Lifetime Attributable Risk for Breast Cancer Induced by High-Resolution Computed Tomography During COVID-19 Pandemic by Roya Sahebi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Rezvan Ravanfar Haghighi, Mehrzad Lotfi, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

“…LAR was computed utilizing the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) Committee models. Results: The sample size was 666, with ages spanning from 15 to 95 years. 25% (168) had HRCT more than once (2 to 8 times). …”
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Antifungal Efficacy of Ganoderma lucidum and Clotrimazole for Treatment of Denture Stomatitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Fahimeh Pakravan, Afsaneh Yegdaneh, Somayeh Taymouri, Shiva Rahimi, Negin Ghahremani

“…Nonetheless, further clinical studies are required to shed more light on this topic. …”
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Repeatability and Reproducibility of Noninvasive Keratograph 5M Measurements in Patients with Dry Eye Disease by Lei Tian, Jing-hao Qu, Xiao-yu zhang, Xu-guang Sun

“…To determine the intraexaminer repeatability and interexaminer reproducibility of tear meniscus height (TMH) and noninvasive Keratograph tear breakup time (NIKBUT) measurements obtained with the Keratograph 5M (K5M) in a sample of healthy and dry eye populations. Methods. …”
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Musculoskeletal Pain Description in Adolescence with Internet Addiction: Community Engagement in Senior High School by Peggy Sunarjo, Budiati Laksmitasari, Fitri Anestherita, Rizky Kusuma Wardhani, Melinda Harini, Steven Setiono, Ibrahim Agung

“…Aim: In this community engagement program, we tried to explore internet addiction and musculoskeletal pain proportions in some students. Material and methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a senior high school at Jonggol, West Java, in February 2023. …”
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3D Morphology Analysis of TMJ Articular Eminence in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Izabella Nascimento Falcão, Maria Beatriz Carrazzone Cal Alonso, Lucas Hian da Silva, Sérgio Lúcio Pereira de Castro Lopes, Lívia Pichi Comar, André Luiz Ferreira Costa

“…The correlation of flattened and convex shapes with disc position reduction indicated that type of disc derangement is more prevalent.…”
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Red Blood Cell Morphology Is Associated with Altered Hemorheological Properties and Fatigue in Patients with Long COVID by Marijke Grau, Alena Presche, Anna-Lena Krüger, Wilhelm Bloch, Björn Haiduk

“…RBCs from LC showed significantly more morphological abnormalities. The extent of morphological abnormalities correlated with MS and the FACIT-Fatigue score of the LC patients. …”
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A systematic review of population-based gingival health studies among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder by Ahmed AlOtaibi, Saad Ben Shaber, Abdulaziz AlBatli, Talal AlGhamdi, Ebtissam Murshid

“…A standardized index for gingival health will help in the inclusion of more studies to assess gingival health in children and adolescents with ASD.…”
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Evaluation of Acute Enteritis Cases in Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Single Tertiary Care Hospital Experience by Tufan Tükek, Alpay Medetalibeyoğlu, Barış Emekdaş, Kaan Akın, Hilal Senkal, Merve Guzel Dirim, Naci Şenkal

“…Because patients with IC are more susceptible to complications, clinical assessment is important.…”
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Personality Traits, Burnout, Workplace Bullying and Sleep Quality Among Midwives: A Pilot Study by Simona Dobešová Cakirpaloglu, Jiří Vévoda, Panajotis Cakirpaloglu, Šárka Vévodová, Peta Jane Greaves, Dorota Folwarczná

“…Design A cross‐sectional, correlation study was conducted. Methods The research sample consisted of 71 midwives, average age 36 years, average length of practice 14.23 years. …”
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Spatial profiling reveals association between WNT pathway activation and T-cell exclusion in acquired resistance of synovial sarcoma to NY-ESO-1 transgenic T-cell therapy by Arun Singh, Antoni Ribas, Theodore Scott Nowicki, Katie M Campbell, Anusha Kalbasi, Maneesha Thaker, Egmidio Medina

“…Furthermore, delineating mechanisms of resistance may be challenging since the analysis of bulk tumor profiling can be complicated by spatial heterogeneity.Methods Tumor samples were collected from a patient with synovial sarcoma who developed acquired resistance to ACT targeting NY-ESO-1. …”
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The prevalence of radix molaris in the mandibular first molars of a Saudi subpopulation based on cone-beam computed tomography by Hassan AL-Alawi, Saad Al-Nazhan, Nassr Al-Maflehi, Mazen A. Aldosimani, Mohammed Nabil Zahid, Ghadeer N. Shihabi

“…ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of radix molaris (RM) (entomolaris and paramolaris) in the mandibular first permanent molars of a sample Saudi Arabian subpopulation using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).Materials and MethodsA total of 884 CBCT images of 427 male and 457 female Saudi citizens (age 16 to 70 years) were collected from the radiology department archives of 4 dental centers. …”
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Fecal Galectin-3: A New Promising Biomarker for Severity and Progression of Colorectal Carcinoma by Milan Jovanovic, Nevena Gajovic, Natasa Zdravkovic, Marina Jovanovic, Milena Jurisevic, Danilo Vojvodic, Veljko Maric, Aleksandar Arsenijevic, Ivan Jovanovic

“…The aim of the study was to determine systemic and fecal values of galectin-3 and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with CRC and the relationship with clinicopathological aspects. Methods. Concentrations of galectin-3, TNF-α, TGF-β, IL-10, and IL-1β were analyzed in samples of blood and stool of 60 patients with CRC. …”
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Patient-initiated violence against dental staff: a survey in faculty clinic settings by Avia Fux-Noy, Avia Fux-Noy, Oriane Getter, Aviv Shmueli, Aviv Shmueli, Elinor Halperson, Elinor Halperson, Moti Moskovitz, Moti Moskovitz

“…However, there is limited research on this issue within the dental field.AimThis study aimed to examine the prevalence and characteristics of patient-initiated violence against dental staff.MethodsA cross-sectional survey design was utilized, involving a convenience sample of dental clinic staff at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. …”
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DiffuSAR: Frequency Domain-Aware Diffusion Model for SAR Image Generation by Zilu Ying, Wenyu Ke, Yikui Zhai, Zhihao Long, Jianhong Zhou, Hufei Zhu, C. L. Philip Chen

“…A practical approach to address this issue involves the use of artificially generated training samples to supplement the dataset. Current SAR image generation methods based on generative adversarial networks have issues with generation fidelity and are challenge to converge. …”
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Artificial intelligence and omics-based autoantibody profiling in dementia by Kazuki M. Matsuda, Yumi Umeda-Kameyama, Kazuhiro Iwadoh, Masashi Miyawaki, Mitsutaka Yakabe, Masaki Ishii, Sumito Ogawa, Masahiro Akishita, Masahiro Akishita, Shinichi Sato, Ayumi Yoshizaki

“…Serum samples from 35 subjects were analyzed utilizing our original wet protein arrays displaying more than 13,000 human proteins.ResultsPWAbS revealed elevated gross autoantibody levels in AD and DLB patients compared to CNIs. …”
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Resilient SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics workflows including viral heat inactivation. by Maria Jose Lista, Pedro M Matos, Thomas J A Maguire, Kate Poulton, Elena Ortiz-Zapater, Robert Page, Helin Sertkaya, Ana M Ortega-Prieto, Edward Scourfield, Aoife M O'Byrne, Clement Bouton, Ruth E Dickenson, Mattia Ficarelli, Jose M Jimenez-Guardeño, Mark Howard, Gilberto Betancor, Rui Pedro Galao, Suzanne Pickering, Adrian W Signell, Harry Wilson, Penelope Cliff, Mark Tan Kia Ik, Amita Patel, Eithne MacMahon, Emma Cunningham, Katie Doores, Monica Agromayor, Juan Martin-Serrano, Esperanza Perucha, Hannah E Mischo, Manu Shankar-Hari, Rahul Batra, Jonathan Edgeworth, Mark Zuckerman, Michael H Malim, Stuart Neil, Rocio Teresa Martinez-Nunez

“…Luna proved most sensitive although overall the three reagents did not show significant differences. N detection was more reliable than that of RdRP, particularly in samples with low viral titres. …”
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Development and Validation of an Analytical Procedure for Determining Convallatoxin in Medicinal Products Containing Cardiac Glycosides of Lily of the Valley by T. A. Golomazova, N. P. Antonova, N. E. Semenova, E. P. Shefer, S. S. Prokhvatilova

“…However, the determination of cardiac glycosides needs more accurate and selective physicochemical methods, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).AIM. …”
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Determination of the Precision of Glucometers Used in Saudi Arabia by Shoug A. Al-Othman, Zahra H. Al-Zaidany, Shahad H. Al-Ghannam, Ahmed M. Al-Turki, Abdulrahman A. Al-Abdulazeem, Chittibabu Vatte, Alawi Habara, Amein K. Al-Ali, Mohammed F. Al-Awami

“…By spiking the plasma samples with sub-therapeutic, therapeutic, and overdose concentrations of the metabolites, we found that vitamin C had a more evident interference on glucose readings compared to acetaminophen and maltose. …”
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DC-Mamba: A Novel Network for Enhanced Remote Sensing Change Detection in Difficult Cases by Junyi Zhang, Renwen Chen, Fei Liu, Hao Liu, Boyu Zheng, Chenyu Hu

“…We propose a dynamic loss function to address the issue of sample imbalance, giving more attention to difficult samples during training. …”
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Association of exposure to benzene compounds and organochlorine pesticides with pediatric acute leukemia by Pardis Nematollahi, Shekoofe Enayati, Karim Ebrahimpour, Saeed Yousefian, Alireza Moafi, Afshin Ebrahimi, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Sina Arabi, Roya Kelishadi

“…Further research with a larger sample size and a prospective design is necessary to obtain more conclusive results. …”
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