Effect of salivary urea, pH and ureolytic microflora on dental calculus formation and its correlation with periodontal status by Liberia L. D'souza, Sandeep A. Lawande, James Samuel, Maria Jose Wiseman Pinto

“…Clinical parameters such as plaque index, gingival index, pocket probing depth and clinical attachment level and salivary pH were recorded for each subject. Saliva samples were collected to evaluate the urea levels using autoanalyzer method. …”
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Augmented Anterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligament Repair in Ankle Fractures and the Postoperative Effect on 3D Syndesmotic Volumes by Blake Moore MD, Ashley Suttmiller

“…Augmenting TR fixation with a repair of the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (TR+AITFL) has been proposed to reconstruct the syndesmosis more accurately. Clinical studies using this technique, however, are limited. …”
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Estimation of Predictive Cytokine Interleukin-18 Level in Serum of Ischemic Heart Disease Patients by Using Enzyme-Linked Immune Sorbent Assay by Duha Alaa Hassan, Hayfaa Mahmood Fahad

“…Conclusion: In conclusion, IL-18 is a pleiotropic proinflammatory cytokine. Males were more frequently observed than females among IHD patients. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated From Dairy Cows in Xinjiang, China by Kuojun Cai, Min Xu, Lu Liu, Hongqiong Zhao

“…AMR and virulence genes were more prevalent in known human isolates than in new isolates. …”
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Investigating the Influencing Factors on the Fashion Choices among the Girls Aged 15-20 in Shahrekord-Iran by Elaheh Gholipour, Roshanak Davari, Pinky Chadha

“…The purpose of this research is to determine the factors affecting fashion trends among girls. Methods: This applied research is descriptive-survey in terms of method. …”
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Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Intellectually Disabled Individuals in Bandar Abbas County, Southern Iran by Abbas Pakmehr, Mostafa Omidian, Habibollah Turki, Mohammad Fararouei, Bahador Sarkari

“…Demographic features of the subjects including age, sex, intellectual disability type, and duration of their stay in the center were recorded. A stool sample was taken from each subject and evaluated by direct wet mount and formalin-ethyl-acetate concentration methods. …”
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Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled Pilot Study of Naproxen During Dental Implant Osseointegration by Hattanas Kumchai, Daniel I. Taub, Ryan E. Tomlinson

“…Results After 4 weeks, ISQ values increased modestly ( + 1%) in subjects receiving naproxen whereas subjects receiving placebo had a much larger increase in ISQ value (+41%). We observed 55% more marginal bone loss at 4 weeks, and 52% at 16 weeks in the naproxen group compared to the placebo group. …”
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Awareness of Interventional Radiology among Clinical Years’ Medical Students and Medical Interns at University of Hail by Rahaf Albaqawi, Meshael Alreshidi, Dalal Alshubrami, Halah Alrasheedi, Fayez Alreshidi, Ibrahim Alrashidi

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The sample size was calculated through the Raosoft sample size calculator website. …”
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Circulating miRNAs as Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Changzhou Cai, Yiming Lin, Chaohui Yu

“…Circulating miRNAs, especially miR-122, might be promising diagnostic biomarkers for NAFLD with high-accuracy, and more large-sample studies are required to support the above findings in the future.…”
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Investigating inter-thalamic adhesion in cadavers: Anatomical insights and radiological correlations by Suma Dnyanesh, Shilpa M. Bhimalli, Rajendra Mali, Anjali Patil, Dnyanesh K

“…Results: The ITA was present in 90% of the samples. Out of the total sample, 38 brains were from female individuals, with an ITA absence observed in only 2 cases (5.2%). …”
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FEATURES OF THE INFLUENCE OF LOW LEVELS OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN by Borys V. Mykhailychenko, Andrii M. Biliakov, Alina O. Pletenetska

“…This study is motivated by the need to improve existing standards, especially given the varying legal limits for intoxication around the world and the cognitive risks that occur even at low blood alcohol concentration levels. Materials and methods. A sample of 42 healthy volunteers (men and women aged 21–63 years) participated in the assessment of attention by the "arrangement of numbers" method. …”
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Dance Training and the Neuroplasticity of the Vestibular-Ocular Reflex: Preliminary Findings by Raghav H. Jha, Erin G. Piker, Miranda Scalzo, Diana Trinidad

“…Given the study’s small sample size and the inclusion of non-fulltime dancers, future research with larger samples of professional dancers is needed for enhanced generalizability. …”
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Population trends and variation in body mass index from 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort. by Jason P Block, S V Subramanian, Nicholas A Christakis, A James O'Malley

“…After exclusions, the final sample size was 4569 subjects with 28,625 observations. …”
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REMOTE, HYBRID AND ON-SITE WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS IN BULGARIA: INTERACTIONS AND INFLUENCE ON WELL-BEING, WORK ENGAGEMENT AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE by Vihra Naydenova, Viktoriya Nedeva-Atanasova

“…The Bulgarian sample showed good levels of engagement compared to other cultures. …”
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Microstructural investigation of low-activity and high-activity aluminide coatings fabricated by vapor phase aluminizing on IN792 superalloy by Ali Azari Beni, Saeed Rastegari

“…The results showed that the thickness of coated samples increased with using more coating powder input from 21.3 μm for 20 g to 68.7 μm for 100 g. …”
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Expression changes in the fibulin family in gastric cancer: A Systematic Review by Mahsa mahdizadeh, Zeinab Mohammadi, Seyyed Mehdi jafari

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in fibulins in gastric tumor tissue compared to control samples. Methods: In this systematic review, a search was conducted on June 21, 2024, in alignment with the guidelines set forth by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. …”
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Effect of Varying Concentration of Kefir Grains on the Microbial, Physiochemical, Antioxidant and Sensory Properties of Water Kefir Fermented Drink by Adya Anisha, Sharma Prashant, Chadha Muskan, Kumar Sunil, Singh Karuna, Shukla Ratnakar

“…The chemical, microbial antioxidant and sensory analysis revealed that the sample C was more desirable in all the aspects as compared to sample A and B with pH: 3.8±0.01; titratable acidity (TA): 0.041±0.001 meq/mL and water activity: 0.947±0.003 Aw. …”
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Eco-friendly synthesis of copper sulphide nanoparticles using rice starch water and their photocatalytic application for Congo red dye degradation by Nitin Mishra, U.P.S. Gahlaut, Y.C. Goswami

“…For instance, the 1:1 Cu: S ratio sample (Sample A) produced larger, denser clusters, while those prepared using greater sulfur content—Samples B (1:4) and C (1:7)—were more porous and layered in shape. …”
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Diamond-like carbon films over reconstructive TMJ prosthetic materials: Effects in the cytotoxicity, chemical and mechanical properties by Alecsandro de Moura Silva, Viviane Maria Gonçalves de Figueiredo, Renata Falchete do Prado, Gabriela de Fátima Santanta-Melo, Milagros del Valle El Abras Ankha, Luana Marotta Reis de Vasconcellos, Argemiro Soares da Silva Sobrinho, Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges, Lafayette Nogueira Junior

“…Increasingly more young patients have been submitted to reconstruction of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ), so, the prostheses must to present more functional longevity. …”
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Under-estimated burden of pertussis among middle and older-aged adults: A longitudinal seroepidemiological study in Taiwan during 2014–2020 by Ming-Han Tsai, Chih-Jung Chen, Lan-Yan Yang, Yu-Bin Pan, Hsiang-Ju Shih, Chyi-Liang Chen, Cheng-Hsun Chiu

“…Additionally, if the anti-PT IgG levels were measured as geometric mean titers, malignancy was found to be more common in cases with seropositivity compared with those without (P = 0.0085). …”
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