Clinical and radiographic evaluation of silver diamine fluoride versus mineral trioxide aggregate as indirect pulp capping agents in deeply carious first permanent molars a randomi... by Marwa Ahmed Ahmed Zaghloul, Manal Ahmed El Sayed, Randa Youssef Abd Al-Gawad, Ahmed Mohamed Abd El- Samad

“…The molars were finally restored with glass hybrid glass ionomer restoration. Clinical assessment was conducted at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, while radiographic assessment was performed at 6 and 12 months using predetermined criteria. …”
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Torsional Behaviour and Finite Element Analysis of the Hybrid Laminated Composite Shafts: Comparison of VARTM with Vacuum Bagging Manufacturing Method by Mehmet Emin Taşdelen, Mehmet Halidun Keleştemur, Ercan Şevkat

“…The braided sleeves are slid over an Al tube to create very strong and rigid tubular form shafts and they are in the form of 2/2 twill biaxial fiber fabric that has been woven into a continuous sleeve. Carbon and glass fibers braided sleeves are used for the fabrication of the composite shafts. …”
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Deep Learning for Plastic Waste Classification System by Janusz Bobulski, Mariusz Kubanek

“…Waste segregation techniques and procedures are applied to major groups of materials such as paper, plastic, metal, and glass. Though, the biggest challenge is separating different materials types in a group, for example, sorting different colours of glass or plastics types. …”
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IN VITRO EXPLORATION OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND SURFACE PROPERTIES OF TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS: HYBRID CERAMIC AND HYBRID RESIN by Roxana Nicoleta Ionescu, Dana-Cristina Bodnar, Bianca Voicu Balasea, Florentina Gherghiceanu, Alexandra Ripszky Totan, Silviu Mirel Pituru, Cristian Funieru, Marina Melescanu-Imre

“…Objectives: This study evaluates two dental materials—modified resin with glass fiber (Trinia) and hybrid ceramic (Vita Enamic)—for implant crown restoration, focusing on biocompatibility. …”
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Numerical investigation on strengthening steel beams with web openings using GFRP by Hamda Guedaoura, Yazid Hadidane, Mohammed J Altaee

“… This study presents the first investigation into the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer GFRP to strengthen steel beams with web openings. …”
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Low Cost Amorphous Silicon Intrinsic Layer for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells by Ching-In Wu, Shoou-Jinn Chang, Kin-Tak Lam, Shuguang Li, Sheng-Po Chang

“…Furthermore, it was found that we could significantly reduce the production cost of the a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cells prepared on Gen 5 glass substrate by fine-tuning the process parameters.…”
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Platform Tolerant RFID Tag Antenna Design for Safety and Real-Time Tracking of On-site Workers at Riskier Workplaces by Aarti Bansal, Rajesh Khanna, Surbhi Sharma

“…First, the fabricated tag’s performance was tested successfully in an outdoor scenario on various mountable materials such as wood, glass, plastic, and metal. The tag yielded a reasonable read range of 5.9 m on metallic sheet and 7.1 m on plastic with the highest read distance of 9.3 m on a glass sheet. …”
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Constitutive Investigation on Viscoelasticity of PolyVinyl Butyral: Experiments Based on Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Method by Bohan Liu, Jun Xu, Yibing Li

“…Fitted empirical formulas describing the relationship between glass transition temperature and frequency, as well as the heating rate of PVB, are established. …”
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Frost Resistance of Alkali-Activated Concrete with Different Compositions – Parametric Study by Bilek Vlastimil, Prochazka Lukas, Matyskova Katerina, Sucharda Oldrich

“…The R2O content was 4 -10 % and the R2O/SiO2 weight ratio was 33/67 (water glass only) up to 100/0 (KOH only). The frost resistance index was tested at the ages of 28, 91 and 365 days. …”
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Processing of Super Tough Plasticized PLA by Rotational Molding by Antonio Greco, Francesca Ferrari, Alfonso Maffezzoli

“…Therefore, efficient toughening of PLA can be attained by the use of the two cardanol derived plasticizers, which involves a significant reduction of the polymer glass transition, as well as a reduced increase of the crystallization kinetic. …”
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Une marque d’atelier sur une bouteille en verre découverte à Arles by Souen Fontaine, Nicolas Tran

“…A glass bottle bottom, discovered in the Rhône’s fluvial deposit, in Arelate (Arles), has a workshop mark on it, that can be linked with five already known signatures. …”
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Simplified Transient Hot-Wire Method for Effective Thermal Conductivity Measurement in Geo Materials: Microstructure and Saturation Effect by B. Merckx, P. Dudoignon, J. P. Garnier, D. Marchand

“…After a validation of the used “one hot-wire” technique in water, toluene, and glass-bead assemblages, the investigations were performed (1) in glass-bead assemblages of different diameters in dried, water, and acetone-saturated states in order to observe the role of grain sizes and saturation on the effective thermal conductivity, (2) in a compacted earth brick at different moisture states, and (3) in a lime-hemp concrete during 110 days following its manufacture. …”
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Cost-Effective Manufacturing of Microfluidics Through the Utilization of Direct Ink Writing by Stefanus H. Prajitna, Christian Harito, Brian Yuliarto

“…Custom-built DIW directly printed microfluidic channels onto microscope slide glass using RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) silicone sealant. …”
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Performance of Rejuvenated Asphalt and Mixtures with Waste Engine Oil Bottom and Liquid Styrene-Butadiene Rubber by Gang Zhou, Yi Tian, Liang Gong, Zhansheng Pang, Tianquan Chen

“…Compared with WEOB, a rejuvenator comprising WEOB and liquid SBR (WEOB-S) further decreased the glass transition and continuous grading temperatures of aged asphalt, improved its low-temperature performance, and significantly influenced its ductility recovery. …”
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Study on Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Hybrid GFRP by Nor Bahiyah Baba, Ahmad Syakirin Suhaimi, Muhamad Asyraf Mohd Amin, Alias Mohd

“…The paper discusses the mechanical and physical behaviour of hybrid glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP). Hybrid GFRP was fabricated by three different types of glass fibre, namely, 3D, woven, and chopped, which were selected and combined with mixture of polyester resin and hardener. …”
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Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Aged All-Ceramic Materials by Ali Riza Tuncdemir, Tugba Temizci

“…KEYWORDS: Biaxial Flexural Strength, Lithium Disilicate Glass-Ceramic, Monolithic Zirconia…”
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Flexural characteristics of additively manufactured continuous fiber-reinforced honeycomb sandwich structures by Rafael Guerra Silva, Gustavo Morales Pavez

“…Three-point bending tests were carried out on sandwich panel specimens, which were built using nylon reinforced with chopped carbon fiber and two reinforcement fibers, glass or carbon fiber. The carbon fiber-reinforced sandwich panels had a higher rigidity than those reinforced with glass fiber, but carbon fiber showed significant scattering. …”
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Effectiveness of ultrasound (US) and slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) treatments for removing Listeria monocytogenes biofilms by Hongrui Ren, Yu Quan, Shaokang Liu, Jianxiong Hao

“…The results showed that treating biofilms by US − SAEW treatment led to the lowest number of Listeria monocytogenes, the lowest amount of biofilm remaining on the glass slide were visualized by crystal violet staining and scanning electron microscope, and a minimal content of extracellular polymeric substances. …”
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TWO-SCALE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PROGRESSIVE TENSILE FAILURE OF HYBRID COMPOSITES by XING Chen, ZHOU ChuWei, SUN YuLin

“…The two scale approaches were employed to simulate the progressive failure of carbon / glass fiber hybrid unidirectional composites under tensile load. …”
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The Role of Dopant Concentration on Conductivity and Mobility of CdTe Thin Films by Ala J. Al-Douri, F. Y. Al-Shakily, Abdalla A. Alnajjar, Maysoon F. A. Alias

“…The films were prepared by thermal evaporation on glass substrates at two substrate temperatures (Ts=RT & 423 K). …”
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