Influence of meniscus on cartilage and subchondral bone features of knees from older individuals: A cadaver study. by Sébastien Touraine, Hamid Bouhadoun, Klaus Engelke, Jean Denis Laredo, Christine Chappard

“…SCP.Por was highest in posterior samples. In the upper 1-5 mm of subchondral bone, central samples were characterized by higher values for BV/TV, Tb.N, Tb.Th, and connectivity (Tb.Pf), a more plate-like trabecular structure and lower anisotropy than with other samples. …”
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On paper; in practice: measuring compliance with official pricing policies in a large field study of essential medicines in Indonesia by Ayu Rahmawati, H. U. Ramadaniati, Y. Anggriani, W. Nathanial, E. Pisani

“…We measure the compliance of manufacturers and retailers with the regulation stated in the decree and estimate the retailers’ profit.Methods: Five essential medicines (allopurinol, amlodipine, amoxicillin, cefixime, dexamethasone) were purchased from randomly selected health facilities, retail pharmacies and online outlets in Indonesia. …”
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Impact of the Flo Cycle Tracking App on menstrual knowledge and health in low-income and middle-income countries: a longitudinal study by Frederick G B Goddard, Carley Prentice, Adam C Cunningham, April M Ballard, Liudmila Zhaunova

“…Compared with the baseline, MHH knowledge was 18.7% higher in the matched sample, while it increased by 8.1% in the pre–post sample after 3 or more months of access to Flo. …”
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Ozone water or chloroxylenol: The comparison of disinfection effectiveness against the number of bacterial colonies in dental extraction instruments at the Universitas Sumatera Uta... by Ahyar Riza, Ismahani Akilah D, Rahmi Syaflida Dalimunthe, Hendry Rusdy

“…This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of disinfection of ozone water and 4.8% chloroxylenol in reducing the number of bacterial colonies on dental extraction instruments at the Universitas Sumatera Utara Dental and Oral Hospital. Methods The samples used were mandibular molar forceps have been used in tooth extraction procedures. …”
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Human counting versus artificial intelligence for assessing medullation in mohair fibres by N Giovannini, D Sacchero, C Quispe Bonilla, M Quispe Bonilla, E Quispe Peña

“…The study compares human assessment with artificial intelligence (AI) methods for detecting medullated fibres in mohair, a critical quality determinant for the textile industry. …”
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First discovery of gibbsite in Biryuzakan turquoise deposit, Northern Tajikistan by Sh. T. Vosihov, A. K. Litvinenko, M. A. Rassomakhin

“…To conduct a mineralogical study of the gibbsite contained the Biryuzakan vein turquoise deposit. Materials and methods. Stone samples from the Biryuzakan turquoise deposit (northern part of the  Republic of Tajikistan), where gibbsite had been found, were collected during fieldworks in 2023. …”
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The Features of a Humoral Immune Response Development during the Acute Phase of ixodes Tick-Borne Borreliosis (Based on Multiplex Analysis with the Immunochip) by V. G. Pomelova, E. I. Korenberg, T. I. Kuznetsova, N. S. Osin

“…Positive reactions with OspC or VlsE were observed only in the samples from patients that were also positive for IgM and/or IgG to C6. …”
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CLPM: A Hybrid Network With Cross-Space Learning and Perception-Driven Mechanism for Long-Tailed Remote Sensing Image Classification by Lei Zhang, Min Kong, Changfeng Jing, Xing Xing

“…This imbalance often causes the classifier to focus on the head classes with more samples, neglecting the tail classes. As a result, the precision of the tail classes is reduced, which in turn affects the generalization ability of the classifier. …”
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Evaluating the impact of material type and blood contamination on tooth color stability post external cervical root resorption repair: a spectrophotometric study by Aysenur Oncu, Merve Ozdemir

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different repair materials and blood contamination on the color stability of teeth following external cervical root resorption (ECRR) repair. Methods This study included 60 extracted maxillary central incisors. …”
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Internet-based digital intervention to support the self-management of hypertension compared to usual care: results of the HALCYON randomized controlled trial by Björn Meyer, Antje Riepenhausen, Linda T. Betz, Kamila Jauch-Chara, Alexander Reshetnik

“…Results The study's statistical power was limited due to a smaller sample size (N = 102) than the a priori target sample size (N=676). …”
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The silent strain: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of occupational stress among Pakistani nurses by Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh, Madiha Mukhtar, Kainat Asmat, Simin Sharafi

“…The prevalence of mild occupational stress was highest in other cities, moderate stress was most common in Lahore, and severe stress was more prevalent in Karachi. No significant relationship was found between occupational stress prevalence and publication year or sample size. …”
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Behavioral Markers in Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Secondary Analysis of In-Home Sensor Data by Knoo Lee, Noah Marchal, Erin L Robinson, Kimberly R Powell

“…Results from paired-sample tt554Pt554Pt554Pt553Pt595P ConclusionsThis study highlights that home confinement during the pandemic significantly impacted the behavior and health of older adults, leading to more sedentary lifestyles and poorer sleep quality. …”
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A New Model for Simulating the Imbibition of a Wetting-Phase Fluid in a Matrix-Fracture Dual Connectivity System by Xuewei Ning, Robert Ewing, Qinhong Hu, Qiming Wang, Xiaoming Zhang

“…The rate of imbibition by fractured porous media is associated with physical parameters such as porosity and fracture distribution (e.g., the number and angle of fractures). Using Monte Carlo methods, we examined fracture parameters and predicted elapsed time and cumulative water imbibition, for the Barnett Shale samples. …”
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Food safety within the household: a cross-sectional study among domestic food handlers in Italy by Francesca Licata, Natascia Costantino, Emma Antonia Citrino, Aida Bianco

“…Almost one-third (29.8%) of the sample improperly stored leftovers in the refrigerator after two hours.The study findings highlighted the need for public health professionals and regulatory authorities to focus their information campaigns on occasions for hand hygiene, how to store leftovers safely and methods for defrosting food to raise awareness and encourage DFHs to modify unsafe practices during food handling.…”
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Metabolomics analysis uncovers metabolic changes and remodeling of anti-VEGF therapy on macular edema by Congcong Yan, Quanyong Yi, Lina Ge, Ying Huang, Chun Yang, Bing Lin, Dan Jiang, Meng Zhou

“…Abstract Background Anti-angiogenic therapy with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) is currently the first-line treatment for macular edema (ME), but the specific metabolic changes in the aqueous humor (AH) after intravitreal anti-VEGF injections remain poorly understood. Methods A total of 120 AH samples from 60 ME patients before and after anti-VEGF treatment were collected from the ophthalmology clinic and ward of the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. …”
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Prevalence of unexpected red blood cell antibodies in pregnant women and follow-up of pregnancy outcome in pregnant women treated with intra-uterine transfusion by Sunil Golia, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Anil Khetrapal, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Chetna Jain, Shubham Gupta, Samruddhi Pawar

“…RESULTS: A total of 539 consecutive samples were worked up and among these, 10 samples (1.85%) were found to be antibody positive. …”
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Dental utilization and expenditures by children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: A population-based cohort study by Kai-Chun Chang, Ling-Yi Wang, Jen-Hung Wang, Cheng-Kuang Shaw, Ming-Jay Hwang, Chih-Hao Wu, Huai-Kuan Huang

“…Different conditions that affect these results will be examined, including area of residence, category of treatment, and preferences concerning type of dental institution in Taiwan. Materials and Methods: The health service research database of the National Health Research Institutes, which features population-based, randomly selected samples collected from 2001 to 2010, was utilized in this study. …”
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Global road extraction using a pseudo-label guided framework: from benchmark dataset to cross-region semi-supervised learning by Xiaoyan Lu, Yanfei Zhong, Zhuo Zheng, JunJue Wang, Dingyuan Chen, Yu Su

“…However, current road extraction methods face the following limitations: 1) Insufficient availability of accurate and diverse training datasets for global-scale road extraction; 2) Costly and time-consuming manual labeling of millions of road samples; and 3) Limited generalization ability of deep learning models across diverse global contexts, resulting in better performance for regions well-represented in the training dataset, but worse performance when faced with domain gaps. …”
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Translation and Validation of the Premenstrual Assessment Form-Short Form Questionnaire in Hungarian by Olívia Dózsa-Juhász, Alexandra Makai, Viktória Prémusz, Pongrác Ács, Márta Hock

“…Introduction: Premenstrual symptoms, including premenstrual syndrome and its more severe form premenstrual dysphoric disorder, are a set of somatic and psychological symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. …”
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Effect of deforestation of different genesis on spatial variability of nitrate concentration in stream water in the Tatra National Park by Miroslaw Żelazny, Marta Pufelska, Monika Sajdak, Łukasz Jelonkiewicz, Marcin Bukowski

“…Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of deforestation of different genesis on the spatial differentiation of NO3– concentration in the Polish Tatras. Material and methods: In 2018, 728 water samples were collected in the Tatras by hydrological and chemical survey. …”
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