Modeling and Optimization of Manganese Carbonate Precipitation Using Response Surface Methodology and Central Composite Rotatable Design by Meschack Mukunga Muanda, Pele Pascal Daniel Omalanga

“…Under the optimum conditions, the manganese and magnesium recoveries were the highest and the lowest respectively, while the pH, the time, the temperature and the volume of Na2CO3 were the lowest.  The values of the four factors were found as followed: 8.9293, 60.69 min, 77.95°F, and 50.7650 mL respectively. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Modeling of the Effect of Nanotwins on the Superelasticity of Single-Crystalline NiTi Alloys by Yang Guo, Xiangguo Zeng, Huayan Chen, Tixin Han, Heyi Tian, Fang Wang

“…It is found that the martensitic transformation and its reverse process occur accompanied by an abrupt volume change, and the transformed variants lead to the appearance of the (001) type compound twin. …”
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Performance of Pier-to-Pier Cap Connections of Integral Bridges under Thermal and Seismic Loads by Siva Avudaiappan, Kinson Prabu, Deban Selvaraj, Kiran Raja, Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera, Erick I Saavedra Flores

“…In recent times, the increased traffic volume, along with heavier vehicle movements, adversely affects the performance of expansion joints in the bridge girder, causing a possible failure in one of the above-mentioned mechanisms. …”
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Enhancement of knowledge and skills in laboratory techniques for autoantibody evaluation: Utility of a single-day hands-on workshop by Durga Prasanna Misra, Krushna Chandra Pani, Sajjan N Shenoy, Anupam Wakhlu, Parasar Ghosh, Pravin Hissaria, Vikas Agarwal

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Spatiotemporal assessment of recreation ecosystem service flow from green spaces in Zhengzhou’s main urban area by Fan Qindong, Lu Qiaosu, Yang Xiaoyu

“…Based on a framework encompassing supply, demand, boundaries, direction, volume, and speed, we assess the RESF from green spaces in the main urban area of Zhengzhou City from 2010 to 2020. …”
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid Attenuates Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury via Insulin Receptor and PI3K/Akt-Dependent Inhibition of NADPH Oxidase by Yinhua Dong, Hongxin Wang, Zefeng Chen

“…In the present study, administration of ALA (40 mg/kg, i.p.) for 3 days resulted in a significant decrease in neuronal deficit score and infarct volume and a significant increase in grip time and latency time in Morris water maze at 48 h after middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion (MCAO/R) in rats. …”
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Computed tomography reconstruction and morphometric analysis of the humerus and femur in new zealand rabbits by Muhammet Lutfi Selcuk

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> It was determined that the right humerus and femur volume and surface area in male rabbits were larger from the left side (p<0.05). …”
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The Robustness of White Matter Brain Networks Decreases with Aging by Chenye Huang, Xie Wang, Daojun Xie

“…The impairment of WM integrity is closely associated with the aging process, manifesting as the reorganization of brain networks based on graph theoretical analysis of complex networks and increased volume of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) in imaging studies. …”
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New and Advanced Methods in Detection of Fruit Juice Adulteration: Focusing on Nano-Biosensor by Samira Shokri, Mahya Soltani, Yeganeh Mazaheri, Alieh Rezagholizade-shirvan, Mansoureh Mohammadi, Nabi Shariatifar, Tayebeh Zeinali

“…These sensors reduce sample volume, analytical time, costs, and solvent consumption and will be discussed further in this study. …”
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Nephelometer Sensitivities for the Determination of PM2.5 Mass Concentration in Ambient and Indoor Air by Dimitra Karali, Glykeria Loupa, Spyridon Rapsomanikis

“…In the indoor environment, the two methods (gravimetry and nephelometry) were compared with the readings of an aerosol light scattering spectrometer, which provided PM2.5 volume concentrations and thus it was possible to calculate the PM2.5 density indoors.…”
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The Effect of Moringa Leaf Flour Addition in Steamed Sponge Cake Made from a Mixture of Wheat and Banana Flours by Fenny Indah Sari, Hotnida Sinaga, Linda Masniary Lubis

“…Meanwhile, the specific volume of cake decreased because banana flour does not have gluten. …”
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Carbon Nanotubes: A Review on Structure and Their Interaction with Proteins by N. Saifuddin, A. Z. Raziah, A. R. Junizah

“…Methods to effectively interface proteins with nanomaterials for realizing these applications continue to evolve. The high surface-to-volume ratio offered by nanoparticles resulted in the concentration of the immobilized entity being considerably higher than that afforded by other materials. …”
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Properties of Sago Particleboards Resinated with UF and PF Resin by Chen Chiang Tay, Sinin Hamdan, Mohd Shahril B. Osman

“…Sago particleboard made by UF/PF provided the advantages like optimized performance, minimized weight and volume, cost effectiveness, chemical resistance, and resistance to biodegradation.…”
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Research on Improved Ray Casting Algorithm and Its Application in Three-Dimensional Reconstruction by ZheShu Jia, DeYun Chen, Bo Wang

“…Aiming at the problem of too long volume rendering time caused by the trilinear interpolation sampling method in the reconstruction and visualization of the vertebra 3D model, an improved ray projection algorithm is proposed to quickly reconstruct a 3D vertebra model from medical CT vertebra images. …”
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A Novel Approach to Supply the Water Reservoir Demand Based on a Hybrid Whale Optimization Algorithm by Alireza Donyaii, Amirpouya Sarraf, Hassan Ahmadi

“…Additionally, the average water demand and discharge volume of IWOA were 3.21 × 106 m3 and 3.03 × 106 m3, respectively. …”
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Effect of Pretreatment on Detection of 37 Pesticide Residues in Chrysanthemum indicum by Xiao-Ying Lu, Yan-Qin Ouyang, Wei-Ya Zeng, Cui-Qing Lin, Lu-Hua Xiao, Gui-Hua Luo, Ruo-Ting Zhan, Ping Yan

“…The cleanup sorbents, volume and type of solvent, and treatment time were optimized. …”
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Application of Chicken Whole Egg Powder in the Manufacture of Bread Compared with using Fresh Egg as Control by Abdi Abdi, Tuty Anggraini, Alfi Asben

“…The best formulation for bread was obtained from bread made using chicken whole egg powder dried with foam mat drying with color, taste, aroma and texture parameter value are 4.1, 4.3, 3.9 and 4.2 respectively, while the increasing volume was 289.6% and hardness value was 50.8 N/cm2. …”
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Classroom Expression Recognition Based on Deep Learning by Yang Gao, Linyan Zhou, Jialiang He

“…To address the problem of insufficient data volume, this paper introduces a data enhancement method based on generative adversarial networks to improve the diversity and quality of the dataset. …”
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Assessing current state and prospects for housing construction development in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation by A. P. Alekseenko, I. A. Lavrentiev, N. Ye. Latysheva

“…The purpose of the study is to develop proposals for improving measures to support the housing construction market of apartment buildings in the Far Eastern Federal District. The data on the volume and structure of multifamily housing under construction, the main factors of construction cost formation in the macro-region have been analyzed. …”
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Evaluation of Physicochemical, Functional, and Sensorial Characteristics of Gluten-Free Turkish Noodle “Erişte” Formulated with Oat and Quinoa Flours by Gülşah Çalışkan Koç, Ravi Pandiselvam

“…The quinoa flour erişte sample has the highest weight (354.22 ± 20.14%) and volume (268.20 ± 9.01%) increase values. The lowest (10.56 ± 1.83%) and highest (13.71 ± 0.83%) cooking loss values were observed from oat flour and quinoa flour erişte samples, respectively. …”
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