Psychometric Properties of Sinhala Version of Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF MPQ-2-Sin) among Patients with Cancer Pain in Sri Lanka by Nirosha P. Edirisinghe, Thamasi R. Makuloluwa, Thamara D. Amarasekara, Christine S. E. Goonewardena

“…Content validity was tested using expert opinion, and face validity, by interviewing patients with cancer pain. Factor structure was tested through a factor analysis, and reliability, by internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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Effect of different light-curing techniques on hardness of a microhybrid dental composite resin by Alessandra Nara de Souza Rastelli, Ricardo Scarparo Navarro, José Roberto Cury Saad, Marcelo Ferrarezi de Andrade, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato

“…Material and Methods: One halogen Curing Light 2500 (3M Espe) and one LED (MM Optics) were used by direct and indirect (0, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mm of dental structure) techniques during 40 and 60 seconds. The samples were made with FiltekTM Z250 in a metallic mould with a central orifice (4 mm in diameter, 2 mm in thickness). …”
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Tumor tissue samples collection for scientific research in morphology and molecular oncology by O. R. Khabarov, B. D. Seferov, K. A. Aliev, D. V. Zima, E. P. Golubinskaya, E. Yu. Zyablitskaya

“…Also, tissue fragments with normal structure or non-tumor pathology (autoimmune thyroiditis, adenomatous and thyrotoxic goiter, benign formations of the colon, fibrocystic disease of the mammary glands, benign prostatic hyperplasia, endometrial hyperplasia) were used as control samples or comparison groups. …”
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Distribution of University Admission Quotas: Problems of Competitive Selection Process by L. M. Nurieva, S. G. Kiselev

“…In order to ensure maximum compliance of the structure of training of specialists with the needs of the economy in personnel, the Ministry of Education and Science of theRussian Federation annually establishes admission quotas in universities on the basis of regional development forecasts. …”
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Radon survey in kindergartens and schools of Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan by S. V. Muminov, B. B. Barotov, M. M. Makhmudova, F. A. Khamidov, M. Z. Akhmedov, U. M. Mirsaidov

“…When comparing the results of measurements of radon equilibrium equivalent concentration with data on the geological structure of underlying rocks at the locations of the surveyed buildings, no regularity was found. …”
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A cross-sectional study of self-rated health among older adults: a comparison of China and the United States by Dongjuan Xu, Greg Arling, Kefang Wang

“…In the overall ordered logistic regression model, when controlling statistically for sociodemographics, family structure, functional limitations, cognition, chronic conditions, mental health and health-related behaviours, the Chinese survey respondents were much more likely to rate their health as being poorer than the US respondents. …”
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THE SUMMER TEMPERATURES FORECAST BY THE METHOD OF SINGULAR-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA IN 2019-2023 by A. A. Tashilova, B. A. Ashabokov, L. A. Kesheva, N. V. Teunova

“…Using of the first twenty main components (MC20) made it possible to study and restore the internal structure of the entire time series as accurately as possible for a subsequent forecast for 5 years. …”
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Emotions d’élus et découpage territorial. Recompositions intercommunales dans l’aire urbaine havraise by Lilian Loubet

“…The cognitive sciences are also brought into play in order to analyse the cognitive structure of mayoral emotions. Every mayor of the inter-municipality who “joined the resistance” took part in semi-directive interviews carried out in the city hall on condition of anonymity. …”
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Letter from Editor by Carlos Vargas

“…In seismology two importants submissions deploy, in one hand, an analysis of the Rayleigh-wave ellipticity to determine the local crustal structure (based in Spain) and an analysis of two-dimensional principal components during the earthquake which took place in Papua New Guinea on 7 July 2013, in the other hand. …”
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Research on a Quantitative Evaluation Method for Reservoir Damage Induced by Waterflooding Rate Sensitivity in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Zhaoyu Duan, Yongchao Xue, Ziyao Zhang, Lan Yang, Yongji Cai

“…This research investigated changes in reservoir pore–throat structure before and after waterflooding through laboratory experiments. …”
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LCFC-Laptop: A Benchmark Dataset for Detecting Surface Defects in Consumer Electronics by Hua-Feng Dai, Jyun-Rong Wang, Quan Zhong, Dong Qin, Hao Liu, Fei Guo

“…However, these datasets differ significantly in structure, defect types, and imaging conditions from those specific to consumer electronics. …”
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CONSIDERATION ABOUT A CONSERVACIONIST STUDY ABOUT THE MICRO BASINS HYDROGRAPHICS OF THE RIVERS DOS APERTADOS AND TRÊS BOCAS, NORTH OF PARANÁ – BRAZIL by Walquíria Machado, Ricardo Aparecido Campos, Nilza Aparecida Freres Stipp

“…The identification of the different kinds of predominant vegetables informs, chiefly, about the level of soil protection, since the vegetation is responsible for the protection against the impacts of the raindrops (splash), by the reduction of the speed of surface outflow (runoff), through the increasing of the land ruggedness and greater soil structure constitution that may offer greater resistance to the action of the erosive processes. …”
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3D Printing in Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review by Vishnu Senthil

“…It can mimic and reproduce the complex structure from severe to complicated cases into a physical model that can be used in preoperatively surgical planning of joint arthroplasty. …”
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Problems of search and diagnosis of carbonatites on the territory of Ukraine by Василь Загнітко

“…In addition, they contain typomorphic minerals such as apatite, nepheline, alkaline pyroxenes and amphiboles, tantalo-niobates, rare earth carbonates, etc. isotope and geochemical data, in particular, the isotopic composition of carbon, oxygen, strontium. …”
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An economic evaluation of first-line cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from a German healthcare payer pers... by Malte Kuniss, Lucy Hillcoat, Joe Moss, Florian Straube, Jason Andrade, Oussama Wazni, Gian Battista Chierchia, Lukas Schwegmann, Eleni Ismyrloglou, Alicia Sale, Stuart Mealing, Tom Bromilow, Emily Lane, Damian Lewis, Andreas Goette

“…The CEM structure consisted of a hybrid decision tree and Markov model. …”
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Mutations in CHMP2B in lower motor neuron predominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). by Laura E Cox, Laura Ferraiuolo, Emily F Goodall, Paul R Heath, Adrian Higginbottom, Heather Mortiboys, Hannah C Hollinger, Judith A Hartley, Alice Brockington, Christine E Burness, Karen E Morrison, Stephen B Wharton, Andrew J Grierson, Paul G Ince, Janine Kirby, Pamela J Shaw

“…Microarray analysis of motor neurons from CHMP2B cases, compared to controls, showed a distinct gene expression signature with significant differential expression predicting disassembly of cell structure; increased calcium concentration in the ER lumen; decrease in the availability of ATP; down-regulation of the classical and p38 MAPK signalling pathways, reduction in autophagy initiation and a global repression of translation. …”
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Rapid microwave assisted synthesis of AgNPs using Acacia ferruginea leaf extract and strategic interventions against the microbial symphony by Jeevitha M., Vinodhini Subramaniyam, Moorthi Pichumani, Shubashini K. Sripathi

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the crystalline nature of the AgNPs, with a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. The nanoparticles were small and spherical (average size 13.65 nm), with a large truncated octahedron shape as per HR-TEM analysis. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Lamellar Macular Holes by Roberto dell’Omo, Mariaelena Filippelli, Serena De Turris, Andrea Govetto, Pasquale Napolitano, Ermanno dell’Omo, Ciro Costagliola

“…Among noninvasive techniques, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is considered the primary examination modality to study LMHs, given its ability to image foveal structure and its widespread availability. OCT also allows to resolve the epiretinal materials associated with LMH, i.e., tractional epiretinal membranes (ERMs) and epiretinal proliferation (EP). …”
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Comparison of immunohistochemical characteristics of prognostic markers expression in non-metastatic and metastatic invasive endometrioid endometrial carcinoma by A. V. Chepets

“…Endometrial cancer occupies the sixth place among oncological morbidity structure in women worldwide. The aim. To compare the expression levels of estrogene receptors – α and progesterone receptors, regulatory proteins p16 and p53, a marker of proliferation Ki-67 and the apoptotic degradation enzyme caspase-3, matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP 9) and its tissue inhibitor TIMP-1 in tumor and stromal cells of the invasive non-metastatic endometrioid endometrial carcinoma and also in invasive metastatic endometrioid endometrial carcinoma. …”
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Morphometric and histological characteristics of the stomach and reproductive organs in Japanese quail by Dramou Foromo, Ezeldien Sahar, Ziad Ahmad Alabdallah, S.B. Seleznev

“…In addition to studying the histological structure of the stomach, ovary, and testes. The Japanese quail's stomach was characterized by an age-related staging of formation, with the glandular part growing most intensively until 30 days and the muscular part forming only at 90 days. …”
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