Activity of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in serum in chronic granulating periodontitis by D. I. Haidash, I. S. Haidash, O. О. Bondar, Yu. О. Yevtushenko, O. I. Haidash

“…The aim of the work is to study the activity of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in chronic granular periodontitis. Materials and methods. We examined serum of 15 patients with chronic granulating periodontitis and 15 healthy male blood donors aged 32 to 37 years. …”
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Radiative Heat Transfer Properties of Fiber–Aerogel Composites for Thermal Insulation by Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Sebnem Sözcü, Jiří Militký

“…Key analytical and experimental methods for determining radiative properties, including Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and numerical modeling approaches, are examined. …”
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Simulation of snow accumulation and melting in the Kama river basin using data from global prognostic models by S. V. Pyankov, A. N. Shikhov, P. G. Mikhaylyukova

“…The calculation of snow accumulation and melting was based on empirical methods and performed with the GIS technologies. The degree-day factor was used to calculate snowmelt intensity, and snow sublimation was estimated by P.P. …”
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Socio-demographic and attitudinal factors influencing household fruit and vegetable purchasing frequency in Eastern Türkiye by Omer Yalvac, Nurhan Keskin, Mustafa Terin, Hanifeh Seyed Hajizadeh, Ozkan Kaya

“…To further analyze the determinants of purchasing frequency, an ordered probit model was utilized. …”
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Changes in Serum Concentrations of Bone Turnover Markers in Healthy Pregnant Women by Yiduo Zhang, Ruiying Li, Jing Zhang, Wenjie Zhou, Fan Yu

“…Methods. We surveyed 120 low-risk pregnant women attending routine antenatal care from January 2020 to March 2020. …”
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A novel spatiotemporal fractal dimension (STFD) for assessing ecological environment of the large-scale Yangtze River Basin China from 2012 to 2021 remote sensing data by Chang Li, Jiao Guo, Yongjun Zhang

“…This indicates an overall trend toward improvement of the EEA in Yangtze River basin; (3) The scale-free interval of STFD ranges from 6.21 to 9.21 with a buffer distance of 500 m to 10,000 m. The coefficients of determination R2 are all greater than 0.97, indicating high accuracy and reliability of the fractal dimension. …”
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Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial... by V. Ia. Usov, Tarik Abou Tarboush, S. G. Kolomiichuk

“…Methods: Fifty-four adult Chinchilla rabbits were used for all experiments. …”
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Hospital-level variation in practices and outcomes for patients with severe acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study by Allan J Walkey, Anica C Law, Daniel Peterson, Divya A Shankar, Finn J Hawkins, Nicholas A Bosch

“…We assessed idiosyncratic, between-hospital variation in ICU practices (invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), corticosteroid use, and immunosuppressive and/or antioxidant use) and hospital mortality by determining median risk-adjusted hospital rates and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) from hierarchical multivariable regression models. …”
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Perda de carga contínua em tubulações conduzindo água residuária da suinocultura Continuous head loss in tubes carrying swine wastewater by Silvio C. Sampaio, Wilson Denículi, Rubens A. Oliveira, Demétrius D. da Silva, Antônio T. Matos, Mauro A. Martinez

“…Those equations were established from Duff & Titchener and Modified Hazen-Williams methodologies and showed a better adjustment with coefficients of determinations above 0.98 and thus may be recommended for pumping projects.…”
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Automatic Detection and Identification of Underdense Meteors Based on YOLOv8n-BP Model by Siyuan Chen, Guobin Yang, Chunhua Jiang, Tongxin Liu, Xuhui Liu

“…Most of the traditional detection methods rely on determining the threshold value of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and solving parameters to recognize meteor echoes, making them highly susceptible to interference. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of neonatal disorders and subtypes attributable to air pollution from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yan Li, Rong Jie Ye, Shu Qi Yang, Hao Yu, Bo Qian Yu, Jing Feng, Quan Yuan

“…Finally, frontier analysis were employed to determine optimal burden for NDs at corresponding SDI levels. …”
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Correlation of Serum 1,5-AG with Uric Acid in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Different Renal Functions by Kai Zhang, Bizhen Xue, Yuexing Yuan, Yao Wang

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients determine that SUA was positively associated with 1,5-AG in both men (r=0.213, P<0.05) and women (r=0.223, P<0.05), and such relationship can be influenced by the renal function. …”
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Fluoroquinolones and glucocorticoids as risk factors for cranial cruciate ligament disease in Retrievers by Jessica Bunch, Kate KuKanich, Jimena Kilian, Alexa Korsberg, Butch KuKanich, Steven Martinez

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine if a higher proportion of Retrievers with cranial cruciate ligament disease (CCLD) had previous systemic exposure to fluoroquinolones or glucocorticoids compared to Retrievers without CCLD.AnimalsClient-owned, Labrador and Golden Retrievers and Retriever crosses, aged 2–12 years old, were enrolled from Kansas State University and Washington State University with CCLD (cases) and without CCLD (nCCLD; healthy controls).MethodsThe study was designed as a retrospective, multi-institutional case–control study. …”
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Peculiarities of U(VI) sorption on composites containing hydrated titanium dioxide and potassium-cobalt hexacyanoferrate(II) by O. V. Perlova, Yu. S. Dzyazko, A. A. Malinovska, A. V. Palchik

“…Modifying of hydrogel followed its transformation to xerogel provides the formation of potassium-cobalt hexacyanoferrate(II) nanoparticles (up to 10 nm), which are not washed out in aqueous media due to encapsulation in hydrated oxide. A number of the methods for sample characterization were used in this work: transmission electronic microscopy for vizualization of embedded nanoparticles, optical microscopy to measure granule size, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy for chemical analysis of the samples, potentiometric titration to estimate ion exchange properties, and spectrophotometric analysis of the solution to determine U(VI) concentration. …”
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Construction and Evaluation of a Cross-Regional and Cross-Year Monitoring Model for Millet Canopy Phenotype Based on UAV Multispectral Remote Sensing by Peng Zhao, Yuqiao Yan, Shujie Jia, Jie Zhao, Wuping Zhang

“…The results showed that single-site modeling achieved coefficients of determination (<i>R</i>²) of up to 0.95, with mean relative errors of 10–15% in independent validations. …”
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Clinical and electroencephalographic correlations in patients with cerebral ischemic hemispheric stroke in early recovery period of disease by S. O. Medvedkova

“…To evaluate the functional state of the brain on the 10th day of CIHS, computer electroencephalography was performed with the determination of the parameters as for spectral analysis of the bioelectric activity of the brain. …”
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Factors influencing nutrition literacy in patients of colorectal cancer: a cross-sectional study by Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Dan Li, Dan Li, Dan Li, Jiai Yan, Jiai Yan, Ju Yang, Ju Yang, Jing Sun, Jing Sun, Jing Sun, Yiran Liu, Yiran Liu, Yanping Xia, Yanping Xia, Yanping Xia, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Jiao Hua, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Yingyu Wang, Yingyu Wang

“…Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine sociodemographic determinants of NL. We used Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients to assess relationships between NL, MoCA and HADS.ResultsThe overall NL level among CRC patients was moderately low, with an average score of 19.224 ± 4.391—significantly below the normative neutrophil score of 21.5. …”
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Systematic Review of the Clinical Efficacy of Various Terms of Non-Surgical Treatment in Patients With Acute Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction by B. V. Sigua, P. A. Kotkov, D. Kh. Kalandarova, V. P. Zemlyanoy

“…Taking into account the multidirectional pathogenetic action of the studied methods of conservative therapy, the obtained results suggested that the probability of success of non-surgical treatment correlates to a greater extent with the total duration of the AAIO episode than with the duration of conservative therapy, which was indirectly confirmed by constructing scattering graphs with approximation lines and calculating the coefficients determination, which amounted to 0.69 and 0.77 for the subgroups of standard therapy and undiluted gastrografin, respectively. …”
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Caffeine’s influence on vertical jump height: a real-life collegiate student-athlete approach by Zacharias Papadakis, Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos, Antonella Schwarz, Jose Antonio

“…High intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC = 0.76–0.85) underscored substantial interindividual variability. …”
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Predictive biomarkers for cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women: insights into visfatin, adropin, and adiponectin by Anna Maria Cybulska, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Ireneusz Walaszek, Mariusz Panczyk, Dorota Ćwiek, Anna Lubkowska, Elżbieta Grochans, Kamila Rachubińska, Katarzyna Malewicz, Mariusz Chabowski, Mariusz Chabowski

“…Blood samples were collected to determine the levels of visfatin, adropin, and adiponectin. …”
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