Biomechanical Analysis of Pediatric Dental Crowns: A Comparative Study of Zirconia, Bioflex, and PEEK Using Finite Element Analysis by Leena Kumari, Aradhana Agrawal, Anusmita Mandal, Divyani Nandekar, Jagruti Narlawar, Shilpa Ghosh

“…However, newer materials like BioFlex and PEEK are emerging as promising alternatives. …”
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Adolescent Emoji Use in Text-Based Messaging: Focus Group Study by Matt Minich, Bradley Kerr, Megan Moreno

“…Two trained coders analyzed transcripts using a constant comparative coding procedure to identify themes in the discussion. …”
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Monitoring COVID-19 and Influenza: The Added Value of a Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System in Portugal by Ana Rita Torres, Verónica Gómez, Irina Kislaya, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Margarida Fernandes Tavares, Ana Catarina Pereira, Débora Pereira, Rita Côrte-Real, Carlos Humberto Flores, Nuno Verdasca, Raquel Guiomar, Ausenda Machado

“…SARI cases were defined as patients containing ICD-10 codes for influenza-like illness, cardiovascular diagnosis, respiratory diagnosis, and respiratory infection in their primary admission diagnosis. …”
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Cultural and ethical barriers to implementing end-of-life advance care planning among oncology nursing professionals: a content analysis of open-ended questions by Yi-An Shih, Cheng Wang, Jiahui Ding, Yuhong Zhou, Qian Lu

“…However, its practice in Confucian-influenced societies, like China, is significantly shaped by cultural norms where family preferences often precede individual choice. …”
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Spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting of Congenital Malformations: A Danish National Register Study by Ulrik Lausten-Thomsen, Rasmus Huan Olsen, Michael Christiansen, Paula L. Hedley, Ida Marie Heerfordt, Jon Trærup Andersen, Christina Gade

“…Eighty-five different drugs from 58 ATC codes were implicated. Only three diagnoses were reported in five or more children. …”
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Exploration of the Interactions Between Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri–Agrobacterium–Citrus to Improve Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Expression in Plants by Tirtha Lamichhane, Hang Su, Xiaoen Huang, Nian Wang

“…We demonstrate that Xcc improves AMTE via PthA, a transcription activator-like effector known to trigger cell division in citrus, and mutation of pthA4 abolished the promoting effect of Xcc. …”
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Biomimetic Strategies of Slip Sensing, Perception, and Protection in Prosthetic Hand Grasp by Anran Xie, Zhuozhi Zhang, Jie Zhang, Tie Li, Weidong Chen, James Patton, Ning Lan

“…Here, we show that biologically inspired sensorimotor pathways can be restored between the prosthetic hand and users. A Ruffini endings-like slip sensor is used to detect shear forces and identify slip events directly. …”
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A reflexive thematic analysis of existential losses in men with osteoporosis: “I’m not the person I was somehow … although I am” by Francine Toye, Karen Louise Barker, Sarah Drew, Tanzeela Y. Khalid, Emma M. Clark

“…Abstract Background Osteoporosis is a global health concern that is likely to increase with a rapidly ageing world population. …”
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The genome of a sea spider corroborates a shared Hox cluster motif in arthropods with a reduced posterior tagma by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Siddharth S. Kulkarni, Christian Baranyi, Bastian Fromm, Emily V. W. Setton, Prashant P. Sharma, Andreas Wanninger, Georg Brenneis

“…Abstract Background Chelicerate evolution is contentiously debated, with recent studies challenging traditional phylogenetic hypotheses and scenarios of major evolutionary events, like terrestrialization. Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) represent the uncontested marine sister group of all other chelicerates, featuring a—likely plesiomorphic—indirect development. …”
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<i>Lamiaceae</i> Plants and Cardiovascular Health: A Patent-Driven Path to Functional Foods by Reda El Boukhari, Ahmed Fatimi

“…Key phenolic compounds, such as rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid, along with flavonoids like luteolin, apigenin, and quercetin, contribute to these health benefits. …”
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Inhibitory effect of Bacillus megaterium on aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway genes expression of Aspergillus flavus in peanuts by Kong Qing, Chi Chen, Shan Shihua, Li Qiyu

“…Peanuts unsuitable for the growth of B. megaterium was the main reason for B. megaterium unthoroughly inhibit the biosynthesis of aflatoxin like in minimal medium (MM) or potato dextrose broth (PDB). …”
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Antifungal and Plant Growth Promoting Characters of Siderophore Producing Bacteria by Sherasiya J. Mahebub, Preeti R. Parmar, B. K. Rajkumar, V. K. Vekariya, Kiran Sutahr

“…Siderophore producing bacteria, coded as NAU-RPJ-54 was isolated from the cotton rhizospheric soil at Main Cotton Research Station (MCRS), Navsari Agricultural University (NAU). …”
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Healthcare professionals’ perspective on collaboration with traditional medical practitioners in HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis care in rural Ethiopia by Mamo Feyissa Senbeta, Teferi Gedif Fenta, Kaleab Asres, Tsige Gebremariam

“…Abstract Patients with chronic diseases like HIV and TB often seek treatment from both traditional and biomedicine healthcare providers. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Biofilm Formation Inhibition by PDIA Iminosugar in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by Anna Tomusiak-Plebanek, Łucja Kozień, Estelle Gallienne, Maciej Florczyk, Sławomir Ciesielski, Piotr Heczko, Magdalena Strus

“…The ranking of the most significant down-regulated genes after 24 h exposure to PDIA shows that they predominantly coded for both the synthesis and lysis of the peptidoglycan. …”
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microRNA miR-142-3p Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Invasiveness by Synchronous Targeting of WASL, Integrin Alpha V, and Additional Cytoskeletal Elements. by Alexander Schwickert, Esther Weghake, Kathrin Brüggemann, Annika Engbers, Benjamin F Brinkmann, Björn Kemper, Jochen Seggewiß, Christian Stock, Klaus Ebnet, Ludwig Kiesel, Christoph Riethmüller, Martin Götte

“…These endogenous small non-coding RNAs play significant roles in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. miR-142-3p expression is dysregulated in several breast cancer subtypes. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of Medicago truncatula calli with MtWOX9-1 overexpression by V. E. Tvorogova, E. Y. Krasnoperova, A. A. Kudriashov, K. A. Kuznetsova, E. A. Potsenkovskaya, Y. A. Fedorova, L. A. Lutova

“…Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is the development of embryo-like structures from somatic plant tissues. This process rarely can be observed in nature, but for many plant species, in vitro protocols are developed, which allow to obtain somatic embryos formation directly from tissues of plant explant or from the embryogenic callus. …”
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Gender disparities and barriers to access and use of essential health services in Ethiopia: Designing primary health care through gender lens. by Agumasie Semahegn, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Mesele Damte Argaw, Biruhtesfa Bekele, Metadel Tesfaye, Nebreed Fesseha, Samrawit Hagos Tiku, Asmeret Gebrehiwet, Addis Girma, Mebrie Belete, Chala Tesfaye, Mikiyas Teferi, Hillina Tadesse, Nuru Hussien, Anne Austin, Salsawit Shiferraw, Sintayehu Abebe Woldie, Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh, Lidiya Tefera, Frank DelPizzo, Addis Tamire, Temesgen Ayehu, Dessalew Emaway, Misrak Makonnen

“…Maximum variation sampling use used to identify participants.. Collected data were coded and gender-related barriers were categorized using the USAID's gender analysis domains. …”
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Psychiatrists’ experiences with the implementation of safewards and other quality improvement work: an explorative, qualitative interview study by Martin Lindow, Mårten J. Tyrberg, Veikko Pelto-Piri, Anna Björkdahl

“…Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis, with coding and categorization conducted collaboratively to ensure consistency. …”
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varCADD: large sets of standing genetic variation enable genome-wide pathogenicity prediction by Lusiné Nazaretyan, Philipp Rentzsch, Martin Kircher

“…The proposed datasets have several advantages, like being substantially larger and potentially less biased. …”
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Factors influencing the early initiation of breast feeding in public primary healthcare facilities in Northeast Nigeria: a mixed-method study by Nasir Umar, Olukolade George Shobo, Ahmed Gana, Peter Longtoe, Omokhudu Idogho, Jennifer Anyanti

“…The pregnant women denied safe traditional birth practices like chanting, praying or reading religious books during delivery are five times more likely not to breastfeed newborns within the first hour of birth (relative risk=4.5, 95% CI 1.2–17.1) compared with pregnant women allowed these practices.Conclusion Stakeholders must increase their focus on improving breastfeeding practices in public PHCs. …”
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