Oil drop face mask for sinus relief by Nur Hanisah Razali, Faten Elina Kamaruddin, Ainol Mardhiyah Rahmat, Nur Rifhan A. Rahim, Siti Noorhaslina Abd Halim, Hafizuddin Md Dali, Muhammad Haris Naqiuddin Muda

“…This common occurrence which has impacted about 14% of the general population happens due to the bacteria and viruses settling in the sinuses. …”
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A protocol to optimize non-invasive brain stimulation for post-stroke rehabilitation by Ayesha Juhi, Manul Das, Dinesh Bhatia, Suman Dhaka, Rajesh Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Shreya Sharma, Pritam Kumar Chaudhary, Chanchal Goyal, Md Asif Khan, Himel Mondal

“…This randomized controlled trial investigates the optimal dosing for post-stroke rehabilitation using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). …”
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Estratégias de resolução em problemas do Campo Conceitual Aditivo: um estudo com alunos ingressantes nos Cursos de Ciências Exatas by Lilian Akemi Kato, Marli Schmitt-Zanella, Vanessa Kulicheski Matias dos Santos, João Roberto Gerônimo, Kleber Luciano Niro, Jusley Talita Grimes de Souza, Valdinei Cezar Cardoso

Subjects: “…Teoria  dos  Campos  Conceituais…”
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The Perceptions of Overweight and Obese Individuals Regarding Weight-Loss Dietary Supplement Advertisements: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Survey by Nik Nur Anis Ilyany Zamzuri, Nor Elyzatul Akma Hamdan, Nurul Ashikin Jamludin, Mohammad Suhaidi Shaari, Nur Syazwani Taridi, Mohd Shahezwan Abd Wahab, Janattul Ain Jamal

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RETRACTED: Individual and Interactive Ecophysiological Effect of Temperature, Watering Regime and Abscisic Acid on the Growth and Development of Tomato Seedlings by Taghleb Al-Deeb, Mohammad Abo Gamar, Sabah Khaleel, Abdul Latief Al-Ghzawi, Wesam Al Khateeb, Mohammad Jawarneh, Mohammad Y. Jahmani, Omar Al-Zoubi, Talaat Habeeb

“…ANOVA and Scheffé’s multiple-comparison procedures were used to establish significant differences among treatments and among the three factors being manipulated. All three factors decreased plant height and growth rate. …”
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RETRACTED: Al-Deeb et al. Individual and Interactive Ecophysiological Effect of Temperature, Watering Regime and Abscisic Acid on the Growth and Development of Tomato Seedlings. <i... by Taghleb Al-Deeb, Mohammad Abo Gamar, Sabah Khaleel, Abdul Latief Al-Ghzawi, Wesam Al Khateeb, Mohammad Jawarneh, Mohammad Y. Jahmani, Omar Al-Zoubi, Talaat Habeeb

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A qualitative analysis of Arabic language websites about extraction of third molars by Muath Saad Alassaf, Mohannad Mohammed Abu Aof, Osama Ayidh Alharbi, Abdulrahman Turkustani, Moataz Ibrahim Karbouji, Nebras Althagafi, Ahmed Mohammed Almghamsi, Ghayda Yousof Zolaly, Shadia Elsayed

“…There were significant differences in the number of achieved JAMA items per webpage between the groups (P-value = 0.000). …”
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Detection and decontamination of Mycoplasma in cultured cells and viral strains by Glaucia Prado de Andrade, Natália Hettwer Pedroso, Alice Becker, Vinicius Soares dos Santos, Juciane Bonella, José Valter Joaquim Silva Júnior, Rudi Weiblen, Eduardo Furtado Flores

“…Among 25 cell lines and primary cultures tested by PCR, 16 (64%) were contaminated. Fourteen bovine viral strains were also found contaminated, including three bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 (BVDV-1), two BVDV-2, four bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1), one each: HoBiPeV, BoHV-2, BoHV-5, bovine parainfluenza virus 3 (bPI-3V) and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV). …”
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Ammonium and nitrate ratios in the cultivation of tobacco plants by Victor Gabriel Souza de Almeida, Girlene Santos de Souza, Gildeon Santos Brito, Alfredo Teles de Jesus Neto, Cristian Martins de Souza, Anacleto Ranulfo dos Santos

“…The 25:75 ratio (NH4+:NO3-) resulted in an increase of height, number of leaves, stem diameter and leaf dry mass, the latter being the variable of greatest commercial relevance for tobacco cultivation. …”
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Bivariate power Lomax Sarmanov distribution: Statistical properties, Reliability measures, and Parameter estimation by M.A. Abd Elgawad, M.A. Alawady, H.M. Barakat, G.M. Mansour, I.A. Husseiny, Salem A. Alyami, Atef F. Hashem, M.O. Mohamed

“…This paper presents a bivariate power Lomax Sarmanov distribution (BPL-SARD) constructed from Sarmanov copulas and power Lomax (PL) marginal distributions. …”
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Unilateral perineal hernia surgery. Case report by P. S. Nakaza, A. C. Rodrigues Silva, A. L. Alves de Brucker, D. Mesquita Grangeiro, P. U. Carnauba Vicente, J. Cirqueira dos Santos, D. Carvalho Viana

“…Los perros machos no castrados de entre 7 y 10 años son los más afectados, siendo raro en las hembras. …”
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Correlation between intestinal stem cell niche changes and small bowel crypt failure in patients with treatment-naïve celiac disease by Prasenjit Das, Sudha Battu, Lalita Mehra, Alka Singh, Muzaffar Ahmad, Ashish Agarwal, Ashish Chauhan, Anam Ahmad, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, Siddhartha Datta Gupta, Vineet Ahuja, Govind Makharia

“…However, the Ki67 proliferation index, expressions of WNT-activator RSPO1, and position-4 cell marker Bmi1 did not significantly alter in patients’ biopsies as compared to controls (P = 0.001). We also observed depletion of pericrypt stromal fibronectin-1 in patients with CeD compared to controls. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of eating disorder risk among Bangladeshi public university students: A cross-sectional study by Md​. Hasan Al Banna, Md​. Forshed Dewan, Mohammad Raihan Tariq, Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Tasnim Rahman Disu, Sumaiya Akter, Sumaia Sahrin, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

“…The prevalence of ‘eating disorder risk’ was 23.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 18.6 to 27.4). Being female (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.4 to 4.2), aged between 17-21 years (AOR = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.2 to 3.6), overweight (AOR = 4.9; 95% CI: 1.6 to 14.9) and obese (AOR = 7.7, 95% CI: 1.9 to 31.4) showed a higher odds of having an eating disorder risk in the present study. …”
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Refined photovoltaic parameters estimation via an improved Sinh Cosh Optimizer with trigonometric operators by Ala Saleh Alluhaidan, Diaa Salama AbdElminaam, Taraggy M. Ghanim, Sahar A. El-Rahman, Ibrahim Shawky Farahat, Arar Al Tawil, Yasmin Alkady, Walaa H. Elashmawi

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Investigating Postoperative Urinary Retention: Risk Factors and Postsurgical Outcomes in Total Joint Arthroplasty by Madeleine J.F. Powers, MSIII, Zachary T. Grace, MD, Barrett B. Torre, MD, Dorothy B. Wakefield, MS, Laura Sanzari, MS, BSN, RN, Matthew J. Grosso, MD

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Challenges in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in individuals with obesity by Bas M. van Dalen, Jie Fen Chin, Praveen A. Motiram, Anneke Hendrix, Mireille E. Emans, Jasper J. Brugts, B. Daan Westenbrink, Rudolf A. de Boer

Subjects: “…Obesity…”
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In vitro and ex vivo models of the oral mucosa as platforms for the validation of novel drug delivery systems by Robyn A Macartney, Abijit Das, Atina G Imaniyyah, Annabelle TR Fricker, Andrew M Smith, Stefano Fedele, Ipsita Roy, Hae-Won Kim, Dongjoon Lee, Jonathan C Knowles

“…The benefit of complex 3D models to facilitate the robust testing of new drugs and drug delivery systems during the developmental stages of pharmaceutical manufacturing has recently become distinguished within the field. …”
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Personalized treatment strategies for breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: A machine learning approach by Sakhr Alshwayyat, Mahmoud Bashar Abu Al Hawa, Mustafa Alshwayyat, Tala Abdulsalam Alshwayyat, Siya sawan, Ghaith Heilat, Hanan M. Hammouri, Sara Mheid, Batool Al Shweiat, Hamdah Hanifa

“…The median age was 60 years, with most tumors being localized and less than 2 cm in size. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were highest for surgery + radiotherapy (RT) (94.9 %) and lowest for surgery + chemotherapy (CTX) + RT (80.1 %). …”
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Modified perineal urethrostomy for the management of congenital urethral diverticulum in a 4-month-old feline by Paloma Helena Sanches da Silva, Mariana Zanini Maia, Barbara Vidal Barbosa, Pedro Antônio Bronhara Pimentel, Juliana dos Santos Masiero, Suzane Lilian Beier, Patrícia Maria Coletto Freitas

“…Therefore, the treatment option was to perform a modified technique of perineal urethrostomy using the diverticulum in the pelvic urethra, through both abdominal and perineal surgical approaches. Two months post-surgery, the patient no longer exhibited clinical signs of urinary incontinence. …”
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Addressing fabrication challenges in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with advanced simulation techniques by Raman Kumar, Prakash Kanjariya, A. Abu-Jrai, Nagaraj Patil, Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid, Jatinder Kaur, Rahul Singh, P. Vijaya Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Shah, Mohammad Iqbal Khairandish

“…Abstract In the pursuit of higher conversion efficiency, the PV industry has turned its focus towards perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, which currently represent the peak of innovation. …”
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