STRUCTURE, MICROSTRUCTURE, AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF KNLNS-BNKZ LEAD-FREE CERAMICS UNDER THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SINTERING TEMPERATURES by Phan Dinh Gio, Huynh Thi Chi, Le Tran Uyen Tu, Nguyen Truong Tho

“…The effect of sintering temperature (TS) on the structure, microstructure, and piezoelectric properties of the ceramics was studied in detail. …”
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Experimental Measurement of the Transport Flow Path Aperture in Thermally Cracked Granite and the Relationship between Pore Structure and Permeability by Kazumasa Sueyoshi, Tadashi Yokoyama, Ikuo Katayama

“…Permeability is known to be dependent on porosity and flow path aperture, but direct quantification of pore structures is more difficult than direct estimation of permeability. …”
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Le rituel du toro-tinku. Systèmes symboliques et structures sociales dans les Andes boliviennes by Claude Le Gouill

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Shaking Table Tests on Earthquake Response Characterization of a Complex Museum Isolated Structure in High Intensity Area by Wenguang Liu, Chuan Qin, Yang Liu, Wenfu He, Qiaorong Yang

“…The experimental results show that isolated structure dynamic characteristics and isolation effect are stable and storey peak acceleration responses of superstructure are less than that of fixed structure. …”
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The impact of ion beams and thermal annealing on the structure and electrophysical properties of individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes and their ensembles by E. V. Knyazev, K. E. Ivlev, V. E. Kan

“…The effect of irradiation with argon ions and thermal treatments on the formation of a defect structure and the electrophysical properties of multilayer carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) is studied. …”
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Board Gender Diversity and Risk Management in Corporate Financing: A Study on Debt Structure and Financial Decision-Making by Davood Askarany, Soleil Jafari, Azam Pouryousof, Sona Habibi, Hassan Yazdifar

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Structural Characteristics of Regenerated Roof and Distribution Law of Overburden Porosity in Downward Mining of a Bifurcated Coal Seam by Ru Hu, Jiwen Wu, Xiaorong Zhai, Wenbao Shi, Kai Huang

“…The stability of each type of rock mass structure is evaluated, and the stability of three types of rock mass structures is III > II > I. …”
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Forming of the structure of surface volume of the cast macrogeterogeneous composition materials in conditions of low speed friction without lubricant by V. Ja. Kezik, A. S. Kalinichenko, R. K. Ivanova

“…There are investigated the specific features transformation in the composite materials of macro- heterogeneous structure during dry friction. There are shown some common peculiarities of the structure formation during high and low speed dry friction without any lubricant.…”
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POPULATION STRUCTURE OF LEAF PATHOGENS OF COMMON SPRING WHEAT IN THE WEST ASIAN REGIONS OF RUSSIA AND NORTH KAZAKHSTAN IN 2017 by E. I. Gultyaeva, N. M. Kovalenko, V. P. Shamanin, V. A. Tyunin, E. R. Shreyder, E. L. Shaydayuk, А. I. Morgunov

“…The objective of this study was to explore the population structure of the causative agents of leaf rust and tan spot on spring wheat based on virulence traits and assessing the distribution of the causative agent of spot blotch in the West-Asian region of Russia and North Kazakhstan. …”
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Density Functional Theory Study on the Electronic Structures of Oxadiazole Based Dyes as Photosensitizer for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Umer Mehmood, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Khalil Harrabi, Shakeel Ahmed

“…The molecular structures and UV-visible absorption spectra of complex photosensitizers comprising oxadiazole isomers as the π-bridges were analyzed by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT. …”
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Impact of Radii Ratios on a Two-Dimensional Cloaking Structure and Corresponding Analysis for Practical Design at Optical Wavelengths by Nadia Anam, Ebad Zahir

“…Analysis in this study is based on a change in the radii ratio, that is, outer radius to inner radius, of the cloaking structure for an array of wavelengths in the visible spectrum. …”
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Seismic Response Reduction of Structures Equipped with a Voided Biaxial Slab-Based Tuned Rolling Mass Damper by Shujin Li, Liming Fu, Fan Kong

“…This paper proposes a novel tuned mass damper (TMD) embedded in hollow slabs of civil structures. The hollow slabs in this context, also referred to as “voided biaxial reinforced concrete slabs,” feature a large interior space of prefabricated voided modules that are necessary in the construction of this special structural system. …”
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Control of giant orbital angular momentum bursts of structured Laguerre-Gaussian beams in a medium with general astigmatism by A.V. Volyar, E.G. Abramochkin, M.V. Bretsko, S.I. Khalilov, Ya.E. Akimova

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A Comparative Study on Structural, Morphological, and Tensile Properties of Binary and Ternary Epoxy Resin-Based Polymer Nanocomposites by Dalia M. T. Mustafa, Sarkawt Rostam, Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…From the X-ray diffraction evaluation, it can be concluded that the addition of NPs have a great impact on the epoxy structure. Besides, the morphology appearance was in good agreement with structural and mechanical analysis.…”
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AREN’T I A WOMAN DESERVING OF JUSTICE? RESTRUCTURING VAWA’S FUNDING STRUCTURE TO CREATE RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY by Maryam Asenuga

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A 28-GHz Vivaldi Array Antenna With Power Divider Structure for Achieving Wide Band and Gain Enhancement by Ming-An Chung, Dainius Udris, Chia-Wei Lin, Chih-Wei Yang

“…This article presents a planar Vivaldi array antenna based on a power divider structure. A half-loop defected ground structure (DGS) is performed to decrease the mutual coupling between antennas in the bottom layer of the substrate. …”
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Evaluating knowledge gains from structured sexual and reproductive health education among in-school adolescents in Southeast Nigeria by Chibuike Agu, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Godstime Eigbiremolen, Ugenyi Iloabachie, Ozioma Nwankpa, Obinna Onwujekwe

“…The data were collected through a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire Participants were randomly selected for technique. …”
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4-Aminoquinoline as a privileged scaffold for the design of leishmanicidal agents: structure–property relationships and key biological targets by Angel H. Romero, Francisco Delgado

“…These facts make it possible to generate safe leishmanicidal agents targeted at key aspects of parasite survival.The current review summarizes the most current examples of leishmanicidal agents based on 4-aminoquinolines focusing the analysis on two essential aspects: (i) structure–property relationship to identify the key pharmacophores and (ii) mode of action focused on key targets in parasite survival (e.g., depolarization of potential mitochondrial, accumulation into macrophage lysosome, and immunostimulation of host cells). …”
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Experimental Study on the Fractal Features and Permeability Characteristics of Low Metamorphic Coal Pore Structure under Thermal Damage by Zhen Liu, Mingrui Zhang, Shijian Yu, Lin Xin, Gang Wang, Liutao Sun

“…Underground coal gasification and exploitation of geothermal mine resources can effectively improve coal conversion and utilization efficiency, and the basic theory of the above technologies generally relies on the change law of the coal pore structure under thermal damage. Therefore, the influence mechanism of the development of the coal pore structure under thermal damage is analyzed by the nuclear magnetic resonance experiment, and the temperature-permeability fractal model is created. …”
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Structural Improvement of the ω-Type High-Speed Rail Clip Based on a Study of Its Failure Mechanism by Xiaogang Gao, Anbin Wang, Yu He, Xiaohan Gu

“…Finally, the clip was then structurally improved taking into account the stiffness and mass, which led to its resonant frequencies shifting away from the high-frequency excitation range, hence avoiding resonance failure of the subject clip.…”
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