The Relationship of 2D:4D Ratio and Hand Grip Strength to the Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis by Hamid Arazi, Roghayeh Bavafa Birak Olia, Shahriar Nafissi, Nahid Beladi Moghadam, Akram Falahati

“…The study data was analysed using statistical methods of Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Fingerprint–Vein Biometric Fusion: A Systematic Review with Empirical Evaluation by Sarah Almuwayziri, Abeer Al-Nafjan, Hessah Aljumah, Mashael Aldayel

“…Biometric authentication serves as a strong and user-friendly alternative to conventional security methods such as passwords and PINs, which are often susceptible to breaches. …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Colchicine, Pirfenidone and Prednisolone in Preventing Stricture Due to Inflammation as a Result of Urethral Mucosal Damage in Rats by Fatih Fırat, Kenan Yalçın, Fikret Erdemir, Fikret Gevrek

“…Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral use of drugs with anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties that are used in the treatment of many diseases in clinical practice in rats with stenosis caused by urethral damage. Materials and Methods: Forty male rats were equally divided into 5 groups. …”
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Ellipsoidal <i>K</i>-Means: An Automatic Clustering Approach for Non-Uniform Data Distributions by Alaa E. Abdel-Hakim, Abdel-Monem M. Ibrahim, Kheir Eddine Bouazza, Wael Deabes, Abdel-Rahman Hedar

“…In this paper, a new clustering technique, simulated-annealing-based ellipsoidal clustering (SAELLC), is proposed to automatically partition data into an optimal number of ellipsoidal clusters, a capability absent in traditional methods. SAELLC transforms each identified cluster into a hyperspherical cluster, where the diameter of the hypersphere equals the minor axis of the original ellipsoid, and the center is encoded to represent the entire cluster. …”
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A hybrid model for predicting response to risperidone after first-episode psychosis by Giovany Oliveira Costa, Vanessa K. Ota, Matheus Rodrigues Luiz, Joice Santos Rosa, Gabriela Xavier, Jessica Honorato-Mauer, Marcos L. Santoro, Carolina Muniz Carvalho, Daniel A. Cavalcante, Amanda V.G. Bugiga, Rodrigo A. Bressan, Gerome Breen, Ary Gadelha, Cristiano Noto, Diego R. Mazzotti, Sintia I. Belangero

“…Patients who had a response rate equal to or higher than 50% on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) were considered responders (n=72; 51%). …”
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Differences in the Health Status of Older Adults in Community and Hospital Cohorts by Ji Yeon Lee, Kwang Joon Kim, Jong Eun Kim, Young Mi Yun, Eun Seo Sun, Chang Oh Kim

“…Results Using age- and sex-matched propensity score matching, 550 older adults were selected equally from the two cohorts. Logistic regression was performed to predict the health status of the two groups. …”
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Recycling of biogas digestates in plant production: NPK fertilizer value and risk of leaching by Trine A. Sogn, Ivan Dragicevic, Roar Linjordet, Tore Krogstad, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Susanne Eich-Greatorex

“…In the silt and loam, the ammonium N fraction in digestates had a fertilizer replacement value equal to that of mineral fertilizer N, whereas the replacement value was higher in the nutrient poor sandy soil. …”
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Influence of different fermentable carbohydrates on dual-species biofilms of S. mutans and A. naeslundii – a pilot study by Rosa Virginia Dutra de Oliveira, Yasmin Etienne Albuquerque, Denise Madalena Palomari Spolidorio, Cristiane Yumi Koga-Ito, Fernanda Lourenção Brighenti

“… Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of presence of different fermentable carbohydrates in the biomass and acidogenicity of biofilm formed by Streptococcus mutans ATCC 25175 in association with Actinomyces naeslundii ATCC 19039. Material and Methods: Single-specie and dual-species biofilms were grown at the bottom of microtiter plates at equal concentration for 24 h at 37 ºC. …”
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A Comparison between the Tunnel Technique with Autogenous Grafts and Coronally Advanced Flap for Root Coverage of Multiple Gingival Recessions: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Jaber Yaghini, Mehrnegar Mahmoudzadeh, Zohreh Afshari, Amir Farmohammadi, Ahmad Mogharehabed

“… Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical performance of coronally advanced flap (CAF) with connective tissue graft (CTG) and vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access (VISTA). Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this randomized clinical trial consisted of 24 healthy non-smokers with Miller Class I or II gingival recession (GR) defects, equally divided into two groups of 12 to receive either a CAF or the VISTA technique. …”
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Establishment of performance parameters for the Qubit™ 1X dsDNA HS Assay for use in forensic genetics casework by Adele Lauren Kaleigh Naidoo, Donna-Lee Pamela Martin, Laura Jane Heathfield

“…All parameters met the manufacturer’s criteria of acceptance except for the precision of measurements for samples with DNA concentrations greater than or equal to 0.5 ng/µl, which were expected to have less than 1 % CV. …”
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Hybrid manufacturing and mechanics of copper-based architected materials and copper–aluminum interpenetrating phase composites by Abdulrahman Jaber, Agyapal Singh, Dimitrios C. Rodopoulos, Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos

“…The work investigates the thermomechanical performance of copper-based architected metamaterials and Copper–Aluminum Interpenetrating Phase Composites (IPCs) engineered through hybrid casting manufacturing methods. Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) Gyroid and IWP sheet- and solid-based metamaterials are fabricated and analyzed for their mechanical performance and thermal conductivity. …”
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Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells have better restorative capacity than bone marrow-derived cells in a cerebellar ataxic rat model by Rasha M. Att, Angie M. Ameen, Horeya Erfan Korayem, Noha Abogresha, Yasser El-Wazir

“…We compared the therapeutic potential of adipose tissue stem cells (ASCs) and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in a rodent monosodium glutamate (MSG)-induced CA cell (BM-MSC) model. Material and methods Female Wistar rats (n = 40) were equally divided into a saline-treated control group and 3 MSG-induced CA groups randomly treated with either saline, or 1 × 106 ASCs or BM-MSCs. …”
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The Effect of The Height of a Second-Degree Relative on Children with Short Stature by Seda Yilmaz Semerci, Hasan Onal, Neval Topal, Rengin Siraneci

“… Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the heights of second-degree relatives on adult height. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Healthy children who applied to the general pediatric outpatient clinic to monitor the development of growth were considered as control group. …”
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Sustaining Participation in the Ecological Movement During the Global Pandemic: The Case of Fridays for Future (Spain) by Juan C. Revilla, María Celeste Dávila, Anna Zlobina, Simone Belli, Alejandro Gonzalo-Puyod, Sara Sánchez-Díez

“…The pandemic also had a significant influence on the movements’ interpretive framework as discourses of social commitment and equality became increasingly influential and integrated into its worldview. …”
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GENDER PECULIARITIES OF SMOKING STATUS, LEVEL OF THE NICOTINE DEPENDENCE, RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AND MOTIVATION TO TOBACCO CESSATION by I. D. Pelevina, N. L. Shaporova, V. I. Trofimov, O. V. Dudina, V. N. Marchenko, M. A. Buimov, N. F. Grigorjan, J. I. Platonova

“…The period of withdrawal from tobacco smoking was significantly longer in women despite of the almost equal motivation to smoking cessation and the number of attempts of getting rid of tobacco addiction.Conclusions. …”
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Effects of repeated etching cycles using 15% hydrochloric acid on enamel loss and relative attenuation coefficient in resin infiltration by Dayang Fadzlina Abang Ibrahim, Noren Nor Hasmun, Yih Miin Liew, Annapurny Venkiteswaran

“…Following eight etching cycles, resin infiltration penetration appears approximately equal to that of healthy enamel.…”
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Association Between Long-term Statin Therapy and New-onset Diabetes in Cardiovascular Risk Patients in the UAE by Romona D. Govender, Saif Al-Shamsi, Raya Almazrouei, Abeer Tahrawi, Rehab Mersal

“…Propensity score matching was applied to match statin users to an equal number of nonusers. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis estimated the risk of NODM in statin users compared to nonusers. …”
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The bioassay tests and mass spectrometry for evaluation of xenoestrogens in tuna fish by Nader Akbari, Shahrbano Rostami, Mahmoud Ghazi-Khansari, Gholamreza Jahed-Khaniki, Nabi Shariatifar, Parisa Sadighara

“…Our findings emphasize the necessity of using a combination of bioassay tests and analytical methods to carefully manage and evaluate the combined estrogenic effects of components in food samples.…”
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A prospective evaluation of microscale thermophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry using the “RGB_ex-ante” model by Paweł Mateusz Nowak, Aleksandra Zima, Małgorzata Gołąb, Michał Woźniakiewicz

“…The proposed evaluation model turned out to be a simple and helpful tool that is worth using prior developing new methods, procedures and experimental techniques in analytical laboratory and beyond.…”
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An approach to nonparametric inference on the causal dose–response function by Hudson Aaron, Geng Elvin H., Odeny Thomas A., Bukusi Elizabeth A., Petersen Maya L., van der Laan Mark J.

“…It is often preferable to instead use nonparametric methods for inference, which only make mild assumptions about the data-generating mechanism. …”
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