A Study on the Correlation between C-Reactive Protein Concentration and Teeth with a ≥5 mm Periodontal Pocket in Chronic Periodontitis Patients by Hee-Yung Chang, A-Reum Kim, Sung-Hee Pi, Hyung-Keun You

“…Statistically, patients with a high rate of teeth diagnosed with severe periodontitis are more likely to have higher hs-CRP level. Conclusion. …”
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Schistosomiasis in Ghana from baseline to now: the impact of fifteen years of interventions by Joseph Opare, Tei Hervie, Ernest Mensah, Charles Brown-Davies, Odame Asiedu, Bright Alomatu, Ebenezer Padi Ako, John Frederick Dadzie, Irene Dzathor, Vance Harris, Julie Ritter, Darin Evans, Anna Elizabeth Phillips

“…More recently, a second impact evaluation (2021-2024) has been rolled out across 1,146 schools sampled in 61 districts, with a total, 29,924 SAC tested. …”
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Development of fi lm forming formulation and technology of polymeric fi lm coating on Indotril tablets by L. I. Kucherenko

“…As filming agents we used different samples of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) by Japan company Shin-Etsu Chemical Co and English company Colorcon. …”
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Reinterpreting ethnic patterns among white and African American men who inject heroin: a social science of medicine approach. by Philippe Bourgois, Alexis Martinez, Alex Kral, Brian R Edlin, Jeff Schonberg, Dan Ciccarone

“…Social science theory and methods offer tools to understand the reasons for economic and ethnic disparities that cause individual suffering and stress at the institutional level.…”
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Insight on the relationship between heart rate variability parameters and the risk of stroke among non-valvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by Yaohua Bu, Fabrice Yves Ndjana Lessomo, Zhiquan Wang

“…The sample was sorted into cases and controls based on specific inclusion and criteria. …”
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Internet addiction in adolescents in Central Siberia: analysis of prevalence and structure of consumed content by L. S. Evert, S. Yu. Tereshchenko, O. I. Zaitseva, N. B. Semenova, M. V. Shubina

“…The structure of the consumed content was estimated in the overall sample and in two age groups. The data obtained were processed by non-parametric statistical methods using the Statistica 12.0 software. …”
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The influence of origin and race location on performance in IRONMAN® age group triathletes. by Beat Knechtle, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Ivan Cuk, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pedro Forte, Lorin Braschler, Thomas Rosemann, Katja Weiss

“…Several model interpretability tools were used to explore how each predictor contributed to the model's predictive power, from which we intended to infer whether one or more predictors were more important than the others.…”
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Unlocking breast cancer in Brazilian public health system: Using tissue microarray for accurate immunohistochemical evaluation with limitations in subtyping by Rubia Denise Ruppenthal, Emily Ferreira Salles Pilar, Jordan Boeira dos Santos, Rafael Correa Coelho, Carina Machado Costamilan Henriques, Diego de Mendonça Uchôa, Marcia Silveira Graudenz

“…However, we do not recommend the use of TMA in the subtyping of BC, where analysis of the whole section remains necessary for more accurate results. We advocate more studies using the TMA approach in the Brazilian public health system to advance women’s health care.…”
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Increasing engagement of Hispanics/Latinos in clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by David X. Marquez, Adriana Perez, Julene K. Johnson, Michelle Jaldin, Juan Pinto, Sahru Keiser, Thi Tran, Paula Martinez, Javier Guerrero, Elena Portacolone

“…We leveraged in‐depth qualitative methods to elucidate barriers and facilitators to participating in ADRD clinical trials in a large and diverse sample of Latinos; and to provide timely and actionable strategies to accelerate representation of Latinos in clinical trials on ADRD. …”
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Parental precarious employment and the mental health of adolescents: a Swedish registry study by Amanda E Aronsson, Emelie Thern, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Signild Kvart, Julio C Hernando-Rodriguez, Kathryn Badarin, Mireia Julià, Samira Alfayumi-Zeadna, Virginia Gunn, Bertina Kreshpaj, Carles Muntaner, Theo Bodin, Lluís Mangot-Sala

“…A sample of 117 437 children aged 16 years at baseline (2005) were followed up until 2009 (the year they turned 20). …”
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Sex-specific effects of gastrointestinal microbiome disruptions on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric carcinogenesis in INS-GAS mice by Chao Peng, Xin Li, Yu Li, Xinbo Xu, Yaobin Ouyang, Nianshuang Li, Nonghua Lu, Yin Zhu, Cong He

“…Gastric mucosal and fecal samples were collected for microbiota analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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Mineralogical Characteristics of Carbonate Rocks of the Upper Triassic Bolila Formation in the Eastern Part of the North Qiangtang Basin by Xiao LIU, Qiyan ZHANG, Weixin SHI, Tianzhu GE, Liqiang SONG

“…Due to the influence of sedimentation and diagenesis, the mineral particles are mostly less than 1mm. Analytical methods such as modular automated processing system (MAPS) based on the backscattered electron and automatic mineral identification system (QEMSCAN) were used to analyze the minerals and to research their composition, morphology and structure on a microscopic scale for four samples. …”
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The “Psychology” of organ donation: two exploratory studies considering Italian “Health professionals” and “Citizens” by Franca Paola Severino, Andrea Guazzini, Laura Rasero, Stefano Bambi, Guya Piemonte, Samuele Baldassini Rodriguez

“…Specifically, with reference to the sample of citizens, (a) women are more likely to express a willingness to donate than men; furthermore, (b) having a realistic knowledge of the topic has a relationship with this manifestation. …”
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The future of diagnostics: cutting-edge advances in healthcare technology by Ashok Kumar Sah, Darla Srinivasa Rao, Anass M Abbas, M Chandrasekar, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Adam, Ajab Singh Choudhary, Ranjay Kumar Choudhary, Rabab H. Elshaikh, Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, Syrsulu Myrzagulova, Rohit Rathore, Asaad M. Babker, Devendra Prasad, Shagun Agarwal

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a catalyst, hastening the implementation of several diagnostic methods for quickly identifying and monitoring infectious diseases. …”
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Influence of dimethylpolysiloxane addition to frying oils: performance of sunflower oil in discontinuous and continuous laboratory frying by N. Jorge, G. Márquez-Ruiz, M. Martín-Polvillo, M. V. Ruiz-Mendez, M. C. Dobarganes

“…Results indicated that DMPS has a strong positive action in discontinuous frying as differences between samples with and without DMPS were very high and much more pronounced than those attributed to oil unsaturation. …”
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Social Media Advertising and Customer Behavior among Commercial Radio Stations In Kabale Municipality, Uganda by Kanyesigye, Nick, Mwazuna, Alice Ngele, Asiimwe, Judith Bijurenda

“…A cross-sectional mixed-methods design was adopted, targeting a sample of 196 respondents from a total population of 400, comprising radio administrators, presenters and listeners. …”
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A novel Campylobacter jejuni sequence type from a culture-negative patient in the Gambia. by Gerard A J Morris, Usman N Ikumapayi, Martin Antonio, Stephen R C Howie, Richard A Adegbola

“…We re-addressed the analysis of the blood sample from this case more recently (after 6.5 years in archival storage) in pilot work establishing 16S rRNA PCR in our molecular laboratory. …”
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Ctta: a novel chain-of-thought transfer adversarial attacks framework for large language models by Xinxin Yue, Zhiyong Zhang, Junchang Jing, Weiguo Wang

“…However, this capability also introduces the potential for more covert and effective adversarial attack methods. …”
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Knowledge Level of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography by Burak Tunç, Anita Karaca

“…Aim: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and related factors of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Methods: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. …”
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Influence of hepatitis c in the development of histological and morfological changes in the placenta by O. M. Filipovich, N. I. Kuznetsov, V. E. Karev, E. A. Malahovskaya

“…The purpose: detection of morphological changes of fetoplacental complex in pregnant women with chronic hepatitis C.Methods: The study involved 48 pregnant women , 38 of them with chronic hepatitis C and 10 – healthy pregnant women without complicated obstetric – gynecological history. …”
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