Metalized Plastic Waste Fiber Effects on Green Concrete Beams Mechanical Performance by Hamed Safayenikoo

“…Meanwhile, the effect of MPW fiber on concrete containing 15% silica fume was greater than 7.5% silica fume concrete. …”
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Late-Age Properties of Concrete with Different Binders Cured under 45°C at Early Ages by Hu Jin

“…Four different concretes were used: plain cement concrete, concrete containing fly ash, concrete containing ground granulate blast furnace slag (GGBS), and concrete containing silica fume. …”
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Effect of Recast Cobalt Chrome Base Metal Alloy on Flexural Bond Strength of Metal Ceramic Restoration by Gibi Babu Philip, Kavan A. Patel, Liya Neha Bipinchandra, Ruchita Patel, Soniya Sara Jacob, V.H. Dhanya

“…Materials and Methods: 50 resin patterns were fabricated and divided into 5 equal groups and casted as: Group 1 containing 0%, Group 2 containing 20%, Group 3 containing 30%, Group 4 containing 40%, and Group 5 containing 100% recast alloy. …”
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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

“…Out of 19,234 wet containers examined, larval stages were found in 1,043 habitats. …”
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New approach of recycling vanadium‐bearing slags as a binder in high‐alumina refractory castables application by Mathilda Derensy, Thomas Zanin, Jan‐Felix Bleck, Thorsten Tonnesen, Jesus Gonzalez‐Julian

“…Castables containing 2.5 wt.% of slag present a cold crushing strength value, in the range of 71–116 MPa while values for castables containing 5 wt.% of slag fall into the range of 53–68 MPa due to the lower packing properties leading to higher porosity and reduce in strength. …”
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Distinct cellular toxicity of two mutant huntingtin mRNA variants due to translation regulation. by Haifei Xu, Juan Ji An, Baoji Xu

“…Although the two 3'UTRs did not affect mRNA stability, we detected higher levels of protein synthesis from mRNA containing the short 3'UTR than from mRNA containing the long 3'UTR. …”
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Translational and great Darboux cyclides by Lubbes, Niels

“…A surface that is the pointwise sum of circles in Euclidean space is either coplanar or contains no more than 2 circles through a general point. …”
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Design and Fabrication of the Large Thrust Force Piezoelectric Actuator by Shyang-Jye Chang, Jing Chen

“…From the experiment results, the piezoelectric actuator containing double pushers can provide a greater thrust force than that of traditional actuators containing a single pusher as the preload is greater. …”
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Salvia-Nelumbinis Naturalis Formula Improved Inflammation in LPS Stressed Macrophages via Upregulating MicroRNA-152 by Zansong Ma, Xiangbing Shu, Jie Huang, Haiyan Zhang, Zhen Xiao, Li Zhang

“…By using microarray chips, we investigated differentially expressed microRNA profiles to decipher the underlining mechanisms of SNN-containing serum. It was revealed that SNN-containing serum decreased TNF-α and IL-6 expression, and microRNA-152 was identified as the potential epigenetic regulator. …”
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Synthesis and Properties of Sulfhydryl-Reactive Near-Infrared Cyanine Fluorochromes for Fluorescence Imaging by Yuhui Lin, Ralph Weissleder, Ching-Hsuan Tung

“…Each fluorochrome was designed to contain an iodoacetamido group that reacts specifically with sulfhydryl-containing molecules. …”
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Sustainable Community Development Step 5: Identify Sources of Help by Mickie E. Swisher, Sandra Rezola, James Sterns

“…There are two lists, one containing national resources and a second containing Florida resources.  …”
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Sustainable Community Development Step 5: Identify Sources of Help by Mickie E. Swisher, Sandra Rezola, James Sterns

“…There are two lists, one containing national resources and a second containing Florida resources.  …”
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The Effects of Punica granatum Flower Extract on Skin Injuries Induced by Burn in Rats by Ebrahim Nasiri, Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr, Jafar Akbari, Mohammad Azadbakht, Soheil Azizi

“…Ten Wistar rats in each group were topically given base cream, normal saline, cream containing 1% SSD, or creams containing 5% or 10% Punica granatum flower extract. …”
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Breeding Sites of Aedes aegypti: Potential Dengue Vectors in Dire Dawa, East Ethiopia by Dejene Getachew, Habte Tekie, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Meshesha Balkew, Akalu Mesfin

“…Results. A total of 750 containers were inspected, and of these 405 were positive for mosquito larvae. …”
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SIMPLIFIED MEASUREING METHODS OF STRESSED-DEFORMED STATE OF AN EXPANDABLE SHELTER by D. V. Mishuta, V. G. Mikhailov

“…The offered loading pattern and test methodology is highly cost effective, e.g. with minimum expenses it is possible to estimate the structural behavior of van containers, which is crucial for their development, manufacture and operation and makes it possible to hold trials at the enterprise, aimed at improvement of non-cargo container design.…”
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Guar, jantar, wheat straw, and rice hull composts as replacements for peat in muskmelon transplant production by Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Arif Ali, Donald Smith, Timothy Schwinghamer, John R. Lamont, Niaz Ahmed, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Arshad

“…Fresh weight, height, and root length were generally greater for seedlings grown in media-containing rice hull compost than for those grown in media-containing other composts. …”
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Lactose Intolerance: What Consumers Need to Know by Matt Krug, Amarat Simonne

“…Treatments include reducing or eliminating lactose-containing foods (dairy), replacing lactose-containing foods with other foods containing similar nutrients, and using lactase supplements or similar products.  …”
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Drip Loss Assessment by Different Analytical Methods and Their Relationships with Pork Quality Classification by Robledo de Almeida Torres Filho, Henrique Pereira Cazedey, Paulo Rogério Fontes, Alcinéia de Lemos Souza Ramos, Eduardo Mendes Ramos

“…The relationship between DL and FPW revealed the cut-off of 5% DL as corresponding to FPW of 139 mg; 1.89% when analyzed by weighing meat juice container or dabbed sample after 24 h; and 3.18% and 3.74% for those analyzed by weighing both meat juice container and dabbed sample after 48 h, respectively. …”
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Modified Organosilica Adsorbents with Bactericidal Properties by T.I. Denisova, D.I. Shvetz

“…Copper-containing forms of organosilica exhibited an inhibiting effect towards pathogenic microorganisms even at Cu II ion-containing contents of only 1 mg/g.…”
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From Matched Certificates to Related Persons by Rick Mourits, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers

“…For the Netherlands, a rich new data source has become available which contains indexed civil certificates for multiple generations of individuals: LINKS. …”
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