Effect of Annealing on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Magnetron Sputtered Cu Thin Films by Shiwen Du, Yongtang Li

“…The surface morphology, roughness, and grain size of the Cu films were characterized by AFM. …”
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Study on strength and fracture toughness of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Ti(-Sn) alloys by Yan A., Chen L., Liu H.S., Xiao F.F., Li X.Q.

“…The results revealed that addition of Sn refined the solution-aging grain size of matrix and reduced coarsening rate of precipitate during aging. …”
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Strengthening Mechanisms of Magnesium-Lithium Based Alloys and Composites by C. O. Muga, Z. W. Zhang

“…Important mechanisms applied to strengthening the alloys include precipitation strengthening, solution strengthening, grain and subgrain strengthening, and dislocation density strengthening. …”
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Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy and AFM Analysis of CIGSe Thin Film Solar Cells by Nima E. Gorji, Ugo Reggiani, Leonardo Sandrolini

“…The band gap, grain size, and topography of a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) thin film solar cell are analyzed using surface photovoltage spectroscopy (SPV) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. …”
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Assessment of the genetic diversity of the alleles of gliadin-coding loci in common wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) collections in Kazakhstan and Russia by M. U. Utebayev, S. M. Dashkevich, O. O. Kradetskaya, I. V. Chilimova, N. A. Bome

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Modeling future climate change impacts on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) production with best management options in Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Adem Mohammed, Abebe Misganaw

“…The result of impact analysis showed that sorghum grain yield may decrease by 2030s and 2050s under both RCPs scenarios. …”
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The use of the species <i>Triticum petropavlovskyi</i> Udacz. et Migusch. to expand the genetic diversity of spring bread wheat by A. E. Druzhin, S. N. Sibikeev, L. V. Andreeva

“…It combined high productivity with an increased grain protein content compared to the recipient cultivar. …”
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Yield Response of Hybrid and Open Pollinated Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties to Different Levels of Fertilizer Nitrogen under Rain-Fed Conditions in the Bono Region of Ghana by Eric Ansu, Kwadwo Gyasi Santo, Abdul Aziz Khalid, Muntala Abdulai, Daniel Ntiamoah Afreh, Kwabena Atakora

“…Application of 150 kg/ha of fertilizer N to Pannar 12 variety resulted in grain yields of 6146 kg/ha and 6095 kg/ha in the major and minor rainy seasons, respectively. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Dry and Cryogenic Friction Stir Welding of AA7075 Aluminium Alloy by A. Praveen Raj Navukkarasan, K. Shanmuga Sundaram, C. Chandrasekhara Sastry, M. A. Muthu Manickam

“…A decrement of 21.68% is observed in the grain size in the cryogenic condition with correlation to the dry FSW process, indicating a drop in the coarse structure. …”
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Sources of characters useful for breeding in hulless barley by N. V. Tetyannikov, N. A. Bome

“…The yield was most closely associated with grain weight per plant (r = 0.61) and 1000 grain weight (r = 0.54). …”
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Progress in Dual (Piezoelectric-Magnetostrictive) Phase Magnetoelectric Sintered Composites by Rashed Adnan Islam, Shashank Priya

“…The studies showed that the soft piezoelectric phase quantified by smaller elastic modulus, large grain size of piezoelectric phase (~1 μm), and layered structures yields higher magnitude of ME coefficient. …”
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Response of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter) to Seeding Rate and Methods of Sowing on Yield and Yield Attributes in a Subhumid Environment, Northern Ethiopia by Abraha Arefaine, Daniel Adhanom, Negasi Tekeste

“…However, the interaction of the two treatment factors affected grain yield, biological yield, and straw yield. Plots sown with low seeding rate (10 kg/ha) combined with row planting gave high grain yield (2333 kg/ha), biological yield (7666 kg/ha), and straw yield (5333 kg/ha). …”
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Effect of tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon RoxB.) leaf vermicompost on growth and yield of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Dilip Kadam, Girish Pathade

“…Results The study revealed that the seed germination, shoot and root length, shoot and root fresh weights, shoot and root dry weights, thousand grain weight and grain weight per plant increased significantly (p B 0.05) compared to control due to application of vermicompost when used at proper proportions. …”
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Construction and application of a physically-based constitutive model for superplastic deformation of near-α TNW700 titanium alloy by Lixia Ma, Dingyong He, Bangjian Yang, Xiuquan Han, Jichun Zhang, Weidong Li

“…The bulging height, thickness and primary α grain size of the conical parts deformed at 950 °C exhibit good agreement between the FE-predicted and experimental results. …”
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Accumulation of cadmium and zinc in barley regenerants on a provocative soil background with cadmium by O. N. Shupletsova, E. V. Tovstik

“…The total removal of cadmium by plants against a provocative background increased 22.5 times, reaching 5.8–10.3 mg/kg of dry phytomass when distributed among organs: roots (91.9–93.4%) &gt; stems (5.9–7.8%) &gt; grain (0.5–0.8%). The amount of toxic metal in grain increased 11 times in the original form and 2.8–6.8 times in regenerants. …”
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Study on Mg segregation, microstructure evolution and fracture behavior of hot-press sintered (TiC+B4C)/6061Al composites after T4 heat treatment by Zhaosong Liu, Zongan Luo, Xin Zhang, Yingying Feng, Jinsong Yang

“…Results show that due to the addition of B4C, in-situ SiC and diffusion of B appeared in T4 (TiC + B4C)/6061Al composites. Severe grain boundary segregation of Mg occurred in T4 6061Al, while grain boundary segregation of Mg is noticeably reduced in T4 (TiC + B4C)/6061Al composites. …”
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Experimental Study on the Self-Healing Behavior of Fractured Rocks Induced by Water-CO2-Rock Interactions in the Shendong Coalfield by Jinfeng Ju, Quansheng Li, Jialin Xu

“…The experiment was conducted on prefractured specimens of three rock types typical of the Shendong coalfield: coarse-grained sandrock, fine-grained sandrock, and sandy mudrock. …”
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Economic Results of Winter Wheat and Winter Rye Production in Organic Farms – a Case Study by Marcin Żekało

“…When compared to conventional farms, the winter wheat and winter rye production results were weaker in organic farms, and a lower yield of grain was demonstrated. The selling price of organic grain was more favourable only for winter wheat. …”
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Research on key technologies and applications of fgOTN for the new electric power system by TANG Rui, GUANG Zejing, TANG Jia, GUO Xiaoxi, ZHAO Junfeng

“…In view of the problems of low carrier efficiency for customer signals below 1 Gbit/s in existing optical transport network (OTN) networks, the fine grain optical transport network (fgOTN) technical system that provides fine grain service bearers had been analyzed, and the technical advantages and feasibility of fgOTN based on key technical solutions and experimental data had also been validated. …”
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Credible distributed identity authentication system of microgrid based on blockchain by Guanqun YANG, Yin LIU, Hao XU, Hongwei XING, Jianhui ZHANG, Entang LI

“…Most of the blockchain-based identity authentication systems are based on public blockchain, which are still essentially traditional centralized identity management and verification methods, making it difficult to meet the needs of trusted access and fine-grained access control in microgrids.Therefore, based on the FISCO BCOS consortium blockchain technology, a distributed identity authentication system supporting multi-center was designed.A DID-based identity management protocol to achieve autonomous control of user identity in a practical scenarios was designed.Distributed trusted access technology for end nodes in microgrids was studied, and privacy-protecting credentials based on zero-knowledge proof were designed.This scheme meets the requirements of trustworthy and verifiable user identity in different privacy security scenarios, and achieves autonomous control of entity identity, fine-grained access control and trusted data exchange.The usability and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm are demonstrated through system experiments and performance analysis.…”
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