brain-Derived Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Transplantation in Patients with Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Ji Cheol Shin, Keung Nyun Kim, Jeehyun Yoo, Il-Sun Kim, Seokhwan Yun, Hyejin Lee, Kwangsoo Jung, Kyujin Hwang, Miri Kim, Il-Shin Lee, Jeong Eun Shin, Kook In Park

“…In a phase I/IIa open-label and nonrandomized controlled clinical trial, we sought to assess the safety and neurological effects of human neural stem/progenitor cells (hNSPCs) transplanted into the injured cord after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). Of 19 treated subjects, 17 were sensorimotor complete and 2 were motor complete and sensory incomplete. hNSPCs derived from the fetal telencephalon were grown as neurospheres and transplanted into the cord. …”
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Classification of Aortic Stenosis Patients via ECG-Independent Multi-Site Measurements of Cardiac-Induced Accelerations and Angular Velocities at the Skin Level by Chiara Romano, Emanuele Maiorana, Annunziata Nusca, Simone Circhetta, Sergio Silvestri, Schena Emiliano, Gian Paolo Ussia, Carlo Massaroni

“…<italic>Methods:</italic> SCG and GCG were recorded along three axes at five chest locations of fifteen healthy subjects and AS patients. Signal frames underwent feature extraction in frequency and time-frequency domains. …”
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Differential regulation of apoptosis-related genes during long-term culture and differentiation of canine adipose-derived stem cells - a functional bioinformatical analysis by Maurycy Jankowski, Maurycy Jankowski, Maurycy Jankowski, Katarzyna Stefańska, Michał Suchodolski, Claudia Dompe, Claudia Dompe, Grzegorz Wąsiatycz, Bartosz Kempisty, Bartosz Kempisty, Bartosz Kempisty, Bartosz Kempisty, Michał Nowicki, Magdalena Roszak

“…This study analyzed gene expression in canine ADSCs subjected to long-term culture and osteogenic differentiation.MethodsADSCs were isolated from discarded surgical waste and cultured for 14 days with and without differentiation media to assess osteogenic changes. …”
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