Comportamiento de la estomatitis subprótesis en pacientes con prótesis dental superior by Yoel González Beriau, Arelys Dumenigo Soler, Julia R. Fuguet Boullón

“…<br /><strong>Métodos</strong>: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, de todos los pacientes portadores de prótesis dental superior (N=61) que acudieron a la consulta a causa de estomatitis subprótesis, en el periodo de septiembre 2014 a septiembre 2015. …”
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Corrosion Inhibiting Mechanism of Nitrite Ion on the Passivation of Carbon Steel and Ductile Cast Iron for Nuclear Power Plants by K. T. Kim, H. W. Kim, H. Y. Chang, B. T. Lim, H. B. Park, Y. S. Kim

“…While NaNO2 addition can greatly inhibit the corrosion of carbon steel and ductile cast iron, in order to improve the similar corrosion resistance, ca. 100 times more NaNO2 addition is needed for ductile cast iron compared to carbon steel. A corrosion and inhibition mechanism is proposed whereby NO2- ion is added to oxidize. …”
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Effects of temperature and live prey concentration on Colossoma macropomum larviculture by Fabio Aremil Costa dos Santos, Gustavo Soares da Costa Julio, André de Sena Souza, Pedro Paulo Cortezzi Pedras, Ronald Kennedy-Luz

“…From the 16th to the 30th day, the larvae received exclusively a commercial diet. Results. In the first 7 days, weight (P), total length (TL) and daily specific growth rate (SGR) were higher for T32 treatments (p<0.05). …”
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Enhanced CO2 Capture Performance Using Methyl Diethanolamine-functionalized Silica Gels: Assessing CO2 Capture Capacity by Petpitcha Boonmatoon, Pacharapol Nokpho, Pornpote Piumsomboon, Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan

“… Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a significant greenhouse gas. This causes harm to the environment and to humans. …”
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Effects of Polycarboxylate-Lignosulfonate Superplasticizer on the Engineering Properties and Cementitious Paste Thickness of Pervious Concrete by Ehsan Teymouri, Nurul Noraziemah Mohd Pauzi, Wong Kwong Soon, Mehdi Forouzan, Marjan Salari

“…However, the permeability and porosity would decrease due to formation of a pasty mixture. The effect of water content on changing the compressive strength was more significant than other variables, especially in the range of 0.3 to 0.35. …”
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Structure and Electrochemical Behavior of Minor Mn-Doped Olivine LiMnxFe1−xPO4 by Le Thanh Nguyen Huynh, Pham Phuong Nam Le, Viet Dung Trinh, Hong Huy Tran, Van Man Tran, My Loan Phung Le

“…In the recent years, olivine LiFePO4 has been considered as a prospective cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. …”
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Exploring Factors Influencing Crash Occurrence Involving Autonomous Vehicle: Random Parameters Model With Heterogeneity in Means and Variances Approach by Haocheng Li, Amjad Pervez, Jaeyoung Jay Lee

“…This study addresses this gap by employing a random parameter probit model with heterogeneity in means and variances. …”
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Evidencias de validez e invarianza factorial de la Nueva Escala de Satisfacción Sexual – Breve en universitarios by Wendie Cuadros-León, Gutember Peralta-Eugenio

“… La satisfacción sexual es un elemento muy importante en la salud sexual, la sexualidad humana, la felicidad y el bienestar a nivel general. En consecuencia, es clave medir y comprender la primera para evaluar a estas últimas; además, ya que la satisfacción sexual varía según el sexo, necesario usar un instrumento que permita medir la variable en ambos sexos. …”
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Mechanical performance of hybrid double- and step-lap joints in primary metallic aircraft structures: An experimental and numerical approach by Amir Ekladious, John Wang, Nabil Chowdhury, Wing Kong Chiu

“…Stress analyses highlighted a transition from adhesive-dominated to fastener-dominated load transfer under high loads, demonstrating key interplay between adhesive and mechanical fasteners in hybrid joints. …”
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On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers by Nicholas Graves, Adrian G Barnett, Philip Clarke, Danielle L Herbert

“…Among our 285 participants who submitted 632 proposals, 21% were successful. Preparing a new proposal took an average of 38 working days of researcher time and a resubmitted proposal took 28 working days, an overall average of 34 days per proposal. …”
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Associations of miR-499 and miR-34b/c Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Evidence-Based Evaluation by Zhongxia Wang, Junhua Wu, Guang Zhang, Yin Cao, Chunping Jiang, Yitao Ding

“…In this present study, we conducted a meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate potential associations between the two SNPs and HCC susceptibility. …”
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Health risks evaluation of mycotoxins in plant-based supplements marketed in Malaysia by Rozaini Abdullah, Nur Syazwin Kamarozaman, Siti Soleha Ab Dullah, Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz, Hussein Bakheit Adam Aziza

“…This study evaluates the health risks associated with mycotoxins, specifically aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2) and ochratoxin A (OTA), in PBS sold in Malaysia. Contamination levels of AFB1, AFB2, and OTA were quantified in 14 PBS samples using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. …”
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THE EFFECT OF RETENTION FORMS ON ACRYLIC BASE SURFACES ON ADHESIVE STRENGTH OF DENTURE RELINER MATERIALS by Endang Prawesthi, Handoko Tirta, Rahmaniawati Rahmaniawati

“…Background: Acrylic prosthesis that are used for a long time are often not sticky anymore and easy off. …”
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Coal Mine Gas Safety Evaluation Based on Adaptive Weighted Least Squares Support Vector Machine and Improved Dempster–Shafer Evidence Theory by Zhenming Sun, Dong Li

“…To enhance the accuracy of coal mine gas safety evaluation results, a new gas safety evaluation model is proposed based on the adaptive weighted least squares support vector machine (AWLS-SVM) and improved Dempster–Shafer (D-S) evidence theory. …”
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Major individual and regional variations in unit entrainment by oscillations of different frequencies by Mohamed Badawy, Ian T. Kim, Alon Amir, Mohammad M. Herzallah, Luisa F. Gomez-Alatorre, Drew B. Headley, Denis Paré

“…Abstract In vitro studies have shown that a neuron’s electroresponsive properties can predispose it to oscillate at specific frequencies. …”
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Analysis of Foveal and Parafoveal Microvascular Density and Retinal Vessel Caliber Alteration in Inactive Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cetin Akpolat, Muhammed M. Kurt, Merve Yılmaz, Fikriye Ordulu, Ferhat Evliyaoglu

“…Optical coherence tomography angiography could be a novel and promising noninvasive diagnostic technique in patients with inactive Graves’ ophthalmopathy to detect foveal and parafoveal vessel density changes compared to healthy subjects. …”
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Survey of Indoor Air Pollution Health Literacy among Community-dwelling Adults in Taiwan by Jia-Ling Wu, Yu-Han Huang, Yi-Chin Huang, Chien-Cheng Jung, Pei-Chen Lee, Ming-Yeng Lin, Wen-Hsuan Hou, Chung-Yi Li

“…Abstract This study aimed to investigate the level of indoor air pollution health literacy (IAPHL) among adult residents of Taiwan and the associated covariates. A cross-sectional web-based online survey of 647 adults in Taiwan was conducted from May to October 2021 using a reliable and valid IAPHL instrument. …”
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Hepatoma-Targeted Radionuclide Immune Albumin Nanospheres: 131I-antiAFPMcAb-GCV-BSA-NPs by Mei Lin, Junxing Huang, Dongsheng Zhang, Xingmao Jiang, Jia Zhang, Hong Yu, Yanhong Xiao, Yujuan Shi, Ting Guo

“…Compared to 131I alone, 131I-antiAFPMcAb-GCV-BSA-NPs were much more easily taken in and retained by hepatoma tissue, with a much higher T/NT. Due to good drug-loading, high encapsulation ratio, and highly selective affinity for AFP-positive tumors, the 131I-antiAFPMcAb-GCV-BSA-NPs are promising for further effective radiation-gene therapy of hepatoma.…”
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Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Fuel-Rich Degree in the RBCC Engine under the Ejector Mode by Yizhi Yao, Mingbo Sun, Menglei Li, Peibo Li, An Bin, Rui Gu, Jiaoru Wang, Feng Wei, Taiyu Wang, Jikai Chen

“…Nevertheless, the subsonic-supersonic mixing layer exhibits low evolution, resulting in a decrease in reaction efficiency from 29.2% to 12.0% as the Φ decreases from 3.2 to 1.6. …”
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Evaluation of Object-Based and Pixel-Based Technique for Extracting Snow Cover Surface Using Landsat 8 Satellite Images (Case Study Damavand Mountain Range) by Behnam Sedaghat, Ali Javadzade khiavi, Babak Naeim, Erfan Khajavi, Amir Reza Taghavi Khanghah

“…The results revealed that the object-oriented classification method exhibited a general accuracy of 92%, outperforming the pixel-based method, which achieved a general accuracy of 81.6%. …”
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