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Optimization of the heat conduction process in a double-gate MOSFET using an enhanced electrothermal model
In this work, a highly nonlinear electrical model based on drift–diffusion (D-D) formulation is derived and consequently used to investigate the electrical performance of a 22-nm double-gate (DG) metal–oxide–s...
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Open AccessMechanical biofilm disruption causes microbial and immunological shifts in periodontitis patients
Periodontitis is characterized by subgingival biofilm dysbiosis, inflammation and tissue destruction. Current treatment involves mechanical biofilm disruption known as non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT). ...
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Shifts in Composition and Activity of Oral Biofilms After Fluoride Exposure
Oral diseases are biofilm-mediated diseases caused by imbalances in the ecology of resident microflora. Among them, dental caries (tooth decay) is considered the most common disease worldwide, and toothbrushin...
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Family Factors and Communicative Skills in Children with Autism Without Intellectual Disability
The primary objective of this study was to identify the profiles of families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID) based on several risk indicators: sociodemograp...
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Bad moon rising? The influence of the lunar cycle on amphibian roadkills
Annually, roads, and their associated users, are responsible for millions of roadkills worldwide. Mortality affects multiple taxonomic groups, but amphibians are particularly vulnerable, due to their size and ...
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Open AccessCytokine Thresholds in Gingival Crevicular Fluid with Potential Diagnosis of Chronic Periodontitis Differentiating by Smoking Status
The objective of the present study was to determine cytokine thresholds derived from predictive models for the diagnosis of chronic periodontitis, differentiating by smoking status. Seventy-five periodontally ...
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Open AccessCombined analysis of the salivary microbiome and host defence peptides predicts dental disease
Understanding the triad of host response, microbiome and disease status is potentially informative for disease prediction, prevention, early intervention and treatment. Using longitudinal assessment of saliva ...
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Assessing the conservation status of Mediterranean temporary ponds using biodiversity: a new tool for practitioners
The assessment of the habitat condition is the first step of conservation actions and several tools are available to assess wetlands. However, only a few tools are adapted to the priority habitat Mediterranean...
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Open AccessIn-hospital cardiac arrest in piedmont (ITALY): epidemiology and outcomes
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Microbial mucosal colonic shifts associated with the development of colorectal cancer reveal the presence of different bacterial and archaeal biomarkers
Epidemiological studies demonstrate a link between gastrointestinal cancers and environmental factors such as diet. It has been suggested that environmental cancer risk is determined by the interaction between...
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Relationship of children’s salivary microbiota with their caries status: a pyrosequencing study
Different dental caries status could be related with alterations in oral microbiota. Previous studies have collected saliva as a representative medium of the oral ecosystem. The purpose of this study was to as...
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The GAB2 signaling scaffold promotes anchorage independence and drives a transcriptional response associated with metastatic progression of breast cancer
Acquisition of independence from anchorage to the extracellular matrix is a critical event for onset and progression of solid cancers. To identify and characterize new genes conferring anchorage independence, ...
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Negative Binomial GAM and GAMM to Analyse Amphibian Roadkills
This chapter analyses amphibian fatalities along a road in Portugal. The data are counts of kills making a Gaussian distribution unlikely; restricting our choice of techniques. We began with generalised linear...
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Invasive growth is a complex biological program triggered by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) through its tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the Met proto-oncogene. The program involves—besides proliferation—ce...
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Environmental determinants of the distribution of the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Portugal: Implications for conservation
The main aim of this study was to update the distribution of the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Portugal in order to determine regions of suitable environmental conditions and to assess potential occurrence ...
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Intragenomic 16S rDNA Divergence in Haloarcula marismortui Is an Adaptation to Different Temperatures
The halophilic archaeon Haloarcula marismortui contains three ribosomal RNA operons, designated rrnA, rrnB, and rrnC. Operons A and C are virtually identical, whereas operon B presents a high divergence in nucleo...
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Complications of percutaneous nephrostomy in the treatment of malignant ureteral obstructions: single–centre review
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and type of complications connected with percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) deployment by comparing two different techniques.
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Answering Two Biological Questions with a Latent Class Model via MCMC Applied to Capture-Recapture Data
A well-known method for estimating the size, N, of a certain population is the capture-recapture method (for a review see Yip et al., 1995a and Schwarz and Seber, 1999). The first motivations to the development o...
