Thresholds of Abnormality Perception in Facial Esthetics among Laypersons and Dental Professionals: Frontal Esthetics by Raed H. Alrbata, Ayham Kh. Alfaqih, Mohammad R. Almhaidat, Ahmad M. Al-Tarawneh

“…A total of 120 raters divided equally into four groups of laypersons, general dental practitioners (GDPs), orthodontists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFSs) rated these images using an analog scale of 100 mm long. …”
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Investigation of the Role of Schmorl’s Nodes in Lumbar Disc Degeneration in Pa-tients with Low Back Pain (Ahvaz, 2022–2023) by Mohammad Ghasem Hanafi, Zahra Fazelinejad, Maryam Hoseini Siahi, Amir Mansouri

“…Results: The study sample comprised equal numbers of male and female patients, with a mean age of 21.54 years. …”
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Arab Gulf English majors’ language preferences, use and beliefs across domains by Christopher Denman, Chandrika Balasubramanian

“…English and Arabic were almost equally preferred for identity representation, with a significant minority of respondents expressing a desire to study their majors in Arabic. …”
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Art as Document. Opening Historical Archive to Artistic Registers: Plan Barron 1938-2004 by Maria Rita Pais

“…More specifically, we propose to present and discuss how art can introduce more subjective but equally relevant layers of knowledge in the historical study of the object, especially when dealing with secret, codified or modified information and documentation, as it is the case of the Plan Barron of Defense of Lisbon and Setúbal Harbours.…”
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Small Target Detection for Power Line Components in Complex UAV Imagery by Zhiyuan Sun, Xu Wang

“…Under identical conditions, our algorithm outperforms existing methods in terms of accuracy and exhibits superior small-target detection capability in complex backgrounds.…”
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Inequalities in health in a municipality of Serbia by Simović Tatjana, Radojlović Jasmina, Memić Mensur

“…The aims of this study were: to analyze the association of socioeconomic factors with self-perceived health and utilization of health services as well as to suggest some interventions to overcome the existing problems. Methods. Hybrid study was pefrormed. The two cross-sectional studies were conducted on quota samples (1999 and 2015) in Kruševac Municipality. …”
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Inclusion in and through disability sport? A scoping review using the examples of goalball and wheelchair basketball by Felix Oldörp, Christopher Mihajlovic, Martin Giese

“…In the qualitative studies analyzed, the concepts of inclusion were expanded to include subjective feelings such as equality and belonging based on the statements of the participants. …”
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Barriers to access of healthcare services by the immigrant population in Scandinavia: a scoping review protocol by Preben Ulrich Pedersen, Lily Appoh, Franca Felix

“…Introduction Access to healthcare services for legal immigrants in Scandinavia is part of the policy agenda of the various governments as they strive to provide equal healthcare services to its citizens. Legal immigrants have the same rights as natives; however, studies have shown that there are inequalities in access to healthcare services between legal immigrants and natives. …”
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Comparison Of Orthopantomogram and Lateral Cephalogram for Gonial Angle, Mandibular Ramus Height And Body Length by Mobina Fatima Zulfiqar, Kanwal Zulfiqar, Ulfat Bashir, Uzair Luqman, Zarnab Rizwan

“… Objective: This study aims to compare orthopantogram and lateral cephalogram for gonial angle and mandibular linear measurements (ramus height and body length). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Islamic International Dental Hospital. …”
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Outcome of Hindfoot Nail in Old Distal Tibia and Plafond Fractures of Adult Patients in a Tertiary Care Center by Sudipta Samanta, Soumyadeep D Roy

“…Results: The mean age of our study population was 70 years, with equal male and female distribution (1:1). The mean duration from index injury to HFN was 8.7 months. …”
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An Automated Decision Support System for Portfolio Allocation Based on Mutual Information and Financial Criteria by Massimiliano Kaucic, Renato Pelessoni, Filippo Piccotto

“…To calculate the preference weights used in the chosen multi-criteria decision-making procedure, two methods are compared, namely equal and entropy weighting. …”
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A comparison of the predictive validity of the combination of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and other risk scoring systems for intravenous imm... by Seiichiro Takeshita, Takashi Kanai, Yoichi Kawamura, Yusuke Yoshida, Shigeaki Nonoyama

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The predictive validity of the combination of NLR≥3.83 and PLR≥150, which is a simple and convenient indicator, was equal to or higher than that of the other risk scores. …”
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Public Policy Measures to Manage Nutrition-Related Health Risks by N. A. Grechushkina

“…To summarize and characterize the key public policies that exist worldwide to reduce the risks of diet-related non-communicable diseases.Materials and methods. A content analysis of scientific and internet publications on nutrition and dietary management was used. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Eight Weeks of Corrective Exercises and Ergonomic Recommendations on the Frequency of Recurrence of Back Pain Caused by Musculoskeletal Disorders in the... by Aydin Ali khiavi, Mohsen Barghamadi, Mehrdad Moharramzadeh

“…They were randomly divided into three equal groups of corrective exercises, ‎ergonomic recommendations and control. …”
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SEM and elemental analysis evaluation of the working surface of instruments from two different nickel titanium rotary file systems by Hachko Giragosyan, Ivan Filipov, Emiliya Simeonova, Nikolay Zahariev, Stela Kasabova

“…Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the surface changes in two different systems of rotary instruments before and after use by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive analysis (EDA). Materials and methods: We selected thirty files and divided them equally into two groups of 15 files each based on their manufacturing technology. …”
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Financial inclusion for sustainable agriculture: Pathways among smallholder women farmers in rural Zambia. by Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Xianhui Geng, Salman Ibn Yasin

“…A cross-sectional, mixed-methods design was employed, using a multistage random sampling technique to survey 436 smallholder women farmers in rural Zambia. …”
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Exosomes: Key Messengers Mediating the Interaction Between Tumor Cells and CD8+ T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment by Li Y, Yang Q, Li D, Li W, Men W

“…Furthermore, it summarizes the potential for clinical treatment in this realm when integrated with existing immunotherapy methods—particularly exploring the feasibility of clinical translation alongside engineering materials science techniques.Keywords: CD8+T, TME, exosome, EVs…”
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Smoking and alcohol use plays a mediating role on the social determinants of high blood pressure: Evidence from nationally representative sample in India by Arivarasan Barathi, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Rajan Rushender

“…Behavioral characteristics are strong candidates to act as mediators of the observed effects of socioeconomic determinants on BP; therefore, we aimed to investigate the mediating role of smoking and alcohol on the association between education, wealth index, sex, and hypertension using NFHS-5 data. Materials and Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the data collected from a nationally representative survey (NFHS-5 data) in India. …”
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Biomechanical Quantification of Children’s Gross Motor Movement: A Systematic Scoping Review by Andrew Hammocks, Carina Price, Paul A. Jones

“…Country of origin and funding sources were equally variable. Walking was the predominantly assessed gross motor movement in children, followed by jumping and running. …”
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Analysis of variation of sagittal position of the jaw bones in skeletal class III malocclusion by Stojanović Zdenka, Nikolić Predrag, Nikodijević Angelina, Milić Jasmina, Duka Miloš

“…The most common morphological variation of sagittal position of the upper jaw is its retrognatism, which is equally present in both children and adults. Sagittal position of the lower jaw in most of the adults was prognathic, while mandible prognathism in the children was less present.…”
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