Modeling Approach for Determining Equivalent Optical Constants of Plastic Shading Nets under Solar Radiation Conditions by A. M. Abdel-Ghany, I. M. Al-Helal

“…We found that the plastic nets behave as homogeneous translucent materials (e.g., plastic film, plastic sheets, and glass). Based on this behavior, we suggest that it is possible to treat plastic nets as translucent materials and to characterize them with equivalent optical constants (i.e., equivalent refractive indexes, neq, and equivalent extinction coefficients, σeq). …”
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Evaluation of the Zirconium Hydride Morphology at the Flaws in the CANDU Pressure Tube Using a Novel Metric by Alexandra Ion Jinga, Mărioara Abrudeanu, Vasile Radu, Alexandru Niţu, Livia Stoica, Denisa Toma, Mircea Ionuţ Petrescu

“…In this paper, pressure tube alloy samples with artificial V flaws were hydrided by the technique of electrolytic deposition of a hydrogen film layer, followed by a specific thermal treatment. …”
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РАСПЛАВНЫЕ СВЯЗУЮЩИЕ ДЛЯ ИЗДЕЛИЙ ИЗ ПОЛИМЕРНЫХ КОМПОЗИЦИОННЫХ МАТЕРИАЛОВ by Виталий Евдокимович Рогов, Любовь Александровна Бохоева

“…Безавтоклавная технология изготовления деталей и элементов конструкций из полимерных композиционных материалов известна как технология RFI (Resin FilmInfusion) с использованием расплавных связующих. …”
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Controllable tip exposure of ultramicroelectrodes coated by diamond-like carbon via direct microplasma jet for enhanced stability and fidelity in single-cell recording by Zhiyuan Du, Qingda Xu, Ye Xi, Mengfei Xu, Jiawei Cao, Longchun Wang, Xiuyan Li, Xiaolin Wang, Qingkun Liu, Zude Lin, Bin Yang, Jingquan Liu

“…To address this issue, we chose a dense and electrochemically stable diamond-like carbon (DLC) film as the UME protection coating and developed a method to precisely control the exposed degree of the functional structure by directly fixed-point processing of the UME tip by the strong site-selectivity and good controllability of the atmospheric microplasma jet. …”
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Effects of Osseointegration by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 on Titanium Implants In Vitro and In Vivo by Fu-Yuan Teng, Wen-Cheng Chen, Yin-Lai Wang, Chun-Cheng Hung, Chun-Chieh Tseng

“…In this study, a novel method for synthesizing functionalized silane film for superior modification with BMP-2 on titanium surfaces is proposed. …”
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Risk Factors and Symptoms of Meibomian Gland Loss in a Healthy Population by Anna Machalińska, Aleksandra Zakrzewska, Krzysztof Safranow, Barbara Wiszniewska, Bogusław Machaliński

“…We correlated our findings with self-reported ocular symptoms, systemic medical history, lifestyle factors, and tear film abnormalities. Results. We observed that a high ocular surface disease index, a history of either chalazion or hordeolum, experience of puffy eyelids upon waking, and foreign body sensation all appeared to be predictors of an abnormal meiboscore after adjusting for age and sex (p=0.0007; p=0.001; p=0.02; p=0.001, resp.). …”
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A newly designed laser-based time- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with a time-of-flight electron analyzer by Shengyue Lu, Yeqinbo Zhang, Jingze Li, Xueyan Ma, Yongkai Deng, Yunquan Liu

“…We demonstrate its performance in ARPES measurements of the polycrystalline gold film and the electronic structure of the topological insulator Bi2Te3. …”
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Extreme thermal load generation method for high-temperature structures in atmospheric environment by WANG Binwen, ZHANG Yi, QIN Qiang, CHEN Hong, WU Jingtao

“…Secondly, a method of creating closed transparent environment for graphite heating elements has been developed, with double-layer gas film cooling, which avoids severe oxidation of graphite heating elements in contact with oxygen at high temperatures and achieves the application of large heat flux loads in the atmospheric environment. …”
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Movement of Overlying Strata and Mechanical Responses of Shallow Buried Gas Pipelines in Coal Mining Areas by Jiashu Han, Zhanguo Ma, Junyu Sun, Peng Gong, Pengfei Yan, Chuanchuan Cai, Mingshuo Xu, Tianqi She

“…Distributed optical fiber strain sensors and thin-film pressure sensors were used to simultaneously measure the stress variations in the pipeline and changes in the soil pressure surrounding it. …”
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Sub-technology market share strongly affects critical material constraints in power system transitions by Huijuan Dong, Tianyu Zhang, Yong Geng, Peng Wang, Shu Zhang, Joseph Sarkis

“…Solar photovoltaic and wind power sub-technology market shares have the greatest impact on critical material demand. As progressive thin-film solar photovoltaic sub-technologies gain market share, the demand for gallium from solar photovoltaic may increase 56-fold. …”
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Semi-analytical approach for solving the mathematical model of solid-phase diffusion in electrodes: An application of modified differential transform method by Shivaranjini S, Neetu Srivastava

“…In this work, the solid-phase diffusion problem for thin-film and spherical electrodes is considered and tackled using the novel methods Laplace transform-based differential transform method (LT-DTM) and Laplace transform-based α-parametrized differential transform method (LT-αPDTM). …”
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Corrosion behavior of TC18 titanium alloy with different initial microstructures in salt spray by Hui Li, Baogang Wang, Junsheng Yang, Xiaopeng Liu, Jianyi Zhang, Ruiqi Ye

“…The local dissolution of the passivation film was identified as the primary corrosion mechanism during the salt spray process of TC18 titanium alloy with different initial microstructures, as determined by XPS and EDS compositional analysis. …”
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Viscoelastic, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Characterization of Novel Bio-Based Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Compound by Mei Chan Sin, Irene Kit Ping Tan, Mohd Suffian Mohd Annuar, Seng Neon Gan

“…SEM, ATR-FTIR, 1H-NMR, and DMA were conducted to study the film morphology, microstructure, miscibility, and viscoelastic properties of the PVC-PHA and PVC/degPHA binary blends. …”
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Differentiating Between Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution and Water-Free Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Solution 0.1% for Dry Eye Disease: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Char... by Laura M. Periman, Darrell E. White, Douglas Katsev

“…PFHO consists of 100% active ingredient and forms a monolayer on the surface of the tear film to inhibit evaporation. CsA 0.1% utilizes a vehicle consisting of perfluorobutylpentane (PFBP) and ethanol to facilitate delivery of cyclosporine to ocular tissues. …”
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Is Membrane Filtration Applicable for the Recovery of Biologically Active Substances from Spent Lavender? by Yoana Stoyanova, Nevena Lazarova-Zdravkova, Dimitar Peshev

“…This study explored the batch membrane filtration of 40% ethanol extracts from spent lavender, containing valuable compounds like rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, and luteolin, using a polyamide-urea thin film composite X201 membrane. Conducted at room temperature and 20 bar transmembrane pressure, the process demonstrated high efficiency, with rejection rates exceeding 98% for global antioxidant activity and 93–100% for absolute concentrations of the target components. …”
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Bio-Tribocorrosion of Titanium Dental Implants and Its Toxicological Implications: A Scoping Review by Sumit Gaur, Rupali Agnihotri, Sacharia Albin

“…The low pH and high fluoride concentration in saliva hinder passive film formation and promote metal corrosion. The released metal ions promote inflammatory reactions and bone destruction in the surrounding tissues resulting in peri-implantitis, allergies, and hyper-sensitivity reactions. …”
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The Effect of Geometrical Shape of Surface Texture on the Rheology and Tribology of Confined Lubricants by Fankai Peng, Ahmad Jabbarzadeh

“…This research uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the rheological behavior of thin film lubrication between various patterned rough surfaces. …”
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Batman, Gotham ve İbn Haldûn: Batman Begins’in Siyasal ve Toplumsal Anlatısının İbn Haldûncu Bir Değerlendirmesi by Enes Şahin

“…Burjuva sınıfının müntesibi bir aileden gelen Bruce Wayne’in bu sınıfın varoluşsal kaynağı olan şehri yani Gotham’ı içinde bulunduğu yozlaşmadan kurtarmak için burjuva süper kahramanına dönüşmesinin hikayesini konu edinen film, siyasetin toplumsal cephesi ve medeniyetin mahiyet ve keyfiyeti üzerine çeşitli tartışmalar yürütür. …”
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Diálogos sobre história oral: limites e possibilidades by Francisco Marcos Mendes Nogueira

“…A metodologia do minicurso buscou privilegiar a dialogicidade com base na discussão de texto pré-selecionados (Montenegro, 2003; Delgado, 2003; 2006; Alberti, 2007; 2014; Portelli, 1997; 2005; 2010; 2016), exibição do filme Narradores de Javé. Ao final, foi possível depreender que, embora, a metodologia da HO seja uma ferramenta metodológica atraente, ela tem seus limites, desafios e percalços. …”
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Quantitative Determination of Surface Morphology of Red Blood Cell by Özlem Kocahan Yılmaz

“…QPI, is an optical measurement method frequently used in recent years, allows to obtain quantitative data for different samples (cell, thin film surface, etc.). Many measurement setups at the micrometer level and with nanometer precision have been designed for quantitative surface determination. …”
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