Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Haruka Nakata, Yuichi Masaki, Yuri Watanabe, Mai Ohkubo, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Kenichiro Kobayashi

“…The oral function was initially assessed with seven criteria: oral hygiene; oral dryness; occlusal force; tongue pressure; tongue-lip motor, masticatory, and swallowing function. …”
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Assessment of Parents’ Awareness Towards Space Maintainers: A Cross‑Sectional Study by Esra Ceren Tuğutlu, Neslihan Yılmaz

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of parental awareness regarding the use of space maintainers, oral hygiene practices, and the significance of primary teeth.Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a questionnaire comprising 20 questions was utilized, encompassing four primary categories: 1) sociodemographic data, 2) parental awareness regarding oral hygiene habits, 3) recognition of the significance of primary teeth and the children's previous tooth extraction experience, and 4) parents’ knowledge level about the use of space maintainers. …”
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Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes in Dairy Products with Reduction Trials Using Rosmarinic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Clove, and Thyme Essential Oils by Mahmoud Elafify, Mohamed Tharwat Elabbasy, Rasha Samir Mohamed, Esraa A. Mohamed, Walaa Fathy Saad Eldin, Wageh Sobhy Darwish, Essam Hassan Eldrehmy, Radwa Reda Shata

“…In conclusion, strict hygienic conditions should be adopted during the preparation and distribution of dairy products. …”
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Epidemiology and Performances of Typhidot Immunoassay and Widal Slide Agglutination in the Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Febrile Patients in Bafoussam City, Cameroon: A Cross-Secti... by Aurelie Dahlia Yemeli Piankeu, Siméon Pierre Chegaing Fodouop, Michel Noubom, Emmanuel Boris Gomseu Djoumsie, Georges Ful Kuh, Donatien Gatsing

“…The significant risk factors associated with enteric fever were lack or insufficient knowledge of typhoid fever, poor hand hygiene, and anorexia. Typhidot immunoassay was more sensitive (100%) and specific (82.3%) than the Widal test. …”
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Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Genetic Diversities of Clostridium difficile in Meat Nuggets from Various Sources in Isfahan, Iran by Parvin Ghorbani Filabadi, Ebrahim Rahimi, Amir Shakerian, Zahra Esfandiari

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CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF RISK PERCEPTION TO IMPLEMENT TOURIST HEALTH SAFETY IN VIETNAM by Ninh Van NGUYEN, Ngoc Thi Bich TRUONG

“…The perceived risks were ranked in descending order as safety and hygiene risks, health risks, time risks, and emergency response support concerns. …”
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Bilateral Telencephalic Gliomatosis Cerebri in a Dog by Mario Ricciardi, Antonio De Simone, Pasquale Giannuzzi, Maria Teresa Mandara, Alice Reginato, Floriana Gernone

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Blockade of Piezo2 Pathway Attenuates Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain in the Orofacial Area by Min-Jeong Jo, Jo-Young Son, Yu-Mi Kim, Jin-Sook Ju, Min-Kyoung Park, Min-Kyung Lee, Dong-Kuk Ahn

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Protocol for a prospective cohort study: Prevention of Transmissions by Effective Colonisation Tracking in Neonates (PROTECT-Neo) by Martin Wolkewitz, Roland Hentschel, Philipp Henneke, Daniel Jonas, Tim Götting, Sandra Reuter, Daniel Klotz, Simone Hock, Benjamin Blümel, Georg Häcker, Hajo Grundmann, Nico Mutters

“…We postulate that transmission density increases during episodes when demand for intensive care cannot be met by existing staff, and that threshold dynamics have a bearing on cohorting and hand hygiene performance. Poisson logistic regression, proportional hazard and multilevel competing risk models will be used to estimate the effect of explanatory variables.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the local ethics committee (study ID 287/18). …”
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Characteristics of the First Italian Older Adults Vaccinated with an Adjuvanted Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine by Alexander Domnich, Andrea Orsi, Piero Luigi Lai, Elvira Massaro, Carlo-Simone Trombetta, Julieta Pastorino, Charlott Roihl, Marianna Pianta, Giancarlo Icardi, Donatella Panatto

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Harmonizing population health data into OMOP common data model: a demonstration using COVID-19 sero-surveillance data from Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System by Michael Ochola, Sylvia Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Tathagata Bhattacharjee, David Amadi, Maureen Ng’etich, Damazo Kadengye, Henry Owoko, Boniface Igumba, Jay Greenfield, Jim Todd, Agnes Kiragga, Agnes Kiragga

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Validation of Immersion Precooling and Drip Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures on Weight, Temperature, Microbiological Quality, and Safety of Chicken Carcasses by Angela B.P.S. Fernandes, Clair F.S. Pereira, Hiago M. Pereira, Marco A.C. Batista, Luiz F.S. Dionisio, Amauri A. Alfieri, Bruna Alexandrino, José C. Ribeiro-Júnior

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Release Profile and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> Essential Oil-Incorporated, Optimally Stabilized Type I Collagen Hydrogels by Caglar Ersanli, Ioannis Skoufos, Konstantina Fotou, Athina Tzora, Yves Bayon, Despoina Mari, Eleftheria Sarafi, Konstantina Nikolaou, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis

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Perception, Trust, and Motivation in Consumer Behavior for Organic Food Acquisition: An Exploratory Study by Elena Moroșan, Violeta Popovici, Ioana Andreea Popescu, Adriana Daraban, Oana Karampelas, Liviu Marian Matac, Monica Licu, Andreea Rusu, Larisa-Marina-Elisabeth Chirigiu, Sinziana Opriţescu, Elena Iuliana Ionita, Alina Saulean, Maria Nitescu

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Neonatal indicator data in Tanzania District Health Information System: evaluation of availability and quality of selected newborn indicators, 2015-2022 by Josephine Shabani, Nahya Salim, Christine Bohne, Louise Tina Day, Claud Kumalija, Ahmad Mohamed Makuwani, Felix Bundala, Habib Ismail, Joy E. Lawn, Eric O. Ohuma

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Epidemiological surveys, antibiotic resistance, and related risk factors of Helicobacter pylori in Quanzhou, China: a cross-sectional study by DanDan Xie, WeiXiong Xu, ZhenZhu Zhang, Fang Huang, XuBo Dai

“…Finally, the frequency of oral hygiene had an impact on levofloxacin resistance. …”
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GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES (GMP) IN SMALL ENTERPRISE OF MILKFISH SATAY by Zulfatun Najah, Gita Dwi Lestari, Ahmad Mujaki Diwan, Muhammad Dhabit Dzikribillah, Muhammad Rizal Febriansah, Rita Purnamasari, Dian Anggraeni

“…The small enterprise has to improve the GMP practices in the criteria of building and facilities, equipment, hygiene and sanitation facities, activities, health and workers hygiene, label, process control, recording and documentation.…”
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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. Only 10.6% participants follow regular dental visits. …”
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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in milk from dairy cows with chronic mastitis by Hayriye Yeşim Can, Mehmet Elmalı, Yaşar Ergün

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Assessment of Hand-Washing Knowledge and Practice among Nursing Undergraduates in Saudi Arabia by Wajid Syed, Mahmood Basil A. Al-Rawi

“…The present study investigated the knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among entry-level nursing students at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …”
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