Studying the fracture surface of brass CuZn37 and aluminum 1100 and their relationship with formability in Single Point Incremental Forming by Marwa K. Qate'a, Muhsin J. Jweeg, Adnan I. Mohammed

“…And that the optimal SPIF conditions that increase void volume fraction and formability in CuZn37 occur when all input parameters are set to medium levels. For aluminum 1100, the optimal conditions have a low level of feed rate, a high level of tool speed and sheet thickness, and a medium level of tool diameter and step size. …”
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Characterization of an allotriploid strawberry Fragaria × bifera Duchesne (Rosaceae) from Europe by Houshang Nosrati, Adam H. Price, Pedro Gerstberger, Chris C. Wilcock

“…The hybrid did not produce any fruit in selfing, open pollination and when crossed by pollen of F. vesca and F. viridis, all showing female sterility of the hybrid. The hybrid had 78% pollen sterility, however, pollinating F. vesca by pollen of the hybrid produced viable seed and F1 plants, indicating its male fertility. …”
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Influence of surfactant type on the microstructure, mechanical and thermal properties of phenolic foams by Mohammad Hamid Shadnia, Sajad Rasouli, Mohammad Fasihi

“…Tween80 and SLS30 resulted in foams with the lowest and highest densities, 20.2 ± 0.2 and 42.72 ± 0.4 kg/m3, respectively. All the surfactants created an open-cell morphology, except Tween80 with a semi-open-cell structure consisting of large cells and thicker cell wall thickness. …”
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Impact of inter-city interactions on disease scaling by Nathalia A. Loureiro, Camilo R. Neto, Jack Sutton, Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro

“…Although most cities exhibit a less-than-proportional increase in disease cases with changes in population and commuters, more-than-proportional responses are also observed across all diseases. Notably, in some small and isolated cities, proportional rises in population and commuters correlate with a reduction in disease cases. …”
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Sillons d’usure interproximaux : reproduction expérimentale, analyse et application des résultats aux observations sur la lignée néandertalienne by Linda Bouchneb, Bruno Maureille

“…These grooves must be close in appearance to the typical toothpick wear generally described in the literature for fossil teeth. Almost all the materials employed for the experiment, with or without abrasives, produced such grooves. …”
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Incidental Radiopaque Lesions in the Jaw Bones: Retrospective Analysis by Ayşe Gül Öner Talmaç, Filiz Mediha Namdar Pekiner

“…In this study, the most common radiopaque lesion was idiopathic osteosclerosis, while cementoblastoma was not found at all.Key words: panoramic radiography; radiopaque lesions; osteosclerosis; cementoblastoma…”
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Quantitative description of low-cycle fatigue damage accumulation in contact interaction zone by local strain evolution by Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Yury Matvienko, Vladimir Pisarev, Igor Odintsev

“…Required strain values follow from distributions of all three displacement components along the filled hole edge measured by reflection hologram interferometry. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study of Variable-Mass Permeation of the Broken Rock Mass under Different Cementation Degrees by Chong Li, Banghua Yao, Qingqing Ma

“…As cementing force of the specimen is enhanced, its maximum mass loss rate, mass loss, porosity, and permeability all continuously decrease. The study approach and results not only help enhance coal mining operations safety by better understanding KCP water inrush risks. …”
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Microbial profile of some ready-to-cook frozen food items sold in Dhaka city, Bangladesh by Md. Shamimuzzaman, Rajib Kanti Roy, Toma Rani Majumder, Nirmal Chandra Barman, Nazia Nawshad Lina, Md. Tarek Hasan, Biplab Kumar Dash

“…Higher microbial loads in all animal-based food types, other than chicken strips were found. …”
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Another new karst-dwelling rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand by Attapol Rujirawan, Akrachai Aksornneam, Siriporn Yodthong, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol

“…., is distinguished from other species in the C. siamensis group by having the combination of SVL 42.2 mm in adult male (n = 1), 43.7 mm in adult female (n = 1); eight supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; ventral scales smooth; nine continuous precloacal pores in male; 17 or 18 paravertebral tubercles linearly arranged; tubercles on lower flanks present; lateral caudal furrows present; no caudal tubercles in the lateral furrows; ventrolateral caudal tubercles present on original portion of tail; caudal tubercles not encircling tail; subcaudals smooth; no enlarged median subcaudal row; two postcloacal tubercles on each side of tail; no shield-like subtibial scales; subtibial scales smooth; no enlarged submetatarsal scales; 26–28 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; sexually dimorphic for dorsal and ventral colour pattern; prescapular marking absent; gular marking absent; and yellow colouration in life on all ventral surfaces of head, body and tail in adult male. …”
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Determining the Factors Affecting Air Quality in Marmara, Turkey, and Assessing it Using Air Quality Indices by Ismet Yener, Kazım Onur Demirarslan

“…CO and SO2, on the other hand, were affected by all types of variables at varying directions and rates. …”
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Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigen Combinations: Antibody Detection in Dogs with Blastomycosis by Alex R. Boyd, Jamie L. VanDyke, Gene M. Scalarone

“…Mean absorbance values obtained from the sera ranged from 0.905 with the individual T-58 antigen to 1.760 using an antigen combination (T-58 + T-66 + WI-R). All of the 6 antigenic preparations were able to detect antibody in the serum specimens, but the antigen combinations detected antibody to a higher degree than the individual antigen. …”
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Epidemiological Features of Clostridium difficile Colonizing the Intestine of Jordanian Infants by Eman N. Abu-Khader, Eman F. Badran, Asem A. Shehabi

“…Breast feeding of infants is a significant factor associated with decreased colonization with C. difficile. All C. difficile strains were susceptible to vancomycin and metronidazole, while high resistance rate to ciprofloxacin (78.4%) and less resistance rate to erythromycin (29.7%) were detected among the isolates. …”
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Effectiveness of Barkley\'s Parenting Skills Training Program on Social Adjustment and Academic Performance in Children with Learning Disabilities by Mohammad Hossein Dehghani, Salar Faramarzi, Khosro Ramezani

“…The statistical population consisted of all mothers of students exhibiting specific learning disabilities in the city of Abadeh. …”
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STRATEGIES OF RUSSIAN VERTICALLY INTEGRATED OIL COMPANIES IN THE GLOBAL MARKET by V. I. Golomedov

“…Instead of classic advantage factors comes global competitive advantages. First of all it is the ability to effectively distribute in time and place factors of economic activity using their advantage caused by their mobility. …”
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Experience of tricuspid valve replacement: immediate and long-term results by G.I. Darwish, M.F. Rotari, N.S. Gnoianko

“…Bioprosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve was performed in all cases. Results. In 15 (45.5 %) cases, the tricuspid valve failure was caused by infectious endocarditis, in 14 (42.4 %) – by the rheumatic process. …”
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Protective Effect of Fermented Camel Milk Containing Bifidobacterium longum BB536 on Blood Lipid Profile in Hypercholesterolemic Rats by Khaled M. El-Zahar, Mohamed F. Y. Hassan, Suliman F. Al-Qaba

“…Wistar rats received a high-fat (HF) diet plus 2 ml/day of either cow’s milk fermented with yogurt culture (CT), camel milk fermented with yogurt culture (CAT), camel milk fermented with Bif. longum BB536 (CAP), mixed cow’s and camel milk fermented with yogurt culture (CCAT), or cow’s milk and camel milk fermented with Bif. longum (CCAP). All fermented milk products significantly reduced HDL, albumin, and total protein. …”
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From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders by German Torres, Ryia T. Subbaiah, Riya A. Sood, Joerg R. Leheste

“…The current mini review brings together recent findings of indoor airborne pollution from different fields of research, including genetics, neuropathology, and neuroimaging, for gauging underlying physiological mechanisms leading to emotional disturbances that impact nearly all aspects of human behavior. A better understanding of how indoor airborne pollutants affect brain neurons to augment clinical symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders will undoubtedly be useful in the subsequent treatment of patients with major depressive and/or bipolar disorders. …”
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Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Cinnamomum Sp. Essential Oil and Cinnamaldehyde: Antimicrobial Activities by Diego F. Firmino, Theodora T. A. Cavalcante, Geovany A. Gomes, Nairley C. S. Firmino, Lucas D. Rosa, Mário G. de Carvalho, Francisco E. A. Catunda Jr

“…For the assayed substances, biofilm biomasses were reduced by up to 99.9%, and Streptococcus pyogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli biofilms were sensitive to all of the concentrations and substances analysed. …”
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Determinants Influencing the Adoption of Rice Intensification System among Smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya by Francis Kadipo Kaloi, Hezron Nyarindo Isaboke, Charles Nyambane Onyari, Lucy Karega Njeru

“…Therefore, this study concludes that smallholders attempt to improve rice productivity through adoption of SRI should give a special priority to all significant factors.…”
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