Effect of different ceramic materials and dentin sealing on occlusal veneers bond strength and fracture resistance by Dina Mohamed Nasr, Rewaa Gaber AboElHassan

“…Materials and methods Human mandibular molars (N = 64/test) were prepared for occlusal veneer restorations fabricated from Lithium disilicate ceramic (LS) (control group), Zirconia-reinforced lithium Silicate ceramic (ZLS), High translucent zirconia ceramic (HZ), and Resin nano ceramic (LU) (n = 16). …”
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The a criminal’s identity as an element of forensic characteristics of causing negligent serious or moderate bodily harm by K. M. Penzieva

“…The following criminologically significant features inherent in the person of the criminal have been analyzed, such as demographic data, moral qualities, psychological features; a set of psychophysical properties and qualities, motivational attitudes, emotional and rational spheres of human consciousness; social and legal data, natural and biological information about a person; socio-demographic properties, psychological qualities, biological features; social, biological, psychological and other characteristics. …”
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Association between the triglyceride glucose body mass index and asthma: evidence from NHANES 2011–2018 by Sijia Yu, Shiping Wu, Shouxin Wei

“…Abstract Background Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease whose increasing prevalence poses a significant burden to human health and the economy. Several studies indicate that insulin resistance (IR) is associated with asthma development. …”
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Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…And China-US relations are increasingly contentious, going beyond the longstanding differences over currency valuation and human rights to include a host of security matters. …”
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Geosystem services from the subsurface: A literature review and a proposed set of indicators tailored to a Swedish setting by Emrik Lundin-Frisk, Lars O. Ericsson, Paula Lindgren, Lorena Melgaço, Fredrik Mossmark, Olof Taromi Sandström, Victoria Svahn, Tore Söderqvist, Yevheniya Volchko, Maria de Lourdes Melo Zurita, Jenny Norrman

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Eating green in Copenhagen: organic consumers’ path to less meat and minimal food waste by Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Sinne Smed, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Laura Rossi, Susanne Gjedsted Bügel

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NIRS-BIDS: Brain Imaging Data Structure Extended to Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Robert Luke, Robert Oostenveld, Helena Cockx, Guiomar Niso, Maureen J Shader, Felipe Orihuela-Espina, Hamish Innes-Brown, Stephen Tucker, David Boas, Meryem A. Yücel, Remi Gau, Taylor Salo, Stefan Appelhoff, Christopher J. Markiewicz, David McAlpine, The BIDS Maintainers, Luca Pollonini

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Symbiotic fungal inoculation promotes the growth of Pinus tabuliformis seedlings in relation to the applied nitrogen form by Lingjie Xu, Yanhui Li, Xiaoyu Dai, Xueyu Jin, Qiannai Zhao, Boyu Tian, Yong Zhou

“…Abstract Background Nitrogen (N) deposition has become a major driving factor affecting the balance of terrestrial ecosystems, changing the soil environment, element balance and species coexistence relationships, driving changes in biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function. Human-induced nitrogen input leads to a high NH4 +/ NO3 - ratio in soil. …”
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circRNA Expression Profile in Dental Pulp Stem Cells during Odontogenic Differentiation by Ming Chen, Yeqing Yang, Junkai Zeng, Zilong Deng, Buling Wu

“…Odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) is a key step of pulp regeneration. …”
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APPOINTMENT OF HANDWRITING EXAMINATION: ANALYSIS OF COURT PRACTICE by Veronika N. Shkabaro, Аlona V. Bila, Vladislav V. Voronin

“…Attention is focused on the role of the judge in the process of preparing for the examination, in particular, the collection of materials for expert research, the judicial practice regarding the consideration of cases in which a handwriting examination was appointed and evaluated by the court, including court decisions in civil cases, decisions on appointment is analyzed expertise, decisions of appeal courts, as well as the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. Based on the results of the analysis of court practice, the authors made conclusions, including: 1) an expert's decision is evidence in a civil trial; 2) the court must provide a well-founded motivation for rejecting the expert's decision in the case of failure to provide its assessment, because it is not enough in the decision to indicate certain doubts about the reliability or correctness of the expert's decision, without noting at the same time reasonable grounds for such doubts; 3) the courts take into account the expert's decision based on the results of the handwriting examination as a means of proof and consider it a valid evidence in the case, but there are exceptions; 4) the court decision on the appointment of an expert must necessarily specify the questions that are put to the expert for research; 5) the party in the case has the right to object to the handwriting examination; 6) there are cases of the impossibility of conducting a handwriting examination at the stage of its conduct due to non-payment of experts' services; 7) the most common civil cases, within the scope of which an expert's decision is evaluated as a means of proof, are cases of invalidating a will, collection of funds under a loan agreement and receipt, invalidation of land lease agreements, etc.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: the “New Medicine”, the Multiparadigmatic Physician, and the Medical Record by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

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Evaluation of various RNA-seq approaches for identification of gene outrons in the flatworm Opisthorchis felineus by N. I. Ershov, D. E. Maslov, N. P. Bondar

“…The parasitic flatworm Opisthorchis felineus is one of the causative agents of opisthorchiasis in humans. Recently, we assembled the O. felineus genome, but the correct genome annotation by means of standard methods was hampered by the presence of spliced leader trans-splicing (SLTS). …”
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Bovine milk consumption affects the transcriptome of porcine adipose stem cells: Do exosomes play any role? by Katherine Swanson, Jimmy Bell, David Hendrix, Duo Jiang, Michelle Kutzler, Brandon Batty, Melanie Hanlon, Massimo Bionaz

“…The downregulation of insulin resistance and inflammatory-related pathways in the ASC of milk-fed pigs should be further explored in relation to milk and human health. In conclusion, the bioinformatic analyses and the absence of bovine exosomal miRs in porcine plasma suggest that miRs are not vertically transferred from milk exosomes.…”
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated factors among blood donors in Hossana blood bank catchment area, Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Mhireteab WoldeYohannes Joffe, Eyasu Samuel Zemedkun

“…Abstract Background Human hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver brought on by the DNA virus known as the hepatitis B virus (HBV). …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Through the development, selection, and validation of appropriate controls, we have successfully created and evaluated the performance of a testing platform capable of the semi-automated, high-throughput detection of four species of STH in human stool samples. Comparison of this platform with singleplex reference assays for the detection of these same pathogens has demonstrated comparable performance metrics, with index assay accuracy measuring at or above 99.5% and 98.1% for each target species at the level of the technical replicate and individual extraction respectively. …”
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Reciprocal Effects of Oxidative Stress on Heme Oxygenase Expression and Activity Contributes to Reno-Vascular Abnormalities in EC-SOD Knockout Mice by Tomoko Kawakami, Nitin Puri, Komal Sodhi, Lars Bellner, Toru Takahashi, Kiyoshi Morita, Rita Rezzani, Tim D. Oury, Nader G. Abraham

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Eunugs in die Bybel by F. P. Retief, S. J. P. K. Riekert, J. F. G. Cilliers

“…In Deuteronomy 23:1 the act of human castration is condemned, without using the word saris, while Leviticus 22:24 refers to animal castration by crushing (Hebrew word katut) of the testes. …”
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Some Problems of the Realization of Marital Relation with Foreigners by S. S. Myrza, I. A. Serednytska

“…The authors have analyzed the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in regard to the protection of the rights of married women, which has answers to a wide range of problematic issues that arise in certain life circumstances regarding the conclusion of marriage, including with a foreign element.…”
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Land Rights, Land Ownership, and Land Governance among Rural Communities in River Tana County, Kenya: A Gender Perspective by Wilson Ndenyele, Marie-Emmanuelle, Halimu Suleimani Shauri, Godffrey Nato

“… ontext and background  Gender issues in land governance remain a major concern in the developing countries owing the numerous human development challenges. Growing research evidences indicate that land governance is distorted by various aspects that often exacerbate discrimination against women. …”
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Analyzing Radiation Protection Risks in Nuclear Medicine: Cause Investigation and WSR-Based Countermeasure Evaluation by Sun P, Li G, Zhu Y

“…A Wuli-Shili-Renli (WSR) system management approach was implemented, addressing physical (Wuli), procedural (Shili), and human factors (Renli) to improve technical safeguards, optimize processes, and enhance personnel awareness. …”
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