Antimicrobial, antibiofilm, cytotoxicity, and substantivity of aged garlic extract against oral bacteria: an in-vitro study by Meghana Sunil, Bhaskar Kurangi, Suneel Dodamani, Marwa Khalil, Aditi Chopra

“…Abstract Background Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a powerful antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory agent. Aged garlic has more antioxidant and antimicrobial properties compared to fresh garlic. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers in Boditi Town, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2018: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Gedion Asnake Azeze, Kelemu Abebe Gelaw, Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu, Molalegn Mesele Gesese, Taklu Marama Mokonnon

“…Of 412 mother-infant pairs sampled, 403 were participated, which made a response rate of 97.8%. …”
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Examination of trauma levels and earthquake stress coping strategies of university students who exercise and do not exercise after an earthquake by Zekai Çakır, Ülfet Erbaş, Mevlüt Gönen, Mehmet Ali Ceyhan, Tuncay Öktem, Murat Kul, Ahmet Naci Dilek, Sema Güzel

“…In this research study, the first objective is to assess the level of trauma and earthquake stress of university students who exercise and those who do not. Methods This study utilized the descriptive survey research method. …”
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The association between nutrition risk status assessment and hospital mortality in Chinese older inpatients: a retrospective study by Jie-Qiong Liu, Meng-Jun He, Xue-Qing Zhang, Feng-Hua Zeng, Hui Mo, Jin-Hua Shen

“…Conclusion Our findings indicated that nutritional risk was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality, with a cut-off value of 3.50 for the NRS2002 nutritional risk assessment being more appropriate than a cut-off value of 3.0.…”
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FRORS: An Effective Fine-Grained Retrieval Framework for Optical Remote Sensing Images by Yong-Qiang Mao, Zhizhuo Jiang, Yu Liu, Yiming Zhang, Kehan Qi, Hanbo Bi, You He

“…With the rapid development of convolutional neural networks (CNN) in the field of remote sensing, it has become possible for remote sensing image retrieval tasks to move toward more fine-grained classes. However, since current methods focus on how to construct similarity metrics between sample pairs, the model ignores the learning of fine-grained intraclass heterogeneity and interclass commonality features, which poses a huge challenge to fine-grained retrieval. …”
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An Explnation of Entrepreneurship Drivers and Rural Competitiveness Functions by Vahid Moshfeghi, yahya Jafari, Sedighe Hoseini hasel, Iran Ahmadi

“…The case study is Cheshmeh Saran rural area of Azadshahr county in Golestan province in Iran. The method of data gathering is survey and documentation. …”
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Evaluation of health laboratory ethical compliance among laboratory practitioners in Kinondoni District, Tanzania by Catherine G. Lwenge, Gladys Reuben Mahiti, Heavenlight A. Paulo

“…The audio recordings were transcribed into text, translated into English, and analyzed using a thematic analysis method with a deductive approach, guided by pre-determined themes. …”
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Prevalence of paediatric diarrhoea in Arba minch government health institutions, Southern Ethiopia and associated factors by Matusal Mengistu, Melat Woldemariam, Aseer Manilal, Addis Aklilu, Tsegaye Yohannes, Akbar Idhayadhulla, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini

“…The antibiotic susceptibilities of enterobacteria were determined via the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. The wet mount and formol-ether concentration techniques were also used to identify enteroparasites. …”
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ROLE OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE TO ENDOCRINOTHERAPY WITH TAMOXIFEN IN PATIENTS WITH LUMINAL... by Е. М. Slonimskaya, S. V. Vtorushin, N. N. Babyshkina, S. V. Patalyak

“…Long-term treatment outcomes were assessed upon the progression of the disease with the evidence of distant metastases. In tumor tissue samples, the ERα expression was studied using the immunohistochemical method. …”
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Sweet taste preference on snack choice, added sugars intake, and diet quality– a pilot study by Faye Guarneri, Liz Cortes, Caren Ghali, Janel Clovis, Enrique R. Pouget, Stephanie Hunter, May M. Cheung

“…Theoretically, a person who enjoys sweet taste more may choose snacks with higher sugar and calories, leading to lower overall diet quality, yet individual eating behavior traits may interfere with this relationship. …”
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The prognostic significance of FOXP3 expression in patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer by O.I. Vynnychenko, Y.V. Moskalenko, R.A. Moskalenko

“…Pearson test, One-way ANOVA, Kaplan–Meier method, and logarithmic test were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Socio-Economic Disparities in Pediatric Viral Gastroenteritis: A Comparative Study of Clinical Outcomes and Management in Hospitalized Children with Rotavirus, Adenovirus, and Noro... by Ioana Arbanas, Gabriela Coja, Alice Bilotta, Raluca-Ileana Lixandru, Oana Patran, Laura Bleotu, Oana Falup-Pecurariu

“…All children that have met the previously mentioned criteria, presenting positive stool samples (immunochromatography method) for Rotavirus, Adenovirus or Norovirus were included in the study. …”
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An investigation into the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD Val-9Ala) gene polymorphisms employing high-resolution melting in patients with gastric cancer: A preliminary study by Alireza Moradabadi, Maryam Fekri-Soofiabadi, Atefeh Soltani, Shahriar Dabiri

“…The sensitivity and the specificity of the HRM method in detecting MnSOD SNPs were reported to be 100 %.Conclusion: by taking into account the contributing roles of MnSOD SNPs in the induction of gastric cancer, it is highly recommended to create collaboration among basic medical scientists, geneticists, gastroenterologists, medical laboratory scientists, pathologists, and hematologists for more promising results and improved outcome of the diagnosis. …”
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Framework for Sustainable Management of Shellfish Resources Based on Eco-Biology and Socio-Economic Conditions in Sedati, Sidoarjo, Indonesia by Kustiawan Tri Pursetyo, Mohd Hanafi Idris, Alfian Zein, Endang Dewi Masithah

“…This research used a survey research method with primary and secondary data. The samples collected from this study were spread across 224 respondents who are fishermen. …”
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Quantification of the changes in acetabular index and Center-edge angle of pelvic radiograph induced by photography angles by Kunjie Xie, Wei Lei, Yabo Yan

“…This study investigates the impact of photography angles on measurements of the Acetabular Index (AI) and Center-edge Angle (CEA). Method We collected pelvic radiographs from 50 patients who were suspected of having DDH. …”
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Relations Between Medical Students’ Motivational Persistence Skills and Their Acceptance of Specific Blended Learning Tools by Cristina Gena Dascalu, Claudiu Topoliceanu, Magda Ecaterina Antohe

“…Our study aimed to evaluate the motivational persistence degree (MPS) of medical students in connection with the students’ acceptance of different didactic tools involved in blended-learning approaches. Materials and Method: We investigated a sample comprising 523 students in Dental Medicine or General Medicine, belonging to all years of study, from four main Universities in Romania; we classified them according to their motivational persistence profile (using k-means data clustering) and we comparatively investigated the main relevant features of students in each cluster—gender, age group, opinions about the general usefulness of multimedia resources in the learning process, and their degree of acceptance of specific types of instructional materials involved in blended learning. …”
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The Pigment Composition of the Needles of Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco during its Introduction in the Conditions of Russia and Kazakhstan by Natalia N. Besschetnova, Vladimir P. Besschetnov, Botagoz A. Kentbaeva, Erzhan J. Kentbaev, Nikolay A. Babich

“…The subject of the study has been the territorial variability of the content and ratio of plastid pigments of 1-year-old needles simultaneously sampled in the specified locations. The spectrophotometric method has been used in the work. …”
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Stigmatizing attitudes and predictors of empathy toward mentally ill patients among psychiatric and mental health nurses by Warda Elshahat Hamed, Ashjan Saeed Babegi, Hind Abdallah Modawi Elamin, Nesma Ahmed Kamel, Ana Maria Escolano-Castillo, Hamad Ghaleb Dailah, Rania Rabie Eletreby

“…Conclusion Positive attitudes are linked to higher education, more experience, and greater empathy. Higher education and years of experience, along with a positive attitude predicted higher levels of empathy toward mentally ill patients. …”
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Impact of blood centrifugation on the parameters of thrombin generation assay revisited to look for possible revision of the current guidance by Erica Scalambrino, Marigrazia Clerici, Flora Peyvandi, Armando Tripodi

“…Centrifugation speeds were: (i)Double-centrifugation: blood at 2,500g(15min) and plasma at 2500(15min) (reference method). (ii)Single-centrifugation at 3,000g(20min). …”
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Estimating the impact of direct acting antiviral therapy on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection using phylogenetics by Hossain M.S. Sazzad, Hui Li, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Bethany A. Horsburgh, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Rowena A. Bull, Andrew R. Lloyd, Chaturaka Rodrigo

“…Results: Both the main and sensitivity analyses for GT3a showed a reduction in the effective population size with the latter showing a 36 % decline between 2011–2019 which is more concordant with the decline estimated from non-phylogenetic methods. …”
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