Destins tracés et contraction des horizons : être chômeuse au Portugal by Pedro Araujo

“…Based on the study of unemployment experiences of female ex-workers in a ceramics factory in Coimbra (Centre Region of Portugal), that went bankrupted in 2001, this article consists of two main parts. …”
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Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a Patient with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: 4-Year Followup by Ricardo Coelho Okida, Daniela Micheline dos Santos, Aljomar José Vechiato Filho, Agda Marobo Andreotti, Rodrigo Antonio de Medeiros, Marcelo Coelho Goiato

“…With the change in eating habits, the treatment of GERD and lithium disilicate ceramics provided excellent cosmetic results after 4 years and the patient reported satisfaction with the treatment.…”
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Anterior Endocrowns as An Alternative to Core Crown restorations: A Systematic Review by Hisham A. Mously, Ghada H. Naguib, Ahmed O. Abougazia, Afaf A. Almabadi, Osama A. Qutub, Mohamed T. Hamed

“…Among the tested materials, lithium disilicate ceramics provided the best biomechanical properties. …”
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New Approach of the Oxidant Peroxo Method (OPM) Route to Obtain Ti(OH)4 Nanoparticles with High Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Radiation by André E. Nogueira, Lucas S. Ribeiro, Luiz F. Gorup, Gelson T. S. T. Silva, Fernando F. B. Silva, Caue Ribeiro, Emerson R. Camargo

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Optimization of In Vivo Studies by Combining Planar Dynamic and Tomographic Imaging: Workflow Evaluation on a Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles System by Maritina Rouchota, Alessio Adamiano, Michele Iafisco, Eirini Fragogeorgi, Irineos Pilatis, Gilles Doumont, Sébastien Boutry, Daniele Catalucci, Argyro Zacharioudaki, George C. Kagadis

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YENİ İKİ TİP KOMPOZİT MATERYALİN MEKANİK ÖZELLİKLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI by Ali Rıza Çetin, Ahmet Ercan Hataysal, Bilal Aktaş

“…Compo-HS ve Compo-N ile Filtek Bulkfill ve Tetric N-Ceram Bulkfill arasında yüzey sertlikleri açısından istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı bir fark gözlenmedi.Sonuçlar: Bu çalışmada kullanılan mekanik test sonuçlarına göre yeni formülasyon kompozit Compo-N piyasada bulunan diğer üniversal kompozitlere benzer bulunarak, onlar kadar yeterli bulunmuştur. …”
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Tunrayo Ayinke Ayinla: The Unsung Burnish Black Glaze Wares Ceramist of Ilorin by Toyin E. Akinde

“…Fondly called Àyìnkẹ́ Alámọyọ in the pottery ceramics circle. Túnráyọ̀ is a burnisher extraordinaire and indeed a veteran of several decades. …”
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Du réservoir des Gallets à la piscine Saint-Georges by Isabelle Baguelin

“…It boasts remarkable decoration by the Paris ceramics firm of Gentil & Bourdet and the Rennes mosaic artist, Odorico.…”
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La thermoluminescence comme prisme de l’étude du faux : application aux terres cuites chinoises by Armel Bouvier

“…If thermoluminescence is the most suitable tool to provide chronological information on ceramics, its use is necessary but not sufficient to prove the consistency of an object with its presumed attribution. …”
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Room-temperature creation and conversion of individual skyrmion bags in magnetic multilayered disks by Quan Liu, Shouzhe Dong, Yutong Wang, Junhang Liu, Guofu Xu, Hua Bai, Hao Bai, Weideng Sun, Zhiying Cheng, Yunjie Yan, Guozhi Chai, Jing Ma, Jianwang Cai, Cheng Song, Wanjun Jiang, Jing Zhu, Cewen Nan, Houbing Huang, Yonggang Zhao

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Waste Tire Particles and Gamma Radiation as Modifiers of the Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza

“…A novel methodology for solving such problems is based on use of ionizing radiation, which has proven to be a good tool for improvement on physical and chemical properties of several materials including polymers, ceramics, and composites. In this work, particles of 0.85 mm and 2.80 mm obtained from waste tire were submitted at 250 kGy of gamma radiation in order to modify their physicochemical properties and then used as reinforcement in Portland cement concrete for improving mechanical properties. …”
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Insights on the use of genetic algorithm to tessellate voronoi structures in materials science by Luana Souza Almeida, Paulo Rangel Rios

“…In addition, alternative materials (e.g., ceramics and metals) could be used to create specimens for the mechanical tests, and other approaches to finite element simulation are required to speed up the optimization process. …”
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Polish Faience from Ćmielów Factory in the Collections of the Diocesan Museum in Sandomierz by Wojciech W. Kowalski

“… Ecclesiastical objects were rarely made from ceramics and are therefore not often found in church museums. …”
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In Search of Gendabelo, the Ethiopian “Market of the World”of the 15th and 16th Centuries by Amélie Chekroun, Ahmed Hassen Omer, Bertrand Hirsch

“…This article proposes a hypothesis of localization with the archaeological site of Asbari, based in particular on archaeological material (imported ceramics, glass, pearls, metal) collected during a visit in 2009 and with the help of the 19th c. …”
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Unveiling the Provenance by Tina Berdajs

“…It expands on their backgrounds and biographies, as well as tries to determine the circumstances in which they acquired and were able to donate or bequest Japanese and Chinese porcelain (and in some cases other ceramics of East Asian origin) to museum collections. …”
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Materials and devices for high‐density, high‐throughput micro‐electrocorticography arrays by Yang Xie, Yanxiu Peng, Jinhong Guo, Muyang Liu, Bozhen Zhang, Lan Yin, He Ding, Xing Sheng

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Controllable synthesis of nonlayered high-κ Mn3O4 single-crystal thin films for 2D electronics by Jiashuai Yuan, Chuanyong Jian, Zhihui Shang, Yu Yao, Bicheng Wang, Yixiang Li, Rutao Wang, Zhipeng Fu, Meng Li, Wenting Hong, Xu He, Qian Cai, Wei Liu

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Feasting on fish. Specialized function of pre-colonial pottery of the Cerritos mound builders of southern Brazil. by Marjolein Admiraal, André C Colonese, Rafael Guedes Milheira, Alice Di Muro, Helen Marie Talbot, Alexandre Lucquin, Oliver E Craig

“…Intriguingly, molecular and isotopic characterization of food residues from Cerritos ceramics shows that vessels were used for either cooking estuarine fish, or plant products. …”
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The effect of lanthanides on color properties of the (Bi2O3)0.7(Ln2O3)0.3 compounds by Šulcová P., Proklešková E.

“…Characterization of the (Bi2O3)0.7(Ln2O3)0,3 solid solutions suggests that they have a potential to be alternative yellow colorants for paints, inks, plastics, and ceramics.…”
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Converting a Microwave Oven into a Plasma Reactor: A Review by Victor J. Law, Denis P. Dowling

“…This review traces the developments from initial reports in the 1980s to today’s converted ovens that are used in proof-of-principle manufacture of carbon nanostructures and batch cleaning of ion implant ceramics. Information sources include the US and Korean patent office, peer-reviewed papers, and web references. …”
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