ENHANCING COLD MIX ASPHALT PERFORMANCE WITH GEOPOLYMER TECHNOLOGY by Falah Hasan Ali, Taher M. Ahmed

“…The test results revealed that the concentration of (NaOH) has a substantial influence on the structure and characteristics of geopolymers, enhancing Marshall stability, ITS, and rut resistance. …”
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Carbazole Containing Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications in Reversible Holographic Recording by Bénédicte Mailhot-Jensen, Stefan Robu, Agnès Rivaton, Jean-François Pilichowski, Arcadi Chirita, Ekaterina Chilat, Galina Dragalina

“…A detailed investigation was undertaken involving infrared spectroscopy and NMR techniques, 1H, 13C, COSY, and HSQC, in order to establish the chemical structure and the composition of the copolymers. Holographic recording characteristics were investigated with one- and two-layer photothermoplastic carriers. …”
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Recognition of Transportation State by Smartphone Sensors Using Deep Bi-LSTM Neural Network by Hong Zhao, Chunning Hou, Hala Alrobassy, Xiangyan Zeng

“…The deep Bi-LSTM (bidirectional long short-term memory) neural network structure, the crowd-sourcing model, and the TensorFlow deep learning system are used to classify the transportation states. …”
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RETENTION BOND AND PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NIGERIA by Ayodeji Oke, Peter Ogunmola

“… Retention bond guarantees that the contractor will carry out all necessary work to correct structural and/or other defects discovered immediately after completion of the contract, even if full payment has been made to the contractor. …”
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Methanol Aromatization over Zn and Ce Modified Hierarchical ZSM-5 Catalysts: Effect of Ce as a Promoter by Zhenhao Wei, Yufan Ji, Yiping Huang, Jingjing Huang, Yunguo Huang, Changhai Yue, Junzhou Li, Mingwei Tang, Yunfang Liu, Hanfei Liu, Hao Zhu, Kai Zhu, Fan Yang, Xuedong Zhu

“…Zinc (Zn) and cerium (Ce) modified hierarchical ZSM-5 (HZ) catalysts were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation, and their catalytic performances in methanol to aromatics reaction were evaluated in a fixed-bed reactor operating at 400°C under 0.1 MPa and WHSV of 1.0 h−1. The structure, acidity, and state of Zn species of the Zn/Ce modified HZ catalysts were investigated via several characterization techniques, including XRD, NH3-TPD, H2-TPR, nitrogen adsorption, and XPS. …”
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Full-Vector Signal Acquisition and Information Fusion for the Fault Prediction by Lei Chen, Jie Han, Wenping Lei, Yongxiang Cui, Zhenhong Guan

“…The uncertainty of the spectrum structure can be eliminated by the designed data acquisition and fusion method. …”
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Laboratory Measurement and Interpretation of the Changes of Physical Properties after Heat Treatment in Tight Porous Media by Yili Kang, Mingjun Chen, Lijun You, Xiangchen Li

“…Comprehensive analyses indicate that the mechanisms of heat treatment on tight porous media include evaporation and dehydration of water, change of mineral structure, generation of microfracture, and network connectivity. …”
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Alkali Activation of Oil Shale Ash Based Ceramics by A. Hamadi, K. Nabih

“…In our study, X-ray diffraction (XDR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and SEM/EDS analysis were used to evaluate the effect of alkali activation on the structural arrangement of the starting materials (OSA and MOSA) in our study. …”
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Origin of Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity of Ag3AsO4 from First-Principles Calculation by Yan Gong, Hongtao Yu, Xie Quan

“…For clarifying that, the electronic structure and optical properties of Ag3AsO4 have been analyzed by the hybrid density functional method. …”
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Fuzzy Assessment of Steel Deck Pavement for Long Suspension Bridge of the Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge by Jinyu Zong, Keqiang Zhang, Binggen Zhan, Rui Ma

“…A three-level logical assessment structure including 21 basic impact factors was built according to analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and the weight for each judgment matrix was determined by the Delphi method. …”
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An abundant ginger compound furanodienone alleviates gut inflammation via the xenobiotic nuclear receptor PXR in mice by Xiaojuan Wang, Guohui Zhang, Zhiwei Bian, Vimanda Chow, Marina Grimaldi, Coralie Carivenc, Savannah Sirounian, Hao Li, Lucia Sladekova, Stefano Mott, Yulia Luperi, Yufeng Gong, Cait Costello, Linhao Li, Matthew Jachimowicz, Miao Guo, Shian Hu, Derek Wilson, Patrick Balaguer, William Bourguet, Sridhar Mani, Laura Bonati, Hui Peng, John March, Hongbing Wang, Shengpeng Wang, Henry M. Krause, Jiabao Liu

“…We show that FDN binds within a sub-pocket of the PXR ligand binding domain (LBD), with subsequent alterations in LBD structure. Using male mice, we show that orally provided FDN has potent PXR-dependant anti-inflammatory outcomes that are colon-specific. …”
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Synthesis of Potassium Tetratitanate—Based Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Selective Adsorption of Dibenzothiophene by Wanzhen Xu, Xudong Zheng, Mengying Gan, Wenjing Zhu, Yunlei Zhang, Yongsheng Yan

“…A potassium tetratitanate–based molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was prepared by surface molecule–imprinting technique, which involves coating potassium tetratitanate whiskers with silica and modification with 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane. The structural properties of the synthesized MIP were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, nitrogen adsorption and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Human rights to Internet access and its safe use by V. V. Popov, P. I. Moskalenko, S. V. Cherkasova

“…Formal logical and comparative methods were used, as well as methods of structural analysis. During the study, conclusions about the main differences in approaches to digital rights in the Russian Federation, foreign legal systems, and international law were drawn.…”
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Editorial - Advancing African Women in Academia: Charting Modern Solutions by Grace Temiloluwa Agbede, Nereshnee Govender, Daisy Pillay

“…African women encounter multifaceted challenges in academia. Structural barriers such as limited access to education, gender bias, and cultural norms that prioritise domestic responsibilities over career pursuits hinder their advancement (Founou et al., 2023). …”
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Rice endosperm and bran proteins ameliorate diabetic osteoporosis in Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats by Masatoshi Kubota, Shogo Sugaki, Erika Komori, Reiko Watanabe, Yuki Higuchi, Yukikazu Harada, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Shinobu Fujimura, Motoni Kadowaki

“…The rats exhibited an early stage of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder, and parameters reflecting mineral and bone metabolism and bone structure and strength were evaluated. Feeding casein to Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats increased their serum fibroblast growth factor 23 and parathyroid hormone concentrations, suggesting relative excess phosphorus intake, a low serum osteocalcin concentration, and a slightly elevated serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-5b concentration, indicating bone catabolism. …”
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Sedoanalgesia Strategies and their Potential Benefits in the Intensive Care Unit: Narrative Review of the Literature by Arango-Martínez, Alejandro, Penagos-Sanchez, Sebastian, Restrepo-Arismendy, Simón, Arias-Correa, Ruber Hernando

“…The information was extracted and synthesized in a structured manner according to the recommendations of the SANRA guidelines. …”
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Enhanced high-energy proton radiation hardness of ZnO thin-film transistors with a passivation layer by Yongsu Lee, Hae-Won Lee, Su Jin Kim, Jeong Min Park, Byoung Hun Lee, Chang Goo Kang

“…Abstract Metal-oxide thin-film semiconductors have been highlighted as next-generation space semiconductors owing to their excellent radiation hardness based on their dimensional advantages of very low thickness and insensitivity to crystal structure. However, thin-film transistors (TFTs) do not exhibit intrinsic radiation hardness owing to the chemical reactions at the interface exposed to ambient air. …”
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The braneworld stability and large-scale correction in graphene like background by Zahra Zali, Jafar Sadeghi, Behnam Pourhassan

“…We find that the model is completely stable unless in very low temperatures where the graphene structure may break. Hence, we confirm that our braneworld model is thermodynamically stable and also small perturbations yields to an oscillation around the equilibrium point.…”
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Dose-Dependent Differentiation of Gamma-Irradiated Hazelnut Samples by Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometrics by Ayca Dogan, Mete Severcan, Feride Severcan

“…It is known that high-dose irradiation causes several structural and functional damages. Therefore, the detection of high-dose irradiated food samples is a critical issue in international trade. …”
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Copper(II) Extraction from Nitric Acid Solution with 1-Phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazolone as a Cation Carrier by Liquid Membrane Emulsion by Baharuddin Hamzah, Noor Jalaluddin, Abdul Wahid Wahab, Ambo Upe

“…The synthesis efficiency is 72.04% and generally the spectra of IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR agree with HPMBP structure. The optimum condition for copper(II) extraction were found as follows: concentration of mixed surfactant (span 80+span 20) was 3%, volume ratio of membrane and internal phase was 1, concentration of HPMBP was 0.020 M, concentration of HCl was 1 M, volume ratio of emulsion and external phase was 0.143. …”
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