Effect of Discarded Group B and Group D Car Category Tyre Rubber Chippings as Partial Replacement for Coarse Aggregates in M25 Concrete. by Wancha, Vicent

“…The current research is primarily focused on replacing natural aggregates with sustainable aggregates like (coconut shells, Oil Palm Shells,) and solid wastes like (E-waste, used Rubbers, and recycled Ceramic Tiles) in order to produce good concrete while keeping in mind and to save natural materials for future generations. …”
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Roadmap on specialty optical fibers by Mário F S Ferreira, Mohd Rehan, Vishwatosh Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Varshney, Francesco Poletti, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Weichao Wang, Qinyuan Zhang, Wenyu Du, Benli Yu, Zhijia Hu, Xian Feng, Jindan Shi, Anjali, Sunil Kumar, Michal Kamrádek, Mukul Chandra Paul, Kazi Abedin, Bertrand Kibler, Frédéric Smektala, Xiushan Zhu, Andrey Pryamikov, Stephan Reitzenstein

“…This rapidly evolving field calls on the expertise and skills of a broad set of different disciplines: materials science, ceramic engineering, optics, electrical engineering, physics, polymer chemistry, and several others. …”
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Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age. by Adrià Breu, Roberto Risch, Elena Molina, Susanne Friederich, Harald Meller, Franziska Knoll

“…The need to better understand economic change and the social uses of long-ago established pottery types to prepare and consume food has led to the study of 124 distinct ceramic vessels from 17 settlement and funerary sites in Central Germany (present day Saxony-Anhalt). …”
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Breeding Habitat Preference of the Dengue Vector Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Urban, Semiurban, and Rural Areas in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka by J. M. Manel K. Herath, W. A. Priyanka P. De Silva, Thilini C. Weeraratne, S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne

“…Material types such as rubber and concrete were mostly preferred by Ae. aegypti whereas ceramic was preferred by Ae. albopictus. Although plastic was the most available material type in all study sites, preference to plastic was low except for urban Ae. albopictus. …”
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Effect of Magnesium Borates on the Fire-Retarding Properties of Zinc Borates by Azmi Seyhun Kipcak, Nil Baran Acarali, Emek Moroydor Derun, Nurcan Tugrul, Sabriye Piskin

“…Magnesium borate (MB) is a technical ceramic exhibiting high heat resistance, corrosion resistance, great mechanical strength, great insulation properties, lightweightness, high strength, and a high coefficient of elasticity. …”
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STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND MICROHARDNESS OF PROTECTIVE OXIDECERAMIC COATINGS OBTAINED BY MICRO-ARC OXIDATION ON DEPOSITED SURFACES by Yury Kuznetsov, Aleksey Gribakin, Igor Kravchenko, Vladimir Goncharenko, Alexander Feryabkov4, Alexander Panov, Larisa Kalashnikova

“…The paper is devoted to studying the structure and microhardness of protective oxide-ceramic coatings obtained by micro-arc oxidation on the deposited surfaces of parts. …”
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Study on Cooling Effect and Pavement Performance of Thermal-Resistant Asphalt Mixture by Jiarong Wang, Zhengqi Zhang, Datong Guo, Cheng Xu, Ke Zhang

“…To reduce the temperature of asphalt pavement and improve the antirutting performance of asphalt mixture, a thermal-resistant asphalt mixture (TRAM) was produced, in which a certain proportion of mineral aggregate was replaced by ceramic (CE) or floating beads (FB) featuring low thermal conductivity. …”
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Procedure Time and Students’ Perception Comparing Full Arch Digital Scans with Conventional Impressions: A Cross-Over Randomized Experimental Trial by Hayam A. Alfallaj, Mohammed A. Alsaloum, Sahr H. Altuwaijri, Omar S. Aldibasi, Lubna T. Alkadi

“…Ninety-six dental students each prepared tooth #36 for an all-ceramic crown on typodont models and were then randomly assigned into either group A: performed digital scan first, or Group B: performed conventional impression first. …”
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Raman spectroscopy study of the role of dispersion and interfaces in the improvement of the mechanical properties of epoxy-TiO2 composites by María Fernández-Álvarez, Alberto Moure, Luis Angulo Delgado, Julián J. Reinosa, José F. Fernández

“…The final properties and durability of advanced epoxy-based composites reinforced with ceramic particles depend on both the particle dispersion and the particle-matrix interaction. …”
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Les installations portuaires romaines d’Irun/Oiasso (Pays basque, Espagne) : entre équipement fonctionnel et façade urbaine by Mertxe Urteaga

“…The archaeological context is also very rich, composed of thousands of ceramic fragments and other important collections, including wooden objects, seed and textile remains... …”
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Influence of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells on the Burn Wound Healing Process by Claudio Luciano Franck, Alexandra Cristina Senegaglia, Lidiane Maria Boldrini Leite, Sérgio Adriane Bezerra de Moura, Nathália Forti Francisco, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho

“…Burns were made in the left lateral abdominal region of Wistar rats by contact with a square ceramic paper with a 484 mm2 area heated to 100°C for 30 seconds. …”
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Effect of Die Spacer Thickness on the Microshear Bond Strength of CAD/CAM Lithium Disilicate Veneers by Sherine Mohamed Farag, Mona Mohamed Ghoneim, Rania Reda Afifi

“…The aim of this study was to compare the microshear bond strength of ceramic veneers with digital die spacer settings at 20, 40, and 100 µm. …”
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“Pottery Kilns, Specialized Production, Industrial Area and Chiefdoms”: A Reverse Interpretation of the Archaeological Findings from Tappeh Pardis by Sajjad Alibaigi

“…Considering the accumulation of this type of structure in the eastern part of the site, they have assumed that these structures are specialized ceramic production in the intensive industrial area of the fifth millennium BC. …”
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Enquiry into Gunpowder Weapons Used by Hülegü in the Middle East Campaign by Oğuz A.Y.

“…These arrows carried paper tubes filled with gunpowder, which would increase their range to reach the mountain fortress of Maymun-Diz, and bombs covered with cartons, bamboo, ceramic, or metal which would set fire to the defenders of the fort. …”
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Properties and application of carbon composite brick for blast furnace hearth by Jiao K.X., Zhang J.L., Liu Z.J., Zhao Y.G., Hou X.M.

“…It is found that the carbon composite brick combines the good properties of both the conventional carbon block and ceramic cup refractory. The protective layer near the hot face consists of two separated sublayers, i.e. the slag layer and the carbon layer. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE LATENT PERIOD OF PRUNUS MONGOLICA MAXIM. AND P. PEDUNCULATA (PALL.) MAXIM. by K. G. Tkachenko

“…Both were sown  in October into ceramic pots, and buried for the winter in open  ground to check the field germination. …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POST-TRAUMATIC REMODELING OF THE MANDIBULAR BONE AFTER TRANSPLANTATION OF NATURAL COLLAGEN WITH LINCOMYCIN by Ilona Chelpanova

“…This article presents the research results of the morphological, radiological, and lectin-histochemical characteristics of bone-ceramic regenerate after the transplantation of natural collagen combined with lincomycin into an experimental defect in the rabbit mandible. …”
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Enhancing surface properties of Ti via pulsed laser ablation in H2O2: Formation of stable TiO2-B structure with improved corrosion and wear resistance by Ensiye Shabanlou, Babak Jaleh, Maryam Molaei, Mohammad Kashfi, Saeid Azizian, Arash Fattah-Alhosseini, Kyong Yop Rhee

“…In this study, a simple, environmentally friendly, controllable, and cost-effective pulsed laser ablation (PLA) method was applied to form the titanium dioxide (TiO2) ceramic structure on the surface of Ti metal. For the first time, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used as an irradiation environment to modify the surface properties of Ti. …”
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Machine learning assisted composition design of high-entropy Pb-free relaxors with giant energy-storage by Xingcheng Wang, Ji Zhang, Xingshuai Ma, Huajie Luo, Laijun Liu, Hui Liu, Jun Chen

“…Herein, with the assistance of machine learning screening, we demonstrated a high energy-storage density of 20.7 J cm-3 with a high efficiency of 86% in a high-entropy Pb-free relaxor ceramic. A random forest regression model with key descriptors based on limited reported experimental data were developed to predict and screen the elements and chemical compositions of high-entropy systems. …”
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Effect of combining different 10-MDP-containing primers and cement systems on shear bond strength between resin cement and zirconia by Kan Wongkamhaeng, Kopchai Poomparnich, Top Chitkraisorn, Kwanwong Boonpitak, Terawat Tosiriwatanapong

“…The specimens were randomly applied with three different primers (Scotchbond Universal Adhesive, Tooth Primer, and Clearfil Ceramic Primer). Then, each group was bonded with Panavia V5 and RelyX™ Universal resin cements. …”
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