Microstructural Characterization and Wear Properties of Fe-Based Amorphous-Crystalline Coating Deposited by Twin Wire Arc Spraying by Ana Arizmendi-Morquecho, Araceli Campa-Castilla, C. Leyva-Porras, Josué Almicar Aguilar Martinez, Gregorio Vargas Gutiérrez, Karla Judith Moreno Bello, L. López López

“…Analysis in the coating showed the formation of an amorphous matrix with boron and tungsten carbides randomly dispersed. At high amplifications were identified boron carbides at interface boron carbide/amorphous matrix by TEM. …”
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Continuous Reinforcement Algorithm and Robust Economic Dispatching-Based Spot Electricity Market Modeling considering Strategic Behaviors of Wind Power Producers and Other Particip... by Zhenyu Zhao, Shuguang Yuan, Qingyun Nie, Weishang Guo

“…In a spot wholesale electricity market containing strategic bidding interactions among wind power producers and other participants such as fossil generation companies and distribution companies, the randomly fluctuating natures of wind power hinders not only the modeling and simulating of the dynamic bidding process and equilibrium of the electricity market but also the effectiveness about keeping economy and reliability in market clearing (economic dispatching) corresponding to the independent system operator. …”
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Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour by Osman José de Aguiar Gerude Neto, Michelle de Oliveira Maia Parente, Henrique Nunes Parente, Arnaud Azevedo Alves, Paull Andrews Carvalho dos Santos, Miguel Arcanjo Moreira Filho, Anderson de Moura Zanine, Daniele de Jesus Ferreira, Leilson Rocha Bezerra, Ruan Mourão da Silva Gomes

“…Twenty crossbred sheep (29.17±2.23 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design. Lambs were confined for 21 days, with 16 days for diet adaptation and 5 days for data collection, in which they were fed an isonitrogenous diet (16.5±0.2 CP, DM basis) containing 70% of concentrate and 30% (DM basis) of Tifton 85 hay. …”
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Effects of Yin and Yang supplement on reproductive performance, antioxidant and immunity of dairy goats by Kang Wang, Zhi Yang, Fumei Yang, Guanzong Li, Yulin Sun, Gang Duan, Jun He, Wang Sun, Ke Zhou, Zhihao Xiong, Feiyan Dai

“…For the experiment, 36 Alps milk goats were selected and randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 18 goats in each group. …”
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Phytoremediation of iron-contaminated soils using humic acid and hyperaccumulator grasses by Zumatul Atiko Islamya Cahyo, Wanti Mindari, Haidar Fari Aditya

“…This study employed a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) to evaluate this approach with two factors: the application of 600 ppm humic acid and the use of different grasses (vetiver, elephant grass, nutgrass, and gotu kola). …”
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Subway Station Construction to Achieve Sustainability Using the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Set Pair Analysis by Junwu Wang, Sen Liu, Yinghui Song, Jing Wang, Han Wu

“…Finally, SPA, which can deal with the randomness, uncertainty, and ambiguity of the indicators, is used to assess environmental risk. …”
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The effects of aerobic exercise on goal-directed attention and inhibitory control in individuals with high trait anxiety: an EEG study by Mengyang He, Jinxia Guo, Shunyao Yu, Hao Lian, Ruijie Zhan, Rongrong Luo, Zhifei Shi, Zhidong Zhuang, Wenpeng Cai

“…Thirty-eight participants were randomly assigned to either an exercise group or a reading group. …”
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Organoleptic and physicochemical of meltique beef steak injected with varying concentrations of coconut oil by Permata Sari Dian, Apriantini Astari, Budiman Cahyo, Cipta Dainy Nunung, Humayrah Wardina, Lesa Aditia Edit

“…Data were analyzed using a completely randomized design (CRD), with Tukey and Duncan tests employed for sensory analysis. …”
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Soil Erosion Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Wadi Yalamlam Basin, Saudi Arabia by Jarbou A. Bahrawi, Mohamed Elhag, Amal Y. Aldhebiani, Hanaa K. Galal, Ahmad K. Hegazy, Ebtisam Alghailani

“…Thirty-four soil samples were randomly selected for the calculation of the erodibility factor, based on calculating the K-factor values derived from soil property surfaces after interpolating soil sampling points. …”
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Elevated Blood Pressure in the Acute Phase of Stroke and the Role of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers by Simona Lattanzi, Mauro Silvestrini, Leandro Provinciali

“…We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials that investigated the effects of the angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) administered in the acute phase (≤72 hours) of stroke on death and dependency. …”
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Source Term Analysis of the Irradiated Graphite in the Core of HTR-10 by Xuegang Liu, Xin Huang, Feng Xie, Fuming Jia, Xiaogui Feng, Hong Li

“…An irradiated graphite sphere was randomly collected from the core of HTR-10 as sample in this study. …”
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Novel Form of Curcumin Improves Endothelial Function in Young, Healthy Individuals: A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study by Jonathan M. Oliver, Lee Stoner, David S. Rowlands, Aaron R. Caldwell, Elizabeth Sanders, Andreas Kreutzer, Joel B. Mitchell, Martin Purpura, Ralf Jäger

“…Curcumin, a turmeric extract, may protect against cardiovascular diseases by enhancing endothelial function. In this randomized controlled double-blind parallel prospective study, fifty-nine healthy adults were assigned to placebo, 50 mg (50 mg), or 200 mg (200 mg) curcumin, for 8 weeks. …”
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Influence of anthesis and silking synchronization of maize grain yield across different agroecological conditions by Drašković Bojan, Hojka Zdravko, Knežević Dragan, Šućur Rada, Banjac Borislav, Feher Teodora, Mladenov Velimir

“…Field experiments with a two-factorial randomized complete block design were established in 2022, with three replications and 28 hybrids. …”
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Digital humanistic program to manage premature frailty in young breast cancer survivors with gender perspective by Yun Hu, Joshua Wiley, Lulu Jiang, Xiyi Wang, Ran Yi, Jiehui Xu, Yanyan Liu, Aozhou Weng, Futai Zou, Eun-Ok Im

“…While digital health shows promise in frailty screening, its effectiveness for comprehensively managing frailty remains inconclusive. This randomized controlled trial, registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2200058823), tests the “AI-TA” program’s efficacy on premature frailty and quality of life in YBCSs. …”
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Potency of the Consortium of Pseudomonad fluorescent pf-142 and Bacillus mycoides Isolates Against Bacterial Wilt Disease In-Vitro by Yosua Nathanael Itona Sagala, Endang Triwahyu Prasetyawati, Yenny Wuryandari

“…This study was conducted in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments (Pseudomonad fluorescent pf-142, B. mycoides, Pseudomonad fluorescent pf-142 + B. mycoides, and control) in six replications, resulting in 24 experimental units. …”
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Removal of the Textile Dye Indanthrene Olive Green from Aqueous Solution Using Chitosan by José Alberto P. Chaves, Lane Aparecida A. Santana, Mário S. Schultz, Hildo Antônio S. Silva, Rosiane S. Penha, Adriana P. Vieira, Antônio G. de Souza, Cícero Wellington B. Bezerra

“…The positive values obtained for ΔH 0 (161.7 kJ/mol) and ΔS 0 [559.9 J/(mol K)] suggest that the adsorption process was endothermic, with the randomness of the system increasing during the adsorption process. …”
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Isoflavone Attenuates the Caspase-1 and Caspase-3 Level in Cell Model of Parkinsonism by Jian-xin Xu, Hai-ping Song, Qing-Xia Bu, De-Peng Feng, Xiao-Fan Xu, Qian-Ru Sun, Xue-Li Li

“…The subjects were PC12 cells. They were randomly divided into six groups: control, MPP+ (250 μmol/L), isoflavone (10 μM), isoflavone (10 μM) + MPP+ (250 μmol/L), Z-YVAD-CHO (10 nM) + MPP+ group, and Z-DEVD-CHO (10 nM) + MPP+ group. …”
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Exercise Training Prevents Decrease in Luminal Capillary Diameter of Skeletal Muscles in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes by Takeshi Morifuji, Shinichiro Murakami, Naoto Fujita, Hiroyo Kondo, Hidemi Fujino

“…Six-week-old male Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats and age-matched male Wistar rats (control group (Con)) were used. GK rats were randomly assigned to nonexercise (DB) and exercise (DBEx) groups. …”
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The effect of adding red dragon fruit peel extract (Hylocereus polyrhizus) in feed to increase color brightness in guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata) by Maulida Siti, Rahmah Harahap Nur, Syafrida Handayani Luvi

“…This study used a completely randomized design (CRD) method consisting of four treatments and four replications. …”
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Microbial Translocation in Chronic Liver Diseases by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Michele Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

“…In particular, probiotics may represent an attractive strategy, even though the promising results of experimental models and limited clinical studies need to be confirmed in larger randomized trials.…”
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