The Influence of Electrolytic Concentration on the Electrochemical Deposition of Calcium Phosphate Coating on a Direct Laser Metal Forming Surface by Qianyue Sun, Yuhui Yang, Wenjing Luo, Jinghui Zhao, Yanmin Zhou

“…In particular, the cells cultured in group 10−3 appeared to have spindle morphology with thick pseudopodia on CaP coatings; these spindles and pseudopodia strongly adhered to the rough and porous surface. …”
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A Study on the Instability Mechanisms of Coal Pillars in Shallow Coal Seams Group Mining by Tielin Shang, Jindong Wang, Yuwei Liu, Yonglu Suo, Zhiyi Wang, Sixin Fu, Fei Zhang

“…The phenomenon of “inclined step beam” fracture structure, falling fracture zone, and severe mine pressure happened during seam group mining. Furthermore, the minimum center offset formula was put forward to study the instability of the upper coal pillars. …”
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Earthquake-Induced Domino-Type Progressive Collapse in Regular, Semiregular, and Irregular Bridges by Amir Seyedkhoei, Reza Akbari, Shahrokh Maalek

“…The results show that domino-type progressive collapse happens in bridges with voided slab after the initial failure of the deck at the seating of bridge abutment. …”
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Characterization of patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in the Coloproctology Service. Period 2020-2022 by Yasser Muñiz Morales, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas, Dianelys Molina Macias, Jorge Ernesto González García

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> pilonidal disease is a common condition to suspect in any suppuration of the intergluteal fold that involves the hair follicles of the presacral region. …”
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Viable Extreme Preterm Birth and Some Neonatal Outcomes in Double Cerclage versus Traditional Cerclage: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Farzaneh Broumand, Fatemeh Bahadori, Tahereh Behrouzilak, Zahra Yekta, Farkhondeh Ashrafi

“…The absolute risk reduction in using double cerclage over traditional method was 18 percent (95% confidence interval, 4%–32%). Double cerclage appeared to have higher efficacy than traditional cerclage in preventing preterm labor <33 weeks of gestation.…”
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Effect of Blanching Techniques and Treatments on Nutritional Quality of Dried Mango Slices During Storage by Gulzar Asad, Ahmed Mahmood, Qadir Muhammad Abdul, Shafiq Muhammad Imtiaz, Ali Sakhawat, Ahmad Ijaz, Mukhtar Muhammad Farooq

“…The studied parameters included physical characteristics such as water activity, non-enzymatic browning, and color values, chemical parameters such as moisture, ash, fiber, acidity and content of proteins, sugars, vitamin C, total carotenoids, and sensory attributes such as appearance, flavor and texture. Vitamin C content in osmotically-dried mango slices was higher than that of IR and MW blanched dried mango slices but the content of vitamin C of both cultivars was lower than of the fresh mango samples (Chaunsa: 135 mg/100 g, Fajri: 94 mg/100 g). …”
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Usulan peningkatan kecepatan produksi di UKM Cokelat Ibunmanis menggunakan soft system methodology by Iphov Kumala Sriwana, Muhammad Almaududi Pulungan, Annisa A. Lestari, Siwi Lintang Pertiwi

“…However, the downstream production of cocoa processing only reaches low utilization, around 40%. This problem also happens to UKM Ibunmanis in Bandung, which often fails to meet consumer demand. …”
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Effect of anthocyanin rich black sugarcane on milk production and antioxidant capacity in lactating dairy cows by Chao Ban, Guilan Wen, Supreena Srisaikham, Thara Wongdee, Pipat Lounglawan

“…Sixteen lactating dairy cows were stratified and randomly assigned into two balanced dietary groups, namely Anthocyanin-rich black sugarcane (AS), and Napier grass (NG). The AS group demonstrated a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in roughage intake, total dry matter intake, and nutrient intake. …”
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Importance Analysis of Causative Nodes for Accident Chains of Railway Locomotive Operation Based on STPA-PageRank Method by Ping WAN, Wei-Lun YANG, Jie-Wen LUO, Xiao-Feng MA

“…Firstly, 68 sets of data of railway locomotive operation accidents happened in recent two years were collected and compiled. …”
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Attitudes to Medication after Kidney Transplantation and Their Association with Medication Adherence and Graft Survival: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study by Mirjam Tielen, Job van Exel, Mirjam Laging, Denise K. Beck, Roshni Khemai, Teun van Gelder, Michiel G. H. Betjes, Willem Weimar, Emma K. Massey

“…Results revealed three attitudes towards medication adherence—attitude 1: “confident and accurate,” attitude 2: “concerned and vigilant,” and attitude 3: “appearance oriented and assertive.” We found association of attitudes with intrapatient variability in pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus, but not with self-reported nonadherence or graft survival. …”
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Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cardiovascular Disease by Caterina Oriana Aragona, Egidio Imbalzano, Federica Mamone, Valentina Cairo, Alberto Lo Gullo, Angela D’Ascola, Maria Adriana Sardo, Michele Scuruchi, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Saitta, Giuseppe Mandraffino

“…EPCs showed an important role in identifying cardiovascular risk conditions, and to suggest their evaluation as predictor of outcomes appears to be reasonable in different defined clinical settings. …”
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Some Results on Study of The Oroshayemoye Site in the Steppe Zone of the Volga Region by Aleksander A. Vybornov, Filat F. Gilyazov, Natalia S. Doga, Marianna A. Kulkova, Aleksander I. Yudin

“…Of particular importance are the results related to the appearance of the first signs of a producing economy in the area. …”
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Seeing Sacred for Centuries: Digitally Modeling Greek Worshipers’ Visualscapes at the Argive Heraion Sanctuary by Susmann Natalie M.

“…My complete dataset spans the tenth–second c BCE and considers all other places where group worship happened in the Argive Plain. Using GIS and text analyses, I measure and compare an array of viewing experiences that were culturally meaningful for Greek worshipers. …”
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Gender Differences in Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Symptoms, and Macrophage Proteomics among HIV-Infected Smokers by Shiva D. Rahmanian, Karen L. Wood, Shili Lin, Mark A. King, April Horne, Shangbin Yang, Haifeng M. Wu, Philip T. Diaz

“…We analyzed a group at risk for the development of COPD (HIV-infected smokers) to determine gender differences in pulmonary symptoms, pulmonary function tests, and HRCT appearances. Methods. This was a cross-sectional, baseline analysis of a prospective study performed between 2006 and 2010. …”
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Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies by Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Desiree H.-A. Skeete, Barbara Nemesure, M. Cristina Leske

“…Prostate cancer risks are lower in Caribbean-origin populations than previously believed, while mortality rates appeared to be higher than reported in African-American men. …”
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A new method for mining event influence propagation trees from spatio-temporal data by FANG Dianwu, WANG Lizhen, ZOU Muquan, DENG Fei

“…In reality, there was often a phenomenon where spatio-temporal events happened one by one. To uncover the mechanism behind phenomenon of this kind, the research of influence propagation pattern mining was initiated. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF DENTO-ALVEOLAR SURGICAL EMERGENCIES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS by Mircea Rivis, Alexandra Roi, Cristina Fuior, Cosmin Sinescu, Ciprian Roi

“…A closer investigation of “what is happening and why” is needed to explore the factors that contribute to the referral of families and their children to a public hospital over private practices, and why is a high demand for emergency dental care for children in recent years. …”
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Hepatocytic Differentiation Potential of Human Fetal Liver Mesenchymal Stem Cells: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation by Hoda El-Kehdy, Guillaume Pourcher, Wenwei Zhang, Zahia Hamidouche, Sylvie Goulinet-Mainot, Etienne Sokal, Pierre Charbord, Mustapha Najimi, Anne Dubart-Kupperschmitt

“…Following transplantation, naive and differentiated FL-MSC were engrafted into the hepatic parenchyma of newborn immunodeficient mice and differentiated in situ. Hence, FL-MSCs appeared to be interesting candidates to investigate the liver development at the mesenchymal compartment level. …”
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Epigenetic Markers of Renal Function in African Americans by Samantha M. Bomotti, Jennifer A. Smith, Alicia L. Zagel, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Stephen T. Turner, Sharon L. R. Kardia

“…The majority of methylation markers most significantly associated with eGFR (24 out of the top 30) appeared to function, at least in part, through pathways related to aging, inflammation, or cholesterol. …”
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Nociceptive and Neuronal Evaluation of the Sciatic Nerve of Wistar Rats Subjected to Compression Injury and Treated with Resistive Exercise by Juliana Sobral Antunes, Keli Lovison, Jhenifer Karvat, Ana Luiza Peretti, Lizyana Vieira, Guilherme Hideaki Higuchi, Rose Meire Costa Brancalhão, Lucinéia de Fátima Chasko Ribeiro, Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini

“…Histological results showed that CG and EG had normal appearance, as LG and LEG showed up with large amounts of inflammatory infiltration, degeneration and disruption of nerve fibers, and reduction of the myelin sheath; however LEG presented some regenerated fibers. …”
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