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Chiral Tartaric Acid Improves Fracture Toughness of Bioactive Brushite-Collagen Bone Cements

. . Sarrigiannidis SO, Moussa H, Dobre O, Dalby MJ, Tamimi F, Salmeron-Sanchez M. . ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2020 Aug 17;3(8):5056-5066. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00555. Epub 2020 Jul 6. Abstract Brushite cements are promising bone regeneration materials with limited biological and mechanical properties. Here, we engineer a mechanically improved brushite-collagen type I cement with enhanced biological …

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Three-dimensional gender differences in facial form of children in the North East of England

. . Bugaighis I, Mattick CR, Tiddeman B, Hobson R. . Eur J Orthod. 2013 Jun;35(3):295-304. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjr033. Epub 2011 Apr 29. Abstract The aim of the prospective cross-sectional morphometric study was to explore three dimensional (3D) facial shape and form (shape plus size) variation within and between 8- and 12-year-old Caucasian children; 39 males …

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Sex hormones, erectile dysfunction, and psoriasis; a bad friendship!

. . Eltaweel AEAI, Mustafa AI, El-Shimi OS, Algaod FA. . Int J Dermatol. 2018 Dec;57(12):1481-1484. doi: 10.1111/ijd.14178. Epub 2018 Aug 13. Abstract BACKGROUND: Sex hormones may play a major role in psoriasis pathogenesis due to their biological and immunological effects on skin. Psoriasis also has a significant impact on patients’ sexual function and thus …

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Epoxy and Polyester Composites’ Characteristics under Tribological Loading Conditions

. . Alotaibi JG, Eid Alajmi A, Mehoub GA, Yousif BF. . Polymers (Basel). 2021 Jul 7;13(14):2230. doi: 10.3390/polym13142230. Abstract This research examines the friction and dry wear behaviours of glass fibre-reinforced epoxy (GFRE) and glass fibre-reinforced polyester (GFRP) composites. Three fibre orientations-parallel orientation (P-O), anti-parallel orientation (AP-O), and normal orientation (N-O)-and various sliding distances …

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A Comparative Immunohistochemical Study of Presence and Distribution Pattern of Stromal Myofibroblast in Oral Dysplasia and in Different Grades of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

. . Bhattacharjee K, Girish HC, Murgod S, Alshame AMJ, Shyamala K, Nayak VN. . J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2018 Sep-Oct;8(5):451-456. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_236_18. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Abstract AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a common oral malignancy with a poor survival rate. Early tumorigenesis is marked by transdifferentiation of fibroblasts …

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Does evaluation of tumour budding in diagnostic biopsies have a clinical relevance? A systematic review

. . Almangush A, Youssef O, Pirinen M, Sundström J, Leivo I, Mäkitie AA. . Histopathology. 2019 Mar;74(4):536-544. doi: 10.1111/his.13793. Epub 2019 Jan 28. Abstract Tumour budding has emerged as a promising prognostic marker in many cancers. We systematically reviewed all studies that evaluated tumour budding in diagnostic biopsies. We conducted a systematic review of …

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Molecular diversity assessment of a world collection of safflower genotypes by SRAP and SCoT molecular markers

. . Golkar P, Mokhtari N. . Physiol Mol Biol Plants. 2018 Nov;24(6):1261-1271. doi: 10.1007/s12298-018-0545-0. Epub 2018 May 10. Abstract Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is considered as an oil crop that is rich in medicinal and industrial properties. In this study, the genetic diversity of safflower was assessed using 12 polymorphic sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAPs) …

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Adsorption of arsenic using chitosan magnetic graphene oxide nanocomposite

. . Sherlala AIA, Raman AAA, Bello MM, Buthiyappan A. . J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 15;246:547-556. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.117. Epub 2019 Jun 12. Abstract Chitosan-magnetic-graphene oxide (CMGO) nanocomposite was prepared for arsenic adsorption. The nanocomposite was characterized through BET, FTIR, FESEM, EDX, and VSM analyses. These characterizations confirmed the formation of CMGO nanocomposites with high …

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Laminated chitosan-based composite sponges for transmucosal delivery of novel protamine-decorated tripterine phytosomes: Ex-vivo mucopenetration and in-vivo pharmacokinetic assessments

. . Freag MS, Saleh WM, Abdallah OY. . Carbohydr Polym. 2018 May 15;188:108-120. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.095. Epub 2018 Feb 3. Abstract In the current study, laminated chitosan (CS):hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) composite sponges were exploited as solid matrices for buccal delivery of tripterine phytosomes functionalized with novel mucopenetrating protamine layer (PRT-TRI-PHY). Tripterine (TRI) is a herbal …

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