Modulus of Elasticity of Two Ceramic Materials and Stress-Inducing Mechanical Deformation following Fabrication Techniques and Adhesive Cementation Procedures of a Dental Ceramic by G. Isgrò, D. Rodi, A. Sachs, M. Hashimoto

“…The mean deflection significantly increased after resin cement coating and did not change over the time investigated. Conclusions. The precementation treatment, namely, alumina air-particle abrasion and cementation procedure of IPS e.max® Press glass-ceramic disc-shaped specimens generates stress that induced mechanical deformation. …”
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Rainfall forecasts, learning subsidies and conservation agriculture adoption: Experimental evidence from Zambia by Hambulo Ngoma, Esau Simutowe, João Vasco Silva, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Kelvin Kalala, Mukwemba Habeenzu, Christian Thierfelder

“…Adapting smallholder rainfed farming systems to climate change requires adoption of technologies that build resilience to climate shocks. …”
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Does Current General Mental Health Status Relate to Current Smoking Status in Pregnant Women? by Diane Liu, Emily Younger, Stacy Baker, Stephanie Touch, Tamara Willmoth, Jessica L. Hartos

“…Given that current mental health issues and current tobacco use may harm both mother and child, be highly related in pregnant women, and change throughout the pregnancy, pregnant women should be screened automatically for both at each visit.…”
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Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis by Leigh Charvet, Judith D. Goldberg, Xiaochun Li, Pamela Best, Matthew Lustberg, Michael Shaw, Lana Zhovtis, Josef Gutman, Abhishek Datta, Marom Bikson, Giuseppina Pilloni, Lauren Krupp

“…The primary outcome was the change in PROMIS Fatigue score from baseline to the end of the intervention. …”
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Analyzing frequency spectrum and Total Harmonic Distortion for high switching frequency operation of GaN-based filter-less multilevel cascaded H-bridge inverter by Ramkrishna Mishan, Xingang Fu, Chanakya Hingu, Poria Fajri

“…Experimental outcomes indicate a notable frequency spectrum change with high-level and high switching frequency operation, corroborating the efficacy of filterless GaN switches. …”
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Seed priming and abiotic stress tolerance in carrot: Unraveling the mechanisms of improved germination. by Marcin Nowicki, Marzena Nowakowska, Katarzyna Nowak, Wojciech Szczechura, Piotr Kaminski

“…Climate change necessitates the development of improved crops capable of withstanding future weather patterns. …”
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Association of Septic Shock with Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan, China by Shaoqiu Chen, Zitong Gao, Ling Hu, Yi Zuo, Yuanyuan Fu, Meilin Wei, Emory Zitello, Gang Huang, Youping Deng

“…Patients taking hypnotics had a much lower chance to develop septic shock (HR = 0.096, p=0.0014). …”
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Indoor Air Exposure to Multiple Agricultural Pesticides Potentially Posing the Highest Risk to Young Children by Sithembiso Sifiso Msibi, Chung-Yu Chen, Cheng-Ping Chang, Chiou-Jong Chen, Su-Yin Chiang, Kuen-Yuh Wu

“…Owing to the dominance of the first factor, we advise applicators to shower and change into clean clothes before returning home to their families. …”
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Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Eyes with Preoperative Intraocular Pressure Less than 19 mmHg by Shahin Hallaj, Jae-Chiang Wong, Lauren E. Hock, Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, Aakriti G. Shukla, Michael J. Pro, Marlene R. Moster, Jonathan S. Myers, Reza Razeghinejad, Daniel Lee

“…Though postoperative (postop) IOP changes were insignificant, the average postop number of medications dropped from 2.4 ± 1.4 to 1.9 ± 1.2 medications two years after surgery (p=0.0451). …”
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Modeling Possible Cooling-Water Intake System Impacts on Ohio River Fish Populations by Elgin Perry, Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Timothy Lohner, Randy Lewis

“…The model was run to represent a 50-year time period, which is a typical life span for an Ohio River coal-fired power plant. Percent changes between populations modeled with and without entrainment and impingement losses in each pool were compared to the mean interannual coefficient of variation (CV), a measure of normal fish population variability. …”
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Effect of Water Content on the Impact Propensity of White Sandstone by Jiankui Bai, Chuanming Li, Ruimin Feng, Nan Liu, Xiang Gao, Zhengrong Zhang, Bochao Nie

“…The influence law of water content was analyzed on the strength characteristics, energy change characteristics, and impact propensity of white sandstone. …”
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Social and psychological features of the mental component of the modern hybrid war against Ukraine by N. V. Bobro

“…The author’s definition of the concept of “mental war” is formulated as a complex psychological influence by the aggressor country on the consciousness of the population of the country that was attacked, using changes in its national outlook, historical memory, values, national-historical identity in the interests of the aggressor country. …”
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Magnetic field influence on heat transfer of NEPCM in a porous triangular cavity with a cold fin and partial heat sources: AI analysis combined with ISPH method by Munirah Aali Alotaibi, Weaam Alhejaili, Abdelraheem M. Aly, Samiyah Almalki

“…This study employs the Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (ISPH) method and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model to examine the thermal and fluid dynamics behavior of nano-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) within a triangular cavity containing a fin. …”
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Influencing Factors’ Analysis of Disturbance Degree of Key Stratum Based on the Response Surface Method by Yang Li, Nan Wang, Yuqi Ren, Xiangji Ou, Yikun Liu, Junbo Luo, Canqi Mei

“…However, when the value of interlayer spacing exceeds 30 m, the change of the KSDD tends to be gentle. (2) The value of KSDD is not only affected by a single factor but also affected by the interaction of various factors. …”
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Cutting tool feed drive of wafer background milling machine by E. S. Gebel, A. Yu. Popov, I. N. Drozdov

“…In order to realize the required trapezoidal law of the output link speed change, the inverse problem of kinematics solved, numerical values of the instantaneous angular velocity of the input crank and pulse control signals to the servomotor obtained.…”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of multiple time scale precipitation in Yellow River Basin based on Köppen-Geiger Trend Indicator System by Hao Ke, Wenzhuo Wang, Zengchuan Dong, Xinhua Zhu, Zhuozheng Li, Chao Lü, Dawei Jin, Weilin Liu

“…Monthly precipitation shows an increasing trend in winter (December–February) across most climate zones, indicating relatively stable changes in winter precipitation, while other seasons show changes between increasing and decreasing trends. …”
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Perceptions of Patients and Nurses about Bedside Nursing Handover: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis by Huda Anshasi, Zainab Abdullah Almayasi

“…Bedside nursing handover is a recognized nursing practice that involves conducting shift change communication at the patient’s bedside to enhance communication safety. …”
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The prevalence, clinical features, and long-term outcome of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome with renal involvement by Howook Jeon, Youngjae Park, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Yoo-Seok Suh, Seung-Ki Kwok, Sung-Hwan Park, Wan-Uk Kim, Jung Hee Koh

“…Over the median 5-year follow-up period, the renal function did not change significantly; however, 44% of patients with renal involvement showed impaired renal function at the last visit. …”
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Malapposed Struts with Cre8, Biomatrix, and Xience Stents Assessed with OCT Immediately after Implantation and at 6-Month Follow-Up: Can the Different Biomechanical Characteristics... by Cristina Giglioli, Emanuele Cecchi, Chiara Formentini, Marco Chiostri, Niccolò Marchionni, Salvatore Mario Romano

“…The lumen area did not significantly change from the index procedure to the six-month follow-up in the three groups; on the contrary, the number of malapposed struts increased significantly in the Cre8 and Biomatrix groups but not in the Xience group: 0.58 ± 1.51 and 3.29 ± 5.33 (p<0.023) in the Cre8 group, 0.55 ± 1.81 and 1.73 ± 2.28 (p<0.024) in the Biomatrix group, and 0.55 ± 1.5 and 0.25 ± 0.87 (p<0.166) in the Xience group, respectively. …”
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Nonunion of a Stress Fracture at the Base of the Second Metatarsal in a Soccer Player Treated by Osteosynthesis with the Bridging Plate Fixation Technique by Futoshi Morio, Shota Morimoto, Shintaro Onishi, Toshiya Tachibana, Tomoya Iseki

“…Radiographic examination showed an oblique fracture with small bone fragment at the proximal base of the second metatarsal and computed tomography demonstrated sclerotic change around the fracture site. We diagnosed her with nonunion of a stress fracture at the base of the second metatarsal and performed operative treatments using autogenous cancellous iliac bone grafting and plate fixation bridging a second metatarsal and medial cuneiform with a locking plate. …”
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