Significance of proper oral hygiene for health condition of mouth and teeth by Ljaljević Agima, Matijević Snežana, Terzić Nataša, Anđelić Jasmina, Mugoša Boban

“…The sample consisted of patients 11 to 15 years of age. …”
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Placebo-Controlled Trials in the Management of Crohn’s Disease: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses by Richard Silva, José Nunes de Azevedo, Jorge Pereira Machado, Jorge Magalhães Rodrigues

“…The included studies varied in quality and sample size. More research is needed to confirm the findings and establish optimal treatment strategies. …”
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Spiral Computed Tomography Based Maxillary Sinus Imaging in Relation to Tooth Loss, Implant Placement and Potential Grafting Procedure by Reinhilde Jacobs, Dong Xue, Yuqian Hu, Johan van Cleynenbreugel, Maryam Shahbazian

“…Almost 2/3 (66%) of the patients showed major (> 4 mm) mucosal thickening mostly at the level of the sinus floor. The present sample did not allow revealing any significant difference (P > 0.05) in maxillary sinus dimensions for partially dentate and edentulous subjects.Conclusions: Cross-sectional imaging can be used in order to obtain more accurate information on the morphology, variation, and the amount of maxillary bone adjacent to the maxillary sinus.…”
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An Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Risk Screening and Reduction Program for High School Female Athletes: A Pilot Study by Allison Kuntz, Olivia Peters, Andrew Bello, Ryan Perkins, Ryan Monti, Leigh Murray

“… # Study Design Non-experimental prospective study # Methods A convenience sample of 15 healthy female athletes were recruited from local high schools, consisting of 11 soccer players and four basketball players.  …”
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Correlation between individual thigh muscle volume and grip strength in relation to sarcopenia with automated muscle segmentation. by Hyeon Su Kim, Shinjune Kim, Hyunbin Kim, Yonghan Cha, Jung-Taek Kim, Jin-Woo Kim, Yong-Chan Ha, Jun-Il Yoo

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The findings indicate that stronger grip strength correlates with larger thigh muscles in males but not in females, with specific muscles like the Rectus femoris and Vastus lateralis linked to sarcopenia in men only. The study's small sample size calls for further research with more diverse and gender-balanced groups to verify these results.…”
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A Cytokine That Is Involved in Immune Responses in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Patients by Noor R. Abady, Zeana Shakir Al-Al Hindi

“…Gaining insight into the function of IL-17 may help develop more effective therapies for CHB and LC patients. …”
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Production of Pitch from Coal Tar of the Coke Chemical Production “Qarmet” by Aigul T. Ordabaeva, Zainulla M. Muldakhmetov, Mazhit G. Meiramov, Sergey V. Kim, Zhenisgul I. Sagintaeva

“…It was found that in the obtained pitch sample, indicators such as the content of insoluble in toluene (41.86%), the softening temperature (85–91 °C), and the yield of volatile substances (1.5%) are more consistent with the standards for electrode pitch grade “V”. …”
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Outcome of Buprenorphine maintenance treatment among Indian females with opioid dependence: Report from a tertiary addiction treatment center by Piyali Mandal, Atul Ambekar, Hemant Choudhary, Shubha Bagri

“…Indian experience with Buprenorphine-based treatment is more than 2 decades old now. No study has reported the outcome of maintenance treatment among Indian women with opioid dependence till date. …”
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A simple and low-cost electrode based on Nafion-stabilized silver nanoparticles supported on FTO for the electrochemical determination of Pb (II) and Cu (II). by Leonardo J Monroy-Cruz, Akemi Morales-Kato, Yndira Dolores-Maldonado, Katiuska Castro, Alen Zimic-Sheen, María Belén Balta, Geraldine J Otayza-Melgarejo, Raúl León, Patricia Sheen, Wilner Valenzuela, Mirko Zimic

“…Increasing awareness of the environmental risks posed by heavy metal accumulation in the environment-due to their toxicity and persistence in biological systems-has driven the development of more efficient and accessible detection methods. …”
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Interpreting political participation as communicative action: a comparison of younger and older adults by András Déri, Andrea Szabó, Andrea Szabó

“…Respondents assessed various political acts in terms of whether they considered them to be political participation. The sample was divided into two age cohorts: 18–29 and 60+ years.ResultsThe results reveal significant differences between age groups: while younger respondents are more likely to associate institutional forms with participation, older individuals display greater recognition of online engagement and conversational activities as legitimate forms of political involvement. …”
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Relation between the morphometric parameters of Thymus and fetal weight. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa Gonzalez Debén, Alfredo Quiñones Ceballos

“…We took a sample of thymus of 147 cases of fetal death, out of a total of 151 cases, from the 17th gestational week to the end of the gestation period. …”
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The effect of 8 weeks of high intensity interval training on Plasma E-selectin levels and white blood cells indicators in cardiovascular patients by محمد محمدی ده چشمه

“…Abstract aim: cardiovascular disease predictive inflammatory markers are more accurate than lipid profiles in diagnosing diseases. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection after Effects: Multi-Organ Damage through Oxygen Radicals by Debatosh Datta, Rajveer Singh, Ravichandiran Velayutham, Arka Bhattacharya, Ujjwayini Ray, Sarbani Dasgupta, Soma Dutta, Aditi Saha, Debabrata Roy, Srinika Ghosh, Somasundaram Arumugam, Pallab Datta, N K Ganguly

“…Objective: This clinical report, part of a community screening of unexplained clinical outcomes in post-COVID presentation, carries findings focusing on ROS production and possible ROS-induced damages. Materials and Methods: Flow cytometry was used to quantify the samples' total ROS, superoxide production, and apoptosis quantification. …”
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Is Bad Tooth Position Associated with Bullying among Schoolchildren? by Marijara Vieira de Sousa Oliveira, Carlos Antônio Amaro Lira, Niely Enetice de Sousa Catão, Luana de Carvalho Lourenço, Rebecca Durand Garrido Ramalho, Cibele da Cruz Prates Oliveira, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Alidianne Fabia Cabral Cavalcanti

“…The sample was probabilistic by cluster, resulting in 381 students of both sexes aged 12-15 years. …”
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Efficacy of On-Site Evaluation in EBUS-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Versus Cell Block by Motia Kanwal , Anum Usman , Hafsa Waseem , Fakhra Noureen , Ama Tul Naval , Ayesha Sarwar

“…The age limit was more than 20 years and less than 65 years, including both genders. …”
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Beliefs about medication, medication adherence and seizure control among adult epilepsy patients in Kimberley, South Africa by C. Egenasi, W. J. Steinberg, J. E. Raubenheimer

“…Patients’ medication adherence did influence the seizure control in this sample.…”
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Evaluating the performance of personality-based profiling in predicting physical activity by Kentaro Katahira, Keisuke Takano, Takeyuki Oba, Kenta Kimura

“…This analysis is based on survey data from a sample of 20,573 individuals regarding physical activity and psychological traits, including the Big-Five personality traits. …”
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BALANCING MOTHERHOOD AND ACADEMIC PURSUITS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN by Rosemary Onchi Daniel, Doris Lami Madugu

“…Guided by the theoretical framework of liberal feminist theory, which emphasizes gender equality and women's rights. A sample size of 374 Nigerian mothers on academic journey from various universities was selected using a mixed-methods approach. …”
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Accuracy of predicting the genetic risk of disease using a genome-wide approach. by Hans D Daetwyler, Beatriz Villanueva, John A Woolliams

“…The predictions represent an upper bound of accuracy which may be achievable with improved effect estimation methods. The formulae derived will help researchers determine an appropriate sample size to attain a certain accuracy when predicting genetic risk.…”
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Comparative analysis of the photosynthetic potential of new spring barley varieties in the arid climate zone of the Lower Volga region by A. V. Guzenko, A. V. Solonkin, А. А. Dontsova

“…All records and observations were carried out according to generally accepted methods. During the vegetation period, there were carried out observations and there were taken samples to study photosynthetic indicators in the sprouting, tillering, booting, heading stages. …”
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