Surface roughness of composite resins subjected to brushing with whitening toothpastes: an in vitro study by Nicolle Madruga Ramos FERREIRA, Vinicius Funghetto LIPPERT, Amanda Baptista da Silva HECK, Ana Maria SPOHR, Marcel Ferreira KUNRATH, Carlos Alberto FELDENS, Paulo Floriani KRAMER

“…The constant speed of the machine was 250 cycles per minute, and 20.000 cycles were carried out, which corresponds to 24 months (1 hour and 20 minutes). …”
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Prospective directions for the development of means and methods for detection and fixation of handprints by V. V. Korniienko

“…Among them, it can be singled out the use of luminescent dactyloscopic powders, which better visualize papillary patterns under UV and IR special lighting. …”
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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Toxigenic Aspergillus flavus from Groundnut Kernels in Kenya by Robert O. Okayo, Darius O. Andika, Mathews M. Dida, George O. K’Otuto, Bernard M. Gichimu

“…Morphologically, 18 isolates suspected to be A. flavus were identified. Out of these, 14 isolates successfully amplified the 500 bp ITS region of A. flavus or Aspergillus oryzae, while 4 isolates were not amplified. …”
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What is the learning effect of video review in postgraduate medical education: a systematic review by Marieke Robbrecht, Myriam Van Winckel, Antonius Mulder, Mieke Embo

“…The methodological quality of the individual studies was assessed using the Medical Education Research Quality Instrument. Results Out of 9323 records after deduplication, 11 studies were included. …”
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Culturally competent healthcare - A scoping review of strategies implemented in healthcare organizations and a model of culturally competent healthcare provision. by Oriana Handtke, Benjamin Schilgen, Mike Mösko

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>A systematic literature search was carried out using three databases (Pubmed, PsycINFO and Web of Science) to identify studies which have implemented and evaluated cultural competence interventions in healthcare facilities. …”
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The Relationship between Routine Blood Parameters and the Prognosis of COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department by Birsen Ertekin, Mehmet Yortanlı, Ozan Özelbaykal, Ali Doğru, A. Sadık Girişgin, Tarık Acar

“…All parameters obtained from routine blood analysis were statistically compared between these two groups. While 280 out of 500 patients survived, 220 died. Of all patients, the mean age was 67 years and 51.8% were males. …”
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Specific features of professional moral qualities of cadets of the institutions of higher education of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine by K. I. Maravska

“…It has been determined that the level of development of moral qualities of cadets on the majority of scales of the questionnaire is low. It has been found out that cadets of the fourth year of study, become more demanding for themselves and their own disadvantages, they seek self-improvement. …”
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Measures of Counteracting Domestic Violence Committed by Children: Problematic Aspects by A. S. Bakhaieva

“…The author has analyzed the algorithm of actions, according to which the police now act in case of detection of facts of domestic violence by a child under the age of sixteen. It has been found out that the legislation does not set the age from which such a special measure to combat domestic violence is allowed to be taken as an urgent prohibition, which is the basis for taking a child-abuser for preventive registration by juvenile prevention units. …”
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Design and Test of Real-Time Detection System for Cleaning Loss of Rapeseed Harvester by Yao Yang, Min Zhang, Tao Jiang, Gang Wang, Lan Jiang

“…Performance verification tests were conducted on mixtures of rapeseed kernels and impurities with different mixing ratios, and a field test was carried out on the platform of a 4LZY-5.0Z rapeseed combine harvester. …”
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The causal impact of smoking behavior on osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomization analysis by Qiang Xiao, Susu Dong, Yafen Tan, Xuan Zhang, Lu Yao, Qiuping Li, Tianli Wang

“…To confirm the robustness of the results, sensitivity analysis using Leave-One-Out (LOO), level pleiotropy testing (MR Egger intercept test and MR-PRESSO), and heterogeneity testing were performed.ResultsSummary-level MR analysis revealed a positive correlation between genetic predisposition for smoking and the likelihood of developing OA. …”
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A deep learning based model for diabetic retinopathy grading by Samia Akhtar, Shabib Aftab, Oualid Ali, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Sagheer Abbas, Taher M. Ghazal

“…The model also contains max pooling, drop out and fully connected layers. Our proposed RSG-Net model achieved a testing accuracy of 99.36%, specificity of 99.79% and a sensitivity of 99.41% in classifying diabetic retinopathy into 4 grades and it achieved 99.37% accuracy, 100% sensitivity and 98.62% specificity in classifying DR into 2 grades. …”
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Peculiarities of the examination of citrus fruits (mandarins) during the forensic examination by M. V. Harbuz, L. Yu. Ulybina

“…Modern methods of analysis are indicated, which allow to carry out research on tangerines at the molecular, chemical and morphological levels in order to obtain objective information about their quality, safety and other characteristics that may be important in court proceedings. …”
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Maximum value of the spin-independent cross section in the 2HDM+a by Tomohiro Abe, Motoko Fujiwara, Junji Hisano, Yutaro Shoji

“…This model can explain the measured value of the DM energy density by the freeze-out mechanism. Also, σSI is suppressed by the momentum transfer at the tree level, and loop diagrams give the leading contribution to it. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THE LED-LINES BY METHOD OF ELECTRICАL TRANSIENT PROCESSES by S. A. Manеgo, Yu. A. Bumai, I. A. Khorunzhii, Yu. V. Trofimov

“…The study concludes that out of the degree of temperature-distribution heterogeneity along the line impossibility of the line chip structural units thermal characteristics extraction arises based on all LEDs homogenized over the line temperature-time dependences. …”
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ln pursuit of Aryan Homeland (2nd Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan) by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…The programme is carried out by the Archaeological Projects Centre ANTIQUA. …”
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COVID-19 as a Catalyst of Food Security Crisis. Whether the Existing System of Agriculture Can Remain the Same by Oleksandra Ovchynnykova

“…The aim of the research is to show the prospects of the aggravation the food security crisis due to excess of food demand over supply, and to propose theoretical ways out of the crisis. The quantitative method of panel data research was used to prepare the article. …”
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Sex differences in the expression of lipid oxidation and glucose uptake genes in muscles of fasted mice by N. A. Feofanova, T. V. Yakovleva, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…However, there is still little information on sex differences in muscle and FGF21 physiological response to fasting. Our aim was to find out whether there were sex differences in hormonal regulation and the expression of genes controlling glucose and lipid metabolism in skeletal muscles in response to fasting. …”
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Blood Transfusion Frequency and Indications in Yemeni Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Abdul-Wahab M. Al-Saqladi, Dikra M. Maddi, Aida H. Al-Sadeeq

“…A retrospective, descriptive study of all children (≤16 years) with SCD who received blood transfusion therapy during their hospital admissions in the pediatric department at Al-Sadaqa Teaching Hospital in Aden, Yemen, for a period of one year. Results. Out of 217 hospitalized children with SCD, 169 (77.9%) were transfused and received 275 RBC transfusion episodes. …”
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Diversity of photoperiodic responses in oats by I. G. Loskutov, V. A. Koshkin, I. I. Matvienko, E. V. Blinova, I. A. Kosareva

“…A preliminary field study of the oat collection for early maturity and growing plants in the vegetation experiment was carried out according to the VIR Guidelines. The early accessions from VIR’s oat collection identified in the field showed a great diversity of their photoperiodic responses during the vegetation experiment in a photoperiod facility. …”
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Current utility, instruments, and future directions for intra-renal pressure management during ureteroscopy: scoping review by global research in intra-renal pressure collaborative... by Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Wen Zhong, Yun Sang Chan, Daniele Castellani, Naeem Bhojani, Madhu Sudan Agarwal, Theodoros Tokas, Stefanie Croghan, Helene Jung, Thomas Herrmann, Bhaskar Somani, Vineet Gauhar

“…Only in vivo clinical studies published in English documenting IRP measurement methodologies during semirigid or flexible ureteroscopy for urolithiasis management were included. Results: Out of 1326 retrieved papers, 17 studies met the inclusion criteria, comprising 2 randomized controlled trials, 2 retrospective studies, and 13 observational studies. …”
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