Experimental and modeled analysis of contaminant mobility in coal fly ash landfills under continuous rainfall regimes by Shuyuan Xu, Yongbo Zhang, Jiangbo Guo, Aijing Wu, Xinghua Xiang, Haodong Sun

“…Under extreme rainfall conditions, the contaminants and heavy metals in the fly ash leachate migrate to a maximum depth of 56 cm in the compacted soil layer, with Pb reaching a depth of 28 cm, nickel 23 cm, cadmium 9 cm and hexavalent chromium 5 cm to meet Class III groundwater quality standards. …”
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Effect of regular thicknesses on the microstructural and quantitative analysis for a hypo-eutectic ductile iron alloyed with Ni and V by Colin-García E., Sánchez-Alvarado R.G., Cruz-Ramírez A., Suarez-Rosales M.A., Portuguez-Pardo L., Jiménez-Lugos J.C.

“…The low content of vanadium added to the ductile cast iron had a negligible effect on the solidification pattern, which was mainly due to the graphitizing impact of the nickel and silicon addition. The results of the microstructural characteristics are therefore primarily due to the cooling rate, which is determined by the casting thickness. …”
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An analysis of heavy metals contamination and estimating the daily intakes of vegetables from Uganda by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Eric Oloya, Otim, Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Gerald, Zirintunda, Andrew, Tamale, Justin, Ekou, Grace Henry, Musoke, Robert, Muyinda, Kevin, Matama, Regan, Mujinya, Henry, Matovu, Fred, Ssempijja, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Mauryn, Atino, Bede, Udechukwu, Ronald, Kayima, Patrick, Etiang, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Stellamaris, Kembabazi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Sheu Oluwadare, Sulaiman, Phyllis Candy, Natabo, Grace Nambatya, Kyeyune, Gaber El-Saber, Batiha, Ochan, Otim

“…Environmental contamination with elevated levels of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr 6þ), cadmium (Cd), and nickel (Ni)—all states of which are found in Uganda—raises health risk to the public. …”
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Microstructural, Morphological, and Magnetic Effects of NiFe₂O₄ Shell Formation Around Nanospherical ZnFe₂O₄ Cores by Marija Šuljagić, Vuk Uskoković, Lukasz Kilanski, Sabina Lewinska, Abdul Khaliq, Anna Ślawska-Waniewska, Aleksandar Kremenović, Vladimir Pavlović, Dejan A. Jeremić, Ljubica Andjelković

“…To gain a deeper insight into these complex structures, a bi-magnetic nanostructured material composed of superparamagnetic nanoparticles comprising a zinc ferrite core and a nickel ferrite shell was synthesized using the seed-mediated growth approach. …”
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Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh by Sudip Paul, Md. Sakib Hossen, E. M. Tanvir, Rizwana Afroz, Delwar Hossen, Sagarika Das, Nikhil Chandra Bhoumik, Nurul Karim, Farha Matin Juliana, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil

“…The trace elements varied in the range of 0.41–28, 0.12–3.54, 1.54–2.85, 0.29–0.59, 0.02–0.35, and 0.01–0.06 mg/kg for iron, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and cadmium, respectively. Among the heavy metals, only lead (0.17–2.19 mg/kg) was detected. …”
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Characterization of pre-alloyed NiTi powders produced by electrode induction-melting inert gas atomization for additive manufacturing by Wang J.-W., He D.-Y., Wu X., Guo X.-Y., Tan Z., Zhou Z., Shao W.

“…In this research, the characteristics of nickel-titanium (NiTi) powders produced by electrode induction melting inert gas atomization (EIGA) technique for additive manufacturing (AM) technology are investigated using various powder characterization technologies. …”
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A novel method to determine background concentrations and spatial distributions of heavy metals in soil at large scale using machine learning coupled with remote sensing-terrain at... by Magboul M. Sulieman, Fuat Kaya, Abdullah S. Al-Farraj, Eric C. Brevik

“…Here, a novel methodology was proposed to establish background concentrations of eight soil HMs, cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), and digitally map their spatial distributions in an area (i.e., harrats region) that has not yet been impacted by industrial activity. …”
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Trace element concentrations, multivariate analysis and health risk potential of soils from urban and peri-urban agriculture by K.M. Hawrami, A.K. Baset

“…Throughout all the locations examined, the levels of nickel consistently remained elevated, suggesting that the geological attributes of the region have a significant impact.…”
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Synthesis and characteristics of Fe/Ni/Cr oxide nanoparticles/PLA hybrid composite coatings on Mg–Zn–Ca alloy by Prakash Kumar, Aditya Kudva S, AnilKumar T, Ramesh S, M.R. Ramesh, Ashwini Prabhu, Gajanan Anne

“…To improve resistance towards corrosion and enhance biological efficacy and compatibility, the surfaces were coated with polylactic acid (PLA) using dip-coating.In this study, iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), and chromium (Cr) oxide nanoparticles from the Coleus amboinicus extract are synthesized and mixed with PLA to develop hybrid composite coatings, which are then applied onto the Mg–4Zn–1Ca alloy. …”
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Cutting performance and surface integrity during rotary ultrasonic elliptical milling of cast Ni-based superalloy by Zhefei Sun, Yihang Liu, Daxi Geng, Deyuan Zhang, Enze Ying, Runze Liu, Xinggang Jiang

“…These results demonstrate that high-performance machining of cast nickel-based superalloy can be achieved by RUEM.…”
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The effect of CaO on the recovery of Fe and Ni in a vacuum carbothermal reduction of garnierite by Wang Q., Qu T., Gu X.-P., Shi L., Yang B., Dai Y. N.

“…An analysis of the experimental results also indicated that the addition of CaO could cause the Fe-Si alloy to transform into the Fe-Ni alloy in the nickel-rich residue, which increased the content of Fe-Ni in the magnetic separation material from 13.34% to 73.17%. …”
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“Effect of oral systemic administration of vitamin D on the rate of maxillary canine retraction: A randomized controlled trial” by Davender Kumar, Revathi Mn, Rekha Sharma, Ashuma Sachdeva, Nameksh Raj Bhupali, Ravinder Solanki

“…The canine retraction was initiated using nickel-titanium (NiTi) closed coil springs delivering a force of 100 gm per side and Vitamin D levels were monitored at monthly intervals. …”
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Studies on the Effect of Laser Shock Peening Intensity on the Mechanical Properties of Wire Arc Additive Manufactured SS316L by Geethapriyan Thangamani, Santosh Kumar Tamang, Md Saad Patel, Jinoop Arackal Narayanan, Muthuramalingam Thangaraj, Jufan Zhang, Pardeep Kumar Gianchandani, Palani Iyamperumal Anand

“…Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis confirmed the formation of an oxide layer post-LSP, with an increase in carbon (C) and oxygen (O) elements and a decrease in chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) elements on the surface, attributed to localized pressure and heat impacts. …”
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The Origin of the Matter Matters: The Influence of Terrestrial Inputs on Coastal Benthic Microeukaryote Communities Revealed by eDNA by Mathisse Meyneng, Raffaele Siano, Naïna Mouras, Dominique Ansquer, Christine Laporte‐Magoni, Florence Antypas, Thomas Haize, Hugues Lemonnier

“…Particularly, the influence of ultramafic soils was highlighted by higher nickel concentration (correlated to Co, Cr, Mn, and Fe). …”
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Sources analysis and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil in a polymetallic mining area in southeastern Hubei based on Monte Carlo simulation by Jing Wang, Bo Wang, Qibin Zhao, Jinnan Cao, Xiao Xiao, Di Zhao, Zhenya Chen, Di Wu

“…The main findings are as follows: (1) Among the heavy metals present in the soil, copper (Cu) has the highest average concentration at 278.54 mg/kg, followed by zinc (Zn) at 161.16 mg/kg, chromium (Cr) at 75.23 mg/kg, nickel (Ni) at 30.38 mg/kg, arsenic (As) at 22.53 mg/kg, cadmium (Cd) at 0.76 mg/kg, and mercury (Hg) at 0.14 mg/kg; (2) The distribution of heavy metal concentrations exhibits significant regional variations, with the spatial pattern of pollution indicating that TLS is more affected than JLS, as evidenced by the Pollution Load Index (PLI) values; (3) Three potential sources of heavy metals were identified: natural sources, anthropogenic activities (including industrial production and agricultural practices), and atmospheric deposition (both dry and wet); (4) While severe contamination levels of specific metals such as copper and cadmium are observed in JLS and TLS soils, the overall contamination is mild, suggesting complex contamination dynamics; (5) Cadmium poses a moderate to high ecological risk, being the most sensitive factor in the comprehensive ecological risk assessment with a contribution rate of 65.2 %; (6) The concentrations of heavy metals in the soil present certain health risks, with children being more vulnerable than adults. …”
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Dense integration of chlorocatechols crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide solid-state separator for Li metal-free batteries by Haitao Zhou, Lianlu Wan, Jiacheng Han, Jian-Chun Wu, Yihong Deng, Jie Gu, Huanggang Wang, Hongquan Gao, Zilong Su

“…Li metal-free batteries, constructed with this separator, a Sn-plated Cu 10 μm foil anode, and a thick high-nickel cathode dry electrode, exhibit high discharge areal and specific capacities (5 mAh cm−2 and 200 mAh g−1, respectively) and pouch battery device energy density exceeding 440 Wh kg−1. …”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Biotoxicity of Nanosized Doped ZnO Photocatalyst by Lingling Liu, XiangRui Wang, Xiuping Yang, Wenhong Fan, Xiaolong Wang, Ning Wang, Xiaomin Li, Feng Xue

“…In this study, five types of nZnO (nondoped nZnO, iron- (Fe-) doped nZnO, cobalt- (Co-) doped nZnO, nickel- (Ni-) doped nZnO, and manganese- (Mn-) doped nZnO) materials were prepared through a wet chemical method and then exposed to Daphnia magna (D. magna) at low and high concentrations (50 and 250 μg L−1). …”
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A Green Approach to Landfill Remediation: The Efficacy of Indigenous Zygophyllum coccineum L. and Leptadenia pyrotechnica L. in Phytoremediating a Heavy Oil Flay Ash-contaminated L... by Samir G.M. Al-Solaimani, Abdulrahman Alkurashi, Refaat A. Abohassan, Omer H.M. Ibrahim, Magdi A.A. Mousa

“…The sequence of heavy metal concentrations from highest to lowest in the roots and shoots was as follows: sulfur > aluminum > iron > zinc > manganese > nickel > chromium > vanadium > copper > cobalt. The plants exhibited elevated chromium levels that surpassed the European Union (2002) requirements; however, they remained below Indian regulations. …”
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Consumption of Raw Herbal Medicines Is Associated with Major Public Health Risks amongst Ugandans by Fred, Ssempijja, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Andrew, Tamale, Sylvia Anurika, Ewuzie, Kevin, Matama, Justine, Ekou, Paul, Bogere, Regan, Mujinya, Grace Henry, Musoke, Jovile Kasande, Atusiimirwe, Gerald, Zirintunda, Muhamudu, Kalange, Joel, Lyada, Ritah, Kiconco, Theophilus, Pius, Christopher, Nandala, Roland Mugisha, Kamugisha, Yunusu, Hamira, Edgar Mario, Fernandez, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…+ese were then analyzed in the laboratory using an atomic absorption spectrometer for lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), and nickel (Ni). Concentrations were compared against the World Health Organization (WHO) limits. …”
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Investigation of the Performance of a Sb2S3-Based Solar Cell with a Hybrid Electron Transport Layer (h-ETL): A Simulation Approach Using SCAPS-1D Software by Pierre Gérard Darel Kond Ngue, Ariel Teyou Ngoupo, Aimé Magloire Ntouga Abena, François Xavier Abomo Abega, Jean-Marie Bienvenu Ndjaka

“…Finally, by combining high performance and thermal stability, the results show that the thermal stability of the solar cell depends on the back contact type; thus, nickel (Ni) was found to combine high performance and better thermal stability among the back contacts investigated. …”
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