Nicotine-induced changes in surface properties of restorative materials and dental enamel: An in vitro study on flavored e-cigarette exposure by Maria Salem Ibrahim, Fatimah M. Alatiyyah, Abdulsalam M. Alsalman, Rayan F. Alzenidi, Ali A. Albattat, Ahmed S. Alkhaldi

“…Introduction This study aimed to assess the effects of various nicotine concentrations in flavored electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) on the surface roughness, microhardness, and color stability of restorative materials and enamel structure. Methods The study utilized nanohybrid packable resin composite restorations, resin-modified glass ionomer (RMGI), and dental enamel samples (n=10). …”
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MRI-based deep learning with clinical and imaging features to differentiate medulloblastoma and ependymoma in children by Yasen Yimit, Yasen Yimit, Parhat Yasin, Yue Hao, Abudouresuli Tuersun, Abudouresuli Tuersun, Chencui Huang, Xiaoguang Zou, Xiaoguang Zou, Ya Qiu, Ya Qiu, Yunling Wang, Mayidili Nijiati, Mayidili Nijiati

“…To mitigate class imbalance, we implemented data augmentation and employed K-fold cross-validation to enhance model generalizability. …”
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Adaptación y validación de una escala de fuentes de estrés en estudiantes peruanos de odontología by Paul Martín Herrera-Plasencia, Juana Rosmeri Salas-Huamaní, Oscar Mamani-Benito, Edison Effer Apaza-Tarqui, Josué Edison Turpo-Chaparro

“…Aiken's V coefficient was used to assess content-based validity, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess internal structure and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for reliability. …”
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Numerical simulation and experimental study of the temperature field of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 by selective laser melting by Congcong YUE, Ruixiang ZHANG, Wanting SUN, Dongzhou JIA, Ying FU, Xiangqing KONG

“…The samples demonstrated a microhardness of 398.08 HV and an ultimate tensile strength of 1529.5 ± 12.8 MPa, with overall mechanical properties being optimal. This scientific data is valuable for future SLM-based AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high-entropy alloy structure design, microstructure evolution, and mechanical property enhancement, contributing to the theoretical foundation for manufacturing high-quality eutectic high-entropy alloy products in industry.…”
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Evaluation of the therapeutic effect of estrogen replacement therapy combined with autologous serum therapy in controlling severe dry eye disease in perimenopausal women by Tao Li, Juan Tang, Xiao Wang, Zhiwu Lin, Changfen Li, Guogang Liu, Guibao Xiao

“…The HE staining results of the endometrium indicated that after intervention measures, the thickness of the endometrium in the ERT group and ERT + AS group significantly increased, the connective tissue arrangement of the endometrium was tight, the structure of the uterine glands was dense, and there was a single layer of columnar epithelium covered with circular uterine glands. …”
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Grape Value Chain Analysis with Emphasis on Raisin Crop in Hamedan Province by S.M. Seyedan, M. Motaghed

“…Materials and Methods In this research, data was collected from each agent (link in the chain) using a questionnaire. …”
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Measuring Faculty Excellence: Introducing a Model by Anoush Dehnadi Moghadam

“…There are various criteria for this evaluation, which generally focus more on research performance, while the main objective of hiring faculty members has been the development of education. The common structure of academic scoring,  rewarding  research  More than teaching (4). …”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…A library of 1463 natural compounds from AfroDb and NANPDB, prefiltered based on Lipinski’s rules, was used to screen against the LmPTR1 target. The X-ray structure of LmPTR1 complexed with NADP and dihydrobiopterin (Protein Data Bank ID: 1E92) was identified to contain the critical residues Arg17, Leu18, Ser111, Phe113, Pro224, Gly225, Ser227, Leu229, and Val230 including the triad of residues Asp181-Tyr194-Lys198, which are critical for the catalytic process involving the reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate. …”
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A Dual-Band Multi-Linear Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communication Systems by Dingzhao Chen, Foxiang Liu, Xuexuan Ruan, Yanhui Liu

“…A dual-line isolation structure is introduced to suppress mutual coupling between radiating units, ensuring cross-polarization levels (XPLs) better than <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>15.0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> dB across the operation bands. …”
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Gambaran Antropometri pada Penyakit Jantung Bawaan di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2010 -2013 by Muhammad Nadirsyah, Didik Haryanto, M. Setia Budi Zein

“…</p><p class="NoSpacing"><strong>Kata kunc</strong><strong>i:</strong> penyakit jantung bawaan, berat badan, tinggi badan, umur</p><p class="NoSpacing"> </p><p class="NoSpacing"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p class="NoSpacing"><em>Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is a disease with abnormalities in the structure and function of circulation that are present at birth. …”
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Learning strategies in nursing sciences: Analysis of gender disparities in a Moroccan educational context by K. Ait Moussa, S. Selmaoui, N. Ouzennou

“…Results: The findings indicate an overall homogeneity between genders in the use of cognitive, metacognitive, and affective tools, with a statistically significant but weak difference in the “Structuring-Reorganization” dimension (p = 0.044, small effect size). …”
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Pooled prevalence and associated factors of chronic undernutrition among under-five children in East Africa: A multilevel analysis. by Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Yigizie Yeshaw, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale

“…Mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was used to identify significant factors associated with chronic undernutrition since the DHS data has a hierarchical structure. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), Median Odds Ratio (MOR), Likelihood Ratio (LR)-test, and deviance was used for model comparison. …”
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CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF PARATEXTS IN UKRAINIAN TRANSLATIONS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES by Oksana V. Dzera

“…The most important translation of that time, the Peresopnytsia Gospel, is analysed to specify the following types of verbal paratexts: 1) identification, containing data on the commissioner/publisher and the translators, as well as the date and place of its creation; 2) informative, providing all additional information not found in the prototext, including brief paraphrases of the main text, dates of the church calendar, and information on the structure of the book; they are often mono-confessional and polemical; 3) meta-lingual, explaining Church Slavonic vocabulary in glosses with Ukrainian equivalents or providing Ukrainian synonyms for Ukrainian words. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of C2H2 zinc finger proteins in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) in different fruit development stages and under different... by Xie Zhengwan, Ji Qing, Lihu Wang, Ao Zhang, Shengxing Li, Sunyang Li, Mei Chen, Yang Jiayue, Ruifang Wang

“…Notably, the 77 ZjC2H2-ZFPs identified in this study lacked finger clusters comprising 10 or more repeats. The structure and protein motif analysis of ZjC2H2-ZFPs showed that most C1 subgroup members were enriched with ‘QALGGH’ motif zinc finger helices and the A1a ZjC2H2-ZFPs contained highly conserved ‘SATALLQKAAQMGS’ residues in jujube. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the NoMAD instrument in cancer care settings: assessing factorial validity, measurement invariance, and differential item functioning by Maja Kuharic, James Lorenz Merle, David Cella, Sandra A. Mitchell, Lisa DiMartino, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Don S. Dizon, Roshan Paudel, Jessica D. Austin, Sandra L. Wong, Ann Marie Flores, Andrea L. Cheville, Justin D. Smith, the IMPACT Consortium

“…Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the hypothesized four-factor structure (coherence, cognitive participation, collective action, reflexive monitoring). …”
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Transition to competent oral feeding in preterm infants: Analyzing timing and determinants by Gabriela Bolea Muguruza, Cristina de Frutos Martínez, M. Teresa Tamayo Martínez, Judith Martín Corral

“…Conclusions: Our findings highlight the importance of structuring the transition to oral feeding and identifying the most at-risk group, which in our study were infants with severe morbidity associated with prematurity, for the purpose of targeting potential interventions. …”
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Adherence to Medical Treatment in Elderly Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in the Settings of Primary Outpatient Care by S. K. Zyryanov, S. B. Fitilev, A. V. Vozzhaev, I. I. Shkrebneva, N. N. Shindryaeva, D. A. Klyuev, L. N. Stepanyan, A. M. Lutsenko, A. T. Tsai, A. A. Danilova

“…Medical history and structure of pharmacotherapy do not influence level of adherence in this population. …”
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Novel Tricarbonylrhenium-Anthrapyrazole Complexes with DNA-Binding and Antitumor Properties: In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacokinetic Studies with ^99mTc-Analogue by Georgios Paparidis, Melpomeni Akrivou, George Psomas, Ioannis S. Vizirianakis, Antonios Hatzidimitriou, Catherine Gabriel, Dimosthenis Sarigiannis, Dionysia Papagiannopoulou

“…Complex <b>ReL4</b> contains a picolylamine chelator, forming a complex with structure <i>fac</i>-[Re(CO)₃(<i>κ²</i>-N,N′)Br], which was synthesized as a model for <b>ReL2,</b> and its coordination mode was resolved by X-ray crystallography. …”
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Improved three-phase dynamic current mode logic-based D flip-flop design against power attacks(基于DyCML的改进型三阶段抗功耗攻击型D触发器) by 姚茂群(YAO Maoqun), 李聪辉(LI Conghui), 李海威(LI Haiwei), 陈冉(CHEN Ran)

“…Differential Power Attack (DPA) brings a significant security challenge for hardware, as it involves the examination of power consumption data from circuits to extract sensitive information. …”
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Root-Zone Salinity in Irrigated Arid Farmland: Revealing Driving Mechanisms of Dynamic Changes in China’s Manas River Basin over 20 Years by Guang Yang, Xuejin Qiao, Qiang Zuo, Jianchu Shi, Xun Wu, Alon Ben-Gal

“…Recommendations for secondary soil salinization risk reduction include regulation of the planting structure (crop choice and extent of planting area) and maintenance of a sufficient irrigation amount.…”
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