Coal Bottom Ash for Portland Cement Production by Cristina Argiz, Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Esperanza Menéndez

“…For instance, it could be used as a Portland cement constituent leading to more sustainable cement production by lowering energy consumption and raw material extracted from quarries. Coal fly and bottom ashes are formed together in the same boiler; however, the size and shape of these ashes are very different, and hence their effect on the chemical composition as well as on the mineralogical phases must be studied. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Microstructural Assessment of Industrial Solid Waste as Sustainable Additives for Expansive Soil by Muhammad Nadeem, Sami Ullah, Mohammad Arsalan Khan, Shanxiong Chen, Meshel Q. Alkahtani, Mohammad Mursaleen, Rania Salih, Dildar Ali, Li Jian, Jamal Ahmad, Saiful Islam

“…This study evaluates the performance and microstructural characteristics of industrial solid waste materials (Class F-fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag) as additives for stabilizing expansive soils. …”
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Study on Adiabatic Temperature Rise Reflecting Hydration Degree of Concrete by Yanhua Han, Shaojun Fu, Shufa Wang, Zuowei Xie

“…In this research, the improved adiabatic temperature rise test is carried out, and the temperature variation of fly ash concrete is analyzed. Furthermore, a thermal model of concrete considering the hydration degree is established based on the existing achievements. …”
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Utilization of Palm Oil Fuel Ash as Binder in Lightweight Oil Palm Shell Geopolymer Concrete by Michael Yong Jing Liu, Choon Peng Chua, U. Johnson Alengaram, Mohd Zamin Jumaat

“…Traditionally fly ash (FA) has been used to replace cement as binder in the geopolymer concrete. …”
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In Silico Evolution of Gene Cooption in Pattern-Forming Gene Networks by Alexander V. Spirov, Marat A. Sabirov, David M. Holloway

“…We use a data-driven model of insect segmentation, for the fruit fly Drosophila, and evaluate fitness by robustness to maternal variability—a major constraint in biological development. …”
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Blade Deterioration in a Gas Turbine Engine by W. Tabakoff, A. Hamed, V. Shanov

“…For this purpose, an experimental study was conducted to investigate the behavior of rhodium platinum aluminide coating exposed to erosion by fly ash particles. New protective coatings are developed for erosion and thermal barrier. …”
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Field‐programmable gate array acceleration of the Tersoff potential in LAMMPS by Quan Deng, Qiang Liu

“…In order to address these problems, a novel molecular dynamics accelerator for the Tersoff potential is designed based on field‐programmable gate array (FPGA) platforms, which enables the acceleration of LAMMPS using FPGAs. Firstly, an on‐the‐fly method is proposed to build neighbor lists and reduce storage usage. …”
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A Trajectory Prediction Method for Reentry Glide Vehicles via Adaptive Cost Function by Yangchao He, Jiong Li, Lei Shao, Chijun Zhou, Xiangwei Bu

“…Firstly, the vehicle guidance task is divided into two distinct categories: conventional guidance and no-fly zone avoidance guidance. A task-matched time-varying parameter prediction model set is then constructed. …”
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Recycling of Oily Sludge as a Roadbed Material Utilizing Phosphogypsum-Based Cementitious Materials by Wei Xiao, Xiao Yao, Fuyang Zhang

“…The objective of this work is to employ solidification/stabilization (S/S) techniques to utilize oily sludge as a roadbed material with ordinary Portland cement (OPC), fly ash (FA), and silica fume (SF) as binders and phosphogypsum (PG) as a stabilizer. …”
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Study on the correlation between mobility and dispersion of different types of fibers in engineered cementitious composites (ECC) by Xiao Wang, Haowen Jing, Ruonan Deng, Bin Meng, Xiaolin Huo

“…In order to improve the crack resistance of traditional concrete, cement, silica fume, fly ash and quartz sand were used as the research objects. …”
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Fresh and Mechanical Characteristics of Eco-efficient GPC Incorporating Nano-silica: An Overview by Hiwa Hamid Sharif

“…Recently efforts have been made to incorporate nanoparticles in construction materials to enhance properties and produce concrete with improved performance. progress in the improvement of geopolymer concrete is fast becoming a feasible alternative to conventional cement-based totally concrete because geopolymer concrete is measured as an eco-efficient green concrete that consumes a large quantity of commercial and agro byproduct substances consisting of fly ash, floor granulated blast furnace slag, rice husk ash. …”
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Agency experience in children with typical development and children with autistic spectrum disorder by Xilenia María Carreras

“…Method: Assessed skills associated with the agency: monitoring of action, recognition of the Agency, instigation, the ability to correct errors on the fly and central inhibition, in children typical development of different ages, and children with and without autism using unpublished tests. …”
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Experimental Study of Slurry Flow in Mining-Induced Fractures during Longwall Overburden Grout Injection by Dayang Xuan, Jian Li, Kaidan Zheng, Jialin Xu

“…In this study, a visual experimental simulation system of longwall overburden grouting was designed to study the flow, pressure distribution, consolidation, and fill thickness of fly ash slurry in overburden bedding separation. …”
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Demographic and historical processes influencing Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) population structure across South America by Kelly da Silva e Souza, Letícia Chiara Baldassio de Paula, Ana Maria Lima de Azeredo-Espin, Tatiana Teixeira Torres

“…Abstract Background In this study, we investigated the genetic variability and population structure of the New World screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax. We tested the hypothesis that the species exhibits a center–periphery distribution of genetic variability, with higher genetic diversity in central populations (e.g., Brazil) and lower diversity in peripheral populations. …”
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Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga spp. in Cusco, Peru: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Priscilla Ly, Adiel Aizenberg, Taylor Martin, Martha Lopez, Miguel Arturo Saldaña, Grant Leslie Hughes, Miguel Mauricio Cabada

“…Myiasis is the infestation by dipterous fly larvae in humans and animals. The larvae can infect living or necrotic tissue involving the skin, nasopharynx, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts. …”
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Research on the Application of Prefabricated Load-Bearing Structure in Prefabricated Roadway in Filling Body by Ke Jiang, Gaofeng Ren, Jia Sheng, Liang Peng, Hao Zhu, Xinyu Tan, Bokun Zheng, Congrui Zhang

“…The results show that the best cementing material is cement : fly ash of 8 : 2, and the ratio of cement to sand is 1 : 3. …”
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Lime-Stabilized Black Cotton Soil and Brick Powder Mixture as Subbase Material by S. Srikanth Reddy, A. C. S. V. Prasad, N. Vamsi Krishna

“…But these days, the cost of lime has increased resulting in increase in need for alternative and cost effective waste materials such as fly ash and rice husk ash. Brick powder, one among the alternative materials, is a fine powdered waste that contains higher proportions of silica and is found near brick kilns in rural areas. …”
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Preparation and Stability of Inorganic Solidified Foam for Preventing Coal Fires by Botao Qin, Yi Lu, Fanglei Li, Yuwei Jia, Chao Zhu, Quanlin Shi

“…Stability of foam fluid was studied in terms of stability coefficient, by varying water-slurry ratio, fly ash replacement ratio of cement, and aqueous foam volume alternatively. …”
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A New Microstructure Development Model for the Evaluation of Concrete Setting Time by Ho-Jin Cho, Joo-Won Kang, Yong Han Ahn, Sunkook Kim, Xiao-Yong Wang

“…To verify the analytical results obtained using the new model, a critical volume ratio of hydrates was determined and a series of final setting times in concrete were experimentally investigated for different temperatures, mineral admixtures (FA: fly ash; GGBFS: ground granulated blast furnace slag), and a chemical admixture (superplasticizer). …”
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Performance Research of Materials and Engineering Application of Overburden Strata Separation-Zone Grouting Technology by Wanpeng Huang, Huanyu Li, Gang Sun, Donghai Jiang, Yanfa Gao

“…Then, emphasis was placed on the selection ratio of grouting materials and the hydrodynamic properties of different grout types, and grouting grout with a high concentration, slow precipitation rate, and good stability was obtained by taking fly ash and local clay as aggregates. The designed grout concentration was approximately 40%; the bulk density was approximately 1.20; and the clay content in the aggregates was approximately 40–50%. …”
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