Efficacy of green tea mouth wash as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis by Sarwar Qasim Mustafa, Dilyar Ahmed Baban

“…They were randomly assigned into 3 equal groups (15 patients each), and they all received scaling and root surface debridement treatments. …”
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Recent updates of centromere proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review by Zhongyuan Yang, Wenjiao Chen, Yunhui Liu, Yuxin Niu

“…Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with approximately 800,000 deaths worldwide each year. Owing to the atypical early symptoms and characteristics of HCC, over 80% of HCC patients cannot receive curative treatment. …”
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A Comparative study of osteoarthritic knee patients between urban and rural areas in knee severity and quality of life by Areerat Siripongpan, Bura Sindhupakorn

“…The severity of OA knee and QoL in the mental health aspect was a significant difference in patients in each age group. (p \< 0.01 and p \< 0.05, respectively). …”
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Estimating the Pile Settlement Using a Machine Learning Technique Optimized by Henry's Gas Solubility Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Saravana Kumar, Savarimuthu Robinson

“…Five metrics were used to evaluate the performance of each model. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the artificial inteligent approach in form of two developed models in simulating the pile settlement rates using hybrid optimized frameworks. …”
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TESTING POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CREDITWORTHINESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BY APPLYING KRALICEK DF INDICATOR by Arijana Salkić

“…This model was developed based on sample of European companies, and it contains several key indicators, each of them of a corresponding weight. The assumption is that the financial indicators of failed companies, which have problems in business and orderly settlement of obligations, are different from the financial indicators of successful, financially healthy companies. …”
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Landslide Hazard Assessment and Zonation by using Slope Susceptibility Evaluation Parameter (SSEP) Rating Scheme- a Case from Debre Sina, Northern Ethiopia by Tamene Tadele

“…As a general methodology, a facet map was prepared from a topographic map (1:50,000) and rating values were assigned to each causative parameter (both intrinsic and external) based on its severity in triggering landslide hazard. …”
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Effect of physical activity and interstimulus interval on an RSVP task: A replication of Raymond et al. (1992) by Bradley-Garcia, Meenakshie, Zhang, Anqi, Erbayav, Arda, Arranz, Artemis, Leclair, Danica, Kotch, Gabe, Mallet, Matthieu, Boivin, Thomas, Bensmaia, Sophia, Brisebois, Rosalie, Carraro, Francesca, Coulombe Grinham, Maya, Ekoly-Wambi, Rhema, Estephan, Rebecca, Josiah, Kathy, Lacroix, Émilie, Mayotte, Edwige, Meyerovich, Erika, Montminy-Bergeron, Charlotte, Muco, Annick, Pala, Deniz, Piquette, Amélie, Poirier, Isabelle, St-Aubin, Camille, T-Beauchamp, Cassandra

“…In the control condition, they were asked to ignore the white letter (target) and determine whether the letter “X” (probe) was present. Each condition included 180 trials of which 90 included the probe located in the positions 0-8 following the target and never before the target. …”
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TEACHING OF INTERPOLATION AND APPROXIMATION CURVES THROUGH COMPUTER SIMULATION by Norbert Annuš, Ondrej Takáč

“…Our study assesses the performance of students in higher education within each subject area of computer graphics. Computer graphics and its education are very versatile. …”
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Geographical Diversity in the Age Specific Anti Müllerian Hormone Levels in Infertile Women: A Hospital Based Cohort Study by Mir Jaffar, Syed Nawaz Ahmad, Monica, Mohammed Ashraf, Sabiha Anjum Shaik, Muhammed Asif

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Comparison of the AMH data between North and South regions was done by independent t-test. For each age, seven empirical percentiles (3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 95th) were applied. …”
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ADDED VALUES OF SOCIAL CRM: THE EXAMINATION OF CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE by Amila Pilav-Velic, Anes Hrnjić, Ljubica Milanović Glavan, Azra Hanić

“…The most important characteristics of SCRM were examined using factor analysis and logistic regression in order to explore how respondents’ gender and variables with highest weight from each factor relate to customers’ choice of social media-based interaction. …”
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ADDED VALUES OF SOCIAL CRM: THE EXAMINATION OF CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE by Amila Pilav-Velic, Anes Hrnjić, Ljubica Milanović Glavan, Azra Hanić

“…The most important characteristics of SCRM were examined using factor analysis and logistic regression in order to explore how respondents’ gender and variables with highest weight from each factor relate to customers’ choice of social media-based interaction. …”
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Micro-computed tomographic analysis of the morphology of maxillary canines by Thomas Gerhard Wolf, Theodora Rempapi, Niccolò Giuseppe Armogida, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Andrea Lisa Waber

“…Results: The most frequently observed RCCs of the MxC of the Swiss-German population were 1-1-1/1 (77.3%), followed by 1-1-1/2 (14.4%), 1-1-2/2 (4.1%), and finally 1-1-1/3 and 1-2-1/1 with 2.1% each. One physiological foramen was observed in 79.4% of the samples, two in 18.6%, and only 2.1% had three foramina. …”
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Extensive paralogism in the environmental pangenome: a key factor in the ecological success of natural SAR11 populations by Carmen Molina-Pardines, Jose M. Haro-Moreno, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, Mario López-Pérez

“…The flexible genome was concentrated in small regions, typically containing a single gene, and was located in equivalent regions within the genomospecies. Each variable region was associated with a specific set of genes that, despite exhibiting some divergence, maintained equivalent biological functionality within the population. …”
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The Effectiveness of Add-on Treatment with Nutraceutical by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, E. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin, A. G. Beniashvili, G. E. Rupchev, A. A. Alekseev, Yu. M. Poluektov, Z. A. Mamieva, A. L. Kovaleva, A. I. Ulyanin, E. A. Trush

“…Patients of the experimental and control groups did not differ from each other either in terms of demographics, basic treatment, or in the severity of symptoms at the beginning of the study.The effectiveness of the treatment in the patients, who received add-on “SZ Gastro” was significantly higher than in the patients of the control group: in the control group the percentage of improvement of somatic symptoms was 22.35 %, in the experimental group it amounted to 49.18 % (χ2 = 15.9; p = 0.0001). …”
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Investigation of the association between circulating inflammatory proteins and encephalitis risk in Europeans by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yanwei Liu, Xilong Wang, Qiang Zhao, Jun Wei, Shiqiang Yang

“…In addition, sensitivity analyses were performed, including heterogeneity assessment, horizontal pleiotropy and leave-one-out techniques.ResultsIn this study, 91 circulating inflammatory proteins were subjected to MR analysis of causality with each of the three types of encephalitis. The results suggest that the inflammatory factors with a potential causal relationship with viral encephalitis are artemin, C-C motif chemokine 28, C-X-C motif chemokine 1, interleukin-10 and neurotrophin-3. …”
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Mini meta-analysis of anticholinesterase actions of atorvastatin, simvastatin and rosuvastatin, and in silico identification of their protein targets in Mus musculus by Fouad Kasim Mohammad, Rawnaq Faris Al-Shalchi

“…In silico mouse body protein targets for the statins were mainly classes of Family AG protein- coupled receptor (20.0 %-33.3 %), Oxidoreductase (6.7–13.3 %) and Eraser (13.3 % each), with others at 0–26.7 %. The findings highlight statin effects in mice by reducing blood and brain ChE activities, in a dose/concentration-dependent manner, that would potentially modulate the cholinergic system. …”
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An Inverted Residual Cross Head Knowledge Distillation Network for Remote Sensing Scene Image Classification by Cuiping Shi, Mengxiang Ding, Liguo Wang

“…Then, a multiscale spatial attention module is constructed to further extract global and local features of the image through multiple dilated convolutions, using spatial attention to weight important features in each dilated convolution branch. Finally, a cross head knowledge distillation structure is carefully designed to avoid conflicts between real labels and teacher predictions. …”
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Achilles Tendon Rupture In Recreational Athletes - Hobby-Ending Incident or Easily Treatable Injury? Current Insight Into Risk Factors, Treatment Options and Recovery Strategies by Jakub Kędzia, Joanna Duda, Kinga Racisz, Paweł Racisz, Alicja Obcowska, Aleksandra Walendzik, Łukasz Sencerek

“…Treatment options include both non-operative and operative management, with minimally invasive techniques showing the best outcomes, however each method can be employed in specific indications. …”
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Effect of Various Preparation Designs on Pull-Out Bond Strength of Endocrown by Naveen Thangarasu, K. Vijay Venkatesh

“…Samples were divided into three groups of 10 samples each. Group A consists of traditional endocrown preparation with a butt joint preparation. …”
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Affective touch enhances low gamma activity during hand proprioceptive perception in children with different neurodevelopmental conditions by Álvaro Sabater-Gárriz, Álvaro Sabater-Gárriz, Álvaro Sabater-Gárriz, Álvaro Sabater-Gárriz, José Antonio Mingorance, José Antonio Mingorance, José Antonio Mingorance, Francesc Mestre-Sansó, Vicent Canals, Yannick Bleyenheuft, Pedro Montoya, Pedro Montoya, Inmaculada Riquelme, Inmaculada Riquelme, Inmaculada Riquelme

“…Time-frequency analysis of low gamma activity (30–45 Hz) on the left somatosensory cortex was conducted for each condition. Proprioceptive performance was assessed through participants’ accuracy in identifying wrist positions. …”
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