Study of Biofouling on Fly ash – Bottom ash (FABA) Media Subtract by Selvia Mila, Saptarini Dian

“…Biofouling is the process of attachment and growth of organisms on the surface of living and non-living objects. …”
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Chloramphenicol and gentamicin reduce the evolution of resistance to phage ΦX174 by suppressing a subset of E. coli LPS mutants. by Lavisha Parab, Jordan Romeyer Dherbey, Norma Rivera, Michael Schwarz, Jenna Gallie, Frederic Bertels

“…Bacteriophages infect gram-negative bacteria by attaching to molecules present on the bacterial surface, often lipopolysaccharides (LPS). …”
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Reconstruction of Upper Eyelid Defects Secondary to Malignant Tumors with a Newly Modified Cutler-Beard Technique with Tarsoconjunctival Graft by Álvaro Bengoa-González, Bianca Ma Laslău, Agustín Martín-Clavijo, Enrique Mencía-Gutiérrez, Ma Dolores Lago-Llinás

“…A tarsoconjunctival graft was harvested from the contralateral upper eyelid, with an extra 3 mm of conjunctiva from the superior edge of tarsus and was attached to the upper eyelid defect, different from that previously described. …”
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HIV-Infected Individuals Do Not Present Significant Differences regarding Periodontal Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lucas Ribeiro Teixeira, Diana Estefania Ramos Peña, Leticia Rodrigues de Castro, Márcia dos Santos, Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Fernando Chahud, Bruno Pozzetto, Alan Grupioni Lourenço, Ana Carolina Fragoso Motta

“…Results from studies reporting clinical periodontal parameters: probing pocket depth, bleeding on probing, clinical attachment level, plaque index, and gingival index, in HIV- and non-HIV-infected individuals were reviewed. …”
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Psychological Stress Delays Periodontitis Healing in Rats: The Involvement of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Ya-Juan Zhao, Qiang Li, Bai-Xiang Cheng, Min Zhang, Yong-Jin Chen

“…The surface of inflammatory infiltrate, alveolar bone loss, attachment loss, and expression of IL-1β and TNF-α in the stress group were higher than those in the periodontitis group at weeks 2 and 4 (). …”
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Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of Sheep Farmers Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Tunisia, North Africa by Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Syrine Rekik, Rihab Romdhane, Limam Sassi, Felicitas Bergmann, Martin H. Groschup, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi

“…A broad majority of farmers (70.9%) stated that they removed the attached ticks manually and 45.3% crushed them. As acaricides were perceived to be efficient for fighting ticks, according to 97.7% of the sheep farmers, they were used for both the animals and their sleeping areas. …”
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Novel Protein-Repellent and Antibacterial Resins and Cements to Inhibit Lesions and Protect Teeth by Li Cao, Junling Wu, Qiang Zhang, Bashayer Baras, Ghalia Bhadila, Yuncong Li, Mary Anne S. Melo, Michael D. Weir, Yuxing Bai, Ning Zhang, Hockin H. K. Xu

“…These new materials could reduce biofilm attachment, raise local biofilm pH, and facilitate the remineralization to protect the teeth. …”
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Simplified Target Strength Analysis Procedure of an Underwater Vehicle Considering Target Strength Absorbing Materials by Jangwoo Kim, Jaeman Kim, Joo-Yeob Lee, Dae-Seung Cho, Sung-Ju Park, Kyungjun Song, Yun-ho Shin, Kookhyun Kim

“…Among the design techniques to improve TS, absorbing materials attached to the surface of an underwater vehicle can play a key role by reducing the reflected and scattered acoustic waves. …”
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Electrocatalytic Study of Paracetamol at a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Nickel Nanocomposite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode by Koh Sing Ngai, Wee Tee Tan, Zulkarnain Zainal, Ruzniza Mohd Zawawi, Joon Ching Juan

“…A single-walled carbon nanotube/nickel (SWCNT/Ni) nanocomposite was prepared and immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface via mechanical attachment. This paper reports the voltammetry study on the effect of paracetamol concentration, scan rate, pH, and temperature at a SWCNT/Ni-modified electrode in the determination of paracetamol. …”
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Peptide Aptamer–Paclitaxel Conjugates for Tumor Targeted Therapy by Xinyang Shen, Yuan Ma, Hang Luo, Razack Abdullah, Yufei Pan, Yihao Zhang, Chuanxin Zhong, Baoting Zhang, Ge Zhang

“…Peptide aptamer–paclitaxel conjugates present a promising alternative by covalently attaching paclitaxel to a versatile peptide aptamer via a linker. …”
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Utilization of Macadamia Nutshell Residue for the Synthesis of Magnetic Activated Carbon toward Zinc (II) Ion Removal by Minh-Trung Dao, Thi-Phuong-Linh Tran, Duc-Thuong Vo, Van-Kieu Nguyen, Le-Thuy-Thuy-Trang Hoang

“…The characterization results revealed that the composite comprised Fe3O4 nanoparticles attached to the carbon matrix. The saturation magnetization (Ms) of the composite was found to be 38.2 emu g−1, indicating a convenient separation of the solid adsorbent from aqueous media using an external magnetic field. …”
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A Deformation Reconstruction Strategy for Integrated Truss Structures Subjected to Thermal–Mechanical Load by Zexing Yu, Xiaofei Ma, Jialong Zhu, Dayu Zhang, Yonggang Xue, Pengfei Huang, Yichen Li, Hao Li

“…This paper proposes a deformation reconstruction strategy tailored for ITSs under combined thermal–mechanical load scenarios wherein deformations of both the primary truss structures and the attached panel systems are investigated. The proposed approach utilizes Ko displacement theory as the core algorithm, while the least squares optimization method is employed to determine the integration with unknown initial values during the reconstruction process. …”
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Combustion Rate of Solid Carbon in the Axisymmetric Stagnation Flowfield Established over a Sphere and/or a Flat Plate by Atsushi Makino, Masahiro Hojo, Masahito Shintomi

“…It has been confirmed that before the establishment of CO flame, the combustion rate can fairly be represented by the expression in the frozen mode, that after its establishment by the expression in the flame-attached or flame-detached modes, and that the critical condition derived by the asymptotics can fairly predict the surface temperature for its establishment. …”
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Cell Labeling with 15-YNE Is Useful for Tracking Protein Palmitoylation and Metabolic Lipid Flux in the Same Sample by Nadine Merz, Karin Schilling, Dominique Thomas, Lisa Hahnefeld, Sabine Grösch

“…Protein S-palmitoylation is the process by which a palmitoyl fatty acid is attached to a cysteine residue of a protein via a thioester bond. …”
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Perception of university students on the role of educational digital stimuli in achieving academic passion in vocational education by K. S. Aljedayah, A. M. Al-Duwairi, M. A. K. Al-Momani, M. M. Al-Mzary, M. O. Al-Momani, G. S. Khataybeh, A. S. Al-Abed Rhman

“…Digital stimuli are one of the strategies prepared by higher education institutions in university teaching in the field of vocational education, but they do not attach importance to them from other strategies that are used. …”
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Ultrasound‐Activated Precise Sono‐Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer with Reduced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Xiang Li, Gao He, Hui Jin, Xinyu Xiang, Dong Li, Renmiao Peng, Jing Tao, Xinping Li, Kaiyang Wang, Yu Luo, Xiaoan Liu

“…Additionally, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) sensitive linker is used to attach the immunotherapeutic drug PD‐L1 inhibitor (aPD‐L1) to DMSNs via covalent bonds. …”
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Diversity and succession of microbial communities on typical microplastics in Xincun Bay, a long-term mariculture tropical lagoon by Shi Yunfeng, Wang Shuai, Wang Hui, Li Zhaoyang, Cai Jiali, Han Qiuying, Zhao Muqiu

“…With increasing exposure time, the biofilm attached to the surface of MPs became thicker and microbial composition showed some differences. …”
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The Effect of Malrotation of Tibial Component of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Tibial Insert during High Flexion Using a Finite Element Analysis by Kei Osano, Ryuji Nagamine, Mitsugu Todo, Makoto Kawasaki

“…Four nonlinear springs attached to tibial component represented soft tissues around the knee. …”
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Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Rupture: An Unusual Presentation of Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion: A Case Report by Eda-Cristina Abuchaibe, Nancy Dobrolet, Katherine Peicher, Roque Ventura, Elizabeth Welch

“…Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is defined as a weakness in the aortic valve wall, immediately above the attachments of each of the aortic cusps. This weakness can rupture and create an aortocardiac fistula. …”
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Effect of Anatomical Customization of the Fiber Post on the Bond Strength of a Self-Adhesive Resin Cement by Adricyla Teixeira Rocha, Leticia Machado Gonçalves, Ana Júlia de Carvalho Vasconcelos, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho, Ceci Nunes Carvalho, Rudys Rodolfo De Jesus Tavarez

“…The roots were sectioned into three slices, cervical, middle, and apical, and photographed with a digital camera attached to a stereomicroscopic loupe. The images were analyzed by software, for evaluation of the cement line. …”
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