Comparative Study of Conventional Impressions vs Intraoral Scanning for Complete Denture Fabrication by Priya Nagar, D Anupama Prasad, Sukanta K. Satapathy, T. Vigneswaran, Mariea Francis, Avantika Vijaysingh Jadhav

“…These findings suggest that intraoral scanning could replace traditional impression methods in clinical practice for edentulous patients.…”
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Numerical Simulation Studies on the Design of the Prosthetic Heart Valves Belly Curves by Jingyuan Zhou, Yinkui Wu, Lu Chen, Tao Li, Yan Xiong, Yu Chen

“…Prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) are employed to replace the diseased native valve as a treatment of severe aortic valve disease. …”
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Standardized Loads Acting in Hip Implants. by Georg Bergmann, Alwina Bender, Jörn Dymke, Georg Duda, Philipp Damm

“…With the increasing success of hip joint replacements, the average age of patients has decreased, patients have become more active and their expectations of the implant durability have risen. …”
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Embodied energy and associated carbon emission of key building materials in Nepal by Ajay Kumar K.C., Anish Ghimire, Bikash Adhikari, Ashmin Aryal, Bivek Baral

“…So, the study aims to evaluate energy use and its associated emissions in the production of these materials using the LCA framework and guidelines from ISO 14040: 2006 and ISO 14044: 2006. …”
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Efficient Multi-Task Training with Adaptive Feature Alignment for Universal Image Segmentation by Yipeng Qu, Joohee Kim

“…We evaluate our model performance on the ADE20K and Cityscapes datasets. …”
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Analysis of Power Outages in Kabale Town: A Case Study of 33 KV Mbarara North-Kabale West Feeder. by Atibuni, Yofat

“…The primary objectives were to evaluate the existing feeder infrastructure, analyze outage data, and propose solutions to minimize these disruptions. …”
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Transforming Feather Meal Into a High‐Performance Feed for Broilers by Mandana Salehizadeh, Maryam Tajabadi Ebrahimi, Seyed Naser Mousavi, Abbas Akhavan Sepahi, Reza Orooji

“…Objective This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of three different feather meal processing methods as partial replacements for soybean meal in broiler diets. …”
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Development of Sustainable Bioplastic Composite Films from Cocoa Pod Husk Waste Cellulose and Kappa-Carrageenan by Esa Ghanim Fadhallah, Ahmad Sapta Zuidar, Sri Hidayati, Haidawati Haidawati, Amarilia Harsanti Dameswary, Aisyah Tri Ramadhani

“…The resulting films were evaluated for their physical, mechanical, and barrier properties, as well as their stability and biodegradability. …”
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The entomological impact of passive metofluthrin emanators against indoor Aedes aegypti: A randomized field trial. by Gregor J Devine, Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Azael Che-Mendoza, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Josue Villegas, Gabriela Gonzalez-Olvera, Mike W Dunbar, Oselyne Ong, Scott A Ritchie, Thomas S Churcher, Oscar D Kirstein, Pablo Manrique-Saide

“…<h4>Methodology and principal findings</h4>A 10% w/w metofluthrin "emanator" that passively disseminates insecticide from an impregnated net was evaluated in a randomized trial of 200 houses in Mexico. …”
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Epidemiological Impact of Increasing Vaccination Coverage Rate and Re-Vaccination on Pneumococcal Disease in Older Adults in Germany by Oluwaseun Sharomi, Marion de Lepper, Sarah Mihm-Sippel, Thorsten Reuter, Claudia Solleder, Giulio Meleleo, Tufail M. Malik, Kevin M. Bakker, Rachel J. Oidtman

“…Background/Objectives: The clinical impact of replacing the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) for the vaccination of older (≥60 years) and at-risk German adults with either the 20-valent (PCV20) or 21-valent (V116) pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was evaluated. …”
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Ensuring service continuity in electric vehicles with vector control and linear quadratic regulator for dual star induction motors by Z. Darsouni, S. E. Rezgui, H. Benalla, F. Rebahi, M. A. M. Boumendjel

“…DSIM is controlled by a LQR, which is replaced the traditional PI controller in the field-oriented control (FOC) system for speed regulation. …”
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Commercial serological antibody detection tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review. by Karen R Steingart, Megan Henry, Suman Laal, Philip C Hopewell, Andrew Ramsay, Dick Menzies, Jane Cunningham, Karin Weldingh, Madhukar Pai

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>None of the commercial tests evaluated perform well enough to replace sputum smear microscopy. …”
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Sewage sludge-based organomineral fertilizer improves phosphorus efficiency in Urochloa brizantha by Andre Luiz de Freitas Espinoza, João Henrique Silva da Luz, Tiago Tezotto, Paulo Sergio Pavinato

“…Organomineral S+MAP can replace MAP, providing greater efficiency in forage establishment and a greater residual effect.…”
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Visual Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction with a Hydrophobic Acrylic Monofocal IOL Delivered Using a Manual System by Christenbury J, Hall B

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate visual outcomes and patient satisfaction in patients with a new monofocal IOL, implanted with a manual delivery system, up to 3 months postoperatively. …”
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Removal of Doxycycline from Water using Dalbergia sissoo Waste Biomass Based Activated Carbon and Magnetic Oxide/Activated Bioinorganic Nanocomposite in Batch Adsorption and Adsorp... by Muhammad Zahoor, Muhammad Wahab, Syed Muhammad Salman, Aamir Sohail, Essam A. Ali, Riaz Ullah

“…The effect of pH on adsorption was also evaluated where maximum removal was observed between pH 5 and 7 by both adsorbents. …”
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Impact of introducing transnasal endoscopy on expanding diagnostic endoscopy services by Nigel Trudgill, Hasan Haboubi, Jeff Turner, Laura Munglani, Tom Crosby, Ben Thomas Crosby, Karen Wright, Kay Charles, Wendy Evans, Megan Mathias, Stevie Davies, Badr Abdalla

“…We compared findings to TOE procedures undertaken during the same time period. We evaluated cost differences, duration/time in the department for procedures as well as quality of procedures (both in terms of performance indicators as well as image quality using the validated POLPREP score).Results A total of 241 upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures were evaluated (100 TNE and 141 matched TOE) between December 2021 and February 2022. …”
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Accuracy of bedside ultrasound for predicting resting energy expenditure in critically ill patients: A feasibility study. by Ming Gao, Li Tan, Yingli Zhou, Wei Peng, Yuan Xu, Hua Zhou, Arthur Raymond Huber van Zanten, Yan Zhu

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The Penn State University formula demonstrated the strongest correlation with REE-IC in critically ill patients. Ultrasound may replace the PSU formula in non-mechanically ventilated patients with unavailable gas measurement parameters. …”
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Estimating the global clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2007. by Simon I Hay, Emelda A Okiro, Peter W Gething, Anand P Patil, Andrew J Tatem, Carlos A Guerra, Robert W Snow

“…Opportunities for further reducing uncertainty in clinical burden estimates by hybridizing alternative burden estimation procedures are also evaluated.…”
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Enhancing agricultural sustainability with water and crop management strategies in modern irrigation and drainage networks by Seyedeh-Zohreh Hashemi, Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Fatemeh Karandish, Henk Ritzema, Karim Solaimani

“…The performance of TIDN was evaluated using indicators of reliability, vulnerability, system deficiency, flexibility, and sustainability. …”
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Enhancing dental porcelain repair strength: the impact of chairside plasma surface treatment—an in vitro study by Mehmet Köse, Özlem Çölgeçen

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of chairside plasma surface treatment on dental porcelain repair bond strength. …”
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