New Age Parenting and Its Impact on Child’s Oral Health: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study by Snehal Sunil Kumthekar, Shivayogi M. Hugar, Bhuvanesh N. Bhusari, Varunika Vivek Sahai, Vidyavathi H. Patil, Aishwarya Arunkumar Patil

“…Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 204 parents of children aged 5–10 years, consisting of 27-item questionnaires containing four domains of demographic data, knowledge, attitude, and practice, which was distributed among the participants. A descriptive analysis was done using IBM SPSS software (version 22.0 Chicago, IL, USA). …”
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Fatigue State Evaluation of Urban Railway Transit Drivers Using Psychological, Biological, and Physical Response Signals by Hao Wu, Yubo Jiao, Chaozhe Jiang, Tong Wang, Jiangbo Yu

“…The results show that fatigue reduced the participants’ reaction time and cognitive ability and led professional drivers to make more conservative decisions. …”
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Impedance Controller Analysis for a Two-Degrees-Of-Freedom Ankle Rehabilitation Machine with Serious Game Interactions by Oscar I. Cirilo-Piñon, Agustín Barrera-Sánchez, Cesar H. Guzmán-Valdivia, Manuel Adam-Medina, Rafael Campos-Amezcua, Andrés Blanco-Ortega, Arturo Martínez-Mata

“…Impedance control is used in ankle rehabilitation machines for active–resistive-type rehabilitation, where the patient participates by exerting a force on the machine repeatedly. …”
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Experience in conducting clinical trials in Cienfuegos by Olga Lidia Cuevas Pérez, Diana Rosa Fernández Ruíz, Gredsy Escandón López, Mayra Quirós Enrique, Yuleidis García Rodríguez

“…The medical specialties with most participation were oncology and hematology with 15 (23.4%) and 10 (15.6%) trials respectively. …”
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Survey of split learning data privacy by QIN Yiqun, MA Xiaojing, FU Jiayun, HU Pingyi, XU Peng, JIN Hai

“…Split learning, a privacy-preserving machine learning technique that enables the training of distributed models among multiple participants without sharing raw data, has emerged as a research focus. …”
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The Role of Diasporas in the Current World Politics by I. D. Loshkariov

“…In particular, a diasporas exist independently and participates in the transnational interactions. Moreover, there are several situations which enhance diaspora’s ability to interfere. …”
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Information Technology: Its Literacy, Use, and Impact on Education through Distance Learning: A Cross-sectional Study in Health Sciences Universities in KSA and Pakistan by Abdullah Rabah Alanazi, Abdullah Mohammed Alshalawi, Faisal Abdulaziz Alamri, Arslan Shahid, Syed Sameer Aga, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Shahid Mahmood

“…Results: A total of 616 students responded affirmatively to the dispensed survey; 164 (26.62%) of them were from Saudi Arabian University, whereas 452 (73.37%) were from Pakistani University. 66.6% of the participants responded that they have used computers for more than 24 months, among them 59.3% used it for academic purposes. …”
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Assessment of hemodialysis stressors among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by Dhanya Michael, Molly John, Usha Samuel, G. Lakshmi

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was conducted with 222 hemodialysis patients. Participants were chosen through purposive sampling based on predefined inclusion criteria. …”
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“When you’re in the office, it means you managed to get somewhere”: An interpretive descriptive study of the perceptions of adolescents accessing primary care for mental health ser... by Lisa De Panfilis, RN, MSc, Rebecca Ganann, RN, MSc, PhD, Gillian Mulvale, MA, PhD, Naomi Thulien NP-PHC, PhD, Ruta Valaitis, MA, PhD

“…Methods: Qualitative interpretive descriptive design was employed. Participants ages 15–18 years (n = 10) were recruited from a mid-sized city in Canada utilizing flyers and social media advertisements. …”
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ChatGPT Conversations on Oral Cancer: Unveiling ChatGPT's Potential and Pitfalls by Nikunj Maniyar, Gargi S. Sarode, Sachin C. Sarode, Shruti Thakkar

“…The highest accuracy was recorded in questions related to basic knowledge on oral cancer and oral cancer prevention, while questions on oral cancer treatment and post-operative aspects showed a mix of “comprehensive/correct'' and “incomplete/partially correct'' responses. There were no significant differences in response grades between question categories. …”
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Intra-Individual Variation in the Jump Smash for Elite Malaysian Male Badminton Players by Yuvaraj Ramasamy, Yeap Ming Wei, Harley Towler, Mark King

“…Twenty-five jump smashes were recorded using a 3D motion capture system, with the three fastest (95.0 ± 3.6 m·s⁻¹) and three slowest (85.8 ± 5.8 m·s⁻¹) smashes per participant categorised into different groups. Six racket/shuttlecock variables and six upper body technique variables during the swing phase and at the point of contact were analysed. …”
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Knockdown of YAP/TAZ Inhibits the Migration and Invasion of Fibroblast Synovial Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Regulating Autophagy by Wei Zhou, Qin Shen, Hui Wang, Jie Yang, Chen Zhang, Zijing Deng, Keyan Wu, Yang Zhou, Jing Zeng, Yu Zhang, Weigan Shen

“…Furthermore, our data displayed that inhibition of autophagy either with 3-MA or CQ can partially reverse the decrease of migration and invasion induced by YAP and TAZ knockdown in RA-FLS. …”
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Le couple littéraire comme unité d’analyse croisée by Claire Ducournau

“…Cet article plaide pour analyser le couple à la croisée des études de genre et de la sociologie de la littérature, deux traditions de recherche au sein desquelles cette institution sociale a fait l’objet de traitements déséquilibrés, plus poussés dans la première que dans la seconde. …”
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Impact of Ramadan fasting on serum levels of major endocrinology hormonal and biochemical parameters in healthy non-athlete adults: A systematic review and meta-analyses. by Mohammad Poursalehian, Shahrzad Mohseni, Zhaleh Shadman, Mohammadreza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Rasha Atlasi, Mohsen Khoshniat Nikoo, Mostafa Qorbani, Bagher Larijani

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 35 original articles were retrieved, with a combined sample size of 1,107 participants eligible for the meta-analysis. …”
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Comparison of Bone Mineral Density of Dominant and Non-dominant Forearm of Badminton Players by Mustafa Şakir Akgül, Arzu Altunel, Veli Volkan Gürses, Bilgehan Baydil

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate mineral density of dominant and non-dominant forearm bone mineral density of badminton players who have been regularly playing badminton for 10 years. 12 male badminton players whose dominant arms were the same voluntarily participated in this study. Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of the players was evaluated with Dual X Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA). …”
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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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Analysis of vaginal microbiota before and after treatment of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the uterine cervix by Patrícia Mendonça Ventura, Isabel Cristina Chulvis do Val Guimarães, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Susana Cristina Aidé Viviani Fialho, Douglas Guedes Ferreira, Matheus Madureira Fernandes, Rafael Augusto Chaves Machado

“…Results: In Group I (with lesions) 28 women participated and 29 in Group II (without lesions). According to Nugent, in the initial collection of Group I, 16 women (57%) had lactobacillary microbiota, eight (28%) intermediate, and four (14%) coccus. …”
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Developing a curriculum on antimicrobial stewardship for pediatric residents: a needs assessment by Matthew M. Sattler, Sara Greer, Christine R. Lockowitz, Jason G. Newland, Evan E. Facer, Katie Wolfe

“…Setting: Academic tertiary care children’s hospital. Participants: Pediatric residents and infectious diseases (ID)/AS content experts (CE), including pediatric ID faculty, fellows, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists. …”
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Exploring Lessons from Soviet Diplomacy and Western Allied Cooperation in World War II by V. O. Pechatnov

“…Based on an analysis of documentary sources from Russian, American, and British archives, this article delves into the intricacies of coalition diplomacy among the Allies during World War II. …”
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Los métodos gravitacionales como herramienta para el cálculo de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero derivadas del tráfico rodado en la planificación urbana Gravity methods... by Sergio Zubelzu Mínguez, Alfonso López Díaz, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez García, Fernando Blanco Silva

“…El método adopta como punto de partida la información relativa a los núcleos existentes en el término y los crecimientos previstos por la actividad urbanística estimando el tráfico que se prevé generarán ambos mediante un modelo gravitacional. …”
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