Effect of NaF, SnF2, and TiF4 Toothpastes on Bovine Enamel and Dentin Erosion-Abrasion In Vitro by Lívia Picchi Comar, Marina Franciscon Gomes, Naiana Ito, Priscila Aranda Salomão, Larissa Tercília Grizzo, Ana Carolina Magalhães

“…The aim of this study was to compare the effect of toothpastes containing TiF4, NaF, and SnF2 on tooth erosion-abrasion. …”
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A New Digital to Analog Converter Based on Low-Offset Bandgap Reference by Jinpeng Qiu, Tong Liu, Xubin Chen, Yongheng Shang, Jiongjiong Mo, Zhiyu Wang, Hua Chen, Jiarui Liu, Jingjing Lv, Faxin Yu

“…This paper presents a new 12-bit digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit based on a low-offset bandgap reference (BGR) circuit with two cascade transistor structure and two self-contained feedback low-offset operational amplifiers to reduce the effects of offset operational amplifier voltage effect on the reference voltage, PMOS current-mirror mismatch, and its channel modulation. …”
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Technologically-Treated Polyclonal Affinity-Purified Antibodies to the Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Brain Specific S-100 Protein and Histamine in Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia: Res... by Yu. O. Shulpekova, I. V. Maev, V. B. Grinevich, I. B. Khlynov, Yu. G. Shvarts, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Kolofort® (a complex medicine containing technologically processed forms of antibodies to S-100 protein, tumor necrosis factor-α and histamine) in the management of functional dyspepsia (FD) in outpatient clinical practice.Methods: Outpatients (N = 309) at the age of 18–45 in whom FD was diagnosed according to the Rome IV criteria were enrolled in a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. …”
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Treatment of Whiplash-Associated Disorders - Part I: Non-Invasive Interventions by Anne Conlin, Robert Teasell, Sanjit Bhogal, Keith Sequeira

“…In 1995, the Quebec Task Force published a report that contained evidence-based recommendations regarding the treatment of WAD based on studies completed before 1993 and consensus-based recommendations.…”
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Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Saponin Extracts from Different Parts of Argania spinosa L. Skeels by Yousra El Idrissi, Youssef Elouafy, Hamza El Moudden, Najoua Mghazli, Chakir El Guezzane, Adil El Yadini, Hicham Harhar, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Mohammed Tabyaoui

“…The present study concentrated on saccharide-containing molecules, particularly saponins, for their medicinal properties. …”
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The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-associated A331P actin variant enhances basal contractile activity and elicits resting muscle dysfunction by Matthew H. Doran, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Evan Despond, Meera C. Viswanathan, Aditi Madan, Kripa Chitre, Axel J. Fenwick, Duncan Sousa, William Lehman, John F. Dawson, Anthony Cammarato

“…In silico, however, the P331-containing actin surface strand was less mobile and established diminished van der Waal’s attractive forces with tropomyosin, which correlated with greater variability in inhibitory tropomyosin positioning. …”
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Safety Systems for Working with Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…PI-168, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick Fishel, provides a description of the following pesticide safety systems: closed mixing and loading systems, enclosed cabs, and containment systems. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, August 2008. …”
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Diets Rich in Olive Oil, Palm Oil, or Lard Alter Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Mitochondrial Membrane Composition in Rat Liver by Youzan Ferdiand Djohan, Massara Camara-Cissé, Gilles Fouret, Béatrice Bonafos, Bernard Jover, Jean-Paul Cristol, Charles Coudray, Christine Feillet-Coudray, Eric Badia

“…This was an experimental study in male Wistar rats fed a diet containing 30% of each oil. Rats had free access to food and water. …”
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The utilization of different combination and level of corn, tapioca and pollard on the growth performance of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) juvenile by M. Agus Suprayudi, Dedi Yaniharto, . Ridwan

“…Diet A and B containing carbohydrate at the level of 34%, while diet C and D contain 40% of carbohydrate.  …”
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Mechanical Behaviour of Alkali-Treated Fabric-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites by M. D. Mohan Gift, Shivkumar Mantri, Surakasi Raviteja, M. L. Rinawa, Dhiren Ramanbhai Patel, V. Nagaraju, A. H. Seikh, Sohail M. A. Khan, David Christopher

“…Polyethylene (PE) was used as a composite material to create a fabric containing 40% pineapple, 30% jute, and 30% cotton fibres by weight. …”
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New methods of local medical treatment of purulent wounds by A. Yu. Grigoryan, A. I. Bezhin, T. A. Pankrusheva, L. V. Zhilyaeva

“…The material was in vitro studies and experimental animals (Wistar rats), which was modeled a purulent wound and then divided into 3 groups according to the treatment method with the three studied combinations, each of which contained benzalkonium chloride and metronidazole, the combinations differed in bases, which were polyethylene oxide or sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose, or polymethylsiloxane polyhydrate. …”
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Effects of organic amendment on some soil physicochemical characteristics and vegetative properties of Zea mays in wetland soils of the Niger Delta impacted with crude oil by Francis E. Egobueze, Josiah M. Ayotamuno, Chukwujindu M. A. Iwegbue, Chibogwu Eze, Reuben N. Okparanma

“…For each soil type, 48 treatment cells and 1 control containing 1 kg of soil each were spiked with crude oil at concentrations ranging from 50 to 200 g kgâ1, representing 5â20% (m/m) contamination levels, respectively. …”
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Syntheses, Evaluation and Characterization of Some 1, 3, 4-Oxadiazoles as Antimicrobial Agents by Niti Bhardwaj, S. K. Saraf, Pankaj Sharma, Pradeep Kumar

“…It is well known that the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds tend to contain multi-structure in a molecule. The ring formation involves the condensation reaction. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF ROCK PHOSPHATE USE AND EFFECT ON SOYBEAN GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS ON AN ANDOSOL AND ACRISOL OF CAMEROON by Lawrence T. Nanganoa, Foncha Felix, Kamdem N. Franck Gilles, Djocne F. Christiane, Christopher Suh, Francis A. Ngome

“…This split-plot experiment consisted of five fertilizer rates (control-no input and four Phosphorus (P) rates of 0, 30, 60 and 90 kg P /ha respectively) and two soybean varieties (TGX 1910-14 F and TGX 2001-24 DM) laid out in randomized complete block design with each treatment replicated three times. Plots containing the different P rates also had N (25 kg / ha) and K (40 kg / ha) straight fertilizers. …”
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Transcriptome, miRNA, and degradome sequencing reveal the leaf stripe (Pyrenophora graminea) resistance genes in Tibetan hulless barley by Yue Wang, Qian Hu, Youhua Yao, Yongmei Cui, Yixiong Bai, Likun An, Xin Li, Baojun Ding, Xiaohua Yao, Kunlun Wu

“…Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis of the 8,916 DEGs identified many significantly enriched categories and pathways, of which a plant–pathogen interaction pathway, containing a total of 102 genes (100 known genes and two novel genes), was found, that was very important for the study of the leaf stripe resistance mechanism. …”
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Mechanism of deactivation processes of excited iron(III) thiocyanato complexes with benacen-type ligands

“…Formation of polystyrene containing bonded NCS group when irradiating the complexes in the presence of styrene monomer used as a radical scavenger indicates that the primary photoreduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II) is accompanied by the oxidation of NCS<mml:math alttext="$^ - $"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi/> <mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ligand to <mml:math alttext="$^ ullet $"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi/> <mml:mo>&#x2022;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math>NCS radical. 4-R-benacen-ligands behave as an innocent moiety virtually not participating in the photoinduced redox processes. …”
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There Are Thin Minimizers of the L1TV Functional by Benjamin Van Dyke, Kevin R. Vixie

“…We do this by demonstrating several example minimizing sets not equal to the union of the 1/𝜆-balls they contain.…”
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Improving a Low Axial Resolution Due to Improper Wavelength Calibration in Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Mengsi Zhang, Songjie Luo, Osami Sasaki, Ziyang Chen, Jixiong Pu

“…A self-made sample containing 6 layers of tape and a part of chicken breast were tested, whose sharpness metric grow larger than 12.8&#x0025; after signal correction. …”
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Burnout and retaliatory attitudes: a study of young Brazilian workers by Kely César Martins de Paiva, Thais Pinto da Rocha Torres, Jefferson Rodrigues Pereira, Victor Natanael Schwetter Silveira

“…A three-part questionnaire was administered, and the final sample contained 526 valid survey forms. The data analysis used exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. …”
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SOLVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THROUGH EQUATIONS by DANILA VIERU, GHEORGHE VOICU, LAURA TOMA, PAULA TUDOR

“…On the basis of such equation, it will be possible to calculate annually the amount of degraded waste gas generating gas (LFG) containing CH4 and CO2. The amount of degraded waste means waste with high dissolved organic carbon (DOC). …”
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