Tree-Dwelling Ants: Contrasting Two Brazilian Cerrado Plant Species without Extrafloral Nectaries by Jonas Maravalhas, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Rafael G. Macedo, Helena C. Morais

“…Ants dominate vegetation stratum, exploiting resources like extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and insect honeydew. …”
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Microfacies and Reservoir Space Characteristics of Carbonate Reservoir of the Ordovician Yingshan Formation in Northern Slope of Tazhong Uplift, Tarim Basin by Ping Ren

“…As an important stratum of exploration in the Tarim Basin, which is the largest petroleum basin in China, Yingshan Formation has great potential. …”
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Recent progress of polymeric microneedle-assisted long-acting transdermal drug delivery by Fanda Meng, Xinyu Qiao, Chenglong Xin, Xiaoli Ju, Meilin He

“…MNs can penetrate the stratum corneum and deliver active ingredients to the body through the dermal tissue in a controlled and sustained release. …”
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Field Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Frame Support Structure Composed of Subway Foundation Pit Retaining Pile and Steel Strut Rigid Joint by Mingli Huang, Zhang Zhien, Bingyi Chen, Hongkun Wang

“…Compared with the traditional support structure, which can only bear pressure composed of steel strut and retaining pile lap joint, the variation characteristics of pile lateral displacement and support axial force of frame support structure under the influencing factors, such as weak stratum, pit side loading, groundwater level rise, and support drop, are studied. …”
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Investigation of Multiple Hole Grouting for Reducing Water Inrush Risk in Underground Engineering by Changde Yang, Ling Li, Ying Li, Yakuan Gao

“…The result indicates that most of the cement slurry is consumed when the water yield is 20 to 30 m3/h; and that there are minimal changes of the electrical properties of the rock stratum under coal seam when the water yield of L11 is low within the range of 40 m. …”
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Application of Modified Hoek–Brown Strength Criterion in Water-Rich Soft Rock Tunnel by Xianghui Deng, Yuncai Wang, Rui Wang, Daohong Xia, Zhiqing Zhao

“…When a tunnel is excavated in the water-rich soft rock stratum, the strength of the soft rock is greatly reduced due to the seepage of groundwater. …”
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Experimental Study on Groutability of Sand Layer concerning Permeation Grouting by Yan-Xu Guo, Qing-Song Zhang, Lian-Zhen Zhang, Ren-Tai Liu, Xin Chen, Yan-Kai Liu

“…Permeation grouting is widely used in grouting engineering because of its low grouting pressure and minor disturbance to the stratum. However, influenced by the complex properties of sand layer and slurry, an accurate prediction of the groutability of the sand layer remains to be a hard work. …”
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Experimental Study on the Ratio of Similar Materials in Weak Surrounding Rock Based on Orthogonal Design by Pengfei Jiao, Xiao Zhang, Xinzhi Li, Bohong Liu, Haojie Zhang

“…The new type of similar material configuration is widely used in shallow buried tunnel entrance section and urban shallow buried excavation engineering, in addition to tunnel engineering in loess stratum, and the problems of engineering design and construction are solved through geomechanical model test.…”
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Integrating spatial clustering and multi-source geospatial data for comprehensive geological hazard modeling in Hunan Province by Weifeng Xiao, Ziyuan Zhou, Bozhi Ren, Xinping Deng

“…Additionally, the study demonstrates that land use patterns and stratigraphic stratum lithology significantly impact the cluster-specific relationships between the key factors and GI, emphasizing the importance of natural resource management for effective geological hazard mitigation. …”
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A Roadheader-Assisted Coal Cutter Based on Tensile Failure Mechanism of Coal by Bo Liu, Zhiliu Wang, Wei Xu, Zhiwei Yu, Zhendong Yan, Biao Yao

“…The deflection and mining width demonstrates a quadratic relationship. To understand the stratum behaviors and improve mining efficiency, the stability of a working face owned by Jincheng Coal Mining Group in Shanxi is analyzed using UDEC numerical simulation. …”
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Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus Is Associated with Changes in the Actin-Modulating Protein Synaptopodin and Alterations in Long-Term Potentiation in the Mouse Hippocampus by Maximilian Lenz, Marina Ben Shimon, Thomas Deller, Andreas Vlachos, Nicola Maggio

“…Indeed, single dose intraperitoneal pilocarpine injection (250 mg/kg) in three-month-old male C57BL/6J mice leads to a rapid reduction in hippocampal SP-cluster sizes and numbers (in CA1 stratum radiatum of the dorsal hippocampus; 90 min after injection). …”
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Study on the Evolution Laws of Anchoring Property of Surrounding Rock of Argillaceous Weakly Cemented Roadway in Water Environment by Weiguang Zhang, Zhiguo Chang, Jianbiao Bai, Rui Wang

“…The research results provide reference for the control of the entry surrounding rock under similar stratum conditions.…”
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Quantitative Research and Characterization of the Loess Microstructure in the Bai Lu Tableland, Shaanxi Province, China by Longsheng Deng, Wen Fan, Shaopeng Liu, Yupeng Chang, Yan Dai, Yubo Li

“…The Eq-Radius of the loess pores and throats satisfies a first-order Gaussian distribution, and the throat channel length satisfies a gamma distribution. With increasing stratum depth, the particles become more flattened, the throat radii become larger and the pore channels become slenderer. …”
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Analysis and Field Measurement on the Internal Force Variation Laws of Steel Pipe Columns in Subway Stations by Nan Liu, Yu-sheng Jiang, Hua Jiang, Long-fei Chang, Xing Yang, Xiao Tong

“…During the construction process, the internal force of the steel pipe varies widely in the silty sand stratum. Also, the steel pipe columns in stations affected by groundwater bears about twice of the axial force compared with other stations are not affected by groundwater. …”
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Cause Analysis and Countermeasures of Through Shakes in Foamed Concrete Subgrade by Xianbin Huang, Chenyang Liu, Yahong Wangren, Mingxing Wang, Yujiao Mei, Zongrong Xie, Man Liao

“…To avert cracks on the top of foamed concrete in high groundwater table, the antibuoyancy measures should be adopted prior to construction of the upper bearing stratum. The study has expanded the application scope of subgrade and enriched theory of foamed concrete filled in high groundwater table, providing a significant reference to similar projects.…”
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Study on Law of Overlying Strata Breakage and Migration in Downward Mining of Extremely Close Coal Seams by Physical Similarity Simulation by Xiaobin Li, Wenrui He, Zhuhe Xu

“…When the working face advances to 25 m, the rock stratum approximating a parallelogram of height 5 m does not collapse, and the working face is relatively dangerous. …”
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Study on Influence Laws of Strata Behaviors for Shallow Coal Seam Mining beneath Gully Terrain by Zhiqiang Wang, Jingkai Li, Chao Wu, Wenyu Lv, Jiao Zhang, Peng Wang, Zhen Li, Hengzhe Qu

“…The theoretical analysis shows that the rotation and breaking of key stratum beneath gully bottom under nonuniform load is the fundamental cause of strong dynamic strata behaviors. …”
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GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Information, Frequency Ratio, and Artificial Neural Network Methods in Qinghai Province, Northwestern China by Bin Li, Nianqin Wang, Jing Chen

“…Through field investigations, 100 landslide disaster locations in the study area were selected, and 11 influencing factors including elevation, slope, aspect, plane curvature, profile curvature, road distance, river distance, fault distance, stratum rock property, vegetation coverage index, and terrain humidity index were selected as the influencing factors of landslide disaster based on GIS. …”
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Analysis of Lateral Displacement Law of Deep Foundation Pit Support in Soft Soil Based on Improved MSD Method by Gang Lei, Xiaonan Gong

“…The trend of these changes is consistent with the results of the finite element method and field data analysis method, proving that the optimized MSD method is reliable in predicting the deformation of the foundation pit under specific stratum conditions.…”
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Celle des riches et celle des pauvres by Bernard Roussel, Feleke Woldeyes

“…Spontaneous within the lowest stratum of the Kafa moist forest, it is also a cultivated plant in the gardens of several regions in southern Ethiopia.This paper, starting from the analysis of production and commercial chains of kororima, aims to put light on the relation between provenances, specificity and quality on the national Ethiopian market. …”
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