Effects of surface treatments on the adhesion strengths between polyether ether ketone and both composite resins and poly(methyl methacrylate) by Yongcheng Ge, Ting Zhao, Sizheng Fan, Pengyuan Liu, Xiaoqiu Liu

“…Abstract Background This study evaluated the effects of three surface treatments—concentrated H2SO4, sodium borohydride (NaBH4), and their combination—on the shear bond strengths between polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and both composite resins and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). …”
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A NEW INTERPRETATION FOR THE GARNET ZONING IN METAPELITIC ROCKS OF THE SILGARÁ FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIA by Ríos Reyes Carlos Alberto, Castellanos Alarcón Oscar Mauricio, Takasu Akira

“…A Barrovian sequence of the Silgará Formation at the southwestern Santander Massif, Colombian Andes, contains zoned garnets in which major and trace element zoning correlates with distribution of mineral inclusions, which may indicate that garnet growth rate varied through time and affected both composition and texture ofgarnets, although different garnet producing reactions have also played an important role in the chemical zoning of garent. …”
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Identification of an intestinal microbiota enterotypes in ageing man diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by Weronika Ratajczak-Zacharko, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Maria Laszczyńska, Olimpia Sipak, Anna Lubkowska

“…Abstract The intestinal microbiota, in terms of both composition and functioning, exerts a significant influence on the human body. …”
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Exploring microbial diversity and taxonomy using SSU rRNA hypervariable tag sequencing. by Susan M Huse, Les Dethlefsen, Julie A Huber, David Mark Welch, David A Relman, Mitchell L Sogin

“…The resulting taxonomic census provides information on both composition and diversity of the microbial community. …”
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Prediction of ultimate tensile strength of Al‐Si alloys based on multimodal fusion learning by Longfei Zhu, Qun Luo, Qiaochuan Chen, Yu Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Bin Hu, Yuexing Han, Qian Li

“…Based on the image processing and machine learning techniques, this paper proposes a multimodal fusion learning framework that comprehensively considers both composition and microstructure in prediction of the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of Al‐Si alloys. …”
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Fish community composition differs in rural and urban Neotropical streams by Eduarda Samantha Ribeiro, Tatiane Mantovano, Dyego Leonardo Ferraz Caetano, Luana Gabriela Marques da Silva, Leandro da Silva, Thiago Rodrigues Barbosa, Fernando Emmanuel Gonçalves Vieira

“…In urban streams, 12 species of fish were identified, five of which were exclusive, while in rural streams, 18 species were recorded, ten of which were exclusive. Furthermore, both composition and beta diversity were significantly different between rural and urban streams, with the highest values recorded in rural streams. …”
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Protozoa in a stressed area of the Egyptian Mediterranean coast of Damietta, Egypt by Mohamed Moussa Dorgham, Wael Salah El-Tohamy, Nagwa Elsayed Abdel Aziz, Ahmed El-Ghobashi

“…The protozoangroups showed clearly different spatial patterns in both composition and abundance: whereas amoebozoans and non-tintinnid ciliates were dominant in themore polluted areas (sites IV and V), tintinnids dominated in the less polluted areas (sites, I, II and III). …”
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Changes in Intestinal Microbiota and Their Relationship With Patient Characteristics in Colorectal Cancer by Lu Zhao, Yongkun Fang, Jingqiu Zhang, Chen Wei, Hao Ji, Jiahao Zhao, Daorong Wang, Dong Tang

“…Results: The CRC and control groups differed in both composition and abundance of intestinal microbiota. …”
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Feature extraction and spatial imaging of synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction patterns using unsupervised machine learning by Kentaro Kutsukake, Takefumi Kamioka, Kota Matsui, Ichiro Takeuchi, Takashi Segi, Takuo Sasaki, Seiji Fujikawa, Masamitu Takahasi

“…A crystalline SiGe film on a Si substrate with a spatial fluctuation in both composition and crystal orientation was tested as a model sample having complicated X-ray diffraction patterns with multipeaks. …”
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The Alteration in Composition and Function of Gut Microbiome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Xue Zhao, Yiding Zhang, Ruixue Guo, Wei Yu, Fanliang Zhang, Feng Wu, Jin Shang

“…The comparison between the two groups including both composition and function of the gut microbiome is presented.Results. …”
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Negative impact of oral exposure to polystyrene microplastics on glucose tolerance and intestinal environment in mice is independent of particle size by Yuto Saijo, Yuka Hasegawa, Takuro Okamura, Yuriko Ono, Takahiro Ichikawa, Naoko Nakanishi, Yutaro Tsuchimura, Tamaki Morioka, Shuhei Tanaka, Hirohisa Takano, Masahide Hamaguchi, Michiaki Fukui

“…In HFD + PS-MP 10 µm mice, both composition and diversity of gut microbiota altered, and in HFD + PS-MP 0.5 and 100 µm mice, composition of gut microbiota changed. …”
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Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots by Beiye C. Li, Kailai Lin, Ping-Jui E. Wu, Aritrajit Gupta, Kaiyue Peng, Siddhartha Sohoni, Justin C. Ondry, Zirui Zhou, Caitlin C. Bellora, Young Jay Ryu, Stella Chariton, David J. Gosztola, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Richard D. Schaller, Dmitri V. Talapin, Eran Rabani, Gregory S. Engel

“…With ternary quantum dots, the composition may be varied continuously so that both composition and size may be used to tune the bandgap. …”
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Effect of Reduced-Step Polishing Systems on Color Stability of Nanocomposites Submitted to Thermocycling Staining with Common Beverages - An In Vitro Study by Weam D. Naji, Manal H. Abd-Alla

“…Conclusions Sof-Lex Diamond spiral polishing system provided the least color difference for both composites, while there was no significant difference between the materials when the Super-Snap X-Treme polishing system was used.…”
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A generalized Frattini subgroup of a finite group by Prabir Bhattacharya, N. P. Mukherjee

“…For a finite group G and an arbitrary prime p, let SP(G) denote the intersection of all maximal subgroups M of G such that [G:M] is both composite and not divisible by p; if no such M exists we set SP(G) = G. …”
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Structural Investigation of SBGESE Glasses by High Resolution X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy by R. Golovchak, A. Kovalski, R.M. Mehra, L.P. Purohit, D.C. Sati, H. Jain

“…At the same time, Se-Se dimers are present in both compositions.…”
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Light curing infection control barriers: do some types jeopardize the concept of conventional bulk-fill composites? by Dalia I. Sherief, Mohamed M. Kandil, Dina Ahmed El-Refai

“…Both ICBs had no adverse effect on FS of both composites’ upper layers. Pinnacle sleeve significantly reduced FS of both composites’ lower layers. …”
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Compósitos à base de gesso com resíduos de EVA e vermiculita Gypsum-based composites with EVA waste and vermiculite by Marilia P. de Oliveira, Normando P. Barbosa, Sandro M. Torres, Antonio F. Leal, Cibelle G. Silva

“…The results were analyzed by multivariate statistics and indicated that the density of both composites and the flexural strength of the composite with vermiculite had a greater influence of the water/plaster ratio, while the percentage of aggregate shows greater influence on the flexural strength of the composite with EVA and compressive strength of both composites.…”
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Dielectric Behavior of Ceramic (BST)/Epoxy Thick Films by N. Hadik, A. Outzourhit, A. Elmansouri, A. Abouelaoualim, A. Oueriagli, E. L. Ameziane

“…Among the dielectric mixing models presented, the model of Lichtenecker shows the best fit to the experimental data for both composites.…”
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Nubes bajo la cumbre: posible huella de Rerum familiarum, IV, 1 de Petrarca en la Carta para Arias Montano de Francisco de Aldana, y en la Elegía VI de Fernando de Herrera by Isabel Colón Calderón

“…Two 16th century poems, Francisco de Aldana’s Carta para Arias Montano sobre la contemplación de Dios y los requisitos della, and Fernando de Herrera’s Elegía VI (1582), are reminiscent of this epistle. Both compositions describe the mountain, the earth and the sea, as well as clouds contemplated from above. …”
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Deciphering the exceptional chemical activity of a High-entropy metallic glass by Jiajia Si, Qing Liu, Lu Ren, Hengwei Luan, Ziyuan Rao, Guangqing Xu, Jun Lv, Kefu Yao

“…High-entropy metallic glasses (HEMGs), characterized by both compositional and structural disorders, serve as exemplary systems for exploring entropy effects. …”
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