The microbiome alterations of supragingival plaque among adolescents using clear aligners: a metagenomic sequencing analysis by Chunlin Wang, Chao Zhang, Shan He, Qiuyu Wang, Hai Gao

“…Abstract Background White spot lesions (WSLs) may develop in adolescents undergoing clear aligner (CA) therapy with poor oral hygiene. The specific effects of CAs on the microbial composition and functional characteristics of supragingival plaques remain unclear. …”
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Dynamic Femur Fracture Brace vs Hip Spica Cast for Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study by Virginia F. Casey, MD, Calvin C. Chandler, MD, George D. Graham, MD, Steven L. Frick, MD

“…The prefabricated DF2 functional brace offers an alternative to traditional spica casting, which is effective but has limitations. …”
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Standardized Measurement of Muscle Strength and Physical Performance for Sarcopenia: An Expert-Based Delphi Consensus by Seung-Kyu Lim, Jaewon Beom, Sang Yoon Lee, Kyunghoon Min, Seong-Eun Byun, Yonghan Cha, Jun Hwan Choi, Jung-Yeon Choi, Jae-Young Han, Hak-Chul Jang, Hee-Won Jung, Kwang-Il Kim, Younji Kim, Young-Sang Kim, Jong Hwa Lee, Jong In Lee, Seung Yeol Lee, Kil-Byung Lim, Bumjo Oh, Sae-Jong Park, Ga Yang Shim, Wook Song, Chang Won Won, Jun-Il Yoo, Seung Don Yoo, Jae-Young Lim

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An Energy Level Alignment Study of 2PACz Molecule on Perovskite Device‐Related Interfaces by Vacuum Deposition by Jielei Li, Shengwen Li, Bingchen He, Ruifeng Zheng, Yulin Wang, Shi Chen

“…On solvent‐cleaned and plasma‐treated indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates, the SAM is vertically assembled with 0.22 and 0.13 eV work function increases, respectively. However, on sputtered ITO, SAM is assembled with upside down orientation, with 0.51 eV work function decrease. …”
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Exact solutions of steady plane MHD aligned flows using (ξ,ψ)- or (η,ψ)-coordinates by F. Labropulu, O. P. Chandna

“…A new approach for the determination of exact solutions of steady plane infinitely conducting MHD aligned flows is presented. In this approach, the (ξ,ψ)- or the (η,ψ)- coordinates is used to obtain exact solutions of these flows where ψ=(x,y) is the streamfunction and w=ξ(x,y)+iη(x,y) is an analytic function of z=x+iy.…”
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Curbing Petrochemical Lubricants by Plant-Based Chemicals: A Reliable Opportunity to Align with Sustainable Development Goals by Jaime Nácher-Mestre, David Leal Cano, Kudama A. Habib, Clemente M. Branchadell, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez

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Advancing precision in medical image segmentation: A performance analysis of loss functions for COVID‐19 lung infection segmentation in computed tomography images by Emilio Delgado, Roberto Rodriguez‐Echeverria, Antonio Jesús Fernández‐García, Juan D. Gutiérrez, Miguel Ángel Suero‐Rodrigo

“…Abstract This study evaluates the effectiveness of three loss functions Asymmetric Unified Focal Loss (AUFL), Dice Similarity Coefficient Loss (DSCL), and Cross‐Entropy (CE) for segmenting COVID‐19 lung infections in computed tomography images. …”
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West Nile Virus Vaccine Design by T Cell Epitope Selection: In Silico Analysis of Conservation, Functional Cross-Reactivity with the Human Genome, and Population Coverage by Frances M. Waller, Pedro A. Reche, Darren R. Flower

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Deficiency of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: Characterizing the molecular consequences of loss-of-function IL1RN variants from structural and biochemical evidence by Joshua Pillai, Spencer Fang

“…DIRA is caused by biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the IL1RN gene, including 16 cytogenetic abnormalities to date. …”
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Microtubule flexibility, microtubule-based nucleation and ROP pattern co-alignment enhance protoxylem microtubule patterning by Bas Jacobs, Marco Saltini, Jaap Molenaar, Laura Filion, Eva E. Deinum

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Protein dynamic communities from elastic network models align closely to the communities defined by molecular dynamics. by Sambit Kumar Mishra, Robert L Jernigan

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Determinants of oral health-related quality of life in orthodontic aligner wearers: A cross-sectional analysis. by Gabriela Luiza Nunes Souza, José Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Pâmella de Moura Dario, Esdras de Campos França, Marcelo de Araújo Lombardi, Giselle Cabral da Costa, Najara Barbosa Rocha, Lucas Guimarães Abreu

“…Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is a critical measure for assessing the impact of orthodontic treatments, including aligners. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with OHRQoL among orthodontic aligner wearers. …”
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Gradient coating of extracellular matrix derived from endothelial cells on aligned PCL nanofibers for rapid endothelialization by Ziyi Zhou, Ziyi Zhou, Yijing Lin, Na Liu, Yiming Zhang, Bing Li, Yuanfei Wang

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ELFA-Log: Cross-System Log Anomaly Detection via Enhanced Pseudo-Labeling and Feature Alignment by Xiaowei Zhao, Kaiwei Guo, Mingting Huang, Shaojian Qiu, Lu Lu

“…Additionally, a distance-based loss function optimizes the shared representation of cross-system log features. …”
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Interference alignment based on adaptive eigenmodes in a multiple-input, multiple-output cognitive radio network by Yibing Li, Xueying Diao, Qianhui Dong, Chunrui Tang

“…In order to provide a higher sum rate of secondary users, two interference alignment schemes are presented. The first one is an interference sub-space alignment scheme, which aims to align the sub-spaces spanned by interference from other secondary users with the sub-space spanned by interference from primary user. …”
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Non-invasive fluorescence sensing reveals changes in intestinal barrier function and gastric emptying rate in a first-in-human study of Crohn’s disease by Jonathan Gan, Qian Chen, Elena Monfort Sanchez, Nilanjan Mandal, Jiacheng Xu, Zixin Wang, Arjun Agarwal, Emmanuel Oluwatunmise, Pratik Ramkumar, Ash Salam, Elena Chekmeneva, María Gómez-Romero, Lynn Maslen, Sharmili Balarajah, Robert Perry, Karl King Yong, Jonathan Hoare, Nick Powell, James Alexander, James Avery, Hutan Ashrafian, Ara Darzi, Alex J. Thompson

“…Background: Crohn’s disease is characterised by multifaceted changes in gut function, involving not just inflammatory effects but also alterations in gut barrier function and gastric motility. …”
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Orthodontic Management of Class II Malocclusion with Clear Aligners: Mandibular Advancement vs. Class II Elastics by Elisabetta Cretella Lombardo, Letizia Lugli, Roberta Lione, Patrizio Bollero, Paola Cozza, Chiara Pavoni

“…<b>Background</b>: This cephalometric study aimed to evaluate the effects of clear aligner therapy in growing individuals with Class II malocclusion, comparing two functional approaches: the use of Class II elastics or the Mandibular Advancement (MA). …”
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Fine-Grained Style Alignment and Class Balance for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation in Remote Sensing Image Segmentation by Yousheng Xu, Weiji Wang, Wei Yao, Shengzhou Xu

“…This module effectively prevents the loss of fine details found in traditional AdaIN methods, achieving fine-grained style alignment between the source and target domains. Second, we propose a class balance loss function that adjusts the weight distribution of target domain samples to mitigate the influence of dominant classes and enhance the focus on rare categories, thereby alleviating the issue of class imbalance. …”
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AI-Driven Blade Alignment for Aerial Vehicles’ Rotary Systems Using the A* Algorithm and Statistical Heuristics by Samarth Godara, Madhur Behl, Gaurab Dutta, Rajender Parsad, Sudeep Marwaha

“…This research proposes an innovative AI-based algorithm to optimize blade alignment in helicopter rotary systems, integrating the A* algorithm and a statistical heuristic function. …”
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Enhancing cognitive abilities through transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: Findings from prefrontal functional connectivity analysis and virtual brain simulation by Sora An, Se Jin Oh, Shinhee Noh, Sang Beom Jun, Jee Eun Sung

“…In this study, we systematically analyzed the effects of taVNS on cognitive enhancement from the perspective of brain networks, by combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signal analysis with virtual brain simulations. …”
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