Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared with Mexican Pre-Hispanic Dyes by Mario Alberto Sánchez-García, Xim Bokhimi, Sergio Velázquez Martínez, Antonio Esteban Jiménez-González

“…Synthetic dyes, whether organic or organometallic compounds, have the disadvantage of being expensive. For this reason, many efforts are made worldwide to find natural dyes with lower production costs that can be used in the fabrication of DSSCs. …”
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Anthropomorphism Index of Mobility for Artificial Hands by Immaculada Llop-Harillo, Antonio Pérez-González, Verónica Gracia-Ibáñez

“…Thirteen artificial hands, both prosthetic and robotic, were evaluated and compared using the AIM, highlighting the reasons behind their differences. The AIM was also compared with other indexes in the literature with more cumbersome computation, ranking equally different artificial hands. …”
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A Critique on “The Study of Making Method and Golbandiin Gereh Panj Inlay” by Samira Arab, Seyed Abdolmajid Sharifzadeh

“…Gereh Inlay, with a rich background, is less important today for a number of reasons, including the difficulty of preparing the raw materials for the manufacturing process. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of low concentration fluoride gel using custom trays to prevent radiation-related dental caries in patients with head and neck cancer: protocol for a ran... by Yumiko Kawashita, Masahiro Umeda, Toshiyuki Saito, Sakiko Soutome, Souichi Yanamoto, Maho Murata, Masako Yoshimatsu, Madoka Funahara

“…The datasets generated during the current study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Trial registration numbers jRCTs 072190039 and UMIN000041426…”
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Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Synchronous Bilateral Testicular Seminoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Pertinent Literature by Daniel A. Jones, Elizabeth C. Ester, David Leavitt, Robert Sweet, Badrinath Konety, Gautam Jha, L. Chinsoo Cho

“…Chemotherapy is probably a reasonable option. We propose that patients with bilateral stage I synchronous GCT, with concordant seminoma histology, should be managed with bilateral orchiectomy, followed by paraaortic radiotherapy.…”
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Prostate-specific Antigen as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Prostate Adenocarcinoma by Wilfredo Valiente Morejón, Bárbara Junco Sena, Yoel Padrón Vega, Yisel de la Caridad Ramos Águila, Idelma Castillo García

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> the prostate-specific antigen is a useful test for the diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma. For that reason, it should be used as routine examination in all men older than 50 years in patients suspected of having this condition.…”
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Stress and arterial hypertension: ISIAH rat strain by Ye. V. Antonov, Yu. V. Alexandrovich, A. A. Seryapina, L. O. Klimov, A. L. Markel

“…Increase in blood pressure is a typical manifestation of the acute stress response. This fact is the reason to hypothesize that chronic stress causes the development of hypertensive disease. …”
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Overlying Strata Movement Laws Induced by Longwall Mining of Deep Buried Coal Seam with Superhigh-Water Material Backfilling Technology by Fangtian Wang, Qi Ma, Gang Li, Chengguo Wu, Guangli Guo

“…With the comparative analysis of the vertical displacement movements and the vertical stress distributions, the reasonable filling rate and water volume fraction were determined to be 90% and 95%, respectively. …”
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Static Output-Feedback Path-Tracking Controller Tolerant to Steering Actuator Faults for Distributed Driven Electric Vehicles by Miguel Meléndez-Useros, Fernando Viadero-Monasterio, Manuel Jiménez-Salas, María Jesús López-Boada

“…Therefore, considering these potential events is essential for designing robust controllers for autonomous vehicles. For this reason, in this work, a fault-tolerant path-tracking Static Output-Feedback controller is designed to handle steering actuator faults in autonomous vehicle steering systems. …”
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The paradoxical simile, A stylistic feature in the poems of Seyyed Hasan Hosseini and Qeysar Aminpoor by Sayyed Ahmad Parsa, Behnam Bastami

“…The results show that the tendency of the poets to the Indian style‚ the conflicts in the society‚ the mental engagement of the poets and other things as so‚ are the main reasons for the creation of these similes.…”
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Characterization of volatile compounds profiles and identification of key volatile and odor-active compounds in 40 sweetpotato (Ipomoea Batatas L.) varieties by Rong Zhang, Chaochen Tang, Bingzhi Jiang, Xueying Mo, Zhangying Wang

“…Overall, these findings may be the main reason for the different aromas of different colored sweetpotatoes and provides insights into sweetpotato aroma and a theoretical basis for improving sweetpotato aroma.…”
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Providing a model of emotional and rational appeals in video marketing based on social networks by Moohan Mohammadi, payam paslari, saeed moradpour, sadegh masjoodi

“…Also, the effect of the attention-attracting variable was identified as a mediating variable in creating behavioral engagement.Extended Abstract                                           IntroductionVideo marketing or what is known as "Video Marketing" has occupied a major and important part of the world of content marketing and, accordingly, digital marketing (Stringfellow, 2017), and for this reason, it has attracted the attention of many researchers. …”
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Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots by Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler

“…The conserved preference for temperate climates shared by the majority of liverwort lineages gives reason to the assumption that they will not be able to cope with the conditions induced by rapid climate warming, whereas the current low-elevation radiation may be less affected by climate change.…”
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Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Biruktawit Zemedie, Menbeu Sultan, Ayalew Zewdie

“…Acute poisoning is a common reason for visits to the emergency room and hospitalization across the world, as well as a possible cause of morbidity and death. …”
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Intelligent Time-Domain Parameters Matching for Shock Response Spectrum and Its Experimental Validation in Active Vibration Control Systems by Jinxin Liu, Liangdong Yang, Xingwu Zhang, Ruqiang Yan, Xuefeng Chen

“…In the optimization process, normalized control factors have been formulated for the optimization variables so that they can be tuned in a reasonable small range to avoid irrationality and accelerating convergence in searching process. …”
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In vitro characterization of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria from wild and domestic pigs: probiotic potential for post-weaning piglets by Katerina Kavanova, Iveta Kostovova, Monika Moravkova, Tereza Kubasova, Magdalena Crhanova

“…The use of antibiotics is problematic due to increasing antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations, for which reason the use of suitable probiotics is highly recommended to maintain animal health and welfare. …”
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Modeling and simulation of magnet-coil arrays for vibrational energy harvesting in agricultural electric vehicles by Mbanwei Divine Kobbi, Njimboh Henry Alombah, Ngwa Martin Ngwabie

“…The results of the analysis show that the Halbach array with three magnets, one coil, and a stepped-back shield is the best configuration for harvesting energy from vibrations, producing an electromagnetic coupling coefficient of up to 110 Wb/m, a voltage of up to 36 V, and generated power density of 0.13 W/cm. A reasonable increase in output using less volume was obtained compared to the other studies. …”
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Analysis of the structural reliability of communication networks supporting protective switching mechanisms for one protected section and one backup section by K. А. Batenkov, A. B. Fokin

“…The service level agreement is an important tool used in building reasonable relations between subscribers and operators of telecommunication networks. …”
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CAG Expansion in Androgen Receptor Gene of Infertile Men in Erbil Governorate by Dashne Abdulla Salih, Karim Jalal Karim

“…Polyglutamine effect on increasing sperm abnormal morphology and immotility which is the reason for infertility but statistically not significant and it will not affect hormonal assay in infertile men. …”
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Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty alleviation in Bulgaria by Preslav Mihaylov Dimitrov, Rouska Kraseta, Boiko Dimitrov

“…These two sub-questions, these two issues, have been chosen deliberately as the usual excuse of the representatives of the Bulgarian tourism industry for the much weaker results in comparison to the neighboring competing countries is that the tourists who come usually to Bulgaria from Western Europe are poorer. Another reason for the above posed questions is the contentiously repeated in the Bulgarian society “mantra” that the tourism sector in the country will grow on its own without any need of government support and direction and it will lead to a steady increase in the disposable incomes of the employed personnel. …”
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