DYNAMICS OF CYTOKINES IN ORAL FLUID OF COMPLETELY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS AFTER PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION WITH IMPLANTS by V.A. Ponomarenko, Y.I. Sylenko, M.V. Khrebor

“…After a complete loss of teeth, dentition undergoes involute processes, resulting in significant functional and morphological changes. In practice of rehabilitation of toothless jaws certain difficulty of fixation of dentures on the lower jaw appears. …”
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Wavelet transformation on a finite interval by V. M. Romanchak

“…In this case Delta-shaped functions that participate in Parzen – Rosenblatt and Nadaray – Watson estimations can be used as a basic wavelet. …”
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The role of visual experience in haptic spatial perception: evidence from early blind, late blind, and sighted individuals by Lara A. Coelho, Daniela E. Aguilar Ramirez, Serena Basta, Marta Guarischi, Claudia L. R. Gonzalez, Monica Gori

“…This result suggests that sex differences in haptic spatial processing are a fundamental characteristic of human sensory function, independent of visual experience. Highlights No study has investigated if the previously identified male advantage in haptic spatial processing is mediated by visual experience. …”
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Swallowing in moderate and severe phases of Alzheimer's disease by Sheilla de Medeiros Correia, Lilian Schafirovits Morillo, Wilson Jacob Filho, Leticia Lessa Mansur

“…The instruments used were: Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Mini-Mental State Examination, Index of Activities of Daily Living, Assessment of Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties in Dementia, Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia, and Swallowing Rating Scale. …”
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A framework for utilizing leaf-associated microbes to achieve conservation and restoration goals by Jacob A. Heil, Jessica R. Bernardin, Stephanie J. Galla, Leonora S. Bittleston

“…ABSTRACT Plant-associated microbiomes have profound effects on ecosystem functioning and play a role in the success of plants at both small and large scales. …”
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Escitalopram-induced Hypersexuality—Imbalance of the Sexual Seesaw by Souganyadevi Mahalakshmi, Barath Ramanathan, Arun Selvaraj, Perarul Sivakumar, Priyanka Ponnusamy

“…Considering the sensitivity in reporting sexual symptoms, it is prudent to initiate a talk on sexual functioning with all the patients on antidepressants, especially SSRIs.…”
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Prayer Disrupted by Preoccupations About Making a Donation. Payment Innovations in the Church in Poland by Janina Kotlińska, Grzegorz Kotliński

“…His hypothesis is: 1) the prayers of congregation members and other persons visiting sacral sites are often disturbed by the impossibility (or possibly difficulty) of making a financial donation due to the fact that its only expected and possible form is cash payment, 2) the financial support for the Church, including the functioning of sacral sites, would be greater if they had specialist ATMs installed accepting innovative instruments of non-cash payments. …”
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In the pursuit of social justice during political transitions: the practices of CSOs in post-Arab Spring Tunisia by Fethi Mansouri, Rebecca Buys, Amanuel Elias

“…Our findings show that during periods of significant upheaval, civil society rapidly changes to assume increasingly diverse and essential roles in providing care and safety for vulnerable people and their communities, but this responsiveness is not without difficulty. Attempts at understanding civil societies’ emergent and dynamic functions needs to be deeply contextualized to incorporate the dynamic politics of democratic transitions and entanglements vis-à-vis the state in processes of change. …”
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Exploration of Algorithms and Heuristics in Puzzle Playing Activities of Early Childhood by Selvia Dwi Lusiana, Thorik Aziz

“…Factors such as age, previous experience, and puzzle difficulty level influence strategy selection. Analysis of the findings indicates that the use of algorithms and heuristics reflects complex cognitive development, involving executive functions, metacognition, and visuospatial abilities. …”
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Examining Exams Using Rasch Models and Assessment of Measurement Invariance by Achim Zeileis

“…Here, several recent methods for assessing measurement invariance and for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model are discussed and applied to results from a first-year mathematics exam with single-choice items. …”
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The Shrinking of Beijing and the Rising of Xiong’an: Optimize Population Migration in terms of Transport Service by Hongzhi Lin

“…The city is expected to work as a carrying hub for noncapital functions of Beijing. The central government does not rush to build before a deliberated urban planning is accomplished. …”
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Research on general design of light tour maglev train by GENG Qinghou, ZONG Lingxiao, YANG Jun, MA Weihua, ZHANG Shuo

“…By analyzing and comparing the application scenarios and service targets of the large-capacity and medium-capacity maglev trains and light tour maglev trains, the top-level design indicators of the light tour maglev trains was defined based on the elements such as functions, safety, environment and economy, and studied the general design and the main system design of the train. …”
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Incident Signal Power Comparison for Localization of Concurrent Multiple Acoustic Sources by Daniele Salvati, Sergio Canazza

“…The experimental results were conducted in an outdoor real noisy environment and the ISPC performance is reported using different beamforming techniques and SD functions.…”
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A Method to Improve the Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Resisting Frames Based on Eigenfrequency Optimization by Orlando Arroyo, Angie V. Osorio, María Catalina Vargas

“…The method is demonstrated for a four-story and an eight-story building, whose seismic performance is compared to traditional building designs using nonlinear analyses and seismic fragility functions. The results show that the seismic performance improves significantly with the proposed method with respect to that of traditionally designed buildings, reducing their seismic fragility and increasing their overstrength. …”
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“She feels and thinks”: Mother's emotion and mental state talk on book reading activities by Tasya Nafasya Putri, Ike Anggraika Kuntoro, Dien Nurdini Nurdin

“…The current study aims to analyze which type of EMST is preferred by mothers in Indonesia, the frequency of EMST usage across various levels of reading difficulty, and the functions of EMST among Indonesian mothers. …”
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Why can't we be friends? A narrative review of the challenges of making and keeping friends for children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Kirsten M. Neprily, Emma A. Climie, Adam McCrimmon, Erica Makarenko

“…Next, the dominant conceptualization of why children and adolescents with ADHD struggle to make and keep friends, which focuses on factors such as ADHD symptomatology, executive functioning, social cognition, and emotion regulation, is reported. …”
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The Surveillance Transceiver Module Design for Improvement of Irradiance Coverage and Image Grayscale Quality by Hsiao-Wen Lee, Bor-Shyh Lin

“…A traditional flashlight-like circularly symmetric light is gradually not suitable for the industry, and the optical design equipped secondary optical elements also encounters the difficulty in space restriction. Package lenses are used for the optical design in this study, mainly replacing the functions of secondary optics and solve the restriction of inadequate internal space of a camera. …”
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Représentation de l’autre : étude des rapports entre les négriers et le peuple autochtone en Afrique au XVIIIe siècle dans le Journal de bord d’un négrier au XVIIIe de William Snel... by Aubain Pemangoyi Leyika

“…Starting from an anthropological approach, we will try to understand the functioning of the morals, the customs, and the rites described by Snelgrave to represent the Blacks in order to justify slavery, starting from the cultural practices of the indigenous peoples.…”
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Pengembangan Aplikasi Pemasaran Ikan Untuk UMKM dan Nelayan Batam dengan Pendekatan User Centered Design (UCD) dan Usability Testing by Ari Novriansyah, Dwi Ely Kurniawan

“…The study results showed a SUS score of 57.58 which means that the application is functionally perfect and can be accepted by users. …”
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The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news. by Michal Tanzer, Chloe Campbell, Rob Saunders, Thomas Booker, Patrick Luyten, Peter Fonagy

“…The work described here sought to investigate how the vulnerability engendered by disruptions in epistemic trust may not only impact psychological resilience and interpersonal processes but also aspects of more general social functioning. We undertook two studies to examine the role of epistemic trust in determining capacity to recognise fake/real news, and susceptibility to conspiracy thinking-both in general and in relation to COVID-19. …”
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