Evaluation of Bone Healing on Sandblasted and Acid Etched Implants Coated with Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite: An In Vivo Study in Rabbit Femur by Lory Melin Svanborg, Luiz Meirelles, Victoria Franke Stenport, Per Kjellin, Fredrik Currie, Martin Andersson, Ann Wennerberg

“…This study aimed at investigating if a coating of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals would enhance bone healing over time in trabecular bone. Sandblasted and acid etched titanium implants with and without a submicron thick coat of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals (nano-HA) were implanted in rabbit femur with healing times of 2, 4, and 9 weeks. …”
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Analysis of Prey-Predator Scheme in Conjunction with Help and Gestation Delay by M. Mukherjee, D. Pal, S. K. Mahato, Ebenezer Bonyah, Ali Akbar Shaikh

“…This paper presents a three-dimensional continuous time dynamical system of three species, two of which are competing preys and one is a predator. …”
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Morphometric analysis revealed two different Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus) stocks in the Adriatic Sea by Claudio Vasapollo

“…The northern and central areas showed stable populations, overlapping both in space and time. The southern area seemed to be more variable over the years, with a low degree of overlapping both in space and time. …”
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The effect of cognitive style on the analysis ability of grade 4 elementary school students by Wahyu Susiloningsih, Herawati Susilo, Mohammad Zainuddin, Dedi Kuswandi, Oktaviani Adhi Suciptaningsih, Hanim Faizah

“…Reflective and impulsive cognitive styles are cognitive styles with indicators of time understanding concepts. Reflective cognitive styles usually take a long time to respond, but consider all available options, and have high concentration while learning. …”
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Effective Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving the Real-Resource-Constrained Scheduling Problem by Huu Dang Quoc, Loc Nguyen The, Cuong Nguyen Doan, Naixue Xiong

“…Compared to the MS-RCPSP, the Real-RCPSP is supplemented with assumptions about the execution time of the task, so it is more realistic. The previous algorithms for solving the MS-RCPSP have only been verified on simulation data, so their results are not completely convincing. …”
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Cardiovascular and Vector-Cardiographic Effects of Articaine Anesthesia with Epinephrine by Christoph Pökel, Antina Schulze, Martin Busse

“…Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), pulse wave transit time, and vector-cardiography data were recorded throughout 3 min before and 5 min after injection. …”
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Triplet-ground-state nonalternant nanographene with high stability and long spin lifetimes by Weixiang Zhou, Yiyang Fei, Yu-Shuang Zhang, Xiaohe Miao, Shang-Da Jiang, Junzhi Liu

“…Moreover, considering the spin relaxation of compound 1, with a spin–lattice relaxation time (T 1) of 53.55 ms and a coherence time (T m) of 3.41 μs at 10 K, the compound 1 shows great promise for applications in spin-based information retention and quantum computing.…”
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Risk of postoperative bleeding and thromboembolic events in anticoagulated patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumors by Thomas Paul Scherer, Cici Dam, Uwe Bieri, Daniel Eberli, Raeto Strebel

“…Follow-up of each patient was performed for 3 months. Occurrence and time to event of postoperative bleeding and thromboembolic events were recorded. …”
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A mechanistic-statistical approach to infer dispersal and demography from invasion dynamics, applied to a plant pathogen by Saubin, Méline, Coville, Jérome, Xhaard, Constance, Frey, Pascal, Soubeyrand, Samuel, Halkett, Fabien, Fabre, Frédéric

“…It can be employed for a variety of organisms, provided they are monitored in time and space along a one-dimension invasion. …”
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Distinct Expression Patterns of Apoptosis and Autophagy-Associated Proteins and Genes during Postnatal Development of Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Rat by Shule Hou, Penghui Chen, Jiarui Chen, Junmin Chen, Lianhua Sun, Jianyong Chen, Baihui He, Yue Li, Huan Qin, Yuren Hong, Shuna Li, Jingchun He, Dekun Gao, Fabio Mammano, Jun Yang

“…Taken together, our results for the first time showed that autophagy and apoptosis in SGNs play distinct roles during specific developmental phases in a time-dependent manner.…”
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Challenging cases of adherent periarterial vein during subinguinal Fisch technique and subinguinal micro-varicocelecotmy and sclerotherapy: a prospective comparative study by Amr Elahwany, Nashaat Nabil, Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din, Ahmed Raef Sadek, Ahmed Ewais Sayed, Ahmed Ragab

“…Thus, the difference in the operative time between the three techniques was statistically significant (P < 0.001). …”
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Investigating the Electron-capture Supernova Candidate AT 2019abn with JWST Spectroscopy by Sam Rose, Ryan M. Lau, Jacob E. Jencson, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Kishalay De, Michael E. Ressler, Ori D. Fox, Matthew J. Hankins

“…We present results from late-time JWST follow-up spectroscopic observations with NIRSpec and MIRI-LRS of the intermediate-luminosity red transient (ILRT) AT 2019abn. …”
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Discoloration and Degradation of Bamboo under Ultraviolet Radiation by Haixia Yu, Shengliang He, Wenfu Zhang, Mengyao Zhan, Xiaowei Zhuang, Jin Wang, Wenji Yu

“…Effects of light sources, radiation time, and distances on discoloration and discoloration mechanism were systematically studied. …”
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Topic modelling of the wetland condition assessment literature reveals trends, key gaps, and opportunities for combining different assessment techniques by Kaline de Mello, Osmar Luiz, Erica A. Garcia, Anna E. Richards

“…We assessed the similarity and popularity of these topics over time, revealing dynamic trends in wetland condition assessment research. …”
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Influence of Abutment Screw-Tightening Methods on the Screw Joint: Immediate and Long-Term Stability by Manlin Sun, Yusen Shui, Yuqiang Zhang, Ruiyang Ma, Yuwei Zhao, Hongyu Chen, Ping Yu, Zhi Li, Tingting Wu, Haiyang Yu

“…The removal torque loss rates of methods A (12.49% ± 0.99%–65.88% ± 4.83%) and B (12.84% ± 0.96%–65.35% ± 1.95%) were 3.04%–7.74% lower than that of method C (16.58% ± 0.56%–71.10% ± 1.58%) (P≤0.017). The operating time of method A was much longer than those of methods B and C (P<0.001). …”
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Preoperative Analgesia Efficacy of Liposomal Bupivacaine Following Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block in Patients with Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Observer-Blinded Stu... by Haobin Peng, Jiajun Wen, Manli Chen, Zhengyuan Xia, Ying Jiang, Kaiqi Xie, Weitao Huang, Bangsheng Cui, Peixing Li, Yiwen Zhang, Xianping Wu

“…Pain scores at 12, 24, 36, 60, and 72 h post-block, rescue analgesia rate, time to first opioid, additional morphine consumption, and adverse events were assessed as the secondary outcomes. …”
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Teaching Pronunciation through Community Outreach by Frédérique Grim

“…Can the preparation for a story-time program impact learners’ motivation and understanding of their engagement’s outcome on their community? …”
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Factors protecting against progression of myopia in school students exposed to societal change in Vietnam: a 3-year cohort study by Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Xuan Minh Tri Tran, Hoang Thuy Linh Nguyen, Thao Vi Tran, Tae Igarashi-Yokoi, Thang Van Vo

“…The results highlight the high prevalence and considerable incidence of myopia, and the need for further effective strategies to reduce the risk of myopia by managing computer time and increasing outdoor time.…”
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Screening Southeast Asian medicinal plants: Clausena lansium, Leea indica, Strobilanthes crispa, Vitex trifolia for anti-platelet aggregation and blood coagulation effects by Sogand Zareisedehizadeh, Fu-Xun Heng, Chay-Hoon Tan, Paul Chi-Lui Ho, Hwee-Ling Koh

“…Anticoagulant activities were evaluated by determining the effects on prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). …”
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