Assessment of root resorption on lateral incisors after primary canine extraction treating mesioangular displaced permanent canines: a randomised controlled trial by Narmin Helal, Reem Naaman, Najlaa Alamoudi, Azza El-Housseiny, Fatima Jadu

“…This marked increase in resorption severity was evident between T0 and T12 (P = 0007), regardless of group allocation. …”
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Effects of Fluorescein Staining on Laser In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Images of the Cornea by Christine W. Sindt, D. Brice Critser, Trudy K. Grout, Jami R. Kern

“…Dendritic immune cells were quantified in bilateral images from subjects who had been unilaterally stained with fluorescein. Density of dendritic immune cells was statistically similar between the unstained and contralateral stained eyes of 24 contact lens wearers (P=.72) and of 10 nonwearers (P=.53). …”
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The Reverberations of the Covid-19-Hit International Diamond Market on Botswana by Kalo Makaloba

“… A semi-desert country in southern Africa, Botswana has historically never had any economic significance – a narrative supported by how the country became a British protectorate in 1885, as opposed to the normal trend at the time of being forced into becoming a colony. …”
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Short-term results of hip prosthesis with shortening osteotomy in patients with crowe type iv dysplastic coxarthrosis by Omer Polat, Selim Sanel, Mehmet Nurullah Ermis, Can Solakoglu

“…The study evaluated 14 hips from 9 female patients, aged between 42 and 52 years (mean age: 46.57±3.15 years). …”
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Prawdziwe życia Vladimira Nabokova. Trzy (auto)biografie jednego autora by Andrey Kotin

“…Oprócz nadmienionego tekstu, przedmiotem analizy będą także ostatnia ukończona powieść Nabokova Patrz na te arlekiny!…”
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When the Kids Move Back Home by Lynda Spence, Larry Forthun

“…With intergenerational cohabitation on the rise, it’s a good idea to examine the “what-ifs” before the doorbell rings. If you find yourself making up spare rooms for your grown children or even their children, you will be glad you thought about the issues in advance. …”
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Assessment of hydromorphological conditions of the river using the MQI method (Case study area: JAJROOD River) by Maryam Ilanloo, Amir Karam

“…For this reason, during the recent decades and because of human manipulations, the JAJROOD River basin and its margins have been heavily affected. …”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…Microbial community composition has been shown to impact disease progression in these models. …”
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Endless Digging and Endless Picking. Sex Ratios and Gendered Labour in Surinamese Plantations, 1830–1863 by Cornelis W. van Galen, Björn Quanjer, Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, Matthijs Kraijo

“…In this article we study the question why the sex ratio among the enslaved population of plantation workers reversed from a male to a female surplus between 1830 and the abolition of slavery in 1863. …”
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Assessment of the Ground Vulnerability in the Preveza Region (Greece) Using the European Ground Motion Service and Geospatial Data Concerning Critical Infrastructures by Eleftheria Basiou, Ignacio Castro-Melgar, Haralambos Kranis, Andreas Karavias, Efthymios Lekkas, Issaak Parcharidis

“…According to the investigation, the area’s East–West Mean Velocity Displacement varies between 22.5 mm/y and −37.7 mm/y, while the Vertical Mean Velocity Displacement ranges from 16 mm/y to −39.3 mm/y. …”
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Curcumin Attenuation of Wear Particle-Induced Osteolysis via RANKL Signaling Pathway Suppression in Mouse Calvarial Model by Tao Cheng, Yaochao Zhao, Bin Li, Mengqi Cheng, Jiaxing Wang, Xianlong Zhang

“…The mice were divided into four groups: phosphate-buffered saline group, CUR, PMMA, and PMMA + CUR groups. Three days before PMMA particle implantation, the mice were intraperitoneally injected with CUR (25 mg/kg/day). …”
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Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, and Copper Bioavailability in the Soil-Plant-Animal System in a Polluted Area by Violina R. Angelova, Radka V. Ivanova, Jivko M. Todorov, Krasimir I. Ivanov

“…The accumulation of Pb, Cd, Zn, and Cu in the organs of the rapeseed occurs in the following order: inflorescences > leaves > stems. A direct connection between the quantity of the mobile forms and their accumulation in the plants was not found. …”
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A Decentralized Energy Flow Control Framework for Regional Energy Internet by Guofeng Wang, Kangli Zhao, Yu Yang, Junjie Lu, Youbing Zhang

“…The numerical results of real-world traces show that the regional EI can better absorb the renewable energy under the optimized control strategy, which proves the feasibility and economy of the proposed decentralized energy flow control framework.…”
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Antonin Scalia’s Constitutional Textualism: The Problem of Justice to Posterity by Bruce E. Auerbach, Michelle Reinhart

“…We argue there is little reason to believe that Scalia’s understanding is correct. Neither the language of the Constitution nor the writings of Jefferson or Madison are consistent with Scalia’s interpretation. …”
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Origen and Plato on the Superiority and Perfection of the Soul by Zhimeng Lin

“…Both he and Plato shared concerns about the correct way of life and perfect knowledge, and both sought to bridge the gap between the majority and the minority, avoiding both elitism and populism.…”
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Shijuan Liu: Book Review on Teaching the Chinese Language Remotely: Global Cases and Perspectives by Wang Hui, Wang Lin

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The Engineering Pedagogy Evolution: The Foundation and Three Measurements by D. P. Danilaev, N. N. Malivanov

“…The role of engineering pedagogy in developing engineering thinking should become increasingly important, taking into account the integration processes – inter-disciplinary, inter-subject, trans-professional, and the transformations in the industrial sphere in general and in engineering in particular. …”
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INCREASED VOLUME OF DOCUMENTS CIRCULATION AS A FACTOR OF DECLINE OF UNIVERSITY’S ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY by Dmitry A. Endovitskiy, Yuriy A. Bubnov, Karina M. Gaidar

“…The authors come to a conclusion that in order to solve the problem stated above the optimization of documents circulation is necessary and beneficial for higher education institution functioning.…”
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An Experimental Study on the Microstructures of Cemented Paste Backfill during Its Developing Process by Bo Zhang, Jie Xin, Lang Liu, Lijie Guo, Ki-Il Song

“…During the development of CPB, the pore shape becomes smoother. The UCS of CPB approximately linearly improves with an increase in the average roundness of pores.…”
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Biological and psychosocial factors associated with the persistence of pruritus symptoms: protocol for a prospective, exploratory observational study in Germany (individual project... by Sonja Ständer, Stefan W Schneider, Gudrun Schneider, Stefan Kahnert, Manuel Pedro Pereira, Christian Mess, Volker Huck, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Gina Frank

“…It probably involves interactions between biological and psychosocial factors and pruritus-specific risk factors as well as mechanisms shared with other persistent somatic symptoms addressed in other projects of the SOMACROSS Research Unit (RU). …”
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