Effect of Different Bleaching Methods on Monomer Release from Aged Microhybrid and Nanohybrid Resin Composites by Siavash Abdollahpour, Tarane Estedlal, Nasim Chiniforush, Niyousha Rafeie, Nariman Nikparto, Mahdi Abbasi, Ladan Ranjbar Omrani

“…Thirty-two samples of each composite were prepared. The samples underwent aging procedure with UV light at 65°C for 100 hr. …”
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The damage evolution law and life prediction of mortar under Freeze-thaw cycles and sulfate corrosion based on entropy weight method by Yizheng Jiang, Yuang Cui, Yi Song, Xuepeng Zhang

“…Mortar specimens with varying silica fume contents (0 %, 6 %, 8 %, and 10 %) were prepared and subjected to single freeze-thaw and coupled freeze-thaw-sulfate attack tests to examine the impact of different silica fume dosages on the durability of mortar materials under these harsh conditions. …”
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Antibacterial Potential of Secondary Metabolites from Indonesian Marine Bacterial Symbionts by Risa Nofiani, Alexandra J. Weisberg, Takeshi Tsunoda, Ruqiah Ganda Putri Panjaitan, Ridho Brilliantoro, Jeff H. Chang, Benjamin Philmus, Taifo Mahmud

“…Extracts of 12 bacterial isolates from sponges or corals were prepared by cultivating the bacteria under a number of different media conditions and using agar well diffusion assays to test for antibacterial activity. …”
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Potential of Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum 20174 for Vitamin B12 Production in Pineapple: An Enhanced Nutritional Quality and Storage Stability of Processed Jelly by Mayuri Rastogi, Bushra Shaida, Vandana Singh, Zoobiya Islam, Saleem Siddiqui

“…The physiochemical properties and nutritional content were analysed and compared for the jellies prepared from fermented (fermented pineapple jelly or FPJ) and spontaneous fermented (control pineapple jelly or CPJ) pineapple pulp. …”
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A Data-Driven Methodology for Obtaining the Stress–Strain Curves of Metallic Materials Using Discrete Indentation Tests by Nitzan Rom, Elad Priel

“…The potential to use small, geometrically simple specimens and to characterize a component under service without the need to remove material for specimen preparation makes this methodology highly attractive to many industries. …”
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Chronic periodontitis clinical and epidemiological characterization by Bernardo Pérez Barrero, Clara Ortiz Moncada, Walkyria del Carmen González Rodríguez, Lilian Judith Del Todo Pupo

“…The information was taken from the individual medical history, entered into a data form prepared for each patient, and presented in tables through descriptive statistics of absolute and relative frequencies. …”
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Benefits and challenges of utilizing Chat-GPT and Gamma.app in teaching, learning and assessment of vocational students in 21st century colleges of education in Enugu State by Onuoha I. Okocha, Ebube I. Aneke, Olaiya Adekunle, Ogochukwu Egbuchulam, Anthony Uwanjimgba

“…The findings of the study show that both vocational educators and vocational students were of same opinion (no significant difference in opinions) on utilizing ChatGPT and Gamma.app during teaching, learning and assessment such as preparing lecture contents and doing assignments. Both groups’ responses having an average mean score above 2.50 is a clear indication that ChatGPT and Gamma.app should be utilized during teaching, learning and assessment. …”
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The Prevention of the Renal Chronic Damage: a Priority from Childhood by Aymahara Gómez Morejón, Lidia Rosa Pérez González, Ortelio Chaviano Mendoza, Jan O’neil González Ramos, Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…For the analysis of the results, the SPSS 15.0 program was used, which allowed the processing, statistical analysis and preparation of the output tables. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> 260 patients with chronic kidney disease were treated. …”
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Designing and evaluating a patient decision aid for patients with locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer: a national multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Martyn Evans, Hayley Anne Hutchings, Dean Anthony Harris, Deena Harji, Anwen Williams

“…Questionnaires including the QQ-10, EORTC PATSAT-C33, Preparation for Decision-Making Scale and the NoMAD survey will be analysed during the study. …”
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Solid-Phase Extraction of Trace Amounts of Uranium(VI) in Environmental Water Samples Using an Extractant-Impregnated Resin Followed by Detection with UV-Vis Spectrophotometry by Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Masoud Sarwghadi, Aliasghar Heydarbeigi, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Mehdi Nedaie

“…A stable extractant-impregnated resin (EIR) containing Chrome Azurol B was prepared using Amberlite XAD-2010 as a porous polymeric support. …”
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Performance of U(Ⅵ) enrichment by tannic acid sodium and alginate composite microspheres by LIU Qing, HUANG Jianbin, LI Weifan, ZHAO Guodong, YANG Jingjing

“…A novel tannic acid and sodium alginate (TA/SA) composite microsphere was prepared using a mixed crosslinking method. The effects of TA/SA mass ratio, solution pH, initial concentration of U(Ⅵ), contact time, and temperature on the adsorption behavior of U(Ⅵ) by TA/SA microspheres were investigated, and the adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics were studied. …”
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Fabrication of composite ceramic polymeric membranes for agricultural wastewater treatment by Neamatalla M. Azzam, Sahar S. Ali, Gehad G. Mohamed, Mohamed M. Omar, Shereen K. Amin

“…The raw materials and prepared CCM were subjected to characterization and applied to treat agricultural wastewater from the Kitchener drain in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. …”
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Child-Centred Care in HIV Service Provision for Children in Resource Constrained Settings: A Narrative Review of Literature by Chipo Mutambo, Kemist Shumba, Khumbulani W. Hlongwana

“…(vii) Primary caregiver (PCG) participation and preparation (equipping the PCGs with information on how to support their children). …”
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Evaluation of Toxicological Risks and Effects of Microplastics on Nile Tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus) under in Vitro Laboratory Conditions by Macarius Pancras Mtega, Matobola Joel Mihale, Kessy Fidel Kilulya

“…Microplastics which were prepared for the batch experiment were introduced in the aquarium followed with observation for 21 days. …”
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Waste Coir Nanofiller Fused Gallus-Gallus Fibres Reinforced PMC by V. Vijayan, T. Sathish, R. Saravanan, Kuldeep Kumar, Ganesh K. Jadhav, V. Sharun, R. Elangovan, K. Chellamuthu, Mandeep Singh, Aklilu Teklemariam

“…The composite samples were prepared with a rally round of polyester resin of grade GP500 bio-epoxy by synthesizing specially treated Gallus-Gallus fibres selectively used for reinforcement and characterizing them through static and dynamic mechanical analyses to identify their wide range of applicability. …”
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Evaluation of microleakage of three different types of pit and fissure sealants using invasive and non-invasive techniques (An in-vitro study) by Hiwa S. Khidir, Hemn M. Suleman

“… Backgrounds: The aims of this study were to; Evaluate the amount of in-vitro microleakage of three different types of pit and fissure sealants (Vertise Flow, Kerr), (Helioseal-F, IvoclarVivadent), (GC Fuji TRIAGE, GC corporation) and the effect of occlusal preparation on the leakage value. Methods: Sixty extracted human premolars randomly divided into 6 groups (n=10/group). …”
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Sacral buildings suitable for defense purposes and their ensembles in Vilnius in the 14th-18th centuries by Linas Girlevičius

“…Yet, their role in the defense of the city was not very important, as they were only prepared for defense with light firearms. The further research of sacral buildings used for defense purposes is prospective and relevant when seeking to determine the defensive potential of Vilnius in the Middle Ages and the New Times. …”
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Use of the Laser Beam Deflection Technique for Thermo-Optic Coefficients Study in Gadolinium-Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate Doped with Erbium Ions by K. V. Yumashev, V. I. Goman, L. K. Pavlovski, A. V. Hertsova, A. M. Malyarevich

“…To characterize the anisotropy of the TOCs a sample from the grown Er:GYSO crystal was prepared in a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with dimensions of 7.0 (Np ) × 8.0 (Nm ) × 8.5 (Ng ) mm3. …”
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Performance Enhancement of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) through TiO2/rGO Hybrid: Comprehensive Study on Synthesis and Characterization by Rustan Hatib, Khairil Anwar, Ramang Magga, Muh Anjas Astak, Denny Widhiyanuriyawan, Wardoyo Wardoyo

“…The TiO2 film is immersed in a graphite oxide solution, preparing it for thermal reduction, which converts the graphite oxide to reduced graphene oxide (rGO). …”
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Effect of different physical factors on the synthesis of spherical gold nanoparticles towards cost‐effective biomedical applications by Zahra Bahmanyar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Ahmad Gholami, Mehdi Khoshneviszadeh

“…For this purpose, various experiments of citrate‐capped spherical AuNPs synthesis were designed to study the roles of a wide range of initial pH values and temperature of reaction, Na3Cit/HAuCl4 molar ratio, and two order reagent additions, method I and method II, in the final characterisations and reaction efficacy. Prepared NPs synthesised with different experiments were characterised by dynamic light scattering, UV‐Visible, and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. …”
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