In Vitro Analysis of the Accuracy of Intraoral Scanning in Children by Eloá Cristina Passucci Ambrosio, Aliny Bisaia, Thiago Cruvinel, Natalino Lourenço Neto, Thais Marchini Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira Machado

“…Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of intraoral scanning in maxillary dental arches of children. Material and Methods: Twenty-five edentulous dental models (Group 1) and 25 dental models with complete deciduous dentition (Group 2) comprised the sample sets. …”
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ETHOD FOR MANAGING THE STRUCTURAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FOAM CONCRETE MIXTURES by A. Yu. Bogatina, V. N. Morgun, L. V. Morgun

“…Since foam concrete proved to be an effective material for wall structures, the aim of the present work was to develop scientific ideas about features of their macrostructural formation at the “viscous to solid” phase transition.Methods The evaluation of plastic strength was carried out according to the patent for invention No. 2316750 (“Method for determining the plastic strength of foam concrete mix” registered in the State Register of Inventions of the Russian Federation on February 10, 2008). …”
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Laboratory study of the quality of root canal obturation in the application of various techniques of medical treatment by T. V. Furtsev, Z. Yu. Amelyukhina, G. M. Zeer

“…All extracted teeth were divided into 4 equal groups depending on the method of antiseptic treatment of root canals: traditional protocol using 3% NaOCl and 17% EDTA solution; distilled water and Er,Cr:YSGG with a wavelength of 2780 nm at 1 W; distilled water and Er,Cr:YSGG with a wavelength of 2780 nm at 1.5 W; LAI technique. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TV SCREEN IN EVERYDAY AND PERSONAL SPACE by Sergey L. Grigoryev

“…The study used the historical method, analysis of textual materials, as well as content analysis and cross-factor analysis of sources in terms of parameters that have content, the study of which was important to achieve the intended goal. …”
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U-Net-Based Fingerprint Enhancement for 3D Fingerprint Recognition by Mohammad Mogharen Askarin, Min Wang, Xuefei Yin, Xiuping Jia, Jiankun Hu

“…By applying the proposed method, the fingerprint recognition Equal Error Rate (EER) in experiment A and B improved from 41.32% and 41.97% to 13.96 and 12.49%, respectively, over the public dataset.…”
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SA-I Mechanoreceptor Position in Fingertip Skin May Impact Sensitivity to Edge Stimuli by Gregory J. Gerling

“…Background: The skin plays a role in conditioning mechanical indentation into distributions of stress/strain that mechanoreceptors convert into neural signals. Solid mechanics methods have modelled the skin to predict the in vivo neural response from mechanoreceptors. …”
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Hearing the Vagus Nerve’s Rhythm in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation by A. A. Nechepurenko, V. M. Pokrovsky, D. G. Tarasov, H. Z. Kitiashvili, V. G. Abushkevich

“…Purpose of the study: to evaluate hearing the vagus nerve’s rhythm in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.Materials and methods. Observations were carried out in 50 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who were admitted for catheter-based treatment of arrhythmia. …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF A CHRONIC GASTRODUODENITIS AT PRESCHOOLERS WITH VARIOUS AMYLOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE MIXED SALIVA by N. Ye. Sazanova, L. N. Shkeneva, N. Yu. Shirokova

“…The amylolytic activity of the mixed saliva by Smith-Roy-Ugolev amylolytic method was determined at patients. 2 clinical groups with account of median (the 50th percentile) distribution of amylolytic activity of saliva are created: the first — with indicators below the median (n =72), the second — with indicators above or equal to the median (n =73). …”
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Effects of Dynamic Assessment (DA) Models (Interventionist and Interactionist) on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Reading Motivation by Mehdi Khanifar, Fariba Rahimi Esfahani, Parisa Riahipour

“…Objective: The effects of interventionist and interactionist dynamic assessment (DA) on reading motivation (RM) and Reading comprehension (RC) of Iranian EFL learners were inspected in this study. Methods: Ninety-nine volunteers were originally chosen for the study, and they were then divided into three equal groups of thirty students each—two experimental groups (EGs) and one control group (CG). …”
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Edification Dictums in the Language Consciousness of the Kazakh Ethnos by Галина Абрамова, Наталія Дмитрюк

“…Objective: linguacultural analysis of the edification words, collected in a free associative experiment (FAE) and published in the “Kazakh Associative Dictionary”. Materials & Methods. Set of associations of instructive character singled out by the continuous sampling method into a separate fragment of the world paremiological image is a unique representative research material included into the Kazakh Associative Dictionary, in the 23 655 associative reactions of the students of different universities in Shymkent city for112 stimulus words, 272 sayings – edifications recorded in 200 questionnaires. …”
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Total Sialic Acid (TSA) Level as a Tumor Marker in the Diagnosis of Oral Cancer by Hafiz Muhammad Rafique Tagar, Muhammad Iltaf, Hoor Fatima, Nudrat Anwar Zuberi, Shahnaz Imdad Kehar

“… Objective: To estimate serum Total Sialic Acid (TSA) levels in different grades of oral squamous cell carcinoma and to access it`s utility as a tumor marker in this cancer. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in 68 adult subjects equally divided into two groups, healthy individuals and patients with oral squamous cell cancer. …”
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Identifying regional variation in the prevalence of postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Clara Calvert, Sara L Thomas, Carine Ronsmans, Karen S Wagner, Alma J Adler, Veronique Filippi

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To provide regional estimates of the prevalence of maternal haemorrhage and explore the effect of methodological differences between studies on any observed regional variation.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review of the prevalence of maternal haemorrhage, defined as blood loss greater than or equal to 1) 500 ml or 2) 1000 ml in the antepartum, intrapartum or postpartum period. …”
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A comparative study of accuracy between gene Xpert (cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test) and line probe assay in retreatment cases of sputum-positive pulmonary tubercul... by Upendra Kumar, D Dhanalakshmi, G. Sravan Kumar, V. Deepan

“…The patients who were receiving retreatment were identified by sputum for acid fast Bacilli by Ziehl–Neelsen staining method and were instructed to provide sputum samples for CBNAAT and LPA. …”
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Phagocytic activity and toxicity of the aqueous extract of Schinus molle L. on Mus musculus BALB/c by Cinthya Yanina Santa Cruz López, Fransk Amarildo Carrasco Solano, Miguel Ángel Ruiz Barrueto

“…Objective: To evaluate the phagocytic activity and in vivo toxicity of the aqueous extract of Schinus molle L. on Mus musculus BALB/c. Material and Methods: Experimental study that used a single dose of aqueous extract of Schinus molle leaves of 2000 mg/kg. …”
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Presenting a Model of the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Attitude Towards Change by Maryam Salmani, Nasrin Azizian Kohan, Masoud Imanzadeh

“…Purpose: The purpose of this research was to provide a model of the relationship between leadership style and attitude towards change through the mediation of moral intelligence.Methods: The method used in this research was correlation type in terms of implementation and strategy and was specifically based on the structural equation model. …”
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Perempuan dalam Representasi Legislatif Daerah Kabupaten Kerinci 2004-2014 by Elga Nokia, Herwandi Herwandi, Midawati Midawati

“…The aim of this study is to examine the struggles of female legislative candidates, both those who were elected and those who were not, in their efforts to become members of the legislature. The research method used historical methods. To analyze the struggles of female candidates, political participation theory, which explains the involvement of individuals or groups in the political process, and political mobilization theory, which focuses on efforts to encourage individuals to participate in politics, are applied. …”
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Effects of Unpredictable Perturbation Training on a Split-Belt Treadmill on Physical Performance in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Kap-Soo Han, Myoung-Hwan Ko

“…Participants were equally divided into the PBGT and control groups. …”
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Engaging, Binding and Retaining Nurses: The Success Formula of an Exemplary Ward by D.A.E. Spoolder, A.G. van Duijn, H.A. Schreuder-Cats, M.J. de Bie-Timmer

“…Analysis was performed using Braun and Clarke's method for thematic analysis. Emerged themes were presented, substantiated by quotes. …”
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Graph-Based Semi-Supervised Learning with Bipartite Graph for Large-Scale Data and Prediction of Unseen Data by Mohammad Alemi, Alireza Bosaghzadeh, Fadi Dornaika

“…Experimental evaluations on two extensive datasets (Norb and Covtype) demonstrate that our approach is scalable and outperforms existing GSSL methods in terms of performance metrics.…”
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A short-term efficacy comparison between the FNS and THA as interventions for unstable femoral neck fracture by Kunpeng Si, Yuelei Zhang, Gang Wang

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to compare the difference in short-term clinical effects of internal fixation using the femoral neck system (FNS) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) on unstable femoral neck fractures.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 37 cases of unstable femoral neck fracture admitted to our hospital from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023. …”
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