The effect of cigarette smoking and heated tobacco products on different denture materials; an in vitro study by Sara F. El Shafei, Ayman H. Amin, Eman G. Abdelghaffar, Sara Moataz, Fatma Makkeyah, Mohamed Shamel, Mahmoud Al Ankily

“…The surface roughness of the disc-shaped samples was measured before and after the experiment using the JITAI8101 surface roughness tester (Beijing Jitai Tech Detection Device Co., Ltd, China), and the color parameters were assessed before and after the experiment using VITA Easyshade Advance 4.01 (VITA shade, VITA made, VITA). Results The results showed that both conventional cigarette smoking and heated tobacco increased the surface roughness of the denture base disc samples. …”
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Social capital and physical activity: a literature review up to March 2024 by Zhendong Gao, Chen Soon Chee, Roxana Dev Omar Dev, Yutong Liu, Jianhong Gao, Rui Li, Fangyi Li, Xiaoxiao Liu, Tao Wang

“…This study aims to systematically review the literature up to 2024 on the relationship between social capital and physical activity, uncover the role of social capital in promoting physical activity, and identify its multidimensional impacts.MethodsWe used a combination of search terms including “social capital” and “physical activity” to search the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, SportDiscus, and PsychINFO databases for English literature published up to March 1, 2024.ResultsWe identified 2,021 unique articles and reviewed 115 studies that met our inclusion criteria. …”
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Effect of a tailor-made hydrotherapy on physical functions in patients after unilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty—A feasibility study by Wai-Wang Chau, Mei-Yan Lau, Tsz-Lung Choi, Gloria Yan-Ting Lam, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Kevin Ki-Wai Ho

“…Abstract Introduction Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is one of the treatment options for patients whose osteoarthritis involves one out of the 3 compartments. Patients who underwent UKA benefited from shorter hospital stays, better range of motion, and lower risk of postoperative complications compared with patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA). …”
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Ensemble learning to predict short birth interval among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016–2019 by Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay, Deje Sendek Anteneh, Henok Dessie Wubneh, Abraham Dessie Gessesse, Gebeyehu Fassil Gebeyehu, Kalkidan Kassahun Aweke, Mikiyas Birhanu Ejigu, Mathias Amare Sendeku, Kirubel Adrissie Barkneh, Hasset Girma Demissie, Wubshet D. Negash, Birku Getie Mihret

“…Results Random forest demonstrated the best performance with an accuracy 97.84%, recall of 99.70%, F1-score of 97.81%, 98.95% precision on test data and AUC (98%). …”
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Evaluation and Management of Patients with Hematoma After Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery by Bekir Kahveci, Mehmet Obut, Serhat Ege, Mete Sucu, Nurullah Peker, Osman Uzundere, Gaye Kahveci, Mehmet Sukru Budak

“…The decrease was statistically significant (p < 0.001). The mean hemoglobin was 10.6±2.1 g/dL at admission and 10.7±1.5 g/dL at discharge. …”
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Introducing a Coopetition Model for Domestic Airlines in Iran by Saedeh Ghayourisales, Mohsen Nazari, Mohammadali Shahhoseini

“…After conducting interviews with the 11th expert, we reached theoretical saturation, but for more certainty, the 12th expert was also interviewed. …”
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Search for Neutrino Signals Correlated with LHAASO Diffuse Galactic Emission by Wenlian Li, Tian-Qi Huang, Donglian Xu, Huihai He

“…In the template search, a mild excess of neutrinos is observed in the Galactic plane with a pretrial (posttrial) significance of 1.9 σ (1.1 σ ). The measured muon neutrino intensity at 25 TeV is $4.7{3}_{-2.51}^{+2.53}\times 1{0}^{-14}\,{{\rm{TeV}}}^{-1}\,{{\rm{cm}}}^{-2}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}\,{{\rm{sr}}}^{-1}$ , consistent with the expected neutrino flux assuming that all the diffuse Galactic γ -rays originate from hadronic interactions. …”
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Prevalence of β-lactam antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from a neonatal intensive care unit by Jian Zhou, Jingqian Zhou, Min Chen, Pan Lü, Chunming Jiang

“…In 62 strains (56.36%, 62/110), six genotypes (11 sub-genotypes) of 111 β-lactamase genes were identified. …”
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Socioeconomic factors and sex effects of postpartum maternal depression on offspring internalizing symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yang Geng, Wenlan Liu, Zhiying Yu, Hui Zhang, Yun Li, Weihua Zhao

“…After adjusting for socioeconomic factors, early nonconcurrent recurrence of postpartum depression was associated with greater odds of internalizing symptoms among adolescent girls than among boys (β = 0.03, 95% CI, 0.01–0.06); however, there was no statistical significance after adjusting for prenatal depression. …”
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Identifying neurobiological heterogeneity in clinical high-risk psychosis: a data-driven biotyping approach using resting-state functional connectivity by Xiaochen Tang, Yanyan Wei, Jiaoyan Pang, Lihua Xu, Huiru Cui, Xu Liu, Yegang Hu, Mingliang Ju, Yingying Tang, Bin Long, Wei Liu, Min Su, Tianhong Zhang, Jijun Wang

“…Despite the absence of overall FC differences between CHR and HC groups, each CHR biotype demonstrated unique FC abnormalities. …”
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Dosimetry of automatic non-coplanar volumetric-modulated arc therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Kaiqiang Chen, Jihong Chen, Yanming Cheng, Danni Hong, Cairong Hu, Penggang Bai, Jinyong Lin, Yang Yang, Xiuchun Zhang

“…However, the conformity index (CI) of the HA plans (0.75) was slightly lower than that of the TOMO plans (0.81, P ​< ​0.05). …”
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Beverage consumption modifies the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with ambient air pollution exposure by Chaonan Fan, Wenjuan Wang, Wenxue Xiong, Zhiyao Li, Li Ling

“…One interquartile range increase of PM2.5, NO2, and NOX raised the T2D risk with the hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) being 1.09 (1.03, 1.16), 1.14 (1.06, 1.21), and 1.09 (1.04, 1.15), respectively. …”
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Natural and Migration Balance of the Population in Sibiu County Between 1992 and 2021 by Raularian RUSU, Ciprian MOLDOVAN, Titus MAN, Elena-Manuela BÎRSĂNUC, Cosmina-Daniela URSU

“…The net migration rate, on the other hand, has been positive every year since 2006, reaching the highest value of 3.41‰ in 2019, right before the pandemic. The positive net migration rate determined also positive values of the total balance rate in Sibiu County between 2006 and 2019, reaching the highest value of 3.13‰ in 2019. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of metformin in 51 675 patients with type 2 diabetes and different levels of renal function: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir, Ann-Marie Svensson, Björn Eliasson, Linus Schioler, Björn Zethelius, Nils Ekström, Jan Cederholm, Junmei Miao Jonasson

“…Covariance adjustment and propensity scores were used to adjust for several baseline risk factors and characteristics at Cox regression.Results Compared with metformin in monotherapy, HRs for fatal/non-fatal CVD and all-cause mortality with all other OHAs combined (approximately 80% sulphonylureas) in monotherapy were 1.02 (95% CI 0.93 to 1.12) and 1.13 (1.01 to 1.27), while 1.18 (1.07 to 1.29) and 1.34 (1.19 to 1.50) with insulin in monotherapy, adjusting using propensity scores. …”
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Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

“…A significant correlation was observed between the MOAA/S scores and PSI values (Spearman correlation coefficient ρ = 0.742, P < 0.001). When patients were at the MOAA/S scores of 1 and 2, the median PSI was 50 (95% CI: 48 to 52).Conclusion: PSI provides a useful and real-time monitoring of sedation for elderly patients undergoing ERCP. …”
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Ultrasound outcomes and surgical parameters of the double-layer purse-string uterine closure technique in cesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized tri... by Mahsan Nabighadim, Maryam Vaezi, Mahsa Maghalian, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

“…Additionally, a shorter uterine incision length was observed in the PSUS group compared to the control group (MD -3.84, 95% CI -4.97 to -2.71; 4 trials, 438 participants, I² = 80%, suggesting substantial heterogeneity). …”
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High-altitude hypoxia aggravated neurological deficits in mice induced by traumatic brain injury via BACH1 mediating astrocytic ferroptosis by Peng Zou, Tianjing Li, Zixuan Cao, Erwan Yang, Mingdong Bao, Haofuzi Zhang, Zhuoyuan Zhang, Dan Liu, Min Zhang, Xiangyu Gao, Junmiao Ge, Xiaofan Jiang, Zhicheng Tian, Peng Luo

“…Down-regulation of Bach1 can effectively alleviate high-altitude TBI-induced neurological deficits and histopathological changes in mice. …”
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Trends and Variability of PM2.5 at Different Time Scales over Delhi: Long-term Analysis 2007–2021 by Chetna, Surendra K. Dhaka, Gagandeep Longiany, Vivek Panwar, Vinay Kumar, Shristy Malik, A. S. Rao, Narendra Singh, A. P. Dimri, Yutaka Matsumi, Tomoki Nakayama, Sachiko Hayashida

“…The long-term PM2.5 concentration showed an overall small but statistically significant decreasing trend with an average decrease of −1.35 (95% CI: −2.3, −0.47) µg m−3 year−1. Seasonal trends revealed a significant decreasing value of −3.05 µg m−3 year−1 (p < 0.1) for summer, an insignificant declining trend of −1.95 µg m−3 year-1 for monsoon. …”
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Identification of the primary pollution sources and dominant influencing factors of soil heavy metals using a random forest model optimized by genetic algorithm coupled with geodet... by Tong Liu, Mingshi Wang, Mingya Wang, Qinqing Xiong, Luhao Jia, Wanqi Ma, Shaobo Sui, Wei Wu, Xiaoming Guo

“…Pollution source 3 was linked to agricultural activities, with cultivated land density (CLD) contributing 39.1 %. As exhibited a high load (91.1 %) in this source, with an exceedance rate of 93 % in cultivated soil, a moderate enrichment factor of 2.33, and a strong ecological risk index of 615.72, making it the most polluted metal in the area. …”
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Mechanistic investigation and the optimal dose based on baicalin in the treatment of ulcerative colitis–A preclinical systematic review and meta-analysis by Jinchen Chong, Zepeng Chen, Jiaze Ma, Linhai He, Yijia Zhu, Zhihua Lu, Zhengxi Qiu, Chen Chen, Yugen Chen, Feng Jiang

“…Baicalin significantly modulated various biomarkers: HCS (SMD = -3.91), DAI (MD = -2.75), spleen index (MD = -12.76), MDA (SMD = -3.88), IL-6 (SMD = -10.59), IL-1β (SMD = -3.98), TNF-α (SMD = -8.05), NF-κB (SMD = -5.46), TLR4 (MD = -0.38), RORγ (MD = -0.89), MCP-1 (MD = -153.25), MPO (SMD = -7.34), Caspase-9 (MD = -0.93), Caspase-3 (MD = -0.45), FasL (MD = -1.20)) and enhanced BWC (MD = 0.06), CL (MD = 1.39), ZO-1 (MD = 0.44), SOD (SMD = 3.04), IL-10 mRNA (MD = 3.14), and FOXP3 (MD = 0.45) levels. …”
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