Effect of oral health education model on tooth brushing behavior and oral hygiene among children with intellectual disabilities by Muhammad Fiqih Sabilillah, Hari Kusnanto, Lisdrianto Hanindriyo, Sri Kuswandari

“… Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an oral health education model in improving tooth brushing behavior and oral hygiene among children with intellectual disabilities. Material and Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. …”
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A safety review and meta-analyses of bevacizumab and ranibizumab: off-label versus goldstandard. by Christine Schmucker, Christoph Ehlken, Hansjuergen T Agostini, Gerd Antes, Gerta Ruecker, Monika Lelgemann, Yoon K Loke

“…<h4>Background</h4>We set out a systemic review to evaluate whether off-label bevacizumab is as safe as licensed ranibizumab, and whether bevacizumab can be justifiably offered to patients as a treatment for age-related macular degeneration with robust evidence of no differential risk.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched with no limitations of language and year of publication. …”
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Comparative study between the roles of intrauterine misoprostol versus the sublingual route for prevention of postpartum blood loss in elective cesarean sections: a randomized cont... by Adel Atef, Hadeer Salah Eldin Abdelrahman Mohamed Shehata, Yasmin Ahmed Bassiouny, Hesham Gaber Al-Inany

“…Objectives To assess the value of adding intrauterine misoprostol together with intravenous oxytocin injection compared with sublingual misoprostol together with intravenous oxytocin injection during elective cesarean section to reduce blood loss intraoperatively and prevent postpartum hemorrhage. Methods A total of 192 pregnant women were counseled and recruited from the labor and delivery unit at Kasr Al Aini Hospital, Cairo University, and equally randomized into two groups. …”
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Real-world results of the Zeiss selective laser trabeculoplasty in adult South African primary open-angle glaucoma patients by Brian Church, Pierre Wassermann

“…Design: Retrospective, single-center study. Methods: POAG patients ⩾18 years of age on at least one antiglaucoma medication prior to the procedure, who underwent SLT with the Zeiss VISULAS green laser (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany). …”
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Associations of Dietary Live Microbes Intake and Prevalence of Prediabetes in US Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Ge X, Du J, Wang J, Xi L, Gao J, Zhou P, Peng W, Huang S

“…We aimed to elucidate the associations between dietary intake of live microbes and the risk of prediabetes.Methods: Adult participants from the 1999– 2018 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included and categorized into the low, medium, and high live microbe intake groups based on the Sanders classification system. …”
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Using siRNA-Based Anti-Inflammatory Lipid Nanoparticles for Gene Regulation in Psoriasis by Zeng A, Liu Y, Wang P, Cao Y, Guo W

“…However, its further application is hindered by inflammatory side effects caused by delivery systems such as LNP (lipid nanoparticles).Purpose: This study aimed to develop a novel anti-inflammatory LNP rationally tailored for topical application in psoriasis and to validate its potential to deliver Stat3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) siRNA for the treatment of psoriasis.Methods: To assess the transfection efficiency, anti-inflammatory capacity of LNPs. …”
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Scenarios of passive particle transport in the velocity field of a vortex pair in shear flow by Govorukhin, Vasily Nikolaevich, Goncharov, Boris Konstantinovich

“…Scenarios of particle transport and mixing are studied depending on the intensity of one vortex (in the region of [-1, 1]∖{0}) and various shear flows with fixed initial positions of the vortices and an intensity of the second equal to unity. In the investigation, we mainly use numerical methods of dynamical systems analysis. …”
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Prevalence of Insomnia and Related Factors Among Cancer Outpatients in China by Zhao K, Yu Z, Wang Y, Feng W

“…This study aims to investigate insomnia in cancer patients and further analyze potentially related factors.Methods: Oncology outpatients treated at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center were consecutively recruited. …”
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Comparison of Surface Roughness of Conventional and Epoxy-coated Stainless Steel Arch Wires in Monocrystalline Ceramic Bracket and Stainless-Steel Bracket by Mohammed Ismail Almashhdani, Saeed Al-Samak

“…This study aimed to compare the surface roughness between different combinations of epoxy-coated and stainless-steel arch wires in ceramic and stainless-steel brackets. Materials and methods: Two types of arch wires with a gauge of 0.019x0.025″ were used in this study: Fantasia non-coated stainless steel arch wire (SSA) (n=18) and tooth tone Epoxy-coated stainless steel arch wires (ECSSA) (n=18). …”
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Model Construction of InSAR-based Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Hazards in Yanhe Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau by WANG Zhenliang, CHEN Manyu, ZHAO Jianlin, YUAN Ke, YANG Jie, ZHANG Chen

“…[Objective] Empirical rainfall thresholds have geographical limitations, it is of great significance to carry out a rainfall threshold modeling study for landslide hazard on the Chinese Loess Plateau. [Methods] Taking the Yanhe River Basin on the Loess Plateau as the research area, the landslide identification of the Yanhe River Basin based on InSAR was carried out by integrating Sentinel-1A, DEM, GPM rainfall and other multi-source data. …”
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Prediction model for the selection of patients with glioma to proton therapy by Jesper Folsted Kallehauge, Siri Grondahl, Camilla Skinnerup Byskov, Morten Høyer, Slavka Lukacova

“…The aim of this retrospective study was to identify clinical parameters associated with referral to PT and build a prediction model. Patients and methods: The dataset consisted of patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant grades 2 and 3 glioma and candidates for PT at the Aarhus University Hospital. …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Infections in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Undergoing Emergency Craniotomy by Zhang Z, Xu L, Xu S

“…This study aims to identify the risk factors associated with these infections to improve patient outcomes.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted, including 312 severe TBI patients who underwent emergency craniotomy at Brain Hospital of Hunan Province between December 2019 and December 2021. …”
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Immediate Effect of Kinetic Chain Activation and Mulligan’s Bent Leg Raise Technique in Patients with Asymptomatic Hamstring Tightness: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Santosh Channabasapa Metgud, Santosh D Patil, Omkar Anand Gaonkar

“…Aim: To compare the immediate effects of the Kinetic Chain Activation Technique (KCAT) and Mulligan’s Bent Leg Raise (BLR) on hamstring tightness using the active knee extension test, diagnostic ultrasonography and the Sit and Reach Test (SRT) test. Materials and Methods: A randomised clinical trial was conducted in the Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Department of KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, from December 2022 to June 2023. …”
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A Nomogram Based on Immune Inflammation Indicators for Rotaviral Diarrhea in Children Under 5 years Old: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study by Chen J, Chen X, Huang X, Liu J, Yu Q

“…Jing Chen,1,&amp;ast; Xiao Chen,2,&amp;ast; Xiaoling Huang,1 Jia Liu,1 Qingfeng Yu1 1Department of Pediatrics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Orthopedics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jing Chen, Department of Pediatrics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China, Email 983394631@qq.comObjective: This study investigates the relationship between immune inflammation indicators and rotaviral-induced diarrhea in children under five years old.Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 439 children with diarrhea between January 2022 and December 2023. …”
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Prevalence and covariates of chronic respiratory disorders among middle-aged Bangladeshi people: A rural community-based study by Md Hassan Rashidul, Md Hasan Iqbal, Abdullah H. K. Khan, Liaquat Ali, Jannatul Nayeem

“…The spirometry-positive CRD subjects were found to be distributed almost equally (COPD, 7%; asthma, 5%; and restrictive, 7%). …”
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Gushen Antai pill for expected normal ovarian responders undergoing IVF-ET (GSATP-FreET): interim analysis of a randomized controlled trial by Ying Xu, Xin Hu, Kai-Liang Ai, Zhen-Gao Sun, Jing-Yan Song

“…Despite this, no high-quality studies have been performed on the combination of LPS and GSATP for the embryo transfer of fresh IVF cycles. Methods A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial started on June 15, 2021 at 20 reproductive centers of public tertiary hospitals. …”
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Early deep sedation was associated with post-hospital one-year mortality in critically ill surgical patients: a propensity-matched retrospective cohort study by Peng-Yen Wu, Shang-Yi Lee, Li-Ting Wong, Wen-Cheng Chao

“…Abstract Objective Sedation is a crucial issue in critical care, but the impact of early deep sedation on post-hospital mortality in critically ill surgical patients remains unclear. Methods We linked the 2015–2020 critical care database at Taichung Veterans General Hospital with the nationwide death registration in Taiwan. …”
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Increasing reliability of traction electric motors of diesel locomotives taking into account thermophysical parameters of insulation and armature winding conductors by V. I. Kiselev, T. O. Vakhromeeva, A. I. Fedyanin

“…At present, a rather difficult situation has developed in the locomotive industry with the failure of diesel locomotive traction electric motors due to a decrease in the insulation resistance of the armature windings of the electric motors and their subsequent breakdowns: up to 28 % of the total number of failures of electric motors are due to breakdown of the hull insulation and interturn short circuit of the armature and 13 % of cases are due to reduction in the resistance of the insulating material.Materials and methods. The paper considers the main directions of scientific research on the causes of insulation integrity failure, which lead to unscheduled repairs of traction motors. …”
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Acute myeloid leukemia with RAM immunophenotype: A report of three patients and comprehensive literature review by Xenia Parisi, Anindita Ghosh, L. Jeffrey Medeiros

“…However, given the relative rarity of this phenotype, it is neither well‐defined nor readily diagnosed. Methods We reviewed the electronic medical records of our institution from 1990 to 2024 for cases of AML expressing bright CD56 on flow cytometry and identified three cases with a RAM IP. …”
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IMPACT OF THE FREQUENCY OF USING NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS ON THE RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION OF SACROILIITIS IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS by D. G. Rumyantseva, T. V. Dubinina, Sh. F. Erdes

“…Objective: to compare the impact of continuous or on-demand use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the activity and radiographic progression of early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).Subjects and methods. The investigation enrolled patients from the early spondyloarthritis cohort who met the 2009 Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria for axSpA. …”
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