Apical transportation of nickel titianium reciprocating instruments. An in vitro study by Dario Di Nardo, Massimo Galli, Morgana Foghetti, Almira Isufi, Ivana Vidovic, Tugba Turk, Gabriele Miccoli

“…The WaveOne and Reciproc reciprocating instruments were mounted on a 6:1 reduction handpiece controlled by a torque-controlled motor (Silver Reciproc VDW), using the pre-set programs WaveOne ALL for Group A and Reciproc ALL for Group B, respectively. …”
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Forestry features of regionalization of forest reproductive material by Oleg Danchuk, Vasyl Blystiv, Zinovii Yurkiv, Vitaly Vovchanskyi

“…The most detailed regionalization has been developed in most countries for European beech, Scots pine, silver fir, and Norway spruce – forest-forming species that have a wide distribution area in the European part of the continent and are, at the same time, most widely represented in Ukraine. …”
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A Surgical Cryoprobe for Targeted Transcorneal Freezing and Endothelial Cell Removal by Alina Akhbanbetova, Shinichiro Nakano, Stacy L. Littlechild, Robert D. Young, Madara Zvirgzdina, Nigel J. Fullwood, Ian Weston, Philip Weston, Shigeru Kinoshita, Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Andrew J. Quantock

“…A freezing console employing nitrous oxide as a cryogen was used to cool a series of different cryoprobe tip designs made of silver for high thermal conductivity. In vitro studies were conducted on 426 porcine corneas, followed by preliminary in vivo investigations on three rabbit corneas. …”
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Comparison and Analysis between the NAV6 Embolic Protection Filter and SpiderFX EPD Filter in Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions by Prakash Krishnan, Arthur Tarricone, Allen Gee, Serdar Farhan, Haroon Kamran, Annapoorna Kini, Samin Sharma

“…Between January 2014 and October 2015, 507 patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease were treated with directional atherectomy (SilverHawk), rotational atherectomy (JetStream), or laser atherectomy (Turbo Elite) based on operator discretion. …”
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Verbal paired associates learning lateralizes left hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy by Andy Sitoh, David Weintrob, Jacqueline F. I. Anderson, Angela R. Jackman, Marie F. O'Shea, Graeme D. Jackson, Piero Perucca, Chris Tailby

“…Plain Language Statement The results of the study show that the ability to learn unrelated pairs of words (e.g., “silver”–“run”) is compromised in the setting of epilepsy with left‐sided hippocampal sclerosis (HS), be it unilateral left HS or bilateral HS. …”
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Stretchable plasmonic metasurfaces for deformation monitoring by Li Peiyang, Gao Kaikai, Ma Ruize, Pan Kai, Li Dong, Liu Feng, Li Peng, Gan Xuetao, Zhao Jianlin, Wen Dandan

“…In this work, we designed and fabricated a silver metasurface embedded in a stretchable substrate for sensing applications. …”
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Private, public, and bottled drinking water: Shared contaminant-mixture exposures and effects challenge by Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Stephanie E. Gordon, Bradley J. Huffman, Katie Paul Friedman, Daniel L. Villeneuve, Brett R. Blackwell, Suzanne C. Fitzpatrick, Michael J. Focazio, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Ana Navas–Acien, Anne E. Nigra, Molly L. Schreiner

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Poutníci a jejich peníze na cestě do Říma. Zamyšlení nad edicí Il Libro del pellegrino (Siena, 1382–1446) by Roman Zaoral

“…The entries in the pilgrim book of Siena document that Florentine florins, Venetian ducats and Hungarian florins belonged to the most frequent gold specie in Italy that time, Prague and Flemish groschens occurred most often among silver coins. From the given data which mention a value of money very sporadically it is, however, not possible to make even an approximate estimation of the sum total of money which flew into the hospital. …”
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Advancements in Nanotechnology for Enhanced Food Safety and Hygiene: Pathogen Detection, Smart Packaging, and Preservation Applications by Farhang Hameed Awlqadr, Ammar B. Altemimi, Qausar Hamed AlKaisy, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Tablo Azad H.Slih, Rawaa H. Tlay, Tarek Gamal Mohamed Abd El-Maksoud, Franscesco Cacciola

“…Nanoparticles, such as silver and zinc oxide, are increasingly used in packaging to inhibit microbial growth effectively. …”
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Results of propagation of Fagus silvatica L. plants in vitro by Mykola Lisovyi, Andrii Ivaniuk

“…A stepwise scheme of chemotherapy for the initial explants was used, which ensured maximum decontamination: a 15-second treatment with 96% C2H5OH (ethanol); a 24-hour treatment with running water with detergent; a 15-minute treatment with 30% NaClO solution (chlorine); a 10-second treatment with 70% C2H5OH; a 15-second treatment with 2% solution of H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide); a 10-minute treatment with 0.2% AgNO3 (silver nitrate) with washing out with sterile distilled water after each reagent. …”
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Geographically widespread and novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and bartonellae in Mexican free-tailed bats and sympatric North American bat species by Daniel J. Becker, Kristin E. Dyer, Lauren R. Lock, Beckett L. Olbrys, Shawn A. Pladas, Anushka A. Sukhadia, Bret Demory, Juliana Maria Nunes Batista, Micaela Pineda, Nancy B. Simmons, Amanda M. Adams, Winifred F. Frick, M. Teague O'Mara, Dmitriy V. Volokhov

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Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review by Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira

“…Sixteen articles were selected and the pentavalent antimonials were administered in combination with pentoxifylline, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, imiquimod, intralesional sodium stibogluconate, ketoconazole, silver-containing polyester dressing, lyophilized LEISH-F1 protein, cryotherapy, topical honey, and omeprazole. …”
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Study on the Regulated Cell Death of Hypertrophic H9c2 Cells Induced by Au:Ag Nanoparticles by Galindo-Padrón AG, Lorenzo-Anota HY, Rueda-Munguía M, García-Carrasco A, Gaitán López M, Vázquez-Garza E, Campos-González E, Lozano O, Cholula-Díaz JL

“…In this regard, this study aims to evaluate the cytotoxicity of mono- and bimetallic nanoparticles of gold and silver (Au:Ag NPs) on healthy and hypertrophic cardiac H9c2 cells, and on healthy and metabolically activated macrophages derived from U937 cells. …”
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Behavior of tellurium during vacuum thermal decomposition of Ag–Cu–Te alloy by Jia Deng, Hongjun Ding, Huan Luo, Xianjun Lei, Baoqiang Xu, Bin Yang

“…It has been prone to the situation where tellurium would deposit on the cathode and affect the quality of silver powders. Currently, the main processes of separating tellurium from Ag–Cu–Te alloy are through oxidation slagging or increasing the current density and pole spacing in the electrolysis, but these processes are long durations and high costs. …”
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System-and-structural features of the phytobiotaof the fir-beech forests of the Pokuttia Carpathians by Myroslava Soroka, Andrzej Woźniak, Petro Plikhtiak, Anatoliy Goychuk, Ivanna Kulbanska

“…Observations of changes that occurred in the species composition of the phytobiota in the process of self-overgrowth of felled areas were based on recording the quantitative indicators of species from 5 test groups - characteristic of silver fir, European beech, felled areas, groups of ruderal and meadow species. …”
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Mixture density networks for re-constructing historical ocean-color products over inland and coastal waters: demonstration and validation by Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian, Ryan E. O’Shea, Ryan E. O’Shea, Arun M. Saranathan, Arun M. Saranathan, Christopher C. Begeman, Christopher C. Begeman, Daniela Gurlin, Caren Binding, Claudia Giardino, Michelle C. Tomlinson, Krista Alikas, Kersti Kangro, Moritz K. Lehmann, Moritz K. Lehmann, Lisa Reed

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Digital mental health treatment implementation playbook: successful practices from implementation experiences in American healthcare organizations by David C. Mohr, David C. Mohr, Alexandra L. Silverman, Alexandra L. Silverman, Soo Jeong Youn, Soo Jeong Youn, Soo Jeong Youn, Patricia Areán, Andrew Bertagnolli, Jenna Carl, Tarolyn Carlton, Neha Chaudhary, David Cooper, Shelly DeVito, Stephanie Eaneff, Megan Flom, Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Leanna Fortunato, Karen Franchino, Andrea K. Graham, Heidi Greenberger, Jessica Hauflaire, Benjamin Kaveladze, Rachel Kornfield, Kaylee P. Kruzan, Eric Kuhn, Eric Kuhn, Carolyn MacIver, Frederick Muench, Regina Misch, Adrian Ortega, Lisa Palko, Derek Richards, Derek Richards, Louisa Salhi, Jonathan Schremp, Eva Szigethy, Eva Szigethy, Nathan Tatro, Bethany A. Teachman, Bethany A. Teachman, Trina Histon

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Dépôts et pratiques symboliques dans l’établissement aristocratique gaulois de Varennes-sur-Seine, la Justice (Seine-et-Marne) by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Fabien Pilon

“…Deposit number 1705 consists of a silver fibula of the Almgren 65 type, discovered as an isolated artefact, in the initial backfill of a small stone clad mock well, which begs for comparison with a structure correlated to the most recent phase of the Braine settlement, in la Grande des Moines (Aisne). …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…These valid critiques of worsening health disparities under all existing payment models show that such models are not a silver bullet for the health system and that they do not address other crucial issues in medicine, like equity. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…[viii]  Food and Drug Administration, Source Animal, Product, Preclinical, and Clinical Issues Concerning the Use of Xenotransplantation Products in Humans (Silver Spring, MD, 2016), 43, https://www.fda.gov/media/102126/download. …”
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