Analysis of Polymorphisms in the Lactotransferrin Gene Promoter and Dental Caries by João Armando Brancher, Giovana Daniela Pecharki, Andrea Duarte Doetzer, Kamilla Gabriella dos Santos Medeiros, Carlos Alberto Cordeiro Júnior, Vanessa Santos Sotomaior, Peter Bauer, Paula Cristina Trevilatto

“…Regarding host aspects, there has been strong evidence for a genetic component in the etiology of caries. …”
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Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity on TiO2-Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposites by Lingling Wang, Long Shen, Yihuai Li, Luping Zhu, Jiaowen Shen, Lijun Wang

“…The experimental results revealed that the strong linkage between the CNx and TiO2 played a significant role in improving photocatalytic activity. …”
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Fluvial terrace formation in mountainous areas: (1) Influence of climate changes during the last glacial cycle in Albania by Guzmán, Oswaldo, Mugnier, Jean-Louis, Vassallo, Riccardo, Koçi, Rexhep, Carcaillet, Julien, Jouanne, François

“…This result suggests that these short climatic events strongly punctuate the geomorphologic dynamics of rivers in mountainous areas.…”
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Paysage de l’eau et politiques de (ré)aménagement dans le delta du fleuve Rouge by Tien Tam Nguyen, Bernard Davasse, Thai Huyen Nguyen

“…Located in the heart of the vast Red River Delta, the province of Hanoi in Vietnam is characterized by a strong presence of bodies of water in many forms such as rivers, backwaters, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, canals, and ditches. …”
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Food Integrity and Food Technology Concerns in Canada: Evidence from Two Public Surveys by Ellen Goddard, Violet Muringai, Albert Boaitey

“…In addition, the food integrity concerns are tested as explanatory variables in the technology concern models to establish whether there is a strong or weak link between the two. Tobit and ordered probit regressions are used to model the variables for each of the survey samples. …”
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Protective mechanism of unburned pulverized coal to coke in blast furnace by Xiang D.-W., Shen F.-M., Jiang X., Yang J.-L., Li X.-J., Gao Q.-J.

“…The results show that because of the decrease of the content of intermediates Cf(O) and C(O)Cf(O) the restrictive step between the coke and CO2 is an interfacial chemical reaction, and it accords with the Mckewan equation 1-(1-α)1/3=kt. The UPC has a strong effect on coke when the content of UPC is 10~20%; meanwhile , the CRI and the apparent porosity are significantly decreased by 6.8% and 9.5%, respectively, and the CSR is significantly increased by 3.8%. …”
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Impact of Stratospheric Sudden Warming on East Asian Winter Monsoons by Quanliang Chen, Luyang Xu, Hongke Cai

“…The Siberian high and the Aleutian low are both strengthened, leading to an increased gradient between the Asian continent and the North Pacific. Hence, a strong EAWM is observed with widespread cooling over inland and coastal East Asia. …”
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Network and Agent Dynamics with Evolving Protection against Systemic Risk by Chulwook Park

“…Despite intensive systemic risk, the potential of the absence of failure could also be driven when there has been a strong investment in protection through a heuristically evolved protection level. …”
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Airway basal stem cell therapy for lung diseases: an emerging regenerative medicine strategy by Xingren Liu, Xin Wang, Xue Wu, Shuhua Zhan, Yan Yang, Caiyu Jiang

“…Airway BSCs, which are strongly capable of self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation, can effectively attenuate airway epithelial injury caused by environmental factors or genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis. …”
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An Artistic Image Fusion Method with Improved Cartoon-Texture Decomposition by Zhou Meng

“…According to the oscillation component’s strong repetitiveness and structural directionality, the image texture part is filtered by combining the improved directional diffusion algorithm. …”
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Analysis of the Thermal Effects on the Behaviour of Steel Connection Beam Section by Seelam Srikanth, Sai Nitesh KJN, Chunchu Bala Rama Krishna, Vasugi K, Cheerla Prabhu Teja, Sesha Rao Y, Sanjeev Kumar, Dumesa Gudissa Lemu

“…The use of a lowered beam section connection reduces stress absorption since the criteria for a strong column–weak beam are met. The ANSYS 14.5 software was used to model four types of reduced beam sections by decreasing the beam flange. …”
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Recurrent Events’ Impacts on foF2 Diurnal Variations at Dakar Station during Solar Cycles 21-22 by Sibri Alphonse Sandwidi, Frédéric Ouattara

“…The results suggest on the one hand that vertical drift E×B due to strong electrojet currents cannot be considered an important mechanism of positive storms and on the other hand that prereversal enhancement (PRE) phenomenon (with a delay due to Dakar station position) and equatorward thermospheric neutral winds circulation (TNWC) contribute mainly to their generation. …”
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Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses by Merle Greif, Ivan Calandra, Stephan Lautenschlager, Thomas M. Kaiser, Mohammed Mezane, Christian Klug

“…To reconstruct their ecological properties, teeth of the large Famennian (Late Devonian) chondrichthyan Ctenacanthus concinnus from the Anti-Atlas, Morocco, were analysed. The teeth show strong tooth wear with deep horizontal as well as vertical scratches. …”
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Interoperability of Multimedia Network Public Opinion Knowledge Base Group Based on Multisource Text Mining by Yanru Zhu

“…The results of the case analysis show that the multisource text mining algorithm can provide a strong basis for the construction of a multimedia network public opinion knowledge base group.…”
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A Comparative Study of Some Point Process Models for Dynamic Networks by S. Haleh S. Dizaji, Saeid Pashazadeh, Javad Musevi Niya

“…Hence, neural point processes were introduced that don’t have strong assumptions on generative functions. However, these models can be impractical in the case of a large number of event types. …”
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Systematic review of literature on sustainable roof-tiles for product development by Janilce dos Santos Messias Negrão, Rafaela Ribas Rocha, Adriana de Paula Lacerda Santos, Marcell Mariano Corrêa Maceno, Thaisa Lana Pilz

“…The compilation of data provided sufficient material for proposal development, which was mainly based on the use of Tetra-Pak® packaging for the development of tiles PET bottles also had a strong potential of use, since they are lightweight and ecologically sustainable. …”
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Comparative mitogenome analysis of two ectomycorrhizal fungi (Paxillus) reveals gene rearrangement, intron dynamics, and phylogeny of basidiomycetes by Qiang Li, Yuanhang Ren, Dabing Xiang, Xiaodong Shi, Jianglin Zhao, Lianxin Peng, Gang Zhao

“…Evolutionary analysis revealed that the nad4L gene had undergone strong positive selection in the two Paxillus species. …”
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Characterization of Modified Tapioca Starch Solutions and Their Sprays for High Temperature Coating Applications by M. Y. Naz, S. A. Sulaiman, B. Ariwahjoedi, Ku Zilati Ku Shaari

“…The further analysis of the grabbed images confirmed the strong influence of the input processing parameters on full cone spray patternation. …”
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Effects of Weather Conditions on Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Juice of Chokeberries (Aronia melanocarpa L.) by Tolić Mandica-Tamara, Krbavčić Ines Panjkota, Vujević Predrag, Milinović Bernardica, Jurčević Irena Landeka, Vahčić Nada

“…All chokeberry juices possess high antioxidant activity (12.9–14.6 mmol/L; 128–167 mmol/L). Strong correlation implies that flavonoids and non-flavonoids were the major contributors to the antioxidant capacity. …”
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Factors That Guide the Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Impacted Canines Using Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hasan Sabah Hasan, Mohamed A. Elkolaly, Ramy Elmoazen, Ayshan Kolemen, Arkan Muslim Al Azzawi

“…The results showed a strong correlation between the site of impaction toward the upper arch and with distribution following Mupparapu’s classification. …”
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