Oral Health Status of the Elderly at Tonga, West Region, Cameroon by Yotat Michele Lolita, Agbor Ashu Michael, Ntumba Hubert, Djachechi Florence, Bolenge Jacques

“…The most represented age range was 65–74 years (60.1%); 86 (47.3%) and elders above 65 constituted 1.8% of the total population. More than a third 117 (41.4%) had visible dental plaque, 117 (48,6%) had periodontal pockets >4 mm, 153 (54,1%) had teeth with total crown destruction, 70 (38.3%) had not lost a tooth, 23 (12.6%) had lost 1 tooth, 19 (10.4%) have lost at least 2 teeth, 100 (55.7%) were partially edentulous at the maxilla and 98 (53.6%) at the mandible, 2 (1.1%) were completely edentulous at the maxilla and 3 (1.6%) at the mandible, and 3.8% had removable dentures. …”
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EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL PATH TO MOOC by M. A. Babaeva, A. F. Smyk

“…The second stage began in the middle of 60s when the first distant learning courses appeared. The third stage has been driven by the development of computer and IT technologies. …”
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Remediation of ozone pollution by ornamental plants in indoor environment by P. Saxena, S. Sonwani

“…Values of ozone deposition velocity after the completion of first exposure were found maximum (7.7 m/h) in case of <em>Dracaena deremensis and </em>minimum<em> (</em>0.5 m/h) after the completion third exposure in <em>Lilium candidum. </em>The ozone removal effectiveness found in the range of 0.7 to 13% for leaf surface area to room volume ratio of 0.06/m with reference to an air exchange system and background loss present in an indoor environment. …”
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Will Climate Change Alter the Swimming Behavior of Larval Stone Crabs?: A Guided-Inquiry Lesson by Abigail L. Smith, Jessyca LaBadie, Aly Busse, Emilie Solomon, Casie Farrell, Daniel M. Holstein, Zuo George Xue, Philip M. Gravinese

“…The ocean has absorbed ~one third of the excess atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) released since the Industrial Revolution. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Evidence from a Medical Record Review in France by Huamao Mark Lin, Keith L. Davis, James A. Kaye, Katarina Luptakova, Saurabh P. Nagar, Mohamad Mohty

“…From first relapse, patients were assessed on second-/third-line treatments, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and healthcare utilization. …”
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The Role of Circulating Regulatory T Cell Levels on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Mario García-Carrasco, Pamela Soto-Santillán, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto, Rebeca González-Ramírez, Ana Lidia López-Carmona, Pamela Munguía-Realpozo, Ivet Etchegaray-Morales, Socorro Méndez-Martínez, José Luis Gálvez-Romero, Aurelio López-Colombo, Alejandro Ruiz-Arguelles

“…We investigated the relationship between the absolute number of different phenotypes of Treg cells and abnormal carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in women with SLE. Sixty-six women with SLE with no history of CV disease were included. …”
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Protocol for a living systematic review for the management of concussion in adults by Mark Bayley, Diana Velikonja, Shawn Marshall, Alexander Lithopoulos, Dorothyann Curran, Lisa Fischer, Christopher Knee, Julia Lauzon, Margaret Nevison

“…The purpose of this paper is to present the protocol of an ongoing living systematic review for the management of adult concussion that will inform living guidelines building off the Guideline for Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Persistent Symptoms: third Edition.Methods and analysis The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol guidelines were followed in the reporting of this systematic review protocol. …”
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Women Architects and Their Works in the Autonomous Region of Madrid, 1978-2008 by María Elia Gutiérrez Mozo, Sofía Parker San José

“…Secondly, an analysis of the presence of women and their works in the architectural media in terms of the prestige they represent. Thirdly, an evaluation based on a qualitative approach of these works, the account of their differential features, and the identification of the very interests that women architects expressed through them. …”
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Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Small-Incision Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Intracorneal Concave Lenticule Implantation in Patients with Keratoconus by Qi Wei, Hui Ding, Ke Nie, He Jin, Tan Zhong, Hanyang Yu, Zhenduo Yang, Shisi Hu, Linyi He, Xingwu Zhong

“…Corvis ST showed that central corneal thickness (CCT) and stiffness at applanation 1 (SP-A1) were significantly greater 1 week postsurgically when compared to the baseline (P<0.05) and remained stable thereafter. …”
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Effect of the provision of estimated waiting time on patient satisfaction with the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial by Khalid N. Almulhim, Lina A. AlMudayris, Zeyad K. Alshehri, Ahmed K. Alnawah, Danah A. Aljeri, Abdulaziz S. Hadadi

“…RESULTS: For the 118 patients at the triage entrance, 50% were aged 18-39 years, 62% were females, and 61% were triaged as category 3. One-third patients were willing to wait for 0-1 hour, and 28% described their symptoms as severe. …”
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Non-Instrumental and Instrumental Tools Validity in Bruxism Diagnostics by Adrian Marcel Popescu, Mihaela Ionescu, Diana Elena Vlăduțu, Sanda Mihaela Popescu, Iulia Roxana Marinescu, Monica Scrieciu, Veronica Mercuț

“…In stage three, sEMG was performed after allocating subjects into four groups according to the questionnaire and clinical exam results: sleep bruxism (SB), awake bruxism (AB), sleep and awake bruxism (SB AB), and no bruxism (no B). After the third stage, a new selection was made, and the subjects were divided into four groups, according to sEMG results. …”
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Design and Analysis of Combined Vibration Absorbers for Ship Propulsion Shaft Systems by Dongdong Luo, Qing Ouyang, Hongsheng Hu

“…When the device is controlled to operate at the optimal frequency point, the results show that the angular acceleration vibration amplitude reduction around the first and third torsional natural frequencies of the propulsion shaft system reaches 90% and 18%, respectively. …”
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Religious Fatwā and Human Security: Managing Public Health through the Lens of Islamic Jurisprudence in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia by Khairul Hamim, Lalu Supriadi Bin Mujib, Ahmad Muhasim

“…The objectives of this study are threefold: firstly, to analyse the methodological formulation of MUI and CSS fatwā regarding COVID-19 handling; secondly, to identify the factors underlying the issuance of these fatwā; and thirdly, to assess the impact of MUI and CSS fatwā on COVID-19 handling. …”
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Robotically assisted mitral valve repair using the butterfly technique in a patient with a narrow chest by Suguru Tatsuki, Makoto Hashimoto, Ryuji Koshima

“…Skin incisions were made in the third, fourth, and sixth intercostal spaces on the right anterior axillary line. …”
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An Efficient and Hybrid Deep Learning-Driven Model to Enhance Security and Performance of Healthcare Internet of Things by Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Basit Qureshi, Zabeeh Ullah, Fahim Arif, Zahid Khan

“…Secondly, a security module based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) is implemented to recognize various forms of attacks within the H-CIoT network. Third, the past medical records of the patients are used to train the DL model. …”
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Transgenerational epigenetic heritability for growth, body composition, and reproductive traits in Landrace pigs by Andre C. Araujo, Jay S. Johnson, Jason R. Graham, Jeremy Howard, Yijian Huang, Hinayah R. Oliveira, Luiz F. Brito

“…Birth and weaning weight, backfat thickness, total number of piglets born, and number of piglets born alive (BW, WW, BF, TNB, and NBA, respectively) were investigated. …”
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Law enforcement activities of the National Guard under martial law by I. V. Shmahailo

“…Secondly, to continue developing the information space and transparency in it, as this is the way to build trust between the National Guard of Ukraine and the population. Thirdly, to pay special attention to the digitalisation of the National Guard of Ukraine as a law enforcement agency, which should also be linked to the improvement of the competence of the servicemen and women of the National Guard of Ukraine in building an inclusive security environment.…”
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MRI and the Critical Care Patient: Clinical, Operational, and Financial Challenges by Barbara McLean, Douglas Thompson

“…This review summarizes the commentary on the current literature on the associated risks and provides insight into the costs as well as provider experiences. Approximately, one-third of patients who are transported from the ICU to an imaging suite may experience an adverse event. …”
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Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Most participants had breast cancer (48%), followed by testicular (17%), gynecological (16%), and head/neck cancer (11%). One-third (n = 397) reported lymphedema symptoms, with 38% (n = 152) reporting moderate/severe symptoms. …”
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Research Progress on the Relationship between Ischemic Stroke and Immunoinflammatory Factors by Qiang TANG, Huilin HUANG, Luwen ZHU, Hongyu LI, Jiyao ZHANG, Ping QIN, Xia YIN, Jiashuai LI

“…FasL can induce cell apoptosis and immune inflammatory response, and microglia and T lymphocytes all play protective or damaging roles to varying degrees, which can greatly broaden the treatment thinking and plan of ischemic stroke and meet the diversified challenges in the treatment of stroke. …”
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