Modeling of Corrosion Rate and Resistivity of Steel Reinforcement of Calcium Aluminate Cement Mortar by Cristina Argiz, Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Pedro Castro Borges, Emiliano Álvarez

“…This paper presents the characteristic corrosion intensity values of steel embedded in mortars made of CAC after five years of exposure to either a 0.5 mol/l or 1.5 mol/l NaCl solution in order to be applied to estimate the service life of reinforced concrete made of calcium aluminate cement (CAC) which is used in real construction structures. Ohmic drop measurements are also presented to support the values obtained. …”
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Fabrication of PES/PVP Water Filtration Membranes Using Cyrene®, a Safer Bio-Based Polar Aprotic Solvent by Roxana A. Milescu, C. Robert McElroy, Thomas J. Farmer, Paul M. Williams, Matthew J. Walters, James H. Clark

“…New methods, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) and NMR-based pore structure model, were applied to estimate the porosity and pore size distribution of the new membranes produced for the first time with Cyrene® and PVP as additive. …”
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Prediction of Radiation Belts Electron Fluxes at a Low Earth Orbit Using Neural Networks With PROBA‐V/EPT Data by Edith Botek, Viviane Pierrard, Alexandre Winant

“…The analysis of different input parameters and time resolutions allows to construct the best data set structure and improve the model to identify relevant effects such as dropouts, flux increase and recovery features.…”
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Design of Network and Pole for Meeting Lighting, Communication, and Energy Needs from a Single Source in Disasters by Levent Aksoy, İlknur Yardımcı Coşkun

“…This hybrid pole provides a network structure offering integrated lighting, energy, and communication services during and after disasters. …”
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Optimization of the Coupling Coefficient of the Inductive Link for Wireless Power Transfer to Biomedical Implants by Jiarui Bao, Shuyan Hu, Zibin Xie, Guangxi Hu, Ye Lu, Lirong Zheng

“…Simulations are conducted by using the high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS). Analytic results are verified with simulations. …”
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Distribution from PCB Waste and Vitrification by Reacting with Flux Agents by Raynard Christianson Sanito, Sheng-Jie You, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Ya-Fen Wang

“…Furthermore, the crystalline structures of CaCO3 and SiO2 dominated the final residue, and this confirmed the vitrification of the resin. …”
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Analysis and Optimization of Ecological Network Change in Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone by LI Yiyun, LING Ziyan, JIANG Weiguo, WU Juncheng

“…The results showed that: ① Although the core area of ecological sources accounts for 95.16% of the total ecological source area, a comparison of the two-year analysis results shows an increasing degree of landscape fragmentation and a decline in landscape connectivity. ② The optimized ecological network of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone of Guangxi comprises 11 ecological sources, 91 ecological corridors, and 71 ecological nodes. ③ The indices of the optimized network structure have all improved, enhancing the degree of ecological network connectivity within the study area.…”
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Oxidative potential determines the oxidative stress and ferroptotic toxicity of airborne particulate matter on pulmonary epithelial cells by Bingxue Nie, Daoqiang Zhang, Xin Liu, Chengying Lei, Zhiruo Li, Nan Zhang, Shuping Zhang, Yiju Wei, Jie Zhang

“…This study provides additional insights into the structure-activity relationship for PM’s toxicity. …”
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Physical Characteristics of Tetrahydroxy and Acylated Derivatives of Jojoba Liquid Wax in Lubricant Applications by Rogers E. Harry-O’kuru, Girma Biresaw, Sherald Gordon, Jingyuan Xu

“…Thus, we have chemically modified the carbon-carbon double bonds in the oil structure in order to improve its already good resistance to air oxidation so as to enhance its utility as well as its shelf life in nonpersonal care applications. …”
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Overview for developing Delphi-based interdisciplinary consensus statements on imaging: pros and cons by Dietrich Tobias Johannes, Mascarenhas Vasco V., Cerezal Luis, Afonso P. Diana, Sudoł-Szopińska Iwona

“…These principles emphasize the critical role of statistical group responses and the structured interaction inherent in the Delphi approach. …”
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Citizens of the Global South value urban green space: an example from Iran by Sahel Azizkhani Shadisheh, Kamran Shayesteh, Michael Farmer, Gad Perry

“… The unique social and physical structures of each city affect the quality of life of its residents. …”
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Impact of Hydrogeological Characteristics on the Development of Underground Space Resources in Valley Cities by Lizhong Zhang, Linde Liang, Jixiang Zhu, Tao Gan, Yamin Yang, Dun Wang

“…The study reveals that the hydrodynamic effect of groundwater in the study area is substantial and has a significant physical scouring effect on underground structures. The fluctuation of groundwater levels affects the stability of buildings by increasing groundwater buoyancy. …”
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Influence of Retrogression and Reaging Treatment on Microstructure and Microhardness of the 3A21/7075 Aluminum Alloy Cladding Material by Ming Hu, Xiaoxue Ren, Jianbo Sun, Yunlong Zhang

“…The 7075 aluminum alloy was an important structural material in the field of aeronautics and astronautics. …”
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Mining the Proteome of subsp. ATCC 25586 for Potential Therapeutics Discovery: An Approach by Abdul Musaweer Habib, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Sohel, Md. Habibul Hasan Mazumder, Mohd. Omar Faruk Sikder, Shah Md. Shahik

“…In addition, we have demonstrated the three dimensional structure of these three proteins. Finally, determination of ligand binding sites of the 2 key proteins as well as screening for functional inhibitors that best fitted with the ligands sites were conducted to discover effective novel therapeutic compounds against F. nucleatum.…”
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CBP22, a Novel Bacteriocin Isolated from Clostridium butyricum ZJU-F1, Protects against LPS-Induced Intestinal Injury through Maintaining the Tight Junction Complex by Tenghao Wang, Jie Fu, Xiao Xiao, Zeqing Lu, Fengqin Wang, Mingliang Jin, Yizhen Wang, Xin Zong

“…The bacteriocin, named CBP22, contained 22 amino acids with the sequence PSAWQITKCAGSIAWALGSGIF. Analysis of its structure and physicochemical properties indicated that CBP22 had a molecular weight of 2264.63 Da and a +1 net charge. …”
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Lack of robustness of hydrological models: a large-sample diagnosis and an attempt to identify hydrological and climatic drivers by L. Santos, V. Andréassian, T. O. Sonnenborg, G. Lindström, A. de Lavenne, A. de Lavenne, C. Perrin, L. Collet, L. Collet, G. Thirel

“…The occasional lack of robustness identified in such models is not only an operational challenge – since it affects the confidence that can be placed in projections of climate change impact – it also hints at possible deficiencies in the structures of these models. This paper presents a large-scale application of the robustness assessment test (RAT) for three hydrological models with different levels of complexity: GR6J, HYPE and MIKE SHE. …”
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Fatigue Characteristics of Prestressed Concrete Beam under Freezing and Thawing Cycles by Yuanxun Zheng, Lei Yang, Pan Guo, Peibing Yang

“…In order to reveal the influence of freezing and thawing on fatigue properties of the prestressed concrete beam, a kind of novel freeze-thaw test method for large concrete structure components was proposed, and the freeze-thaw experiments and fatigue failure test of prestressed concrete hollow beams were performed in this paper. …”
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Critical import insurance as a tool to support entrepreneurs under sanctions by А. V. Averin, A. F. Baranova, A. M. Kutyrev

“…Based on the analysis of regulatory legal acts of the Eurasian Economic Union and federal legislation of Russia, the system of support for critical imports at the supranational level and the level of the Russian Federation has been described. The commodity structure of the critical imported products lists has been analyzed. …”
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Study of social network interference of memory processes in adolescence by V. E. Baryshnikova, V. B. Nikishina, E. A. Petrash, V. A. Sotnikov, E. I. Kulikova

“…Conceptual assessment and study of the memory mechanisms, its formation, consolidation and preservation at different levels of the structural and functional organization of the nervous system constitutes the necessary knowledge for solving many problems of practical and fundamental psychology. …”
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Research on Typhoon Prediction by Integrating Numerical Simulation and Deep Learning Methods by Tianyi Lv, Huaming Yu, Liangshi Lin, Yijun Tao, Xin Qi

“…In the simulation of Typhoon DELTA (2020), the LSTM-optimized wind field exhibits substantially higher wind speed intensities in the central region of the typhoon compared to the ERA5 wind field, providing a more accurate representation of the intensity and structure of the typhoon.…”
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