Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

“…Secondary infertility was 66.4 % and according to the endocrine diagnosis, hyperprolactinemia was the most representative with 38.7 %. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> endocrine infertility occurred mainly in overweight women; with a secondary, less than 3-year time infertility and hyperprolactinemia was the most representative.…”
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Incidence of Tooth Loss in Adults: A 4-Year Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study by Manoelito Ferreira Silva-Junior, Marília Jesus Batista, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

“…Results. After four years, 57.7% (n=143) of adults were followed up and the mean incidence of tooth loss was 0.91 (SD = 1.65); among these, 51 adults (35.7%) who lost their teeth showed mean tooth loss of 2.55 (SD = 1.86). …”
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Revisión de literatura sobre mejora continua en MIPYMEs iberoamericanas by Carmen Patricia Jiménez Terrazas, Germán Víctor Manuel Argueta López, Beatriz Margarita Espinoza Granados

“…La población más estudiada fueron las empresas, con 42.8%, y el país donde más se han realizado este tipo de investigaciones es España, con 35.7%. …”
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Exploring the Differentiation of Self-Concepts in the Physical and Virtual Worlds Using Euclidean Distance Analysis and Its Relationship With Digitalization and Mental Health Among... by Kai Tai Chan, Christy LM Hui, Charlton Cheung, Yi Nam Suen, Stephanie Ming Yin Wong, Corine SM Wong, Bosco PH Kam, Eric Yu Hai Chen

“…MethodsA community cohort of 397 participants aged 15 to 24 years old was recruited consecutively over about 3 months. …”
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Collective Optical, FTIR, and Photoluminescence Spectra of CeO2 and/or Sm2O3-Doped Na2O–ZnO–P2O5 Glasses by M. A. Marzouk, H. A. ElBatal, Y. M. Hamdy, F. M. Ezz-Eldin

“…Collective optical, photoluminescence, and FT-infrared spectral studies were carried out. CeO2-doped glasses show two extra UV absorption bands due to Ce4+ and Ce3+ ions while Sm2O3-doped samples reveal pronounced peaks collected into two segments from 367 to 472 nm and from 950 to 1623 nm which are characteristic of absorption from Sm3+ ions. …”
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Analyzing Geospatial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening Among Populations in the United States: Machine Learning Approach by Soheil Hashtarkhani, Yiwang Zhou, Fekede Asefa Kumsa, Shelley White-Means, David L Schwartz, Arash Shaban-Nejad

“…We developed a large-scale dataset of social determinants of health, comprising 13 variables for 72,337 census tracts. Spatial analysis employing Getis-Ord Gi statistics was used to identify clusters of high and low breast cancer screening rates. …”
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Development of Alginate-Chitosan Bioactive Films Containing Essential Oils for Use in Food Packaging by Carla Guzmán-Pincheira, Arash Moeini, Patricia E. Oliveira, Diana Abril, Yeni A. Paredes-Padilla, Sergio Benavides-Valenzuela

“…These films showed a thickness between 37.7 and 38.2 µm, with no significant differences for essential oil content. …”
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In Vivo Healing Potential of Aegle marmelos in Excision, Incision, and Dead Space Wound Models by M. K. Gautam, V. Purohit, M. Agarwal, A. Singh, R. K. Goel

“…Granulation tissue showed increased levels of collagen determinants (33.7 to 64.4%, P<0.001) and antioxidants (13.0 to 38.8%, P<0.05 to P<0.001), whereas markers of oxidative stress (55.0 to 55.6%, P<0.001) and myeloperoxidase (21.3%, P<0.001) were decreased in AME treated group. …”
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Analysis of workload and fatigue Batik Cap workers in Sukoharjo by Mathilda Sri Lestari, Ainur Komariah, Suprapto Suprapto, Maria Puspita Sari

“…The required rest time for the stamping process was 7.43 minutes per 15 minutes of work, while for the boiling process it was 5 minutes per 30 minutes of work.…”
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A process inspired by fractals for embedding digital codes into additively manufactured components for supply chain security by Saber Nemati, Ali Mahmoudi, Kyungmin Ham, Tie Siemers, Shengmin Guo, Josephine Gutekunst, Joachim Schulz, Ian Taylor, Michele Maasberg, Leslie G. Butler

“…Tensile testing was performed on 15 dumbbells, 7 with digital codes in the gauge volume and 8 with codes in the dumbbell tail. …”
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Assessment of Useful Alien Plant Species Cultivated and Managed in Rural Home Gardens of Limpopo Province, South Africa by Sebua Silas Semenya, Alfred Maroyi

“…Twenty-six use categories of alien plants were identified in this study with the majority of species (75.2%) used for medicinal purposes, followed by ornamental (33.7%), edible fruits (24.8%), spices (16.8%), vegetables (16.8%), shade (11.9%), beverages (10.9%), construction materials (8.9%), firewood (7.9%), and hedge (7.9%). …”
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Acute appendicitis characterization in pediatrics patients. Cienfuegos, 2013-2018 by Luis Enrique Jiménez Franco, Carlos Alberto Cabrera Machado

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: Patients between the ages of 10 and 14 years (57.87%) predominated, as well as males (54.34%), for an incidence rate of 17.65 cases per 10,000 inhabitants. …”
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Phytochemical evaluation and antioxidant potential of Echinodorus macrophyllus extracts by Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro, Marcus Vinícius Gonçalves Antunes, Christiane Fátima Oliveira, Rafaela Camargos Rodrigues Machado, Rafael Rodrigues Silva, Brayan Jonas Mano-Sousa, Lucas Santos Azevedo, Joaquim Mauricio Duarte-Almeida, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima

“…The SXT extract exhibited greater antioxidant potential according to the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) method (IC50=3.37±0.45 µg/mL), while the UAE extract showed higher activity using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) (IC50=42.16±5.79 µg/mL). …”
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Law of conservation-guided neural network with gradient aggregation for improved energy efficiency optimization in industrial processes by Santi Bardeeniz, Chanin Panjapornpon, Moonyong Lee

“…Through evaluation of two large-scale case studies—vinyl chloride monomer and detergent powder production—the proposed model produced substantial improvements in prediction accuracy and model reliability, with a test prediction improvement of 12.2 % and 5.87 % over published methods. Compared to network architecture modification approaches, the proposed model provided higher reliability and reproducibility in energy efficiency predictions. …”
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Un modelo econométrico de la demanda de tortilla de maíz en México, 1996-2008 by Rogel Fernando Retes Mantilla, Guillermo Torres Sanabria, Samuel Garrido Roldán

“…Sin embargo, su demanda disminuyó 36.7% de 1996 a 2008. El objetivo de este estu- dio fue identifi car y medir por estratos de ingreso los principales factores económi- cos que afectaron la demanda de este ali- mento en México. …”
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Chromosome-level reference genome and annotation of the Arctic fish Anisarchus medius by Ruoyu Liu, Ziyu Meng, Yinan Mu, Ran Zhang, Hanhui Ma, Jingjing Hu, Yanan Wang, Yuxin Shi, Yanan Li, Chaofeng Wang, Weini Zhang, Longshan Lin, Ping Zheng, Xinhua Chen

“…This study presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for A. medius using PacBio sequencing and Hi-C technology. The PacBio assembly totaled 739.07 Mb across 697 contigs, with a Contig N50 of 10.004 Mb. …”
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A Walk-In Screening of Dementia in the General Population in Taiwan by Chun-Hung Chen, Ling-Chun Wang, Tzu-Chiao Ma, Yuan-Han Yang

“…From 2011 to 2013, in total, 2,171 participants, 368 in the northern, 549 in the central, 877 in the southern, and 377 in the eastern part, were recruited with the mean age being 66.9 ± 10.2 years old. …”
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Evaluation of the Blend in Bagasse Ash-Quarry Dust Stabilization of Expansive Soils for Road Pavement. by Tumwesigire, Osbert

“…The values of UCS increased from 367.8 to 737.9Kpa at 14days of curing for 80%N.S +15%B.A +5%Q.D which indicated that the strength increases with age. …”
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Combination of garlic - shatterstone herb powder to control Streptococcus agalactiae infection in tilapia by Ririn Nurul Fauziah, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, , Sukenda, , Ranta

“…This study showed that the suplemented-feed-fish (BM) showed better growth rate, feed response, and survival (83.3%) than positive control (36.7%) at P<0.05. In addition, A. sativum-P. niruri suplemented in feed was also able to enhance the immune response by increasing phagocytic activity.   …”
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Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Pola Pemberian ASI Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bungus Tahun 2014 by Selvi Indriani Nasution, Nur Indrawati Liputo, Mahdawaty Masri

“…Pada tahun 2013, cakupan pemberian ASI eksklusif pada bayi yang berumur 0-6 bulan di Indonesia sebesar 52,7%. Cakupan pemberian ASI eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bungus sangat rendah yaitu 39,7%. …”
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