Comparison of torch with electric arc casting in the lost wax technique for the cast dental stud protocol. by Víctor Hugo Gonzalo Quispe Mamani, César Alberto Luna Castillo, Dina Miryan Alanoca Sejje, Luis Alexander Orrego-Ferreyros

“…The aim of this study was to compare the compressive strength, microstructural characteristics, and cost-effectiveness of cast dental posts fabricated using two techniques: torch casting (TC) and electric arc casting (EAC), both integral to the lost wax method. Employing an applied research approach with an experimental design, the study analyzed 40 non-precious gold (NPG) alloy cast posts, divided equally into two groups of 20 for each technique. …”
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Reorganization of work schedules for better distribution of work demands in home health care – a feasibility study by Maja Vilhelmsen, Tonje Pedersen Ludvigsen, Kristina Thomassen, Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen

“…Method We conducted a 7-week quasi-experimental feasibility study at a Danish home health care institution with 27 home health care aides. …”
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FORECASTING NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS USING MULTI INPUT INTERVENTION ARIMA MODEL by Hidayatul Khusna, Muhammad Mashuri, Muhammad Ahsan, Wibawati Wibawati, Diaz Fitra Aksioma, Novri Suhermi

“…In Kualanamu airport, the first intervention order is equal to that in Ngurah-Rai airport, with (b=3, s=[3], r=0) for second intervention input and SARIMA (0,1,1)(1,1,1)12 for pre-intervention data. …”
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Effect of freezing and storage on serum vitamin D levels measured by mass spectrometry and immunoassay in reproductive age women by Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Sammy P. L. Chen, Kevin K. W. Lam, T. O. Chan, Raymond H. W. Li, Ernest H. Y. Ng

“…Each serum sample was divided into equal volume aliquots and stored at -20oC and −80oC. …”
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Beyond achievement gaps: inequalities in affective components of math learning by Mafalda Campos, Nurullah Eryilmaz, Rolf Strietholt

“…This study sets out to contribute to a more holistic view on academic adaptation when it concerns equalities in the field.…”
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Growth and nitrogen productivity of drip-irrigated winter wheat under different nitrogen fertigation strategies in the North China Plain by Sunusi Amin ABUBAKAR, Abdoul Kader Mounkaila HAMANI, Guang-shuai WANG, Hao LIU, Faisal MEHMOOD, Abubakar Sadiq ABDULLAHI, Yang GAO, Ai-wang DUAN

“…Drip fertigation is considered to be an effective method for improving N use efficiency and reducing losses, while the performance of drip fertigation in winter wheat is limited by poor N scheduling. …”
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What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD – observational study of routine data and patient survey by Alex Bottle, Alex Adamson, Xiubin Zhang, Benedict Hayhoe, Jennifer K Quint

“…Compared with all patients combined, patients diagnosed through an emergency hospitalisation were less likely to have had pre-diagnosis spirometry in cohorts 1 and 2, but equally likely in cohort 3. They were much more likely to have had a chest X-ray and FBC in each cohort. …”
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An in vitro Survey on the Effect of Six Commercial Brands of Phosphoric Acid on the Micro-shear Bond Strength of Composite Resin to Enamel by Faeze Jamali Zavare, Mahsa Sheikholeslamian, Saber Kazemi, Amir Ghasemi, Narges Panahandeh, Mina Yazdizadeh, Elham Zanguei

“…The teeth crowns were divided into two equal parts with a mesiodistal cut and randomly assigned to six groups in terms of the acid etchant brand: Ultra-etch, SDI, Morvabon, FGM, Nik Darman, and Experimental. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Lubrication Performance of the Stator and Rotor Friction Pair Surface Rhombus-like Texture in Screw Pumps by Xiangzhi Shi, Xinfu Liu, Chunhua Liu, Zhongxian Hao, Shouzhi Huang, Yi Sun, Xinglong Niu

“…The model was based on the fluid dynamic pressure lubrication mechanism. The CFD method was used to calculate the bearing capacity, friction coefficient, flow field pressure distribution, and flow trace distribution of an oil film carrying surface. …”
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Enhancing Genomic Prediction Accuracy with a Single-Step Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction Model Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study Results by Zhixu Pang, Wannian Wang, Pu Huang, Hongzhi Zhang, Siying Zhang, Pengkun Yang, Liying Qiao, Jianhua Liu, Yangyang Pan, Kaijie Yang, Wenzhong Liu

“…Genomic selection (GS) is a genetic breeding method that uses genome-wide marker information to improve the accuracy of the prediction of complex traits. …”
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Fasciola hepatica: can the coproantigen ELISA replace the faecal egg sedimentation test? by Jake Collyer

“…Question In adult cattle, is the sensitivity of the coproantigen ELISA test equal or superior to the sensitivity of the faecal egg sedimentation test for the diagnosis of Fasciola hepatica?   …”
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Emotional intelligence and its associated factors among case team leaders in health centers of East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: an institutional based cross-sectional study by Endalew Minwuye Andargie, Seblewongel Gebretsadik Sertsewold, Tamiru Minwuye Andargie, Haimanot Wubale Tewabe, Asrat Kassaw, Yonas Fissha Adem, Wubshet D. Negash

“…Thus, this study is aimed to assess EI and associated factors among case team leaders in the public health centers of East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Method An institution-based cross-sectional study was performed in the East Gojam Zone among 395 case team leaders selected by a simple random sampling method. …”
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Detection of moderate to high antiphospholipid antibodies by chemiluminescence meets 2023 APS classification criteria by Haiyue Jiang, Yaqing Yang, Zihan Tang, Haoyu Pan, Honglei Liu, Xiaobing Cheng, Yutong Su, Junna Ye, Qiongyi Hu, Jianfen Meng, Huihui Chi, Zhuochao Zhou, Jinchao Jia, Hui Shi, Chengde Yang, Jialin Teng, Tingting Liu

“…When applying the established moderate and high thresholds of aCL/aβ2GPI IgG/IgM in CIA according to the equal ROC specificity corresponding to ELISA, the diagnostic efficiency and risk stratification capabilities of CIA aligned comparably with those of ELISA. …”
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Land instability Compounds the risk of sea level rise in Alexandria, Egypt by Rejoice Thomas, Sara Zouriq, Shahryar Fazli, Amr Fawzy, Nikolay Grisel Todorov, Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Erik Linstead, Daniele Struppa, Hesham El-Askary

“…While much attention has been rightly directed towards sea level rise (SLR), the stability of the land warrants equal consideration. Here, a comprehensive analysis of land stability is conducted in Alexandria by measuring Line of Sight (LOS) displacements and assessing their topographical, hydrological, and coastal impacts. …”
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Partial and total substitution of fresh alfalfa for hay in the feeding of growing and fattening guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus): an alternative for the dry season by Felipe Escobar-Ramírez, Teodoro Espinoza-Ochoa, Rene Antonio Hinojosa-Benavides, Ruggerths Nilo De la Cruz-Marcos

“…The animals were divided into 3 treatments with an equal number of replicates distributed according to a completely randomized design. …”
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PTPN11 GENE ANALYSIS IN THE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF NOONAN SYNDROME by Güven Toksoy, Fatih Tepgeç, Tuğba Saraç Sivrikoz, İbrahim Halil Kalelioğlu, Selma Demir, Recep Has, Atıl Yüksel, Zehra Oya Uyguner, Seher Başaran

“…Both the isolated NT and multiple USG finding groups revealed an equal detection rate of 2.3%. Discussion: PTPN11 is responsible for 50% of RASopathies and 90% of the pathogenic variants are delineated in the targeted exons. …”
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The Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of Star-forming Galaxies at 2.4 ≲ z ≲ 3.0 from UVCANDELS by Xin Wang, Harry I. Teplitz, Brent M. Smith, Rogier A. Windhorst, Marc Rafelski, Vihang Mehta, Anahita Alavi, Zhiyuan Ji, Gabriel Brammer, James Colbert, Norman Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, Laura Prichard, Claudia Scarlata, Ben Sunnquist, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Christopher Conselice, Eric Gawiser, Yicheng Guo, Matthew Hayes, Rolf A. Jansen, Ray A. Lucas, Robert O’Connell, Brant Robertson, Michael Rutkowski, Brian Siana, Eros Vanzella, Teresa Ashcraft, Micaela Bagley, Ivano Baronchelli, Guillermo Barro, Alex Blanche, Adam Broussard, Timothy Carleton, Nima Chartab, Yingjie Cheng, Alex Codoreanu, Seth Cohen, Y. Sophia Dai, Behnam Darvish, Romeel Davé, Laura DeGroot, Duilia De Mello, Mark Dickinson, Najmeh Emami, Henry Ferguson, Leonardo Ferreira, Keely Finkelstein, Steven Finkelstein, Jonathan P. Gardner, Timothy Gburek, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Caryl Gronwall, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Justin Howell, Kartheik Iyer, Sugata Kaviraj, Peter Kurczynski, Ilin Lazar, John MacKenty, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Alec Martin, Garreth Martin, Tyler McCabe, Bahram Mobasher, Kalina Nedkova, Charlotte Olsen, Lillian Otteson, Swara Ravindranath, Caleb Redshaw, Zahra Sattari, Emmaris Soto, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Bonnabelle Zabelle, the UVCANDELS team

“…We develop a robust stacking method to apply to 10 samples of in total 56 galaxies, and perform detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the intergalactic medium (IGM) attenuation, to take into account the sample variance of the mean IGM transmission when measuring ${f}_{{\rm{esc}}}^{{\rm{abs}}}$ . …”
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Prediction of Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction Free Energies with Two New Molecular Descriptors by William E. Acree, Costas Panayiotou

“…In the present work, a simple method is proposed for the prediction of the HB interaction free energies. …”
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A New Heterozygous Variant of c.1225_1227delTTC (p.Phe409del) in Insulin Receptor Gene Associated with Severe Insulin Resistance and Hyperandrogenemia in an Adolescent Female with... by Song Y, Lei W, Huang Q, Zhang J, Zhang Q, Chen L, Li H, Liu L, Zeng T, Hu X

“…Yuqing Song,1,2,* Wenjie Lei,1– 3,* Qianqian Huang,1,2 Jiehan Zhang,1,2 Qiao Zhang,4 Lulu Chen,1,2 Huiqing Li,1,2 Li Liu,5 Tianshu Zeng,1,2 Xiang Hu1,2 1Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 3People’s Hospital of Luotian County, Huanggang, 438600, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 5The People’s Hospital of Maojian, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Tianshu Zeng; Xiang Hu, Email tszeng@126.com; huxiang628@126.comBackground: Functional defects caused by mutations in the insulin receptor (INSR) gene often lead to severe hereditary insulin resistance syndromes, including but not limited to type A insulin resistance syndrome.Method and Result: Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old girl with elevated fasting blood glucose detected by opportunistic testing, associated with severe insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia. …”
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the stomach: features of pathomorphological diagnostics by V. A. Tumanskiy, V A. Shavrin

“…It was described the molecular and genetic disorders, as well as the stages of stomach MALT-lymphoma to select the method of patient’s treatment.…”
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