High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Versus Airflow® in Debriding Ti-Attached S. mutans Biofilms by Minh Dien Tran, Sheetal Maria Rajan, Hien Ngo, Amr Fawzy

“…The data from the test and the control samples (untreated and Airflow® treated) were subjected to ANOVA followed by post-hoc Tukey's test to determine the statistical differences between the groups. …”
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The effect of three different apical termini on postoperative pain in teeth with irreversible pulpitis: a prospective clinical study by Fei Zhai, Haiying Zhang, Chen Zhang, Benxiang Hou

“…In cases of irreversible pulpitis with moderate preoperative pain (NRS = 4–7), the post-preparation pain scores at 4 h was significantly lower than the preoperative pain in all groups (P < .05). …”
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Improving Winter Wheat Yield Estimation Under Saline Stress by Integrating Sentinel-2 and Soil Salt Content Using Random Forest by Chuang Lu, Maowei Yang, Shiwei Dong, Yu Liu, Yinkun Li, Yuchun Pan

“…SI dominated in pre-jointing periods, while VI was better in the post-jointing phase. The VI + SI + SC-based model achieved better accuracy (R² = 0.78, RMSE = 720.16 kg/ha) than VI-based (R² = 0.71), SI-based (R² = 0.69), and VI + SI-based (R² = 0.77) models. …”
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The Novel Use of a Custom Three-Dimensional-Printed Polycaprolactone-Tricalcium Phosphate Synthetic Bone Scaffold (Osteopore®) in the Management of a Critical-Sized Bone Defect for... by Ping Yen Yeo, Claris Jia-Yi Shi, Derek Howard Park, Rex Premchand Antony Xavier

“…The bone defect was adequately addressed resulting in good restoration of calcaneal anatomy as well as joint congruency. At 3 years post-operation, the patient is ambulant without walking aids, reports minimal pain, and remains infection-free. …”
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Phosphorylation of Plant Ferredoxin-like Protein Is Required for Intensifying PAMP-Triggered Immunity in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> by Tzu-Yi Chen, Rui-Wen Gong, Bo-Wei Chen, Yi-Hsien Lin

“…These findings suggest that phosphorylation at the T90 residue might be essential for PFLP-mediated enhancement of plant immune responses, implying that this post-translational modification is likely required for its disease resistance function in planta. …”
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Nutritional and therapeutic effect of Moringa peregrina on lead and cadmium – induced toxicity in rats compared with EDTA by Feryal F. Hussein AL-Azawi

“…/day comparis to calcium Disodium Ethylene – Diamine Tetra-Actic Acid CaNa2 EDTA at adose of 75/mg/Kg Bw oral post exposed to lead acetate or cadmium ehloride at adose 50/mg/K Bw orally for 6 weeks. 40 male rats divided into 9 group: G1= no treatment , G2 and G3= treated with lead or cadmium , G4= exposed to lead acetate for 6ws then M. peregrina for 2ws , G5= exposed to cadmium for 6ws then M. …”
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Effects of a warm-up program on jump-landing pattern and lumbopelvic function in female basketball players with dynamic knee valgus by Mohadeseh Rostami, Parisa Sedaghati, Hassan Daneshmandi

“…Data were analyzed using a 2 × 2 repeated measures ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post hoc tests, with statistical significance set at P < 0.05. …”
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Anisotropic Velocity Fluctuations in Galaxy Mergers: A Probe of the Magnetic Field by Yue Hu, Joseph Whittingham, Alex Lazarian, Christoph Pfrommer, Siyao Xu, Thomas Berlok

“…In this study, we scrutinize VGT using an AREPO-based cosmological galaxy merger simulation, testing its effectiveness across pre-merger, merging, and post-merger stages. We examine the underlying assumptions of VGT and probe the statistics of gas density, velocity, and magnetic fields over time. …”
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Advancing Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Comprehensive Review by Akabane M, Chatzipanagiotou OP, Imaoka Y, Schenk A, Pawlik TM

“…Recent advances have highlighted the potential of ICIs as adjuvant therapy to improve recurrence-free survival among high-risk patients post-resection. However, challenges such as low immunogenicity, the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and immune resistance remain substantial barriers to the broader success of ICIs. …”
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Barriers to Safe Oxygen Therapy and the Effect of the Training on the Knowledge and Performance of ICU Nurses by Samaneh Mirzaei, Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar, Shahab Rafieian, Farzaneh Sadat Dehghan, Asma Jaafari Nia, Khadijeh Nasiriani, Amir Neshati

“…The third phase involved a two-group study with pre- and post-tests to examine the effect of training on ICU nurses’ knowledge and performance in oxygen therapy. …”
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Changing the narrative for exercise-based prehabilitation: Evidence-informed and shared decision making when discussing the need for a total knee arthroplasty with patients by Thomas Bandholm, Rasmus Skov Husted, Anders Troelsen, Kristian Thorborg

“…Objective: To examine a novel application of exercise-based prehabilitation in severe knee osteoarthritis—termed “pre-evaluation exercise''—focused on supporting surgical decision-making and adherence to clinical guidelines, rather than attempting to enhance post-operative recovery. Design: This narrative review discusses the usage of exercise in the clinical decision process for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). …”
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“As long as you learn to adapt”–a longitudinal mixed-methods study exploring the first decade with rheumatoid arthritis by Maria Bergström, Åsa Larsson Ranada, Annette Sverker, Ingrid Thyberg, Mathilda Björk

“…The patients took part in individual interviews three- and ten-years post-diagnosis. Quantitative data were analysed through descriptive analyses and linear mixed models. …”
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The Q‐Warg Pipeline: A Robust and Versatile Workflow for Quantitative Analysis of Protoplast Culture Conditions by Léa Bogdziewiez, Rik Froeling, Patricia Schöppl, Jeanne Juquel, Ioanna Antoniadi, Vladimìr Skalický, Ambroise Mathey, Jacques Fattaccioli, Joris Sprakel, Stéphane Verger

“…To address this, we have developed a user‐friendly streamlined workflow, the Q‐Warg pipeline, which enables quantitative comparison of various conditions for CW recovery post‐protoplasting. This pipeline employs fluorescence imaging and tailored processing to measure parameters such as morphometry, cell viability, and CW staining intensity. …”
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miRNA-125b-5p-rich exosomes derived from fibro-adipogenic progenitors promoting muscle regeneration through inducing pro-regenerative macrophages by Meng-meng Yang, Jing-ya Luo, Jia Cai, Jin Qian, Xiao-yan Zhu, Hui-zhen Zou, Gao-ming Li, Jing Dai, Huang Zhu, Wei Li, Li-dan Zhang, Xia Kang

“…We found exosomes derived from FAPs isolated at 10 (days post injury, DPI) can effectively induce M2 macrophage polarization both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Lung Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Preoperative Catheterization Indicating Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension by Víctor M. Mora‐Cuesta, Amaya Martínez‐Meñaca, David Iturbe‐Fernández, Sandra Tello‐Mena, Sheila Izquierdo‐Cuervo, Tamara García‐Camarero, Aritz Gil‐Ongay, Pilar Alonso‐Lecue, José M Cifrián‐Martínez, Diego Agustín Rodríguez‐Chiaradia, Pilar Escribano‐Subías, Esther Barreiro

“…Within the PHg2 subgroup, patients with isolated PHg2 and those with combined PHg2 exhibited similar post‐transplant outcomes. PHg2 is identified in a notable fraction of LT recipients, yet it does not appear to adversely affect perioperative complications or long‐term survival when compared to PHg3 or patients without PH. …”
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World Trade Organization: Establishment, functions, objectives by Popović-Petrović Ivana

“…This integration entity was planned to become a foundation of the post-war order, and was going to have a broader influence and importance than the economic one. …”
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ORD-YOLO: A Ripeness Recognition Method for Citrus Fruits in Complex Environments by Zhaobo Huang, Xianhui Li, Shitong Fan, Yang Liu, Huan Zou, Xiangchun He, Shuai Xu, Jianghua Zhao, Wenfeng Li

“…When deployed on harvesting robots, it can substantially increase picking efficiency and reduce post-maturity fruit rot due to delayed harvesting. …”
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Examining dose-response of an outdoor walk group program in the Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) trial. by Tai-Te Su, Ruth Barclay, Rahim Moineddin, Nancy M Salbach

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data from 76 OWG participants with pre- and post-intervention scores on at least one of seven measures of health outcomes (walking endurance, comfortable and fast walking speed, balance, lower extremity strength, walking self-efficacy, and emotional well-being). …”
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Altered cardiac‐coronary coupling relates to abnormal fractional flow reserve without flow limitation after percutaneous coronary interventions by Ahmet Tas, Alp Ozcan, Yaren Alan, Sabahattin Umman, Kim H. Parker, Tim P. van de Hoef, Murat Sezer, Jan J. Piek

“…The influence of cardiac‐coronary coupling on post‐PCI FFR warrants further investigation.…”
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Deciphering transcriptomic signatures in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder by Priyanka, Rajesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Sandeep Singh Rana

“…In this study, we performed a large-scale transcriptomic analysis by integrating 557 publicly available RNA-seq datasets from post-mortem brain tissues, spanning multiple regions, to better understand the shared and distinct molecular features of these disorders. …”
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