Methods of Additive Manufacturing for Dental Co-Cr Alloys: Systematic Review by Evan Hussain Alwan, Sabiha Mahdi Kanaan

“…A manual search of pertinent article citations was also carried out; inclination angle, stress relieving, heat treatment, cobalt-chromium, selective laser melting, selective laser sintering, and powder bed fusion, dentistry were some of the keywords utilized. …”
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Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in U.S. middle-aged and older adults. by Matthew E Dupre, Radha Dhingra, Hanzhang Xu, Scott M Lynch, Qing Yang, Cassie Ford, Michael D Green, Ying Xian, Ann Marie Navar, Eric D Peterson

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 10,292 participants (median age: 61), approximately 32% had an overall favorable profile of CVD risk factors. …”
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Prevalence, causes and outcomes of hospital admissions in Mongolia: a national registry-based descriptive analysisResearch in context by Altanchimeg Sainbayar, Ganbold Lundeg, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Jens Meier, Martin W. Dünser

“…Differences in all endpoints were found between female and male participants, the periods before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of residence, seasons of admission, levels of admission hospitals, and public and private hospitals. …”
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Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by A B M Nahid Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Ishrat Jahan, Mosammat Rashida Begum

“…Between December 2022 and March 2023, 375 infertile women in Dhaka, Bangladesh were selected using simple random sampling for this cross-sectional study. The participants' mental health status was assessed using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), while their quality of life was evaluated by the Short Form-12 (SF-12) scale. …”
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Obraz starých Řeků v Carionově kronice. Příspěvek k dějinám recepce antiky by Matěj Novotný

“…There is a dispute among scholars over the Melanchthon's participation in the first German version. According to Gotthard Münch's treatise, this article supposes Melanchthon's authorship of the whole part dealing with the ancient history. …”
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Bridging the gap: attitudes and practices toward complementary and alternative medicine among oncology patients and healthcare professionals in Croatia by Ljerka Armano, Vanja Vasiljev, Tomislav Rukavina, Denis Juraga, Aleksandar Racz, Aleksandar Racz, Vanja Tešić, Vanja Tešić, Vanja Tešić

“…The study included 832 participants: 411 oncology patients and 421 healthcare professionals (100 physicians, 321 nurses/technicians). …”
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L’anglicité dans la fiction de l’Asie du sud-est : les exemples de Paul Theroux et de Yasmine Gooneratne by Rüdiger Ahrens

“…De nos jours, la notion d’anglicité est devenue cruciale tant pour le Royaume-Uni que pour les nombreux pays du monde, dans lesquels vivent des citoyens libres et indépendants, qui participent à sa définition. La relation à la culture anglophone, en particulier en Asie, est le produit de l’histoire, et les relations politiques qu’entretiennent les pays indépendants avec l’ancienne métropole se déclinent de façon extrêmement variée, tant dans leur relation à la langue anglaise en tant que moyen de communication que dans la notion d’ethnicité. …”
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Practice and application of learning curve theory in improving prescription review skills in standardized training for pharmacists in medical institutions by Jingjing Xu, Qin He, Min Xu, Kun Fu, Jiao Luo, Ying Ma, Xu Liu, Hen Xi

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on the relevant data of 20 students who participated in our hospital’s standardized pharmacist training in 2022 and 2023 during their prescription review practice learning process. …”
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A Novel Pyroptosis-Based Prognostic Model Correlated with the Parainflammatory Immune Microenvironment of Pancreatic Cancer by Kong-kong Wei, Zhi-xing Du, Jun-ge Deng, Jin-wei Yang, Hao Chen

“…KRAS and TP53 mutations participated in different inflammatory pathways and played different prognostic roles between the two risk groups. …”
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Laicos y clericales en las reformas constitucionales de Catamarca (1965-1988) by José Ariza

“…En este artículo observaremos esta dicotomía entre laicos y clericales, transitando por la relación entre partidos políticos e Iglesia católica, que nos posibilitará reconstruir un escenario atravesado por un debate más amplio referido a la modernización de la provincia que impregnó a la norma constitucional; además de desnudar coyunturas de crisis políticas que fueron una constante en las tres décadas posteriores al primer peronismo.…”
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Association of blood manganese and selenium levels with hepatic steatosis among adolescents: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis by Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between blood manganese and selenium levels and hepatic steatosis, while restricted cubic splines (RCS) were employed to examine the dose-response relationships.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 15.37 years, with 52.22% boy. Higher blood manganese and selenium levels were significantly associated with an increased prevalence of hepatic steatosis. …”
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fMRI Analysis on Electroacupuncture on Tongli Acupoint in Healthy People by Lin LU, Wanzhang YANG, Yunhai QIU, Liping YE, Linling LI

“…The right hemisphere was participated to produce the normal language. Results showed that the bilateral language areas, including BA45 area and cingulum post, were activated when the Tongli acupoint on the right hand was stimulated by electroacupuncture. …”
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The impact of sleep interventions combined with enhanced nutritional support on sleep quality, nutritional status, pain management, psychological well-being, and quality of life in... by Gang Wang, Shengjie Pan

“…Methods This randomized controlled trial included 290 postoperative colon cancer patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between May 2021 and May 2023. Participants were randomized into two groups: the intervention group, which received standard care supplemented with sleep and nutritional interventions, and the control group, which received standard care alone. …”
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‘They went for the test together but came back separately’: a constructivist grounded theory perspective on male engagement in antenatal HIV testing in Bamenda, Cameroon by Lily Haritu Foglabenchi, Nancy Manigha Nyahkeh, Heidi Stöckl, Tanya Marchant

“…Results Maternal HIV risk perception was the prominent theme intersecting with couple communication, perceptions on HIV testing outcome, and engagement of male partners by facility staff to influence couple prenatal HIV testing behaviours. Although participants recognised the need for couple HIV testing, individual, interspousal, structural and socio-cultural factors determined uptake of male partner testing. …”
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Trend of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Ethiopian Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2000-2018) by Getaneh Alemu, Feleke Mekonnen, Mezgebu Nega, Chalachew Muluneh

“…Thirty-eight studies recruiting 16,266 participants were included in the review. The pooled prevalence of intestinal parasites was 52.0% (95% CI: 44.4-59.5). …”
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Psychosocial working conditions and violence prevention climate in German emergency departments – a cross-sectional study by Sonja Reißmann, Mannat Guliani, Tanja Wirth, David A. Groneberg, Volker Harth, Stefanie Mache

“…Methods A cross-sectional online survey was carried out among N = 370 participants, who were doctors or nurses from German EDs. …”
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Hyponatremia is associated with malignant brain edema after mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by Ao Qian, Longyi Zheng, Jia Duan, Lun Li, Wenli Xing, Shuang Tang

“…In addition, mediation analysis revealed that postoperative MBE may partially account for the 90-day mortality/adverse function of patients with hyponatremia (regression coefficients changed by 18.6% and 23.9%, respectively). …”
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Vertebral level in pregnancy according to the posterior superior iliac spine: an observational study by Ping Li, Dong Luo, Haibo Qu, Xuesheng Li, Linli Luo

“…Marker capsules were then affixed to the vertex of PSIS-line-based triangle and PSIS line, and MRI was performed with participants in the supine position. The vertebral body or interspinous space intersected by the PSIS line and vertex was recorded. …”
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Provider kinematic strategies during the delivery of spinal manipulation and mobilization: a scoping review of the literature by Katie Svoboda, Samuel J. Howarth, Martha Funabashi, Lindsay M. Gorrell

“…The direction of applied force was fully reported in one (20%) and only partially reported (one spinal region) in another study. …”
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Chemical Fingerprints for PM2.5 in the Ambient Air near a Raw Material Storage Site for Iron Ore, Coal, Limestone, and Sinter by Kavita Justus Mutuku, Yen-Yi Lee, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien, Sheng-Lun Lin, Wei-Hsin Chen, Wen-Che Hou

“…Abstract To understand the contributions of a raw material storage site for iron ore, coal, limestone, and sinter to ambient air fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the concentrations and chemical fingerprints for resuspended and ambient air PM2.5 were compared. …”
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