Dissimilar joining of aluminum alloy and low-alloy carbon steel by resistance spot welding by Yong Xu, Qianwei Chen, Bingxu Wang, Feng Qiu, Baixin Dong, Hongjun Li, Zude Feng, Gary C. Barber

“…The nugget diameters and the indentations rates of RSW joints increased when increasing either welding current or welding time, and decreased when increasing the electrode pressure. …”
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A Sociological study of the Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Phubbing Case Study18-29 Year Old Females of Ramhormoz City by Ali Boudaghi, Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Sayedeh Sara Mousavi Moghadam

“…The statistical population of the current research includes all women aged 18 to 29 in Ramhormoz city. …”
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Does Beta Explain Global Equity Market Volatility – Some Empirical Evidence by Radosław Kurach

“…In this study, we examine Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in its international context (ICAPM) using the monthly equity returns for 26 countries (18 developed and 8 emerging markets) between July 1996 and June 2011 and adopting the US investor’s perspective. …”
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The Link between Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn’s Disease, Klebsiella, and Starch Consumption by Taha Rashid, Clyde Wilson, Alan Ebringer

“…Exposure to increased levels of these microbes will lead to the production of elevated levels of anti-Klebsiella antibodies as well as autoantibodies against cross-reactive self-antigens with resultant pathological lesions in the bowel and joints. Hence, a decrease of starch-containing products in the daily dietary intake could have a beneficial therapeutic effect on the disease especially when used in conjunction with the currently available medical therapies in the treatment of patients with AS and CD.…”
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Impact of residual risk messaging to reduce false reassurance following test-negative results from asymptomatic coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing: an online experimental study of a... by Leah Ffion Jones, Richard Amlot, Dale Weston, Holly Carter, Theresa Marteau, Natalie Gold, Eleonore Batteux, Stefanie Bonfield

“…Each message contained either no additional information or information about the need to continue following guidelines and protective behaviours.Outcome measures (1) Proportion understanding residual risk of infectiousness and (2) likelihood of engaging in protective behaviours (scales 1–7).Results The control message decreased understanding relative to the current NHS T&T message: 54% versus 71% (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=0.56 95% CI 0.34 to 0.95, p=0.030). …”
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On a novel method to synthesize POSS-based hybrids: An example of the preparation of TPU based system by O. Monticelli, A. Fina, D. Cavallo, E. Gioffredi, G. Delprato

“…Furthermore, an increase of surface water wettability, evidenced by the decrease of water contact angle from 95° for pristine TPU to 70° in TPU containing 10"wt% of reactive POSS, is found.…”
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Health and economic evaluation of cytomegalovirus vaccination strategy among young women in China: a modelling study by Bin Zhang, Gang Qin, Jun-Tao Shu, You-Jia Wu, Yin-Hua Jiang, Yi-Wen Ge, Meng-Zhao Yin

“…Background Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection imposes a substantial economic burden on both families and society in China. There is currently a paucity of dynamic models to study cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccination strategies for China’s high-seroprevalence population (over 95%). …”
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Simultaneous dual-channel fluorescent probe for Cys and ONOO− enables rapid monitoring of dynamic redox balance changes during ferroptosis by Jiali Zhu, Nan Pan, Xiongbo Liu, Hao Hu, Wei Zhang, Yan Feng, Chunman Jia

“…Ferroptosis is a programmed cell death process caused by the accumulation of intracellular lipid peroxides due to disorders of iron metabolism and redox imbalance. Currently, its specific molecular mechanism has not been fully elucidated, therefore detecting the changes in the dynamic balance of intracellular redox is of great significance for revealing this mechanism. …”
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The Impact of Resection Margins in Primary Resection of High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcomas: How Far Is Far Enough? by Julian Miles Steffens, Tymoteusz Budny, Georg Gosheger, Marieke De Vaal, Anna Maria Rachbauer, Andrea Laufer, Nina Myline Engel, Niklas Deventer

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) classification of tumors contains around 80 entities of soft tissue sarcomas (STSs). …”
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FUZZY ALGORITHM TO CONTROL REACTIVE POWER FLOW IN ELECTRIC NETWORK WITH NONLINEAR LOADS by H. B. Guliyev

“…The mentioned results demonstrate that when harmonic components of voltages exceed normative magnitudes, the use of the proposed algorithm eliminates additional loading on the capacitor banks with higher harmonic currents whereas the control procedure acquires quality, the number of commutations is being reduced, the capacitor battery functions longer and the probability of its malfunction decreases.…”
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Banking Models Under the Impact of the Post-Crisis Organizational Changes Apt to Confer Sustainable Financial Stability - Romanian Experience by Claudia Gabriela Baicu, Olimpia State

“…The banking model practiced in Romania continues to be the traditional one. Currently, the most important challenges of the Romanian banking system are the growth of the non-performing loans, the loans in foreign currency to unhedged borrowers, the pressure to meet the Basel III requirements, as well as the possibility that the exposure of foreign banks towards Romania to decrease.…”
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What do we know about digital public debate? Technological affordances and democratic dilemmas by Gulbrandsen Ib T., Just Sine N.

“…We illustrate the resulting six types of participation through a review of empirical studies based in the Nordic context. We summarise what we currently know about digital public debate in a key democratic dilemma: increasing digital participation goes hand in hand with decreasing institutional trust.…”
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Impact of Iron Supplementation on Growth Performance, Iron Homeostasis and Redox Balance of Suckling Piglets by Qingwei Meng, Qing Wu, Qiang Zhou, Jiayong Tang, Yong Zhuo, Zhengfeng Fang, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Lun Hua, Xuemei Jiang, De Wu, Lianqiang Che

“…Piglets in the CON group had lower body weight on PND 21 compared with piglets in the FeDex, FeOra, and FeDPO groups (0.46–1.05 kg decrease, <i>p</i> < 0.05), while piglets in the FeDPO group had the highest weaning weight across all groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Characterization of the solution heat-treated binary β-type Ti-Mo alloy for bio-implant applications by Netshia Mukhethwa, Phasha Maje, Ngobe Bongani, Olubambi Peter

“…There is currently a high demand for biomedical implant materials due to the rapidly growing population of aged people in many countries. …”
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Safety Production of Fermented Beverages Made with Beekeeping By-products in the Colombian Caribbean Region by Jalelys Liceth Leones-Cerpa, Gabriella Santander, Ines Arroyo, Martha Cuenca Quicazan, Eduardo Sanchez-Tuiran, Karina A. Ojeda Delgado

“…Among the results, a notable decrease in pH was evident in the samples containing Montes de María pollen (between 4.12 and 4.32), together with an increase in acidity (0.96 and 1.36 %w/w lactic acid). …”
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Electrodeposition of Ni-WC composite coatings: formation, structure and properties by Polina M. Petukhova, Evdokiya G. Bushueva, Oksana N. Novgorodtseva, Vladislav D. Kizimov

“…Currently, electroplating is actively developing, and one of its promising areas is the study of composite electrochemical coatings (CEC). …”
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Corrosion Resistance of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy with Pulse Electrodeposited Ni-SiC Nanocomposite Coating by A. Amadeh, M. Hajiali Fini

“…Microhardness of specimens was measured and the results revealed a significant enhancement from 74 H for bare AZ91 magnesium alloy to 523 HV for the specimen coated in the bath containing 15 g.L–1 SiC. The Corrosion behavior of the samples was studied by potentiodaynamic polarization, and the obtained data showed superior corrosion resistance for coated AZ91 magnesium alloy, i.e. the corrosion current density decreased from 2.69 mA.cm–2, for the uncoated sample, to 0.00046 mA.cm–2, for coated specimen in the bath containing 15 g.L–1 SiC and the corrosion potential increased from – 2.069 V to – 0.33 V at the same conditions. …”
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Study of the influence of pulse heating on the structure and properties of reinforcing fibers from tungsten-rhenium alloys by V. Shalomeev, S. Sheyko, O. Hrechanyi, T. Vasilchenko, V. Vinichenko, O. Korobko

“…The component that largely determines the strength and technological properties of the composite is the fibers. Currently the requirements for the strength and technological properties of reinforcing fibers are quite fully met by wires made of various tungsten-rhenium and molybdenum-rhenium alloys. …”
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Lithologically constrained velocity–density relationships and vertical stress gradients in the North Alpine Foreland Basin, SE Germany by P. Obermeier, F. Duschl, M. C. Drews

“…In SE Germany, the North Alpine Foreland Basin (NAFB) is a well-studied sedimentary basin, which was extensively explored for oil and gas in the last century and which is currently explored and exploited for deep geothermal energy. …”
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THE RADIO WAVES PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS IN THE GLIDESLOPE AXES OF THE GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH SYSTEMS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS by G. S. Nakhmanson, D. V. Buchnev, A. V. Bunin

“…Information about the location of the aircraft, with a decrease along a predetermined path, the carriages, the floor-fer with the use of radio landing systems. …”
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