Oral Health Status and Anxiety Level Amongst the Borderline Security Force Personnel and Their Family Members by Deepali Agarwal, Bharathi Purohit, Upendra Singh Bhadauria, Sneha Malhotra, Manali Deb Barma, Harsh Priya

“…This study aimed to evaluate the oral health status, treatment needs, and prevalence of oral pre-malignant conditions among security forces personnel and their families at training centres in Delhi NCR. A multi-centric crosssectional study was conducted at three training centres. …”
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An enhanced dung beetle optimizer with multiple strategies for robot path planning by Wei Hu, Qi Zhang, Shan Ye

“…An improved dung beetle optimization algorithm using hybrid multi- strategy is proposed. Firstly, the cubic chaotic mapping approach is used to initialize the population to improve the diversity, expand the search range of the solution space, and enhance the global optimization ability. …”
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An integrative conservation and management strategy based on biological and cultural diversity assessment: A case study of Miaoling mountainous region, China by Xiaoqi Li, Jiaojiao Zhu, Xinyi Lyu, Yiyun Sun, Chuandong Tan, Bin Zhang, Paolo Tarolli, Qichi Yang

“…Also, the conservation network encompasses 29 primary corridors, 76 secondary corridors, and 25 nodes. Based on that, a multi-stakeholder adaptive management framework has been proposed, emphasizing policy and financial support, community participation, and collaboration to integrate ecological protection with sustainable development. …”
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The spatial relationship and influence mechanism of traditional villages and intangible cultural heritage: a case study of the upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin by Qianming Xue, Yuehao Huang

“…The findings are as follows: (1) There are significant differences in the spatial distribution of TVs and ICH in the upper YRB. TVs exhibit a “multi-core aggregation, dispersed concentration” pattern, with a high degree of imbalance at the provincial (or autonomous region) level. …”
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Electrophysiologically calibrated optogenetic stimulation of dentate granule cells mitigates dendritic spine loss in denervated organotypic entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures by Tijana Hanauske, Carolin Christina Koretz, Tassilo Jungenitz, Jochen Roeper, Alexander Drakew, Thomas Deller

“…To achieve this outcome, we had to calibrate the intensity and duration of optogenetic (light) pulses using whole-cell electrophysiological recordings and multi-cell calcium imaging. Our findings showed that ChR2-expressing cells generated action potentials (APs) or calcium transients in response to illumination but were otherwise functionally indistinguishable from non-transduced GCs within the same neural circuit. …”
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Towards Sustainable Preservation: Revitalising Indigenous African Instruments and Craftsmanship by Ntshengedzeni Evans Netshivhambe

“…These instruments are vital components of sustainable African music education. Using a multi-method approach that includes a review of relevant literature, performance analysis, and interviews with indigenous music practitioners, students, and community members, the study highlighted how previous research on African music studies has predominantly focused on documenting African cultural practices. …”
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Spatial-Temporal Variations and Influencing Factors of Water-related Ecosystem Services in Southwest China Under Complex Terrain by TANG Shuang, ZHU Chongjing, GAO Jie, BIAN Hongyan

“…[Methods] The annual water yield and soil erosion in Southwest China from 1992 to 2020 were evaluated to explore the multi-dimensional (including time, space and elevation) variation characteristics by the InVEST model and universal soil loss equation. …”
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The effect of ileostomy closure timing on low anterior resection syndrome in patient who underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer by Hemn Hussain Kaka Ali, Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim, Karzan Seerwan, Barham M. M .Salih, Omar H Ghalib Hawramy, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Syamand Orhaman Ahmed

“…This is a multi-center retrospective study of patients underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer. …”
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What is Legal Theory? by Marietta Auer

“…An unchartered space nevertheless remains between the disciplinary and the multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary forms of legal knowledge. …”
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LLM-Guided Crowdsourced Test Report Clustering by Ying Li, Ye Zhong, Lijuan Yang, Yanbo Wang, Penghua Zhu

“…This paper proposes a clustering method for crowdsourced test reports based on a large language model to solve the limitations of existing methods in processing repeated reports and utilizing multi-modal information. Existing crowdsourced test report clustering methods have significant shortcomings in handling duplicate reports, ignoring the semantic information of screenshots, and underutilizing the relationship between text and images. …”
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MSVPWM Based-SAPF For Harmonic Mitigation in The Distribution Network Under Unbalanced Condition by Haider Muhamad Husen, Salar Ahmed Qadir

“…Unbalanced input source voltages generate extra current harmonics in addition to non-linear loads which distorts the power quality in the entire power systems. Three-phase multi-level neutral point clamped (NPC) converter based shunt active harmonic filter (SAHF) are used as a solution to overcome problems due to current harmonics. …”
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Knowledge of mothers regarding infant’s developmental milestones in four domains (gross motor, fine motor, language and personal and social) – A cross sectional study by Pooja Thakur, Nalina Gupta

“…Results: 73% mothers were aware regarding head holding in the gross motor domain, 61% mothers were aware regarding hand to mouth in the fine motor domain, 41% mothers were aware regarding bisyllables in the language domain, and 64% mothers were aware regarding when an infant starts waving bye-bye in the personal social domain. …”
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A literature review of climate-smart landscapes as a tool in soil- water management in Sub-Saharan Africa by Turyasingura, Benson, Tumwesigye, Wycliffe, Atuhaire, Abraham, Tumushabe, Jennifer Turyatemba, Akatwijuka, , Rogers

“…On equitable climate-smart landscapes, it was found that multi-stakeholder participation in landscape management is an iterative and changing process that can assist in addressing and resolving disputes as well as facilitating fair negotiation procedures for underrepresented and minority groups. …”
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Uhakiki Wa Mtindo Wa Lug Ha Ka Tika Riwaya Ya Ndoto Ya Almasi Na Ken Walibora. by Nuwamanya, Levinari

“…Fauka ya hayo, matumizi mwafaka ya vipengele mbalimbali vya kimtindo huifanya kazi ya fasihi kuwa na mnato, mvuto na uzuri wa kipekee. Hata hivyo, matumizi mabaya ya mtindo hupelekea kazi ya kifasihi kukosa usanii na hata uzuri wake, yaani huwa chapwa na huathiri namna ujumbe unavyomfikia msomaji. …”
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Penerapan Metode Weighted Product (WP) Dalam Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Penerimaan Karyawan Pada Dewata Store Fakfak by Nelson Rumui, Nur Sakinah, Cahya Nur Rolan Niah, Fathurrahman Rumalutur

“…Oleh karena itu, diperlukan suatu sistem penunjang pengambilan keputusan dengan menggunakan pendekatan solusi multi-kriteria dan metode Weighted Product (WP), di mana banyak kriteria yang perlu diperhatikan dalam pemilihan karyawan. …”
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Suatu Pendekatan Hibrid Menggunakan Topsis - Entropi pada Penentuan Siswa Penerima Beasiswa Prestasi Berbasiskan Kriteria Objektif by Maria Ulfah Siregar, Titik Nasiroh, Muhammad Mustakim

“…Penelitian kami menerapkan pendekatan hibrid dari Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) metode Entropi dan Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Awareness among Diabetic vs. Non-Diabetic Patients about the Association between Diabetes and Oral Health by Jaswinder Kaur, Gurleen Kaur Pruthi, Harsimran Singh Kapoor, Vishwas Narang, Akaljot Kaur, Aakash Gupta

“…Greater number of diabetic patients (96.7%) reported dry mouth, whereas only 53.3% had periodontal complications. 90% participants use tooth brush as oral hygiene aid. …”
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The <i>Pelvicachromis pulcher</i>: A Local Aquarium Species by A.T. Ibim, G.C. Eziefule

“…Both sexes have a dark longitudinal stripe that runs from the caudal fin to the mouth and pink to red abdomens, the intensity of which changes during courtship and breeding. …”
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Strength, extent and duration of secondary hyperalgesia induced by high-frequency electrical stimulation of the foot compared to the volar forearm of healthy human volunteers. by Louisien Lebrun, Cédric Lenoir, Caterina Leone, Emanuel N van den Broeke, Ombretta Caspani, Andreas Schilder, Bernhard Pelz, Andrea Truini, Rolf-Detlef Treede, André Mouraux

“…High-frequency electrical stimulation (HFS) of the skin using a multi-pin electrode activating epidermal nociceptors is used to explore spinal central sensitization in humans. …”
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Aerosol Opto-physical Properties: Temporal Variation, Aerosol Type Discrimination and Source Identification by Amol R. Kolhe, Gajanan Raghunath Aher, Pawan S. Soyam, Sachin D. Ralegankar, Sumita Kedia, Laxman M. Chaudhari, Vivek V. Antad, Sachin D. Ghude, Pramod D. Safai, Sanjay D. Chakane, Panuganti C. S. Devara

“…Abstract Atmospheric aerosol characterization experiments were conducted, for the first time, over AC-Ahmednagar, a semi-urban location in south-west India, using a multi-spectral solar radiometer from January 2016 to May 2018. …”
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