Isolated Effect and Sensitivity of Agricultural and Industrial Waste Ca-Based Stabilizer Materials (CSMs) in Evaluating Swell Shrink Nature of Palygorskite-Rich Clays by Fazal E. Jalal, Babak Jamhiri, Ahsan Naseem, Muhammad Hussain, Mudassir Iqbal, Kennedy Onyelowe

“…This paper evaluates the suitability of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) and waste marble dust (WMD) on the geotechnical properties of Palygorskite-rich expansive clays located in northwest Pakistan. …”
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Study on Energy Dissipation Characteristics and Damage Law of Backfill under Cyclic Impact by Xianglong Li, Qinglian Zhou, Jianguo Wang, Wei Sun, Yongxin Yao, Yongbo Wu, Zhiping Zhang

“…The filling bodies were made by mixing ore rock with ash sand by the ratio of 1 : 4 and 1 : 6, respectively, which were subjected to cyclic impact tests with the split-Hopkinson pressure bar under the pressure of 0.2 MPa and 0.24 MPa to analyze the energy dissipation characteristics and damage law. …”
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Quality of Gluten Free Bread with the Addition of Xanthan Gum and Different Kneading Methods by Siti Chairiyah Batubara, Nur Hanifah Muliyana

“…The results also showed that the best treatment was the addition of a xanthan gum concentration of 1.25% and the direct dough method with a texture value of 1562.9, swelling 430.269%, moisture content 35.18%, ash content 0.945%, fat content 6.675%, protein content Was 6.71%, carbohydrate content 50.45%, Hedonic test results ranged from 3-4 (rather similar) and Hedonic quality test results for crust color attributes 3.11-3.78 (brownish-yellow ), crumb color (beige-brownish), aroma (slightly acidic). ), pore uniformity 3.33–3.55 (rather uniform), texture (slightly soft), and flavor (slightly sour). …”
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Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. by Yesol Yang, Yufen Lin, Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo, Se Hee Min, Nicole Caviness-Ashe, Jing Zhang, Leila Ledbetter, Timiya S Nolan

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Network Pharmacology Analysis and Experimental Validation to Explore the Anti-inflammatory Mechanism of Asiatic Acid on Alcoholic Steatohepatitis by Tao Jiang, Jinhong Xu, Yang Lu, Xiaojin Chen, Yongxia Li

“…The mechanism of action of asiatic acid (AA) on alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) was investigated using network pharmacology and experiments. …”
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Characterization of Nutritional, Antinutritional, and Mineral Contents of Thirty-Five Sorghum Varieties Grown in Ethiopia by Masresha Minuye Tasie, Belay Gezahegn Gebreyes

“…Proximate composition values such as moisture, ash, crude fat, crude fiber, crude protein, and CHO varied from 9.66 to 12.94, 1.12 to 2.29, 2.48 to 4.60, 2.17 to 8.59, 8.20 to 16.48, and 67.56 to 76.42, respectively. …”
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CHANGING ASPECTS OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT EXPLOITATION: 1. LIMITATIONS AND ALLEYWAYS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION by Elias Mjaika Ndifon, Magaret Chiv, Solomon Hemba Chia

“…Bambara groundnut contains crude protein (18.8 g), crude fat (6.2. g), total ash (2.4 g), crude fibre (4.8 g), carbohydrate (61.3 g), moisture (10.3 g), and energy (367 Kcal) which makes it a complete food. …”
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Investigation of the Thermal Improvement and the Kinetic Analysis of the Enriched Coal by Selma Duzyol, Cem Sensogut

“…The strong correlation was obtained between the float and sink test results especially with the ash content of the coal samples and the combustible characteristic of the floated materials such as ignition temperatures, peak temperatures, and activation energies. …”
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Spectral enhancement of PlanetScope using Sentinel-2 images to estimate soybean yield and seed composition by Supria Sarkar, Vasit Sagan, Sourav Bhadra, Felix B. Fritschi

“…., protein, oil, sucrose, starch, ash, fiber, and yield. The MKSF was trained using PS and S2 image pairs from different growth stages and predicted the potential VNIR1 (705 nm), VNIR2 (740 nm), VNIR3 (783 nm), SWIR1 (1610 nm), and SWIR2 (2190 nm) bands from the PS images. …”
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EFFECTS OF WASHING TREATMENT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ROADSIDE FRESH FRUITS by Julfi Restu Amelia, N. Ambarsari, Giyatmi Giyatmi

“…</span><span> <span lang="EN-ID">The results of study showed that</span></span><span> w</span><span lang="EN-ID">ashing with food grade soap is preferable, as it shows a significant reduction in the levels of heavy metal and microbiological contents up to 0.000 mg / kg for Pb and Cd; 0.041 mg / kg for As; 0 kol / g for E. coli and 0 kol / 25g for</span><em><span lang="EN-ID"> </span></em><em><span>Salmonella</span></em><span lang="EN-ID"> thypi</span><span>i</span><span lang="EN-ID">.…”
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Geographic patterns and ecological causes of phylogenetic structure in mosses along an elevational gradient in the central Himalaya by Hong Qian, Oriol Grau

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Opportunities for collaboration: the synergy between antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship in pediatrics by Brandy M. Hoyt, Kevin Messacar, Anna C. Sick-Samuels, Preeti Jaggi, Stacey L. Hamilton, Sarah Janelle, Sarah K. Parker

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Predicting Nanobinder-Improved Unsaturated Soil Consistency Limits Using Genetic Programming and Artificial Neural Networks by Ahmed M. Ebid, Light I. Nwobia, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Frank I. Aneke

“…., liquid limits, plastic limit, and plasticity index of unsaturated soil treated with a composite binder known as hybrid cement (HC) made from blending nanostructured quarry fines (NQF) and hydrated-lime-activated nanostructured rice husk ash (HANRHA). The database needed for the prediction operation was generated from several experiments corresponding with treatment dosages of HANRHA between 0 and 12% at a rate of 0.1%. …”
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Comparison of Different Hydrocolloids on the Novel Development of Muffins from “Purple Yam” (Dioscorea alata) Flour in Sensory, Textural, and Nutritional Aspects by Dewni Gunasekara, Ashani Bulathgama, Indira Wickramasinghe

“…The highest fat content was recorded in pectin-incorporated muffins (19.26±0.51%). The ash content of all three types of muffins was around 2%. …”
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Studies on Modeling and Physicochemical Properties of Oil Extracted from Moringa stenopetala Seed by Lema Deme Shumi, Ebise Getacho Bacha

“…The seeds were collected from Adama located in Oromia, East Shewa Zone of Ethiopia, and they exhibit the average moisture, ash, fiber, protein, and oil contents of 6.3, 4.2, 2.3, 27.5, and 40.2%, respectively. …”
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High tackle headache: implications of referee agreement for tackle height law change by Carly D McKay, Ash Kolstad, Stephen W West, Ruth Leese, Ricardo T Sant'Anna

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Micro-characterization of Dust and Materials of Dust Origin at a Cement Industry Located in Bangladesh by Zerin Binte Alam, Kazi A. B. M. Mohiuddin

“…All the materials that could potentially be the sources of the dust of the CI were collected, including clinker, gypsum, limestone, fly ash, slag, and two types of cement products. Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were performed for the characterization. …”
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Invasion dynamics of Acer negundo L. in ribbon forests of the Altai Krai: ecological impacts and predictive habitat modeling by Natalia V. Ovcharova, Marina M. Silantyeva, Alexey V. Vaganov, Anastasia A. Masanina

“…This study examines the invasion dynamics of ash-leaved maple (box elder, Acer negundo L.) in the ribbon forests of Altai Krai, Russia, where it has become one of the dominant invasive species over the past thirty years. …”
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Proximate, Mineral Contents and Physicochemical Properties of <i>Chrysophyllum Albidum</i> (African Star Apple) Kernel Flour and Oil by S.S. Audu, C.I. Beetseh, D.U. Edward-Ekpu, A.A. Ewuga

“…The results obtained from the Proximate Analysis shows the kernel has a moisture content of 10.06±0.08 %, Ash content of 2.72±007 %, Crude lipid of 13.31±008 %, Crude Protein of 7.92±0.00 %, Crude Fibre of 1.59±0.00 % and Carbohydrate of 65.41±0.05 %. …”
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Characterization of Essential Oils and Fatty Acids Composition of Stored <i>Ginger</i> (<i>Zingiber officinale</i> Roscoe) by C.C. Oforma, G.A. Udourioh, C.M. Ojinnaka

“…From the results obtained, the proximate composition showed 8.50% protein content, 3.80% crude fibre, 5.10% fat, 3.60% ash content, 10.20% moisture and 68.80% carbohydrate content. 38 essential oil components were found and the essential oil was dominated by the compound class Sesquiterpenes (64.83%) followed by Esters (13.29%), aldehydes (9.16%), Sesquiterpenols (6.46%) and monoterpenes (5.71%). …”
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