Accuracy of Bone Height and Thickness Measurements in Cone Beam Computed Tomography in the Presence of Porcelain Fused to Metal (PFM) Crowns by Atefeh Gholampour, Melika Mollaei, Mona Alimohammadi, Sara Yaghoubi, Abolfazl Hosseinnataj, Zahra Mollazadeh

“…Findings: There was no significant difference between the direct measurement and the baseline image in the measurement of bone height and thickness. …”
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Risk factors and prediction model of breast cancer-related lymphoedema in a Chinese cancer centre: a prospective cohort study protocol by Yue Wang, Xin Li, Ying Wang, Hongmei Zhao, Qian Lu, Yujie Zhou, Liyuan Zhang, Aomei Shen, Jingru Bian, Wanmin Qiang, Jingming Ye, Hongmeng Zhao, Yubei Huang, Zhongning Zhang, Peipei Wu

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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Guided Intervention (MINDxYOU) for Reducing Stress and Promoting Mental Health Among Health Professionals: Results From a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Ra... by Yolanda López-del-Hoyo, Selene Fernández-Martínez, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé, Alberto Barceló-Soler, Loreto Camarero-Grados, Carilene Armas-Landaeta, José Guzmán-Parra, Vera Carbonell, Daniel Campos, Xinyuan Chen, Javier García-Campayo

“…Different interventions, including those based on third-wave psychotherapy principles (ie, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance), have proven to be effective in reducing stress in this population. …”
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Interventions to increase utilisation of advanced care planning documentation for hospitalised older adults by Laura E Walker, Anne Liwonjo, Deepi G Goyal

“…Intervention 2 emphasised documentation of the advance care planning note. The third intervention used a structured approach led by administrators at daily multidisciplinary huddles and identified patients with an Elderly Risk Assessment score of 16 or greater as targets for advance care planning documentation.Results From a baseline performance under 10%, we increased to greater than 80% of patients with Elderly Risk Assessment scores of 16 or higher having documented advance care planning. …”
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Temperature Changes of Pulp Chamber during In Vitro Laser Welding of Orthodontic Attachments by Eren İşman, Rıdvan Okşayan, Oral Sökücü, Serdar Üşümez

“…A freshly extracted human third molar with eliminated pulpal tissues was used. …”
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Five-Month Observation of Persistent Diabetic Macular Edema after Intravitreal Injection of Ozurdex Implant by Dominik Zalewski, Dorota Raczyńska, Krystyna Raczyńska

“…The average thickness of the retina at baseline was 632 μm, the medial BCVA was 0.8 logMAR, and corrected intraocular pressure was 13.7 mmHg. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Web Survey Response Rates in the UK Millennium Cohort Study by Charlotte Booth, Erica Wong, Matt Brown, Emla Fitzsimons

“…The incentive boosted the response rate by 7 percentage points, from a baseline of 24%, with a stronger effect observed in those who had taken part in the most recent major wave. …”
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Dance Evaluation Based on Movement and Neural Network by Yan Lei, Xin Li, Yi Jiao Chen

“…The experimental data is obtained from dance videos on the Internet, and the experimental results are analyzed from five aspects: loss function value, comparison of different baselines, evaluation of sequence generation effect, user research, and quality evaluation of real-life dance videos. …”
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Transcriptomics profiling of Parkinson’s disease progression subtypes reveals distinctive patterns of gene expression by Carlo Fabrizio, Andrea Termine, Carlo Caltagirone

“…ML revealed that the progression subtype with the worst prognosis can be predicted at baseline with 0.877 AUROC, yet the contribution of gene expression was marginal for the prediction of the subtypes. …”
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Evaluating the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with Aflibercept Based on a Regional Network of Ophthalmologic Care Givers by Haidar Khalil, Siegfried Mariacher, Rupert Strauss, Dominika Podkowinski, Klemens Waser, Matthias Bolz

“…BCVA improved significantly by 5.8 letters between baseline and the final visit from 70.4 letters at baseline (p=0.004). …”
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Identification of lesion location and discrimination between benign and malignant findings in thyroid ultrasound imaging by Xu Yang, Hongliang Geng, Xue Wang, Lingxiao Li, Xiaofeng An, Zhibin Cong

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Insulin Therapy with Personal Insulin Pumps and Early Angiopathy in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Joanna Tołwińska, Barbara Głowińska-Olszewska, Artur Bossowski

“…HbA1c in the entire group was found to improve in the second and in the third examination. During 6 months of CSII, FMD increased and IMT decreased. …”
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Acceptance and commitment therapy reduces perceived ostracism in suicidal patients by Emilie Olié, Manon Malestroit, Véronique Brand-Arpon, Philippe Courtet, Deborah Ducasse

“…Mindfulness training, which is at the core of third-wave behavioral therapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), might reduce social distress and inhibit negative affect. …”
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Neoadjuvant everolimus in renal angiomyolipoma with or without tuberous sclerosis complex: Results from a multicenter, retrospective study by Ruopeng Su, Tingxuan Huang, Liangyou Gu, Yige Bao, Zhihong Liu, Pinghong Dao, Lin Yao, Xiaoyi Hu, Guanghou Fu, Jitao Wu, Thibault Tricard, Guangyu Wu, Minfeng Chen, Chancan Li, Zhiyang Huang, Bing Zheng, Yonghui Chen, Wei Xue, Gang Guo, Pei Dong, Jiwei Huang, Jin Zhang

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Influence of Community-Based Interventions on Routine Immunization Uptake among Children Under Five Years in Ntungamo District-Uganda by Topher, Byamukama, Margaret, Keraka, Eliphas, Gitonga

“…Structured and key informant interviews were used as data collection tools. Phase one provided baseline data before the intervention, the second phase was a community-based intervention, and the third phase was post-intervention evaluation. …”
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Research on the Genetic Improvement Effects of Lodging Resistance-Related Traits in Maize Core Germplasm by Kaizhi Yang, Jian Tan, Qiyuan Zhang, Tianhang Bai, Shuna Zhou, Junheng Hao, Xinling Yu, Zhenyuan Zang, Dan Zhang

“…The genetic improvement effects, combining ability, and heterosis of three lodging resistance-related traits (stem tension, puncture strength, and crushing strength at the third internode) were analyzed. Regarding genetic improvement, the results indicated that all three traits were significantly improved in the improved lines compared to the baselines, with improvements increasing in each round. …”
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The Effects of Light-to-Moderate Alcohol Consumption on the Cognitive Function of Community Nondemented Male Elderly: A Cohort Study by Zhang Yan, Zhang Yingjie, An Na, Qiu Qi, Li Wei, Wang Wenzheng, Sun Lin, Xiao Shifu

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Evaluation of Clinical Effectiveness and Subjective Satisfaction of a New Toothbrush for Postsurgical Hygiene Care: A Randomized Split-Mouth Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Marco Montevecchi, Annalisa Moreschi, Maria Rosaria Gatto, Luigi Checchi, Vittorio Checchi

“…All patients introduced the test toothbrush at surgical site at third day; the control toothbrush was introduced within a mean of 9 days. …”
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Cushing’s disease with twin pregnancy and diabetes mellitus: a case report and literature review by Hideyasu Asai, Ikuo Yamamori, Shigeru Hagimoto, Kyoichi Okumura, Koki Sakakibara

“…Therefore, we reported the third case of CD in a twin pregnancy and reviewed the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges associated with CD during pregnancy.…”
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Share on vk Share on google_plusone_share Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services Changes in the structure of the fungal soil community induced by contamination with... by L.R. Biktasheva, S.Y. Selivanovskaya, P.Y. Galitskaya

“…The addition of oil to the soil induced an approximately two-fold decrease in the abundance of fungi with its subsequent restoration up to the baseline level in samples S and C. In sample D, however, it remained low throughout the experiment. …”
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