Re‐evaluation of butane (E 943a), isobutane (E 943b) and propane (E 944) as food additives by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Laurence Castle, Monica Andreassen, Gabriele Aquilina, Maria Bastos, Polly Boon, Biagio Fallico, Reginald Fitzgerald, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Rainer Gürtler, Eric Houdeau, Marcin Kurek, Henriqueta Louro, Patricia Morales, Sabina Passamonti, Gabriele Gagliardi, Salvatore Multari, Josef Daniel Rasinger, Ana Maria Rincon, Camilla Smeraldi

“…Butane, isobutane and propane are short‐chain (C3–C4) alkanes, which are in gaseous state at room temperature. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distributions of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds in China: Characteristics and Sources by Gang Wang, Na Zhao, Hanyu Zhang, Guohao Li, Gang Xin

“…The annual average chemical compositions of ambient VOCs across China were dominated by alkanes (36.5%–69.3%), followed by aromatics (7.7%–47.8%), alkenes (6.9%–53.4%), and alkynes (0.7%–15.0%). …”
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Stroke Event Factors among Adult Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center: Prospective Observational Study by Ginenus Fekadu, Hunduma Wakassa, Firew Tekle

“…Prospective observational study was carried at stroke unit of Jimma University Medical Center for 4 consecutive months from March 10 to July 10, 2017. Data was cleaned and entered to Epidata version 3.1 and then exported and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. …”
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Single Cone Obturation versus Cold Lateral Compaction Techniques with Bioceramic and Resin Sealers: Quality of Obturation and Push-Out Bond Strength by Ahmad Nouroloyouni, Vahid Samadi, Amin Salem Milani, Sara Noorolouny, Haleh Valizadeh-Haghi

“…All teeth were decoronated and underwent cleaning and shaping. Obturation was performed with AH-Plus and SCO technique in group 1 (SAH), AH-Plus and CLC technique in group 2 (LAH), SSR and SCO technique in group 3 (SS), and SSR and CLC technique in group 4 (LS). …”
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Herbaspirillum Infection in Humans: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Rashmi Dhital, Anish Paudel, Nidrit Bohra, Ann K. Shin

“…Case History. A 58-year-old woman with NSCLC on Pralsetinib presented with fevers and rigors for 2 days. …”
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Cyclic Fatigue Resistance of Nickel–Titanium Rotary Instruments after Simulated Clinical Use by Hana R. Ubaed, Diyar Kh. Bakr

“…After each canal instrumentation, the instruments were cleaned and sterilized by autoclave. Then, all the instruments underwent cyclic fatigue testing in an artificial stainless steel canal with a 50° canal curvature and a radius of curvature of 5 mm. …”
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Towards a Better Knowledge of Natural Methane Releases in the French Alps: A Field Approach by Frédérick Gal, Eric Proust, Wolfram Kloppmann

“…Considering the topography of the potential alpine and perialpine emission areas, the possibilities to detect gas emissions appear of the size recorded so far seem to be restricted to ground-based methods or to methods offering the possibility to point orthogonally to the soil towards the seep maximum. …”
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THE AROMA OF STRAWBERRIES GROWN IN THE RIGHT-BANK FOREST-STEPPE ZONE OF UKRAINE by I. Zamorska, V. Zamorskyi, S. Belinska

“…Esters (12.8-41.8 %), aldehydes (5.9-15.9 %), ketones (8.7-35.6 %), furanones (22.7-24.4 %), organic acids (2.47-21.85 %), aroma compounds, lactones, terpenic compounds and alkanes were identified in the aroma. It was found that the aroma of strawberries of the Polka variety is presented by ethyl butanoate (30.7 %), 2,5-dimethyl-4-methoxy-3(2H)-furanone (mesifurane) (19.9 %), trans-2-hexenal (15.6 %), acetoin acetoin (8.7 %) and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (3.7 %). …”
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Management Outcome of Burn Injury and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Children at Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia by Sielu Alemayehu, Bhafta Afera, Kalayou Kidanu, Tilahun Belete

“…To select the patients’ chart, a simple random sampling technique was used and a sampling frame was prepared based on a registration book. Data was entered, cleaned, and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Result. …”
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Effectiveness of Super Floss and Water Flosser in Plaque Removal for Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Nozha Sawan, Afnan Ben Gassem, Faisal Alkhayyal, Aroob Albakri, Nada Al-Muhareb, Eman Alsagob

“…Patients’ plaque level was assessed using Rustogi et al. modified navy plaque index (RMNPI) at baseline and immediately after cleaning. Results. A total of 62 subjects were screened; however, only 34 subjects were enrolled in the study with an equal number of males and females. …”
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MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN LAST-MILE LOGISTICS: A REVIEW by Franco Corti, Chiara D’Alpaos, Luciano Greco

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Efficacy of Different Irrigant Activation Systems on Debris and Smear Layer Removal: A Scanning Electron Microscopy Evaluation by Ronald Wigler, Moran Herteanu, Yuval Wilchfort, Anda Kfir

“…Irrigation is an essential component of root canal treatment to enable cleaning beyond the reach of mechanical instruments. …”
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Acute Renal Failure and Volume Overload Syndrome Secondary to a Femorofemoral Arteriovenous Fistula Angioplasty in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Dominique Bertrand, Geoffroy Desbuissons, Nicolas Pallet, Albane Sartorius, Christophe Legendre, Marie-France Mamzer, Rebecca Sberro Soussan

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Environmental-oriented development of enterprises of agricultural industry and advanced training of personnel in agricultural environmental management by Yu. D. Vishnyakov, S. P. Kiseleva, L. V. Makolova, V. V. Pham, T. T. Vu Huong

“…The model using insourcing tools assumes the reorientation of the company’s own assets, that are not used in production activities for the cleaning and processing of secondary resources. The model with the use of outsourcing tools assumes the involvement of third-party organizations for the collection and processing of waste in secondary resources. …”
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Ex Vivo Evaluation of Secretion-Clearing Device in Reducing Airway Resistance within Endotracheal Tubes by Christopher Waters, R. Constance Wiener, Hamed M. Motlagh

“…The pressure drop through the ETTs was measured at a flow rate of 60 L/min before and after cleaning with the ETT-CD and compared with unused, similarly sized controls tubes. …”
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Metataxonomic Characterization of Enriched Consortia Derived from Oil Spill-Contaminated Sites in Guimaras, Philippines, Reveals Major Role of Klebsiella sp. in Hydrocarbon Degrada... by Kiara Nicole D. Rodriguez, Russel T. Santos, Michael Joseph M. Nagpala, Rina B. Opulencia

“…Fatty acid metabolism, which includes alkB (alkane-1-monooxygenase) and genes for beta oxidation, was inferred to be the most abundant amongst all hydrocarbon degradation pathways. …”
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Physicians’ perception towards continuing professional development in government teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-mixed method design by Merahi Kefyalew Merahi, Walelegn Worku Yallew

“…Quantitative Data was inserted in EPI-INFO version 7 and cleaned and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences,version 25 statistical program. …”
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Impacto das Taxas Directoras em Moçambique: Uma Reflexão da Situação Socioeconómica: 2015 a 2016 by Ivete Alfane Eduardo Mussilipo, Jorge Serrão Conhaque João, Lucio Daniel Mavundla

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Experimental Study and Microscopic Analysis on Frost Resistance of Iron Ore Tailings Recycled Aggregate Concrete by Li Gong, Xuelei Gong, Ying Liang, Zhiyuan Jia, Yiqiang Li

“…To solve the durability problem of hydraulic buildings in alpine regions, the study prepared sixteen groups of concrete specimens with different replacement ratios of iron ore tailings and recycled aggregate were prepared, and indoor deterioration accelerated tests were designed. …”
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A Generic Approach towards Amharic Sign Language Recognition by Netsanet Yigzaw, Million Meshesha, Chala Diriba

“…Prior to feeding the obtained dataset to the deep learning models, data preprocessing activities such as cleaning and video to image frame segmentation were conducted. …”
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