Oral health educative-preventive program at school by Patrícia Aleixo dos Santos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos, Carlos Henrique Braga Borges, Natália Apolinário de Lima

“…At intergroup analyses, there was statistical difference to questions 3,5,6,8 and 11, comparing two moments; at intragroup analyses, GA showed significant knowledge change only to question 4 while for GB, same occurred to questions 3,4,5,6,8 and 11, accusing more effectiveness to educational method adopted by GB. …”
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Cluster analysis of the factors influencing innovative development of economy in regions of Russian Federation by V. N. Yur’ev, D. M. Dybok

“…As a result of a statistical analysis and Statistica use regions were divided into clusters according to the three methods: hierarchical classification, Kaverage method and two-input distribution. …”
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New insights on genetic background of major diabetic vascular complications by Zuira Tariq, Salah Abusnana, Bashair M. Mussa, Hala Zakaria

“…Objectives Purpose of this article is to review these approaches and narrow down genetic findings for Diabetic Mellitus and its consequences, highlighting the gaps in the literature necessary to further genomic discovery. Material and methods In the past, studies looking for genetic risk factors for diabetes complications relied on methods such as candidate gene studies, which were rife with false positives, and underpowered genome-wide association studies, which were constrained by small sample sizes. …”
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Feature fusion with attributed deepwalk for protein–protein interaction prediction by Mei-Yuan Cao, Suhaila Zainudin, Kauthar Mohd Daud

“…Abstract protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are crucial for understanding cellular processes and disease mechanisms. While experimental methods for detecting PPIs exist, computational approaches offer a more efficient alternative. …”
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Deciphering the causality between micronutrients and esophageal cancer via Mendelian randomization by Zhuo Diao, Guangyin Peng, Yige Chen, Jun Wang, Jianjun Liu, Zhaopeng Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…Objective The current study seeks to identify the causal relationship between 14 micronutrients and EC through Mendelian randomization (MR) methods. Methods We performed a two-sample MR analysis of micronutrients in relation to EC, using five different MR methodologies, chief among them the Inverse Variance Weighted method. …”
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Cytological grading of breast carcinoma and its correlation with histopathological grading by Nikita James, MK Umarani, KR Shouree

“…Cytological grading of the samples was done by Robinson’s and Mouriquand’s methods. …”
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DIFFICULTIES IN DISTINGUISHING POLYSEMY AND HOMONYMY IN THE OSSETIAN LANGUAGE by Larisa B. Morgoeva

“…The author aims to consider the basic principles of recognizing homonyms and establishing the boundaries of polysemy using techniques of contextual use. Method and methodology of the work performed. The methods of structural-semantic analysis and generalization were used. …”
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Integrating clinicians’ opinion in the Bayesian meta-analysis of observational studies: the case of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people by Silvia Deandrea, Eva Negri, Fabrizio Ruggeri

“…</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> a questionnaire to elicit beliefs about five risk factors for falls in older people was administered to a sample of geriatricians and general practitioners (GPs). …”
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Evolution endodontic obturation of systems as indicator of technical progress in stomatology

“…Results showed decrease of quantity and the size of pores, closer locating of particles and more homogeneous structure in samples of the seals mixed after influence on it of EMP than in samples without influence of EMP. …”
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T7 DNA polymerase treatment improves quantitative sequencing of both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses by Billaud, Maud, Theodorou, Ilias, Lamy-Besnier, Quentin, Shah, Shiraz A., Lecointe, François, De Sordi, Luisa, De Paepe, Marianne, Petit, Marie-Agnès

“…These limitations prompted us to explore an alternative method of DNA preparation for sequencing mixed ssDNA and dsDNA viromes. …”
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Low-Content Quantitation in Entecavir Tablets Using 1064 nm Raman Spectroscopy by Yanlei Kang, Yushan Zhou, Qiaoyu Wu, Ning Wang, Jianguang Zhou

“…Different preprocessing methods were used to eliminate the background interference and extract more spectral information. …”
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Changes in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Andean raspberries in response to Peronospora sparsa by Nathalia Cardona-Hurtado, Gloria E. Guerrero Álvarez, Ana M. López Gutiérrez

“…According to the DPPH method, antioxidant capacity increased from 45.9 ± 1.61 µmol TE g−1 fresh sample in healthy fruits to 67.02 ± 0.58 µmol TE g−1 fresh sample in affected fruits. …”
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Assessing the adoption of biosecurity measures among extensive livestock producers: a case study in the free-range pig sector of Corsica by Theo Loeillot, Marie Gisclard, Bastien Trabucco, François Charrier, Ferran Jori, Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux, Alexis Delabouglise

“…We performed interviews of a sample of free-range pig farmers using three methods in parallel, namely (1) direct qualitative elicitation, (2) attributed-based stated choices and (3) semi-quantitative ranking of attributes. …”
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Seismic Mitigation Performance and Damage of Prefabricated Base Isolation Structure Based on the Shaking Table Test by WU Zhongtie, FAN pingping, LIU Yanhui, LI Wanrun

“…Meantime, The dimensions, reinforcement configurations and assembly methods of precast reinforced concrete beams, slabs and columns are given. …”
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Designing the alignment model of petrochemical projects with the country's industrial strategies in the Ministry of Petroleum by Abdolrasoul Shojaeian, ghanbar abbaspour esfadan, Changiz Valmohammadi, Aboutorab Alirezaei

“…Abstract The purpose of this research is to design a model for the alignment of petroleum refinery projects with the country's industrial strategies in the Ministry of Oil. The research method is applicable in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of data collection, and data-based type. …”
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Music is scaled, while speech is not: A cross-cultural analysis by Elizabeth Phillips, Steven Brown

“…In the current study, we developed a new computational method for measuring what we call the “scaledness” of an acoustic sample and applied it to three cross-cultural ethnographic corpora of speech, song, and/or instrumental music (n = 1696 samples). …”
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LightGBM hybrid model based DEM correction for forested areas. by Qinghua Li, Dong Wang, Fengying Liu, Jiachen Yu, Zheng Jia

“…This choice is based on LightGBM's leaf-growth strategy and histogram linking methods, which are effective in reducing the data's memory footprint and utilising more of the data without sacrificing speed. …”
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Eating habits among the Omsk Oblast population and poor nutrition in association with cardiovascular diseases according to the ESSE-RF2 study by I. A. Viktorova, V. L. Stasenko, N. G. Shirlina, G. A. Muromtseva, M. A. Livzan

“…To assess the prevalence of eating habits among the Omsk Oblast population and their association with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) according to the ESSERF2 study.Material and methods. In the ESSE-RF2 study with persons aged 25-64 years (random sample, n=1648), the dietary habits of 21 food groups were assessed using the questionnaire method. …”
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Electrochemical-Based Extraction, Separation, and Purification of Coumarin Compounds from Trifolium chinensis by Yujie Zhu, Wenle Wang, Renyu Ruan, Jinquan Chen

“…When the optimal process determined in this study is adopted, the coumarin adsorption rate is greater than 98% and the recovery rate is greater than 85%. The purity of samples with 50% coumarin content can be increased to more than 97%, which verifies the correctness and advancement of the separation and purification process in this study.…”
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Study on a New Rock Fracability Evaluation Model of Shale Gas Reservoir by Fei Wang, Yonghao Zhang, Xin Li, Xue Han

“…This method is more reasonable than the traditional brittleness index method and rock mechanics parameter method.…”
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