Osteoarthritis-like changes in rat temporomandibular joint induced by unilateral anterior large overjet treatment by Xinru Xie, Rui Chao, Yi Mao, Tianhao Wan, Yexin Wang, Yan Zhu, Weifeng Xu, Xuzhuo Chen, Yong Wang, Zhigui Ma, Shanyong Zhang

“…By inducing a posteriorly positioned condyle, the UALO device effectively results in cartilage degradation, subchondral bone loss, condylar volume reduction, and mandibular retrusion. Furthermore, RNA sequencing of condylar cartilages revealed that the oxidative stress of chondrocytes was elevated under the UALO-triggered abnormal mechanical stress. …”
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Experiences and Perspectives of Medication Information and Use Among Arabic-Speaking Migrant Women in Sweden: A Multistage Focus Group Study by Al Musawi A, Axelsson M, Eriksson T, Rämgård M

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Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with different drugs in the treatment of adenomyosis by Yu Dai, Ling Liu, Guiyuan Yu, Yan Peng, Na Chen, Jiahong Gao, Qiuling Shi, Ping Jin

“…Furthermore, patients in Group B had a greater uterine volume reduction at 24 months after HIFU than that of patients in Group A [51.00 (27.00, 62.00) vs. 30.00 (17.00, 42.75, p = 0.02)]. …”
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Clinical Response Predictive Model for Omalizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Patients by Ruiqi Qian, Lingyi Yang, Xurui Shen, Cheng Chen, Jianan Huang, Xiuqin Zhang, Cuiping Fu

“…Significant variables included age, weight, family allergic history, acute exacerbations, the ratio of total serum IgE level at the 4th week to the baseline level, forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC), and commodities of rhinitis. …”
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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Inter-Layer Sandstone in Marine–Continental Transitional Shale: A Case Study of the Upper Permian Longtan Formation in Southern Sichua... by Jianguo Wang, Jizhen Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Ya’na Chen, Denglin Han

“…The pore size distribution of the sandstone primarily falls below 30 nm and above 1000 nm, with the main pore types being inter-granular pores and micro-fractures in clay minerals. The pore volume and specific surface area are largely attributed to the micropores and mesopores of clay minerals. …”
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Differentiating Apical and Basal Left Ventricular Aneurysms Using Sphericity Index: A Clinical Study by Slobodan Tomić, Stefan Veljković, Armin Šljivo, Dragana Radoičić, Goran Lončar, Milovan Bojić

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: SI is key in differentiating A-LVA and B-LVA on echocardiography. B-LVA has lower volume and area values, but similar aneurysm and left ventricular volumes and EF. …”
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Mechanical Ventilation and the Titer of Antibodies as Risk Factors for the Development of Transfusion-Related Lung Injury by A. P. J. Vlaar, M. T. Kuipers, J. J. Hofstra, E. K. Wolthuis, C. W. Wieland, J. J. T. H. Roelofs, L. Boon, M. J. Schultz, R. Lutter, N. P. Juffermans

“…In contrast, mice ventilated with low tidal volumes did not develop lung injury, irrespective of the dose of antibody used. …”
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Much Lower Prevalence and Mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Japan Than in the United States Despite Higher Smoking Rates: A Meta-Analysis/Systematic Review by Akira Sekikawa, Mengyi Li, Niva Joshi, Brandon Herbert, Curtis Tilves, Chendi Cui, Shiyao Gao, Yuefang Chang, Yasutaka Nakano, Frank C Sciurba

“…A fixed ratio of 0.7 of forced expiratory volume in the first second of forced vital capacity was used to define COPD. …”
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Development and comprehensive greenness assessment of HPLC method for quality control of β-sitosterol in pharmaceutical ointments with trio-color coded evaluation by Haya I. Aljohar, Abdullah M. Al-Hossaini, Seham A. Alzammay, Samiah Alhabardi, Hadir M. Maher, Aya R. Ahmed

“…The column temperature was maintained at 40 °C, the injection volume was 10 µL, and the detection wavelength was 203 nm. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury by Farnaz Mahdavi, Sima Fallah-Arzpeima, Zoheir Reihanian, Khatereh Asadi, Nooshin Zaresharifi, Roghaye Zare, Mohammad Ali Yazdanipour, Masoud Shabani Chobe

“…COVID-19 can impact the central nervous system (CNS) and hematologic system and appears to affect clinical outcomes and the average cerebral hemorrhage volume (ACHV) in patients with TBI. Objectives: Our study focused on evaluating the effects of COVID-19 on clinical outcomes and the ACHV in TBI patients. …”
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Automatic Detection of the Aortic Annular Plane and Coronary Ostia from Multidetector Computed Tomography by Patricio Astudillo, Peter Mortier, Johan Bosmans, Ole De Backer, Peter de Jaegere, Francesco Iannaccone, Matthieu De Beule, Joni Dambre

“…The detection strategy used these three CNN models to analyse a single MDCT image and yield three segmentation volumes as output. These segmentation volumes were averaged into one final segmentation volume, and the final predicted landmarks were obtained during a postprocessing step. …”
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The assessment of the facial skin microbiota in patients with seborrheic dermatitis and metabolic syndrome by Kristina Yu. Molodykh, Elena R. Araviiskaia, Evgeny V. Sokolovskiy, Lyudmila A. Kraeva

“…In patients with moderate to severe seborrheic dermatitis, an increase in bacterial species isolated from the skin surface and their number in the unit volume of the investigated material. It was found that the colonization of microorganisms on the facial skin was significantly higher in patients of groups 2 and 3 compared to group 1. …”
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Early therapeutic efficacy of condoliase chemonucleolysis for lumbar disc herniation by Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Koji Sato, Yoshinori Morita

“…Herniation parameters were evaluated on axial MRI. The herniated disc volume was measured on plain lumbar radiography. Demographic and clinical data were taken from medical charts. …”
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The impact of a water promotion and access intervention on elementary school students in the presence of food insecurity by Leslie Gerstenfeld, Lauren Blacker, Charles E McCulloch, Lorrene D Ritchie, Valeria M Ordonez, Laura Schmidt, Anisha I Patel

“…Among students with high CFI, the intervention group had a pronounced increase in the volume of water consumed between baseline and 7 months (86·2 %, CI 21·7, 185·0 %) compared with high CFI controls (–13·6 %, CI –45·3, 36·6 %) (P = 0·02). …”
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A comprehensive review of massive transfusion and major hemorrhage protocols: origins, core principles and practical implementation by David Silveira Marinho, Denise Menezes Brunetta, Luciana Maria de Barros Carlos, Luany Elvira Mesquita Carvalho, Jessica Silva Miranda

“…The latter involves the use of antifibrinolytics, correction of preconditions of hemostasis (calcium, pH and temperature) and the early and rapid restoration of intravascular volume with blood products. To enable timely availability and transfusion of blood products, specific actions in different hospital areas need to be synchronized, which are usually organized through Massive Transfusion Protocols or, as they have recently been rebranded, Major Hemorrhage Protocols (MHPs). …”
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The association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and sperm quality parameters: a cross-sectional study by Mitra Soltani, Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, Zainab Shateri, Zahra Maghsoudi, Milad Rajabzadeh-Dehkordi, Moein Askarpour, Amir Hossein Asadi, Mehran Nouri

“…Four semen parameters—such as total sperm motility, sperm concentration, sperm volume, and normal sperm morphology—were evaluated. …”
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A forestry investigation: Exploring factors behind improved tree species classification using bark images by Gokul Kottilapurath Surendran, Deekshitha, Martin Lukac, Martin Lukac, Jozef Vybostok, Martin Mokros

“…These methods enable the measurement of various tree parameters important for forest inventory or ecological research, such as diameter at breast height, tree height and volume, and crown parameters. One crucial piece of information is tree species, which is essential for various reasons and challenging to implement within ground-based technology workflows. …”
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Identification of ketamine and norketamine in dried bloodstains on crime-scene surfaces by Risha Jasmine Nathan, Babajide Okeleye, Rabiu Abdullahi, Waliyu Oyebode

“…Coloured linen fabric and glass slide, representing porous and non-porous surfaces, respectively, were stained with a defined volume of drug-fortified whole blood and stored at room temperature (20 °C), in the refrigerator (4 °C), and freezer (− 20 °C) for 1, 7, and 14 days. …”
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Investigation of 4-Nitro-N, N-diphenylaniline as a chemical tracer under high pressure high temperature reservoir conditions for enhanced oil recovery applications by Subhadip Maiti, Nishant Kumar Choudhary, Kiran R. Gore, Sandeep D. Kulkarni

“…The resulting tracer breakthrough curves provided quantitative data on swept pore volume, Lorentz coefficient (0 ≤ Lc ≤ 1), and sweep efficiency. …”
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Cannabidiol Ameliorates Doxorubicin-Induced Myocardial Injury via Activating Hippo Pathway by Dong T, Li J, Liang X, Wang W, Chen M, Yang G, Wu D

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