Investigating the relationship between cultural intelligence and cultural competence among students in nursing faculties in Iran: an analytical cross-sectional study by Fatemeh Ahmadi Forg, Pardis Doosti, Hadi Hasani, Fatemeh Heydari, Mohammadjavad Roshanfekr, Leila Hassangholizadeh, Fahimeh Ramezani, Solmaz Vahedi

“…Findings The participants were nearly equally distributed in terms of sex (54.2% female) and were mostly single (91.8%). …”
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Changes of hematological indices in patients with diffuse toxic goiter by F. H. Saidova, L. M. Ahmedova, Zh. B. Aslanova, N. A. Najafov

“…To reveal the incidence of various morphological types and degrees of the anemia severity in patients with diffuse toxic goiter. Materials and methods. Data of medical histories of 157 patients, operated for diffuse toxic goiter in 2012 yr were analyzed. …”
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Clinical and Radiographic evaluation of mixture of Zinc Oxide powder and Nanohydroxyapatite as an obturating material in primary molars by Pratyusha Kottapalli, Ghanashyam Prasad Madu, Naga Radhakrishna Ambati, Deepthi Bolla, Venkata Sandeep Rayala, Raviteja Narra

“…Objective: To evaluate clinically and radiographically the success rate of the mixture of zinc oxide powder and nanohydroxyapatite with saline as an obturating material in primary molars and also to compare its efficiency with Endoflas. Material and Methods: Thirty pulpectomy indicated primary molars were randomly divided into two equal groups; Group I (mixture of zinc oxide powder and nanohydroxyapatite with saline) and Group II (Endoflas FS). …”
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In vivo association of immunophenotyped macrophages expressing CD163 with PDGF-B in gingival overgrowth-induced by three different categories of medications by Amina J. Almahrog, Lobna R.S. Radwan, Rehab R. El-Zehery, Mohamed I. Mourad, Mohammed E. Grawish

“…Aims: This study was carried out to identify and outline the degree of relationship between immunophenotyped macrophages expressing CD163 and PDGF-B in cyclosporine-A, phenytoin, and nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth. Methods: Eighty adult male albino rats were selected and divided into four equal groups. …”
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Lipid profile stability and prognostic value in adolescents: 22-year prospective study by V. B. Rozanov, A. A. Alexandrov, N. V. Perova, E. N. Shugaeva, E. Yu. Zvolinskaya

“…To prospectively assess dynamics, stability, and prognostic value of blood lipid profile (LP) in adolescents, for identifying early coronary heart disease prevention approaches. Material and methods. This prospective study included 347 boys and 332 girls. …”
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Gustatory thresholds and obesity: a comparative study of five main tastes by Hamidreza Khalighi, Hamed Mortazavi, Fahimeh Anbari, Masoumeh Sadat Eftekhari, Nahid Mohammadnia, Homa Mirzaei, Sara Nashibi

“…Considering the conflicting results about the association of gustatory threshold and overweight/obesity status of individuals, this study designed to compare gustatory threshold of five main tastes (sweet, umami, salty, bitter, and sour) among individuals with overweight/obesity and with a normal BMI. Methods In this case-control and population-based study, 100 adults participated, divided into two equal number of normal and overweight/obese groups. …”
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Causally-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Joint Communication and Sensing by Anik Roy, Serene Banerjee, Jishnu Sadasivan, Arnab Sarkar, Soumyajit Dey

“…Evaluation of the causally-aware RL framework in different JCAS scenarios shows the benefit of our proposed solution over baseline methods in terms of the higher reward. We have shown that in the presence of interfering users and sensing signal clutters, our proposed solution achieves 30% higher data rate in comparison to the communication-only state-of-the-art beam pattern learning method while maintaining sensing performance.…”
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The conceptualisation of cardiometabolic disease policy model in the UK by Septiara Putri, Giorgio Ciminata, Jim Lewsey, Bhautesh Jani, Nicola McMeekin, Claudia Geue

“…Key messages from the review emphasised the importance of understanding various determinants influencing model development, including risk factors, model structure, models’ parameters, data utilisation, economic perspective, equality/equity consideration, transparency and validation process. …”
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A new eggshell-derived calcium phosphate bioceramic for tissue engineering: cytotoxicity and histomorphometric study by Conrado Dias do Nascimento Neto, Laisa Kindely Ramos de Oliveira, Amy Brian Costa e Silva, Patrícia Roccon Bianchi, André Gustavo de Sousa Galdino, Daniela Nascimento Silva

“…ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate cytotoxicity and tissue repair of a new chicken eggshell-derived bioceramic (hydroxyapatite/dicalcium phosphate anhydrous–HA/DCPA). Methods: Cytotoxicity was evaluated in fibroblasts (L cell, L-929) by MTT test. …”
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Outcome and Genetic Factors in IgG4-Associated Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Cholangitis: A Single Center Experience by Matthias Buechter, Paul Manka, Falko Markus Heinemann, Monika Lindemann, Benjamin Juntermanns, Ali Canbay, Guido Gerken, Alisan Kahraman

“…However, there might be differences related to the origin. Patients and Methods. We analyzed 36 patients and compared type 1 (AIP1) with type 2 (AIP2). …”
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Artificial intelligence in bronchoscopy: a systematic review by Kristoffer Mazanti Cold, Anishan Vamadevan, Christian B. Laursen, Flemming Bjerrum, Suveer Singh, Lars Konge

“…Our objective was to identify and describe AI systems in bronchoscopy. Methods A systematic review was performed using MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus databases, focusing on two terms: bronchoscopy and AI. …”
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The Islamic Microfinance System And Its Ultimate Impact On The Poor In Bauchi Metropolis In The Context Of Socio-Economic Challenges by Hashim Sabo Bello, Shamsuddeen Abubakar, Sunusi Abdulkadir Fateh

“…One of the conditions for providing social services to the population, reducing the differentiation of their incomes, as well as reducing poverty is to provide equal access to financial services for all segments of the population. …”
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LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE KUJALA QUESTIONNAIRE AMONG PATIENTS WITH PAIN IN THE ANTERIOR PART OF KNEE JOINT by I. A. Kuznetsov, S. V Maikov, M. R. Salikhov, D. A. Shulepov, A. I. Avdeev

“…The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) equal to 0.948 (95% confidence interval, 0.025–0.967) indicated a high test-retest reliability of the Russian-language version of the Kujala questionnaire. …”
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The Effect of Contextual Interference on Spatial Accuracy and Motor Reprogramming of Sequential Motor Task in People with Parkinson's Disease by Parvin Mohammadi Farsani, Hamidreza Taheri Torbati, Mehdi Sohrabi, Ali Shoeibi

“…This study aimed to investigate the effect of contextual interference on spatial accuracy and motor reprogramming of the sequential motor task in people with Parkinson's disease.Methods: The research method is a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test and post-test research design. 64 people with Parkinson's disease (mean age = 62.93 ± 3) were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into four equal groups (16 people) including blocked - high similarity, blocked - low similarity, random - high similarity, and random - low similarity. …”
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5G Fronthaul in Modular P4: eCPRI Protocol Processing and Precise BMv2 Timestamps for PTP-1588 by Atabak Nojavan, Bill Pontikakis, Francois-Raymond Boyer, Yvon Savaria

“…While this paper focuses on 5G fronthaul applications in O-RAN networks, the techniques and results presented are equally applicable to other use cases across end-to-end 5G networks and beyond, paving the way for modular, high-precision, and programmable solutions in future open and interoperable network architectures.…”
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Spatial-temporal analysis of agricultural drought risk: insights from a Vietnam case study by Tien Le, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Trinh Duc Tran, Suelynn Choy, Yuriy Kuleshov, Yuriy Kuleshov

“…A challenge in agricultural drought risk assessment is the lack of standardization for selecting indicators and aggregation methods, leading to inconsistent and less reliable outcomes. …”
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Bacillus licheniformis enhances Chlorella vulgaris’s biomass and biodiesel production in wastewater treatment by Xiuren Zhou, Yuqing Li, Pengming Yang, Guifang Xu, Hongsheng Wang

“…Chlorella-based wastewater treatment presents a sustainable alternative to conventional methods. While previous studies highlighted Chlorella-bacteria synergy in wastewater remediation, bacterial effects on Chlorella biomass and biodiesel production remain unclear. …”
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Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics of young and old North Indian patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma by G. Sharma, M. Kamboj, A. Narwal, A. Devi, J. Yadav, M. Sharma

“…A p-value less than or equal to 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Microvascular Density Analysis of Patients with Trigeminal Herpes Zoster—An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study by Eliane Luisa Esser, Steven Brozmann, Sebastian Dierse, Martin Dominik Leclaire, Nicole Eter, Nataša Mihailovic, Jan Ehrchen

“…<b>Results:</b> The VD in the SCP, DCP, and CC of patients with HZ was significantly lower compared with healthy controls (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Equally, there was a noticeable reduction in the inside disk area of the ONH. …”
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Testing of the Serbian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire among professional members of the Serbian Armed Forces by Lekić Margareta, Daković Dragana, Kovačević Vladan, Čutović Tatjana, Ilić Irena, Ilić Milena

“…The aim of this study was to test the short form of the OHIP-14 questionnaire among professional members of the Serbian Armed Forces. Methods. A cross-sectional design was applied in this study. …”
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