Efficacy of Different Irrigant Activation Systems on Debris and Smear Layer Removal: A Scanning Electron Microscopy Evaluation by Ronald Wigler, Moran Herteanu, Yuval Wilchfort, Anda Kfir

“…Endosonic activation was less effective in removal of smear layer from the apical part of the canals compared to the other two activation systems.…”
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Reaction Kinetics of Sodium Bentonite with Different Acid Systems: An Experimental Study by Yang Li, Xiaoming Ni, Zheng Zhao, Cixiang Yang, Zhongcheng Li

“…Among the three acids tested, it was HF that mainly reacted with sodium bentonite, while the other two acids had weak reactions therewith. In the acid system containing HF, HF molecules reacted with sodium bentonite, rather than other forms, such as H+, F−, and HF2−. …”
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Screening Children with a Family History of Central Congenital Hypoventilation Syndrome by Hina Emanuel, Kimberly Rennie, Kelly Macdonald, Aravind Yadav, Ricardo A. Mosquera

“…Neuropsychological testing was conducted on all four patients; two patients (mother and 1 offspring) had normal results, while the other two offspring exhibited some impairments on neuropsychological testing. …”
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Wind Speed-Independent Two-Source Energy Balance Model Based on a Theoretical Trapezoidal Relationship between Land Surface Temperature and Fractional Vegetation Cover for Evapotra... by Xiao-Gang Wang, Qing Kang, Xiao-Hong Chen, Wen Wang, Qing-Hua Fu

“…Sensitivity analysis indicates WiTSEB does not aggravate the sensitivity on meteorological and remote sensing inputs in comparison with other two-source models. The errors of estimated Tr and observed soil heat flux result in LE overestimation/underestimation over parts of landscapes. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Public Sentiment on the Ghanaian Government: A Machine Learning Approach by John Andoh, Louis Asiedu, Anani Lotsi, Charlotte Chapman-Wardy

“…The Naive Bayes classifier was adjudged the best algorithm for the task as it outperformed the other two machine learning algorithms with an accuracy of 99%, F1 score of 86.51%, and Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.9906. …”
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Reducing Dietary Protein Content by Increasing Carbohydrates Is More Beneficial to the Growth, Antioxidative Capacity, Ion Transport, and Ammonia Excretion of Nile Tilapia (Oreochr... by Wei Liu, Chang Xu, Zhao Li, Liqiao Chen, Xiaodan Wang, Erchao Li

“…Although ambient alkalinity caused oxidative stress and enhanced ion transport and ammonia metabolism in tilapia, tilapia fed the P27/C35 diet showed better adaptability than fish fed the other two diets in alkaline water. Further metabolomic analysis showed that tilapia upregulated all the pathways enriched in this study to cope with alkalinity stress. …”
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In vitro antitumor effects of methanolic extracts of three Ganoderema mushrooms by Elshahat A. Toson, Amira A. El-Fallal, Marwa A. Oransa, Hoda M. El-Gharabawy

“…However, the percentages of total cell necrosis in the T-47D cell line treated with the other two extracts were 31.10% and 18.28%, respectively while the percentages of total cell apoptosis were 6.83% and 1.78%, respectively. …”
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Numerical Test Research on Loading Rate Effect of Rock Mass with Transfixion Sawtooth Structural Plane by Dongsong Li, Yanhong Du, Feng Chen, Tianhui Ma

“…The peak strength, residual strength, and stress drop of the specimens A, B, and C increase with the addition of loading rate; the peak strength and stress drop of the sample C are higher than those of the other two samples. When the loading rate is 0.002 mm/s, the residual strength of sample C is lower than that of samples A and B, and the other four kinds of loading conditions are higher than those of specimens A and B. …”
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Performance Evaluation of GFRP Rock Bolt Sensor for Rock Slope Monitoring by Double Shear Test by Jung-Doung Yu, Jong-Sub Lee, Bibek Tamang, Sungyong Park, Sukhyun Chang, Jungmyeon Kim, Yongseong Kim

“…Two GFRP rock bolt sensors are inserted into holes and then fixed in concrete blocks with cement grout and soil, respectively. The other two are coated with heat-shrink tubes to protect strain gauges and wires, which are then fixed in concrete blocks with cement grout and soil, respectively. …”
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In-home work environment for home care workers in Northern Sweden before and during the Covid-19 pandemic by Fredrik Norström, Karin Bölenius, Klas-Göran Sahlén, Magnus Zingmark, Anita Pettersson-Strömbäck

“…There were statistically significant differences between regions, e.g. many problems were more common in the Västerbotten region than in the other two regions during the pandemic, while challenges with protective equipment was most common in the Västernorrland region. …”
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Production of biogas from co-substrates using cow dung, pig dung, and vegetable waste: A case study in Cambodia by Sokna San, Seyla Heng, Vanna Torn, Chivon Choeung, Horchhong Cheng, Seiha Hun, Chanmoly Or

“…From the result, it can be concluded that the bioconversion of pure CD into biogas was the most efficient compared to the other two conditions.…”
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A Drosophila melanogaster mitotype may have an adaptive meaning by D. V. Petrovskii, L. P. Zakharenko

“…This can be interpreted as an advantage of the strain with the mitotype from clade III compared to the other two mitotypes studied. If individuals have different energy expenditure values at rest, the strains with lower energy expenditure at rest spend less energy during forced inactivity. …”
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Quantifying 3D coral reef structural complexity from 2D drone imagery using artificial intelligence by Aviv Suan, Simone Franceschini, Joushua Madin, Elizabeth Madin

“…Because these three complexity metrics can be depicted through a plane equation, we could calculate the metric with the lowest color space predictive accuracy from the other two, thereby enhancing overall predictive accuracy. …”
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Research on Clue Mining in Criminal Cases of Smart Phone Trojan Horse under the Background of Information Security by Li Gang, Yong Wen

“…In the collaborative training process, the new labeled event pairs used to expand each classifier are provided by the other two classifiers. For the same unlabeled event pair, the relationship prediction results are consistent; then, the event pair is considered to have a higher classification confidence and is placed in the labeled set of the third classifier after labeling. …”
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Evaluation of Quality Parameters and Shelf Life of Thai Pork Scratching “Kaeb Moo” by Thanapon Kitpot, Sujinda Sriwattana, Sergio Angeli, Prodpran Thakeow

“…The analyses were done on three types of Kaeb Moo: the first type was prepared in the lab using high-quality products, while the other two types were purchased from local markets in Thailand. …”
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A Case of Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: Successful Treatment with Plasmapheresis and Rituximab by M. Fantò, S. Salemi, F. Socciarelli, A. Bartolazzi, G. A. Natale, I. Casorelli, A. Pavan, S. Vaglio, R. Di Rosa, R. D'Amelio

“…Eight and 16 months later the patient received other two TPE and RTX cycles, respectively. This therapeutic approach has allowed to obtain a complete skin healing persistent even after 8-month follow-up. …”
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Effect of Chronic Morphine Consumption on Synaptic Plasticity of Rat’s Hippocampus: A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study by Mohammad Hassan Heidari, Abdollah Amini, Zohreh Bahrami, Ali Shahriari, Abolfazle Movafag, Reihane Heidari

“…Our data indicated that synaptic numbers per nm3 change significantly in morphine group compared to the other two groups (placebo and control) (P<0.001) and also statistical analysis revealed a significant difference between groups in terms of thickness of postsynaptic density (P<0.001) and synaptic curvature (P<0.007). …”
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Using Kalman Filters to Reduce Noise from RFID Location System by Pedro Henriques Abreu, José Xavier, Daniel Castro Silva, Luís Paulo Reis, Marcelo Petry

“…The obtained results proved that the Kalman Filter achieved better results when compared to the other two filters. Also, this filter increases the performance of the location system by 15% and 12% for the linear and oval paths respectively, when using one tag. …”
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Sustainability of Paddy Rice Farming in the Conservation of Birds in Uganda Amidst a Growing Expansion of the Rice farming Industry. by Sarah, Nachuha, Twagiramaria, Fortunate

“…Birds of international significance such as the Grey crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) were more abundant at Lukaya Rice scheme than the other two. Kibimba and Doho rice rich schemes have been under rice cultivation for almost 5 decades while Lukaya rice fields are hardly a decade old. …”
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Study on the Role of the Inclusion Complexes with 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin for Oral Administration of Amiodarone by Andreea Creteanu, Daniela Pamfil, Cornelia Vasile, Gladiola Tantaru, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Lacramioara Ochiuz, Alina Ghilan, Ana Maria Macsim

“…In vitro kinetic study reveals a complex mechanism of release occurring in three steps: the first one being attributed to a burst effect and the other two to different bonding existing in inclusion complexes. …”
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