Role of CO2 Laser on SBS between Dental Porcelain and Composite Resin Repair Process by Noor Bader Hassan, Basima Mohammed Ali Hussein, Ahmed Ali Mohammed

“…Group I was treated with 9.5% hydrofluoric acid (HF), Group II with a 5 W CO2 laser, and Group III with CO2 followed by etching with 9.5% HF. Then, a Bisco intraoral repair kit was used, followed by the application of repair composite resin (Tetric N Ceram) on the porcelain surface using a Teflon mold and light-curing source. …”
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Effects of Different Cultivation Modes on the Storage Quality and Flavor of Harvested Chinese Leek by ZHOU Xinyuan, TAO Jiejie, LIU Mingchi, ZUO Jinhua, WU Zhanhui, ZHENG Yanyan, KANG Xinna, LIANG Hao, MU Jianlou, CHEN Jie, JI Yanhai

“…The cellulose content of the hydroponic leek showed a downward trend during storage, while the lignin content was basically unchanged. The main flavor substances of Chinese leek were aldehydes, alcohols, esters, ethers and heterocyclic compounds, among which α-terpineol, isoamyl butyrate, methyl salicylate and phenylacetaldehyde were common to the three samples, both before and after storage. …”
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Capacités vocales des primates non humains, des Homo sapiens et des hominines fossiles : un état de la question by Marion Laporte, Amélie Vialet

“…In the 19th century, two proposals would significantly influence research: Paul Broca's identification of the seat of articulated language in the cerebral cortex and Robert Willis's argument about the importance of the length of the vocal tract and its variations in explaining vowel production, paving the way for phonetic studies. …”
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Analysis of GNSS-RTK Monitoring Background Noise Characteristics Based on Stability Tests by Wencong Qi, Feilong Li, Lina Yu, Lilong Fan, Kai Zhang

“…Moreover, the amplitudes of GNSS-RTK displacements in the concrete, grass, and water areas are basically consistent with the calibration accuracy of ±10 mm in the horizontal direction and ±20 mm in the elevation direction, while the amplitudes of GNSS-RTK displacements in the obstructed balcony condition are far greater than the calibration accuracy. …”
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Study of the Construction Sequence of Overlapping Tunnels by the Shield Tunneling Method: A Case Study of the Longest Overlapping Tunnel in China by Zhiyong Yang, Yaowen Ding, Yusheng Jiang, Kuanda Fang, Linwei Dong, Weiqiang Qi, Zheng Wei

“…The research results show that the shape and width of the final settlement tank on the ground under the two conditions are basically the same, and the difference between the maximum cumulative settlements is small. …”
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Découverte d’une canalisation antique sur la colline de Fourvière à Lyon by Philippe Dessaint

“…At the northern end, the water flows into a second pipe made of brick and facing west. The slope runs north to south, between altitudes 288.67 and 288.20 m NGF. …”
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Polymorphic loci of coat color in mini-pigs by S. V. Nikitin, K. S. Shatokhin, S. P. Knyazev, G. M. Goncharenko, V. I. Zaporozhets, V. I. Ermolayev

“…Observations made in the ICG SB RAS mini-pig breeding group allowed us to examine and describe the features of age-related changes of an embodiment of black-motley suit, when newborn piglets originally have black-and-motley fur color on the brick-red background and at an age of one year, a gray roan background formed by a mixture of white and black hairs. …”
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Combat the growing prevalence of anaemia through underutilised iron-rich plant-based foods by Naman Kaur, Arthittaya Thuanthong, Simran Kaur, Aparna Agarwal, Manisha Sabharwal, Jatinder K. Sahu, Jayashree Arcot, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Pankaj Koirala, Nilesh Nirmal

“…Even with various supplementation and fortification programs in place, anaemia cases are still burgeoning worldwide basically low- and middle-income countries. An integrated approach involving two or more dietary strategies, such as dietary diversification and nutrition education, should be adopted to intensify anaemia management. …”
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Energy Dissipation and Damage Evolution Characteristics of Shale under Triaxial Cyclic Loading and Unloading by Ziyun Li, Song Xie, Qianghui Song, Peiyong Wang, Dongyan Liu, Baoyun Zhao, Wei Huang

“…By substituting the test data into the formula, it is found that the calculated results are basically consistent with the test data, and the peak strains and peak stress calculated by the equation are in good agreement with the test data. …”
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The Influences of Key Strata Compound Breakage on the Overlying Strata Movement and Strata Pressure Behavior in Fully Mechanized Caving Mining of Shallow and Extremely Thick Seams:... by Junmeng Li, Yanli Huang, Jixiong Zhang, Meng Li, Ming Qiao, Fengwan Wang

“…The actual measurement results of ground pressure in the working face showed that, in the working process, the first weighting interval of the inferior key strata was about 51 m and its average periodic weighting interval was about 12.6 m, both of which were basically consistent with the results of numerical simulation. …”
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Evaluating energy consumption patterns in novel foamed ternary alkali-activated masonry blocks by Sunil Nandipati, Nikhil Kumar Degloorkar, Gandhi Pullagura, Debabrata Barik, Prabhu Paramasivam, Essam Althaqafi, Saiful Islam, Osamah J. Al-sareji

“…The findings revealed that in comparison to clay bricks, employing FTAA blocks could yield potential annual energy savings of approximately 4%. …”
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TiO2 Nanocoatings with Controllable Crystal Type and Nanoscale Topography on Zirconia Implants to Accelerate Bone Formation by Nan Li, Zhichao Liu, Guanqi Liu, Zhi Wang, Xianwei Guo, Chuanbin Guo, Jianmin Han

“…In addition, in vitro cytocompatibility and osteogenic potential performance of the coatings were evaluated by human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs), and in vivo osseointegration performance was assessed in a rat femoral condyle model. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Characteristics of Wind Field at Bridge Sites in Flat and Gorge Terrains under the Thunderstorm Downburst by Peng Hu, Yilin Chen, Yan Han, Fei Zhang, Yongjian Tang

“…The wind speeds at each typical monitoring point are basically the same in the two terrains, before the thunderstorm downburst hits the bridge girder. …”
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Productivity and growing-season stability in common bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) under contrasting ecogeographic conditions by L. Yu. Novikova, A. A. Berzegova, M. V. Gurkina, T. V. Buravtseva

“…Productivity formation patterns were basically the same at both sites: productivity of an accession depended on the number of pods, and 1000 seed weight was negatively related to the number of seeds per pod. …”
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A Meta-Analysis on the Effect and Safety of LCZ696 in the Treatment of Hypertension by Li Zheng, Binbin Xia, Xuqian Zhang, Yan Zhao

“…In terms of safety, LCZ696 is basically the same as ARBs, but LCZ696 is more likely to cause cough than ARBs (OR = 2.38; 95% CI: 1.27 to 4.47; P < 0.01). …”
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Cold sprayed Cu/Invar alloy composite by D.L. Ouyang, Z.R. Wang, T. Yang, L.W. Zhang, D. Wu, W.F. Chen, Q. Hu, S. Guo

“…Both α and the thermal conductivity λ increased slightly due to the release of internal stress and recrystallization of Cu. α of the annealed composites basically agreed with the theoretical predication, but λ was far below the values predicted by the Hasselman–Johnson model, mostly because the Invar alloy had an extraordinarily large surface area caused by impact deformation. …”
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Seismic Performance-Based Evaluation of Cold-Rolled Steel Structures by Samira Zekri, Javad Salajegheh

“…In addition to this sources of uncertainty in structural system of cold-formed frames with sharp bracing have been ranked by application of reliability analysis method. …”
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Improvement in the Flux Uniformity of the Solar Dish Concentrator System through a Concave Quartz Window by Du-zhong Nie, You-duo Peng, Jian Yan, Cheng-ji Mi, Yong-xiang Liu, Yong Tian

“…The optical efficiency of the receiver with the above four types of quartz windows was basically the same as that of the receiver with the plane quartz window, but their nonuniformity coefficients were reduced to 0.31, 0.35, 0.36, and 0.39, respectively, and the peak concentration ratio was reduced to 806.82, 841.31, 853.23, and 875.89, respectively. …”
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Influence of Cavity Width on Attenuation Characteristic of Gas Explosion Wave by Dengke Xu, Chaomin Mu, Zhongqing Li, Wenqing Zhang

“…The FDLI attenuation factor sharply decreased at the width-diameter ratio range from 1.5 to 2.5 and basically remained steady at 0.17 at the width-diameter ratio range from 2.7 to 4.0. …”
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A Study on the Understanding of Chemical Compositions of Deposited Fog Water over Central Indo-Gangetic Plain in India by Shahina Raushan Saikh, Md Abu Mushtaque, Sanat Kumar Das

“…Analyses from enrichment factors, correlation coefficients, and principal components suggest that NH4+, NO3−, NO2−, SO42−, and Cl− were from anthropogenic sources like agricultural activities, factories, vehicular emissions, brick kilns, thermal plants, fossil fuels combustion, and, biomass burning, while Ca2+, K+, and Mg2+ were from the crustal source from agricultural fields.…”
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