Intercalation of Methylene Blue in a High-Charge Calcium Montmorillonite — An Indication of Surface Charge Determination by Zhaohui Li, Chih-Jen Wang, Wei-Teh Jiang

“…The work reported herein was focused at elucidating the interlayer configuration of adsorbed/intercalated MB in SAz-1, a high-charge montmorillonite, using MB adsorption, exchangeable cation desorption, counterion (Cl − ) adsorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) analyses. A complete balance between the amount of MB cation adsorbed and that of exchangeable cations desorbed at a 1:1 charge ratio for MB uptake by SAz-1 indicated that cation-exchange was the most important mechanism in this case together with supplementary hydrogen bonding. …”
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Modification in Physicochemical, Structural and Digestive Properties of Potato Starch During Heat-Moisture Treatment Combined with Microwave Pre- and Post-Treatment by Chunli Deng, Oksana Melnyk, Tatyana Marenkova, Yanghe Luo

“…The light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to determine the structural properties of starch. …”
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Salutary impact of spontaneous oxidation in CH3NH3SnI3 on CZTS-based solar cell by Sonal Santosh Bagade, Piyush K. Patel

“…Thus, the inherent self-doping property of CH3NH3SnI3 transformed from curse to boon when we leveraged CH3NH3SnI3 as an hole transport layer in our solar cell device.…”
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Structural characteristics and problems of dairy farms in balıkesir province by Burak Mat, Yavuz Cevger

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> In the province of Balıkesir, economic transformation and development has been experienced in favor of the tourism and industry sectors in recent years. …”
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Latent spectral-spatial diffusion model for single hyperspectral super-resolution by Yingsong Cheng, Yong Ma, Fan Fan, Jiayi Ma, Yuan Yao, Xiaoguang Mei

“…During the reverse transformation, LSDiff systematically converts Gaussian noise into SR images, conditioned on the low-resolution input. …”
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Optimizing chitosan derived from Metapenaeus affinis: a novel anti-biofilm agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Anali Riahi, Hadideh Mabudi, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Laleh Roomiani, Hasan Momtaz

“…The resulting chitosan exhibited a degree of deacetylation (DD%) exceeding 93.98%, as confirmed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectral analysis, indicating its high purity. …”
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What are the perceived needs of people living with chronic pain regarding physiotherapy services? A scoping review protocol. by Jonathan Gervais-Hupé, Arthur Filleul, Kadija Perreault, Isabelle Gaboury, Timothy H Wideman, Céline Charbonneau, Fatiha Loukili, Martine Gagnon, Anne Hudon

“…Thereby, we will use the seven steps for convergent qualitative meta-integration proposed by Frantzen and Fetters to transform, analyze and integrate the quantitative and qualitative data.…”
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Freezing and melting of a bath material onto a cylindrical solid additive in an agitated bath by Singh U.C., Prasad A., Kumar Arbind

“…Both are functions of these parameters, but when they are transformed to the growth of the frozen layer thickness with respect to the heat capacity ratio per unit Stefan number; and the time per unit property-ratio, B, their expressions become only a function of single parameter, the conduction factor, Cof consisting of the parameters, B, Bim and θb. …”
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Soviet and British diplomacy at international conferences on the eve of the formation of the USSR by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…The paper examines the formation of the Soviet state and its place within the European international relations system in the first half of the 1920s both in the context of new principles of interstate and economic interactions and geopolitical transformations triggered by the First World War. In the case of Soviet Russia, the latter implied the need to break international isolation and economic blockade which pushed Soviet leaders to intensify efforts to restore economic and political ties with the Western states after the Civil War and intervention. …”
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Enhancing the performance of bituminous hot mix pavements with graphene nanoplatelet additive using taguchi optimization by Suna Işık, Fatih İrfan Baş

“…A comprehensive set of tests, including penetration, softening point, flash point, elastic recovery, rotational thin film oven test (RTFOT), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Marshall design experiments, were conducted on the mixtures to evaluate the influence of the selected parameters and levels on the properties of bitumen. …”
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Valorization of Food Waste to Produce Eco-Friendly Means of Corrosion Protection and “Green” Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Georgii Vasyliev, Victoria Vorobyova

“…AgNPs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis. …”
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Influence of Light-Curing Time and Increment Thickness on the Properties of Bulk Fill Composite Resins With Distinct Application Systems by Carlos Rocha Gomes Torres, Taiana Paola Prado, Daniele Mara da Silva Ávila, Cesar Rogério Pucci, Alessandra Bühler Borges

“…The DC was measured using Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The TP was assessed in additional specimens with 1 mm thick (n = 5). …”
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Striving for an Alternative World Order: The Journey of Cuban Anti-Imperialism from History to Modernity by A. Z. Arabadzhyan

“…Cuban internationalism shifted its focus to humanitarian missions, marking a significant ideological transformation.The VI Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (2011) reinforced these changes, with humanitarian missions increasingly commercialized where feasible, and foreign policy emphasizing the defense of international law, advocacy for multipolarity, and the pursuit of an alternative, fairer world order. …”
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Effect of soil type and vermicompost applications on tomato growth by Marc A. Zucco, S. Alan Walters, She-Kong Chong, Brian P. Klubek, Joseph G. Masabni

“…Background Vermicomposts (VC) improve plant growth and development beyond that normally observed from just soil nutrient transformation and availability. These increases in plant productivity have been attributed to improved soil structure and soil microbial populations that have higher levels of activity and greater production of biological metabolites, such as plant growth regulators. …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…Historical research has always, to one degree or another, been used for political expediency, during the periods of war and intense social and political upheaval transforming into the ‘heavy artillery’ of the state propaganda. …”
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Cross-Supervised LiDAR-Camera Fusion for 3D Object Detection by Chao Jie Zuo, Cao Yu Gu, Yi Kun Guo, Xiao Dong Miao

“…The former achieves accurate depth estimation by supervising the transformation of LiDAR data with clear depth into the image space, constructing point cloud features in vehicle&#x2019;s perspective. …”
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Combining solubilization and controlled release strategies to prepare pH-sensitive solid dispersion loaded with albendazole: in vitro and in vivo studies by Dehai Su, Mingyang Bai, Chaoqun Wei, Xiangyang Long, Xuezhen Liu, Xiangguang Shen, Huanzhong Ding

“…Characterization via Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) confirmed the high dispersion of ABZ in a crystalline state within the carrier. …”
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Russia of PeterI: Gaining Great Power Status by P. A. Krotov

“…Arguably, the recognition of the title by the European states cannot be the main criterion for determining the time of Russia's transformation into a great power because recognizing the imperial title dragged on for sev- eral decades. …”
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Beyond containment: driving change in residential care: a Queensland, Australia model of therapeutic residential care by Shelley Wall, Stewart Redshaw, Kym Edwards

“…Further, the learning gained from the process of development of the model, informed by contemporary literature from within Australia and beyond, will be shared, along with the exciting developments emerging as practice is transformed and influences improvements across our entire network of residential programmes. …”

Patients’ preferences on atopic dermatitis skincare and social media use: a qualitative study by Roxana Mazilu, Stefanie Ziehfreund, Stephan Traidl, Alexander Zink

“…The emergence of social media (SM) as a vast information source for skincare and healthy lifestyle has transformed its role from mere entertainment. This study aimed to explore the attitudes of AD patients towards SM as an information source for their AD products, understand their purchase behavior, and identify unmet needs. …”
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