Evaluation of Patients’ Received Doses in Chest CT Scan Protocols for COVID-19 Diagnosis by Sadegh Shurche, Tinoosh Almasi, Maryam Tima, Nima Rostampour

“…The score reflects the quality of the image and Covid-19-related features such as Ground Glass Opacities (GGO), crazy paving, consolidation, Nodular Infiltrates (NI), Broncho Vascular Thickening (BVT), and Pleural Effusion (PE). …”
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The photo-electrocatalytic property of hollow mesoporous graphene oxide/tungsten trioxide/titanium dioxide membrane photo-anode by Yuan Li, Xinying Sun, Jiajia Chen, Shuping Luo, Guohua Li

“…The composite was used as raw material to constitute a membrane onto ITO glass to form a membrane photo-anode. In this way, its photo-electrocatalytic property was tested. …”
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Total Organic Carbon Analysis of Residual Contaminants in Bioreactor Equipment: A Cleaning Verification Study using Surface Swabbing by Ciara E. Fitzpatrick, James J. Roche

“…The areas selected for swab sampling included the borosilicate glass vessel and stainless steel impeller blades. …”
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Investigating the Performance of TIN-Based Perovskite Solar Cell with Zinc Selenide as an ETM and Graphene as an HTM Using SCAPS-1D by Ijeoma Ukorah, Adeyemi Owolabi, Haruna Ali, Muhammed Onimisi, RA Tafida, Awujoola J Olalekan, Hassan Muhammed Gambo, Sakinate L Usman, Akusu Christiana, Jessica M Ukwenya, Bankole J Akinade, RU Ugbe

“…In this study, a numerical analysis was conducted on a Sn-based planner heterojunction perovskite device. Structure of Glass/TCO/ETL/CH3NH3SnI3/HTL/Metal was performed by using the solar cell device simulator SCAPS 1D. …”
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Influence of the Culture Medium in Dose-Response Effect of the Chlorhexidine on Streptococcus mutans Biofilms by Vanessa Salvadego de Queiroz, Renzo Alberto Ccahuana-Vásquez, Alcides Fabiano Tedesco, Luzia Lyra, Jaime Aparecido Cury, Angélica Zaninelli Schreiber

“…S. mutans biofilm grew on glass slides of each media containing 1% sucrose. …”
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Hydrothermally synthesised porous NiAl-LDH as an efficient pseudocapacitive material in asymmetric supercapacitors by Raman Duddi, Shivani, Shobhna Dhiman, Arun Kumar Singh, Navpreet Kamboj, Sanjeev Kumar

“…The synthesised NiAl-LDH electrode material exhibited a high BET surface area ∼117.4 m2 g−1, contributing significantly to its enhanced electrochemical performance in supercapacitor applications. The NiAl-LDH@ITO glass nanostructure demonstrating a significantly enhanced specific capacitance of 589.3 F g−1 at 1 A g−1. …”
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Assessment of the size and shape of berries using the ImageJ program on the example of honeysuckle by D. Yu. Nokhrin, L. V. Ufimtseva, N. V. Glaz

“…The berries were laid out on a white sheet of paper with a ruler on top of the glass and photographed with additional lighting from below. …”
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Effectiveness of Health Management Information System in Selected Sub-Counties of Ryakarimira Town Council and Rubaya Sub-County. by Ayebare, Esther Loy

“…These tools included laboratory request forms, sample rejection forms, laboratory results report forms, sample referral forms, sample reception registers, daily activity registers, equipment inventory registers, equipment breakdown report forms, equipment breakdown registers, equipment maintenance logs, routine equipment service logs, order forms for HIV test kits and laboratory reagents, biosafety and biosecurity incident report forms, incident registers, microbiology request and results report forms, microbiology daily activity registers, national level periodic reports, WHO GLASS AMR reports, monthly facility-level laboratory reports, and quarterly facility-level laboratory reports. …”
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Effects of Compressive and Tensile Strain on Macrophages during Simulated Orthodontic Tooth Movement by Agnes Schröder, Paul Käppler, Ute Nazet, Jonathan Jantsch, Peter Proff, Fabian Cieplik, James Deschner, Christian Kirschneck

“…For in vitro simulation of physiological orthodontic compressive or tensile strain for 2 h, 4 h, 24 h, and 48 h, glass discs (2 g/cm2) were placed or adherent macrophages isotropically stretched for 16%, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Water Quality and Heavy Metal Contamination in River Water and Fish Species from the Bangshi River, Tangail, Bangladesh by Mausumi Rehnuma, Jannatul Firdous Jui, Jannatul Hasna, Umme Habiba, Anamul Haque

“…The elevated Pb levels likely stem from effluents released by glass, textile, and paint industries. These findings highlight potential risks to human health from consuming water and fish from the Bangshi River, underscoring the urgent need for improved pollution control strategies. …”
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A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…Over half of the patients were in GAP Stage 1 (54.5%), with significant correlations found between advancing GAP stages and an increased prevalence of honeycombing (P = 0.0005) and traction bronchiectasis (P = 0.010). The ground-glass opacity decreased with increasing GAP stage (P = 0.035). …”
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Wood flour / ceramic reinforced polylactic acid based 3D–printed functionally grade structural material for integrated engineering applications: A numerical and experimental charac... by Arunkumar Thirugnanasamabandam, B. Prabhu, Varsha Mageswari, V. Murugan, Karthikeyan Ramachandran, Kumaran Kadirgama

“…DSC thermograms demonstrate that FGSM has a better glass transition temperature (66°C) and a cold crystalline temperature (87.63°C), which contributes to its thermal stability. …”
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Determination of streptococcus mutans retention in acidic and neutral pH artificial saliva environment of all-ceramic materials with different surface treatment by Yeliz Hayran, Süha Kuşcu, Ali Aydın

“…Methods Zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate (Vita Suprinity, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Saöckingen, Germany), monochromatic feldspar (Vitablocs Mark 2, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Saöckingen, Germany), leucite glass ceramic (IPS Empress CAD, Ivoclar Vivadent, Liechtenstein), and monolithic zirconia (Incoris TZI (Cerec) Sirona, Germany) were used in the study. …”
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Multimodality imaging features of systemic amyloidosis: a case report by Yi Yu, Zhi-Chao Li, Guang-Yin Li, Ting Wang, Yi-Gang Li

“…The transthoracic echocardiogram revealed myocardial hypertrophy of the left ventricle, the hypertrophic heart muscle echoed like "ground glass". The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) detected by Simpson method was 51% and global longitudinal strain (GLS) was -9.00%. …”
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Monodispersed Iron Selenide Nanoparticles United with Carbon Nanotubes for Highly Reversible Zinc–Air Batteries by Hua Zhang, Tong Zeng, Jiale Ma, Yue Jiang, Yang Huang, Yuxin Cheng, Haifeng Ye, Cuiyun Zeng, Chenghui Zeng, Minshen Zhu, Shuiliang Chen

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Fracture behavior of a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) under airbag deployment conditions evaluated through Reversed Charpy tests by E.A. Paredes-Mogica, U. Figueroa-López, S.B. Mohd Yasin, A.C. Taylor, A. Guevara-Morales

“…Experimental results showed that the yield stress and plastic work dissipation, wp, are higher at low temperatures, with a distinguishable transition (drop) around the glass transition temperature of the PP matrix. Additionally, wp increased at low temperatures when increasing the impact speed suggesting that the deformation process changes from isothermal to adiabatic, increasing the temperature at the crack tip. …”
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Oxidative Stability at Different Storage Conditions and Adulteration Detection of Prickly Pear Seeds Oil by Fatima Ettalibi, Abderraouf El Antari, Chemseddoha Gadhi, Hasnaâ Harrak

“…Regarding the impact of light and nitrogen bubbling, sunlight has affected seriously the oxidative stability of oils after 12 months of storage and the bubbling with nitrogen has improved their stability when they have been stored in clear glass bottles. The levels of adulteration detection using fatty acids as markers are relatively high. …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…Over half had experienced discrimination (59%, n=47), while 22% (n=18) perceived a ‘glass ceiling’ in surgical training. Orthopaedics was reported as the most sexist surgical specialty by 53% (n=43). …”
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Fabrication and Compression Properties of Reinforced Epoxy Syntactic Foam With Basalt Fiber by Shuai Cao, Tao Jiang, Shanshan Shi, Xiaofan Gui, Ying Wang, Bo Tang, Lixue Xiang, Xuming Dai, Donghai Lin, Ning Zhong, Wenge Li, Jinhong Yu, Xinfeng Wu

“…In this paper, hollow glass microspheres reinforced epoxy hollow spheres (HGMSs-EHSs) were prepared by the rolling ball method using expanded polystyrene (EPS), epoxy resin (EP), and HGMS as raw materials. …”
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Fingerprinting of ruby and sapphire gemstones through Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) methodologies by A. Soares de Sousa, E. M. C. Gomes, L. Bayés-García, A. Di Mariano, M. Garcia-Valles

“…Regarding treated gemstones, diffusion-treated samples showed a faint band centred at 3310 cm<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>; the glass-filled ones exhibited characteristic bands at 2250, 2600, and 3300 cm<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>; and the treated Verneuil ruby showed a band centred at 3310 cm<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>. …”
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