Intratympanic administration of dexamethasone attenuates radiation induced damage to middle ear mucosa by Hyuk Chan Kwon, Sup Kim, Sheng Jin, Sun-Ae Shin, Jeong Han Lee, Min Jung Park, Soo Jeong Kim, Yong-Ho Park

“…Abstract Radiotherapy (RTx) is a highly effective treatment for head and neck cancer that can cause concurrent damage to surrounding healthy tissues. …”
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Congenital cytomegalovirus - current state of knowledge on the treatment and prevention of fetuses and newborns by Katarzyna Miedzińska, Mateusz Grego, Łukasz Stojak, Dariusz Popiela, Karina Urbańska, Filip Kwiatkowski, Mateusz Baczewski, Witold Czyż

“…Symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus occurs in about 10% of infected newborns and, among of the other things, can cause hearing loosing, vision impairment or cognitive impairment in the children. …”
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Improving Industrial Quality Control: A Transfer Learning Approach to Surface Defect Detection by Ângela Semitela, Miguel Pereira, António Completo, Nuno Lau, José P. Santos

“…To automate the quality control of painted surfaces of heating devices, an automatic defect detection and classification system was developed by combining deflectometry and bright light-based illumination on the image acquisition, deep learning models for the classification of non-defective (OK) and defective (NOK) surfaces that fused dual-modal information at the decision level, and an online network for information dispatching and visualization. …”
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Assessment of a Biosafety Device to Control Contamination by Airborne Transmission during Orthodontic/Dental Procedures by Josilene Santa Rita de Assis, Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Hideo Suzuki, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Denise Nami Fujii, Michelle Bertini Prouvot, Selly Sayuri Suzuki

“…Petri dishes with MRS agar were positioned from the head of the equipment at distances of 0.5, 1, and 1.5 m. …”
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The Principle of Transparency in the Ukrainian Decentralisation Reform by Sergii Slukhai, Liudmyla Demydenko, Yuliia Nakonechna, Tetiana Borshchenko

“…In order to understand the reasons for a particular level of transparency, a polling of ATC heads was undertaken. The findings of the study demonstrate that the overall budget transparency in the newly established ATCs is rather low and subject to significant interregional variation. …”
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Hierarchical Node Replication Attacks Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks by Wassim Znaidi, Marine Minier, Stéphane Ubéda

“…In this work, we first introduce a new hierarchical distributed algorithm for detecting node replication attacks using a Bloom filter mechanism and a cluster head selection (see also Znaidi et al. (2009)). We present a theoretical discussion on the bounds of our algorithm. …”
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Extents of Predictors for Land Surface Temperature Using Multiple Regression Model by R. M. Yuvaraj

“…Land surface temperature (LST) is a key factor in numerous areas such as climate change, land use/land cover in the urban areas, and heat balance and is also a significant participant in the creation of climate models. …”
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Integrating environmental issues in the policy agenda by the ruling parties in East Java, Indonesia by Syahirul Alim, Verdy Firmantoro, Angga Sukmara Christian Permadi

“…This research explores how green ideologies are embedded in the policy agendas of ruling parties, including the three main political parties that won the 2020 local head elections in East Java Province, Indonesia. …”
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Elite in social networks: new forms of feedback in the digital age by O. V. Kryshtanovskaya

“…The object of the study were the deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation and of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, senior officials of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, members of the Government of the Russian Federation, heads of Subjects of Federation . The basic indicators of the analysis of online activity of elite have been revealed, it has been analyzed how their activity in social networks affects popularity and authority of the power. …”
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Methodology and software development for auditing information security management systems by V. A. Boiprav, L. L. Utin

“…During the development and improvement of the software tool using the method of systeminformation analysis and the approaches to its implementation were identified based on following capabilities: organization of questionnaires of heads of departments and services whose specialists work with IS designed to information processing not classified as state secrets or IS with limited dissemination; assessment of the level of compliance of the organization's IS information protection system with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Belarus and other national regulatory legal acts; systematization of recommendations for improving the level of compliance of the organization's IS protection system with the established requirements.Results. …”
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An Electronic Slime-Based Epidermal Electrode Using Carbon Nanocomposites for Biosignal Sensing by Yu Feng, Hui Sun, Meng Chen, Cong Wu, Jiankun Li, Zhi Li, Kremena Makasheva, Na Liu, Guanglie Zhang, Wen Jung Li

“…The E-slime electrode exhibits exceptional deformability, flexibility, and self-healing properties, ensuring mechanical compliance and effective skin adherence for epidermal applications. …”
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Optimization of Ionic Liquid Based Simultaneous Ultrasonic- and Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Rutin and Quercetin from Leaves of Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) by Response Su... by Chunjian Zhao, Zhicheng Lu, Chunying Li, Xin He, Zhao Li, Kunming Shi, Lei Yang, Yujie Fu, Yuangang Zu

“…Compared to conventional heating reflux extraction (HRE), the RU and QU extraction yields obtained by ILs-UMAE were, respectively, 5.49 mg/g and 0.27 mg/g, which increased, respectively, 2.01-fold and 2.34-fold with the recoveries that were in the range of 97.62–102.36% for RU and 97.33–102.21% for QU with RSDs lower than 3.2% under the optimized UMAE conditions. …”
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Single Step Formation of C-TiO2 Nanotubes: Influence of Applied Voltage and Their Photocatalytic Activity under Solar Illumination by Chin Wei Lai, Srimala Sreekantan

“…The samples synthesized using different applied voltages were then subjected to heat treatment for the conversion of amorphous phase to crystalline phase. …”
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Lifelong Learning in the System of Higher Education: the State of the Problem and the Strategy of Integrating Educational Activities and Research by A. V. Keller, I. A. Korshunov, N. N. Shirkova, G. N. Suvorov, E. S. Szhenov, S. S. Shadrin, A. A. Orekhov

“…The empirical bases were: 1) statistical data on the activities of educational institutions of higher education (N = 1180), 2) dataset of monitoring the activities of universities participating in the federal academic leadership programme “Priority-2030”, 3) dataset of a survey of heads of centers for further vocational education in Russian universities (N = 450) as part of the Project “Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO)”. …”
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Highlights of Thirty-Year Experience of CO2 Laser Use at the Florence (Italy) Department of Dermatology by Piero Campolmi, Paolo Bonan, Giovanni Cannarozzo, Andrea Bassi, Nicola Bruscino, Meena Arunachalam, Michela Troiano, Torello Lotti, Silvia Moretti

“…Our experience has demonstrated that the use of CO2 laser involves a reduced healing time, an infrequent need for anaesthesia, reduced thermal damage, less bleeding, less inflammation, the possibility of intra-operative histologic and/or cytologic examination, and easy access to anatomically difficult areas. …”
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Computational Role of Autocatalytic Chemical Reaction in the Dynamics of a Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Past a Rotating Stretching Surface by Shreedevi Madiwal, N. B. Naduvinamani, J. K. Madhukesh, Umair Khan, Anuar Ishak, Raman Kumar, Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui

“…An essential aspect of understanding complex systems is studying the interplay between fluid movement, heat transport, and chemical processes. Therefore, examining chemical reactions is vital for various industrial applications in environmental areas. …”
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Micro and Macro Structural Investigations on Welded Joints of Composite Truss Steel Concrete Beams by Silvia Caprili, Walter Salvatore, Renzo Valentini

“…Welding has a strong impact on such reinforcing steel material, resulting in relevant drops of ductility and brittle failure usually taking place in correspondence of the heat-affected zone. So, it is advisable to refrain from using such steel grade, especially in constructions in seismic-prone areas, where ductility is a major influencing and design factor.…”
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Coupling Solvent Extraction Units to Cyclic Adsorption Units by Mariana Busto, Enrique Eduardo Tarifa, Carlos Román Vera

“…Regeneration of the solvent by cyclic adsorption had a low heat duty. Values of 174 kJ per litre of solvent compared well with the high values for vaporization of the whole extract phase (1011 kJ L−1).…”
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Hot corrosion resistance of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 coatings at 900 °C by Li Zhang, Qilu Ye, Yan Ji, Yunxin Wang, Bin Yang

“…By examining the grain size effects of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high-entropy alloy (EHEA) coating and assessing the residual stress state on the coating surface, it is found that grain refinement significantly enhances grain boundary diffusion capability, reduces the critical concentration of elements required to form a protective oxide film, and strengthens the self-healing capability of the Al2O3 oxide layer. This, in turn, improves the integrity and stability of the oxide layer on the coating surface, thus enhancing the hot corrosion resistance of the coatings. …”
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Maternal Feeding Styles and Food Parenting Practices as Predictors of Longitudinal Changes in Weight Status in Hispanic Preschoolers from Low-Income Families by Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Teresia M. O’Connor, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Tzu-An Chen

“…Participants were 129 Latina parents and their Head Start children participating in a longitudinal study. …”
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