Association of oral health knowledge, self-efficacy and behaviours with oral health-related quality of life in Chinese primary school children: a cross-sectional study by Jie Zhao, Ting Wang, Jiwei Wang, Jingya Wang, Rui Huang, Nan Jiang, Hongyan Shi, Yongyi Liu, Yuxin Zhang, Xiaoming Xu

“…Pearson’s correlation analyses were used to analyse the relationship between study variables. Structural equation models were used to test the inter-relations between OHRQOL and oral health behaviour-related factors.Results Four hypothetical structural equation models were tested and one of them was selected as the most appropriate model, which explained 15.0% of the variance in OHRQOL. …”
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The Growths of Different Fern Plants were Enhanced by the Inoculations of a Plant Endophytic Bacterium Burkholderia seminalis Strain 869T2 by Hau-Hsuan Hwang, Pei-Ru Chien, Fan-Chen Huang, Chih-Lin Wu, Liang-Yu Chen, Shih-Hsun Walter Hung, Chieh-Chen Huang

“…Ferns represent a primitive lineage within the vascular plant kingdom characterized by distinct reproductive and structural traits that set them apart from seed-bearing plants. …”
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Investigation of potential toxicity associated with long-term amitriptyline exposure: Evidence from genomics by Jiachen Liu, Zihan Li, Zebin Deng, Yinhuai Wang, Fei Deng

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Machine learning powered predictive modelling of complex residual stress for nuclear fusion reactor design by Bin Zhu, Nathanael Leung, Brandon Steel, David England, Yinglong He, Andrew J. London, Hannah Zhang, Michael Gorley, Yiqiang Wang, Mark J. Whiting, Tan Sui

“…Here, we develop a novel ML framework based on the Eurofer97 steel, the structural material for in-vessel components. The ML framework is trained on high-resolution residual stress data derived from recently-developed evaluation techniques. …”
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Bioactivity descriptors for uncharacterized chemical compounds by Martino Bertoni, Miquel Duran-Frigola, Pau Badia-i-Mompel, Eduardo Pauls, Modesto Orozco-Ruiz, Oriol Guitart-Pla, Víctor Alcalde, Víctor M. Diaz, Antoni Berenguer-Llergo, Isabelle Brun-Heath, Núria Villegas, Antonio García de Herreros, Patrick Aloy

“…The broad release of bioactivity data has prompted enriched representations of compounds, reaching beyond chemical structures and capturing their known biological properties. …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…Data synthesis Narrative data synthesis was performed. …”
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Deep representation learning of electrocardiogram reveals biological insights in cardiac phenotypes and cardiovascular diseases by Ming Wai Yeung, Rutger R. van de Leur, Jan Walter Benjamins, Melle B. Vessies, Bram Ruijsink, Esther Puyol-Antón, J. Peter van Tintelen, Niek Verweij, René van Es, Pim van der Harst

“…We found definitive associations of the latent factors to conduction, rhythm, and structural disorders (all p < 4.51 × 10−308) and additionally value in mortality prediction. …”
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Pirfenidone for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Beyond by Alberto Aimo, Giosafat Spitaleri, Dari Nieri, Laura Maria Tavanti, Claudia Meschi, Giorgia Panichella, Josep Lupón, Francesco Pistelli, Laura Carrozzi, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Michele Emdin

“…Myocardial fibrosis is a common feature of several heart diseases and the progressive deposition of extracellular matrix due to a persistent injury to cardiomyocytes may trigger a vicious cycle that leads to persistent structural and functional alterations of the myocardium. …”
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EDF1 accelerates ganglioside GD3 accumulation to boost CD52-mediated CD8+ T cell dysfunction in neuroblastoma by Di Li, Meng Li, Zhenjian Zhuo, Huiqin Guo, Weixin Zhang, Yile Xu, Hai-Yun Wang, Jiabin Liu, Huimin Xia, Huiran Lin, Jue Tang, Jing He, Lei Miao

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Druggable proteins of Alistipes reveal promising antimicrobial targets against chronic intestinal inflammation by Saman Sohail, Ayesha Wisal, Sobia Rana, Rao Muhammad Abid Khan, Asad Ullah, Farooq-Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Imran, Paulo V. S. D. Carvalho, Renato Rozental, Farzana Shaheen, Farzana Shaheen, Syed Shah Hassan, Syed Shah Hassan

“…ADMET profiling for best hits and MD simulation for apo/complex structures were performed, followed by physicochemical and pharmacokinetic evaluation and complex stabilities.Results and DiscussionA set of 39 potential proteins was drastically reduced to only two targets after sequential data mining. …”
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Characteristics of shale reservoir development under the influence of sedimentary differentiation: A case study of the Cambrian Qiongzhusi Formation in the Deyang-Anyue rift trough... by Wenyi Chen, Bo Wang, Zhenxue Jiang, Dandan Wang, Hui Long, Wenlei Liu, Dadong Liu

“…This study adopts a multidisciplinary approach to investigating this issue that integrates core analysis, well-log interpretations, and geochemical data. Through systematic comparisons conducted using X-ray diffraction mineralogy, organic carbon quantification, and spontaneous imbibition experiments, we characterize the mineral assemblages, organic geochemical signatures, and pore structures found across the three structural domains of the Deyang–Anyue Rift Trough. …”
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Longitudinal Overlap and Metabolite Analysis in Spectroscopic MRI-Guided Proton Beam Therapy in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma by Abinand C. Rejimon, Anuradha G. Trivedi, Vicki Huang, Karthik K. Ramesh, Natia Esiashvilli, Eduard Schreibmann, Hyunsuk Shim, Kartik Reddy, Bree R. Eaton

“…Methods: Thirteen pediatric patients under 21 years old with supratentorial WHO grade III-IV glioma underwent baseline and serial whole-brain spectroscopic MRI alongside standard structural MRIs. Radiation targets were defined using T1-weighted contrast enhanced, T2-FLAIR, and Cho/NAA ≥ 2X maps. …”
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The Role of Endoscopy in the Postoperative Management of Patients Treated for Esophageal Atresia: 20 Years of Experience by Francesco Grasso, Fabio Baldanza, Sara Pernicone, Marco Pensabene, Maria Sergio, Maria Rita Di Pace

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Endoscopy plays a well know role in managing patients treated for esophageal atresia (EA), allowing the detection and treatment of complications such as anastomotic strictures, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and other structural abnormalities, during the critical first year of life. …”
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Assessment for Thermal Conductivity of Frozen Soil Based on Nonlinear Regression and Support Vector Regression Methods by Fu-Qing Cui, Wei Zhang, Zhi-Yun Liu, Wei Wang, Jian-bing Chen, Long Jin, Hui Peng

“…This study provides feasible prediction models for frozen soil thermal conductivity and guidelines of the thermal design and freeze-thaw damage prevention for engineering structures in cold regions.…”
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SPICE-Compatible Degradation Modeling Framework for TDDB and LER Effects in Advanced Packaging BEOL Based on Ion Migration Mechanism by Shao-Chun Zhang, Sen-Sen Li, Ying Ji, Ning Yang, Yuan-Hao Shan, Li Hong, Hao-Gang Wang, Wen-Sheng Zhao, Da-Wei Wang

“…The time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) degradation mechanism, governed by the synergistic interaction of multiphysics fields, plays a pivotal role in the performance degradation and eventual failure of semiconductor devices and advanced packaging back-end-of-line (BEOL) structures. This work specifically focuses on the dielectric breakdown mechanism driven by metal ion migration within inter-metal dielectric layers, a primary contributor to TDDB degradation. …”
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A Satellite Full-Waveform Laser Decomposition Method for Forested Areas Based on Hidden Peak Detection and Adaptive Genetic Optimization by Fangxv Zhang, Xiao Wang, Leiguang Wang, Fan Mo, Liping Zhao, Xiaomeng Yang, Xin Lv, Junfeng Xie

“…Laser waveform data that contain rich three-dimensional structural object information hold significant value in forest resource monitoring. …”
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Influence of final irrigation with titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles on the fracture resistance of endodontically treated roots by Mohamed I. Ebrahim, Fahd M. Hadhoud, Ali A. Alqarni, Shaimaa M. Al Harthi, Hassan T. Shawli

“…Background: Titanium dioxide (TiO2NP) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been recognized for their ability to enhance the structural integrity of dental materials. This study aimed to compare the influence of these nanoparticles on the structural resilience of treated root canals. …”
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Comparative Transcriptomics Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus-Infected Cell Model Systems by Haibin Ma, Zhenzhen Zheng, Min Liu, Mengsi Zhang, Xiaoyun Qu, Jingqiang Ren, Ming Liao

“…The FMDV genome, composed of single-stranded RNA, consists of approximately 8500 nucleotides and harbors a single open reading frame (ORF) encoding both structural and non-structural proteins vital for the virus’s pathogenicity and replication. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in Cats With and Without Ultrasonographic Evidence of Renal Infarction by Scott D. Gibson, Bianca N. Lourenço, Metzere Bierlein De la Rosa, Amanda E. Coleman, Chris McLaughlin, Allison Arne, Tonya L. Harris, Christianna Ziccardi, Shelly L. Vaden

“…Occult heart disease was defined as structural heart disease without clinical signs of congestive heart failure. …”
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Method and Mathematical Modeling of Formation of Gradually and Homogeneously Oriented Linear Polymers by Levan Nadareishvili, Roland Bakuradze, Jimsher Aneli, Manana Areshidze, Ineza Pavlenishvili, Liana Sharashidze, Giorgi Basilaia

“…The scientific basis of these developments is the concept of a new structural state of linear polymers—a gradually oriented (stretched) state (GOS), the essence of which is set out briefly. …”
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