Microbiome analysis in individuals with human papillomavirus oral infection by David Israel Escobar Marcillo, Grete Francesca Privitera, Francesca Rollo, Alessandra Latini, Eugenia Giuliani, Maria Benevolo, Massimo Giuliani, Barbara Pichi, Raul Pellini, Maria Gabriella Donà

“…Significant differences in alpha (Chao-1 and Shannon indices) and beta diversity (unweighted UniFrac distance) were observed between hrHPV+ and HPV-negative subjects, but only for the HIV− individuals. …”
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Uncertainty Response Scale: The Assessment Tool for Adolescent Interaction with Multidimensional Stress by M.A. Odintsova, N.P. Radchikova, M.G. Sorokova

“…The questionnaire has good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha for scales 0.85-0.93; CFI=0.93; TLI=0.92; RMSEA=0.060 [0.057; 0.062]; SRMR=0.06) in a sample of adolescents from different regions of the Russian Federation (N=1718; age from 12 to 18 years; average age 14±1 years; 53.8% female). …”
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CONDITIONS OF SKIN AND INTESTINE MICROBIOTES IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS by Ya.O. Yemchenko, K.E. Ishcheikin, I.P. Kaidashev, G.Yu. Morokhovets

“…In psoriasis-affected skin, a significant decrease in alpha-beta diversity of the microbiome was observed. …”
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Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Diabetic Patients in Tanzania by Karpal Singh Sohal, Ramadhani Kambole, Sira Stanslaus Owibingire

“…Aim: To assess oral health-related knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) attending public diabetic clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. …”
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derivation and Ex Vivo Gene Correction Using a Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 Disease Mouse Model by Toshio Miki, Ludivina Vazquez, Lisa Yanuaria, Omar Lopez, Irving M. Garcia, Kazuo Ohashi, Natalie S. Rodriguez

“…Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 (MPS-1), also known as Hurler’s disease, is a congenital metabolic disorder caused by a mutation in the alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA) gene, which results in the loss of lysosomal enzyme function for the degradation of glycosaminoglycans. …”
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Cross-validation of the Persian Version of the Revised Scale of Prolonged Grief Disorder by Rahim Yousefi, Armin Haghnazari Esfahlam

“…The item homogeneity coefficient was 0.89 when calculated using Cronbach's alpha and 0.88 when determined through the split-half method. …”
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Measurement of multidifferential cross sections for dijet production in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $$ s = 13 Te V by CMS Collaboration

“…The impact of the measurements on the parton distribution functions and the strong coupling constant at the mass of the $${\text {Z}} $$ Z boson is investigated, yielding a value of $$\alpha _\textrm{S} (m_{{\text {Z}}}) =0.1179\pm 0.0019$$ α S ( m Z ) = 0.1179 ± 0.0019 .…”
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The Psychometric Properties of the Persian Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1 in Episodic and Chronic Migraines by Alireza Zandifar, Samaneh Sadat Masjedi, Faraidoon Haghdoost, Fatemeh Asgari, Navid Manouchehri, Mahboobeh Banihashemi, Mohammad Reza Najafi, Abbas Ghorbani, Behzad Zolfaghari, Ali Gholamrezaei, Vahid Shaygannejad, Mohammad Saadatnia

“…Internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) and test-retest reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficients) were used to assess reliability. …”
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NADPH Oxidase Signaling Pathway Mediates Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Induced Inhibition of Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation by Haowen Qiao, Yu Zhou, Xingping Qin, Jing Cheng, Yun He, Yugang Jiang

“…Besides, the signaling pathway of NADPH oxidase mediated hBM-MSC upregulation of the expression of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and downregulation of the expression of α1(I) collagen and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in activated HSCs. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Greek QLQ-C30 and QLQ-MY20 for Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Nick Kontodimopoulos, Alexandros Samartzis, Angelos A. Papadopoulos, Dimitris Niakas

“…Hypothesized scale structure, internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha) and various forms of construct validity (convergent, discriminative, concurrent and known-groups) were assessed. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir ÖZDEL, Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR, İbrahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…The factor analysis resulted in two factors named “discomfort (in) tolerance” and “discomfort avoidance”. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the entire scale, discomfort-(in)tolerance subscale, discomfortavoidance subscale were, .592, .670, .600 respectively. …”
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Investigating the influence of reference group judgements of global warming on consumers by Maria A.O. Dos Santos

“…It was pretested prior to being administered to consumers using mall intercept. 548 responses were obtained and the data analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0. The Cronbach alpha for the reference group scale is 0.889. Findings: Descriptive statistics revealed that the greatest reference group influence on consumers about global warming was experts in the field. …”
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The IL-10/STAT3 Axis Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cancer stem cell and radio resistance by Li-jun Wang, Ying Zhao, Yan-sheng Wang, Lei Xing, Yun-jing Duan, Huan-huan Zang

“…We also showed some evidence of a link between hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 A) and serum IL-10 levels in NPC. Meanwhile, we find that IL-10 is up-regulated in CSC. …”
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University social responsibility and knowledge management for a tax culture: Perception of internal stakeholders of tax advisory centers in Peru by Joberth Vargas-Figueroa, Melva Linares-Guerrero, Sindulfo Javier Diaz-Angulo, Maria Jeanett Ramos-Cavero, Franklin Cordova-Buiza

“…Judges validated it using Aiken’s V and Cronbach’s Alpha reliability test, obtaining a result of 0.921. …”
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The Validation of Diabetes Mellitus Discharge Planning Module Incorporated into the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activity by Asbath Said, Faridah Mohd Said, Nisha Nambiar

“…Furthermore, the internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) obtained in this study was acceptable, with values ranging from 0.60 to 0.92. …”
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Translation, Validity, and Reliability of Depression Literacy Questionnaire in Iranian Young Adults by Fatteme Raiisi, Mohamad Ebrahimi, Fahimeh Ghahvehchi_Hosseini, Kosar Jafari, Fatemeh Rahmati

“…Furthermore, the Cronbach’s alpha value for the components of the D-Lit was found to be higher than 0.70. …”
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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 22 A-3 ameliorates leaky gut in mice through its anti-inflammatory effects by Takashi Kobayashi, Takaomi Kessoku, Michihiro Iwaki, Asako Nogami, Masato Yoneda, Satoru Saito, Yoshie Yamana, Yosuke Nishitani, Hiroshige Kuwahara, Atsushi Nakajima

“…Messenger RNA levels for the pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1 beta, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha showed no significant changes in the small intestine; however, their expressions significantly decreased in the colon. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale for Children (PSS-C) by D.S. Kornienko, N.A. Rudnova, K.S. Tarasova

“…The reliability indices (Cronbach's alpha) for the Distress subscale and the General Well-being subscale were 0.74 and 0.61, respectively. …”
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Effective Resistivity in Relativistic Reconnection: A Prescription Based on Fully Kinetic Simulations by Abigail Moran, Lorenzo Sironi, Aviad Levis, Bart Ripperda, Elias R. Most, Sebastiaan Selvi

“…We extract an empirical prescription for the effective resistivity, ${\eta }_{\mathrm{eff}}=\alpha {B}_{0}| {\boldsymbol{J}}{| }^{p}/\left(| {\boldsymbol{J}}{| }^{p+1}+{\left(e{n}_{t}c\right)}^{p+1}\right)$ , where B _0 is the reconnecting magnetic field strength, J is the current density, n _t is the lab-frame total number density, e is the elementary charge, and c is the speed of light. …”
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Short-term impact of glycaemic control and intravitreal ranibizumab treatment on serum cytokine levels and diabetic macular edema in patients with unregulated blood glucose by Hürkan Kerimoğlu, İbrahim Kılınc, Bülent Savut, Mustafa Kulaksızoğlu, Günhal Şatırtav, Gülfidan Bitirgen, Emine Tınkır Kayıtmazbatır

“…Methods: Serum cytokine levels, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were analysed at the beginning and at the end of 3 months, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). …”
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