Quality of orthodontic care in an academic setting in the Middle East by Kabir Syed Gyasudeen, Abdelrahman Arafat Yousef, Raed Alrubaiaan, Osama Khader, Ahmed Ghoneima, Sabarinath Prasad

“…Abstract Assessment of the quality of orthodontic care in a UAE-based orthodontic postgraduate training institution was conducted using multiple indices, including the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR), American Board of Orthodontics Objective Grading System (ABO-OGS), and Index of Complexity Outcome and Need (ICON). …”
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Radiographic interpretation using high-resolution Cbct to diagnose degenerative temporomandibular joint disease. by Jonas Bianchi, João Roberto Gonçalves, Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Ruellas, Júlia Vieira Pastana Bianchi, Lawrence M Ashman, Marilia Yatabe, Erika Benavides, Fabiana Naomi Soki, Lucia Helena Soares Cevidanes

“…Clinical assessment of the DJD and high-resolution CBCT images (isotropic voxel size of 0.08mm) of the temporomandibular joints were performed for each participant. An American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology certified radiologist and a maxillofacial radiologist used the DC/TMD imaging criteria to evaluate the radiographic findings, followed by a consensus of the radiographic evaluation. …”
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Le Conseil Métropolitain pour l’Opportunité Éducative (METCO) à Boston : intégration raciale et libéralisme de banlieue, 1966-1996 by Sarah Harakat

“…Rather than seeing these two movements in opposition, this article finds a common trend in these two forms of busing (mandatory and voluntary; urban and suburban): the evolution of conservative ideas in the United States post-Brown v. Board of Education. By retracing the genesis of the program, and in particular its continuation through the anti-busing crisis of the 1970s, I analyze its success as the result of its strict obedience to the rules of suburban liberalism (Geismer): although publicly celebrated as grounded in mutual contribution, the choice of racial integration is in fact conceived as an act of charity.This article draws on METCO’s archives, quantitative US census data from the second half of the twentieth century and the historiography of the anti-busing crisis in Boston, as well as oral history interviews conducted with alumni who went to schools in the the suburbs affected by the program.…”
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El valor razonable y la calidad de la información financiera by Heiberg Andrés Castellanos Sánchez

“…Sin embargo, el valor razonable como criterio valorativo de gran impor tancia dentro del marco normativo del international Accounting Standards Board (iASB) (2005), ha generado marcadas controversias entre los miembros de la comunidad contable. …”
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FIRM’S CHARACTERISTICS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Muhammed BELLO, Leye Sherifdeen OYEDIRAN, Emmanuel Yinka ONIFADE

“…Multiple regression analysis was used to assess the data, and the findings at showed 5% level of significant that, board independence and audit quality have a major influence on the earnings management of the pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria. …”
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Outcome in patients undergoing postponed elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (TRACE II): study protocol for a multicentre prospective observational study by Markus W Hollmann, Gert Jan Scheffer, Wolfgang Buhre, Sander van Kuijk, Seppe Koopman, Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Peter G Noordzij, Alice C Werger, Jennifer Breel, Carolien S E Bulte, Bas A in ‘t Veld, Carin G C L Wensing

“…Multivariable logistic mixed-effects regression analysis with a random intercept for hospital will be used to test group differences on the primary outcome.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Maastricht University Medical Centre+ and Amsterdam UMC. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Properties of R-High Density Polyethylene Composites Reinforced with Wheat Straw Particleboard Dust and Basalt Fiber by Min Yu, Haiyan Mao, Runzhou Huang, Zhenghao Ge, Pujian Tian, Lixin Sun, Qinglin Wu, Kai Sun

“…It was shown that the use of PB dust had a positive effect on improving mechanical properties and on reducing linear coefficient of thermal expansion (LCTE) values of filled composites, because the adhesive of the particle board held the wheat straw fibers into bundles, which made PB dust have a certain aspect ratio and high strength. …”
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Design of Low-Cost Full W-Band 8th Harmonic Mixers for Frequency Extension of Spectrum Analyzer by Jian Guo, Kaiyi Zang, Zihan Zhang, Liang Zhao, Jie Xu, Zhengbin Xu

“…The planar circuits are easily fabricated with low-cost print circuit board process on polytetrafluoroethylene substrate. …”
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Playing is sharing. La condivisione e il tempo libero nelle reti sociali di gioco by Aurelio Castro

“…This practice, called ‘game sharing’, leads individuals to create groups of gamers and associations to collectively buy board and roleplaying games to share with each other and with brand-new players. …”
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BSG 2024 IBD guidelines protocol (standard operating procedures) by Philip Smith, Rachel Cooney, Jimmy Limdi, Sreedhar Subramanian, Polychronis Pavlidis, Ajay Verma, Said Din, Gordon W Moran, Naila Arebi, Shahida Din, Morris Gordon, Kamal V Patel, Klaartje Bel Kok, Dennis McGonagle, Matthew Shale, Ana-Maria Darie, Vasiliki Sinopoulou, Newton A C S Wong

“…Based on the available evidence, some of the recommendations will be based on GRADE while others will be best practice statements.A full Delphi process will be used to make recommendations using online response systems.This set of procedures has been approved by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee, the British Society of Gastroenterology executive board and aligned with IBD UK standards.…”
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Effect of a multimodal analgesia strategy on remifentanil daily consumption in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients: study protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, doub... by Thibault Mura, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Remy Widehem, Camille Nicolet, Violaine Delannoy, Laurie Barthelemi, Ian Soulairol, Claire Roger

“…Secondary outcomes will include drug tolerance, mechanical ventilation duration, ICU and hospital length of stay, 28-day and 90-day mortalities and 90-day opioid consumption.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was accepted by the Nîmes University Hospital’s research committee, the French ethics committee (Institutional Review Board OUEST IV) and the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM).Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05825560…”
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Epidemiology and Control of diabetes - tuberculosis comorbidity in Eswatini: protocol for the prospective study of tuberculosis patients on predictive factors, treatment outcomes a... by Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kennedy Otwombe, Victor Williams, Alinda Vos

“…Key informant interviews from healthcare workers will be analysed using content analysis.Ethics and dissemination This research has been approved by the Eswatini Health and Human Research Review Board and participant confidentiality will be maintained. …”
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Asynchronous Advanced Encryption Standard Hardware with Random Noise Injection for Improved Side-Channel Attack Resistance by Siva Kotipalli, Yong-Bin Kim, Minsu Choi

“…Hardware implementation has been carried out on both designs exploiting a specified side-channel attack standard evaluation FPGA board, called SASEBO-GII, and the corresponding power waveforms for both designs have been collected. …”
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Patient and family engagement in infection prevention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: defining a consensus framework using the Q methodology – NOSO-COVID study protocol by Laurence Bernard, Nathalie Camille Clavel, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Alain Biron, Anaick Briand, Jesseca Paquette, Carol Fancott, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Vincent Dumez

“…This exploratory Q research approach will provide a structured way to elicit the stakeholders’ perspectives on patient and family engagement in infection prevention.Ethics and dissemination The research ethics board approved this study. The research team plans to disseminate the findings through different channels of communication targeting healthcare professionals, managers in healthcare settings, and patients and family caregivers. …”
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Sea Defence Project and a UNESCO World Heritage Monument in Coastal Ghana by Justice Mensah

“…UNESCO, the State Party, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Municipal Authority, and Community Leaders should ensure that the advantages that have accrued to the site from the sea defence project are safeguarded and maximized. …”
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Performance Evaluation of FPGA-Based Design of Modified Chua Oscillator by Filips Capligins, İsmail Koyuncu, Anna Litvinenko, Muhammed Furkan Taşdemir

“…Modified Chua chaotic oscillators which have two different numbers standards and designed, are synthesized for Virtex-6 on ML605 FPGA development board with Xilinx ISE Design Tools 14.2 program. …”
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Lifting-Based Fractional Wavelet Filter: Energy-Efficient DWT Architecture for Low-Cost Wearable Sensors by Mohd Tausif, Ekram Khan, Mohd Hasan, Martin Reisslein

“…Moreover, the proposed LFrWFm and LFrWFml architectures, along with the state-of-the-art FrWF architectures (with multipliers (FrWFm) and without multipliers (FrWFml)) are compared through implementation on the same FPGA board. The LFrWFm requires 22% less look-up tables (LUT), 34% less flip-flops (FF), and 50% less compute cycles (CC) and consumes 65% less energy than the FrWFm. …”
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ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER 119 AMBULANCE SERVICES USING LEAN SIX SIGMA by Thasya Sabilla Putri Rojak, Masyitoh Basabih, Winarto, Roy Michael Suranta

“…Conclusion: The recommended improvements include using a kaizen board, conducting expert training, promoting the Integrated Referral System or Sistem Informasi Rujukan Terintegrasi (SISRUTE), and revising standard operating procedures. …”
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Application of environmental, social and governance practices in agriculture by Dzhamilia Sakkaraeva, Akasbek Abdurashitov

“…The comparison was conducted using the metrics of the International Financial Reporting Standards and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. It was found that Sweden has the highest standards in the European Union for the use of renewable energy and social equity, the Netherlands leads the sector in the use of circular economy, and Germany is a model of efficient use of renewable energy in various sectors of the economy. …”
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Distribution of Neuroendocrine Cells in the Transition Zone of the Prostate by Yuki Kyoda, Koji Ichihara, Kohei Hashimoto, Ko Kobayashi, Fumimasa Fukuta, Naoya Masumori

“…This study approved by our institutional review board was retrospectively registered (#272-14).…”
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