Effect of Crude Plant Extracts on Mushroom Mite, Luciaphorus sp. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) by Prapassorn Bussaman, Chirayu Sa-uth, Paweena Rattanasena, Angsumarn Chandrapatya

“…The results suggested that rhizome extracts of C. xanthorrhiza and Z. montanum and leaf extracts of O. sanctum and M. officinalis have a great potential for future development as natural acaricides for controlling Luciaphorus sp.…”
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Significance of C-11 Methoxylation in desymmetrization of Cephalostatins by Mansour M. Nawasreh

“…Aiming on targeting cephalostatin 1, a potentially active anti-tumor marine natural product structured as a bis-steroidal pyrazine BSP, significant efforts invested to synthesize a closed structure. …”
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Construction of Tungsten Halogen, Pulsed LED, and Combined Tungsten Halogen-LED Solar Simulators for Solar Cell I-V Characterization and Electrical Parameters Determination by Anon Namin, Chaya Jivacate, Dhirayut Chenvidhya, Krissanapong Kirtikara, Jutturit Thongpron

“…I-V characterization of solar cells is generally done under natural sunlight or solar simulators operating in either a continuous mode or a pulse mode. …”
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Semi-Analytical Solution Based on Strip Method for Buckling and Vibration of Isotropic Plate by Mohamed A. El-Sayad, Ahmed M. Farag

“…The effect of the uni-axial and bi-axial in-plane forces on the natural frequency parameters and mode shapes of restrained plate is studied. …”
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Kennel Disinfectants for Microsporum canis and Trichophyton sp. by Karen A. Moriello

“…The antifungal efficacy of commonly used kennel disinfectants for large surfaces was tested using naturally infective material from untreated animals (M. canis and Trichophyton sp.) soaked and macerated but unfiltered leaving visible fluorescing hairs and/or scales in the test inoculum to create a robust challenge. …”
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Behavior of Lime-Stabilized Red Bed Soil after Cyclic Wetting-Drying in Triaxial Tests and SEM Analysis by Zhengmin Song, Dewen Zhang, Yuncheng Mao, Yanhu Mu, Kun Zhang, Qinglong Zhang

“…Most red beds demonstrate inferior geotechnical properties in natural conditions and need to be improved when used as construction material. …”
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Contribution of Daylighting to Saving Electrical Energy in Cameroon: Case Study of a Classroom in a Public School by Merimé Souffo Tagueu, Lionelle Adelaїde Madjou Tanekou, Benoît Ndzana

“…Thus, by combining the contribution of natural outdoor lighting with that of artificial indoor lighting, we are able to significantly reduce the quantity of electrical energy consumed by a classroom during the day. …”
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Improving the Attractiveness of Waste Steel Cans for Steel Mills by Removing Tin by B.J. Gajda, J. Reterski

“…Tin, being a metal with broad applications and limited natural resources, should be recovered from waste materials. …”
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Prediction Model of Minimum Void Ratio for Various Sizes/Shapes of Sandy Binary Mixture by Chaojie Shen, Zhaoyang Xu, Jie Yin, Jinfeng Wu

“…Based on a study of binary mixtures of natural sand from three different origins and iron particles of two different shapes, this paper analyzes the influence factors of the minimum void ratio, and a quadratic nonlinear model is proposed for estimating the minimum void ratio of binary mixture. …”
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Optimizations of Placenta Extracellular Matrix‐Loaded Silk Fibroin/Alginate 3D‐Printed Scaffolds Structurally and Functionally for Bone Tissue Engineering by Zahra Bashiri, Zahra Khosrowpour, Ali Moghaddaszadeh, Davod Jafari, Sanaz Alizadeh, Hajar Nasiri, Houman Parsaei, Zahra Keshtkaran, Meghdad Abdollahpour‐Alitappeh, Farshad Bargrizaneh, Behzad Rezaei, Sara Simorgh, Mazaher Gholipourmalekabadi

“…Then, different concentrations of ECM were composited with 8% alginate (Alg) and 12% silk fibroin (SF) for printing in order to produce a natural 3D construct that resembled bone tissue. The physical and biological features of the printed structures were evaluated entirely in vitro. …”
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Stability Assessment of Dangerous Rock Mass of an Overhanging Slope in Puerdu Town, Southwestern China by Wen-Lian Liu, Jia-Xing Dong, Su-Gang Sui, Han-Hua Xu, Run-Xue Yang, Zhen-Luo Shen

“…Results show that joints obviously developed in the dangerous rock mass of W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, and W6, with falling-type and toppling-type failure modes. In the natural condition, the dangerous rock mass is understable and unstable under the rainstorm and earthquake conditions. …”
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Synaptic energy drives the information processing mechanisms in spiking neural networks by Karim El Laithy, Martin Bogdan

“…Flow of energy and free energy minimization underpins almost every aspect of naturally occurring physical mechanisms. Inspired by this fact this work establishes an energy-based framework that spans the multi-scale range of biological neural systems and integrates synaptic dynamic, synchronous spiking activity and neural states into one consistent working paradigm. …”
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Stable and inert manganese complexes for magnetic resonance imaging by Ndiaye, Daouda, Tóth, Éva

“…Given the high doses required for in vivo MRI, Mn$^{2+}$ needs to be chelated in thermodynamically stable and kinetically inert complexes, despite its natural presence in the body. We survey here the latest developments in the chemistry and the preliminary in vivo MRI evaluation of Mn$^{2+}$ complexes. …”
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Anti-Diabetic Therapeutic Medicinal Plant Identification Using Deep Fused Discriminant Subspace Ensemble (D2SE) by N. Sasikaladevi, S. Pradeepa, A. Revathi, S. Vimal, Gaurav Dhiman

“…According to the Botanical Survey of India, India is home to more than 8,000 species of medicinal plants. The natural medications with antidiabetic activity are widely formulated because they have better compatibility with human body, are easily available and have less side effects. …”
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Numerical Study of the Air Ingress Accident of the HTR-PM and Possible Mitigation Measures by Wei Xu, Han Zhang, Heng Xie, Lei Shi, Jun Sun

“…The preliminary results show that only the flow rate of nitrogen injected reaches a certain value, which can effectively alleviate the consequences, while for helium injection, both high and small flow rate can prevent or cut off the natural circulation and alleviate the consequences. …”
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Spatial distribution of alluvial fans for evaluating tectonic activity: A case study from the Southern Kharqan mountain range, Hamadan Province by Esmaeil Najafi, Abolfazl Faraji Monfared, Mehdi Ahmadi

“…Identifying and evaluating their impacts can be valuable for natural hazard management and land use planning. In this study an attempt hs been made  to evaluate the status of tectonic activities in the south of the slopes of the Kharqan mountain range in the northeast of Hamedan province. …”
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Autoimmune gastritis pathogenesis and risk factors of stomach malignant neoplasia by Ye. A. Losik, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Thus, it is possible to consider autoimmune gastritis as disease which natural course can lead to premalignant lesions of the stomach mucosa. …”
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Los peinados afro, política, identidad y resistencia. El caso de las mujeres negras de los grupos Amafrocol y Entre Chontudas en Cali, Colombia by Karen Giselt Domínguez Mendoza

“…Se concluye que las mujeres negras encuentran en los peinados y su cabello afro natural una forma de gestionar demandas colectivas, desarrollando estrategias políticas y económicas que les permiten ganar poder y autonomía.…”
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FPIES: Reviewing the Management of Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome by Neha Khanna, Kirtika Patel

“…It also summarises the natural history and resolution of cow’s milk induced FPIES. …”
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Color Confinement and Spatial Dimensions in the Complex-Sedenion Space by Zi-Hua Weng

“…It means that the three spatial dimensions of unit vector in the complex-quaternion wave function can be considered as the “three colors”; naturally the color confinement will be effective. …”
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