Innovative Damage Assessment of Endodontic Instruments Based on Digital Image Stacking by Raúl Argüello-Sánchez, Ivette Alejandra Calderón-Alday, Antonio Hernández-Morales, Benjamín Gonzalo Rodríguez-Méndez, Diego Medina-Castro, Régulo López-Callejas, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

“…Background/Objectives: The damage assessment of dental instruments, such as endodontic files, is crucial to ensure patient safety and treatment quality. …”
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Decoding mitochondrial DNA damage and repair associated with H. pylori infection by Aashirwad Shahi, Dawit Kidane

Subjects: “…mitochondrial DNA damage and repair…”
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Airway Responsiveness: Role of Inflammation, Epithelium Damage and Smooth Muscle Tension by K. I. Gourgoulianis, A. Domali, P. A. Molyvdas

“…The purpose of this study was the effect of epithelium damage on mechanical responses of airway smooth muscles under different resting tension. …”
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A Universal Fast Algorithm for Sensitivity-Based Structural Damage Detection by Q. W. Yang, J. K. Liu, C.H. Li, C.F. Liang

“…Structural damage detection using measured response data has emerged as a new research area in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering communities in recent years. …”
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Repairing and Strengthening of Damaged RC Columns Using Thin Concrete Jacketing by Bassam A. Tayeh, Mohammed Abu Naja, Samir Shihada, Mohammed Arafa

“…This research aims to investigate the efficiency of repairing damaged concrete columns using thin concrete jacketing. …”
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Turismo e dimore di scrittore, tra libri e lettere by Aurore Bonniot-Mirloup

“…La ricerca dell’autore aspira a comprendere il significato, o piuttosto, le variazioni di senso che assumono queste dimore di scrittore nell’incontro  con gli immaginari e le pratiche turistiche diverse e in evoluzione. …”
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Seismic Behaviour of Straight-Tenon Wood Frames with Column Foot Damage by Shengcai Li, Zhijun Jiang, Hongzhen Luo, Lei Zhang

“…The stiffness degradation curves and equivalent viscous damping curves of the damaged wood frames were also analysed. …”
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Study on Tensile Damage Constitutive Model for Multiscale Polypropylene Fiber Concrete by Ninghui Liang, Jifei Dai, Xinrong Liu

“…Based on the results, a tensile damage constitutive model was proposed and implemented into FLAC3D for numerical experimentation. …”
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A System Identification-Based Damage-Detection Method for Gravity Dams by Masoud Mirtaheri, Mojtaba Salkhordeh, Masoud Mohammadgholiha

“…This paper presents a cost-effective vibration-based framework to identify the dynamic properties and damage of the dams. To this end, four commonly occurred damage scenarios, including (1) damage in the neck of the dam, (2) damage in the toe of the structure, (3) simultaneous damage in the neck and the toe of the dam, and (4) damage in the lifting joints of the dam, are considered. …”
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Gamma Radiation-Induced Damage in the Zinc Finger of the Transcription Factor IIIA by XiaoHong Zhang, YuJi Miao, XiaoDan Hu, Rui Min, PeiDang Liu, HaiQian Zhang

“…The sites of radiation-induced damage in the zinc finger were the thiol groups of cysteine residues and zinc (II) ions. …”
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A Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under Hydrochemical Cyclic Invasion by Lunan Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhe Qin, Tengfei Wang, Sheng Zhang

“…In order to analyze the stability of water-related materials, the deterioration and damage of rock strength due to circulating water intrusion in an open tailings pond were studied. …”
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Fracture Behavior of Rock with Initial Damage: Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Investigations by Hui Zhang, Panpan Guo, Yixian Wang, Yanlin Zhao, Hang Lin, Yan Liu, Yahui Shao

“…Geomaterials such as rock mass often have initial damage under the influence of long-term geological action and hydration corrosion environment. …”
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The effects and the macroeconomic dynamics of natural disaster damages: investigation of local evidence by Agim Kukeli

Subjects: “…Natural disaster damages…”
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Analysis of Energy Dissipation Characteristics of Damaged Sandstone under Impact Load by Feng Wang, Haibo Wang, Ying Xu, Bing Cheng, Qianqian Wang

“…In view of the energy dissipation of damaged rock mass under dynamic load, the cyclic loading and unloading test is carried out to make sandstone in different damage states, and the damage degree of sandstone is characterized by the change of longitudinal wave velocity before and after cyclic loading and unloading. …”
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Valve dysfunction in patients with cardiac myxomas: mechanism of damage and methods of correction by R.M. Vitovskyi, V.V. Isaienko, D.M. Dyadyun, I.V. Martyshchenko, O.A. Pishchurin, O.V. Kupchinsky

“…Alongside with myxoma removal, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of the valve apparatus and correction of valve damage by various methods, including plastic surgery and valve replacement, depending on the nature and severity of the damage.…”
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Measurement of Holistic Road Damage and Analysis of Its Corresponding Traffic Characteristics by Shun Guo, Zhengfeng Huang, Pengjun Zheng, Ting Lu, Lili Lu, Xuan Li

“…Then, considering (1) the ratio of PD cells, (2) PD cell distribution, and (3) the influence of the vehicle lane changing, we define the holistic road-damage degree (HRDD) as the PD index. At last, the relationship among HRDD, flow speed, and flow volume is analyzed through the simulated experiments. …”
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MONITORING OF FLANK WEAR AND DAMAGE ON TURNING CUTTING TOOLS BY IMAGE PROCESSING by Joseph Kalil Khoury Junior, John Kenneth Schueller, Francisco de Assis Carvalho Pinto, Geice Paula Villibor

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An Elastoplastic Softening Damage Model for Hydraulic Fracturing in Soft Coal Seams by Yang Hao, Yu Wu, Xianbiao Mao, Pan Li, Liqiang Zhang, Jing Tao

“…In order to improve the permeability of soft coal seams with low intensity and permeability by hydraulic fracturing, an elastoplastic softening damage model of soft coal seams has been established, which takes into consideration the lower elastic modulus and tensile strength and higher pore compressibility and plastic deformation. …”
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Seismic Damage Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam Based on Wavelet Transform by Dunben Sun, Qingwen Ren

“…The key to the dam damage assessment is analyzing the remaining seismic carrying capacity after an earthquake occurs. …”
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Damage Evaluation of the Paving around Manholes under Vehicle Dynamic Load by Wenjun Hu, Quanman Zhao, Yao Liu, Zhigang Li, Xianghui Kong

“…The influencing factors had different degrees of influence on the pavement damage; from large to small, they were change of road longitudinal slope > driving speed > damping of tire > stiffness of tire > height difference from the pavement damage > height difference from the manhole settlement > stiffness of the manhole cover.…”
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