Orthodontic Treatment Characteristics and Outcomes in an Educational Setting by T. Al-Jewair, V. Ryan, S. Warunek

“…The total average treatment time was 33.87 ± 10.28 months, with a range from 11 to 75 months. …”
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Industrial Testing of a Hybrid Technology for Water Purification from the Oka River Using the Method of Charcoalization with Powdered Sorbent by A. A. Filimonova, A. Yu. Vlasova, N. B. Karnitsky, N. D. Chichirova, R. F. Kamalieva

“…The article presents the method of charcoalization, which allows to neutralize pollution in a short time and improve the water treatment quality. An industrial experiment of the developed technology was carried out at an operating water treatment plant with testing of two extreme do-sages of sorption material. …”
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Comparison between Conventional Decalcification and a Microwave-Assisted Method in Bone Tissue Affected with Mycetoma by Magdi Mansour Salih

“…Results. The decalcification time of the conventional method compared with the microwave method with 10% EDTA (pH 7.4) took 120 hours and 29 hours, while 5% hydrochloric acid and 5% nitric acid took 8 hours and 3 hours, separately. …”
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Research on Surface Failure Law of Working Faces in Large Mining Height and Shallow Buried Coal Seam by Zhenhua Li, Yingkun Pang, Yongsheng Bao, Zhanyuan Ma

“…After the first weighting of the working face, a stepped subsidence crack appears on the surface within a short time, and the crack lags behind the working face for about 5 m. (3) During each periodic weighting process, the breaking and subsidence of key blocks are accompanied by surface cracks.…”
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The School of Energy Policy and Diplomacy of MGIMO by V. I. Salygin

“…Nowadays when aspects of global energy security advanced to the forefront and Russia is going to reinforce its leading role in the world energy community, International institute of energy policy and diplomacy (MIEP) organized for the first time in Russia the training of world class experts in the field of energy diplomacy and geopolitics, economics, law, management and public relations, all focused on international energy cooperation. …”
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Pressure-controlled luminescence in fast-response barium fluoride crystals by Marilou Cadatal-Raduban, Luong Viet Mui, Masahiro Yamashita, Yuki Shibazaki, Toshihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Kohei Yamanoi

“…Abstract Cross-luminescence (CL) in a barium fluoride (BaF2) scintillator arising from the recombination of a valence band electron and a core band hole results in a fast picosecond decay time. However, the CL emission wavelength in the vacuum ultraviolet region is difficult to detect, and intrinsically intense and slow nanosecond self-trapped exciton (STE) luminescence occurs. …”
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Adaptive Media Streaming to Mobile Devices: Challenges, Enhancements, and Recommendations by Kristian Evensen, Tomas Kupka, Haakon Riiser, Pengpeng Ni, Ragnhild Eg, Carsten Griwodz, Pål Halvorsen

“…Video streaming is predicted to become the dominating traffic in mobile broadband networks. At the same time, adaptive HTTP streaming is developing into the preferred way of streaming media over the Internet. …”
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Evaluation of furniture used by old people in sitting by Maria Luísa Guillaumon Emmel, Luciana Bolzan Agnelli Martinez, Luiza Oliva Paganelli

“…Even with the reduction in the time they remain seated, if they do not adopt a correct position and/or use suitable furniture, the consequences may be even more harmful for the elderly. …”
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Semiactive Vibration Control for Horizontal Axis Washing Machine by Barış Can Yalçın, Haluk Erol

“…This method is based on adjusting the maximum force values produced by the semiactive suspension elements considering a washing machine’s vibration data (three axis angular position and three axis angular acceleration values in time). Before actuation signals are received by the step motors of the friction dampers, vibration data are evaluated, and then, the step motors start to narrow or expand the radius of bracelets located on the dampers. …”
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Structure Dynamic Response of Amphibious Aircraft Induced by Water-Taxiing by Jihang Lyu, Rong Yang, Lingcai Huang

“…According to the peculiarities of the amphibious aircraft, structural dynamics model is based on the distribution of stiffness and mass, Virtual Mass Theory is utilized to solve the wet modes on the water surface, rational function approximations of unsteady aerodynamic force in time-domain are constructed by the Minimum-State Approximation Formula, and loose coupling method is employed to simulate the hydrodynamic elastic response under the encounter of amphibian with single wave and repeated waves, respectively. …”
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Adiabatic Temperature Rise Test of Cemented Sand and Gravel (CSG) and Its Application to Temperature Stress Prediction of CSG Dam by Minmin Jiang, Xin Cai, Xingwen Guo, Qinghui Liu, Tianye Zhang

“…The results demonstrate that the hydration reaction time is longer for CSG material with higher cementing agent content, and a linear relationship is presented between cementing agent contents and final value of adiabatic temperature rise. …”
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“HOW GRAND IS OUR DESIGN FOR EUROPE?”: INTEGRATION PLANS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN IN THE LATE OF 1950S by E. V. Khakhalkina

“…The project was designed to restore the prestige of the Conservative Party and to strengthen the shaky position of Britain in NATO and European affairs after Suez Crisis. At the same time the emergence of the plan reflected the desire of the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan to weaken the struggle inside political establishment between supporters and opponents of the country's full-fledged participation in the European integration and take the lead in the integration movement from France. …”
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Identification of Institutional Barriers to Regional Entrepreneurship Development (A Critical Approach to Historical System of Entrepreneurship Development Policy Making) by Bahman Khodapanah, Mohammad Ali Moradi, Hamid Padash, Kamal Sakhdari

“…According to the results, the main root of entrepreneurship underdevelopment in Iran should be examined in the course of history, and the unfavorable business environment at the present time is not the only reason for the lack of entrepreneurship development in Iran . …”
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The effect of two commonly consumed energy drinks on the bond strength of conventional and APC® brackets by Saya Mustafa Azeez, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“… Background and Objective: One of the common problems during orthodontic treatment is a bond failure, which interferes with treatment course and results in increased treatment duration and more clinical time for rebonding of failed brackets. This study aimed to determine the effect of energy drinks on the shear bond strength and adhesive remnant index on two types of orthodontic metal brackets. …”
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The association of circadian rhythms with academic, physical, and cognitive performance: A systematic review by Ikram Sabaoui, Said Lotfi, Mohammed Talbi

“…Biological cycles exist across diverse time spans. Circadian rhythms are the most thoroughly examined and significantly influence individuals. …”
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Exploring Ultrasound-Induced Changes on Bioactive Content and Color Properties of Sour Cherry Juice Involving Insights From Image Processing Analysis by Nursena Aktı, Semanur Yildiz

“…US was optimized considering amplitude (60%–100%) and time (2–15 min) as independent variables, maximizing total anthocyanin content (TAC) and total phenolic content (TPC) at 67% amplitude for 7 min. …”
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Neoclassical realism in international relations theory: Searching for its own path by A. V. Levchenko

“…As such, it allows putting forward verifiable hypotheses based on the analysis of the relationships between the independent, dependent and interfering variables, and also opens up new opportunities for conducting empirical research on a wide range of subject matters. At the same time, there is still a lot of work to be done to overcome the eclecticism inherent to neoclassical realism and to better define its ontological, epistemological and methodological foundations.…”
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Comparison of Three Solid Phase Materials for the Extraction of Carboxylic Acids from River Water Followed by 2D GC × GC-TOFMS Determination by G. O. Bosire, J. C. Ngila, H. Parshotam

“…Three solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents were used and their extraction efficiencies evaluated after chromatographic determinations (using gas chromatography with a time of flight mass spectrometer (GC × GC-TOFMS) and liquid chromatography with organic carbon detector (LC-OCD)). …”
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CFD analysis of the main operating parameters for a complete braking friction system under transient working conditions by F. Orlandi, C. De Marco, S. Meleti, A. Manian, M. Milani, L. Montorsi

“…In particular, the lubricant oil flow rate, the thermal energy to be dissipated and the characteristic braking time are analysed. The most critical operating conditions are highlighted as well as the optimal configuration is defined.…”
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Anti-oxidative Effect of Complex Prescription Pien Tze Huang Gan Bao on Chemical Liver Injury by Jinming HUANG

“…Twenty-four hours after the last dose, MDA, SOD, GSH and TBARs were detected; the histopathological changes in liver were observed by HE staining, and CYP2E1 gene transcription was determined by Real-time PCR.Results:The contents of MDA and TBARs were decreased in both silymarin and GB treated group of rats and with increasing the activity of SOD and GSH (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);Compared with model, silymain and GB ameliorated the liver injuried. …”
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