Ingenious wheat starch/Lepidium perfoliatum seed mucilage hybrid composite films: Synthesis, incorporating nanostructured Dy2Ce2O7 synthesized via an ultrasound-assisted approach a... by Sahar Zinatloo-Ajabshir, Alireza Yousefi, Mario Jekle, Fariborz Sharifianjazi

“…The composite films were produced through a casting method, combining these components to enhance the films' structural and functional properties. …”
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Experience of using composite Z-score to assess delayed cognitive recovery in elderly patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer under intravenous or inhalation anesthesi... by I. N. Dushin, A. A. Tetenich, M. O. Kazantceva, A. A. Kotov, A. V. Emelkina, R. I. Haustov, E. N. Savina, V. V. Subbotin

“…Delayed cognitive recovery was defined as a decrease in the composite Z-score of more than one standard deviation (SD) in comparison to the preoperative assessment.Results. …”
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STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF WIND TURBINE BLADE BASED ON BIONICS by ZHU Haibo, MIAO Weipao, WANG Haisheng, LI Chun, FAN Shijie, YUE Minnan

“…Due to the similarity between the internal structure of wind turbine blades and plant leaves, a new type of bionic leaf vein structural distribution was proposed, along with an entire composite blade layup program based on the bionic method of applying the mid-axis morphology of plant blades to 5 MW wind turbine blades. …”
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Indentation and Hardness of Materials: An Inherently Multiscale-Dependent Problem by Luo Li, Tariq Khraishi, Yu-Lin Shen

“…The method of indentation of an indenter into a material or substrate is widely utilized to characterize one of the mechanical properties of a material, namely hardness. …”
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Residual stress release and corresponding microstructural changes in high-energy impact-modified GH4169 after aging at 425 °C and 650 °C by Qiang Wang, Shixiang Shuai, Guoxin Lu, Bonnie Attard, Rongyao Ma, Shuang Gao, Arif Rochman, Glenn Cassar

“…The surface strengthening method used was a high-energy composite modification known for its significant post-treatment effects. …”
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ProVag: the effect of oral probiotics on the vaginal microbiota composition in women receiving medical assisted reproduction in a Dutch fertility clinic – protocol of a randomised,... by Ron van Golde, S A Morré, Linda Stevens Brentjens, Ashlee van Haren, Maria Stolaki, Jonathan de Jonge

“…However, to date, limited evidence is available on the effect of active modification strategies to facilitate the modulation of the VMB profile to help restore a VMB dominated by Lactobacillus species.Methods and analysis This is a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind intervention study. …”
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Direct postendodontic restoration of teeth with the use of core resins and fiber posts morphological aspects. (In Vitro study) by B. R. Shumilovich, S. G. Ivanov, D. A. Ermilov, E. A. Akhtanin, S. I. Kozadaev, А. Yu. Yurchenko

“…For this purpose, 60 periodontal removed teeth with an IROPZ index of 0.8 or more were used, of which 120 restoration samples were made from the standard form of the composite and 120 restorations from the core-composite using a fiber-optic pin in both groups.Results and discussion. …”
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Two in one: Double free flap from a single free fibula osteocutaneous unit by Prabha S Yadav, Vinay K Shankhdhar, Jaiswal Dushyant, Sakthipalan Selva SeethaRaman, Gujjalanvar Rajendra

“…Compared to two separate free flaps, this method has the advantage of single donor site and reduction in reconstruction time. …”
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Early warning score adjusted for age to predict the composite outcome of mortality, cardiac arrest or unplanned intensive care unit admission using observational vital-sign data: a... by Jim Briggs, David Prytherch, Paul Meredith, Tingting Zhu, Peter J Watkinson, David A Clifton, Farah Shamout, Lei Clifton, Lionel Tarassenko

“…We developed and validated an age-specific early warning score (ASEWS) derived from statistical distributions of vital signs.Design Observational cohort study.Setting Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) July 2013 to March 2018 and Portsmouth Hospitals (PH) NHS Trust January 2010 to March 2017 within the Hospital Alerting Via Electronic Noticeboard database.Participants Hospitalised patients with electronically documented vital-sign observationsOutcome Composite outcome of unplanned intensive care unit admission, mortality and cardiac arrest.Methods and results Statistical distributions of vital signs were used to develop an ASEWS to predict the composite outcome within 24 hours. …”
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Green synthesis of nano binary oxide SiO2/V2O5 NPs integrated ointment cream application on wound dressings and skin cancer cells by Marwa Ali, Abbas A-Ali Drea

“… Green synthesis is depending on preparation of nano composited SiO2/V2O5 by using the modified sol-gel method depending on rice husk ash as a source for the extraction of silica gel and the product powder of nano composited SiO2/V2O5 characterization by many techniques such as X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and N2 adsorptions/desorption isotherms (BET). …”
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Evaluation of the effects of different polishing systems on surface roughness and surface discoloration of various restorative materials by Tuba Sarıcı, Burak Dayı

“…Materials and methods Four different composite resins (giomer, nanohybrid, nanoceramic, microhybrid) were polished using various systems. …”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic and Filtration Properties of Carbon-Doped g-C3N4 Membranes Reinforced with Nanofibrillated Cellulose by Beiyue Xiong, Yirong Liu, Wenbiao Zheng, Xiaoxiao He, Chengning Ye, Hanyu Xue, Jianrong Xia, Renjin Gao, Liwei Wang

“…The water flux of C0.02CN/NFC (15%) composite membranes reached 73.7 L•m-2•h-1•bar-1, which is more than that of g-C3N4/NFC membrane. …”
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Progress in design of halloysite nanotubes-polymer nanocomposite membranes and their applications by Lijuan Qin, Guanying Dong, Yi Nie, Rawil Fakhrullin, Bing Zhang, Yatao Zhang

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Preparation and Characterization of D-Carvone-Doped Chitosan–Gelatin Bifunctional (Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties) Film and Its Application in Xinjiang Ramen by Cong Zhang, Kai Jiang, Yilin Lin, Rui Cui, Hong Wu

“…In the future, the composite film can be further optimized, and the effect of flavor can be further explored to meet the needs of different food preservation methods.…”
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Preparation and Properties of Fly Ash and Sintering Red Mud-based Geopolymers by Cheng LIU, Yuxiao ZHOU, Liuyi REN, Siyuan YANG, Shenxu BAO

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Working area protection in foundry shops of machinery production by Elena I. Golovina, Irina A. Ivanova, Maxim V. Manokhin

“…The dependence between the particle size and their motion speed under the gravitational or centrifugal forces is revealed. Materials and Methods. The granulometric composition analysis of a powder dust sample is carried out by the laser diffraction method implemented on the laser particle analyzer Fritsch NanoTec “ANALISETTE 22”. …”
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The Outcome of Old-School Indirect Pulp Capping over 40 Years: A Practice-Based Retrospective Evaluation by Roland Frankenberger, Andreas Koch, Lina Plohmann, Benedicta Beck-Broichsitter, Stephan Becker

“…(1) <b>Background:</b> The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the success of indirect pulp capping (IPC) procedures over a period of 40 years. (2) <b>Methods:</b> The investigation of 1412 dental records included 159 patients with 366 IPC teeth having been treated from 1969 to 1980. …”
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Effect of damage or contamination to the tips of 200 light-curing units by Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad, Afnan O. Al-Zain, Hassan A. Alyami, Husain A. Almakrami, Osama A. Alsulaiman, Eman H. Ismail, Richard B. Price, Ahmed A. Alsulaiman

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Quantifying the temporal trends of the combined effect of temperature and relative humidity on hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan, China by Zhaohan Wang, Yue Ma, Wennian Cai, Tao Zhang, Tian Huang, Tiejun Shui, Fei Yin, Haijun Yang

“…Understanding these effects is essential for designing effective public health interventions.MethodsUsing daily meteorological and HFMD case data collected from 2010 to 2019 in 16 cities in Yunnan Province, China, we compared three composite indices (Humidex, heat index, and temperature–humidity index) to identify the indices that best captured the combined effect of temperature and humidity on HFMD risk. …”
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Mechanisms of carbon distribution and stability in the photosynthetic processes of plant-soil systems influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi during reclamation of mining areas by Yinli BI, Ke ZHANG, Li XIAO, Dongdong WANG

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