FLUOROSIS PREVALENCE AT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE EARTH (LITERATURE REVIEW) by L.F. Kaskova, N.A. Morhun, I.Yu. Vashchenko, O.Yu. Andryanova, O.V. Khmil, N.V. Yanko, A.V. Artemyev

“…The studies from India and China demonstrated that the average concentration of dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis at fluoride contained 6 mg/l. …”
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Children’s health risk assessment based on the content of toxic metals Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn in urban soil samples of Podgorica, Montenegro by Mugoša Boban, Đurović Dijana, Pirnat Aleksandra, Bulat Zorica, Barjaktarović-Labović Snežana

“…The value of the total (ingestion, dermal and inhalation) HI is calculated for maximum, minimum and the average concentration of metals for children. Results. …”
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Contemporary Magnetic Removable Partial Denture Utilizing a Novel Ultra-Thin Magnetic Attachment System by Adityakrisna Yoshi Putra Wigianto, Yuichi Ishida, Kohei Kamoi, Takaharu Goto, Kazumitsu Sekine, Megumi Watanabe, Tetsuo Ichikawa

“…The MTPD retentive force was measured before and after every set of 1000 cycles. Stability tests and surface morphology evaluations were conducted before and after cycling. …”
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Optimization of Methods for Determination of the Encapsulation Efficiency of Doxorubicin in the Nanoparticles Based on Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) by T. S. Kovshova, N. S. Osipova, A. S. Fortuna, Yu. V. Ermolenko, O. O. Maksimenko, V. Yu. Balabanyan, S. E. Gelperina

“…The efficiency of NP separation by the CF method was evaluated by the PLGA content in the supernatant by capillary electrophoresis (CZE).Results and discussion. The average hydrodynamic diameter of the PLGA-Dox/7.4 and PLGA-Dox/6.4 NP (FCS) was 103 ± 10 nm and 141 ± 8 nm, respectively. …”
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Development of a Method for Evaluating the Influence of Building Facade Form on Its Potential for Solar Radiation Acquisition by Shangkai Hao, Yu Liu, Xiaojing Yang, Jie Song

“…It reveals that, for Lanzhou city, the maximum <i>ρ</i> value (<i>ρ</i>max) is 670.98 kwh/m² and the average value of <i>ρ</i> value (<i>ρ</i>ave) is 592.47 kwh, which reflect the basic situation of buildings’ SRA potentials in this city. …”
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Optimization of Subcritical Extraction and Membrane Technology for Refining Acer truncatum Seed Oil by Xianting RAN, Yu WANG, Lilang LI, Chaoju ZHANG, Zhongsheng LUO, Mei PENG, Juan YANG

“…The effects of membrane retention of molecular weight, temperature and pressure on membrane flux were investigated, and the optimal process parameters for refining ASO were determined through response surface methodology. An analysis of the fatty acid composition was conducted using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry both before and after refining. …”
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Distribution characteristics and the evolution law of excavation damage zone in the large-span transition section of high-speed railway tunnel based on microseismic monitoring by Ao Li, Dingli Zhang, Zhenyu Sun, Jun Huang, Fei Dong

“…An intelligent microseismic monitoring system is built with symmetry monitoring point layout both on the mountain surface and inside the tunnel to achieve three-dimensional and all-round monitoring results. …”
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Multi scale fusion point cloud denoising method based on improved statistical filtering by Guisheng DAI, Tianshan SUN

“…For each point in the raw point cloud, a neighborhood is constructed, and the average Euclidean distance between every two points in the neighborhood as well as the curvature of each point are calculated. …”
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Evaluation of climate indices related to water resources in Iran over the past 3 decades by Fatemeh Chaparinia, Mostafa Hadei, Kamyar Yaghmaeian, Mahdi Hadi, Kazem Naddafi

“…Fraction of days with above average temperature (TXgt50p) increased significantly in over 70% of the cities. …”
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METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING RECORD WILDFIRES IN THE PARANÁ RIVER DELTA: ANOMALIES AND APPLICATION OF A CLUSTERING MODEL by A. Ipiña, T. Rodriguez, A. Orlandini, F. Gómez-Fava, G. López-Padilla, M. Arellano-Vazquez

“…Wind analysis reveals that currents from the northwest direction promoted larger surface fire impacts in the Paraná River Delta, and northeast winds increased PM2.5 levels in the AMR. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of bismuth gadolinium oxide/g-C3N4 heterojunction nano photocatalyst for efficient sunlight-driven purification of wastewater containing malachite gr... by Shokofeh Mirzasani, Movlud Valian, Ahmad Akbari, Forat H. Alsultany, Masoud Salavati-Niasari

“…According to BET analysis, the specific surface area of BGO/CN nanocomposites was found as 5.18 m2g−1. …”
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A comparative study to evaluate the effect of honey dressing and silver sulfadiazene dressing on wound healing in burn patients by Baghel P, Shukla S, Mathur R, Randa R

“…Patients (n=78) of both sexes, with age group between 10 and 50 years and with first and second degree of burn of less than 50&#x0025; of TBSA (Total body surface area) were included in the study, over a period of 2 years (2006-08). …”
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The high photocatalytic activity of nitrogen doped and {001} facets dominated anatase nanoslice and amido-grafted graphene oxide nanocomposite with armor structure by Yuan Li, Jingyi Liu, Shizhao Wu, Shuping Luo, Guohua Li

“…The characterization results of the nanocomposites show that N doped A nanoslices with an average size of 7.8 nm and dominant {001} facets are distributed uniformly on the surface of AGO. …”
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Bioinspired Conyza bonariensis-mediated ZnO/rGO NCs for effective degradation of toxic compounds under visible-light irradiation by Rohit S. Madankar, Pavan Bhilkar, Mohammad Raish, Ajay Potbhare, Małgorzata Norek, Subhash Somkuwar, Ankita Daddemal-Chaudhary, Aniruddha Mondal, Ratiram Chaudhary

“…XRD analysis confirmed the formation of a hexagonal wurtzite ZnO phase with an average crystallite size of approximately 17.22 nm, calculated using the Debye–Scherrer equation. …”
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Innovative nanocomposite of intercalated alginate on nanomagnetite@ Al2O3@nanobentonite for uptake recovery of 152–154Eu and 60Co radionuclides from nuclear wastewater by Yasser K. Abdel-Monem, M. I. Ayad, Ayman H. Elewa, Elhassan A. Allam, Mohamed A. Gizawy, Rehab M. El-Sharkawy, Mohamed E. Mahmoud

“…Abstract In this study, an innovative nanocomposite has been assembled through the intercalation of alginate onto the surface of nanomagnetite@nano-Al2O3@nanobentonite, resulting in the formation of Alg@N-Fe3O4@N-Al2O3@N-Bent. …”
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Enhancing tensile and fatigue properties of high-speed-extruded Mg–5Bi–3Al alloy using non-homogenized extrusion billet by Sumi Jo, Jung Eun Kim, Ye Jin Kim, Sang-Cheol Jin, Sung Hyuk Park

“…Homogenization treatment of the BA53 billet leads to a significant reduction in the area fraction of Mg3Bi2 particles from 12.9% to 2.5% and an increase in the average grain size from 142 to 189 μm. The BA53 material produced via the high-speed extrusion of the cast billet (Cast-E) and that produced via the high-speed extrusion of the homogenized billet (Homo-E) both exhibit a fully recrystallized microstructure. …”
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Influence of Initial Soil Organic Carbon in Grassland on the Sensitivity of Carbon Changes to Climate After Grassland‐to‐Cropland Conversion by Pengpeng Dou, Jie Wang, Tianyu Cai, Zhengzhou Miao, Xu Wang, Junyi Liang, Ping Li, Jiangwen Fan, Shiming Tang, Xiangming Xiao, Lizhu Guo, Jing Huang, Qian Gao, Chao Chen, Kesi Liu, Kun Wang

“…Results showed that grassland reclamation caused an average decrease of 16.07% in the surface (0–10 cm) SOC content. …”
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STIMULATION OF REPARATION IN A LINEAR WOUND MODEL IN RATS BY BISCHOFIT GEL by Yu. V. Stepenko, V. O. Soldatov, M. A. Zatolokina, A. V. Mayorova, B. B. Sysuev, A. N. Demidenko, E. N. Ivahno, M. V. Sarycheva, M. V. Pokrovskiy

“…The evaluation was carried out using: the following methods: 1) studying the physicomechanical characteristics of the wound defect (a wound-tearing machine Metrotest REM-0.2-1); 2) morphological examination of the skin graft taken from the wound area (stained with hematoxylin-eosin and Van Gieson‘s solution); 3) determining the ratio of collagen types I and III in a polarizing microscope (the picrosirius was red); 4) cоlorimetric analysis of the hydroxyproline concentration in the wound surface tissues.Results. On the 8th day, the wound defects sampled from the bischofite treated animals, were characterized by the most pronounced strength (the average force at the rupture moment was 13.70 N), which was significantly higher (p&lt;0.01) than in the control group (11.76 N). …”
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Nitrogen and boron co-doped carbon dots probe for selectively detecting Hg2+ in water samples and the detection mechanism by Qiu Lixin, Qi Haiyan, Li Wenbo, Li Jun, Sami Rokayya, Aljuraide N. I., Abo-dief Hala M., Helal Mahmoud

“…Remarkably, N,B-CDs, without any surface modifications, functioned as a direct “turn-off” probe, enabling swift, highly selective Hg2+ detection. …”
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SERS-based technique for accessible and rapid diagnosis of multiple myeloma in blood serum analysis by Lyudmila A. Bratchenko, Yulia A. Khristoforova, Irina A. Pimenova, Elena N. Tupikova, Maria A. Skuratova, Georgy A. Dvoynikov-Sechnoy, Shuang Wang, Petr A. Lebedev, Ivan A. Bratchenko

“…Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a promising analytical method for studying the structure and composition of multi-component media in clinical practice. …”
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