Side Effects of Steroidal And Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on The Oral Cavity. by Shayma Ghazi, Khalid Yasin Rasul, Aras Khidhir Hamad, Aso Abdulkhaliq Khidhir, Lozan Khalil Ahmed

“…The data was expressed as         percentage and analyzed statistically using ANOVA and t-test. Results: The data showed that a majority of NSAIDs users complained of gingival bleeding (39%) and Xerostomia (32%), while corticosteroid users complained of fungal infection (50%), gingival inflammation (25%) and other less frequent side effects. …”
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The association between organizational culture and teachers’ organizational commitment in Bahir Dar Polytechnic College, the State of Amhara by Berhan Kefyalew Taye, Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel

“…Data were analyzed using descriptive (mean, standard deviations, and one sample t-test) as well as inferential statistics (correlation and multiple linear regression). …”
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Quality optimization of liquid silicon lenses based on sequential approximation optimization and radial basis function networks by Hanjui Chang, Shuzhou Lu, Yue Sun, Yuntao Lan

“…Experiments were conducted to validate the numerical results, employing nondestructive testing methods to assess residual stress and volume shrinkage. …”
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Development and Validation of Patient Information Leaflet for Schizophrenia by C. G. Deepak, Juno Jerold Joel, Shrinivasa Undaru Bhat

“…Conclusion: A draft PIL for patients with schizophrenia is prepared and validated. Further user-testing analysis is needed to evaluate the PIL’s efficiency in the target population.…”
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Recycling phosphate mine waste rocks in asphalt mixtures to fully replace natural aggregate: A preliminary study by Fadi Alhomaidat, Mazen J. Al-Kheetan, Sajedah M. Alosifat

“…The mixtures’ mechanical, microstructural, and synergistic properties were evaluated using the cantabro test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis, and the attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) analysis, respectively. …”
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Changes in the nutrient composition of top-selling packaged foods and beverages in Colombia between 2016 to 2021 by Luis Carlos Forero, Luis F. Gómez, Mercedes Mora-Plazas, María Parra-Murillo, María Parra-Murillo, Sara Toquica, Lindsey Smith Taillie

“…While a previous study examined the changes in the nutritional composition of beverage and food products offered in Colombia between 2016 and 2018, it is necessary to update this information to understand whether the industry anticipated labeling and tax regulations by reformulating products.MethodsThis study carried out a comparison of the content of selected nutrients of concern and non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) from the nutritional panels of 164 matched pairs of packaged foods and beverages from the top selling brands in Colombia in 2021 compared to 2016. McNemar’s test for paired data was used to evaluate changes in the proportion of each of the critical nutrients and NNS to be regulated.ResultsThere were no significant changes in sodium, saturated fat, trans fat, or free sugar in foods or beverages prior to policy implementation. …”
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SPAGRM: effectively controlling for sample relatedness in large-scale genome-wide association studies of longitudinal traits by He Xu, Yuzhuo Ma, Lin-lin Xu, Yin Li, Yufei Liu, Ying Li, Xu-jie Zhou, Wei Zhou, Seunggeun Lee, Peipei Zhang, Weihua Yue, Wenjian Bi

“…We also introduce SPAGRM(CCT) to aggregate the results following different models via Cauchy combination test. Extensive simulations and real data analyses demonstrated that SPAGRM maintains well-controlled type I error rates and SPAGRM(CCT) can serve as a broadly effective method. …”
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A unique case of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with synchronous pulmonary and dermatologic manifestations by Carlo Arevalo, Fernando Camacho, Joseph Modrak

“…Due to high oxygen requirements, tissue sampling was obtained by skin biopsy instead of bronchoscopy. After biopsy testing, prednisone 60 mg was started with posterior clinical and radiographic improvement. …”
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Importance of the 5’ untranslated region for recombinant enzyme production in isolated Bacillus subtilis 007 by Jana Senger, Adriana Schulz, Ines Seitl, Martin Heider, Lutz Fischer

“…This study investigated the isolated Bacillus subtilis 007 as a host for expressing three enzymes with potential application in the food industry. Firstly, testing the PaprE and P43 promoters and the corresponding 5’ untranslated regions revealed great differences in the production of the recently discovered β-galactosidase from Paenibacillus wnnyii. …”
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EFFECT OF ANCHOR BORROWER PROGRAMME ON FARM PRODUCE OF BENEFICIARIES IN LAPAI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA 2016-2021 by USMAN A. U., S. M. NIWORU, UMAR M

“…Regression analysis was employed to test null hypothesis 1 with an alpha level of 0.05 significance using SPSS20, while chi-square was utilized for null hypothesis 2. …”
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Valproic acid targets IDH1 mutants through alteration of lipid metabolism by Lubayna S. Elahi, Michael C. Condro, Riki Kawaguchi, Yue Qin, Alvaro G. Alvarado, Brandon Gruender, Haocheng Qi, Tie Li, Albert Lai, Maria G. Castro, Pedro R. Lowenstein, Matthew C. Garrett, Harley I. Kornblum

“…VPA inhibited the transcription of lipogenic genes and these lipogenic genes showed significant decreases in promoter chromatin accessibility only in the IDH1 MT glioma cell lines tested. VPA inhibited the mTOR pathway and a key lipogenic gene, fatty acid synthase (FASN). …”
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Socio-demographic disparities in global trends of lip and oral cavity neoplasms from 1990 to 2021 by Amr Sayed Ghanem, Ágnes Tóth, Attila Csaba Nagy

“…Statistical methods included Kruskal–Wallis tests, linear regression, joinpoint regression for trends, and Exponential Smoothing for forecasts (2022–2030), with analyses conducted in STATA and Python, and p < 0.05 as significant. …”
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EFFICACY OF TAX PAYERS’ PERCEPTION ON TAX COMPLIANCE LEVEL AMONG SMEs IN ILORIN METROPOLIS by Daud Omotosho Saheed, Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri, Majeed Ajibola Ibrahim, Ifedolapo Oluwasolape Omotosho

“…The formulated hypotheses were tested using regression and correlation analysis. …”
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Spi-VSTL: Image data collection platform using off-the shelf hardware for vertically supported crops in state-of-the-art glasshouses by Namal Jayasuriya, Malith Weerasekara, Oula Ghannoum, Yi Guo, Wen Hu

“…The proposed motorised platform has been tested with 30 kg, and speed was measured as an average minimum of 0.06 ms−1 and an average maximum of 0.47 ms−1. …”
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Radiative properties and QPOs around charged black hole in Kalb–Ramond gravity by Shokhzod Jumaniyozov, Muhammad Zahid, Mirzabek Alloqulov, Inomjon Ibragimov, Javlon Rayimbaev, Sardor Murodov

“…Also, we analyze the circular motion of test particles in the black hole spacetime. The effects of the black hole charge and KR parameters on the particles’ effective mass, energy, and angular momentum at circular orbits and innermost stable circular orbits are studied. …”
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Agenesis of Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) with Habitual Patellar Dislocation in Adolescent Woman with Cerebral Palsy – A Case Report by Nurul Hidayah, Felix Giovanni Hartono, Bramta Putra Manyakori, Agus Sari Budaya

“…Furthermore, the physical examination revealed positive adam's forward bending test and left knee cap dislocation with positive patellar J-sign at 90°. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults by Lingying Le, Ziwei Lan, Chenxi Chen

“…Subgroup analysis and interaction tests have been carried out. Results A total of 7,795 individuals with an average PHQ-9 level of 3.27 ± 4.25 were analyzed. …”
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Evaluation of Salivary Nickel, Chromium and Iron Ions in Patients Treated with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances in Vivo Study by Dilpak Khursheed Hamad, Bayan Abdulla Hassan

“…Statistical analysis was performed by nonparametric tests (Friedman) and one way repeated measures ANOVA. …”
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Developing non-aqueous slurry for CO2 capture by Sahar Foorginezhad, Xiaoyan Ji

“…Here, [MEACl][EDA] with (1:5) molar ratio is mixed with ethylene glycol (EG) to form a non-aqueous DES solution, and the DES is further immobilized into the mesoporous silica to form a composite and then mixed with the DES-EG solution to make a slurry. The CO2 capture tests demonstrated 15 wt.% capture capacity at 22 °C and 1 bar, and efficient sorption and desorption rates (0.34 and 0.38 mol CO2/(kg sorbent·min) within the initial 2 min). …”
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Ground-based Reconnaissance Observations of 21 Exoplanet Atmospheres with the Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager by Ryan J. Oelkers, Luke M. Schmidt, Erika Cook, Mary Anne Limbach, D. L. DePoy, J. L. Marshall, Jimmy Ardoin, Mitchell Barry, Evan Batteas, Alexandra Boone, Brant Conway, Silvana Delgado Adrande, John D. Dixon, Enrique Gonzalez-Vega, Alexandra Guajardo, Landon Holcomb, Christian Lambert, Shravan Menon, Divya Mishra, Jacob Purcell, Zachary Reed, Nathan Sala, Noah Siebersma, Nhu Ngoc Ton, Raenessa M. L. Walker, Z. Franklin Wang, Kaitlin Webber

“…This work also describes the various statistical tests performed on the data to evaluate the efficacy of the CMI method and the ETSI instrument in combination. …”
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