Postharvest Practices and Farmers’ Knowledge in Managing Maize Pests in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Bongumusa Charles Gumede, Simon Kamande Kuria

“…The results also showed that metal tanks tended to be the most preferred (81.82%) storage facility for storing maize. …”
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Sustainable coastal living spaces using shipping containers by Savaniu Ioan Mihail, Tonciu Oana, Francu Catalin

“…The article presents the importance of building coastal living spaces using end-of-life shipping containers - used ship containers - in order to reduce metal waste in coastal areas with a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions and coastal biodiversity leading to sustainable coastal living spaces. …”
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Friction Spot Joining of AA6061 to Pre-holed Pure Copper Sheets with a Snap Rivet Head Die by Tahseen Yassin Yousef, Sabah Khammass Hussein, Hamed Ali Hussein

“…Two materials were joined by extruding the Al metal through the copper hole, and forming a rivet head. …”
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Improved Numerical-Analytical Thermal Modeling Method of the PCB With Considering Radiation Heat Transfer and Calculation of Components’ Temperature by Yabin Zhang

“…Moreover, for improving the efficiency, the multigrid strategy is integrated in the coupling method for generating discrete cells of three levels in the metal layer and PCB surface region. To testify the iterative method, the model of a simple one-layer structure is compared with that built in COMSOL Multiphysics. …”
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Influence of dissolved hydrogen and IG Cr carbide on the oxidation behavior of Alloy 600 in hydrogenated primary water by Yun Soo Lim, Dong Jin Kim, Sung Woo Kim, Seong Sik Hwang, Sung Hwan Cho, Hong Pyo Kim

“…Hence, the grain boundaries of the bare metal were attacked. PIO occurred and Cr-rich oxide identified as Cr2O3 was formed at the oxidized grain boundary. …”
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Are molecular solvents, aqueous biphasic systems and deep eutectic solvents meaningful categories for liquid–liquid extraction? by Billard, Isabelle

“…Two systems are well known in the literature of liquid/liquid extraction of metal ions: (i) H$_{2}$O/HNO$_{3}$/TBP, the archetype of the so-called classical liquid–liquid extraction (ii) H$_{2}$O/Na$_{2}$SO$_{4}$/PEG-4000, considered as an ABS. …”
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Synthesis of silver leaves and their potential application for analysis and degradation of phenolic pollutants by Jianan Sun, Xianhui Gao, Wei Wei

“…The present work not only showed a new method for the synthesis of silver leaves but also could be generalised to find other metallic leaves that could be used as promising heterogeneous catalysts for various reactions. …”
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Réexamen du mobilier venant de l’épave d’un navire coulé par les pirates au XVIIIe siècle dans la baie d’Ambodifotatra, île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar by Jean Soulat, Yann von Arnim, Alexandre Audard, John de Bry, Alexandre Coulaud

“…The latter have yielded a large quantity of material, notably more than 2,800 fragments of Chinese porcelain, Southeast Asian ceramics, metal objects, glassware and archaeozoological remains. …”
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Life cycle comparison of industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling and mining supply chains by Michael L. Machala, Xi Chen, Samantha P. Bunke, Gregory Forbes, Akarys Yegizbay, Jacques A. de Chalendar, Inês L. Azevedo, Sally Benson, William A. Tarpeh

“…Recycling batteries to mixed metal products instead of discrete salts further reduces environmental impacts. …”
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A Review on the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Morphologies Studied via TEM by Protima Rauwel, Siim Küünal, Stanislav Ferdov, Erwan Rauwel

“…This review describes a brief overview of the research on green synthesis of silver metal nanoparticles and the influence of the method on their size and morphology.…”
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Strain Programming of Oxygen Octahedral Symmetry in Perovskite Oxide Thin Films by Yunkyu Park, Seoung‐Hun Kang, Jeongkeun Song, Sang Woon Hwang, Shan Lin, Jong Mok Ok, Fazhi Yang, Hwangsun Kim, Andrew R. Lupini, Mina Yoon, Sangmoon Yoon, Hua Zhou, Ho Nyung Lee

“…In this work, it is demonstrated that epitaxial strain can not only induce a structural phase transition but also precisely tune the degree of OOR. The correlated metal CaNbO3, which is orthorhombic, is studied by growing as epitaxial thin films. …”
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Endoscopic Management of a Proximally Migrated Fully Covered SEMS Using the Stent-in-Stent Technique by Arunchai Chang, Varayu Prachayakul

“…Upon clinical presentation of chronic, painless, progressive jaundice, the obstruction was managed by placing of a 10 mm × 60 mm covered self-expandable metal stent (CSEMS), which successfully facilitated palliative biliary drainage. …”
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Hydrogen Storage Materials: Promising Materials for Kazakhstan’s Hydrogen Storage Industry by S. Abdimomyn, S. Malik, M. Skakov, Y. Koyanbayev, A. Miniyazov, F. Malchik

“…This review article provides an in-depth analysis of hydrogen storage materials, focusing on metal hydrides, complex hydrides, and carbon-based materials, with particular attention to their thermodynamic, structural, and kinetic properties. …”
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Integrated FEM-Multibody Co-Simulation of Additively Manufactured Hip Prosthesis containing cracks. by Domenico Gentile, Roberto Di Bona, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Gabriel testa, Sara Ricci

“…In order to satisfy the challenging demands, the latest novelties in industrial engineering are being tested in their applicability to subjects. The 3D printing of metal alloys can produce a highly customizable product, which, after the proper heat treatments, can possess adequate mechanical properties to ensure a satisfactory component life. …”
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Prediction Model of Corrosion Current Density Induced by Stray Current Based on QPSO-Driven Neural Network by Chengtao Wang, Wei Li, Gaifang Xin, Yuqiao Wang, Shaoyi Xu

“…The buried pipelines and metallic structures in subway systems are subjected to electrochemical corrosion under the stray current interference. …”
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Microstructures, properties and preparations of lightweight refractory high-entropy alloys: A review by Gengchen Li, Zhibin Wu, Yajing Dong, Zhen Hu, Yuefei Jia, Shiwei Wu, Yongkun Mu, Kang Sun, Yandong Jia, Gang Wang

“…Lightweight refractory high-entropy alloys (LRHEAs) have emerged as a class of advanced metallic materials, comprising multiple refractory and lightweight principal elements. …”
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Removal of Cobalt from Aqueous Solutions using Haro River Sand by Syed Moosa Hasany, Munawar Hussain Chaudhary

“…Cobalt, along with elements having higher sorption, could be separated from metal ions showing low sorption. The sand could be used for the preconcentration and removal of cobalt from aqueous solutions. …”
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Multipass Turning Operation Process Optimization Using Hybrid Genetic Simulated Annealing Algorithm by Abdelouahhab Jabri, Abdellah El Barkany, Ahmed El Khalfi

“…For years, there has been increasing attention placed on the metal removal processes such as turning and milling operations; researchers from different areas focused on cutting conditions optimization. …”
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Research on the Ecological Protection of Coal Gangue Slope Based on a Polymer Curing Agent by Jian Zhang, Wen Yi, Weijia Yuan, Yifang Liu, Zifan Sui

“…Simultaneously, the network structure film layer can reduce the influence of weathering and leaching on the coal gangue, prevent the heavy metal elements in coal gangue from entering the surrounding soil, improve the growth environment of plants, and improve the effect of ecological restoration. …”
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Protein Detection with Potentiometric Aptasensors: A Comparative Study between Polyaniline and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Transducers by Ali Düzgün, Hassan Imran, Kalle Levon, F. Xavier Rius

“…The two aptasensors are compared and characterized through potentiometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) based on the voltammetric response of multiply charged transition metal cations (such as hexaammineruthenium, [Ru(NH3)6]3+) bound electrostatically to the DNA probes. …”
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