Preparation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Humidity-Dependent Electrical Properties of Undoped and Niobium Oxide-Doped TiO2 : WO3 Mixed Powders by Pedro M. Faia, Juliano Libardi, Itamar Barbosa, Evando S. Araújo, Helinando P. de Oliveira

“…The microstructure of the samples was analyzed from scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction patterns, Raman spectra, BET surface area analysis, and porosimetry. …”
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Effect of depth of cut (DOC) and degree of serrations (DOS) on surface roughness of aluminum 6061 by Muhammad Sukroni, Heni Hendaryati, Iis Siti Aisyah

“…In this study the infeed depths used were 0.5 mm, 1 mm, 1.5 mm, and 2 mm by testing the surface roughness using a roughness tester, and testing the teeth gram (DOS) using the SEM (Scaning Electron Microscope) tester. The value of surface roughness (surface roughness) in relation to the depth of cut (DOC) in 6061 aluminum material using a conventional lathe has increased, while the value of the dentition gram (DOS) to the depth of cut (DOC) in the aluminum 6061 lathe process at a depth of 0.5 mm figure shows the percentage of DOS 31.8 percent then continues to decrease with increasing depth of ingestion on the lathe. …”
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Recombinant Adenovirus siRNA Knocking Down the Ndufs4 Gene Alleviates Myocardial Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress Injury by Beibei Wang, Jinsheng Zhang, Aijun Xu

“…Ndufs4 is a nuclear-encoded subunit of the mitochondrial complex I and participates in the electron transport chain. In this study, we designed and synthesized siRNA sequences knocking down the rat Ndufs4 gene, constructed recombinant adenovirus Ndufs4 siRNA (Ad-Ndufs4 siRNA), and primarily verified the role of Ndufs4 in oxidative stress injury. …”
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In-situ EBSD observation of structure evolution in tensile deformation of NiCrMoV high-strength steel at room temperature by Guangyuan Yang, Xianglong Meng, Zhiyong Gao

“…Studying the microstructure evolution during simple tensile loading can help understand the deformation mechanism of low carbon steel and improve the prediction accuracy of numerical simulations, exploring the path to reduce the Bauschinger effect.In this paper, the deformation mechanisms of the NiCrMoV high-strength steel during room-temperature tension were studied in detail by in-situ electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) modeling and slip trace analysis. …”
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Ultrastructural Changes in Clinical and Microbiota Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carriers of Genes blaSHV, blaTEM, blaCTX-M, or blaKPC When Subject to β-Lactam Antibiotics by Dyana Leal Veras, Ana Catarina de Souza Lopes, Grasielle Vaz da Silva, Gabriel Gazzoni Araújo Gonçalves, Catarina Fernandes de Freitas, Fernanda Cristina Gomes de Lima, Maria Amélia Vieira Maciel, Ana Paula Sampaio Feitosa, Luiz Carlos Alves, Fábio André Brayner

“…In accordance with the susceptibility profile, the clinical isolates were subjected to subminimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of cefotaxime, ceftazidime, aztreonam, and imipenem and the isolates from the microbiota to ampicillin and amoxicillin, for analysis by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The K. pneumoniae isolates showed different morphological and ultrastructural changes after subjection to β-lactams tested at different concentrations, such as cell filamentation, loss of cytoplasmic material, and deformation of dividing septa. …”
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Superior energy-storage density and ultrahigh efficiency in KNN-based ferroelectric ceramics via high-entropy design by Yu Huan, Lingzhi Wu, Luoyuan Xu, Peng Li, Tao Wei

“…The rapidly advancing energy storage performance of dielectric ceramics capacitors have garnered significant interest for applications in fast charge/discharge and high-power electronic techniques. Simultaneously improving the recoverable energy storage density Wrec and efficiency η becomes more prominent at the present time for their practical applications. …”
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Coexistence and Adsorption Properties of Heavy Metals by Polypropylene Microplastics by Tingyu Fan, Jie Zhao, Yingxiang Chen, Miao Wang, Xingming Wang, Shun Wang, Xiaoyang Chen, Akang Lu, Shijiao Zha

“…The morphology of PP was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the surface elemental composition of PP was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and the functional groups of PP were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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Tomato Seed Coat Permeability to Selected Carbon Nanomaterials and Enhancement of Germination and Seedling Growth by Tatsiana A. Ratnikova, Ramakrishna Podila, Apparao M. Rao, Alan G. Taylor

“…Bright field, fluorescence, and electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy provided corroborating evidence that neither CBNM was able to penetrate the seed coat. …”
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Effect of Ar/CH4 Mixture Ratio on Properties of Ag/C:H Nanocomposite Prepared by DC Sputtering by E. Mohsen Soltani, Z. Ghorannevis, M. Shirazi

“…Effect of Ar/CH4 gas mixture ratios was investigated on optical and structural properties of Ag/C:H films by FTIR spectroscopy analysis, X-Ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. …”
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Ecofriendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles using metallic solution-based goji berry extract for their antibacterial properties by Abdul Rauf Jamali, Waseem Khan, Salahuddin Khan, Ahmed Ahmed Ibrahim, Kamran Alam

“…The surface morphology of Ag-NPs was found to be almost spherical, which was determined by a transmission electron microscope and showed spherical particles having an average diameter of 22 nm. …”
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Citrate coated iron oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and performance in protein adsorption by Denise Arrozarena Portilla, Arturo A. Velázquez López, Rosalva Mora Escobedo, Hernani Yee Madeira

“…The nanoparticles were characterized using various techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). …”
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Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes by Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda

“…Using Alternative Dispute Resolution as a conceptual framework and in-depth interviews, observation and documentary analysis of print and electronic media to gather data, the study established that the new Act promotes paradoxes over marriage dispute resolution because the customary law and decisions have been submerged. …”
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Postpartum period: study of guidelines for Primary Health Care by Eliane Gomes dos Santos, Daphne Rattner

“…Methods: descriptive documentary research using institutional documents available electronically carried out through a comparative reading of the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health between the years 2022-2024; 38 of the 63 recommendations of the World Health Organization were compared, excluding those at the hospital level, central management and those very similar. …”
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Research on Collision Avoidance Methods for Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based on Boundary Potential Field by Yongzheng Li, Panpan Hou, Chen Cheng, Biwei Wang

“…The proposed method was tested in numerous complex scenarios derived from electronic navigational charts. The simulation results demonstrated the robustness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm for collision avoidance within complex maritime environments, providing reliable technical support for autonomous obstacle avoidance in dynamic ocean conditions.…”
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Facile Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxic Activity of Europium-Doped Nanohydroxyapatite by Paulina-Guadalupe Miranda-Meléndez, Gabriel-Alejandro Martínez-Castañón, Nereyda Niño-Martínez, Nuria Patiño-Marín, Miguel-Ángel Casillas-Santana, Brenda-Erendida Castillo-Silva, Facundo Ruiz

“…The samples were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and photoluminescence. …”
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Influence of CTAB surfactant on the various properties of CdO nanoparticles and their application in field of dye degradation by Deepak Singhwal, Amita Khatri, Pawan Rana

“…Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) exhibit that flat sheet-like morphology is changing into thin needle-like structure with concentration of surfactant. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterisation, and Biopotential and DNA Cleavage Applications of Mixed Ligand 4-N,N-Dimethylaminopyridine Metal Complexes by C. Surendra Dilip, K. Manikandan, D. Rajalaxmi (a) Subahashini, R. Thiruneelakandan

“…From the magnetic moment measurements and the electronic spectral data, a distorted octahedral geometry was proposed for the complexes. …”
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Synthesis and Antimycobacterial and Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Evaluation of 2-[(E)-2-Substituted-ethenyl]-1,3-benzoxazoles by Ales Imramovsky, Jan Kozic, Matus Pesko, Jirina Stolarikova, Jarmila Vinsova, Katarina Kralova, Josef Jampilek

“…The compounds were also evaluated for their ability to inhibit photosynthetic electron transport (PET) in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. 2-[(E)-2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole, 2-[(E)-2-(2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl)ethenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole and 2-{(E)-2-[4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl]ethenyl}-1,3-benzoxazole showed the highest activity against M. tuberculosis, M. kansasii, and M. avium, and they demonstrated significantly higher activity against M. avium and M. kansasii than isoniazid. …”
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Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains by Matthew B. Cowen, Marc de Rafélis, Loïc Ségalen, Benjamin P. Kear, Maïtena Dumont, Živilė Žigaitė

“…We present visual comparisons of elemental compositions in fish and plesiosaur dental remains ranging in age from Silurian to Cretaceous, based on a combination of micro-scale optical cathodoluminescence (CL) observations (optical images and scanning electron microscope) with in-situ minor, trace and rare earth element (REE) compositions (EDS, maps and REE profiles), as a tool for assessing diagenetic processes and biomineral preservation during fossilization of vertebrate dental apatite. …”
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A Hepatitis C Educational Needs Assessment of Canadian Healthcare Providers by Reza Naghdi, Karen Seto, Carolyn Klassen, Didi Emokpare, Brian Conway, Melissa Kelley, Eric Yoshida, Hemant A. Shah

“…An interprofessional steering committee designed a 29-question survey distributed through various direct and electronic routes. The survey assessed several domains (e.g., participant and practice demographics, access to resources, knowledge of new treatments, and educational preferences). …”
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