Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. by Marta Relvas, Luciana Rocha, Paulo Rompante, Filomena Salazar, Luís Monteiro, Ana Sofia Vinhas, Maria Gonçalves

“…Results: The consumption of illicit drugs proved to be a common practice (86.8%), where cannabis, heroin and cocaine were the most prevalent (29.1%). …”
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Automatic Detection of Small Intestinal Hookworms in Capsule Endoscopy Images Based on a Convolutional Neural Network by Tao Gan, Yulin Yang, Shuaicheng Liu, Bing Zeng, Jinlin Yang, Kai Deng, Junchao Wu, Li Yang

“…Ancylostomiasis is a fairly common small bowel parasite disease identified by capsule endoscopy (CE) for which a computer-aided clinical detection method has not been established. …”
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An ingredient co-occurrence network gives insight into e-liquid flavor complexity by Jeroen L. A. Pennings, Ina M. Hellmich, Sanne Boesveldt, Reinskje Talhout

“…To achieve attractive flavors, e-liquids contain many different flavoring agents, which allow many flavoring combinations. …”
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Promiscuous Chemokine Antagonist (BKT130) Suppresses Laser-Induced Choroidal Neovascularization by Inhibition of Monocyte Recruitment by Shira Hagbi-Levi, Michal Abraham, Liran Tiosano, Batya Rinsky, Michelle Grunin, Orly Eizenberg, Amnon Peled, Itay Chowers

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, usually affects individuals older than 60 years of age. …”
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First line antiepileptics and their hidden risks - a unique case report on diffuse calvarial thickening and twisted tongue linked to the use of phenytoin and sodium valproate by Sankavi Kaarthic, Selvakumar CJ

“…Patient improved after stopping the use of sodium valproate.Discussion: This case report highlights two rare adverse effects associated with commonly used anticonvulsants emphasizing the need for heightened clinical vigilance.Early identification is essential for better clinical outcome.Conclusion: Long term use of phenytoin and sodium valproate can lead to rare but significant adverse effects such as calvarial thickening and lingual dystonia.…”
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Stenting of the upper urinary tract: from bottom, from top, from side... by A. B. Novikov, V. P. Sergeev, D. V. Ergakov, E. A. Galliamov, A. G. Martov

“…According to various data, they are registered in at least 80% of patients. The most common stent-dependent symptoms are frequent and / or painful urination, urge to mix (up to imperative), nocturia, pain in the lumbar region, macrohematuria. …”
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Oxyuris spp. Infection in Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) Under Different Cage Types by shelly kusumarini, Rafi Dzakir Ghalib, Garvasilus Privantio Tegar Virgiawan Huler, Reza Yesica, Nanis Nurhidayah, Haris Muhamad, Nuha Fairusya

“…The caging system becomes one of the most crucial points in the green iguana (Iguana iguana) husbandry practice since some pathogens are transmitted through ingesting contaminated feed or water in the cage. One of the most common health problems in the green iguana is caused by infection of the gastrointestinal nematode (GIN), Oxyuris spp. …”
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Fire Hazards Caused by Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Prescriptive vs. Goal-Oriented Legislation by Dejan Brkić

“…This article also reviews achievements in safety through the efforts of regulatory authorities, industry collaborations, technical standards, and risk assessments, with particular attention given to the status of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). Contrary to common belief, the most frequent types of accidents are not those involving a fire/explosion caused by the failure of the Blowout Preventer (BOP) after a well problem has already started. …”
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El ausentismo escolar en la marginalidad urbana. Las adaptaciones de la escuela al entorno del estudiante by Manuel Guardado Carrete, Daniel Alarcón Nakamura

“…Dado lo anterior, este trabajo tiene como propósito dar a conocer las implicaciones que tienen las inasistencias escolares reiteradas en los procesos educativos de la marginalidad urbana, las causas por las que el ausentismo del alumnado en tales entornos sea tan elevado, y describir las estrategias institucionales para afrontar el fenómeno en una escuela secundaria ubicada en una zona vulnerable, donde las pedagogías contextualizadas cobran especial relevancia. El acercamiento metodológico se centró en la narrativa, la cual permitió constatar la incidencia de las situaciones familiares en el ausentismo estudiantil, así como las acciones concretas que se establecen en las escuelas de la periferia para atender las inasistencias del alumnado. …”
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Analysis of the practice of switch of antibiotics from intravenous to oral therapy at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal: a prospective observational study by Upasana Acharya, Sweta Shrestha, Aastha Rawal, Laxmi Dangol, Binaya Sapkota

“…Step-down conversion was the common type of IV to oral switch. Almost all patients were empirically treated with β-lactams antibiotics (n = 327). …”
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Maturity of knowledge management evaluation in organizational units using Data Envelopment Analysis by Nazila Adabavazeh, Mehrzad Navabakhsh

“…Knowledge management is one of the most common processes through which an organization generates wealth from its knowledge and intellectual capital. …”
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Comprehensive analyses reveal the promising value of gasdermins as prognostic biomarkers and immunotherapeutic targets in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Huageng Huang, Jingjing Ge, Shunzhen Lu, Xinyi Deng, Ying Tian, He Huang, Zhao Wang, Yuyi Yao, Huangming Hong, Tongyu Lin

“…Compared with those in normal tissues, the mRNA and protein levels of GSDMs, especially GSDMD/E, were commonly elevated in HNSC (P < 0.05). Additionally, the expression of GSDMs differed significantly between the clinicopathological subgroups of HNSC patients. …”
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Predictive performance of count regression models versus machine learning techniques: A comparative analysis using an automobile insurance claims frequency dataset. by Gadir Alomair

“…This study investigates the utility of ML in improving forecast accuracy under conditions of zero-inflation, a data characteristic common in automobile insurance. The research involved a comparative evaluation of several models, including Poisson, NB, zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP), hurdle Poisson, zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB), hurdle negative binomial, random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and artificial neural network (ANN) on an insurance dataset. …”
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IL-6-Inducing Peptide Prediction Based on 3D Structure and Graph Neural Network by Ruifen Cao, Qiangsheng Li, Pijing Wei, Yun Ding, Yannan Bin, Chunhou Zheng

“…DGIL-6 represents a peptide sequence as a graph, where each amino acid is treated as a node, and the adjacency matrix, representing the relationships between nodes, is derived from the predicted residue contact graph of the peptide sequence. In addition to commonly used amino acid representations, such as one-hot encoding and position encoding, the pre-trained model ESM-1b is employed to extract amino acid features as node features. …”
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A Mutation in DAOA Modifies the Age of Onset in PSEN1 E280A Alzheimer’s Disease by Jorge I. Vélez, Dora Rivera, Claudio A. Mastronardi, Hardip R. Patel, Carlos Tobón, Andrés Villegas, Yeping Cai, Simon Easteal, Francisco Lopera, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos

“…Standard quality control, filtering, and annotation for functional variants were applied, and common functional variants located in those previously reported as AOO modifier loci were selected. …”
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Update on the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy by Jennifer L. Wilkinson-Berka, Antonia G. Miller

“…This situation is highlighted by the frightening statistic that diabetic retinopathy (DR) remains the most common cause of vision impairment in people of working age in Western society. …”
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Crystal Chemistry and Structural Complexity of the Uranyl Vanadate Minerals and Synthetic Compounds by Ivan V. Kuporev, Sophia A. Kalashnikova, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy

“…The majority of synthetic compounds, both pure inorganic or organically templated, have their structures based upon mineral-like substructural units of francevillite, uranophane, U₃O₈, and other common topological types, and not even one compound among 57 studied was obtained from simple aqueous solutions at room temperature. …”
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Performance analysis of static var compensators for distance protection of Nigerian 132-kV sub-transmission network using Matlab/ Simulink model by Akintunde Alayande, Sunday O. Akınbode, Ignatius K. Okakwu, Ajibola Oyedejı

“…The location of the SVC is selected such that there is a common primary source of power to the sub-transmission network (Ikorodu-Sagamu 132-kV transmission line) and the SVC, which is a shunt-connected device located on Ikorodu 132-kV bus. …”
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The multidrug-resistant Candida auris, Candida haemulonii complex and phylogenetic related species: Insights into antifungal resistance mechanisms by Lívia S. Ramos, Pedro F. Barbosa, Carolline M.A. Lorentino, Joice C. Lima, Antonio L. Braga, Raquel V. Lima, Lucas Giovanini, Ana Lúcia Casemiro, Nahyara L.M. Siqueira, Stefanie C. Costa, Célia F. Rodrigues, Maryam Roudbary, Marta H. Branquinha, André L.S. Santos

“…These emerging, widespread, and opportunistic pathogens have drawn significant attention due to their reduced susceptibility to commonly used antifungal agents, particularly azoles and polyenes, and, in some cases, therapy-induced resistance to echinocandins. …”
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The Concept of Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok: Problems and Perspectives by E. Yu. Il’In

“…This gives us hope that both parties will not only be able to keep historical ties, but also take steps in creating a common area from Lisbon to Vladivostok.…”
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