Effect of different concentrations of nanohydroxyapatite on tooth bleaching effectiveness and enamel bond strength by Laura Nobre Ferraz, Waldemir Francisco Vieira Júnior, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Maria Cecília Caldas Giorgi, Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar, Débora Alves Nunes Leite Lima

“…Data were submitted to ANOVA and Tukey's test (?=0.05). …”
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Designing Sustainable Asphalt Pavement Structures with a Cement-Treated Base (CTB) and Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA): A Case Study from a Developing Country by Oswaldo Guerrero-Bustamante, Rafael Camargo, Jose Duque, Gilberto Martinez-Arguelles, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza, Carlos Acosta, Michel Murillo

“…These structures include conventional flexible pavement, semi-rigid pavement, inverted base pavement, and simple composite pavement. Furthermore, each structure is evaluated under four varying contents of coarse RCA (i.e., 0%, 15%, 30%, and 45%) in their asphalt mixtures. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Flavonoid Biosynthetic Gene Families in <i>Paeonia</i> Species and Their Roles in Stamen Petalization of <i>Paeonia lactiflora</i> by Yanyi Zheng, Yongming Fan, Xiang Ji, Xiaopei Wu

“…</i> Genes belonging to the same family were commonly clustered on chromosomes and displayed highly conserved domain and motif compositions. The <i>cis-element</i> analysis identified <i>Cis</i>-acting elements associated with light, hormonal, and stress responses, implicating their regulatory roles in flavonoid biosynthesis. …”
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Combined Risk Stratification With Patient Characteristics and Biomarkers in Patients Treated With the Impella for Cardiogenic Shock by Yuichi Saito, Yuki Shiko, Kazuya Tateishi, Koichi Toda, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshio Kobayashi

“…The model was also tested if applicable to composite outcomes of in‐hospital death and major complications. …”
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Development of the dementia attitude scale focusing on well-being by Ichie Ono, Hisae Nakatani, Yuriko Inoue, Xuxin Peng, Hironobu Hamada

“…The composite reliability value for convergent validity, which was &gt;0.7, was higher than the average variance extracted value. …”
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Correlation between hs-CRP-triglyceride glucose index and NAFLD and liver fibrosis by Yuhui Zhou, Hao Lin, Xiaochun Weng, Huifang Dai, Jing Xu

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional study utilizing data from NHANES during the period from 2017 to 2020. …”
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Gene Flow and Abundance of a Tropical Fruit Fly in a Horticultural Landscape Mosaic in Eastern Australia Is Limited by Cleared Grazing Land and Area‐Wide Management by James L. Ryan, Anthony R. Clarke, Alexander M. Piper, Susan Fuller, Peter J. Prentis

“…We discuss the benefits of collecting simultaneous genetic and ecological datasets for informing and evaluating area‐wide management programmes for insect pests and highlight considerations in the spatial analysis of SNP data when effective population sizes are extremely large.…”
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Adaptation and validation of Chinese version of the creativity and innovation effectiveness profile by Siqi Ye, Xinyu Zhao, Zhehao Hu, Xinyue Zhang, Meiqi Meng, Yufang Hao, Xuejing Li

“…Methods The cross-cultural adaptation process involved forward-backward translation, expert reviews (using the Delphi method with 15 experts), cognitive interviews (n = 30), and psychometric validation. Data from 531 nursing students from two universities were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). …”
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The Influence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress on Ageism Among Undergraduates: Mediating Roles of Life Satisfaction, Gratitude, and Prosociality by Chen S, Wan Z

“…Finally, the study explores how DAS influences ageism both directly and indirectly through life satisfaction, gratitude, and prosociality.Design and Settings: A cross-sectional study conducted at 11 higher education institutions in Jiangxi, China.Participants: A total of 1,213 undergraduates participated in the study between July and August 2024. Following data cleaning, 1174 responses were included for analysis.Methods: Data were collected using online questionnaires. …”
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Association of urban green and blue space with accelerated ageing: A cohort Study in the UK Biobank by YiNi Wang, XinYu Shi, Fei Yang, ShengYuan Wang, TianShu Han, Kun Ma

“…Methods: Analyzed UK Biobank data (2006–2010) on 440,785 participants, focusing on urban green and blue space (UGBS). …”
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Predicting viral host codon fitness and path shifting through tree-based learning on codon usage biases and genomic characteristics by Shuquan Su, Zhongran Ni, Tian Lan, Pengyao Ping, Jinling Tang, Zuguo Yu, Gyorgy Hutvagner, Jinyan Li

“…This study demonstrates that the relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) of virus genomes together with other genomic properties are predictive of virus host codon fitness through tree-based machine learning. Statistical analysis on the RSCU data matrix also revealed that the wobble position of the virus codons is critically important for the host codon fitness distinction. …”
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To explore the association between the neutrophil percentage to albumin ratio and low bone mineral density/osteoporosis based on NHANES 2011–2018 by Tao Liu, Xianghan Hou, Yingjin Luo, Xuanang Jiang, Ke Gao, Jiale Lv, Liquan Wang, Yang Zhou, Zhijiang Fu, Zongchao Liu

“…This study is based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 2011 and 2018, including 10,961 eligible adults. …”
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Development of Automatic Inspection and Optimization Platform for Computer Numerical Control Machining Using Automatic Optical Inspection and Artificial Intelligence by Qi-Ren Lin, Bo-Cing Hu, Liang-Yin Kuo, Ting-Yi Shen

“…The system was tested on metals and composites and CNC lathes and milling machines. The AOI system significantly improved defect detection accuracy, exceeding 95% across different defect types. …”
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Newspaper Coverage of PVC Registration and Collection Against 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria by Obioma R. Ozioko, Andrew C. Apeh, Sunny E. Udeze, Emeka Williams Etumnu

“…A sample size of 168 was arrived at whereas the composite month sampling technique was employed for the study. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…Ring–recovery and harvest data are used to estimate fall age ratios under alternative reproductive models. …”
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Revitalization of necrotic mature permanent incisors with apical periodontitis: a case report by Emre Nagas, M. Ozgur Uyanik, Zafer C. Cehreli

“…Despite considerable focus on the regenerative endodontic treatment of immature teeth with necrotic infected pulps and apical periodontitis, little data exist with regard to its possible implementation in necrotic permanent teeth with complete apical and radicular development. …”
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Fracture Susceptibility in Non-Vital Apex Teeth Following Various Modified Apexification Procedure – An In Vitro Study by NJ Nagaraj, Peyush Pratap Singh Sikarwar, Debkant Jena, Rini Gangwal, Ipsita Mohanty, Adnan Haider Rizvi

“…Analysis of variance was used to examine the data. …”
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Rus’ian Scabbard-end from Byzantine Bosporos by Vadim Vladislavovich Maiko, Leonid Iur’evich Ponomarev, Svetlana Andreevna Kononova

“…The scabbard-end belongs to Kainov’s type IIIb2 of solid-cast copper sword scabbard- ends, which origins are related to the so-called ceremonial composite high sword scabbard-ends from the late-tenth or early-eleventh century, manufactured both in the southern and northern areas of Rus’ian state. …”
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The Link Between Physical Function, β-Amyloid, and Cognitive Aging in Women by Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo, Cassandra Szoeke

“…Cognition was evaluated longitudinally using the Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite (PACC) over 3.9 ± 2.6 years. Multiple linear regression, mediation analysis, and linear mixed-effects models were applied. …”
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Response surface methodological approach for optimizing the enzyme activity and enzymatically mediated bioprecipitation of heavy metals by alkaline phosphatase by Virendra Vaishnav, Tanushree Chatterjee, Manisha Agrawal

“…Variables were concentration of substrate ((p-NPP 14 to 17 mM), pH 8 to 10.5, and temperature (35 to 45oC). Statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to classify the competence of the developed model and revealed a good understanding between the experimental data and the proposed model. …”
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