Comparative Evaluation of Elemental and Surface Changes of Retrieved Titanium and Stainless Steel Orthodontic Miniscrew: An in vivo Study by Aditi Bendre, Veera Bhosale, Shrushti Bapat, Shivangini Swarnkar, Vinit Swami, Siddharth Shinde

“…The presence of calcium on the retrieved titanium implants could be the reason for its better stability compared to stainless steel implants due to its ability to osseointegrate. …”
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Features of the Application of the Amnesty Institution under the Laws of the Russian Empire (1845-1917) by G. G. Dedurin, D. G. Zavrichko

“…Thus, the normative consolidation of concepts and partially the procedures of “pardon” and “condonation” was reflected in the Criminal and Correctional Penal Code of 1845, which were duplicated in the Regulations of 1885 and 1903. The reasons for the abolition of punishment could be the following: incurable illness or death of the accused, reconciliation of the parties, the statute of limitations for the crime and pardon. …”
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Perceptions of medical doctors living in Ethiopia about physician migration: a qualitative study by Ephrem Tadele Sedeta, Temesgen Beyene Abicho, Bilain Yilma Jobre

“…Push factors are more crucial than pull factors, and financial reasons play the leading role. Junior physician unemployment, politicisation of hospital administration, and poor medical migration governance are growing problems. …”
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Variational Methods in Optical Quantum Machine Learning by Marco Simonetti, Damiano Perri, Osvaldo Gervasi

“…As a case study, we considered the binary classification of points belonging to a certain geometric pattern (the Two-Moons Classification problem) on a plane. We think it is reasonable to expect benefits from using hybrid deep learning systems (classical + quantum), not just in terms of accelerating computation but also in understanding the underlying phenomena and mechanisms. …”
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ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY OF TURKEY IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICS OF PRESTIGE IN FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS by Uğur Ünal

“…The most effective factors accelerating such changes are theeconomic ones. The reason is that commercial relations can develop independently from cultural or politicalintimacy, but then through these developments, they can lead to emergence or consolidation of relations inother areas over time. …”
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Data Augmentation-Based Enhancement for Efficient Network Traffic Classification by Chang-Yui Shin, Yang-Seo Choi, Myung-Sup Kim

“…As encryption becomes the norm for security reasons, the traffic classification problem is not easily solved. …”
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Russian-Speaking Population in Far-Abroad Countries by S. V. Ryazantsev, E. E. Pismennaya, G. N. Ochirova

“…The survey results indicate the heterogeneous structure of Russian-speaking communities by reasons of emigration, socio-economic status, degree of integration into the host society, gender, and ethnic composition, and geography of resettlement. …”
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Air Traffic Efficiency Analysis of Airliner Scheduled Flights Using Collaborative Actions for Renovation of Air Traffic Systems Open Data by Akinori Harada, Tooru Ezaki, Tomoaki Wakayama, Koichi Oka

“…., 1087 cases of four aircraft types, are analyzed with reasonable CI settings. Our research findings suggest that flight fuel consumption and flight distance can be saved by 312 kg and 19.7 km, respectively, on average for the object flights. …”
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Ferroelectric memory: state-of-the-art manufacturing and research by D. A. Abdullaev, R. A. Milovanov, R. L. Volkov, N. I. Borgardt, A. N. Lantsev, K. A. Vorotilov, A. S. Sigov

“…Semiconductor industry calls for emerging memory, demonstrating high speed (like SRAM or DRAM), nonvolatility (like Flash NAND), high endurance and density, good scalability, reduced energy consumption and reasonable cost. Ferroelectric memory FRAM has been considered as one of the emerging memory technologies for over 20 years. …”
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Event-by-Event Particle Ratio Fluctuations at LHC Energies by Shaista Khan, Bushra Ali, Anuj Chandra, Shakeel Ahmad

“…For peripheral collisions, however, the model predicted values of νdynπ,K are somewhat smaller, whereas for p,K and π,p it predicts larger values as compared to the corresponding experimental values. The possible reasons for the observed differences are discussed. …”
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Uneven Impact of Covid-19 on Sex Workers in Spain by Carmen Meneses-Falcón, Antonio Rúa-Vieites, Olaya García-Vázquez

“…Regarding the results, there were significant differences between the two groups, with the lower segment being more vulnerable and facing worse conditions: more difficulties with their documents, lower level of education, less support network, more clients, more insecurity in the place where they work (streets, industrial estates or roads), younger age of starting prostitution, more coercion or need to start (most reported reasons to start in prostitution were economic need, lack of documentation, family responsibilities and debts), less possibilities of health insurance, worse physical and mental health, more food insecurity, and lower income. …”
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Industry specialisation of the Kemerovsk region – Kuzbass: trends and problems that affect economic growth and development of the region by K. I. Bobko, O. A. Zatepyakin, T. V. Bobko

“…The trend of decrease in the industrial production index is analysed, it is shown that it has a trend similar to the dynamics of the decline in mining production, and the reasons for the decline are described. The strengthening trend of economic growth in the Kemerovo region – Kuzbass based on the raw model has been determined. …”
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Assessment of the Excavation Damaged Zones in the Surrounding Rock of an Underground Powerhouse under High In Situ Stress Using an Acoustic Velocity Detecting Method by Liguo Zhang, Dong Wang, Jiaxing Dong

“…Generally, EDZs distribution was consistent with deformation and failure phenomena distribution; compared to the field failure phenomena, the assessment results were reliable and reasonable. Finally, EDZs formation mechanism was discussed, and it can be concluded that the relatively large intermediate principal stresses σ2 were a critical driving factor of the EDZs evolution.…”
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Clinical Impact of Preprocedural CT-Based 3D Computational Simulation of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion with Amulet by Ian Buysschaert, Dries Viaene

“…One patient (6.7%) could not be implanted for anatomical reason, as correctly identified by FEops. Conclusions. …”
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Technical, forensic and organisational aspects of work with Monero cryptocurrency by V. V. Nosov, O. V. Manzhai, V. O. Kovtun

“…The development of the Monero system is described. The reasons and trends of Monero use by offenders are identified, and the scheme of operation of this payment system, which ensures its increased confidentiality, is shown. …”
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Ensemble Deep Learning Technique for Detecting MRI Brain Tumor by Rasool Fakhir Jader, Shahab Wahhab Kareem, Hoshang Qasim Awla

“…The classification process of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is frequently used for making medical diagnoses for conditions including pituitary, glioma, meningioma, and no tumor. For this reason, determining the type of MRI and its quantity are significant and valuable measurements that reveal the brain’s state of health. …”
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Desired Compensation Adaptive Robust Control of an Active Vibration Isolation System by Bo Zhao, Weijia Shi, Ming Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Feng Li

“…Furthermore, the computing time and the influence of the measurement noise can be reduced effectively by reason of desired compensation. The numerical simulation and comparative experiments are carried out under the conditions of using DCARC, DRC, and AC controllers. …”
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Likang Telu: Cultural Basis for Muslim-Catholic Relations in Manggarai by Hironimus Bandur, Adison Adrianus Sihombing

“…The work aims to explore four elements including, 1) the differences in Muslim-Catholic relations after and before the reform era; 2) the extent to which the likang telu concept affects Muslim-Catholic relations in Manggarai; 3) the reasons for the likang telu concept being ignored by the Manggarai people and 4) the implications of the fading likang telu concept in Muslim-Catholic relations in Manggarai. …”
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Characteristics of Rainfall Runoff and Soil Moisure Variation in Limestone Soil and Red Soil Slopes by CHEN Xiaona, PAN Yanfei, XU Qinxue, FANG Rongjie, WANG Shaoxu

“…The research results can provide a reference and reasonable opinions for the optimal allocation of precipitation resources on karst slopes.…”
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Perspective of Patient Advocacy Groups on Clinical Research and Outcomes of Their Involvement by Poonam Bagai, Pooja Sharma, Aala Ansari, Nirbhay Singh, Rhea Aggarwal, Durga Chougule, Sonal Sharma, Padam Singh, Manish Kumar Singh, Gargi Singh, Sanjeev Singh

“…Participants identified safety concerns (82.2%), limited knowledge (67.6%), and fear (58.9%) as key reasons for barriers for participation. Participants prioritized increased patient participation (59.5%), availability of more clinical trials (54.6%), and substantial investment in healthcare (51.9%) as key drivers for developing India’s healthcare system. …”
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