Improvement of microstructure and mechanical properties for Al7075 aluminium reinforced with hybrid graphite and SiC particles via a combination of mechanical alloying and stir cas... by Charinrat Potisawang, Sukangkana Talangkun, Kowit Ponhan

“…Higher SiC content resulted in finer grains and improved mechanical performance. The Al7075-0.5Gr-2.0SiC composite exhibited a 16% increase in hardness relative to the unreinforced Al7075 alloy. …”
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Effects of Furrow Irrigation on the Growth, Production, and Water Use Efficiency of Direct Sowing Rice by Chunlin He

“…Compared to the conventional irrigation (CI) system (continuous flooding irrigation), for every square hectometer of rice field, the FI system reduced water use by 3130 m3, or 48.1%, and increased grain production by 13.9% for an early cultivar. …”
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Association between Maternal Dietary Diversity and Low Birth Weight in Central India: A Case-Control Study by Shantanu Sharma, Sonali Maheshwari, Sunil Mehra

“…Women’s diets mainly consisted of grains, such as wheat, rice, maize, and roots and tubers. …”
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Rice breeding for higher crop productivity (a review) by G. L. Zelensky, O. V. Zelenskaya

“…The main global trends in the breeding of rice cultivars and hybrids are higher plant productivity, adaptability to cultivation conditions, quality of products, and resistance to environmental stressors, including diseases.Efforts of leading breeding centers in the Philippines and China to further increase the rice yield are associated with a change in the plant morphotype: shorter plants with erectoid leaves and large panicles with a high number of grains.The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has developed rice cultivars that under favorable conditions in the tropical zone produce a grain yield of up to 10–11 t/ha, with Kecon = 0.5. …”
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Electrophoretic patterns of gliadin as markers of genotypes in the analysis of the durum wheat landrace Kubanka by T. I. Peneva, O. A. Lyapunova

“…Gliadin analysis was performed on single grains according to the standard method adopted at VIR and approved by ISTA.Results and conclusions. …”
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A physically-based constitutive model considering mixed dynamic recrystallization for a near-α titanium alloy during hot deformation by Jie Zhao, Yingming Tu, Binjun Zhou, Kehuan Wang, Gang Liu

“…Then a physically-based constitutive model was developed, considering subgrain rotation, recrystallization nucleation, recrystallization grain growth, recrystallization grain transformation into deformation structure and microvoids evolution. …”
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Effects of High-Density Pulse Currents on the Solidification Structures of Cu-SiCp/AZ91D Composites by Xi Hao, Weixin Hao, Guihong Geng, Teng Ma, Chen Wang, Fuqiang Zhao, Hao Song, Yugui Li

“…The Cu-SiCp/AZ91D composites prepared without high-density pulse currents were mainly composed of α-Mg, β-Mg17Al12, and a small amount of Mg2Si phases, with coarse grains and uneven structures. Under the action of high-density pulse currents, the structures of Cu-SiCp/AZ91D composites were transformed into α-Mg and Mg2Si phases with refined grain, and the homogeneity of the structures was improved significantly.…”
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Nanosized κ-Carbide and B2 Boosting Strength Without Sacrificing Ductility in a Low-Density Fe-32Mn-11Al Steel by Changwei He, Yongfeng Shen, Wenying Xue, Zhijian Fan, Yiran Zhou

“…This study is instructive for concurrently enhancing the strength and ductility of austenitic lightweight steels with fully recrystallized grains and dual nano-precipitates.…”
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Demise of Kreutz Sungrazing Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) by David Jewitt, Jane Luu, Jing Li

“…We interpret the near-perihelion fading as a result of the sublimation of refractory coma grains, beginning at blackbody temperatures  ∼1000 K, consistent with olivine composition. …”
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Mediterranean Diet and Metabolic Syndrome by Josipa Radić, Marijana Vučković, Andrej Belančić, Hana Đogaš, Mislav Radić

“…MeDi, emphasizing the consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and olive oil, has been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and improved glucoregulation. …”
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Integrated hydrothermal evolution of a Botucatu paleodune and a blanketing lava flow from the Serra Geral Group, Uruguaiana by Leo Afraneo Hartmann, Felipe Padilha Leitzke, Cassiana Roberta Lizzoni Michelin, Melissa Johner, Cristiano de Carvalho Lana

“…The youngest dated zircon grains from the sandstone are 225–300 Ma old (one 175 Ma age), and the main older age peaks are 450–600 Ma (predominant), 900–975 Ma, 1800–1900 Ma, and 2500 Ma; few Archean 2.5 Ga ages. …”
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Influence of Tool Pin Profiles on Aluminium Alloy A356 and Ceramic-Based Nanocomposites for Light Weight Structures by Friction Stir Processing by L. Karthick, Mruthunjaya M., Srinivas. S., Prasanna Venkatesh R., Naveen Kumar Gurajala, Meghavath Mothilal, Hari Banda

“…A scanning electron microscope was utilized to investigate the dispersed Cr2O3 in the A356 alloy for confirming the refinement grains in the nugget zones of FSPed A356 alloy. The increased grain boundary by the influence of different tool pin sizes was the major reason to produces the better mechanical properties in the processed A356/Cr2O3.…”
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Improvements of microstructure and mechanical properties of wire-arc directed energy deposition 2024 aluminum alloy after adding TiC nanoparticles by Xiaoyu Cai, Dongyuan Liu, Bolun Dong, Sanbao Lin

“…TiC nanoparticles refine the grains by promoting nucleation and inhibiting grain growth. …”
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Safety evaluation of the food enzyme fructan β‐fructosidase from the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain AR‐577 by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Andrew Chesson, Lieve Herman, Natália Kovalkovičová, Jaime Aguilera, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Daniele Cavanna, Yi Liu

“…The food enzyme is intended to be used in the processing of cereals and other grains for the production of baked products and cereal‐based products other than baked. …”
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Insect Pests and Diseases in Stored Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and Maize (Zea mays L.) in West Hararghe, Ethiopia by Gelana Keno Beyene, Amin Mohammed Yones, Ahmed Beyan Heji, Mukaddes Kayim

“…The results revealed that maize and sorghum grains stored in sacks, ground pits, markets, and hanging (maize cob) storage containers were infested with insect species: maize weevil (S. zeamais), Angoumois grain moth (S. cerealella), rice weevil (S. oryzae), Red flour beetle (T. castaneum), confused flour beetle (T. confusum), and Lesser grain borer (R. dominica). …”
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Nomenclatural standards of oat (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) cultivars released by the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, N. V. Lebedeva, I. V. Varganova

“…Each herbarium sheet contains an entire plant in the milk-ripeness stage, mature spikes, and grains samples.Results and conclusion. The nomenclatural standards were made in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) and registered in the VIR Herbarium Database. …”
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Identification of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) Self-Incompatibility by Fan Wang, Feng-Jiao Zhang, Fa-Di Chen, Wei-Min Fang, Nian-Jun Teng

“…It was found that the 24 cultivars averagely had 3.7–36.3 pollen grains germinating on stigmas at 24 hours after self-pollination through the fluorescence microscope using aniline blue staining method. …”
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Agro-Morphological Characterization and Estimation of Genetic Parameters of Spring Maize Hybrids in the Inner Plains of Far-West Nepal by Prachi Bista, Sandesh Thapa, Sara Rawal, Deependra Dhakal, Darbin Joshi

“…High PCV and GCV values were found in the anthesis silking interval, ear aspect and grain yield and low values in the anthesis days and silking days. …”
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Effects of coupled application of magnetoelectric activated water and amendments on photosynthetic physiological characteristics and yield of maize in arid regions by Qingyuan Lei, Wanghai Tao, Fan Yang, Jianqi Liu, Zixuan Xi, Quanjiu Wang, Mingjiang Deng

“…The results indicate that under magnetoelectric activated water irrigation, coupling improvement agents significantly enhance the photosynthetic traits, grain nutrients, and yield of spring maize in arid areas. …”
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Influence of Real-Time Heating on Mechanical Behaviours of Rocks by Bin Gu, Zhijun Wan, Yuan Zhang, Yangsheng Ma, Xiaodong Bernard Xu

“…The sintering enlarges the contact area and friction between crystal grains in the sandstone, which strengthens the bearing capacity. …”
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