Effects of Obesity on Bone Mass and Quality in Ovariectomized Female Zucker Rats by Rafaela G. Feresin, Sarah A. Johnson, Marcus L. Elam, Edward Jo, Bahram H. Arjmandi, Reza Hakkak

“…BMD of L4 vertebra was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and microcomputed tomography was used to assess the microstructural properties of the tibiae. Ovariectomy significantly (P<0.001) decreased the BMD of L4 vertebrae in lean and obese Zucker rats. …”
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Primary Stability of Self-Drilling and Self-Tapping Mini-Implant in Tibia of Diabetes-Induced Rabbits by Jea-Beom Park, Eun-Young Kim, Janghyun Paek, Yoon-Ah Kook, Do-Min Jeong, Il-Sik Cho, Gerald Nelson

“…This study aimed to evaluate effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus and mini-implant placement method on the primary stability of mini-implants by comparing mechanical stability and microstructural/histological differences. Methods. After 4 weeks of diabetic induction, 48 mini-implants (24 self-tapping and 24 self-drilling implants) were placed on the tibia of 6 diabetic and 6 normal rabbits. …”
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The Promotion/Inhibition of the Seepage Transport of Copper Ions by Suspension-Colloidal Particles with Wide Size Gradation by Qingke Nie, Huawei Li, Haipeng Yang, Tengfei Ni, Sichen Jiang

“…The promoting effect of the increase in seepage velocity on the concentration of copper ions in the effluent is greater with the graded large-scale SPs than with the graded small-scale SPs. In terms of the microstructural characteristics by metallographic microscopy, the average particle size of the deposited graded small-scale SPs is almost constant at different transport distances, while that of the deposited graded large-scale SPs tend to decrease significantly with increasing transport distance; i.e., notable bed filtration is exhibited in the latter case. …”
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Formation of Wrinkled Nanostructures via Surface–Bulk Curing Disparity in Ethyl Cyanoacrylate: Toward Superhydrophobic Surface Applications by Changwoo Lee, Heon-Ju Choi, Kyungeun Jeong, Kyungjun Lee, Handong Cho

“…The application of the primer creates a curing rate disparity between the surface and bulk of the ECA layer, resulting in the formation of wrinkled microstructures essential for achieving superhydrophobicity. …”
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Growing meat on autoclaved vegetables with biomimetic stiffness and micro-patterns by Ye Liu, Anqi Gao, Tiantian Wang, Yongqian Zhang, Gaoxiang Zhu, Sida Ling, Zhaozhao Wu, Yuhong Jin, Haoke Chen, Yuming Lai, Rui Zhang, Yuchen Yang, Jianyong Han, Yulin Deng, Yanan Du

“…We selected vegetables with natural anisotropic and isotropic topology mimicking muscle and adipose microstructures respectively. We further adjusted vegetable stiffness by autoclaving, to emulate the mechanical properties of animal tissues. …”
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High performance memristor device from solution processed MnO2 nanowires: Tuning of resistive switching from analog to digital and underlying mechanism by Rajkumar Mandal, Arka Mandal, Nayan Pandit, Rajib Nath, Biswanath Mukherjee

“…This study reports the synthesis of manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanowires via the hydrothermal method and the fabrication of high-performance memristor devices using solution-processed MnO2 nanowires. Microstructural characterizations, viz, XRD, SEM, EDAX and XPS of synthesized sample revealed highly crystalline structures of MnO2 nanowires. …”
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Study on Fermentation Preparation, Stability, and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activity of Tomato Pomace Peptide by Ying Mu, Ruxianguli Maimaitiyiming, Jingyang Hong, Yu Wang, Yao Zhao, Ruoqing Liu, Liang Wang, Keping Chen, Aihemaitijiang Aihaiti

“…The IC₅₀ values, ACE inhibitory activities, and in vitro stability of these peptides were compared, and their secondary structures and microstructures were characterized. The results indicated that the soluble protein concentration increased from 26.25 mg/g to 39.03 mg/g after 32 h of fermentation with strain <i>RV171</i>. …”
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Impact of a Segmented-Scan Strategy on Residual Stress and Fit Accuracy of Dental Prostheses Fabricated via Laser-Beam Powder-Bed Fusion by Yoshio Kobayashi, Atsushi Takaichi, Yuka Kajima, Wenrui Qu, Noriyuki Wakabayashi

“…Residual stress was measured in the X and Y directions at three points using X-ray diffraction, while CT scans were used to count internal microstructures. The residual stress was lower in the X-direction in the segmented-scan group (24.61–217.17 MPa, respectively) than in the control group (187.70–293.71 MPa, respectively). …”
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An additive manufacturing approach for fabrication of agarose hydrogel structures for protein sorption application by Feng Cao, Hossein Najaf Zadeh, Klaudia Świacka, Jakub Maculewicz, Dan Bowles, Tim Huber, Don Clucas

“…The analysis of hydrogel microstructures illustrated the change in porosity by regulating agarose concentration and the gelation rate. …”
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Preparation of Bioactive Titanium Surfaces via Fluoride and Fibronectin Retention by Carlos Nelson Elias, Patricia Abdo Gravina, Costa e Silva Filho, Pedro Augusto de Paula Nascente

“…The evaluation techniques used showed that the Porous and PorousNano implants have similar microstructural characteristics. Spectrophotometry demonstrated similar levels of fibronectin adsorption on both surfaces (80%). …”
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Phase stability and enhanced mechanical properties of nanocrystalline PVD CrCu coatings by Michael Burtscher, Christina Kainz, Paola Dorner, Simon Fellner, Velislava Terziyska, Markus Alfreider, Daniel Kiener

“…The annihilation of microstructural defects and the precipitation of nm-sized Cu precipitates within and along the columnar Cr are regarded as the primary strengthening mechanisms. …”
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Contribution of Phosphorylation Modification to Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Egg White Protein Nanogels Loaded with Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil by Sheng-Qi Rao, Xin-Ru Gao, Hui Liu, Zhi-Rong Wang, Zhen-Quan Yang

“…Moreover, P-EWP-CBEO nanogels, with hydrophobic interactions and disulfide bonds as the main intermolecular forces, exhibited a remarkable conformational change in microstructures. In addition, the results of the antibacterial experiments on <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, and <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> showed that the MIC values of P-EWP-CBEO nanogels were two times lower than those of EWP-CBEO nanogels and could completely inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria within 108 h. …”
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AgBr-Coupled TiO2: A Visible Heterostructured Photocatalyst for Degrading Dye Pollutants by Jianjun Liu, Yingchun Yu, Zhixin Liu, Shengli Zuo, Baoshan Li

“…The phase composition, particle morphology and size, microstructures, and absorbance of these photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope (TEM), high-resolution TEM, and UV-vis spectra. …”
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Effect of Sodium Aluminate Dosage as a Solid Alkaline Activator on the Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag Paste by Bin Chen, Jun Wang, Jinyou Zhao

“…In this paper, the effect of sodium aluminate dosage as an alkaline activator on the setting time, fluidity, compressive strength, hydration products, and microstructures was studied through experiments. It is fair to say that an appropriate amount of sodium aluminate could obtain a suitable setting time and better compressive strength. …”
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Evolution of Pore Characteristics for Bentonite Modified by an Ionic Soil Stabilizer during Hydration Processes by Wei Huang, Zili Feng, Huanran Fu, Wei Xiang

“…An ionic soil stabilizer (ISS) is used to reinforce clay soils because the ISS can regulate the hydration processes and microstructures of clays. To evaluate the regulation of ISS, natural bentonite was modified by ISS at different concentrations in this research. …”
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Optimization of micronizing zeolite grinding using artificial neural networks by Nikolić V., Trumić M., Tanikić D., Trumić M.S.

“…The aim of the experiment was to determine the optimal grinding conditions to obtain a powder with appropriate physico-chemical and microstructural characteristics that would find its potential application as a binder and ion exchanger in structural composites. …”
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cognitive, Behavioural, and MRI Study by J. Campbell, D. Langdon, M. Cercignani, W. Rashid

“…Cortical activations were explored using fMRI and microstructural changes were explored using quantitative magnetisation transfer (QMT) imaging. …”
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Fatigue life prediction of spot-welded joints using a novel indentation technique for precise elastoplastic characterization of weld zones by Hossein Aliyari, Reza Miresmaeili, Mohammad Azadi

“…Microhardness and microstructural analyses identified a decarburized ''pale halo line'' at the FZ/HAZ interface, resulting in a notable reduction in hardness. …”
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Hot corrosion resistance of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 coatings at 900 °C by Li Zhang, Qilu Ye, Yan Ji, Yunxin Wang, Bin Yang

“…Moreover, the protective effect of residual compressive stress on the AlCoCrFeNi2.1 EHEA coating surface surpasses the influence of microstructural characteristics such as grain size, low-angle grain boundary volume fraction, and dislocation density. …”
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In-situ observation of twinning and grain rotation assisted deformation in wire-arc direct energy deposited (WDED) single phase titanium by Blanca Palacios, Sohail M.A.K. Mohammed, Tanaji Paul, Brandon Aguiar, Sean Langan, Arvind Agarwal

“…Additive manufacturing of metals often results in microstructural inhomogeneities, leading to the simultaneous or sequential activation of multiple deformation mechanisms. …”
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