Oral health and use of dental services in early adulthood and changes from adolescence - Fit Futures, a longitudinal cohort study by Elin Hadler-Olsen, Therese Bondø, Liv Marit Bergli, Andreas Schmalfuss, Hege Nermo

“…Data were analysed with cross-tabulations, related-samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and multivariate binominal logistic regressions. …”
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Exploring the Association Between Immune Cell Phenotypes and Osteoporosis Mediated by Inflammatory Cytokines: Insights from GWAS and Single-Cell Transcriptomics by Kuang S, Ma X, Sun L, Wang C, Li Y, Wang G, Sun J, Zhou F, Zhang C

“…Despite established links between immune cell phenotypes and inflammatory cytokines and osteoporosis, the exact mechanism involved remains unclear, and further understanding is needed for effective prevention and treatment.Methods: Here, we performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to estimate the causal effects between 731 immune cell types, 91 and 41 inflammatory factors (which may have some overlap), and 5 types of osteoporosis. …”
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Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians' Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials. by Leila Rooshenas, Daisy Elliott, Julia Wade, Marcus Jepson, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Sean Strong, Caroline Wilson, David Beard, Jane M Blazeby, Alison Birtle, Alison Halliday, Chris A Rogers, Rob Stein, Jenny L Donovan, ACST-2 study group, By-Band-Sleeve study group, Chemorad study group, CSAW study group, Optima prelim study group, POUT study group

“…We aimed to investigate how clinicians conveyed equipoise during RCT recruitment appointments across six RCTs, with a view to (i) identifying practices that supported or hindered equipoise communication and (ii) exploring how clinicians' reported intentions compared with their actual practices.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Six pragmatic UK-based RCTs were purposefully selected to include several clinical specialties (e.g., oncology, surgery) and types of treatment comparison. …”
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Adverse Tissue Reaction to Metal and Polyethylene Particles as the Major Underlying Pathogenesis in Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty by Jensen Henry MD, Yaxia Zhang MD, PhD, Emily Teehan MS, Thomas W. Bauer MD, PhD, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD

“…We hypothesized that adverse tissue reactions to metal and polyethylene particles would degrade bone-implant interface bone quality, contributing significantly to the majority of failed ankle replacements. Methods: This is a single-institution series of patients obtained from a registry of patients undergoing primary TAA with any implant. …”
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A novel deep high-level concept-mining jointing hashing model for unsupervised cross-modal retrieval by Chun-Ru Dong, Jun-Yan Zhang, Feng Zhang, Qiang Hua, Dachuan Xu

“…To validate the proposed method, extensive comparison experiments on benchmark datasets are conducted. …”
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BCDnet: Parallel heterogeneous eight-class classification model of breast pathology. by Qingfang He, Guang Cheng, Huimin Ju

“…Therefore, the image segmentation method is used to expand the data set and the non-repeated random cropping method is used to balance the data set. …”
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Europium-based core-shell materials for fluorescence and colorimetric dual-mode sensing of alkaline phosphatase activity by Chen-Xi Zhao, Xiao-Xia Li, Yang Shu

“…The RSD of alkaline phosphatase concentration in serum samples is in the range of 1.4–8.4 %. This method has potential application in the detection of ALP activity in biological samples.…”
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Ultramicroscopic features of thyrocytes after 60 days of tartrazine administration and infliction of a defect in the tibiaе and substantiation of the effectiveness of sodium seleni... by V. N. Morozov, V. I. Luzin

“…On days 3, 10, 15, 24 and 45, the animals were removed from the experiment, samples of thyroid gland were processed for electron microscopic examination according to the standard method.Results. …”
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Use of pullulanase as a biocatalyst for starch hydrolysis: Part 1. Study of the effect of pullulanase on maize amylopectin starch by A. A. Papakhin, Z. M. Borodina

“…The mass fraction of reducing substances (RS) was determined by the Lane and Eynon method. A rotational viscometer was used to measure dynamic viscosity of the starch hydrolysis products. …”
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New Possibilities for Evaluating Markers of Alzheimer's Disease in Blood Serum by S. V. Vorobev, A. Yu. Plekhanov, I. K. Ternovykh, A. S. Usikov, A. А. Lebedev, A. N. Smirnov, N. M. Shmidt, M. S. Dunaevskiy, S. P. Lebedev

“…Materials and methods. Graphene growth was carried out by sublimation. …”
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An Explainable Framework Integrating Local Biplots and Gaussian Processes for Unemployment Rate Prediction in Colombia by Diego Armando Pérez-Rosero, Diego Alejandro Manrique-Cabezas, Jennifer Carolina Triana-Martinez, Andrés Marino Álvarez-Meza, German Castellanos-Dominguez

“…Furthermore, we carried out a comparative analysis between traditional statistical techniques and modern machine learning methods. The results revealed that our framework significantly enhances both clustering and predictive performance, while also emphasizing the importance of input samples and feature selection in driving accurate outcomes.…”
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Specifying the Indicators of a Breeding Tape­Cassette Sowing Device for Sowing Grain Crops by Ears by M. E. Chaplygin, M. M. Shaykhov, A. S. Chulkov, A. V. Podzorov

“…It was found that a seeder with working bodies for sowing by ears helps to significantly (up to 8 times) reduce labor intensity as well as maintain the variety purity in comparison with the use of manual labor.Research purpose To develop a seeder working section with a tape-cassette sowing device for sowing grain crops by ears in breeding and seed nurseries, and to substantiate the sowing device parameters necessary for the design of a multi-section grain seeder.Materials and methods In the course of the experiments, the authors proposed a schematic diagram, a program and a method for testing a cassette seeder working section for sowing by ears.  …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Antibacterial Resistance Patterns in a Patient with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Et... by Abdulhakim Mussema, Getenet Beyene, Mulatu Gashaw

“…This study aimed to determine the bacteriology and antibiotic resistance patterns among patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) at Jimma Medical Center. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to October 2019. …”
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Identifying traumatization in young children through structured play: validation of the Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS) in Lithuania by Paulina Zelviene, Odeta Gelezelyte, Agniete Kairyte, Ask Elklit, Sille Schandorph Løkkegaard, Evaldas Kazlauskas

“…Background: There is a need for valid methods to evaluate young children’s (4–8 years) psychological difficulties related to traumatic experiences. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Apically Extruded Debris from Root Canals Prepared by R-Motion NiTi File System by Farah B. Al-Saffar, Hikmet A. Al-Gharrawi

“…The present study investigates the AED of the novel R-Motion single-file reciprocating system compared to standard single reciprocating and multifile rotary systems. Materials and Methods. Fifty-six moderately curved palatal roots of upper maxillary first molars were selected for the present study. …”
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Nutritional value and prediction of digestible and metabolizable energy of full-fat deactivated soybeans for pigs by Teresinha Marisa Bertol, Jorge Vitor Ludke, Arlei Coldebella, Herbert Rech

“…Methods Ten metabolism experiments were conducted over a two-year period to evaluate 14 batches of full-fat deactivated soybeans, following the method of the total collection of feces and urine. …”
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A real-time AI tool for hybrid learning recommendation in education: Preliminary results by Chaman Verma

“…In recent years, owing to previous pandemics, online and offline education have collaboratively influenced students' academic experiences globally. This mixed-methods strategy offers both benefits and drawbacks for students. …”
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Enhancement in dynamic range for dual-rotating retarder Mueller matrix polarimetry by Jiongying Lv, Shuan Yao, Nan Zeng, Caizhong Guan, Honghui He

“…By employing an optimal exposure selection strategy for transmission imaging and a multi-exposure weighted averaging strategy for backscattering imaging, the method expands the dynamic range while accurately preserving the polarization information of the samples. …”
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Rice Leaf Disease Image Enhancement Based on Improved CycleGAN by YAN Congkuan, ZHU Dequan, MENG Fankai, YANG Yuqing, TANG Qixing, ZHANG Aifang, LIAO Juan

“…By addressing the challenge of insufficient disease samples, this method significantly improves the disease recognition capabilities of object detection models. …”
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Phenolic compounds of ethanol extracts of Lemna minor L., Lemna trisulca L. and Lemna polyrrhiza L. Schleid and their immunomodulating activity by Sergazy M. Adekenov, Marina G. Danilets, Svetlana A. Ivasenko, Leonid A. Nikiforov, Sergey V. Krivoshchekov, Anastasija A. Ligacheva, Evgenija S. Trofimova, Evgeny Yu. Sherstoboev, Vadim V. Zhdanov, Mikhail V. Belousov

“…In qualitative and quantitative analysis of the samples studied the method of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on an Agilent 1100 Series instrument (USA) was used in isocratic mode. …”
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