Fracture resistances of heat-treated nickel-titanium files used for minimally invasive instrumentation by Yoo Jung Kang, Sang Won Kwak, Jung-Hong Ha, Gianluca Gambarini, Hyeon-Cheol Kim

“…Cyclic fatigue resistance was evaluated using another custom device (EndoC) with 45-degree curved canal in which file was rotated until fracture using dynamic pecking motion at 37 °C. …”
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Ursodeoxycholic Acid at 18–22 mg/kg/d Showed a Promising Capacity for Treating Refractory Primary Biliary Cholangitis by Xinyu Xiang, Xiaoli Yang, Mengyi Shen, Chen Huang, Yifeng Liu, Xiaoli Fan, Li Yang

“…Patients treated with the high UDCA dosage showed some advantages over those who continued the standard dosage in terms of biochemical remission and disease progression, indicating that standard therapy with UDCA for 6 months and then another 1 year with high UDCA dosage for nonresponders could be a treatment option before second-line therapy is recommended.…”
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Transfer learning for non-image data in clinical research: A scoping review. by Andreas Ebbehoj, Mette Østergaard Thunbo, Ole Emil Andersen, Michala Vilstrup Glindtvad, Adam Hulman

“…<h4>Background</h4>Transfer learning is a form of machine learning where a pre-trained model trained on a specific task is reused as a starting point and tailored to another task in a different dataset. While transfer learning has garnered considerable attention in medical image analysis, its use for clinical non-image data is not well studied. …”
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Prognostic impact of presenting symptoms of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Samuel Jun Ming Lim, Ying Hao, George Boon Bee Goh, Jason Pik Eu Chang, Chee Kiat Tan

“…Methods: The study cohort comprised 725 patients with symptomatic hepatocellular carcinoma seen in our department since October 1983. Another 545 patients were diagnosed on surveillance or from incidental findings. …”
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Novation and indemnity as ways to terminate an obligation by V. V. Rasskazova

“…It is this aspect that is key in the characterization of the differences between indemnity and novation in combination with other grounds for distinguishing the mentioned legal institutions, because the purpose and functions of novation and indemnity in the regulation of civil legal relations are completely different, which determines the choice by the parties of one or another way of terminating the obligation depending on the goal they expect to achieve. …”
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Effect of Feeding Acid Oils on European Seabass Fillet Lipid Composition, Oxidative Stability, Color, and Sensory Acceptance by Paula Albendea, Alba Tres, Magdalena Rafecas, Stefania Vichi, Roser Sala, Francesc Guardiola

“…Fish were fed with five different diets, the added fat being FO (100%) or a blend of FO (25%) and another fat (75%): crude soybean oil (SO), soybean-sunflower acid oil (SAO), crude olive pomace oil (OPO), or olive pomace acid oil (OPAO). …”
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L’abeille mellifère (Apis mellifera unicolor) à Mayotte by Samuel Perichon

“…The reason why collecting honey in the forest remains a marker of identity in Mahoran culture is undoubtedly because of this. Surprisingly, another product was mentioned during the interviews: open brood. …”
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NGHIÊN CỨU LỰC KHỬ CỦA DỊCH CHIẾT QUẢ NHÀU ỨNG DỤNG LÀM CHẤT KHỬ TRONG TỔNG HỢP XANH VÀNG NANO by Dang Xuan Du, Thi Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, Thi Minh Man Tran, Duc Tien Trinh

“… Lực khử của dịch chiết quả nhàu đã được đánh giá bằng phương pháp ferricyanide, phổ hồng ngoại (FT-IR) và hoạt tính bắt gốc tự do ABTS•+ để ứng dụng tổng hợp xanh vàng nano. Kết quả cho thấy mẫu dịch chiết ở nồng độ 75 mg/mL (McFE75) được bảo quản trong 2 ngày cho lực khử tốt nhất. …”
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Experimental analysis of micro-cavity influence on the effective solar absorptance of white sand curtain on porous obstructions of particle heating receivers by Rageh Saeed, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Nader S. Saleh, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Hany Al-Ansary, Syed Noman Danish, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter, Redhwan Almuzaiqer, Zeyad Almutairi

“…ESA was compared to that of another two PHR configurations: Bare, and free-fall PHRs. …”
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Perspectives on adapting a mobile application for pain self-management in neurofibromatosis type 1: results of online focus group discussions with individuals living with neurofibr... by Chitra Lalloo, Lauretta E Grau, Kaitlyn Larkin, Jennifer N Stinson, William T Zempsky, Samuel A Ball, Frank D Buono

“…Findings included recommendations to grant free access to the app and include a community support feature for individuals to relate and validate one another’s experience with pain from NF1. In addition, participants noted the importance of providing clear instructions on navigating the app, the use of an upbeat, hopeful tone and appropriate visuals.Conclusions Both participant groups endorsed the use of iCanCope (iCC) as an NF1 pain self-management mobile app. …”
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Elucidating genetic variability between randomly bred domestic cats and Persian domestic cats from different geographical locations using microsatellite markers by Shirin Mahmoodi, Ali Hojabr Rajeoni, Mehrshad Zeinolabedini, Arash Javanmard, Mohammad Hossein Banabazi

“…The highest number of alleles belonged to the FCa096 locus (eight alleles) in the Persian population, followed by FCa045 (seven alleles) in the Persian and Ahar populations. Another new finding is that the lowest number of alleles belonged to the 35 and FCa77 locus (two alleles). …”
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Investigation of Reinforced Concrete Column Containing Metakaolin and Fly Ash Cementitious Materials by R. Dharmaraj, Sudhir Singh Bhadauria, K. Mayilsamy, J. Thivya, Alagar Karthick, I. Baranilingesan, V. Mohanavel, M. Muhibbullah, Sameh M. Osman

“…Seven proportions are cast with 0%, 5%, 7.5%, and 10% replacement of cement with metakaolin and another set of specimens with 5%, 7.5%, and 10% replacement with metakaolin along with a constant 10% replacement of fly ash. …”
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Reconstructing Risk Dimensions in Telemedicine: Investigating Technology Adoption and Barriers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan by Tzu-Chi Wu, Chien-Ta Ho

“…Subsequently, we analyzed the intricate relationship between perceived risk, the TAM, and the acceptance of telemedicine using structural equation modeling with another part of the responses. ResultsA total of 1600 valid responses were collected. …”
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Navigating the Risk Landscape in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Narrative Review by Utkarsh Gaur, Charuta Gadkari, Aditya Pundkar

“…The presence of cardiogenic shock is another prime determinant of mortality and often multiplies these risks when combined with multivessel Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and delayed initiation of treatment. …”
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User Preference-Based Heterogeneous Network Management System for Vertical Handover by Samuel Ndegwa, Kumbirayi Nyachionjeka, Edwell T. Mharakurwa

“…Vertical handover management plays an essential role in wireless network technologies, mainly due to the rapid development of various radio access technologies (RATs) that require users to connect seamlessly from one RAT to another. However, in multiple RAT environments, vertical handover management encounters different challenges, including unnecessary handovers, handover failures, ping-pong handovers, and unsuitable access network selection. …”
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Impact of meropenem exposure on fluoroquinolone and carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in inpatients in a Japanese university hospital: Insights into oprD mu... by Tadanori Yamochi, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Rintaro On, Sho Inoue, Hiromi Ikeda, Toshiko Yamochi, Masafumi Takimoto, Issei Tokimatsu

“…Five of the eight non-MBL strains had T83I, two had D87N, and one had both T83I and D87N mutations in gyrA. …”
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BÀI HỌC TỪ CUỘC CHIẾN TRANH VIỆT NAM (1954 - 1975) – 40 NĂM NHÌN LẠI TỪ HAI PHÍA by Cao Thế Trình

“…Cần phải biết quý trọng hòa bình, tôn trọng độc lập, chủ quyền của các quốc gia trên thế giới, không can thiệp vào công việc nội bộ của các nước khác, tự kìm chế, cố gắng thu hẹp bất đồng, không sử dụng vũ lực và đe dọa sử dụng vũ lực, cùng nhau hợp tác–hữu nghị, cùng hướng tới một ngày mai tươi sáng.…”
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Academic Writing: A Discipline or Disciplines? by I. M. Zashikhina

“…In the last five years, the discipline “Academic Writing” in one form or another has become part of the programs of many Russian universities. …”
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Addressing genome scale design tradeoffs in Pseudomonas putida for bioconversion of an aromatic carbon source by Deepanwita Banerjee, Javier Menasalvas, Yan Chen, Jennifer W. Gin, Edward E. K. Baidoo, Christopher J. Petzold, Thomas Eng, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay

“…However, sustainable feedstocks pose a challenge due to incomplete high-resolution metabolic data for non-canonical carbon sources required to curate GSMM and identify implementable designs. …”
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THE ROLE OF HOME READING CLASS IN THE LANGUAGE TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS by M. V. Grineva

“…The author goes on to analyze the professionally oriented novels by J.Grisham and J.Mead and concludes that they can be successfully incorporated into professionally oriented process of teaching English, as they fully satisfy all the above criteria and, moreover, represent a unique resource for a wide spectrum of professional competences of a future economist, both linguistic and non-linguistic (e.g. sociocultural and analytical competences). …”
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