Investigation to Improve the Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics Using Laser-Textured Copper-Grooved Surfaces by Dharmendra Mani, Suresh Sivan, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Udaya Kumar Ganesan

“…In addition to the microchannel effect, the grain structuring during the laser machining process creates additional nucleation sites which has proven its effectiveness in improving the pool boiling performance. …”
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Early testing on S1 lines of black corn (Zea mays L.) from the Ecuadorian highlands by Jorge Merino, William Viera, Javier Garófalo, Paúl Mejía, Víctor Sánchez

“…The lines presented statistical differences (P ≤ 0.05) in the variables days to male and female flowering, plant height, ear height, leaf disease, ear length, weight of 100 kernels and grain yield. All the variables showed inbreeding depression, except days to male flowering, which presented a low increase. …”
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Impact fretting wear behavior of cemented carbide impact needle with surface modification by Shuiqing Liu, Haoran Xu, Jinyuan Fu, Silin Liu, Xu Han

“…It was discovered that HCPEB treatment reduces the proportion of recrystallization and recovery structures while increasing the content of grain deformation structures. The evolution of the stress field and microhardness along the depth of the microsurface reflects the adjustment process of HCPEB treatment on the microsurface properties of cemented carbide in the direction of electron incidence. …”
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Anti-dendrite separator interlayer enabling staged zinc deposition for enhanced cycling stability of aqueous zinc batteries by Dun Wang, Sanlue Hu, Titi Li, Caiyun Chang, Senlin Li, Songde Guo, Huan Li, Qingming Liu, Jinqiu Gong, Jun Zhou, Cuiping Han

“…These features contribute to a staged deposition behavior to promote uniform nucleation at high concentrations and two-dimensional grain growth at low concentrations. Consequently, Zn | |Zn symmetrical cells with hot-pressing separator interlayer demonstrate cycle lives of 3000 hours at 2 mA cm−2, 2 mAh cm−2. …”
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Analysis of Economic-Biological Traits of Hull-Less Barley and Creation of Source Material for Resistance to Environmental Stress Factors by L. A. Tokhetova, S. I. Umirzakov, R. D. Nurymova, B. K. Baizhanova, G. B. Akhmedova

“…The influence of the type of ripening of the variety and weather conditions of vegetation on the formation and variability of the grain yield of spring hull-less barley is shown. …”
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Impact of processing conditions on the rehydration kinetics and texture profile of freeze-dried carbohydrates sources by Vitor Andre Silva Vidal, Sara Slettemark Juel, Kirill Mukhatov, Ida-Johanne Jensen, Jørgen Lerfall

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of boiling, freeze-drying, and the subsequent rehydration process on the rehydration kinetics of different carbohydrate sources (potato, rice, white pasta, and whole-grain pasta) and texture profile. The effects of boiling time, freeze-drying, rehydration time, and temperature (20, 50, and 90 °C) on the carbohydrate samples were investigated through analyses of moisture content, rehydration capacity, and texture profile. …”
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Change of Tensile Properties with Aging Time and Temperature in Al-Si-Cu-Mg 354 Cast Alloys with/without Minor Addition of Ni and/or Zr by J. Hernandez-Sandoval, M. H. Abdelaziz, E. A. Elsharkawi, A. M. Samuel, F. H. Samuel

“…The main effect of Zr addition lies in a significant reduction in the alloy grain size ∼40%, rather than an increase in the mechanical properties. …”
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Effects of Magnesium Content on Structure and Electrochemical Properties of La-Mg-Pr-Al-Mn-Co-Ni Hydrogen Storage Alloys by L. M. C. Zarpelon, E. P. Banczek, L. G. Martinez, N. B. Lima, I. Costa, R. N. Faria

“…The partial substitution of La by Mg refined the grain structure while the total substitution changed it from equiaxed to columnar. …”
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IQNet: Image Quality Assessment Guided Just Noticeable Difference Prefiltering for Versatile Video Coding by Yu-Han Sun, Chiang Lo-Hsuan Lee, Tian-Sheuan Chang

“…Thus, this paper proposes a fine-grained JND prefiltering dataset guided by image quality assessment for accurate block-level JND modeling. …”
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Large-scale reservoir modeling of the Vendenheim geothermal site (France) by J. Abreu-Torres, G. Hutka, G. Hutka, G. Blöcher, G. Blöcher, M. Cacace, V. Magnenet, J. Schmittbuhl

“…We present the coarse-grained simulations of the natural fluid circulation.…”
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Counterintuitive DNA destabilization by monovalent salt at high concentrations due to overcharging by Chen Zhang, Fu-Jia Tian, Hong-Wei Zuo, Qi-Yuan Qiu, Jia-Hao Zhang, Wei Wei, Zhi-Jie Tan, Yan Zhang, Wen-Qiang Wu, Liang Dai, Xing-Hua Zhang

“…Furthermore, our coarse-grained simulations obtain a phase diagram that indicates whether DNA overcharging occurs at a given cation valence and concentration. …”
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Influence of cobalt substitution in CoFe2O4 nanoparticles on structural, morphological, cation distribution, optical and magnetic properties by Z. Mosleh, M. Beygmohammadvand, A. Ghotbi Varzaneh, P. Kameli

“…Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) images reveal that the average grain size of the nanoparticles lies between 50 nm and 90 nm. …”
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Genetic diversity studies for yield and physiological traits using principal component analysis in little millet by T. Venkata Ratnam1 and L. Madhavi Latha2*

“…Days to 50 per cent flowering, grain yield plot-1, harvest index, leaf area index at both panicle and 15 days after panicle initiation, specific leaf weight at 15 days after panicle initiation, and main panicle weight were the foremost contributors to genetic diversity among the studied genotypes. …”
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STRUCTURE, MICROSTRUCTURE, AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF KNLNS-BNKZ LEAD-FREE CERAMICS UNDER THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SINTERING TEMPERATURES by Phan Dinh Gio, Huynh Thi Chi, Le Tran Uyen Tu, Nguyen Truong Tho

“…The experimental results showed that with an increase of the TS temperature, the structure of the ceramics transformed from an orthorhombic-tetragonal mixed phase (O-T) at TS £ 1100 °C into a rhombohedral-tetragonal (R-T) mixed phase with a dense microstructure of uniform grain size at TS = 1110 °C. When TS was further increased (TS ³ 1120 °C), the ceramics showed only a rhombohedral phase (R). …”
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Extracting Implicit User Preferences in Conversational Recommender Systems Using Large Language Models by Woo-Seok Kim, Seongho Lim, Gun-Woo Kim, Sang-Min Choi

“…Initially, LLMs identify implicit user preferences from conversations, which are then refined into fine-grained numerical values using a BERT-based multi-label classifier to enhance recommendation precision. …”
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Microstructural and mechanical properties degradation of the acceleration/deceleration zones in stainless steel 316L fabricated by selective laser melting by Won-Sang Shin, Taehyun Lee, Hyonkee Sohn, Yoon-Jun Kim, Changkyoo Park

“…A detailed analysis reveals that these zones exhibit unique microstructures, including random sub-grain sizes, σ phase formation, and multiple defects, differing from constant speed scan (CSS) zones. …”
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Applying microbial biostimulants and drought-tolerant genotypes to enhance barley growth and yield under drought stress by Mohamed Ferioun, Mohamed Ferioun, Ilham Zouitane, Said Bouhraoua, Yasmine Elouattassi, Douae Belahcen, Abdellatif Errabbani, Said Louahlia, Riyaz Sayyed, Naïma El Ghachtouli

“…Water scarcity adversely affects multiple aspects of barley growth, including seed germination, biomass production, shoot and root characteristics, water and osmotic status, photosynthesis, and induces oxidative stress, resulting in considerable losses in grain yield and its components. In this context, the present review aims to underscore the importance of selecting drought-tolerant barley genotypes and utilizing bio-inoculants constructed from beneficial microorganisms as an agroecological approach to enhance barley growth and production resilience under varying environmental conditions. …”
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Effect of Y on the Microstructures and Heat-Resistant Property of ZL109 Alloys by Xiangdu Qin, Anmin Li, Xiang Li

“…The results show that the grain size of the ZL109 alloy is obviously reduced and that the strength of the ZL109 alloy is significantly increased after adding the Y element. …”
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Conformational Dynamics of Mitochondrial Inorganic Pyrophosphatase hPPA2 and Its Changes Caused by Pathogenic Mutations by Ekaterina Bezpalaya, Svetlana Kurilova, Nataliya Vorobyeva, Elena Rodina

“…The current work describes the conformational dynamics of a structural model of human mitochondrial pyrophosphatase hPPA2 using molecular dynamics simulation, all-atom principal component analysis, and coarse-grained normal mode analysis. In addition to the wild-type enzyme, four mutant variants of hPPA2 were characterized that correspond to the natural pathogenic variants causing severe mitochondrial dysfunction and cardio pathologies. …”
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Investigation of Structural, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of ZnO Codoped with Co and Cd by Lubna Mustafa, Safia Anjum, Salma Waseem, Rehana Zia, Rameesha Choudhry, Shahid M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, Shahid Atiq, Salah Ud-Din Khan

“…Structural morphology of the samples has been investigated by a scanning electron microscope and grain size has been determined. Raman spectra and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed the successful incorporation of Co and Cd ions into the host ZnO lattice.…”
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