Symptoms of Nitrogen and Iron Deficiency in Luffa by Qiansheng Li, Marina Gluck, Yanlin Wang, Wendy Mussoline, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, Guodong Liu

“…The mature fruit has strong fibrous insides, which can be used as natural porous fiber (Siqueira, Bras, and Dufresne 2010; Sivakandhan et al. 2020) for dishwashing or shower scrubbing. …”
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Energy Efficient Waveband Translucent Optical Burst Switching Network by Mohammed J. Sadiq, Mohammed J. Zaiter, Raad F. Chisab

“… The fast development of translucent Optical Burst Switching (OBS) technology, which employs multiple wavelengths per fiber, increases the size (i.e., the number of ports) as well as the cost and power consumption of Optic Cross-Connects (OXCs). …”
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Influence of Processing Parameters on Laser Direct Joining of CFRTP and Stainless Steel by Liyuan Sheng, Junke Jiao, Beining Du, Feiya Wang, Qiang Wang

“…The CFRTP and the stainless steel were joined by the fiber laser, and the effect of processing parameters on the joint quality was investigated in detail. …”
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Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Land by Alex, Saturday

“…Land is under immense pressure due to ever increasing population thereby ensuing growing demand for food, fiber and shelter. Agricultural land is being deteriorated due to different anthropogenic and natural factors. …”
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Exploring the molecular basis of efficient feed utilization in low residual feed intake slow-growing ducks based on breast muscle transcriptome by Lei Wu, Zhong Zhuang, Wenqian Jia, Yongpeng Li, Yijia Lu, Minghong Xu, Hao Bai, Zhixiu Wang, Guobin Chang, Yong Jiang

“…Moreover, compared with HRFI ducks, LRFI ducks had a lower pectoral muscle fat content (P < 0.05), larger muscle fiber diameter and area (P < 0.05), and lower muscle fiber density (P < 0.05). …”
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Geometrical Features of Subbasal Corneal Whorl-like Nerve Patterns in Dry Eye Disease by Ziqing Feng, MD, Kang Yu, MD, Yupei Chen, MS, Gengyuan Wang, MS, Yuqing Deng, MD, Wei Wang, MD, Ruiwen Xu, MD, Yimin Zhang, MD, Peng Xiao, PhD, Jin Yuan, MD, PhD

“…The structure of the corneal nerve was extracted and characterized using the fractal dimension (CNDf), multifractal dimension (CND0), tortuosity (CNTor), fiber length (CNFL), and numbers of branching points. …”
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Growth performance and nutrition value of Spirulina sp. under different photoperiod by Tatag Budiardi, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Asep Santosa

“…In this study, photoperiod manipulation treatment performed on cultured spirulina using fiber tanks (100 L). Spirulina was grown with different photoperiod (bright/T and dark/G) that are six hours per day (6T-18G), 12 hours per day (12T-12G), 18 hours per day (18T-6G), and 24 hours per day (24L-0G). …”
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Dietary citral increase growth and health performance of shrimp Penaeus vannamei by Ricky Hadi Pratama, Julie Ekasari, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi, Wiyoto Wiyoto

“…Shrimp were reared for 60 days using fiber containers (50×50×80cm) of 30 shrimp/container. …”
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CCL5 Induces a Sarcopenic-like Phenotype via the CCR5 Receptor by Francisco Aguirre, Franco Tacchi, Mayalen Valero-Breton, Josué Orozco-Aguilar, Sabrina Conejeros-Lillo, Josefa Bonicioli, Renata Iturriaga-Jofré, Daniel Cabrera, Jorge A. Soto, Mauricio Castro-Sepúlveda, Marianny Portal-Rodríguez, Álvaro A. Elorza, Andrea Matamoros, Felipe Simon, Claudio Cabello-Verrugio

“…The TA muscles were analyzed by measuring the fiber diameter, the content of sarcomeric proteins, and the gene expression of E3-ligases. …”
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Rise in intraluminal temperature during ureteroscopy: Is this a concern? by Hyung Joon Kim, Sung Kyu Hong

“…Pulsed lasers, particularly the holmium YAG and the newer thulium fiber laser, have significantly transformed the management of upper urinary tract stones. …”
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Case report: Successful perioperative intervention with efgartigimod in a patient in myasthenic crisis by Shahar Shelly

“…IntroductionThis case describes successful response to efgartigimod in the treatment of myasthenic crisis secondary to paraneoplastic disease, and in the perioperative setting.MethodsAn elderly female presented with speech difficulties, cessation of eating and 10kg weight loss over 4 months.ResultsExamination revealed ptosis, dysarthria, nasal speech, and weakness in limbs and neck flexors. Single fiber electromyography demonstrated abnormal jitter response in the orbicularis oculi muscle. …”
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Research on the optimal laser preparation process parameters of groove-shaped micro-texture on the mill roll surface by Huapo Jia, Yonggang Zhu, Yingchun Xue, Wei Zhang

“…An experiment was conducted using a nanosecond pulsed fiber laser to explore the impact of laser power, scanning times, scanning velocity, and pulse frequency on the morphology and dimensions of the groove-shaped micro-textures. …”
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Effects of Aging Temperature on Moisture Absorption of Perforated GFRP by Shiva Eslami, Fathollah Taheri-Behrooz, Farid Taheri

“…This paper examines the effects of aging on the flexural stiffness and bending loading capacity of a perforated glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composite subjected to combined moisture and elevated temperature. …”
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Prestress Loss of CFL in a Prestressing Process for Strengthening RC Beams by Xinyan Guo, Dong Liu, Peiyan Huang, Xiaohong Zheng

“…A prestressing system was designed to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) beams with prestressed carbon fiber laminate (CFL). During different prestressing processes, prestress loss was measured using strain gauges attached on the surface of CFL along the length direction. …”
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Recent advances in functional materials and devices for Zn-Ion hybrid supercapacitors by Weijia Fan, Faxing Wang, Xiaosong Xiong, Bingyan Song, Tao Wang, Xinbing Cheng, Zhi Zhu, Jiarui He, Yankai Liu, Yuping Wu

“…Furthermore, the latest research on functional ZHSC devices with miniaturized ZHSCs, fiber-shaped ZHSCs, self-chargeable ZHSCs and self-healing devices is reported. …”
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Bioinspired self-flowing wood chemical treatment by Xuan Wang, Sheldon Q. Shi

“…A self-flowing process presented for the chemical treatment of wood is inspired by liquid transportation in trees during photosynthesis and tree growth, whereby liquid in the soil is brought through the natural vessels and/or fiber tracheids. In this process, wood lumbers are placed in a tank containing treatment chemicals such as preservatives, fire retardants, or reactive agents. …”
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Experimental Study on Eccentric Compressive Performance of Concrete Column Strengthened with CFRP Grid Reinforced ECC Matrix by Kangjian Lin, Yuhou Yang, Zhiwei Chen, Xiaoyan Sun, Hailong Wang

“…Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) grid and engineered cementitious composite (ECC) were combined in this study to strengthen concrete columns. …”
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Study on Vibrational Power Flow Propagation Characteristics in a Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shell Filled with Fluid by Jingxi Liu, Wentao He, De Xie

“…Additionally, parametric investigations are carried out to study the effects of the fiber orientation, modulus ratio E11/E22, and thickness-to-radius parameter h/R on input power into the coupled system and propagation power along the shell axial direction. …”
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Nutrient contents and rumen degradation characteristics of grass hay in kars district by İsmail Kaya, Ahmet Öncüer, Sedat Yıldız

“…In this study, dry matter (DM), ash, crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) content of hay samples collected from 5 different regions of Kars distnct (Kars, Susuz. …”
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On the thickness and layup dependence on failure mechanisms during unfolding of curved woven composites by R.D.R. Sitohang, S. Benou, L.L. Warnet, R. Akkerman

“…Furthermore, the change in layup for the thinnest samples, with [(0,90)]2s, [(90,0)]2s, and [(±45)]2s layups, caused a change in the mode of the damage initiation, although all of them showed initiation at the fiber/matrix interfaces. Intra-yarn cracks were found at the compression side of all 4-ply samples. …”
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