Enhanced performance of spin-coated silver-modified titanium dioxide thin films over dip coating method for metformin photodegradation by D’ April Sabriantie Mulus, Muhamad Diki Permana, Sarah Puteri Hayaa’ Prawiranegara, Calya Zahira Tustika, Syelena Prima Putri, Salwa Aulia Zahra, Yusi Deawati, Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy

“…This research aims to compare two different sol–gel deposition methods to synthesize Ag-modified TiO2 thin films to their characteristics, including surface morphology, crystal structure, optical properties, and photocatalysis efficiency towards metformin. …”
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Morphology of Coatings Deposited by Pulsed Electron Deposition Method from Polytetrafluoroethylene-Carbon Composites by Agata Niemczyk, Sebastian Fryska, Dariusz Moszyński, Daniel Deacu, Paweł Kochmański, Jolanta Baranowska

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A General On-Orbit Absolute Radiometric Calibration Method Compatible with Multiple Imaging Conditions by Liming Fan, Zhongjin Jiang, Shuhai Yu, Yunhe Liu, Dong Wang, Maosheng Chen

“…Finally, we use multiple imaging tasks of the JL1GF03D11 satellites to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The experiments show that the average relative difference was reduced to 2.79% and the RMSE was reduced to 1.51, compared with the laboratory radiometric calibration method. …”
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A Programmable Gain Calibration Method to Mitigate Skin Tone Bias in PPG Sensors by Connor MacIsaac, Macros Nguyen, Alexander Uy, Tianmin Kong, Ava Hedayatipour

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Application of Acoustic Emission Method to Determine Critical Stress in Fibre Reinforced Mortar Beams by Zbigniew RANACHOWSKI, Daria JÓŹWIAK–NIEDŹWIEDZKA, Andrzej M. BRANDT, Tomasz DĘBOWSKI

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FY-4A/AGRI Cloud Detection Method Based on Naive Bayesian Algorithm by Guo Xuexing, Qu Jianhua, Ye Lingmeng, Han Min, Shi Mojie

“…Optical remote sensing cloud detection is the foundation for subsequent quantitative remote sensing and applications. …”
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SHEAR BOND STRENGTH OF CERAMIC BRACKETS BONDED TO ZIRKONIUM SURFACES AFTER DIFFERENT SURFACE PREPERATION TECHNIQUES: AN IN VITRO STUDY by Emine Karslı, Süleyman Evren Öztaş

“…The aim of this study is to measure the SBS of ceramic brackets adhered to the zirconium surfaces, to which different surface roughening methods have been applied and to evaluate the rupture areas with ARI scoring. …”
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A novel method for monitoring Cladophora blooms in Qinghai Lake based on UAV imagery by Juan Zhang, Xiaojun Yao, Xinde Chu, Hongyu Duan, Yuxuan Zhang, Hui Chang, Ju Huang

“…However, existing satellite remote sensing methods for monitoring Cladophora blooms have several limitations owing to cloud cover in optical images and the small areas of Cladophora bloom patches, making it challenging to obtain detailed dynamic characteristics of these blooms. …”
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Design of Compact TE-Polarized Mode-Order Converter in Silicon Waveguide With High Refractive Index Material by Danfeng Zhu, Han Ye, Zhongyuan Yu, Jing Li, Fengyi Yu, Yumin Liu

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Application of EPR spectroscopy method for comparative analysis of structural damage accumulation kinetics in two-phase lithium-containing ceramics by Dmitriy I. Shlimas, Daryn B. Borgekov, Artem L. Kozlovskiy

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Heterogeneous Integrated III-V-on-SOI Photodetector Using Micro-transfer Printing Method by WANG Zhaocong, QUAN Zhiheng, ZHENG ShiGuanqing, ZHU Yan, YE Nan, LU Liangjun, ZHOU Linjie, SONG Yingxiong

“…【Methods】This paper studies the basic principle of micro-transfer printing method and builds a micro-transfer printing experimental platform. …”
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INFLUENCE OF METHODS OF AUGMENTATION OF THE ALVEOLAR PROCESS DURING TOOTH EXTRACTION OPERATION ON THE STABILITY OF DENTAL IMPLANTS by M.O. Kolisnychenko, K.P. Lokes

“…Patients were enrolled into three clinical groups depending on the method of alveolar process augmentation. Before the surgical stage of dental implantation, which corresponded to the 90th day after the tooth extraction operation, the lowest indicator of the optical density of bone tissue was noted in patients of the control group, where the healing of the socket of the removed tooth took place traditionally under a blood clot. …”
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Compartmental analysis of retinal vascular parameters and thickness in myopic eyes using SS-OCTA by Chen Zeng, Chong Tang, Yixin Tan, Juxian Liu, Kai Shi, Qi Li

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Fast Reflectance Spectral Profile Reconstruction Method for Full-waveform Hyperspectral LiDAR by Hui SHAO, Hulong ZHANG, Hui DAI, Yuwei CHEN, Long SUN, Heng XU, Xingyun LI

“…Hyperspectral LiDAR (HSL) can obtain high precision and resolution spatial data along with the spectral information of the target, which can provide effective and multidimensional data for various research and application fields. However, differences in transmitting signal intensities of HSL at various wavelengths lead to variations in corresponding echo intensities, making it challenging to directly reconstruct accurate optical characteristics (reflectance spectral profile) of the target with echo intensities. …”
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ADHESIVE ABILITY OF MICROORGANISMS TO THERMOPLASTIC AND ACRYLIC BASE POLYMERS FOR REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESES POLISHED WITH DIFFERENT PASTES by V.F. Makeyev, Ya.R. Hunovskyi

“…Comparative evaluation of the adhesion of test microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus АТCC 6538, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Candida albicans АТСС 10231, Enterococcus faecalis IMB В-7497) on the surfaces of samples of acrylic and thermoplastic polymers treated with different polishing pastes. Materials and methods. …”
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Comparison and Optimization of Sr Isotope Analysis in Carbonate Rocks by Multiple-step Leaching Method by Xu PAN, Ziwei SUN, Jiwei GAO, Hongmei GONG, Xiaohong WANG, Meng DUAN, Yuanyuan XIAO

“…The same concentration of acetic acid is chosen by the method of Li, et al[29], and the dissolution rate of samples with different purity began to slow down at A9, leaving about 30% of the carbonate fraction not leached. …”
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Using DIC-based FEM to determine work-hardening parameters in structural steels by E. Fagerholt, D. Morin, V. Aune, T. Børvik, O. S. Hopperstad

“…Abstract Optical measurement techniques are essential tools in materials testing for acquiring non-intrusive, full-field data. …”
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Translucency of a Dental Porcelain Mixed by Two Ceramic Slurry Methods: A Bayesian Comparison by Catalina Serna-Meneses, Gabriel Ocampo-Parra, Santiago Arango-Santander, Claudia Garcia-Garcia, Luis Felipe Restrepo-Tamayo, Johnatan Cardona-Jimenez, Alexander Ossa, Alejandro Pelaez-Vargas

“…Objective. To evaluate the optical properties of a feldspathic dental ceramic using two different ceramic paste preparation methods using a Bayesian approach. …”
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New system for stage determination of the structural changes in primary open-angle glaucoma based on morphometric analysis of the optic disk performed by Heidelberg Retina Tomograp... by B. Anguelov, A. Toshev

“…Purpose: To determine the correlation between global and sectoral topographic parameters (TP) of the optic nerve head (ONH) and the standard automated perimetry common indices, to assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of the ONH TPs in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) discrimination; to establish a combined staging system of glaucomatous structural damage based on global and sectoral TPs of ONH obtained by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) II.Patientsand methods: 257 eyes of 176 patients (mean age 64±11), 69 (79 eyes) men and 107 (178 eyes) women were examined. …”
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Improvement of modeling methods in rats with diabetic nephropathy and the expression level of IL-10 in kidney tissue by CAO Dong-dong, LI Niu, CAO Zi-yu, HOU Yu-long, NI Wen-juan, LENG Xiao-min, LIU Yun, SHI Jing-jing, Guo Ming-hao, MA Dong-hong

“…Objective To improve the modeling method in diabetic nephropathy rats,and to detect the expression of IL-10 in kidney tissue.Methods Forty-eight male SD rats were randomly classified as normal control group(NC group,n=24)and diabetes group(DM group,n=24).In the DM group intraperitoneal injection of STZ at a dose of 40 mg/kg was performed one time to induce a diabetes model.Blood sugar,urine sugar,urinary microalbumin,urinary creatinine levels were detected at 0,4,8,12 weeks after successfully modeling,respectively.At the same time, the kidney pathology of rats at different time points was observed,and IL-10 expression levels was detected with immunohistochemical method.Results Compared with NC group,the modeling success rate of rats in the DM group was 75%,and the modeled rats showed significantly increased drink,food uptake and urine.By 12 weeks the average weight of rats in the DM group was(478.0±79.1)g,significantly lower than that in NC group(650.0 ±26.9)g.Blood glucose in the DM group(25.6±5.3)mmol/L was significantly higher than that in the NC group(5.2±0.2)mmol/L.Until the end of the experiment,it was found that blood sugar was still maintained at(23.0±5.5)mmol/L.In the DM group rats,urine microalbumin creatinine ratios at 8 weeks and 12 weeks were(39.0 ±18.6)mg/g and(77.0±12.3)mg/g,respectively,significantly higher than those in the control group(15.1±5.4)mg/g,(15.8±7.0)mg/g).Optical microscope observation indicated that DM group rat experienced renal interstitium edema and inflammatory cell infiltration at 0 weeks,and mild thickening of the glomerular base membrane and renal tubular epithelial vacuolar degeneration at 12 weeks.The results of immunohistochemistry showed that the expression of IL-10 in NC group was higher than that in DM group.Conclusions When high sugar and high-fat combined with a small dose of STZ are used to establish a DKD model,at 12 weeks the kidney has mild thickening of renal glomerular base membrane,vacuolar degeneration of renal tubular epithelial cells and other pathological changes.However,Blood glucose ≥16.7 mmol/L in the tail vein ≥16.7 mmol/L cannot be used alone to judge success of the modeling of DKD.The decreased expression of IL-10 in renal tissues further demonstrates that IL-10 is involved in the pathogenesis of DKD and may be the target of DKD treatment.…”
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