Optical properties of repaired additively manufactured resin composites and zirconia and subtractively manufactured ceramics: a comparative study of composite resins by Esma Çağlayan, Rafat Sasany, Burcu Naz Bolat, Didar Hartavi, Oyun-Erdene Batgerel, Sultan Merve Ucar, Dilara Gülhan Umurca

“…Color discrepancies (ΔE00) and relative translucency parameters (RTPs) were calculated. Statistical analyses were conducted at a significance level of α = 0.05. …”
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Influence of magma intrusion and contact distance onthermal effects of low-temperature oxidation processes in coal by Zhijin YU, Ce JIN, Xu TANG, Zhipeng ZHANG, Hu WEN

“…Based on fixed carbon, ash, specular group reflectance, and paleo temperature, the distribution range of different intrusive metamorphic coals was calculated by curve backpropagation, and the influence range of magmatic intrusion was predicted to be about 172.34%−234.68% of the width of the intrusive body. …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Materials and methods: Observational cross-sectional study was conducted at the outpatient department of ENT in collaboration with the department of Microbiology from December 2022 to March 2023. A calculated sample size of 90 ear swabs were taken from 85 cases of chronic suppurative otitis media. …”
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Shedding light on biochemical changes in single neuron-like pheochromocytoma cells following exposure to synchrotron sourced terahertz radiation using synchrotron source Fourier tr... by Palalle G. Tharushi Perera, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Denver Linklater, Zoltan Vilagosh, Dominique Appadoo, The Hong Phong Nguyen, Mark J. Tobin, Rodney Croft, Elena P. Ivanova

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Jinkui Shenqi Pill Combined with Pelvic Floor Biofeedback in Treatment of Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence with Kidney-yang Deficiency by Xueqin MIAO, Hongri WANG, Meiyun GAO, Caifeng GUO, Jifen HU, Kunmu ZHANG

“…The pelvic floor muscle myoelectric potential was measured before and after treatment, the urine leakage volume in 1h urine pad test, the Short Form of International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire(ICI-Q-SF)scores, calculate the total effective rate and follow up the severity of stress urinary incontinence and ICI-Q-SF questionnaire scores were measured six months after treatment.Results:1) After treatment, the typeⅡmyoelectric potential, typeⅠmyoelectric potential, and typeⅠmuscle endurance potential of the two groups were higher than those before treatment, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the treatment group was higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).2)The volume of urine leakage in 1 h pad test of the two groups after treatment was less than that before treatment, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the treatment group was significantly less than the control group, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).3)The ICI-Q-SF questionnaire scores of the two groups after treatment were lower than those before treatment, the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the treatment group was significantly lower than the control group, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).4) The total effective rate of the treatment group(88.60%)was higher than that of the control group(65.80%), the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).5)Follow-up six months later, the degree of stress urinary incontinence and ICI-Q-SF questionnaire scores of the treatment group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:1) Jinkui Shenqi pill combined with pelvic floor biofeedback could enhance the muscle strength of pelvic floor typeⅠand typeⅡmuscles in patients with postpartum stress urinary incontinence with kidney-yang deficiency, improve pelvic floor function recovery, reduce urine leakage, and improve patients'short-term and long-term quality of life, the treatment effect was significant and lasting, and was more effective than pure pelvic floor biofeedback therapy alone;2)The mechanism of Jinkui Shenqi pill in treating postpartum stress urinary incontinence with kidney-yang deficiency may be related to the increase of pelvic floor muscle potential.…”
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The Effect of Colloids versus Crystalloids for Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy on Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Wang Niu, Junyi Li, Shouping Wang

“…The odds ratio (OR) of the dichotomous data, mean difference (MD) of continuous data, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to assess the pooled data. Results. Of 332 articles retrieved, 15 RCTs (involving 2,956 patients undergoing noncardiac surgery) were included in the final analysis. …”
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Comparative study of torque expression and its biomechanical effects: spherical self-ligating bracket with lock-hook system versus passive self-ligating bracket and conventional br... by Yudong Liu, Longmei Guo, Yanqing Feng, Jiahao Hua, Qingyuan Dai, Ziyang Chen, Wenlu Song, Bing Guo, Taicong Chen, Li Ji

“…The torque moment, as well as the von Mises stress and strain in the PDL, were calculated. A clinical case involving the lingual inclination of the upper anterior teeth was utilized to assess the feasibility of using the spherical self-ligating bracket with the lock-hook system to express torque. …”
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Assessing the fall risk with Stay Independent Questionnaire in people with stroke by Peiming Chen, Peiming Chen, T. W. Liu, Shamay S. M. Ng, Shamay S. M. Ng

“…The Minimal Detectable Change in C-SIQ score was calculated as 3.05. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors with eigenvalues ≥1.0, explaining 57.17% of the total variance. …”
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Geographic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 prevalence during the first wave − 6 districts in Zambia, July 2020 by Stephen Longa Chanda, Tadatsugu Imamura, Warren Malambo, Rommel Bain, Chisenga Musuka, Nyambe Sinyange, Jonas Z. Hines

“…The SEA PCR prevalence was calculated as the number of persons testing PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the SEA times the individual sampling weight for the SEA divided by the SEA population. …”
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Activity of trypsin inhibitors in common bean seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from the VIR collection: variability and source material for breeding by T. V. Buravtseva, G. P. Egorova, M. O. Burlyaeva, M. A. Nikishkina

“…Trypsin inhibitor activity (TIA) was calculated at the biochemical laboratory of VIR by spectrophotometry. …”
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Charm fragmentation fractions and $$\mathbf {c\overline{c}}$$ c c ¯ cross section in p–Pb collisions at $$\mathbf {\sqrt{s _{NN}}=5.02 TeV}$$ s NN = 5.02 TeV by ALICE Collaboration

“…\pm 19.5\;(\text {rapidity shape})+15.0\;(\Omega _\textrm{c}^{0})\;\textrm{mb} $$ d σ ( c c ¯ ) / d y = 219.6 ± 6.3 ( stat . ) - 11.8 + 10.5 ( syst . ) - 2.9 + 8.3 ( extr . ) ± 5.4 ( BR ) ± 4.6 ( lumi . ) ± 19.5 ( rapidity shape ) + 15.0 ( Ω c 0 ) mb , which is consistent with a binary scaling of pQCD calculations from pp collisions. The measured fragmentation fractions are compatible with those measured in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 5.02$$ s = 5.02 and 13 TeV, showing an increase in the relative production rates of charm baryons with respect to charm mesons in pp and p–Pb collisions compared with $$\mathrm {e^{+}e^{-}}$$ e + e - and $$\mathrm {e^{-}p}$$ e - p collisions. …”
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Bayesian network for predicting mandibular third molar extraction difficulty by Tian Meng, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Chao Zhang

“…Then, the quantitative knowledge, including the occurrence probability of the parent nodes and the conditional probability table of the nodes with causal relationships, was given by the surgeon experience and calculated using the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory. …”
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Validation of insurance claims data on aetiology, surgical type and prosthesis for isolated valve surgery: a retrospective observational surgery by Shao-Wei Chen, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Pao-Hsien Chu, An-Hsun Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi‐Hsin Chan, Chia-Pin Lin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Bo-Cheng Hou, Jo-Ting Huang

“…Positive predictive values (PPVs) were calculated as the number of true positives divided by the total claims data.Results The PPVs (95% CI) for aortic valve (AV) surgery aetiologies were as follows: infectious endocarditis (IE), 94.1% (87.6%–97.7%); rheumatic heart disease (RHD), 88.2% (67.3%–97.5%); bicuspid AV, 93.3% (83.3%–98.1%); and degeneration, 91.7% (85.3%–95.8%). …”
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Frequency of viral etiology in community-acquired pneumonia by Zain Ahmad Khan, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Imran Ahmed, Joveria Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan

“…Medical records of CAP patients admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital (Karachi, Pakistan) from March 2022 to February 2023 were retrospectively reviewed, patients who had microbiological tests performed within 48 hours of the hospital admission were included, and the frequency of viral and bacterial etiology was calculated. Patients who were immunocompromised were excluded. …”
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Optimal cropping patterns using linear programming and evaluation based on food-energy-water nexus by V. Hacısüleyman, M. Özger

“…In each scenario, calculations were conducted to assess water consumption, energy demands, agricultural income, and carbon dioxide emissions, all framed within the context of the food-energy-water nexus. …”
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON CIRCADIAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Oksana Yadzhyn, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated using the CKD-EPI Creatinine Equation. …”
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Early Changes in [18F]FDG Uptake as a Readout for PI3K/Akt/mTOR Targeted Drugs in HER-2-Positive Cancer Xenografts by Yanina Dockx, Christel Vangestel, Tim Van den Wyngaert, Manon Huizing, Sven De Bruycker, Patrick Pauwels, Steven Staelens, Sigrid Stroobants

“…Tumors were delineated on CT images and relative tumor volumes (RTV) and maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) were calculated. Levels of pS6 and pAkt on protein tumor lysates were determined with ELISA. …”
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Dissolution, Solubility, and Stability of the Basic Ferric Sulfate-Arsenates [Fe(SO4)x(AsO4)y(OH)z·nH2O] at 25–45°C and pH 2–10 by Zongqiang Zhu, Hongqu Yang, Jie Liu, Yinian Zhu, Shen Tang, Lihao Zhang, Xingxing Wang

“…Based on the dissolution experiment at 25°C and pH 2, the solubility products (Ksp) for the basic ferric sulfate-arsenate [Fe(SO4)0.27(AsO4)0.73 (OH)0.27·0.26H2O], which are equal to the ion activity products (logˍIAP) at equilibrium, were calculated to be -23.04 ± 0.01 with the resulting Gibbs free energies of formation (ΔGfo) of −914.06 ± 0.03 kJ/mol.…”
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Dataset of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor binding domain variants in complex with antigen-binding fragments targeting COVID-19 vaccine-referenced variantsModel Archive by Ferdinando Spagnolo, Florigio Lista, Claudia Curcio

“…This process resulted in a comprehensive dataset of RBD-Fab complexes, suitable for comparative analysis and further investigations.Binding affinities between the RBD-Fab pairs were calculated using the Prime MM-GBSA tool (VSGB solvation model and OPLS4 force field), enabling the ranking of antigen-antibody interactions. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving force analysis of drought characteristics in the Yellow River Basin by Meiying Wang, Yangbo Chen, Jingyu Li, Yanjun Zhao

“…Taking the YRB as an example, we analyzed spatiotemporal variations in precipitation, identified abrupt changes, and calculated the 12-month standardized precipitation index (SPI12) to investigate drought evolution in the YRB. …”
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