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Journal of Orthodontic ScienceAIM: The present study was undertaken to evaluate and compare muscle activity after the treatment with rigid and flexible fixed functional appliance. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study was conducted on 14 skeletal Class II malocclusion patients in the age ...
Ruchi Saini +5 more
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Exploring Supply Chain Visibility for Circularity: A Delphi Approach
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular supply chains (CSCs) depend on enhanced supply chain visibility (SCV) to track and manage resource flows and thereby enable efficient decision‐making. Despite confronting silo mentalities, fragmented information, technological barriers, resistance to change, and a lack of standardization, data sharing remains crucial for SCV and ...
Tarun Kumar Agrawal +7 more
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, 2016 Feiou Lin,1 Linjie Yao,2 Chandradev Bhikoo,1 Jing Guo3 1Department of Orthodontics, 2Department of Pedodontics, School of Stomatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 3Department of Orthodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Shandong ...
Yao L, Bhikoo C, Guo J, Lin F
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite increasing adoption of sustainable business models, environmental decline and social disparities continue to accelerate. Strong sustainable business models offer an alternative by prioritizing ecological limits and systemic change. Drawing on an integrative literature review and business model modularization, this study examines how ...
Maike Gossen +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past decades, sustainability has emerged as a defining global priority, reshaping firms' role in driving systemic change. In this context, corporate purpose has gained renewed prominence as a key mechanism to align organizational priorities with broader societal commitments.
Lucia Barra +2 more
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Mini-Implants: New Possibilities in Interdisciplinary Treatment Approaches
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2014 The introduction of mini-implants has broadened the range of tooth movements possible by fixed appliance therapy alone. The limits of fixed orthodontic treatment have become more a matter of facial appearance than anchorage.
Biju Sebastian
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief +3 more
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Changes in oral health-related quality of life during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy
, 2008 Introduction: Our objective was to determine changes in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. Methods: This prospective cohort study included a consecutive sample of 217 children receiving fixed ...
Zhang, M, Hägg, U, McGrath, C
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Non-extraction treatment of severe crowding with pendulum appliance
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2013 An extraction case was planned for non-extraction treatment using pendulum appliance and the effect of appliance was evaluated in a 14-year-old girl with a severe maxillary and mandibular crowding followed by non-extraction fixed appliance preadjusted ...
Chandrasekhar Gandikota +3 more
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Data‐Driven Pathways to Circular E‐Waste Management
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the volume and complexity of electronic waste grow worldwide, regional and subnational systems are increasingly tasked with managing the environmental, economic, and social challenges of circular resource recovery. This paper focuses on Canada's e‐waste sector to examine how circular economy (ce) principles can be integrated into regional ...
Saidia Ali +3 more
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