Maturation processes in glass-ionomer dental cements by John W. Nicholson

“…Changes induced by these maturation reactions are identified as: increase in strength; reduction in plasticity; improvement in opacity; and increase in proportion of tightly bound water. …”
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Surface Modification of Asymmetric Polysulfone/Polyethylene Glycol Membranes by DC Ar-Glow Discharge Plasma by Chalad Yuenyao, Thawat Chittrakarn, Yutthana Tirawanichakul, Suksawat Sirijarukul

“…O2 and N2 gases permeation through the 10-minute plasma treated membranes tend to increase. However, the permeation strongly dispersed when treatment time was more extended.…”
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A MODEL OF THE ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN SUB-CORPUS OF TEXTS OF NATO, UN AND WTO OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk

“…In consequence, the author offers to increase the number of unique texts that will ensure the representativeness of the EUS in the Ukrainian National Corpus, and to divide the whole process of the EUS formation into elementary tasks that will increase the UNC efficiency. …”
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Influence of a new design of brush holders on the service life of traction electric motor brushes of electric locomotives by D. N. Khomchenko

“…During operation, under the influence of mechanical factors, the running edges of the brushes are subject to vibration, and significant current breaks off, which cause an increased spark wear of the brushes. …”
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Simplified Design Procedure for RC Ribbed Slabs in Fire Based on Experimental and Numerical Thermal Analysis by Fabrício Longhi Bolina, Arthur S. Henn, Bruno Dal Lago

“…Ribbed slabs are a solution for increasing the bending capacity while reducing the total concrete consumption and the dead weight compared to conventional reinforced concrete slabs. …”
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The Effect of He on the Evolution of Radiation-Induced Dislocation Loops near W/Cu Interface by Huaqing Sang, Yifan Zhang, Jing Wang

“…In the current work, the distribution behaviors of irradiation-induced dislocation loops near the W-Cu interface (contains a thin W₂C transition layer) under self-interstitial atom diffusion-dominated conditions were investigated based on the comparative experiment of 3 MeV Fe ion and 100 keV He ion irradiation. …”
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THEORETICAL LEGAL CONTENT OF MASS MEDIA LEGISLATION CONCEPTS by A. A. Fatyanov, Yu. M. Saranchuk

“…In this connection, the legal regulation of electronic mass media, both registered in the law-prescribed manner and unregistered, containing most diverse information on political, social, entertainment or highly specialized issues for the unrestricted public domain, is becoming increasingly important. …”
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A Typology and Analysis of Russian Universities’ Performance in Education and Research by Irina Abankina, Fuad Aleskerov, Veronika Belousova, Leonid Gokhberg, Kirill Zinkovsky, Sofya Kiselgof, Sergey Shvydun

“… Over the past decades due to increasing economic pressure and rising demands by government and society, the organizational landscape of higher education is changing while university activities become more diversified. …”
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Peasantry in Samsun During the Development of Capitalism: The Results of a Field Study by Ezgi Turmuş Binici

“…While the ecological problems and the issues in food, which show an increase with industrialized agriculture, become more critical day by day, the issues of the peasantry and production generate current discussion. On the other hand, Samsun stands out as an important example in terms of its features that contribute to this disputation. …”
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Corrosion Resistance, Friction and Wear Properties of Cemented Carbide Coatings under Variable Temperature by ZHANG Shuai, MA Yu - shan, DAI Wan - xiang, HE Tao, CHANG Zhan - dong, LIU Hai - bo, JIA Hua, JI Hua

“…Result showed that when temperature changed from 25 ℃ to 60 ℃, the corrosion current density in 0.5 mol/L H2SO4 solution increased 2.7 times for WC - 10Co4Cr coating and 23.9 times for NiCr - Cr3C2 coatings, respectively. …”
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A Barcoded ITS Primer-Based Nanopore Sequencing Protocol for Detection of <i>Alternaria</i> Species and Other Fungal Pathogens in Diverse Plant Hosts by Vladimer Baramidze, Luca Sella, Tamar Japaridze, Nino Dzotsenidze, Daviti Lamazoshvili, Nino Abashidze, Maka Basilidze, Giorgi Tomashvili

“…Rapid, scalable, and efficient methods of pathogen detection are crucial for managing plant diseases and ensuring agricultural productivity. Current amplicon sequencing protocols for <i>Alternaria</i> detection often require the enzymatic barcoding of amplicons, increasing hands-on time, cost, and contamination risk. …”
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Non-Stationary Electrolysis of a Tin-Copper Alloy by D. Y. Gulpa, I. I. Kuzmar, L. K. Kushner

“…Deposition on pulsereversed currents makes it possible to increase the solder spreading coefficient from 96.38 to 98.20 % and reduce the value of the contact electrical resistance of the coatings from 2.0133 to 1.5067 mOhm compared to the deposits obtained with the direct current. …”
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Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage. by Elaine A Ferguson, Ahmed Lugelo, Anna Czupryna, Danni Anderson, Felix Lankester, Lwitiko Sikana, Jonathan Dushoff, Katie Hampson

“…Using generalized linear mixed models, we find that current focal (village-level) dog rabies incidence decreases with increasing recent focal vaccination coverage. …”
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Immunisation of young children against influenza — evidence review by V. A. Bulgakova, L. R. Selimzyanova, T. E. Privalova, D. A. Yusupova

“…Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection and poses a serious burden, especially for children under 5 years of age due to an increased risk of severe illness and hospitalization. …”
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Influence of fruit stages on chemical compositions, phytochemicals, and antioxidant activity of wood apple (Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle) by Rashmi Srivastava, Neha Mishra, Arshi, Shraddha Tripathi, Smriti, Neha Taslim Fatima, Neetu Mishra

“…Similarly, the unripe stage demonstrated increased antioxidant activity, followed by the intermediate and ripe stages. …”
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Vibration energy harvesting by ferrofluids in external magnetic fields by Michal Rajnak, Juraj Kurimsky, Katarina Paulovicova, Jana Tothova, Jozef Kiraly, Roman Cimbala

“…Abstract The development of wearable electronics and the current era of big data requires the sustainable power supply of numerous distributed sensors. …”
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Reducing the dietary starch:protein ratios in low-protein diets enhanced the growth performance of goslings from 1 to 28 days of age by Xucheng Zheng, Qian Lu, Chunhui Huang, Usman Nazir, Zhi Yang, Haiming Yang, Zhiyue Wang

“…The current study aimed to explore the suitable starch: protein ratios under different dietary protein levels for goslings. …”
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Pre-sleep casein ingestion with probiotic strains improves anaerobic power and lower-body-specific strength and power performance in soccer players by Reza Sadeghi, Mohammad Hemmatinafar, Fereshteh Eftekhari, Babak Imanian, Negar Koureshfard

“…One-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) or Quade tests with a significance level of p < 0.05 was used to analyze the collected data.Result The current study’s findings indicated that APT-180°/s (ext) significantly increased in CAS (p = 0.008) and PRO+CAS (p = 0.003) compared to PLA. …”
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Quantitative dynamics of neural uncertainty in sensory processing and decision-making during discriminative learning by Soonho Shin, Joonsu Oh, Sun Kwang Kim, Yong-Seok Lee, Sang Jeong Kim

“…Our model shows that the neural representation of fS1 encodes uncertainties not only from vibratory stimuli but also from decision-making processes, emphasizing its crucial role across various biological contexts. We confirmed that uncertainty decreases as learning progresses and increases with interruptions in learning. …”
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A health and wellness transformation programme to ensure optimal student performance and well-being within ICE environments by Juanita Jonker, Ryk Lues

“… Introduction and aim: International research have identified numerous impacts of the COVID-19 circumstances on students, such as decreased activity, food insecurity and poor mental health. …”
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