Optimization of Low-Carbon Footprint Quaternary and Quinary (37% Fly Ash) Cementitious Nanocomposites with Polycarboxylate or Aqueous Nanosilica Particles by Styliani Papatzani, Kevin Paine

“…In such complex formulations, the hydration products seem to create a wrapping around the FA particles delaying their activation at early ages. …”
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Suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis catheterization in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Yinan Zhu, Peiqin Xin, Yulin Man, Xiaoming Zhang, Lina Sun

“…No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of sex, age, primary disease, hospitalization time, hospitalization costs, preoperative and postoperative examination indicators, peritonitis, and omental wrapping.Conclusions Suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic PDC placement, characterized by simplicity and facilitating secure catheter fixation, was deemed safe and effective for patients undergoing PD. …”
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Zone V Extensor Tendon Repair with a Palmaris Longus Tendon Autograft and Human Umbilical Membrane by Esteban Esquivel, Cameron Cox, Amanda Purcell, Brendan MacKay

“…In an effort to avoid common complications such as adhesion, the repair was then wrapped with human umbilical membrane (AVIVE® Soft Tissue Membrane, AxoGen Inc., Alachua, FL) to separate adjacent tissue and reduce inflammation. …”
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Matrix theory reloaded: a BPS road to holography by Chris D. A. Blair, Johannes Lahnsteiner, Niels A. Obers, Ziqi Yan

“…We highlight the BPS nature of these limits, in which the target space geometry becomes non-Lorentzian and wrapped D-branes experience instantaneous gravitational forces. …”
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PURE: a Prompt-based framework with dynamic Update mechanism for educational Relation Extraction by Xiaohui Cui, Yu Yang, Dongmei Li, Jinman Cui, Xiaolong Qu, Chao Song, Haoran Liu, Siyuan Ke

“…This framework embraces a prompt-tuning strategy and employs a more appropriate MacBERT-large model to encode the instances wrapped by prompt templates. Furthermore, we construct an instance-relation database that serves as an external knowledge base of our framework. …”
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Machine learning and genetic algorithm-guided directed evolution for the development of antimicrobial peptides by Heqian Zhang, Yihan Wang, Yanran Zhu, Pengtao Huang, Qiandi Gao, Xiaojie Li, Zhaoying Chen, Yu Liu, Jiakun Jiang, Yuan Gao, Jiaquan Huang, Zhiwei Qin

“…In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that LBDB induced the formation of a cluster of bacteria wrapped in a flexible coating that ruptured and consequently killed the bacteria. …”
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Flexible Bench-Scale Recirculating Flow CPC Photoreactor for Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Using Removable TiO2 Immobilized on PET Sheets by Doaa M. EL-Mekkawi, Norhan Nady, Nourelhoda A. Abdelwahab, Walied A. A. Mohamed, M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb

“…TiO2/PET sheets were wrapped on removable Teflon rods inside home-made bench-scale recirculating flow Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) photoreactor prototype (platform 0.7 × 0.2 × 0.4 m3). …”
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Bio-carbon composite for supercapacitor electrodes: Harnessing hydrochar frameworks and bio-tar polymerization by Jixiu Jia, Yuxuan Sun, Lili Huo, Lixin Zhao, Ziyun Liu, Zhidan Liu, Kang Kang, Shuaishuai Zhang, Teng Xie, Yanan Zhao, Zonglu Yao

“…The results showed that the prepared bio-carbon exhibited a stable morphological structure in which the hydrochar skeleton supported the wrapping of bio-tar originated carbon, specifically at a hydrochar to bio-tar ratio of 1:6. …”
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Hydrothermal performance of microchannel heat sink integrating pin fins based on triply periodic minimal surfaces by Ahmed Raafat, Moza Alteneiji, Mohamed Kamra, Saeed Al Nuaimi

“…The results show that the novel hybrid designs, which combine both square pin fins and the I-graph wrapped package-graph (IWP) lattice at their core, achieve a 54% reduction in pressure drop without compromising thermal performance, as indicated by average Nusselt numbers and maximum temperatures, compared to conventional square pins. …”
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Comparison of Osteogenesis between Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Sheets on Poly-ε-Caprolactone/β-Tricalcium Phosphate Composite Scaffolds in Canine Bone Defects... by Yongsun Kim, Seung Hoon Lee, Byung-jae Kang, Wan Hee Kim, Hui-suk Yun, Oh-kyeong Kweon

“…Composite PCL/β-TCP scaffolds seeded with Ad-MSCs or wrapped with osteogenic Ad-MSC sheets (OCS) were also fabricated and their osteogenic potential was assessed following transplantation into critical-sized bone defects in dogs. …”
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Maternal betel quid use during pregnancy and child growth: a cohort study from rural Bangladesh by Mohammad Redwanul Islam, Shaki Aktar, Jesmin Pervin, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström

“…Background Chewing betel quid (BQ) – a preparation commonly containing areca nut and slaked lime wrapped in betel leaf – is entrenched in South Asia. …”
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Determinants of essential newborn care for institutional births in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2019 MICS Survey by Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Syed Nafi Mahdee, Md Fuad Al Fidah

“…Following birth, 396 (98.0 %) newborns underwent drying, while 294 (72.8 %) were immediately wrapped. Delayed bathing was observed in 131 (32.4 %) cases, with 359 (89.9 %) initiating breastfeeding. …”
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Prediction method of gas emission in working face based on feature selection and BO-GBDT by MA Wenwei

“…Five feature selection algorithms were applied to filter the dataset, and the model fit, computational time, and prediction accuracy of each feature combination in the GBDT model were analyzed. The wrapping method was identified as the most effective feature selection algorithm. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of ciprofloxacin‐loaded silver nanoparticles for drug delivery by Samer Hasan Hussein‐Al‐Ali, Suha Mujahed Abudoleh, Qais Ibrahim Abdallah Abualassal, Zead Abudayeh, Yousef Aldalahmah, Mohd Zobir Hussein

“…The FT‐IR data indicate that the AgNPs have been wrapped by the alginate and loaded with the Cipro drug. …”
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Preparation of Silicon-Carbon-Graphene Composites and their Application to Lithium Ion Secondary Battery by Sun Kyung Kim, Chan Mi Kim, Hankwon Chang, Hee Dong Jang

“…Morphology of as-fabricated Si-C-GR composites was generally the shape of a crumpled paper ball and the Si particles were well wrapped in carbon and graphene. The effects of the size of the silicon particles in Si-C-GR composites on the material properties including the morphology and crystal structure were investigated. …”
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Effects of marble waste on shear strength and pullout resistance of sand reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars by Shabir Hussain, Irshad Ahmad, Fasih Ahmed Khan, Waqas Ahmad, Beenish Jehan Khan

“…A large shear box apparatus (0.6 m x 0.6 m x 0.3 m) was used to evaluate the shear strength of sand and optimum MWS samples, as well as the pullout resistance of 8 mm, 12 mm, 16 mm, 20 mm, and 25 mm Thread-Wrapped (TW) GFRP bars embedded in both sand and MWS samples. …”
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A Millimeter-Resolution Operando Thermal Image of Prismatic Li-Ion Batteries Using a Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor by Zhen Guo, Mina Abedi Varnosfaderani, Calum Briggs, Erdogan Guk, James Marco

“…Using an optical fiber of 1 mm diameter wrapped around the cell, the optical sensor delivered over 400 unique measurement locations at 3 mm spatial resolution. …”
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Multianalysis Characterization of Mineralogical Properties of Copper-Lead-Zinc Mixed Ores and Implications for Comprehensive Recovery by Qian Zhang, Shuming Wen, Qicheng Feng, Song Zhang, Wenlin Nie

“…The complexity in the embedding and wrapping relationships, fine-grained dissemination, high oxidation, and considerable differences in the floatability of various minerals result in difficulties in recovering the target minerals using a single method. …”
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Recovery of Iodine in the Gaseous Phase Using the Silicone Hollow Fiber Membrane Module by Yoshio Yamabe, Naotake Takahashi, Jun Sawai, Tamotsu Minami, Mikio Kikuchi, Toshimitsu Ishii

“…The perforated pipe effectively directs the iodine feed gas from the holes in the pipe to the hollow fiber membrane bundle wrapped around the pipe. With the improved SFMM, the capture efficiency markedly increased to approximately 100% in the range of the flow rates tested in our experiments. …”
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Experimental evaluation of mechanically stabilized earth walls reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer bars embedded in marble waste-sand mixtures by Shabir Hussain, Irshad Ahmad, Irfan Jamil, Fasih Ahmed Khan, Mansoor Ullah, Saif ul Islam, Mudassir Iqbal, R. Nawaz

“…The backfill material used was sand and Marble Waste-Sand (MWS) mixtures reinforced with 12 mm Thread Wrapped Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (TW-GFRP) bars. …”
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