Degree of pigmentation in composite veneers subjected to smoke from two types of cigarettes by Sandra Marcela Quisiguiña Guevara, Silvia Alexandra Reinoso Ortiz, Cristian Roberto Sigcho Romero, Brayan David Cruz Lara

“…Conclusions: Light cigarette smoke causes a more differentiated pigmentation than the common cigarette with a greater impact on saturation, which causes the samples to take a more opaque pigmentation, tending to be greyish.…”
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Bromethalin Exposure in Dogs and Cats: A 14‐Year Retrospective Study (2010–2023) From the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System by Sigal Klainbart, Marcos Pérez‐López, Michael S. Filigenzi, Robert H. Poppenga

“…Adipose tissue remains the most reliable sample for diagnosis; cats are more likely to test positive for DMB and exhibit compatible autopsy results. …”
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IMPACT survey: IMpaired fecundity in Physicians and Association with Clinical Time by Melissa Parsons, Colleen Kalynych, Tracy L. Johns, Michael J. Scicchitano, Michelle Lott, Rosemarie Fernandez

“…Impaired fecundity is defined as physical difficulty in getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to live birth. Methods We performed a cross‐sectional survey of female emergency physicians to determine the rate of impaired fecundity. …”
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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors Development of an endurance training model in athletic performance: a case study on long distance running in Indonesia by Risnawati Risnawati, Hidayat Humaid, Iman Sulaiman, Ali Muhaimin, Azizil Fikri, Rifqi Festiawan

“…The normality test confirmed the data followed a normal distribution, while the homogeneity test ensured the sample groups were comparable. The paired-sample t-test results indicated the newly developed book-based endurance training model significantly enhanced athletes' performance (p-value 0.000), showing a more substantial improvement in training outcomes compared to conventional methods (p-value 0.014). …”
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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors Analysis of Basic Movement Abilities: Survey study in children by Yogi Setiawan, Ardo Okilanda, Yuyun Bewelli Fahmi, Eva Faridah, Ardi Nusri, Baharuddin Hasan, Suryansah Suryansah, Mikkey Anggara Suganda, Didi Suryadi, Nurman Hasibuan, Mottakin Ahmed, Ikram Hussain

“…The sample in this study was all 30 children from Ujungbatu District and all were taken to become research samples, so it was called the total sample . …”
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Analyzing microstructural features, surface topography, and scratch resistance of innovative nano-composites coated with high velocity air-fuel technology by G. J. Naveen, P. Sampathkumaran, A. Sathyanarayanaswamy, Avinash Lakshmikanthan

“…According to the occurrence, scratch methods such as�delamination, cracking, plastic deformation, and elastic deformation are highlighted. …”
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Dental patients’ awareness and knowledge in using dental implants as an option in replacing missing teeth: A survey in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Sulieman Al-Johany, Hamad A. Al Zoman, Mohannad Al Juhaini, Mohannad Al Refeai

“…Conclusion: The results of this survey showed an acceptable level of awareness about dental implants among a selected sample of dental patients in Riyadh. It also showed the need for providing more general and accurate information to the patients about this treatment modality. …”
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Patent human infections with the whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, are not associated with alterations in the faecal microbiota. by Philip Cooper, Alan W Walker, Jorge Reyes, Martha Chico, Susannah J Salter, Maritza Vaca, Julian Parkhill

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>School children in Ecuador were screened for STH infections and allocated to 3 groups: uninfected, T. trichiura only, and mixed infections with T. trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides. …”
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Skeletal Changes in Patients with Beta –Thalassemia Major in Ahvaz by Mashaalah Khanehmasjedi, Leila Bassir, Mahnosh Mombeyni

“…Subjects and Methods: This descriptive and analytic study was performed on 48-beta thalassemia major patient and 48 normal samples. …”
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Chemical Characteristics and Allergenicity Alterations Induced by Heating in Mackerel Tuna (Euthynnus affinis) Powder Production by Z. Khaerani, N. Sri Palupi, N. Wulandari, F. Kusnandar

“…Parvalbumin reduction can be achieved through heating methods such as pressure heating (autoclaving) and steaming. …”
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Measuring the Biodegradability of Plastic Polymers in Olive-Mill Waste Compost with an Experimental Apparatus by Francesco Castellani, Alessandro Esposito, Vitale Stanzione, Roberto Altieri

“…Carbon dioxide emissions were automatically recorded by infrared gas detectors and also trapped in saturated Ba(OH)2 solution and evaluated via a standard titration method to check the results. Some of the samples reached more than 80% biodegradation in less than 20 days. …”
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Construction of ZnO/r-GO Composite Photocatalyst for Improved Photodegradation of Organic Pollutants by Yun Ding, Wenzhen Qin, Huihua Zhu, Yuhua Dai, Xiaowei Hong, Suqin Han, Yu Xie

“…In this work, a simple hydrothermal method was used to prepare a series of ZnO/r-GO (ZGO-x) catalysts. …”
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One-week 96-well soft agar growth assay for cancer target validation by Ning Ke, Aaron Albers, Gisela Claassen, De-hua Yu, Jon E. Chatterton, Xiuyuan Hu, Bernd Meyhack, Flossie Wong-Staal, Qi-Xiang Li

“…Higher throughput also makes it possible to process large numbers of samples and treatments simultaneously and in a much more efficient manner, while saving precious workspace and overall cost.…”
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Generative Modeling for Imbalanced Credit Card Fraud Transaction Detection by Mohammed Tayebi, Said El Kafhali

“…The results, measured using the BEFS metrics, demonstrate that our generative models not only address the class imbalance problem more effectively but also outperform conventional oversampling methods in identifying fraudulent transactions.…”
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Detection of OXA-23, OXA-48, OmpA and bla-TEM genes in carbapenem-resistance Acinetobacter baumannii and biofilm formation in burn patients at Al-Anbar Government by Noor Nadhom Al-Janabi, Shaymaa H.M. Al-Kubaisy, Mohammed J. Alfeehan

“…Results. Among 120 samples, 40 (33.3%) were Acinetobacter baumannii, 34 (80%) were MDR- resistant, and 6 (15%) were XDR. 90% of the isolates were resistant to Cefotaxime, and Colistin was more sensitive in all forty isolates. …”
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VIS-NIR-SWIR spectroscopy in the evaluation nutritional status irrigated mango in the Brazilian semi-arid region by Patrícia de Araujo Souza, Marcos Sales Rodrigues, Daniel dos Santos Costa, Kátia Araújo da Silva Rocha, Augusto Miguel Nascimento Lima

“…However, the delay and high cost of conventional methods make its execution difficult. In this context, vis-NIR-SWIR (visible - near infrared - shortwave infrared) spectroscopy emerges as an analysis tool that is faster, more affordable and without major environmental impacts. …”
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GCAFlow: Multi-Scale Flow-Based Model with Global Context-Aware Channel Attention for Industrial Anomaly Detection by Lin Liao, Congde Lu, Yujie Gao, Hao Yu, Biao Cai

“…Among unsupervised methods, normalizing flow models have shown distinct advantages. …”
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Detection of Nosocomial Respiratory Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Intensive Care Unit: a Survey in Northern Iran by Mahshid Saeedi1, Leila Fozouni1*

“…Respiratory samples were examined for the presence of microbial isolates using clinical microbiology procedures based upon microscopic morphology, cultural and PCR methods. …”

Association between fruit intake and abdominal adiposity in 1,707 randomly selected U.S. children by Larry A. Tucker

“…BackgroundThis investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between fruit intake and abdominal adiposity in 1,707 U.S. children.MethodsThe children were randomly selected as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), so the sample represented U.S. children 8–11 years old. …”
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Possibilities of lipid clinics in identifying patients with familial hypercholesterolemia by Z. F. Kim, A. S. Galyavich, D. I. Sadykova, L. M. Nurieva

“…For statistical processing, descriptive statistics methods were used.Results. Working-age patients apply 1,56 times more often than patients of the older age group (60,91% vs 39,09%), and the vast majority of them were referred by a primary care physician based on data from periodic health examinations. …”
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