Educational intervention on oral cancer and its prevention in pre-university students by José Carlos Alvarez Hernández, Eniley Quintana Morales, Ailen Guzmán López, Marino Enrique León Palombí, Marileidi Morales Cabrera, Mara Isabel Morales Pardo

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: 52.0% of the participants were female. The mean age for both sexes was 15.86 ± 1.053 years. 36.8% were in eleventh grade. …”
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Body image of men and women with congenital heart disease over a 15 years observational period by Siegfried Geyer, Claudia Dellas, Elmar Brähler, Johannes Beller

“…The findings were based on a long-term study of CHD-patients with two surveys about 15 years apart with N = 244 who participated in both. The control group consisted of the same number of cases matched by age, gender and education drawn from a national survey designed to examine body image in the general population. …”
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Orthodontic retention protocol among Kurdistan Region of Iraq orthodontists by Mahmoud Kanan Mohsin, Zana Qadir Omer, Rebin Ali Mohammed Amin

“…Results: Bonded retainer was the most common retainer for both maxillary (48.57%) and mandibular (65.71%) arches. 28.54% of the orthodontist ended bonded retention within 2 years, while 37% of orthodontists continued retention for more than 2 years. 77.14 % of participants advised to wear the removable appliances on a full-time basis during the first 6 months. …”
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A national study of choanal atresia in tertiary care centers in Canada – part II: clinical management by Josee Paradis, Agnieszka Dzioba, Hamdy El-Hakim, Paul Hong, Frederick K. Kozak, Lily H. P. Nguyen, Demitri Perera, Evan Jon Propst, Jennifer M. Siu, Monika Wojtera, Murad Husein, National Choanal Atresia Study Working Group

“…Retrospective chart review of patients born between 1980 and 2010 diagnosed with choanal atresia to a participating center. Results The health charts of 215 patients (59.6% female) with choanal atresia (CA) were reviewed. …”
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The Ocular Biometry of Adult Cataract Patients on Lifeline Express Hospital Eye-Train in Rural China by Xiaoguang Cao, Xianru Hou, Yongzhen Bao

“…Corneal radius (CR) was calculated from the corneal power. Results. The participants in Zhoukou of these three missions had the worse preoperative VA (p<0.001), the lowest K1 (p<0.001), K2 (p<0.001), and K (p<0.001) and the highest K1-K2 (p<0.001), moreover AL/CR more closely to 3.0. …”
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Quality of life, work motivation, burn-out and stress perceptions benefits of a stress management program by autogenic training for emergency room staff: A pilot study by Pasquale Caponnetto, Rosanna Magro, Lucio Inguscio, Maria Concetta Cannella

“…Emergency room staff of one of ASP 3 CT urban hospital in Acireale, Italy participated to stress management program by autogenic training twice a month for 16 weeks. …”
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Assessing the instructional processes in higher education institutions: Amhara region’s universities and colleges in focus by Tadesse Melesse Merawi

“…The research design was descriptive survey and data were obtained from 204 participants (instructors, department heads and deans from Universities and Colleges) using questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. …”
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The chromosome-level genome provides insights into the adaptive evolution of the visual system in Oratosquilla oratoria by Daizhen Zhang, Xiaoli Sun, Lianfu Chen, Lianyu Lin, Chijie Yin, Wenqi Yang, Jun Liu, Qiuning Liu, Huabin Zhang, Senhao Jiang, Yongxin Li, Boping Tang, Gang Wang

“…Interestingly, we observed the significant expansion of middle-wavelength-sensitive (MWS) opsins in the O. oratoria genome by tandem duplication, partially contributing to their unique visual capabilities. …”
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Optimal configuration strategy of energy storage considering flexible response of high energy-consuming industrial and mining loads in independent microgrid by Cuomu Yixi, Xiaoming Liu, Yu Li, Jingming Tan, Zhihong Liu, Basang Danzeng, Lei Wang

“…Addressing the issue of insufficient flexibility in demand response from high-energy-consuming lithium mining loads, which may lead to conservative ES capacity allocation and underutilization of complementary flexibility potential, this paper proposes an ES optimization strategy for microgrids considering the participation of high-energy-consuming lithium mining loads in demand response. …”
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Reflexões e Conexões Físico-matemáticas: Uma revisão bibliográfica destacando equivalências entre massa-energia by Jhosefy Conde Martins Amaral, Abel Ferreira Gomes Neto

“… O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar as relações existentes entre Física e Matemática, demonstrando que os conteúdos estão plenamente conectados e analisar as implicações que surgem a partir de equações aplicadas à Física, mais especificamente, com um tratamento delicado com a Equação da Relatividade Restrita (E=m.c2), Além de contribuir com a pesquisa bibliográfica para que Professores de áreas afins possam ponderar a possibilidade de interação entre Física e Matemática. …”
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Evaluation and Prioritization of Islamic Financial Instruments (Sukuk) in Iran with a Focus on Risk Sharing by Mohammad Mahdi Askari, Mohammad Mahdi Kargozar, Hassan Hemmati

“…Additionally, it was found that among all scenarios involving different types of bonds and stakeholders, in participation bonds, the originator bears the highest credit risk, whereas, in Murabaha bonds, the market maker bears the lowest risk. …”
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The relationship between intrinsic capacity and functional ability in older adults by Somayeh Ahmadi, Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar, Kazem Malakouti, Mojtaba Azadbakht

“…Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software v.26 via independent t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. Results The participants were 70.13 ± 7.04 years. 57.6% were older females and 42.4% were older males. …”
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Routine antibiotics for infants less than 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering: a systematic review by Jai K Das, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Abigail Smith, Aamer Imdad, Olivia Tsistinas, Emily Tanner-Smith, Melissa François, Fanny F Chen, Momal Sana

“…Objective This systematic review commissioned by WHO aimed to synthesise evidence from current literature on the effects of systematically given, routine use of antibiotics for infants under 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering.Settings Low-income and middle-income countries.Participants The study population was infants less than 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering.Intervention The intervention group was infants who received no antibiotics or antibiotics other than those recommended in 2013 guidelines by WHO to treat childhood severe acute malnutrition. …”
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Students from all Layers of Society. Study Grants, Parents and the Education of their Children, 1815-2015 by Wouter Marchand

“…The rapid increase of educational participation and connected democratisation from the 1960s made the grant system influential, however costly. …”
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APPLIED IR TRAINING AND AN EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY by A. A. Baykov

“…This article examines the main aspects of the IR experts' professional education and training, aimed at improving the efficiency of the foreign office staff. …”
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Circulating Interleukin-6 (but Not Other Immune Mediators) Associates with Criteria for Fried’s Frailty among Very Old Adults by Gilberto Santos Morais Junior, Diego Ignacio Valenzuela Perez, Audrey Cecília Tonet-Furioso, Lucy Gomes, Karla Helena Coelho Vilaça, Vicente Paulo Alves, Clayton Franco Moraes, Otávio Toledo Nóbrega

“…In analyses controlled for these factors, serum levels of IL-6 were comparatively augmented among the very old participants with reduced grip strength (OR = 3.299; 95% CI 1.08–6.09; p=0.032) and among those with slow walk speed (OR = 2.460; 95% CI 1.16–7.05; p=0.022). …”
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Structural and Economic Approach to the Selection of Peak Regulating Capacities at Thermal Power Plants by E. V. Bohdan, M. B. Karnitski

“…A generalized desirability function has been obtained, which includes a number of parameters for choosing a rational relationship and mutual influence between the reliability and efficiency of electricity production with the participation of thermal power plant equipment in regulating the daily load schedule. …”
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Social Justice and Health Equity in the Teaching and Learning Environment: Perspectives of Academic Leaders in Health Profession Education Programmes by Benita Cohen, Debra Beach Ducharme, Moni Fricke, Alan Katz, Laura MacDonald, Donna Martin, Christen Rachul, Gayle Restall, Dana Turcotte

“…Using semi-structured interviews, participants (n=14) representing five different colleges including medicine, nursing, oral health, pharmacy, and rehabilitation sciences, were interviewed in-person in the academic setting. …”
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Acoustic measurements and intelligibility of English vowels produced by Thai speakers by Kamonnate Iadkert, Roshidah Hassan, Azirah Hashim

“…For the production task, three Thai female speakers were chosen as the participants. They were recorded reading a passage consisting of all targeted vowels, and a total of 180 English tokens were analysed. …”
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Mastication and electrical activation in the masseter and anterior temporalis muscles of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta by Andressa Colares da Costa Otavio, Mariana Vicereki Trescastro, Hilton Justino da Silva, Erissandra Gomes, Têmis Maria Félix

“…Results a preferentially unilateral chewing pattern was observed in 12 (54.5%) participants. Masticatory patterns did not influence electrical activation during any of the tasks, nor did occlusal guidance during maximum intercuspation or mastication. …”
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