The motives for seeking dental health services in a sample of children attending a College of Dentistry Erbil, Iraq. by Alla Mahmud Mustafa, Heran Ibrahim Hassan, Fighan Jalal Huseen

“…Patients and methods: The age, gender, and the chief complaints or the main reason for the visit were recorded for each consecutive patient of a total of 1233 patients who visited the oral hygiene clinics in the College of Dentistry at Hawler Medical University (Erbil city, Iraq), from October 2016 to June 2017 were recruited. …”
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The prevalence of persistence metopic suture (metopisim) among Kurdish populations of Erbil city. by Soran M Karim, Othman Omar, Muyesser Nuri, Tuqa Yousif Al-Sharef

“… Background and objective: A fully developed frontal bone consists mainly of two portions separated by a vertically oriented suture called metopic, frontal or inter-frontal suture, it’s considered to be the first skull suture to close metopic suture physiologically closes at different times of age and could occur from birth through age 8 years,In some individual (and as a normal variant) a persistent metopic suture can be seen in the midline running down the frontal bone and the condition is referred to as metopisim. …”
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Analysis of ADR reports of cetuximab based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Shuai Zhao, Yan Wang, Xiaoli Deng, Xi Chen, Zhaoyi Lu

“…The application of cetuximab resulted in AEs in 22 system organ classes (SOCs), which preserved 176 significant disproportionality preferred terms (PTs) through the computation of four algorithms. The main SOCs (Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders, investigations, metabolism and nutrition disorders, and blood and lymphatic system disorders) accounted for 58.63%. …”
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General practice database on mortality in adults on methylphenidate: cohort study by Bruno Stricker, Katia Verhamme, Kiki Cheung

“…The total study population consisted of 97 198 participants.Main outcome measures Serious psychiatric events such as depression and suicide attempts, and overall mortality.Analyses Risks of development of each event during the use of methylphenidate were expressed as HR with 95% CI, adjusted for relevant confounders with methylphenidate as a time-dependent determinant. …”
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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

“…The study investigated causal effects mainly using Steiger, MR-Egger, weighted median and inverse variance weighting (IVW) methods. …”
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Source Impact Analysis Using Char-EC/Soot-EC Ratios in the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India by Manisha Mishra, U.C. Kulshrestha

“…Specifically, our trajectory analysis revealed an association between northwesterly air masses originating in northwestern India and higher concentrations of fPM and carbonaceous aerosols at the study site, which mainly occurred during the post-monsoon season and winter. …”
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Manhaj Ithbat Salaf Scholars in Interacting with Characteristics of Khabariyyah According To The Explanation Of Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash`Ari by Mohd Saiba Yaacob, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, Engku Ibrahim Engku Wok Zin

“…The findings indicated that the Salaf scholars' Ithbat method is based on the concept of al-Ithbat bi La Kayf, which is explained by Imam al-Ash`ari. One of its main features is that it teaches the Sifat Khabariyyah's external meaning as worthy of Allah SWT by rejecting the existence of kayfiyyat (form, appearance, characteristics, and manner), without interpretation, without ta'wil (representation), without tamthil (equalisation), without tashbih (simulation), and denying the Sifat al-huduth (new attributes) like location, mass, movement, and displacement. …”
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USE OF GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DISTANCE LEARNING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN GEOGRAPHY by Vasyl V. Leta, Mykola M. Karabiniuk, Mykhailo M. Mykyta, Mykhailo M. Kachailo

“…At the same time, distance learning involves a wide application of an individual approach to each student, taking into account, in particular, the hardware and software necessary to work with GIS technologies. The main disadvantages of distance learning of the academic disciplines “Fundamentals of Geoinformatics” and “Cartography and GIS” are considered. …”
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A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated by tumor endoprosthetics using 3D printing by Vladimir Stavrev, Luben Stokov, Petko Ganev, Georgi Georgiev

“…One of the most recent and promising innovations is represented by 3D printing technology, whose main advantage in this field of application is patient specificity, which is essential in an operation that requires high precision and maximum respect for the individuality of his bones and soft tissues. …”
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Huerto urbano Adelfas (Madrid, 24 de enero de 2021) by Claudia Antón Biezma

“…It is a big space, it gets sun light, neighbours water it twice per week and it is open to everyone. The main advantage of this type of garden is for city kids to be able to be in contact with something rural, where they can plant and grow vegetables. …”
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Machine learning-random forest model was used to construct gene signature associated with cuproptosis to predict the prognosis of gastric cancer by Xiaolong Liu, Pengxian Tao, He Su, Yulan Li

“…GSEA and GSVA results indicated that high risk patients with GC were mainly associated with the enrichment of ANGIOGENESIS and TGF_BETA_SIGNALING pathways. …”
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Global progress, challenges and strategies in eliminating public threat of viral hepatitis by Sihui Zhang, Fuqiang Cui

“…The objective of this article was to explore the urgent issues that need to be addressed in global viral hepatitis with the increasing availability of vaccines and antiviral drugs. Main text The updated World Health Organization guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection (2024 edition) and Chinese guidelines for the prevention and treatment of chronic hepatitis B (version 2022) simplify clinical algorithms for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of hepatitis B, expand treatment eligibility criteria, and provide alternative treatment options, which will cover a higher proportion of all hepatitis B surface antigen positive populations. …”
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Advancing the accuracy of tyrosinase inhibitory peptides prediction via a multiview feature fusion strategy by Watshara Shoombuatong, Nalini Schaduangrat, Nutta Homdee, Saeed Ahmed, Pramote Chumnanpuen

“…Tyrosinase inhibitory peptides (TIPs), mainly designed to regulate the activity of the enzyme tyrosinase, are of interest in various domains, including cosmetics, dermatology, and pharmaceuticals, due to their potential applications in controlling skin pigmentation. …”
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Virtual game-based learning environments to promote self-regulated learning skills in foreign language learners [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Maira Alejandra Noriega Cortes, Laura Carreño-Bolivar

“…The present study is one of the products of the academic unit project “Key Factors and Essential Elements for a Comprehensive Model of Bilingual Education: A Multidimensional Approach for Diverse Contexts and Areas of Knowledge” sponsored by the School of Education at Universidad de La Sabana, institution where the first author conducted her master’s studies, and the corresponding author is a professor and main researcher of the of the academic unit project. …”
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Impact of Corona Virus on The Life Status of Kurdish People Living in Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Pary M. Azize, Chia H. Sadiq, Lavin Luqman Othman

“…An online form (questionnaire) was used to collect the data among the researchers’ social media users, especially Facebook as the main platform. 643 participated in the study and filled out the form; however, 510 forms were accepted in terms of a statistical point of view. …”
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Environmental Governance Challenges of Indigenous Forest Recognition: Climate Solution Ideal and Its Uneven Outcomes in Indonesia by Abdurrahman Abdullah, Micah R. Fisher, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide

“…Results highlight three main findings. First, while the assumption of community-based initiatives presumes the restoration of rights, new forms of enclosure and marginalization occur vis-à-vis policies of Indigenous land rights recognition. …”
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A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management by Jonathan Richard Benger, Jane Powell, Fiona Cramp, Carey Middleton McClellan

“…Patients were excluded if they had any of the following: injury greater than 72 hours old; systemic disease; dislocated joints; recent surgery; unable to give informed consent (eg, dementia), open wounds; major deformities; opiate analgesia required; concurrent chest/rib injury; neurovascular deficits and associated fracture.Interventions Patients were randomised to treatment by ESPs, ENPs or routine care provided by doctors (of all grades).Main outcome measures Upper-limb and lower-limb functional scores, quality of life, physical well-being, preference-based health measures and the number of days off work.Results The clinical outcomes of soft tissue injury treated by ESPs and ENPs in the ED were equivalent to routine care provided by doctors.Conclusions As all groups were clinically equivalent it is other factors such as cost, workforce sustainability, service provision and skill mix that become important. …”
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Is Helicobacter pylori eradication required for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated erosions and ulcers? by A. Ye. Karateyev, Ye. V. Moroz, Anastasia V. Tsurgan, N. V. Gontarenko

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The impact of green human resource management practices on organisational sustainability through green knowledge sharing by Aimun Khawaja, Khalida N. Janjua

“…Data analysis was done using structural equation modelling with the use of Smart Partial Least Squares 4.0 software. Main findings: The study established a positive direct relationship between GHRMP and OS and also between GHRMP and GKS. …”
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Intelligent deep federated learning model for enhancing security in internet of things enabled edge computing environment by Nasser Nammas Albogami

“…Personal information and privacy leakage have become the main concerns in IoT edge computing surroundings. …”
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