Assessment of the Removable Orthodontic Treatment Outcome Using Peer Assessment Rating Index by Mohammed Hussain Saleh, Omar F. Chawshli, Rebin Ali Mohammed Amin

“…Results: On the basis of weighted PAR criteria, the difference between scores before and after treatment was significant for anterior maxillary segment (P<0.001), overjet (P<0.001), overbite (P<0.001), midline (P<0.001), buccal occlusion in transverse and anteroposterior direction (P<0.01). …”
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A Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) e a Formação Continuada de Professores by Lucas Portilho Nicoletti, Vinícius Denardin Cardoso, Arlete Guisso Scaramuzza Portilho Nicoletti

“…Ela sofre inúmeras críticas de diversos setores e atores, porém é um documento homologado pelo Ministério da Educação e deve ser cumprido. …”
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Differential expression of “A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 10” in hepatocellular carcinoma and the noncancerous hepatic tissues: Contribution to HCV-promoted hepatocarcinogene... by Amal Abd El Hafez, Basem H. Elesawy, Heba S. E. I. Hany

“…An extent and intensity-dependent scoring was applied dividing samples into high- and low-expression groups. …”
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Como um problema se torna público? Anotações pragmatistas a partir da marcha da maconha no Brasil by Marcílio Dantas Brandão

“… Recuperando antigas reflexões dos filósofos pragmatistas Dewey e Mead, este texto discorre sobre a natureza do público e suas particularidades em relação ao social e ao estatal, mas também busca – a partir do retorno ao trabalho do sociólogo Joseph Gusfield – discutir o processo pelo qual aspectos da realidade se tornam sensíveis para que diferentes setores da sociedade demandem a assunção de responsabilidades estatais. …”
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Rethinking Advanced Driver Assistance System taxonomies: A framework and inventory of real-world safety performance by Ksander N de Winkel, Michiel Christoph

“…Categorizing systems by either functional class or interaction type revealed central tendencies favoring safety of longitudinal control and intervening systems, while comfort-enhancing systems showed detrimental effects.From the categorizations, we derived dimensions urgency and level of control, scoring individual ADAS! accordingly. A linear model based on these dimensions (pseudo-R2=0.103) explained a similar amount of variance as the categorizations (functional class: 0.140, interaction type: 0.087). …”
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EFFECT OF TRAINING ON CAREER PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS (NSCDC) PERSONNEL IN KADUNA STATE COMMAND by LEKSHUM SUNDAY AMOS

“…There was no significant difference in the mean scores of training programmes and effect on career performance of NSCDC personnel in Kaduna Command. …”
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Headline-Guided Extractive Summarization for Thai News Articles by Pimpitchaya Kositcharoensuk, Nakarin Sritrakool, Ploy N. Pratanwanich

“…Experiments on publicly available Thai news datasets demonstrate that CHIMA outperforms baseline models across ROUGE, BLEU, and F1 scores. These results highlight the effectiveness of incorporating the headline-body similarities as model guidance. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ESG PRACTICES ON THE RISK PORTFOLIO OF LISTED OIL AND GAS FIRMS IN NIGERIA USING A MULTILAYERED CRITERION by Joseph Olorunfemi Akande

“…Utilizing a correlational research design, data was collected from eight firms meeting inclusion criteria, focusing on ESG scores as independent variables, with Firm Size as a control variable, and risk-adjusted returns as the dependent variable. …”
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Effects of local infiltration of analgesia and tranexamic acid in total knee replacements: safety and efficacy in reducing blood loss and comparability to intra-articular tranexami... by Harish Sivasubramanian, Cheryl Marise Peilin Tan, Lushun Wang

“…The postoperative day (POD) 1 and discharge day flexion angles, POD 1 and POD 2 visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, gait distance on discharge and length of hospitalisation stay were largely similar in the two groups. …”
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Study of Physiochemical Properties of Local Wheat Cultivars and Their Effect on White Layer Cake Quality by Shano Abdulrahman Omer, Dlir Amin Saber

“…Finally, the Control and Adana have scored the highest values for sensory evaluation. …”
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Financial inclusion and inflation in Southeast European countries by Kokorović-Jukan Meldina, Kozarević Emira, Zukić Vesna

“…More inclusive financial systems contribute to poverty reduction, decrease in inequalities among different income groups leading to economic growth, and economies more resilient towards macroeconomic shocks. Purpose: This paper aims to assess the relationship between financial inclusion and inflation in Southeast European countries, focusing on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, and Turkey in the period from 2011 to 2021. …”
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Color Stability of Orthodontic Elastomeric Ligatures in the Oral Environment: A Clinical Trial by Marzieh Mazhari, Mehdi Yaghoubi Ashrafi, Sara Gholamian, Mehrnaz Moradinejad

“…Discoloration of ligatures was scored in the oral cavity by orthodontists and patients on the day of placement (T0) and 28 days later (T1). …”
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Characteristics of temper tantrums in 1–6-year-old children and impact on caregivers by Warangkana Prutipaisan, Issarapa Chunsuwan, Tippawan Hansakunachai, Paskorn Sritipsukho

“…The mean emotional burden scores of the children’s problematic and nonproblematic temper tantrums on their parents were 23.3±8.4 and 17.7±8.3 (maximum, 55; P=0.001), respectively, showing a statistically significant difference. …”
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Effect of different regional anaesthesia techniques on postoperative analgesia following percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Kun Long, Chengfu Zhou, Jingqiu Liang, Xixi Tang, Zhijian Li, Qi Chen

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed pain scores at 2, 6, 12 and 24 h postoperatively, as well as occurrences of postoperative nausea and vomiting. …”
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STUDENTS’ INTRINSIC MOTIVATION USING GAME-BASED ACTIVITIES by Nestor L. Lasala Jr

“…The survey results revealed a significant difference in the IMI scores of respondents (u = 327, N = 69, p = 0.05), and the integration of GBAs in ecosystem lessons for Grade 7 significantly improved students’ intrinsic motivation. …”
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The effect of intervention based on adapted mental health literacy curriculum on attitude and help-seeking intention in high school students in Iran by Zahra Saboohi, Mahnaz Solhi, Mozhgan Lotfi, Malihe Nasiri

“…Results: The study used the repeated-measures ANOVA to assess the changes in the mean attitude and help-seeking intention scores between the intervention and control groups. …”
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Effect of laser and light emitting diode bleaching techniques on micro-leakage of dental composite postoperatively using two different bonding systems by Shalaw S. Jawhar, Bassam K. Amin

“…All data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests (p < 0.05) Results: The results of the present study showed that the control group presented lower micro -leakage values compared with the groups treated with bleaching agents. When the scores of micro-leakage of the six subgroups were compared, the differences among the groups were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). there was no significant difference found between the adhesive systems after treatment with the same bleaching techniques. …”
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Exploiting question-answer framework with multi-GRU to detect adverse drug reaction on social media by Jiao-huang Luo, Ai-hua Yang

“…Our method achieved F1-scores of 81.3% and 73.3% on the two datasets, respectively, while consistently maintaining a higher recall.…”
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Effectiveness of citizen inquiry approach in promoting environmental knowledge of young people by Micheal Obakhavbaye

“…The data is analyzed using descriptive and t-test statistics to evaluate the difference in means between test scores before and after the intervention. The t-test results reveal a statistically significant difference in the procedural knowledge (t(4) = 4.355, p = 0.006), the declarative knowledge (t(18) = 10.762, p < 0.001), and the overall knowledge (t(23) = 11.688, p < 0.001) of the participants as measured by the pre-posttest. …”
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Preventive aspects and patient satisfaction with laser aided gingivectomy versus conventional method. An in-vivo comparative study by Aras Maruf Rauf, Ara Omer Fattah

“…The mean ranks of the post-operative pain scores among patients of the surgery group were significantly higher than laser group (p < 0.001). …”
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