Academic Articles & Research Papers

A new system for assessment of growth using mandibular canine calcification stages and its correlation with modified MP3 stages

Objective: Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning for growing children must involve growth prediction, especially in the treatment of skeletal problems. Studies have shown that a strong association exists between skeletal maturity and...

Integrating ayurvedic eye care into primary health practice: an exploratory study on the combined effect of pratimarsha nasya, avagundana, and aschyotana in meibomian gland dysfunction

BackgroundMeibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) has become increasingly common in community practice, often presenting as dryness, irritation, and ocular fatigue. Factors such as prolonged screen exposure, environmental irritants, and advancing...

The influence of storage conditions on the dynamics of physicochemical markers of champignon (<i>Agaricus bisporus</i>) quality

Agaricus bisporus are the most common cultivated mushrooms. Champignons are a source of chitin, glycogen and minerals, and also have attractive organoleptic properties. Physicochemical and organoleptic characteristics of fresh Agaricus bisp...

Formulation and biological evaluation of a bacterial nanocellulose-based nanoemulsion hydrogel loaded with Persea americana Mill. seed extract: An anti-aging assessment.

Development and validation of the Customer Engagement Orientation scale: Assessing firms’ customer engagement orientation and its impact on performance

Objective: The article aims to develop and validate a new scale – Customer Engagement Orientation (CENOR) – to measure a firm’s customer engagement orientation and to provide evidence of its impact on firm performance. Although customer eng...

I registri di monitoraggio AIFA come strumento strategico nel quadro italiano di HTA: evoluzione e implicazioni per le politiche sanitarie.

Generation Scotland: Linking all the records we can

Objectives We started a family-based genetic epidemiology study in 2006-11 which recruited ~24,000 adult volunteers from ~7000 families across Scotland with consent for follow-up through medical record linkage and re-contact. In 2022-23 we ...

Cascading Training Model to Promote Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Across South Africa: Rollout in an HIV Service Organization

Background In South Africa, rates of HIV and alcohol use are among the highest globally, with a detrimental synergistic relationship. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based, cost-effective appr...

Clinicopathological features of rare bleeding disorders in high consanguinity population; A retrospective analysis from two tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Rare bleeding disorder (RBDs) encompasses a deficiency of one or more of FXIII, FXI, FX, FVII, FV, FII, and FI clotting factors, leading to bleeding disorders with variable presentations and outcomes ranging from none or minimal...

The SKP1-like gene family of Arabidopsis exhibits a high degree of differential gene expression and gene product interaction during development.

The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes several families of polypeptides that are known or predicted to participate in the formation of the SCF-class of E3-ubiquitin ligase complexes. One such gene family encodes the Skp1-like class of poly...

Daily physical activity associated with suicidal ideation in college students: an ecological momentary assessment study.

Integrative Prevention at Work: Protocol for the Development of an Assessment Tool.

Preoperative assessment of HER-2 status in breast cancer using imaging features and quantitative parameters derived from chest contrast-enhanced fast kVp switching dual-energy computed tomography.

Assessment of pneumoconiosis by dusty job type among underground coal miners participating in the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program,1991-2024.

Design, implementation, and assessment of an independent second-check system for proton and carbon-ion pencil-beam scanning: delivery-aware Monte Carlo and microdosimetric RBE-weighted dose.

Cone-beam CT-based synthetic CT generation for adaptive radiotherapy: methodological paradigms, clinical reliability assessment, and translation.

Artificial intelligence-enabled monitoring of pesticide contamination in agricultural water systems: a comprehensive review of intelligent sensing technologies for water quality surveillance and environmental risk assessment.

An assessment of the occupational heat stress recommendations in adults with obesity.

Response to: Five methodological considerations for validating LLMs in risk of bias assessment.

STRATUM-structured framework for reporting, assessment, and translational utility of metagenomics.