Genes of Inflammation and Placental Function GWAS Associated with Idiopathic Recurrent Miscarriage in the Kazakh Population by Alexandra Murtazaliyeva, Gulnara Svyatova, Galina Berezina, Gulfairuz Urazbayeva, Aigerim Sadyrbekova

“…Results: It was found that the carriage of unfavourable genotypes (G/C, C/C) for the G5163C polymorphism of the APOC3 gene increases the risk of developing iRM by three times (odds ratio = 3.0; 95% CI = 2.24–4.07). …”
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Incorporating specific sambo exercises into distance learning for high school students aged 15-16 by Valeriia Zakharevich, Georgiy Korobeynikov, Olena Nesen, Abdulaziz Xamidjonov

“…The experiment lasted for 8 weeks (with sessions three times a week), during which specific sambo exercises were applied in a remote format during physical education lessons. …”
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Comparison of the Manual, Semiautomatic, and Automatic Selection and Leveling of Hot Spots in Whole Slide Images for Ki-67 Quantification in Meningiomas by Zaneta Swiderska, Anna Korzynska, Tomasz Markiewicz, Malgorzata Lorent, Jakub Zak, Anna Wesolowska, Lukasz Roszkowiak, Janina Slodkowska, Bartlomiej Grala

“…The results of scoring the Ki-67 index using optical scoring under a microscope, software for Ki-67 index quantification based on hot spots selected by two pathologists (resp., once and three times), and the same software but on hot spots selected by proposed automatic methods were compared using Kendall’s tau-b statistics. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Immunotherapy with Interferon-Gamma in the Management of Chronic Sulfur Mustard-Induced Cutaneous Complications: Comparison with Topical Betamethasone 1% by Yunes Panahi, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Seyyed Masoud Davoudi, Mojtaba Amiri, Fatemeh Beiraghdar

“…Forty subjects who were suffering from chronic skin complications of SM and were diagnosed to have severe atopic dermatitis, were assigned to IFN-γ (50 μg/m2) subcutaneously three times per week (n=20) or betamethasone valerate topical cream 0.1% (n=20) every night for 30 days. …”
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Electronic patient-reported outcome measures using mobile health technology in rheumatology: A scoping review. by Jaclyn Shelton, Sierra Casey, Nathan Puhl, Jeanette Buckingham, Elaine Yacyshyn

“…Generic ePROMs were used over three times more often than disease-specific ePROMs. …”
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Soil-Rock Slope Stability Analysis under Top Loading considering the Nonuniformity of Rocks by Huang Xian-Wen, Zhi-Shu Yao, Wang Bing-Hui, Zhou Ai-Zhao, Peng-Ming Jiang

“…The values of N in slopes with angular rocks were about three times higher than those with round rocks which was due to complex geometric shape and distribution characteristics of angular rocks. …”
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Effect of Footwear Versus Barefoot on Double-Leg Jump-Landing and Jump Height Measures: A Randomized Cross-Over Study by Kim Hébert-Losier, Caleb Boswell-Smith, Ivana Hanzlíková

“…Participants performed the LESS three times in two randomized conditions: footwear and barefoot. …”
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Tempering temperature effect on the static and impact properties of 51CrV4 and 55Cr3 spring steels by Gülcan Toktaş, Adem Biçer

“…The quenching/tempering processes resulted in strengths that were two to three times higher and lower hardening capacities below 0.05 in comparison to the normalizing treatment. …”
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Study design and protocol of a low to high intensity computer-based cognitive training at home in supplement to standard care in patients with AD by Bernard Croisile, Samar Dimachki, Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Hanna Chainay

“…The patients follow training in one of three conditions: once a week in SLT office only (regular condition) and once a week in SLT office plus one or three times per week at home. The trainings’ content in SLT office and at home is identical. …”
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Amniotic Membrane as a Main Component in Treatments Supporting Healing and Patch Grafts in Corneal Melting and Perforations by Katarzyna Krysik, Dariusz Dobrowolski, Edward Wylegala, Anita Lyssek-Boron

“…In one evaluated treatment type, a graft of amniotic membrane, often folded one to three times, was sutured with the epithelial side facing the previously mechanically debrided corneal tissue. …”
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In vitro evaluation and comparison of the abrasive capacity of zirconia whitening toothpaste at different concentrations on the radicular dentin surface of human teeth by Miranda Stavileci, Teuta Pustina, Besir Salihu, Jacques Veronneau, Xhevahir Bajrami, Afrim Gjelaj

“…After crown removal, root dentin samples were randomly divided into four experimental groups based on zirconia toothpaste concentration: Group A (10 samples) brushed for 5 min with 0.5 % zirconia toothpaste, Group B (10 samples) with 1 %, Group C (10 samples) with 2 %, and the last 10 samples with 5 %.Before brushing, specimens were weighed three times using a precision analytical scale and measured with a Profile Projector. …”
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Calculation of the Optimal Magnetic Duty Cycle for a Graded Coaxial Magnet of a Rotary Type Magnetic Refrigerator by Chih-Hao Lee, Pai-Hsiang Cheng, Keh-Chyang Leou, Chih-Ming Hsieh, Yu-Chuan Su

“…Compared to a pure Gd AMR system, it is demonstrated that more than three times the increase in the cooling capacity can be achieved.…”
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Face Detection Using Hybrid SNN-ANN to Process Neuromorphic Event Stream by Waseem Shariff, Paul Kielty, Joe Lemley, Peter Corcoran

“…This hybrid SNN-ANN architecture achieves up to three times higher computational efficiency compared to equivalent traditional ANN methods, significantly reducing computational complexity while maintaining accuracy. …”
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Improving fruit traits of 'Braeburn' apples in low-altitude regions: The impact of foliar spray and rootstock interactions by Leili Habibzadeh, Mahdi Alizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Sharifani

“…Furthermore, ProCa was also applied in four concentrations (0, 125, 250, and 500 mg/L), one month before harvest (three times with 10-day intervals). Findings: The results showed that M.9 rootstock led to larger fruit diameters compared to MM.111, but overall physical traits remained unchanged. …”
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The Effect of Balance, Mindfulness, and Combined Exercises on Psychological Well-being and Fear of Falling in Inactive Elderly by Armin Farokhi, Ali Yaghobian, Mahdi Najafian Razavi, Amir Moghadam

“…Subsequently, those in the intervention groups participated in balance exercises, mindfulness exercises, or combined exercises for 16 sessions, each lasting 60 minutes (three times a week), according to their group's protocol. …”
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The Correlation between Intraorifice Distance and the Anatomical Characteristics of the Second Mesiobuccal Canal of Maxillary Molars: A CBCT Study by Isabella Perondi, Silvio Taschieri, Martino Baruffaldi, Roberto Fornara, Luca Francetti, Stefano Corbella

“…When the root length was higher than 14.56 mm, the confluence is three times more frequent than when the length is lower (OR = 3.635). …”
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Health Care Costs attributable to Hospital-diagnosed Back Pain: A Longitudinal Register-based Study of the Danish Population by Rikke Søgaard, Jan Sørensen

“…**Conclusion:** At the disease stage where back pain leads to contact with specialised health care, diseased individuals appear to use on average three times more health care than non-diseased individuals. …”
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The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department by M. Czarnogorski, J. Brown, V. Lee, J. Oben, I. Kuo, R. Stern, G. Simon

“…The rate of occult HIV infection is nearly three-times higher in those who decline routine ED HIV testing compared with those who accept such testing. …”
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Investigating the effect of neighboring buildings’ orientation and the passage on the amount of energy consumption (case example: common residential buildings in Tehran) by Meysam Zekavat, Mansoure Tahbaz, Mohammad Reza Hafezi

“…This is approximately three times the ideal building's energy consumption. …”
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Immunological efficiency of Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosyl ribitol phosphate combined with detoxified lipooligosaccharide in a rabbit model by Amin Arsang, Seyed Davar Siadat, Masoumeh Saberpour, Farshad Nojoomi

“…Rabbit groups were immunized with PRP (10 µg), dLOS (20 µg), and PRP-dLOS combine (10 µg+20 µg) three times on days 0, 14, and 28. Serum samples were acquired on days 0, 14, and 28 post-immunization, then IgM and IgG levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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