Mandibular cephalometric characteristics of a Saudi sample of patients having impacted third molars by Ali H. Hassan

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Willingness of population health survey participants to provide personal health information and biological samples by Harpreet Jaswal, Anca Ialomiteanu, Hayley Hamilton, Jürgen Rehm, Samantha Wells, Kevin D. Shield

“…Similarly, respondents were more likely to be willing to allow for probabilistic data linkage when this question was asked first compared to first being asked for a saliva sample. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of muscle dysmorphia in a sample of boys and men in Canada and the United States by Kyle T. Ganson, Deborah Mitchison, Rachel F. Rodgers, Stuart B. Murray, Alexander Testa, Jason M. Nagata

“…Methods The sample comprised 1,488 boys and men who completed a variety of measures and items to capture sociodemographic characteristics and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. …”
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Enhancing the discriminatory power of polygenic scores for ADHD and autism in clinical and non-clinical samples by James J. Li, Quanfa He, Stephen Dorn, Zihang Wang, Qiongshi Lu

“…Conclusions Psychiatric PGS associations are likely inflated by the high degree of genetic overlap between the psychiatric disorders. Methods such as GenomicSEM can be used to refine PGS signals to be more disorder-specific, thereby enhancing their discriminatory power for future diagnostic applications.…”
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Comparison of metagenomic analysis of fecal and gastrointestinal tract samples for identifying beneficial gut microorganisms by Ji-Seon Ahn, Eui-Jeong Han, Hea-Jong Chung, Hea-Jong Chung, Hea-Jong Chung

“…Studies have shown that microbial communities across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are more diverse than those in feces, suggesting that microbial composition may vary depending on the sampling method. …”
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Learning Distinctive Feature Representation for Descriptors on Multimodal Images by Incorporating Multiple Negative Samples by Bohan Li, Yixuan Li, Yong Li, Guohan Zhang

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Secondary stroke evaluation in patients admitted for CRAO in a large national inpatient sample by Rukhsana G Mirza, Sahil Doshi, Jay B Bisen, Hanaina K Bains, Ariz Keshwani, Neena Cherayil

“…This study aims to understand the national stroke evaluation rates for patients with CRAO before 2021.Methods Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of inpatient admissions from the National Inpatient Sample between 2016 and 2021. …”
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Disruptive behaviors in early childhood: the influence of family practices and functionality in a Turkish sample by Merve Çıkılı Uytun, Esra Yürümez, Gökçe Yağmur Efendi, Hande Konşuk Ünlü, Serpil Aktaş Altunay, Didem Behice Öztop

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Prevalence and Reasons for Tooth Loss in a Sample from a Dental Clinic in Brazil by Andréia Affonso Barretto Montandon, Elizangela Partata Zuza, Benedicto Egbert Corrêa de Toledo

“…To evaluate the prevalence and reasons for teeth extractions in a sample from a dental clinic in Brazil. Methods. The prevalence of teeth mortality was analyzed by gender, age, tooth type and reasons for extraction on 800 teeth of 439 subjects, whose data was collected in clinical records in a convenience sample. …”
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A fault diagnosis model for pumping units based on small sample electric parameters by Chunhua Yuan, Zhupei Liao, Xiangyu Li

“…However, due to the difficulty in obtaining sufficient fault electrical parameter samples, intelligent methods find it difficult to learn the characteristics and patterns of electrical parameter data. …”
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Personality Traits as Predictors of Academic and Work Engagement in a Sample of Nursing Students and Professionals by Maja Kućar, Andreja Brajša-Žganec, Marijana Neuberg

“…Understanding how personality traits influence both AE and WE in this dual-role group may offer insights relevant for academic success and well-being in healthcare settings. <b>Methods</b>: The sample consisted of 230 nursing students from a public university in Croatia who were also working as nurses. …”
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Public awareness about common ocular diseases among a sample of Egyptian population by Esraa El-Mayah, Marwa M Zein, Ahmed S Hegazi, Eman O Abdelghany

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Soil lipid analysis by chromatography: A critical review of the current state in sample preparation by Gladys Arteaga-Clemente, María Araceli García-González, Mónica González-González

“…While sustainable sample preparation procedures are not yet fully implemented, the analysis of intact lipids by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry detection is becoming more common to avoid fractionation and derivatization. …”
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Development and validation of the Pain-Induced Comfort Eating Scale in a chronic pain sample by Amy L. Burton, Imogen O’Loughlin, Kris Rogers, Toby R. O. Newton-John

“…Valid and reliable assessment tools are needed to inform the development of effective treatments.Aims This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a new brief measure of pain-induced comfort eating in chronic pain, the Pain-Induced Comfort Eating Scale (PICES).Methods A sample of 166 patients with chronic pain completed an online test battery including the PICES along with measures of chronic pain and pain-related symptoms, disordered eating, and related psychological factors.Results Results of exploratory factor analysis revealed a single-factor model for the four-item PICES. …”
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An improved SMOTE algorithm for enhanced imbalanced data classification by expanding sample generation space by Ying Li, Yali Yang, Peihua Song, Lian Duan, Rui Ren

“…To address this gap, we propose an enhanced SMOTE algorithm (ISMOTE), which modifies the spatial constraints for synthetic sample generation. Unlike SMOTE, the proposed method first generates a base sample between two original samples. …”
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Relationship between Receipt of the Samples of Breast Milk Substitutes in Hospitals and Breastfeeding Practice in Japan by Kaho Hisamatsu, Keiko Nanishi, Midori Matsushima, Sumiyo Okawa, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…Conclusions: This study showed that more than 80% of mothers had received the samples of breast milk substitutes, and that receipt of the samples decreased the probability of their practicing exclusive breastfeeding. …”
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Sustainable HEalthy Diet practices: a cross-sectional analysis of an adult Greek sample by Ioanna Alexandropoulou, Arriana Gkouvi, Katerina Maria Kontouli, Symela Papadopoulou-Maniki, Alexandra Giannioti, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Tonia Vassilakou, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Maria G. Grammatikopoulou

“…The present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate adherence to a sustainable diet and the perceived environmental benefit of adopting a sustainable diet among adults in Greece. Methods The Sustainable HEalthy Diet (SHED) questionnaire evaluated sustainable nutrition practices and awareness in a sample of 607 adult Greeks recruited through social media. …”
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Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample by Uschenka Padayachey, S Ramlall, J Chipps

“…Participants with a poor subjective health rating were 21 times more likely to be depressed and widowhood conferred an almost fourfold increased risk of being depressed, with widows at greater risk than widowers. …”
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The Association between Myopia and Anxiety: A Bidirectional 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Waihang Wong, MD, Yimin Qin, MD, Chi Liu, PhD, Shiran Zhang, PhD, Yu Jiang, PhD, Yangfa Zeng, MD, Decai Wang, PhD, Lingyi Liang, PhD, Xiaotong Han, PhD

“…Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a significant causal relationship between GAD and a more myopic MSE, though the effect size was relatively small. …”
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Determination of Chlorogenic Acid, Caffeine and Antioxidant Capacities in Turkish-Style Coffee Bean Samples by Haydar Özpınar, Johanna Rebekka Morche, Harshadrai M. Rawel

“…However, in recent years, especially for young people, filter coffee has become more popular, instead of Turkish coffee. As is generally known today, climatic conditions and processing techniques have an impact on the constituents of coffee. …”
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