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Toru Nikaido, Rena Takahashi, Meu Ariyoshi, Alireza Sadr and Junji Tagami
It has been proposed that a resin coating can serve as a means to protect dental structure after preparation of the tooth for indirect restorations, sealing the exposed dentin. The resin coating is applied on the cut surfaces immediately after tooth prep...
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Mourad Khelifa, Amar Khennane and Marc Oudjene
The rehabilitation of steel structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP?s) may appear less effective because they can be bolted or welded with steel plates that display the same mechanical properties. However, this technique has some unwanted conseque...
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Wongi S. Na and Ki-Tae Park
Debonding detection of composite structures is a vital task as such damage weakens the structure leading to a failure. As adhesive bonding is a more preferable choice over the conventional mechanical fastening method, detecting debonding as early as poss...
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Jan Tomastik, Radim Ctvrtlik, Martin Drab and Jan Manak
The scratch test, as probably the most widespread technique for assessment of the adhesive/cohesive properties of a film–substrate system, fully depends on reliable evaluation based on assessment of critical loads for systems’ failures. Tradi...
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Davor Bolf, Albert Zamarin, Paulina Krolo and Marko Hadjina
Sandwich structures are well-known and frequently used solutions in marine applications, especially when structural stiffness is required. An important part of the sandwich structure is the core, which usually carries shear loads. Therefore, choosing a r...
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Fan Zhou, Naichao Chen and Fasong Ju
To improve the growth rate of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond coating, increasing the chemical reaction rate is essential. A novel method of dispersing graphene oxide (GO) particles as adsorbent on the substrate prior to deposition was proposed, ...
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Marília M. Bez Batti, Bruno do Vale Silva, Ângela Costa Piccinini, Daiane dos Santos Godinho and Elaine Guglielmi Pavei Antunes
In some situations, it is necessary to strengthen or rehabilitate a structure in the short term, but before doing so, a critical analysis of the underlying causes is required to find the best technique to solve the problem. The structural strengthening i...
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Jeong-Hwa Park, Kyu-Hwan Oh, Sang-Keun Oh, Hyun-Jae Seo and Boo-Sung Kang
In the field of waterproofing concrete structures, the use of self-adhesive waterproofing sheets has become a popular technique for ensuring long-term waterproofing performance. One important characteristic of such sheet materials is maintaining their st...
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Krzysztof Kaczmarski, Kinga Plawecka, Barbara Kozub, Patrycja Bazan and Michal Lach
Various types of coatings are applied to the surface of an object or substrate to improve surface properties or extend service life, which in turn is associated with cost reductions. The main objective of this study was to develop a technique for the add...
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Jakub Kowalczyk, Waldemar Matysiak, Wojciech Sawczuk, Daniel Wieczorek, Kamil Sedlak and Michal Nowak
Inseparable joints are widely used in machine and vehicle construction. Hybrid joints include bonding with sheet metal clinching. This combination reduces costs as well as the time of production compared to welded joints. Tests on the samples made of DC0...
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Bolatbek Khussain, Alexandr Brodskiy, Alexandr Sass, Vladimir Yaskevich, Irina Shlygina, Kenzhegul Rakhmetova, Svetlana Tungatarova and Atabek Khussain
Iron and chromium based alloys have found wide application in various fields of science and technology. A primary carrier based on Fe-Cr-Al alloy is used in block catalysts for high-temperature hydrocarbon conversion, in production of block metal catalys...
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Ali Alrahlah, Manea Altwaim, Abdulaziz Alshuwaier, Malik Eldesouky, Khaled M. Alzahrani, Esraa A. Attar, Abdullah Alshahrani, Eisha Abrar, Fahim Vohra and Tariq Abduljabbar
The aim was to evaluate the effect of ceramic lumineers on inflammatory periodontal parameters, gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) flow rate and cytokine profile. Patients were provided with lumineers using standardized technique including minimal to no pre...
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Ana Roig-Vanaclocha, María Fernanda Solá-Ruiz, Juan Luis Román-Rodríguez, José Amengual-Lorenzo, Jorge Alonso Pérez-Barquero and Rubén Agustín-Panadero
The prevalence of white spots on teeth has increased in recent years. Regardless of their etiology, these lesions are characterized by a reduction in the enamel?s mineral phase, which is replaced by organic fluids. This causes an alteration of its chemic...
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Nico Valentini and Yann Balouin
Coastal video monitoring has proven to be a valuable ground-based technique to investigate ocean processes. Presently, there is a growing need for automatic, technically efficient, and inexpensive solutions for image processing. Moreover, beach and coast...
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Pawel H. Malinowski, Konstantinos I. Tserpes, Romain Ecault and Wieslaw M. Ostachowicz
Composite materials are commonly used in many branches of industry. One of the effective methods to join the carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) parts includes the use of adhesives. There is a search on effective methods for quality assurance of bonde...
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Virgo Sulakatko
The increased number of energy efficiency requirements of the European Union has increased the renovation rate of apartment buildings. The external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) is often used to upgrade the façade. However, the const...
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Mieszko Wieckiewicz, Eric Wolf, Katarzyna Walczak, Heike Meissner and Klaus Boening
Chitosan is a cationic natural polymer that is widely used as a topical dressing in wound management. Temporary coatings of removable denture bases with chitosan might be useful as supportive treatment in oral medicine. The aim of this study was to analy...
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Roman Gnatenko, Kateryna Tsyrkunova, Valeriy Zhdanyuk
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Cracks are one of the most widespread modes of deterioration of asphalt concrete road pavements in Ukraine. The main cause of cracking in asphalt pavements is tensile stress due to loads from vehicles as well as abrupt temperature decease and its signifi...
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