Self-Adaptive K-Means Based on a Covering Algorithm by Yiwen Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhou, Xing Guo, Jintao Wu, Qiang He, Xiao Liu, Yun Yang

“…However, the value of the clustering number k in the K-means algorithm is not always easy to be determined, and the selection of the initial centers is vulnerable to outliers. …”
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Bayesian optimization with Gaussian-process-based active machine learning for improvement of geometric accuracy in projection multi-photon 3D printing by Jason E. Johnson, Ishat Raihan Jamil, Liang Pan, Guang Lin, Xianfan Xu

“…Like all additive manufacturing techniques, determining the process parameters necessary to achieve dimensional accuracy for a structure 3D printed using this method is not always straightforward and can require time-consuming experimentation. …”
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Awareness and Treatment Decisions on Tooth Wear among Jordanian Dentists and Prosthodontists: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Samiha Sartawi, Nesreen A. Salim, Duaa Taim

“…Hundred and seventy-nine dentists and prosthodontists responded (59.7% response rate), of which 71.5% was females. 83.8% of the dentists reported they see patients with tooth wear. 61.5% registered wear lesions in the patient file, and 68.2% reported they find a probable cause of tooth wear. 87.2% of the dentists reported that bruxism is the most common cause in Jordan. 63.3% dentists treated their patients. 46.4% reported they “always” record a dietary history. 77.7% did not think that tooth wear is linked to caries. …”
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Multilingualism as a Principle of the EU Court of Justice by K. Kh. Rekosh

“…On the use of languages and language regime, There is an extensive legal practice, however, the term «multilingualism» is not used by the Court, despite the recognition of the principle of equality of all official languages, perhaps, due to the fact that the Court itself not always follows it. The article shows that multilingualism as a legal concept and principle opens up, sometimes adjacent to the already distinguished objects of regulation, new areas of legal research. …”
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The Impact of Pore Structure on Kerogen Geomechanics by Saad Alafnan

“…Advancements in production aspects are not always in lockstep with our ability to predict and model the extent of a fracturing job. …”
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Alteration of Occlusal Plane in Orthognathic Surgery: Clinical Features to Help Treatment Planning on Class III Patients by Daniel Amaral Alves Marlière, Tony Eduardo Costa, Saulo de Matos Barbosa, Rodrigo Alvitos Pereira, Henrique Duque de Miranda Chaves Netto

“…However, Class III patients can present different facial patterns depending on the angulation of occlusal plane (OP), and only bite correction does not always lead to the improvement of the facial esthetic. …”
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Hematological, Biochemical, and Serological Findings in Healthy Canine Blood Donors after the Administration of CaniLeish® Vaccine by Chiara Starita, Alessandra Gavazza, George Lubas

“…Speed Leish K™ tests were always negative. The modifications found were probably attributed to the development of immune or inflammatory response due to the vaccine. …”
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Association between Community Ambulation Walking Patterns and Cognitive Function in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: Further Insights into Motor-Cognitive Links by Aner Weiss, Talia Herman, Nir Giladi, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff

“…Cognitive function is generally evaluated based on testing in the clinic, but this may not always reflect real-life function. We tested whether parameters derived from long-term, continuous monitoring of gait are associated with cognitive function in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). …”
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Non-drinking and social life in adolescence: a qualitative study in Switzerland by Lorraine Chok, Joan-Carles Suris, Lucie Vittoz, Diana Fernandes Palhares, Yara Barrense-Dias

“…Participants reported that not drinking alcohol is generally questioned and non-drinkers are almost always asked to justify their non-consumption. Finally, non-drinkers are sometimes automatically designated as resources who have to control the drinking of others and/or are the ones who help their drinking-peers if they are drunk and need help, a status that can put them under pressure. …”
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Shear-Dependent Yield Stress of Iron Ore Fine Tailings in Two-Step Flocculation Process by Ying Yang, Hongjiang Wang, Bern Klein, Aixiang Wu

“…In both two broken phases, the yield stress of the secondary flocculating slurry was always higher than that of the primary flocculating slurry, but with the increase of shear, the difference became smaller. …”
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Problems of mini-pig breeding by K. S. Shatokhin

“…Every effort is made to keep the number of inbred crosses in the breeding of laboratory mini-pigs to a minimum, which is not always possible due to their small number. It is estimated that to avoid close inbreeding, the number of breeding groups should be at least 28 individuals, including boars of at least 4 genealogical lines and at least 4 families of sows. …”
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Multifractal Analysis of Temporal Variation in Soil Pore Distribution by Yanhui Jia, Yayang Feng, Xianchao Zhang, Xiulu Sun

“…Quantitative study of soil structure has always been a challenge because it involves complex spatial-temporal variability. …”
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Administration of Melatonin in Diabetic Retinopathy Is Effective and Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment by Samraa H. Abdel-Kawi, Khalid S. Hashem

“…Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapeutic technique for the treatment of a variety of diseases; nevertheless, stem cell therapy may not always work as well as it could. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that employing a powerful antioxidant like melatonin improves stem cell transplantation success and potentiates stem cell function in the therapy of diabetic retinopathy. …”
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Internal situation in USSR in Russian emigration press in the United States (1964–1982) by T. S. Kulepanova

“…On the contrary, the communist’s «Russian Voice» always presented the Soviet country as a state of social and economic prosperity…”
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Four-channel Control of Master-slave Robotic System with User’s Force Transfer during Obstacle Collision at the Remote Site based on Input-to-state Stability by Mohammad Reza Satvati, Hossein Karimpour, Keivan Torabi, Mohammad Motaharifar

“…The possibility of transferring the sense and force of the user on the driver side to the follower robot has always been discussed in master/slave systems. It has gained special importance in recent research. …”
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The Association of Obesity and the Antiaging Humoral Factor Klotho in Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Carlos H. Orces

“…Subjects were then categorized as never obese, obese to nonobese, nonobese to obese, and always obese. Results. Of 4,971 participants, the prevalence of general obesity was 41%, and abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥88 cm) was present in 75% of women. …”
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Non-viral systems for intracellular delivery of genome editing tools by I. H. Shaikhutdinov, P. V. Ilyasov, O. V. Gribkova, L.  V. Limareva

“…Conventional vectors are not always suitable for this purpose due to a limited cargo volume, risks related to cancer and immune reactions, toxicity, a need for high-purity viral material and quality control, as well as a possibility of integration of the virus into the host genome leading to overexpression of the vector components and safety problems. …”
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Realized stable BP-N at ambient pressure by phosphorus doping by Guo Chen, Chengfeng Zhang, Yuanqin Zhu, Bingqing Cao, Jie Zhang, Xianlong Wang

“…However, unlike cubic gauche, layered polymeric, and hexagonal layered polymeric nitrogen (cg-N, LP-N, and HLP-N), it is always a metastable phase at high pressures up to 260 GPa, and decomposes into chains at 23 GPa. …”
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Overcoming the threat of anti-bias interventions: Combining self-report and psychophysiological measures to capture the process of change. by Félice van Nunspeet, Esmee M Veenstra, Beatriz Monteiro Graça Casquinho, Naomi Ellemers, Daan Scheepers, Miriam I Wickham, Elena A M Bacchini, Jojanneke van der Toorn, Organizational Behaviour Group

“…Anti-bias interventions do not always have the intended results and can even backfire. …”
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DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. WITH REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION by G. S. Skitovich, K. V. Serova, N. B. Shadrova, O. V. Pruntova

“…Classical bacteriological methods for Campylobacter spp. detection are not always successful due to diffi culties in creating optimal conditions for their growth. …”
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