Micro CT evaluation of marginal discrepancies of endocrown restored molars with different intrapulpal depths and materials of fabrication. (in-vitro study) by Mohamed Aly Mohamed Badr Elagwany, Amina Mohamed Hamdy, Maged Mohamed Zohdy, Aliaa Mahrous, Ahmed Tawfik, Soha Osama Nabih

“…Results Regarding cavity depths, there was a significant difference between different groups (p < 0.001). The highest value was found in samples with 4 mm extension (84.35 ± 18.16), followed by samples with 2 mm extension (66.52 ± 21.86), while the lowest value was found in samples without pulpal extension (59.41 ± 22.16). …”
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Topsoil Compaction Risk Based on the Different Responses of Soil Structure to Compaction Stress by Huiqing Zhang, Tingfeng He

“…As soil structures respond differently to different degrees of compaction stress, early warnings for the risk of soil compaction caused by agricultural machinery need to be provided based on changes to the soil structure. …”
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Computational study and optimization of an inclined U-channel cooling system for triple conductive panels under magnetic field by Fatih Selimefendigil, Hakan F. Oztop

“…By utilizing different objectives, different panel surface temperatures and performance improvements are achieved.…”
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The Thermal Effect on the Physical Properties and Corresponding Permeability Evolution of the Heat-Treated Sandstones by Xianshan Liu, Weiluo Lu, Man Li, Nandou Zeng, Tao Li

“…It can be seen that the quality, porosity, uniaxial compression strength, and elastic modulus of the heated sandstones vary differently with different heat-treated temperature. As for the permeability tests in the process of gradual failure under triaxial loading conditions, the permeability variation divided by four variation stages is the same as that under room temperature condition, and the initial permeability, minimum permeability, and maximum permeability have been characterized with temperature variation, showing that the permeability variation in a certain temperature range from 400°C to 600°C presents more obvious than that in other temperature ranges. …”
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Study on needle anatomical structure and drought resistance of 15 spruce species by ZHAO Li, BAO Xiulan, WANG Fude, FU Sheng, LIU Lijie, HUO Kaiyu

“…The mesophyll had no differentiation of palisade tissue and spongy tissue. (2) There were significant differences in different indexes of the anatomical structure of the needles among the 15 spruce species. …”
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Domain-Invariant Label Propagation With Adaptive Graph Regularization by Yanning Zhang, Jianwen Tao, Liangda Yan

“…Specifically, by introducing the concept of soft labels, a joint distribution measurement model is established to simultaneously alleviate both marginal and conditional distribution differences between different domains; constructing an adaptive probability graph model to enhance the robustness of label propagation. …”
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Relationship Between Bi-Caudate Ratio and White Matter Atrophy in Brain MRI of Multiple Sclerosis by Hussein Soleimantabar, Shno Hosseini

“…EDSS score, age of the disease onset, SDMT score, and BCR were significantly different between different MS types (secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, and relapsing-remitting MS) (P-values<0.05). …”
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The Interaction Force between Scheelite and Scheelite/Fluorite/Calcite Measured Using Atomic Force Microscopy by Junyan Yang, Shen Qi, Bo Song, Qi Zheng, Xiaokui Che, Lijun Wang

“…Zeta potential measurement results confirmed the adsorption of sodium oleate on scheelite, fluorite, and calcite surface and surface potential difference at different pH values of ultrapure water. Contact angle measurement results confirmed the surface of nature scheelite, fluorite, and calcite was hydrophilic, and the surface after thread by sodium oleate solution was hydrophobic. …”
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Strain Distribution Evaluation of Rat Tibia under Axial Compressive Load by Combining Strain Gauge Measurement and Finite Element Analysis by Jiazi Gao, Bei Liu, Min Zhang, He Gong, Bingzhao Gao

“…Slopes of the strain-load curves showed no significant differences among different peak loads (ANOVA; P>0.05), indicating that the strain-load relationship obtained from the strain gauge measurement was reasonable and stable. …”
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The effects of unified pooling arrangement on health inequity in China: a DID-RIF approach by Jing Wu, Yuqing Liu, Chuncheng Wang, Lianjie Liu, Jiaqian Lu

“…Methods This study takes the provincial unified reform of basic medical insurance for urban employees in China as an example, uses the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data and related policy documents, and adopts the DID-RIF hybrid method to test the impact of the equalization of the medical insurance system on health inequity, by using the interaction term in the DID (Difference-in-Differences) model as the independent variable in the RIF (Recentered Influence Function) to exclude the influence of other interfering variables. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Organic Matter Orientation Characteristics of Terrestrial and Marine Shale in China by Dunqing Liu, Hongkui Ge, Yinhao Shen, Kui Zhang

“…OM grains in shale tend to subparallel to the bedding section, and their orientation degree and controlling factors differ among different shales. OM grains in samples from terrestrial C-7(Chang-7 Formation) exhibit the strongest directionality in their arrangement, and OM grains in samples from marine LMX (Longmaxi Formation) shale in the Fuling area also exhibit strong directional alignment. …”
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Experimental study on the influencing factors of permeability of sand media by Zongjun GAO, Ziqi DING, Jiutan LIU, Wenyue LIU

“…To explore the variability in Darcy’s test results under different conditions, different sand media were selected under normal temperature and pressure, and tests were carried out considering varying temperatures, TDS, and poor water supply and drainage heads. …”
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Evaluating the impact of adult education programs in Morocco: a quasi-experimental approach by Rachid Boukbech, Mariem Liouaeddine

“…The various matching techniques reveal a score difference ranging from 12 to 14 points in favor of program participants compared to those who did not participate. The Difference-in-Differences method confirms the positive and significant impact of the program. …”
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Is leisure sedentary time associated with mental health issues? Evidence from China Health and Nutrition Survey by Hao Li, Hao Li, Weihong Zeng, Weihong Zeng

“…Potential endogeneity was addressed by instrumental variable (IV) method via two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression and a continuous difference-in-differences (DID) design.ResultsOur findings indicate that high levels of sedentary time are associated adversely with mental health issues. …”
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The effect of traditional agricultural practices on the food consumption of households facing extreme weather events in Tanzania by Tim Wegenast, Niklas Hänze, Roos Haer, Marcel Birulés

“…We rely on a matched differences-in-differences approach to account for selection bias and allow for causal inference. …”
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Cross-Supervised LiDAR-Camera Fusion for 3D Object Detection by Chao Jie Zuo, Cao Yu Gu, Yi Kun Guo, Xiao Dong Miao

“…Due to inherent differences between different modalities, seeking an efficient and accurate fusion method is of great importance. …”
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Credit Borrower Sector of Economy and Credit Risk For Banks by Joanna Stępińska

“…Business entities in different industries operate differently. Therefore, different sectors are characterized, among other things, by different profitability, the need for external financing, and, consequently, a different level of risk of default on credit commitments to banks. …”
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Using low-cost sensors to assess common air pollution sources across multiple residences by Catrin J. Rathbone, Dimitrios Bousiotis, Owain G. Rose, Francis D. Pope

“…The NMF is applied to combined data from all houses to generate source profiles that can be used to understand how PM source characteristics are similar or differ between different households in the same urban area. …”
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Rapid Identification of Potassium Nutrition Stress in Rice Based on Machine Vision and Object-Oriented Segmentation by Lisu Chen, Shihan Huang, Yuanyuan Sun, Enyan Zhu, Ke Wang

“…Special symptoms could be observed on rice leaves when exposed to potassium deficiency, and these symptoms usually display differently under different potassium levels, which offer a foundation for rapid nutrition diagnosis. …”
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Transformative effects of ChatGPT on modern education: Emerging Era of AI Chatbots by Sukhpal Singh Gill, Minxian Xu, Panos Patros, Huaming Wu, Rupinder Kaur, Kamalpreet Kaur, Stephanie Fuller, Manmeet Singh, Priyansh Arora, Ajith Kumar Parlikad, Vlado Stankovski, Ajith Abraham, Soumya K. Ghosh, Hanan Lutfiyya, Salil S. Kanhere, Rami Bahsoon, Omer Rana, Schahram Dustdar, Rizos Sakellariou, Steve Uhlig, Rajkumar Buyya

“…Our preliminary evaluation shows that ChatGPT perform differently in different subject areas including finance, coding, maths, and general public queries. …”
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