Evolution of Microstructure and Microsegregation of Ti-45Al-8Nb Alloy during Directional Solidification by Xiangjun Xu, Rui Hu, Junpin Lin, Jian Guo

“…High Nb-containing TiAl alloys have good oxidation resistance and mechanical properties, but the microstructure and the properties are substantially affected by the segregation. …”
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Sperm Cryopreservation in Canaries to Protect Endangered Songbird Species: Comparison of Different Cryoprotectants by Arda Onur Özkök, Burcu Esin, Eser Akal

“…This study determined that a DMEM extender containing 8% EG was more advantageous than a DMEM containing DMSO regarding spermatological parameters and could be used for long‐term storage of canary sperm.…”
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Object of violation of financial control requirements by R. D. Troychuk

“…Given that the provisions of Article 172 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine contain various forms of acts for which liability is provided, the composition of violations of financial control contains a specific object, which is proposed to admit a group of homogeneous social relations, allocated within the framework of a generic object related to the procedure for submitting a declaration of a person authorized to perform the functions of the state or local government, opening a foreign currency account in a non-resident bank institution and notification of significant changes in property status, as well as submitting knowingly false information in the declaration of a person authorized to to perform the functions of the state or local self-government. …”
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Electronic database of regulatory observations as a tool of public administration in the context of digitalization in construction by I. V. Karakozova, I. M. Lisitsyn, K. V. Boldyshev

“…Justification of the estimated standards are technological maps containing maps of standard observations, photographs of process elements, sometimes video recording of processes, etc. …”
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Selective cultivation of bacterial strains with lipolytic and hydrocarbon-oxidizing activity from bottom sediments of the Ob River, Western Siberia by A. I. Gerasimchuk, D. A. Ivasenko, A. A. Kasymova, Yu. A. Frank

“…The ability of strains to grow on culture media containing pork fat, olive oil and diesel fuel was analyzed. …”
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Oilseed Meal Effects on the Emergence and Survival of Crop and Weed Species by Katie L. Rothlisberger, Frank M. Hons, Terry J. Gentry, Scott A. Senseman

“…Brassicaceae SM often contains glucosinolates that hydrolyze into biologically active compounds that may inhibit various pests. …”
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Sareomycetes: more diverse than meets the eye by James K. Mitchell, Isaac Garrido-Benavent, Luis Quijada, Donald H. Pfister

“…Abstract Since its resurrection, the resinicolous discomycete genus Sarea has been accepted as containing two species, one with black apothecia and pycnidia, and one with orange. …”
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Connexin-Based Therapeutics and Tissue Engineering Approaches to the Amelioration of Chronic Pancreatitis and Type I Diabetes: Construction and Characterization of a Novel Prevascu... by J. Matthew Rhett, Hongjun Wang, Heather Bainbridge, Lili Song, Michael J. Yost

“…Glucose stimulated islet-containing constructs displayed reduced insulin secretion compared to islets alone. …”
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Development of animal feeding additives from mushroom waste media of shochu lees by Fumio Yagi, Yuji Minami, Masayoshi Yamada, Kyohei Kuroda, Masahito Yamauchi

“…Extracts from waste media containing shochu lees used for growing three mushrooms cultivation: monkey head mushroom (MHM) Hericium erinaceus, oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, and shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes were investigated. …”
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Nutritional Assessment and Antioxidant Activities of Different Varieties of Vigna radiata by Riaz Ullah, Zain Ullah, Salem S. Al-Deyab, Muhammad Adnan, Akash Tariq

“…Leucine (7.46%) was maximum in NM-92 variety. NM-06 contained almost all the amino acids in lesser quantity except for few like threonine, proline, glycine, and alanine. …”
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A novel mutation, Ile344Asn, in microsomal triglyceride transfer protein abolishes binding to protein disulfide isomerase by Swati Valmiki, Cindy Bredefeld, M. Mahmood Hussain

“…Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) plays crucial roles in the assembly and secretion of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins and loss of function MTP variants are associated with abetalipoproteinemia, a disease characterized by the absence of these lipoproteins. …”
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Collection, Collation, and Comparison of 3D Coronal CME Reconstructions by C. Kay, E. Palmerio

“…We have collated the individual catalogs, determining which reconstructions correspond to the same events. LLAMACoRe contains 2,954 reconstructions for 1,862 CMEs. Of these, 511 CMEs contain multiple reconstructions from different catalogs. …”
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Automatic Scaling Mechanism of Intermodal EDI System under Green Cloud Computing by Qiang Huang, Lin Sun, Furong Jia, Jiaxin Yuan, Yao Wu, Jinshan Pan

“…In order to solve the problem of mismatching between application load and computing resource capacity and realize on-demand resource allocation and low carbon emission, this paper proposes to build an Extensible EDI system (XEDI) based on MSA and studies the scaling mechanism in container environment. Based on the resource scheduling characteristics of container cloud and considering the distribution and heterogeneity of intermodal cloud computing platform from the perspective of resource allocation, the automatic scaling mechanism of XEDI is established, the scaling model is established, and the automatic scaling algorithm is proposed. …”
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Assessment of the Efficacy of L-Lysine Sulfate vis-à-vis L-Lysine Hydrochloride as Sources of Supplemental Lysine in Broiler Chickens by Vijay Bahadur, Sudipto Haldar, Tapan Kumar Ghosh

“…In this study the effects of L-lysine hydrochloride (containing 78.8% available lysine as crystalline lysine) and L-lysine sulfate (containing 51% available lysine in bacterial cell mass) as source of supplemental lysine in broiler chickens was assessed. …”
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Dynamic Characteristics and Chloride Resistance of Basalt and Polypropylene Fibers Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete by Dong Lu, Hui Cao, Qiangru Shen, Yue Gong, Cheng Zhao, Xiaohui Yan

“…Adding PPs provided a more negative effect on the slump of RAC than BFs. The mixtures containing 0.2% PPs and BFs both obtained the highest flexural strength. …”
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An insight into the genome-wide analysis of bacterial defense mechanisms in a uropathogenic Morganella morganii isolate from Bangladesh. by Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Barna Goswami, Sanjana Fatema Chowdhury, Showti Raheel Naser, Mihir Kanti Sarkar, Md Jobaid Faruq, Md Ahashan Habib, Shahina Akter, Tanjina Akhtar Banu, Md Murshed Hasan Sarkar, Md Salim Khan

“…The presence of biosynthetic gene clusters points to the isolate's ability to create bioactive compounds, including antibiotics. Genomic islands contained genes for metal transporters, stress proteins, toxin proteins, and genes related to horizontal gene transfer. …”
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Isopods infesting Atlantic bonefish (Albula vulpes) host novel viruses, including reoviruses related to global pathogens, and opportunistically feed on humans by Tony L. Goldberg, Addiel U. Perez, Lewis J. Campbell

“…The novel spinareovirus clustered within the fish-infecting genus Aquareovirus, which contains viruses of global concern for fish health. …”
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Development of cell lines with increased susceptibility to diverse adeno-associated viral vectors to enable in vitro potency assays by James Zengel, Emma S. Esterman, Anitha Ponnuswami, Nicholas R. Wall, Jan E. Carette

“…However, many AAV clinical serotypes poorly transduce cells in vitro and often contain cell-type-specific promoters inactive in commonly used cell lines. …”
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Age group classification based on optical measurement of brain pulsation using machine learning by Martti Ilvesmäki, Hany Ferdinando, Kai Noponen, Tapio Seppänen, Vesa Korhonen, Vesa Kiviniemi, Teemu Myllylä

“…Abstract Optical techniques, such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), contain high potential for the development of non-invasive wearable systems for evaluating cerebral vascular condition in aging, due to their portability and ability to monitor real-time changes in cerebral hemodynamics. …”
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Piscivores, Trophic Cascades, and Lake Management by Ray W. Drenner, Ray K. David Hambright

“…However, the trophic cascading interactions hypothesis also predicts that lake systems containing piscivores will have lower phytoplankton biomass for any given phosphorus concentration. …”
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