Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Simply put, purely capitated payments consist of flat-term payments for patient care that do not change based on services rendered.[9] Within the past decade, value-based payments, which pay physicians based on patient value, as defined by outcomes divided by costs, became popular.[10] There are other approaches to paying for patient care, such as health savings accounts or direct primary care (patients directly pay physicians without insurance).[11] While these are assuredly interesting areas of study, the financial incentives mimic fee-for-service, in which physicians and organizations receive payments based on direct services rendered and will not be discussed further in this article. …”
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Discoloration of Roots Caused by Residual Endodontic Intracanal Medicaments by Belinda Kuan-Jung Chen, Roy George, Laurence James Walsh

“…This study examined the extent to which intervisit corticosteroid-based antibiotic pastes (CAP) medicaments contribute to staining of tooth structure after attempted removal by irrigation techniques. …”
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Preparation of a Natural Candy from Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.), Olive (Olea europaea L.), and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Fruits by Abdellaoui Radia, Aissa Boukhiar, Khenchla Kechadi, Salem Benamara

“…For this, different formulations with various proportions of the date paste, olive paste, and carob powder were obtained using a constrained mixture design (proportion of date paste ≥ 0.7). …”
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Influencing Factors on the Interface Microhardness of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Consisting of Glazed Hollow Bead by Gang Ma, Yu Zhang, Zhu Li

“…Lightweight aggregate concrete consisting of glazed hollow bead (GHB) as lightweight aggregate is studied for the influence of nanosilica (NS) content, prewetting time for GHB, water-cement ratio, and curing humidity, on the interface structure between GHB and cement paste. This research analyzed the influences of various factors on the interface zone structure by measuring microhardness (HV) and hydration degree of cement paste (HD) nearby the interface zone (1 mm) between GHB and cement paste at different periods of aging. …”
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Combined nanoindentation and SEM imaging for phase quantification and creep prediction of cementitious materials by Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili

“…The results were validated on cement pastes with different water-to-cement (w/c) ratios. …”
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Design and evaluation of oil well cement-based composite materials improved by multi-component flexible materials by Hui Zhang, Chengwen Wang

“…Different flexible materials form a synergistic effect by filling the interior of cement paste to improve its flexibility.…”
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Fresh and Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Rubber Lightweight Aggregate Concrete and Corresponding Mortar by Jing Lv, Qiang Du, Tianhua Zhou, Zuoqian He, Kunlun Li

“…Well, linear correlations between slump flow of SCRLC and shear stress of corresponding mortar pastes and segregation ratio of SCRLC and plastic viscosity of corresponding mortar pastes are obtained. …”
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Effect of Ground Waste Concrete Powder on Cement Properties by Xianwei Ma, Zhenyu Wang

“…The paste/mortar attached to the recycled aggregate decreases the quality of the aggregate and needs to be stripped. …”
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Nanostructured Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Thin Film Prepared by Sol-Gel Method for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Yu-Chang Liu, Yun-Fang Lu, Yz-Zhen Zeng, Chi-Hung Liao, Jen-Chieh Chung, Tsong-Yang Wei

“…Titanium dioxide (TiO2) paste was prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal method with various precursors. …”
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Effect of Different Polishing Systems on Surface Roughness of IPS Empress Ceramic Materials by Sara Abdulbasit Turki, Marwah Hussein Abdulsattar, Zahraa Nazar Alwahab

“…Following pressing, they have been divided randomly into four groups: Group A: no surface treatments, Group B: glazing (paste, HT, Ivoclar, Vivadent, Germany) glazing (paste, HT, Ivoclar, Vivadent, Germany), Group C: polishing with burs (DIAPRO TWIST, EVE, GmbH, Germany), and Group D: polishing with burs (DIAPRO TWIST, EVE, GmbH, Germany) and diamond paste (All in one, RENFERT, GmbH, Germany). …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Much of the moral force behind advance directives is the respect for patient autonomy, which has been a focus of researchers over the past several years.[33] Because psychiatric episodes severely limit the ability of a patient to make well-informed treatment decisions in a crisis, PADs are a way to protect the patient from paternalistic interventions. …”
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Controlling pea starch gelatinization behavior and rheological properties by modulating granule structure change with pea protein isolate by Jiwei Kuang, Wengang Zhang, Xijuan Yang, Ping Ma

“…Incorporating PPI raised the hot paste viscosity of PS, lowered the pasting temperature, and notably increased the gelatinization enthalpy according to differential scanning calorimetry analysis. …”
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A Method for Internal Curing Water Calculation of Concrete with Super Absorbent Polymer by Shouqi Zhang, Zhenbao Lu, Yongxin Li, Yuan Ang, Kechao Zhang

“…To explain the macro performance of hardened concrete, the nonevaporable water content and calcium hydroxide content measurement were utilized to evaluate the degree of hydration of cement pastes. And, mercury intrusion method and image analysis method were used to explore the pore structure in hardened cement pastes and air void characteristics in hardened concrete, respectively. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Hydroquinone, Catechol and Resorcinol at Graphene Doped Carbon Ionic Liquid Electrode by Li Ma, Guang-Chao Zhao

“…A new composite electrode has been prepared with doping graphene into the paste consisting graphite and ionic liquid, n-octyl-pyridinum hexafluorophosphate (OPFP). …”
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Effect of CaO on the Autogenous Shrinkage of Alkali-Activated Slag Mortar by Dengdeng Zheng, Tao Ji, Guojie Wang

“…The pore structure of the pastes was determined by mercury intrusion porosimetry. …”
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Study of the Hydration Mechanism of Portland Cement with Raman Spectroscopy Applying CO2 Laser Radiation by D. Quiroz-Portillo, I. Rosales-Candelas, J. J. Soto-Bernal, R. González-Mota, G. V. Vázquez

“…This work presents the results by irradiating fresh Portland cement pastes with CO2 laser, at powers of 1.6, 2.0, and 2.4 W, at different water-to-cement (w/c) ratios 0.4, 0.45, and 0.5. …”
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A key technology for synergistic backfilling of coal-based solid waste and high-salinity wastewater by Shuning DONG, Shujiang YU, Xingling DONG, Buqin ZHANG, Xiaoming GUO, Xiaodong WANG, Kai WANG, Shibin ZHU, Boqiang WU, Lei LIU

“…Results and Conclusions The results indicate that the strength of all the solidified filling paste increased over time but gradually decreased with an increase in the quantity of mineral powders added and a decrease in the proportion of cementitious materials. …”
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Ultrafine dendritic Cu particles for extremely fast pressure-assisted sintering under air and pore-free bond lines by Sang Hoon Jung, Jong-Hyun Lee

“…To overcome the bottleneck of the die-attach process in the manufacture of power modules based utilizing band gap semiconductors, an extremely fast pressure-assisted sinter-bonding method employing a low-cost Cu paste was developed. Ultrafine dendritic Cu particles with maximized surface areas were synthesized via a wet process using a catalyst, mixed with a high-performance reducing solvent, and prepared as a paste to evaluate their sinter-bonding properties. …”
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Evaluation of antibacterial efficacy of propolis as an intercanal medicament against Enterococcus faecalis (a randomized controlled in vitro study) by Alaa Almahameed, Joul Kassis, Magd Aboud, Kinda Layous

“…Conclusion: Propolis-containing paste had a remarkable ability to reduce the bacterial enumeration of E. faecalis in root canals.…”
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Investigation of Microstructural Damage in Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete under Freezing-Thawing Action by Chunping Gu, Wei Sun, Liping Guo, Qiannan Wang, Jintao Liu, Yang Yang, Tao Shi

“…The mismatch of the thermal expansion coefficients of the aggregate and the paste is considered to be the reason for the cracking at the sand-paste interface. …”
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