Assessment of the effectiveness of differential management of patients in the early postoperative period following the dental implant surgery by Yu. Yu. Yarov

“…To assess the effectiveness of the proposed differential medicamentous therapy after dental implant surgery based on the results of clinical picture dynamic monitoring in the early postoperative period (up to 3 months). Materials and methods. 124 somatically healthy people (54 men and 70 women) aged from 18 to 34 years were examined, among them: 25 patients with intact periodontium, 35 patients with chronic catarrhal gingivitis (CCG), 30 patients with generalized periodontitis (GP) of the initial, initial-І degrees of severity, 34 patients with GP of the І and ІІІ degree of severity. …”
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Evaluating the Internal Quality of the Master's Curriculum in Auditing in Iran: Perspectives of Faculty and Students by Zahra Dianati Deilami, Mohammad Mehdi Noori, Hossein Abbasian

“…Finally, considering the unfavorable quality of the student evaluation methods in this curriculum, it seems that continuous assessments and other modern evaluation methods should be considered by the reviewing authorities of this curriculum.…”
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Classification of stratospheric extreme events according to their downward propagation to the troposphere by T. Runde, M. Dameris, H. Garny, D. E. Kinnison

“…Anomalous strong and weak stratospheric polar vortex events are detected from daily time series of the polar cap averaged (60°–90°N) geopotential height anomaly. The method is applied to chemistry‐climate model data (E39CA and WACCM3.5) and reanalyses data (ERA40). …”
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Removal of the Textile Dye Indanthrene Olive Green from Aqueous Solution Using Chitosan by José Alberto P. Chaves, Lane Aparecida A. Santana, Mário S. Schultz, Hildo Antônio S. Silva, Rosiane S. Penha, Adriana P. Vieira, Antônio G. de Souza, Cícero Wellington B. Bezerra

“…The chitosan was characterised in terms of its average degree of de-acetylation (DD) and by XRD, TGA/DTG, IR, SEM and specific BET surface area methods. …”
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Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application by Agathe van Lamsweerde, Jack T. Pearson, Rachel Urrutia, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Helena Kopp Kallner, Anita Nelson, Eleonora Benhar, Carlotta Favaro, Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, Raoul Scherwitzl

“…Most participants (with non-missing information) identified as Non-Hispanic White, and one-third reported obtaining a university degree. We used two-tailed Welch’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two-tailed Z-tests to compare time to pregnancy recognition between those using the app to conceive or contracept.Results Participants using an app to conceive recognised pregnancy on average at 31.3 days from last menstrual period (LMP) compared to 35.9 days among those using the app to prevent pregnancy.Conclusion Generalisability is limited, as all participants were using a fertility app and had relatively homogenous sociodemographic characteristics.…”
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The effect of statin therapy on oxidative stress indices in patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus by V. D. Nemtsova

“…Objective: to study the effect of statin therapy on the oxidative and antioxidant systems parameters in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and concomitant type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2T). Materials and methods. 126 patients (55 males and 71 females, average age was 57.8 ± 6.2 years) with AH stage II and compensated DM2T were divided into 2 groups: the 1 group – with AH and DM2T (n = 69), who were constantly taking statins (rosuvastatin 10 mg/day or atorvastatin 20 mg/day) for at least 1 year; the 2 group – patients with AH and DM2T (n = 57) who did not take statins. …”
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Awareness About Epilepsy Among Schoolteachers in the Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia by Shehab Ahmed Alenazi, Shmoukh Mushref M Alruwaili, Nuof Khalid J Alanazi, Dana Ahmed Albalawi, Nouf Faris Alanazi, Dimah Mulfi Alanazi, Ekramy Elmorsy

“…The majority were females (56%) and qualified by a bachelor’s degree. (82%). Knowledge questions showed an overall average knowledge score of 3.4 ± 1.3 (ranging from 1-6). 212 participants (57.9%) had satisfactory knowledge scores (>3). …”
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The Impact of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in High-risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: Benefits of Prevention by Bryce A. Kiberd, MD, Christopher J.A. Daley, BscPharm, ACPR, PharmD

“…Preventive strategies may be cost-effective but would depend on the degree of effectiveness, safety, and cost.…”
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Education for Sustainable Development – An Evaluation of Students’ Perceptions within the Bucharest University of Economic Studie by Grigore Ioan Piroșcă, George-Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu, Liana Badea, Grigore Ioan Piroșcă, George-Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu, Liana Badea and Silvia Dedu

“…Using statistical and econometric methods on a sample (N = 1249) of students from Bucharest University of Economic Studies (which is the most important university in Romania on the economic field), the study shows a heterogeneous perception among observed population. …”
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Effect of medial and lateral heel wedge changes On mechanical parameters of diabetic foot ulcers during gait by Ebrahim Abdi, Mansour Eslami, Mohand Taghipour

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of internal and external wedge slope changes on the mechanical parameters foot ulcers. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study of 15 diabetic patients with an average age of 63.3±2.01 was used. …”
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Psychological readiness for innovative activity and the ability to self-management of the police chiefs by O. M. Voluiko

“…Krasnoryadtseva) and “Ability to Self-Management” (N. M. Peisakhov) methods. The sample consisted of 316 heads of police departments. …”
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Perspectives from program directors on the selection process for Saudi periodontics residency programs: a cross-sectional study by Yousef Alheraisi, Hussam M. Alqahtani, Eyad Tawfeeq

“…A degree of importance scale was used to measure the significance of each factor for PDs. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward cervical cancer among market women in the Nigerian federal capital territory, Abuja by Samuel O Azubuike, Patricia Azuh

“…Knowledge was assessed by computing the average scores assigned to each response item (1 for yes and 0 for No). …”
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Lightweight defect detection algorithm of tunnel lining based on knowledge distillation by Anfu Zhu, Jiaxiao Xie, Bin Wang, Heng Guo, Zilong Guo, Jie Wang, Lei Xu, SiXin Zhu, Zhanping Yang

“…Aiming at the problems of complex detection model, poor real-time performance and low accuracy of the current tunnel lining defect detection methods, the study proposes a lightweight defect detection algorithm of tunnel lining based on knowledge distillation. …”
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Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Krasnoyarsk region by E. A. Ermilov, N. V. Isaeva

“…The functional state and degree of neurological deficit were assessed using the ALS-FRS-R scale.Results. …”
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Effectiveness of neuromodulation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy after failed surgical treatment by F. A. Efremov, R. V. Agaev, S. A. Kim, G. I. Moisak, E. D. Anisimov, E. A. Khabarova, J. A. Rzaev

“…The results after surgical interventions were assessed according to the Engel scale, VNS therapy – by the McHugh (MH) scale, DBS therapy – by the degree of reduced seizure rate as a percentage. The average follow-up was 56.5 months.Results. …”
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Correlations between Intellectual Abilities and Features of the Motivational-Emotional Sphere in College-Age Boys and Girls by I.Yu. Churikov, E.S. Kagan, I.S. Morozova

“…Various statistical methods were used to process the data. Correlation analysis allowed to reveal the correlations between the studied characteristics both in the whole sample and separately for male and female parts of it. …”
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Optical Coherent Tomography-Angiography in the Research of Myopia Complicated by Choroidal Neovascularization by E. A. Drozdova, O. V. Zhiliaeva

“…The phenotypic features of CNV before treatment, during anti-VEGF therapy (Ranibizumab) and at the end of the observation period were taken into account.Results. The average follow-up period is 26.12 (12.36; 35.02) months. …”
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Quality of life in overweight and obese children by М.Л. Аряєв, Д.С. Селімханова, І.М. Шевченко

“…The objective of this study is to examine the quality of life (QoL) in children with elevated body weight and obesity. Materials and methods. The study involved 151 children (71 girls and 80 boys) aged 12 to 17 years. …”
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Does institutional openness improve the trade efficiency of China’s agricultural products imported from Central Asian countries? A time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model by Fangfang Cao, Xiande Li, Zhexi Zhang

“…IntroductionInstitutional openness is becoming increasingly important for agricultural trade between China and Central Asian countries.MethodsThis study employs a time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model to investigate the influence of institutional openness on the trade efficiency of China imported agricultural products from Central Asian countries under uncertainty, and further computes the import potential from 2000 to 2022.ResultsThe research reveals that the impacts of different aspects of institutional openness on trade efficiency vary. …”
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