Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Fatigue Resistance of an Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloy Fabricated by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing by Lingpeng Zeng, Jiqiang Chen, Tao Li, Zhanglong Tuo, Zuming Zheng, Hanlin Wu

“…The results show that the microstructure of the as-deposited alloy is composed of fine equiaxed grains with an average grain size of around 8 μm, and nanosized Al₃(Sc, Zr) particles (~5 nm) are also evident. …”
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Buckwheat as an Interesting Raw Material for Agricultural Distillate Production by Szymon Ługowoj, Maria Balcerek, Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska

“…The raw materials used were two cultivars of buckwheat grains, Panda and Kora. Both cultivars were characterized by similar starch content, however Panda cultivar had a significantly higher content of reducing sugars. …”
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Burden of diet-related chronic diseases in Chinese and Japanese adults attributable to dietary risk factors from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease... by Minyan Wang, Huan Ma, Chu Qin, Oscar Onayi Mandizadza, Haojie Ni, Yun Shi, Conghua Ji

“…Regarding dietary risk factors for diabetes, China is associated with a high red meat diet, whereas Japan is characterized by a high-processed meat diet.ConclusionBy comparing the burden of chronic diseases related to dietary factors in China and Japan, this study proposes strategies for national healthy diets, such as reducing sodium, processed meat, and red meat intake and increasing whole grains, vegetables, and fruit intake. In addition, attention should be given to the dietary status of the elderly, along with targeted health education initiatives.…”
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Potato starch quality in relation to the treatments and long-term storage of tubers by Katarzyna Brążkiewicz, Jarosław Pobereżny, Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska, Bożena Bogucka

“…This may be due to the increased proportion of large starch grains and higher amylose and phosphorus content. …”
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Study of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Effects on Workpiece Quality in Sheet Metal Extrusion Process by Chatkaew Suriyapha, Bopit Bubphachot, Sampan Rittidech

“…Namely, when increasing penetration, narrowing the die orifice the material flows through, the material was formed by extruding, and defects were visibility, and the microstructure of the material’s grains’ size was flat and very fine. Extrusion defects were not found in the control material flow. …”
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Estimating the Effect of Adhering to the Recommendations of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide on Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Protocol for a Target Trial Emulation by Didier Brassard, Nancy Presse, Stéphanie Chevalier

“…In the hypothetical trial, participants will be instructed to meet sex-specific minimal intakes for vegetables and fruits, whole grains, animal- and plant-based protein foods, milk and plant-based beverages, and unsaturated fats. …”
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The pollen virome of wild plants and its association with variation in floral traits and land use by Andrea M. Fetters, Paul G. Cantalupo, Na Wei, Maria Teresa Sáenz Robles, Aiden M. Stanley, Jessica D. Stephens, James M. Pipas, Tia-Lynn Ashman

“…Pollen-associated viruses hitchhike on or within pollen grains and are transported to other plants by pollinators. …”
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Cretaceous-Tertiary Foraminifera and Palynomorphs from Djega Section and Inferred Paleodepositional Environments, Rio Del Rey Basin, Cameroon, West Africa by Njon Olivier Anoh, Mbanda L. Njoke, Ngoe D. Elangwe

“…Marine dinocysts are curiously absent from among the palynomorph assemblage, which consists dominantly of pollen grains from land plants (angiosperms and gymnosperms) and pteridophytic spores, together with a few fungal remains. …”
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Modification of Mechanical Properties of Ti–6Al–4V Using L-PBF for Anatomical Plates by Soumyabrata Basak, Sang-Hun Lee, Jeong-Rim Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Jeong Hun Lee, Myunghwan Byun, Dong-Hyun Kim

“…Additionally, coarse grains resulting from recrystallization and reduced dislocation density were observed through electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) following heat treatment. …”
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Yield components of the triticale collection material in the environments of the Middle Amur region by K. V. Zenkina, T. A. Aseeva

“…The following cultivars were identified as promising breeding sources: ‘AC Certa’, ‘Lana’, ‘Zolotoy Grebeshok’ and ‘Ulyana’ for their optimal yield in the Middle Amur region; ‘AC Certa’, ‘Zolotoy Grebeshok’, ‘Mykola’, ‘Korovai Kharkivsky’ and ‘Victoria’ for earliness; ‘Victoria’, ‘Rovnya’, ‘Kobzar’ (Ukraine), ‘Losinovske’, ‘Zgurivsky’ and ‘Sandio’ for plant height; ‘Lotos’, ‘Yarilo’, ‘ZG 186’, ‘Oberig Kharkivsky’, ‘Tleridal’ and ‘Sandio’ for ear length; ‘Lana’, ‘Ulyana’, ‘Lotos, ‘Yarilo’, ‘ZG 186’, ‘Pamyat Merezhko’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Kobzar’, ‘Oberig Kharkivsky’, ‘Tleridal’ and’ Sandio’ for the number of spikelets per ear; ‘AC Certa’, ‘Lana’, ‘Dagvo’, ‘Pamyat Merezhko’ and ‘Kobzar’ for the number of grains per ear; ‘Ukro’, ‘Lotos’, ‘Yarilo’, ‘Rovnya’ and ‘Kobzar’ for grain weight per ear; ‘Ukro’, ‘Skory’ and ‘Rovnya’ for grain size; ‘Ukro’, ‘Skory’ and ‘Rovnya’ protein content in grain; ‘Dagvo’, ‘Kobzar’ and ‘Sandio’ for lysine content in grain; ‘AC Certa’, ‘Lana’, ‘Skory’, ‘Lotus’, ‘Yarilo’, ‘ZG 186’, ‘Pamyat Merezhko’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Rovnya’, ‘Kobzar’, ‘Losinovske’, ‘Zgurivsky’, ‘Oberig Kharkivsky’, ‘Tleridal’ and ‘Sandio’ for resistance to lodging; ‘Lana’, ‘Pamyat Merezhko’, ‘Victoria Zgurivsky’, ‘Oberig Kharkivsky’ and ‘Tleridal’ for disease resistance.Conclusion. …”
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Hybrid regulation for the enhanced mechanical properties of laser powder bed fused AlSi10Mg alloy: Remelting with laser shock-based SiC implantation by Jiantao Zhou, Xiao Yang, Wei Shen, Gai Wu, Fang Dong

“…The experiments demonstrated that the compressive residual stress with the value of 72 MPa was obtained with weaken surface flatness after hybrid laser regulation. Nanoscale grains were presented with obvious dislocation tangle. …”
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Effect of nitrogen substituting carbon on high-temperature mechanical properties and wear performance of Cr–Mo–V hot-working die steel by Jinbo Gu, Junwei Yin, Hongxiao Chi, Lihao Li, Jian Zhou, Dangshen Ma

“…The results indicate that nitrogen substitution for carbon significantly increased the quantity and stability of undissolved V(C, N), enabling the quenching temperature of the steel to increase from 1030 °C to 1100 °C while obtaining grains of similar size. Nitrogen substitution for carbon could increase both the strength and plasticity of Cr–Mo–V steel at 500 °C, while decreasing the plasticity at 600 °C due to weaker bonding force between the undissolved V-rich carbides and matrix. …”
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Creative Cuisine in The Mountains: Yörük Food Culture by Akdag Gürkan, Soylu Aykut Göktuğ

“…In the Yörük food culture, grains such as bulgur and wheat are used to prepare staple dishes such as flatbreads and tortillas. …”
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Assessing Magnetic Susceptibility Profiles of Topsoils under Different Occupations by N. Bouhsane, S. Bouhlassa

“…The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of land use or human activity on χlf of soil overlying the same substrate, to discriminate allochthonous material or pollution from autochthonous or inherited ones, and to assess the origin and contribution of superparamagnetic (SP) grains to the global magnetic susceptibility χlf. …”
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Metallurgical assessment of Al-Zr-Y alloys for laser-based processing by J.T. Hierlihy, I.W. Donaldson, D.P. Bishop

“…The addition of Y produced a dramatic increase in dispersoid density, and consequently the proportion of equiaxed grains, demonstrating that the Al-Zr-Y system is a promising candidate for laser-based processing technologies.…”
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Promotion of healthy eating patterns among employees of a primary health care unit by Paula Martins Horta, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Roseli Gomes de Andrade

“…Six weekly activities relating to food and nutrition education were carried out and their themes were: food groups and healthy eating; physical activity practice and adequate water ingestion; milk and dairy and the importance of calcium; fruits and the importance of using whole foods; nutritional labeling, whole grains and diet vs. light; sodium consumption and aromatic herbs. …”
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Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination by Cíntia Gonçalves Sena, Deilson de Almeida Alves, Maria do Céu Monteiro Cruz, Núbia Cassiana Santos, João Esdras Lima, Amanda Gonçalves Guimarães

“…The evaluations were carried out on a total of 20 plants from an orchard in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pollen grains were collected from flowers of the S. undatus species plants for cross-pollination with the species S. monacanthus. …”
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Microstructural, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of Selective Laser Melted Inconel 718 Alloy: The Influences of Heat Treatment by Ümit Gencay Başcı, Egemen Avcu, Mertcan Kıraç, Ahmet Sever, İdris Gökalp, Hasan İsmail Yavuz, Serkan Oktay, Eray Abakay, Yasemin Yıldıran Avcu, Rıdvan Yamanoğlu

“…The grain size in the XY plane decreased following heat treatment, whereas the texture in the <001> direction remained unaffected. …”
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Experimental Study of Size Effects on the Deformation Strength and Failure Characteristics of Hard Rocks under True Triaxial Compression by Qiang Han, Yaohui Gao, Yan Zhang

“…In addition, by comparing the peak strength increment caused by the sample size of the two types of rocks, the σp of the fine-grained BHT basalt is more sensitive to sample size than that of the coarse-grained BS granite. …”
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TIG Welding of EN AW-6082 Al Alloy: A Comparative Analysis of Filler Rods on Microstructural and Mechanical Performance by Bandar Alzahrani, Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed, Mohamed I. A. Habba, Ramy A. Fouad, Yousef G. Y. Elshaghoul, Elshafey Ahmed Gadallah

“…Microstructural examination revealed that the ER5356 filler produced the finest grain structure of 18.03 ± 3 μm, while ER4047 resulted in the coarsest grains of 36.07 ± 5 μm. …”
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