Two contemporaneous morphs of fossil Chanos Lacepède, 1803 (Gonorynchiformes, Chanidae) from Paleocene (Danian) outcrops near Palenque (Mexico) revealed by geometric morphometrics... by Alberto Guadarrama, Kleyton M Cantalice

“…Extant milkfish are highly variable in meristic and morphometric traits, and we found a signal for quantitative variation with geometric morphometrics tools in the fossil sample. We first dealt with post-mortem body torsion and missing landmarks. …”
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Cervical vertebrae staging in pre-orthodontic patients in Benin City, Nigeria by I.N. Ize-Iyamu

“…Result: The average age of participants was 14±1.5 years with an almost equal gender distribution. Cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) stage 3 was the most frequently occurring with 26.7% of the sample population. …”
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Morphometric analysis of collagen and inflammatory cells in periodontal disease by Golijanin Ranko, Kujundžić Bojan, Milosavljević Zoran, Milovanović Dragan R., Anđelković Zlatibor, Obrenović Miroslav, Nikolić Radivoje

“…While the disease advanced, collagen and fibroblast volume density decreased almost twice in the severe cases compared to the control ones, but a significant variation was observed within the investigated groups. …”
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Efficiency of the Original Methods of Using Medicines and Early Enteral Nutrition in the Complex Treat­ Ment of Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Andryushchenko V., Andryushchenko D., Kunovsky V., Mahlovany V.

“…Antisecretory treatment of a sample of 73 patients (women ­ 38, men ­ 35, aged 34 ± 2.4 to 47 ± 11.2 years), divided into two groups, was provided. …”
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Navigating Social Identity: A Study of Acculturation Processes among Afghan Adolescents in Yazd, Iran by Ali Ruhani, SeyedAlireza Afshani, Khadijeh Fuladi, Shakila Moradi, Bahar Amini Lari, Saba Samadian

“…The data analysis process involved open, axial, and selective coding techniques.Participants: The study sample consisted of 21 Afghan adolescents, comprising 15 males and 6 females. …”
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A Novel Principles+ Framework for Improving User Experience of Augmented Reality by Tenia Wahyuningrum, Aditya Tama Isdiarto, Robert Hendra Yudianto, Rajermani Thinakaran

“…In other words, users who are using AR for the first time and those who have used AR before feel almost the same user experience. The user experience score measured using the UMUX-Lite questionnaire showed that the group of users who had never used AR had a user experience score of 78.15, while the group who had ever used AR was 71.10, which means good. …”
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The interference and elimination of nitrite on determination of total urinary protein by Pyrogallol Red–Molybdate method by Shijian Fan, Jiaqing Liu, Yu Wei, Jie Yao, Juan Cheng, Yang Tong, Qiang Zhou, Yuanhong Xu

“…Methods: A total of 120 urine samples were collected and categorized into four groups (0 - < 100, 100-<500, 500-<1000, ≥1000 mg/L) based on total urinary protein concentration. …”
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Intervención educativa sobre higiene bucal en adolescentes by Dania Benítez Baile, Maritza Garbey Regalado, Ana María Gutiérrez González, Ana Milagro Landaves Betancourt, Elizabeth Gómez Pérez

“…The oral hygiene improved in 68.75% of the sample. A change of attitude towards oral hygiene was noticed in almost all teenagers and this confirmed the effectiveness of this method.     …”
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Doctor-patient communication in obesity disease - the perspective of Polish primary care physicians by Iwona Drozdowska, Antonina Doroszewska, Tomasz Pasierski

“…The prevalence of obesity, the age of patients affected, and the range of associated comorbidities suggest that general practitioners will engage with this patient group extensively throughout their professional careers. …”
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Histological evaluation of platelet rich plasma and hydroxiapatite in apexogenesis: Study on experimental animals by Danilović Vesna, Petrović Vanja, Marković Dejan, Aleksić Zoran

“…The inflammatory reaction was scored as mild to moderate, in almost all the samples in all groups, suggesting the biocompatibility of the used materials. …”
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Myths and Misconceptions about Oral Health Practices among Adult Slum Dwellers of South India – A Cross-sectional Study by Roopali M. Sankeshwari, Anil V. Ankola, Abhra Roy Choudhury, Atrey J. Pai Khot, Nera K. Binu, Siddhi Prabhu, Sushruthi Panakanti, Nang Nalika Moungkhom

“…Results: There were 218 females and 182 males selected for the study and most of them belonged to the age group of 26–40 years. Almost 79% of people believed that cleaning and scaling could lead to loosening of teeth. …”
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Investigating Antimicrobial Resistance and ESBL Producing Gene in Klebsiella Isolates among Neonates and Adolescents in Southern Bangladesh by Afroza Akter Tanni, Nahid Sultana, Wazir Ahmed, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Sajjad Hossain Noyon, Md. Mobarok Hossain, Adnan Mannan

“…Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are a rapidly evolving group of β-lactamase enzymes derived from SHV genes by mutations. …”
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The Effect of Bioregulators Isolated from Blood Serum and Cornea of the Bovin’s Eye on the Condition of Tissue and Cells of the Rabbit Corneas during Cultivation and Storage by M. S. Krasnov, V. P. Yamskova

“…In the control samples, the epithelial layer partially exfoliated, the endothelial layer was almost completely lysed. …”
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Abundance, Diversity and Phenology of Mosquito Larvae in a Highly Anthropized Wetland: Health and Management Implications of Gándaras de Budiño (NW Spain) by Yasmina Martínez‐Barciela, Alejandro Polina, Josefina Garrido

“…Generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) revealed that both larval abundance and species richness were positively related with maximum ambient temperature and negatively with the mean relative humidity of the 15 days prior to the sampling date. Although almost all functional groups contain some mosquito capable of transmitting diseases, only Cx. pipiens s.l. …”
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Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Hazards of Substance Abuse among Adolescent Boys of Higher Secondary School by Perkash Kour

“…The sample of 60 students studying 10th standard were selected using purposive sampling technique consists of adolescent age of 16-17yrs, from selected govt. higher secondary school Srinagar J&K. …”
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Does endemic mammal conservation in Jamaica conflict with maintaining biocultural heritage? by Samuel T. Turvey, Orlando F. Robinson, Clare Duncan, Rosalind J. Kennerley, Susan Otuokon

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Pathogenic bacterial taxa constitute a substantial portion of fecal microbiota in common migratory bats and birds in Europe by Anbu Poosakkannu, Yanjie Xu, Kati M. Suominen, Melissa B. Meierhofer, Iben H. Sørensen, Jesper J. Madsen, Betty Plaquin, Matthieu Guillemain, Emmanuel Joyeux, Oskars Keišs, Thomas M. Lilley, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Arto T. Pulliainen

“…These pathogen ASVs accounted for 45% of all the ASVs and statistically were more frequent at higher latitudes and in younger age groups. In 36 samples, more than >90% of all the PacBio reads were assigned to these pathogenic genera. …”
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Music festivals in small and medium-sized Spanish cities: between place dependency and spatial unboundedness, ongoing festivalization and processes of financialization by Carmen Vázquez-Varela, Diego A. Barrado-Timón, José M. Martínez-Navarro

“…The former type is mostly dominated by classical, flamenco, jazz/blues, and traditional/world music festivals, while the latter consists almost exclusively of pop/rock and urban multi-style festivals. …”
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Chronic coronary artery disease: aspects of recording and coding in clinical practice (results of a survey of physicians) by I. V. Samorodskaya, R. N. Shepel, E. P. Kakorina, O. M. Drapkina

“…This article presents the results of a survey of cardiologists (group 1) and internists/general practitioners/family physicians (group 2). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on traumatic brain injury emergency department visits, interfacility transfer and mortality in the United States, 2016–2020: a cross-sectional study by Henry Xiang, Bo Lu, Biche Osong, Jonathan I Groner, Lawrence J Cook, Eric A Sribnick, Megan Armstrong, Sydney Gilkey, Robin Alexander, Rachel M Stanley

“…Patients with TBI treated at rural hospitals had significantly higher odds of mortality (OR=1.95, CI=1.58–2.40) than those at urban hospitals.Conclusions TBI patient mortality was higher at all US hospital types and almost all trauma centre levels in 2020 than in 2019. …”
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