Preparation and Performance Evaluation of Polymeric Microspheres Used for Profile Control of Low-Permeability Reservoirs by Fajun Zhao, Hongbao Zhang, Yanping Wu, Dawei Wang, Yufei Zhang

“…The plugging performance and deformability of the polymeric microspheres gradually enhanced with swelling time, which makes the microspheres effective pore channel plugging agents for delivering a better in-depth profile control effect in rock cores with lower permeability. The core flooding test showed that, for the heterogeneous core with a permeability of 10 μm2, polymer microspheres have good plugging effect.…”
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Rib Spalling 3D Model for Soft Coal Seam Faces with Large Mining Height in Protective Seam Mining: Theoretical and Numerical Analyses by Shuai Liu, Ke Yang, Tong Zhang, Chunan Tang

“…Besides, a self-developed three-dimensional numerical calculation software RFPA3D (Realistic Fracture Process 3D Analysis), which considered the rock heterogeneity, was used to reproduce a weak triangular prism’s progressive failure process. …”
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Mechanical properties and macro–micro failure mechanisms of granite under thermal treatment and inclination by Yue Cao, Xiaowu Zhang, Lei Sun, Yadong Zheng, Chong Li

“…Abstract The coupling effects of inclination angle (θ) and high temperature (T) on rock degradation present significant construction challenges for underground engineering projects, such as underground coal gasification, inclined mining pillars, and nuclear waste repositories. …”
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Optimizing water resource management in tropical drought-prone regions through hybrid MCDM techniques: A water-stress mapping approach by Suman Mukherjee, Suman Paul, Subhasis Bhattacharya, Aznarul Islam, Sadik Mahammad, Edris Alam

“…Groundwater resources of the region are also limited due to the composition of hard rock geology and the low yield prospects of hard aquifers. …”
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Techniques for Progressive Failure Simulation of Hard Brittle Surrounding Rockmass: Taking the URL Test Tunnel as an Example by Daning Zhong, Jianlin Chen, Hui Zhou, Xiangrong Chen, Yali Jiang, Liangquan Li, Jun Chen

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Targeting Ferroptosis Attenuates Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Mast Cell Activation in Chronic Prostatitis by Dongxu Lin, Mengyang Zhang, Changcheng Luo, Pengyu Wei, Kai Cui, Zhong Chen

“…Abundant collagen deposition, enhanced RhoA, ROCK1, and α-SMA protein levels indicated that EAP rats were prone to suffer from stromal fibrosis compared with control group. …”
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Natural Enrichment of Trace Elements in Surface Horizons of Calcareous Soils (La Mancha, Spain) by Sandra Bravo Martín-Consuegra, Jose A. Amorós Ortíz-Villajos, Caridad Pérez-de-los-Reyes, Francisco J. García Navarro, Rolando Ruedas Luna, Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta

“…We can consider strontium, Sr, as the trace element that characterizes these limy soils (435 mg/kg average content in total soil and 708 mg/kg in the original rock). These contents are similar to the average value in Castilla-La Mancha of 380 mg/kg and are higher than the average in world soils of about 200 mg/kg. …”
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Effect of the Preexisting Fissure with Different Fillings in PMMA on Blast-Induced Crack Propagation by Xin Yang, Xiangguo Zeng, Chuanjin Pu, Dingjun Xiao

“…In order to study the dynamic crack propagation law in fissured rock under the different fillings, a borehole with 7 mm diameter was processed in the center of a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) specimen. …”
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Prestack Inversion Identification of Dolomite Reservoirs in the Fourth Member of the Sinian Dengying Formation in Moxi Area, Sichuan Basin, SW China by Yong Wu, Xuxu Wang, Lu Zhou, Chongyang Han, Lianjin Zhang, Xuemei Lan, Peng Lu

“…The dolomite reservoir of the fourth member of Dengying Formation in Moxi area of Sichuan Basin is thin, is fast in lateral variation, and has P-impedance difference from the surrounding rock; it is difficult to identify and predict the dolomite reservoir and fluid properties by conventional poststack seismic inversion. …”
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Influence of the graphene oxide on heat conduction characteristics of cement-based honeycomb scaffolds by Zhangjianing Cheng, Yuan Gao, Youjian Zhang, Sijia Wang, Xinlei Mao, Lei Feng, Qiuchen Liu, Yanming Liu

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Research on Optimization of Coal Pressure Relief Borehole Parameters under High-Stress Conditions by Heng Zhang, Tie Li, Zhenhua Ouyang, Su Liu, Haiyang Yi

“…Determining the parameters of boreholes drilled for relieving pressure in coal seams is the key preventing and controlling rock bursts in boreholes of large diameter. In this study, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, literature research, and other analysis methods are applied to study the angles of elastic energy dissipation and stress transfer, the distribution law of the pressure relief area, and the areas of stress concentration, energy, stress, displacement, and plastic behavior of large-diameter pressure relief boreholes in coal seams under high-stress conditions. …”
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Big Data-Based Boring Indexes and Their Application during TBM Tunneling by Shuangjing Wang, Yujie Wang, Xu Li, Lipeng Liu, Hai Xing, Yunpei Zhang

“…Boring indexes, such as normal boring difficulty index, initial rock mass fragmentation difficulty index, and tangential boring difficulty index, are defined using the coefficients of the linear thrust-penetration and torque-penetration relationships. …”
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Ultrasonic Time-Frequency Response Characteristics for Damage Evolution of Back-Filling Concrete under Staged Loading Conditions by Xicai Gao, Xichen Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Huan Xia, Shuai Liu, Tengfei Ma, Jianhui Yin, Kai Fan

“…Under the influence of repeated mining disturbance, the back-filling body for the gob-side entry retaining may experience a reduction in the bearing capacity or even failure, complicating the control of surrounding rock stability in coal mines. This study employs an electro-hydraulic three-axis servo testing machine and an ultrasonic detection system to study damage evolution and the precursor instability response behavior of the back-filling concrete of the gob-side entry retaining. …”
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Kola Peninsula Neolithic by Evgeniy M. Kolpakov, Alevtina M. Kiseleva, Anton I. Murashkin, Vladimir Ya. Shumkin

“…At the very end of the Late Neolithic, asbestos ceramics of the Lovozero and Pasvik types appear. Rock art of the Kola Peninsula mainly dates back to the Neolithic.…”
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Experiment and Applications of Dynamic Constitutive Model of Tensile and Compression Damage of Sandstones by Chunliang Dong, Xiaoyu Lu, Guangming Zhao, Xiangrui Meng, Yingming Li, Xiang Cheng

“…Results showed that the unloading failure of surrounding rocks has significant accumulation effects, and the accumulated damage on the floor is larger than those on the roof and roadway walls. …”
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Prediction and Analysis of PDC Bit Wear in Conglomerate Layer with Machine Learning and Finite-Element Method by Li-qiang Wang, Ming-ji Shao, Wei Zhang, Zhi-peng Xiao, Shuo Yang, Ming-he Yang

“…To achieve efficient drilling and prolong the bit service life, a simplified model of a PDC bit with double cutting teeth was established by using finite-element numerical simulation technology, and the rock-breaking process of PDC bit cutting teeth was simulated using the Archard wear principle. …”
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Origin and Evolution of the Ore-Forming Fluids in the Liyuan Gold Deposit, Central North China Craton: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and H-O-C Isotopic Compositions by Ying Ma, Suo-Fei Xiong, Hua-Liang Li, Shao-Yong Jiang

“…The Liyuan gold deposit is hosted within Archean basement metamorphic rocks and controlled by the NNE-trending faults in the central North China Craton. …”
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Investigation of the Optimization of Unloading Mining Scheme in Large Deep Deposit Based on Vague Set Theory and Its Application by Jia Sheng, Wen Wan, Dongrui Liu, Feifei Jiang, Xiangdong Li, Haiyun Zhang

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Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter Concentrations inside the Road Tunnels of Guanajuato City, Mexico by Adrián Zamorategui-Molina, Norma L. Gutiérrez-Ortega, Juan Carlos Baltazar-Vera, Julio Del Ángel-Soto, David Tirado-Torres

“…Lastly, the chemical components of the PM corresponded to the mineral dust originating from the eroded rock (mainly rhyolite), soil, and fortifying construction material inside the tunnels.…”
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Microscale Research on Effective Geosequestration of CO2 in Coal Reservoir: A Natural Analogue Study in Haishiwan Coalfield, China by Kaizhong Zhang, Wei Li, Yuanping Cheng, Jun Dong, Qingyi Tu, Rong Zhang

“…The sealing capacity of cap rock (oil shale) and geological tectonism (F19 fault), as the major contributors to CO2 enrichment and accumulation, provides insights into the suitable selection of CCGS site for long geological time.…”
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