The Evaluation of the Clinical Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Nocturnal Bruxism by Fatih Asutay, Yusuf Atalay, Hilal Asutay, Ahmet Hüseyin Acar

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of botulinum toxin A (BTXA) in the treatment of nocturnal bruxism. Material and Methods. The retrospective study comprised 25 female patients, aged 23–55 years (mean 35.84±8.41 years). …”
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Switching Overvoltages Protection of Power Electronics Converters with Gate Turn-off Thyristors by Yevhen Fediv, Olha Sivakova, Vladyslav Lysiak, Mykhailo Korchak

“…Using the developed models in the “Simulink” visual programming environment of the “Matlab” application package using the “SimPowerSystem” and “Simscape Electrical” libraries, a comparative analysis of methods and techniques for limiting switching overvoltages in power converters, which are controlled by unlocking two-operation thyristors, was performed. …”
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The influence of surgical treatment of vitreous opacities in the assessment of the quality of life of patients by A. V. Malyshev, O. V. Lysenko

“…Purpose: To study the effect of surgical treatment of vitreous opacities (VO) on the state of quality (QOL) of patient’s life.Methods: We examined 35 patients who underwent surgical treatment of VO. …”
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Myopia and age-related macular degeneration: structural and anatomical changes of the eye by I. B. Alekseev, Ju. A. Nam

“…The purpose of the study was to find out how age-related macular degeneration and medium-high degree myopia affect the structural and anatomical parameters of the eyeball, and to find whether a relationship exists between various types of myopic staphylomas and changes of visual functions.Material and methods. 120 patients (236 eyes), with medium and high degree myopia and age-related retinal changes, aged 44 to 81 years were tested for two groups of parameters: quantitative and qualitative. …”
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A Web-Based Tool to Perform a Values Clarification for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Design and Preliminary Testing Study by Michael P Dorsch, Allen J Flynn, Kaitlyn M Greer, Sabah Ganai, Geoffrey D Barnes, Brian Zikmund-Fisher

“…MethodsParticipants aged 45‐64 years were recruited across the United States via an online survey. …”
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Isolation of Murine Pancreatic Stellate Cells and the Establishment of a New ex-vivo Activation Model by Wang X, Li M, Liu X, Sun G, Zhang D, Sun L, Yin Y, Zhang W, Hao J

“…Currently, there is a lack of methods for isolating activated PSCs that are unaffected by cell attachment. …”
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Multi-Layer Combinatorial Fusion Using Cognitive Diversity by Landon Hurley, Bruce S. Kristal, Suman Sirimulla, Christina Schweikert, D. Frank Hsu

“…Multiple scoring systems (including rank and score functions; MSS) have been widely used in multiple regression, intelligent biometric systems, multiple artificial neural nets, combining pattern classifiers, ensemble methods, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), data and information fusion, preference ranking, and deep learning. …”
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Production capacity prediction of U-shaped horizontal wells for in-situ pyrolysis of tar-rich coal: Experimental and numerical simulation study by Zhen DONG, Yanpeng CHEN, Mengyuan ZHANG, Xinggang WANG, Lixin JIAO, Shuo FENG, Bo REN, Hao CHEN, Junjie XUE, Yufeng ZHAO, Diefang HUANG

“…The overlying pyrolysis yield evaluation model of tar-rich coal in Badaowan Formation based on Boltsmann function and the productivity prediction method of U-shaped horizontal well were established. …”
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Supramolecular self-assembly of high-loaded horseradish peroxidase and biorecognized antibody into Au/polydopamine nanocomposites for sensitive immunoassay of Escherichia coli O157... by Bolong Fang, Yuzhi Li, Xiaole Zhao, Yan Liu, Lin Xu, Qiao Wang, Xin Liu, Zhiyong Gong, Weihua Lai

“…ABSTRACT: There is an urgent need for a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7, a class of hazardous foodborne pathogens in food safety. …”
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Clustering phenotype populations by genome‐wide RNAi and multiparametric imaging by Florian Fuchs, Gregoire Pau, Dominique Kranz, Oleg Sklyar, Christoph Budjan, Sandra Steinbrink, Thomas Horn, Angelika Pedal, Wolfgang Huber, Michael Boutros

“…Multiparametric phenotyping by automated imaging and computational annotation is a powerful method for functional discovery and mapping the landscape of phenotypic responses to cellular perturbations.…”
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Immediate Results of Colonic Flat Epithelial Neoplasms Removal Using Diathermic Snare Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Mucosectomy Combined with Dissection in the Submucosal Layer:... by A. A. Fedorenko, P. V. Pavlov, A. P. Kiryukhin, A. S. Tertychnyy

“…The patients were separated into two equally sized groups and treated with EMR and ESD methods.Results. …”
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Application value of baicalein in the management of periprosthetic joint infection: a preliminary in vitro study by Aerman Alimu, Xiaoyu Wu, Dongwei Huang, Chenghan Chu, Baiqi Pan, Yang Xing, Weishen Chen, Lingli Long, Puyi Sheng

“…The goal is to provide preliminary evidence for its potential application in the management of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Methods The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of baicalein against the standard strain of S. aureus ATCC 29213, a clinical strain of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus 115 (MSSA 115), and a clinical strain of methicillin-resistant S. aureus 49 (MRSA 49) were determined using broth microdilution and colony counting methods. …”
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Ultrastructural analysis of the structure and distribution of the adherens junctions in the rats’ ventricular myocardium during postnatal stages of ontogeny after the infl uence of... by N. S. Petruk

“…Transmission electron microscopy, morphometric and statistical methods were applied. Pairwise comparisons between means of different groups were performed using a Student t-test where, for each couple of normally distributed populations, the null hypothesis that the means are equal was verified. …”
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Effect of Dinalbuphine sebacate on postoperative multimodal analgesic strategy in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a double-blind randomized controlled trial by Hung-Te Hsu, Chao-Wei Ma, Po-Chih Chang, Yi-Wei Kuo, Tz-Ping Gau, Yu-Wei Liu, Yen-Chin Liu, Shah-Hwa Chou, Kuang-I Cheng

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of DS in MMA for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Methods Sixty participants were randomly and equally assigned to either the MMA regimen containing DS (DS group) or placebo (placebo group). …”
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Comparison of 68Ga-DOTATATE and 18F-FDG PET/CT for tumor staging and primary tumor volume delineation in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Haoyuan Ding, Juan Liang, Yudi Wang, Kaixiang He, Lin Liu, Ya Liu, Yue Chen

“…Among the methods, THbgd for lesion segmentation in 68Ga-DOTATATE PET demonstrated the highest confidence level and concordance with MRI (ICC 0.95). …”
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Comparison the Influence of Various Intensities of Aerobic Training on the Expression of RBL-1 and RB1 Genes in the Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Male Wistar Rats by Maryam Shavandi, Saeid Naghibi, Mohammad Shariatzadeh Joneydi, Maryam Vatandoust, Ali Zare

“…Since the expression of adipogenic genes such as Retinoblastoma-1 (RB1) and Retinoblastoma like-1 (RBL-1) proteins are effective in adipogenesis, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of various intensities of aerobic training on the expression of RB1 and RBL-1 genes in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of male Wistar rats.Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 32 male Wistar rats (eight weeks old and weight: 237 ± 33 grams) were randomly divided into four equal groups: control, high intensity training (HIT), Moderate-intensity training (MIT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT). …”
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Aryana-bs: context-aware alignment of bisulfite-sequencing reads by Hassan Nikaein, Ali Sharifi-Zarchi, Afsoon Afzal, Saeedeh Ezzati, Farzane Rasti, Hamidreza Chitsaz, Govindarajan Kunde-Ramamoorthy

“…To address this challenge, two alignment methods have been well established: three-letter alignment and wildcard alignment. …”
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The effect of a period of resistance training on Thrombosponidine-1 and Follistatin-like-1 in heart tissue of obese male rats by Neda Ghasemi, Mania Roozbayani, Hossein Shirvani

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in thrombospondin-1 and follistatin-like factor-1 of heart tissue following six weeks of resistance training in obese male rats. Materials and Methods: In an experimental study, 20 male Wistar rats were divided into two equal groups of control and experimental based on their body weight. …”
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Influence of chronic prenatal hypoxia on the specialized contact apparatus of rat heart ventricles during ontogeny by N. S. Petruk

“…Morphometric and statistical methods were applied. Pairwise comparisons between means of different groups were performed using Student’s t-test where, for each couple of normally distributed populations, the null hypothesis that the means are equal was verified. …”
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Quantitative and qualitative investigation of shunt failure in an in vitro hemorrhagic hydrocephalus model by Shaheer Ajaz, Ahmad Faryami, Ayman Suhrawardy, Carolyn A. Harris

“…Using the Automated, In Vitro Model for Hydrocephalus Research (AIMS), we investigated the impact of CSF-like diluted blood solution on ventricular catheters and external ventricular drains (EVD) using quantitative (flow and pressure measurements) and qualitative (real-time brightfield video capture) methods.MethodsThe shunt failure criteria were set at greater than or equal to 30 cmH2O such that the experiment was manually terminated if pressure surpassed 30 cmH2O differential pressure at any point within 24 h. …”
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