Evaluating Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Gold Nanoparticles against Streptococcus oralis by Batool M Al-Fahham, Rafeef Ahmed Mohamed, Juman Mohammed Taqi Al-Talqani, Ali Hadi Fahad, Julfikar Haider

“…CHX was used as the positive control and distilled water as the negative control. The antibacterial activity data were statistically analyzed by least significant difference (LSD) using the Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. …”
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Autogenous and drying shrinkage properties of precast recycled aggregate concrete by Ningxu Zhang, Qing Yang, Dapeng Li, Yong Yu, Xiaoyu Jiang, Jinjun Xu

“…It first explores the effects of factors like water-to-cement ratio, PRA replacement rates, PRA’s parent concrete strength and mixing techniques on ultimate shrinkage strains and dimensionless strain-age curves. …”
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Elucidating the role of compositional and processing variables in tailoring the technological functionalities of plant protein ingredients by Lorenzo Barozzi, Stella Plazzotta, Ada Nucci, Lara Manzocco

“…This analysis showed legume proteins to present the highest solubility and interfacial properties while pseudocereal ones the highest water-holding capacity. Although pure ingredients show higher functionalities, non-protein components could contribute to interfacial properties. …”
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Impairment of Hepatic and Renal Functions by 2,5-Hexanedione Is Accompanied by Oxidative Stress in Rats by Isaac A. Adedara, Amos O. Abolaji, Blessing E. Odion, Isioma J. Okwudi, Abiola A. Omoloja, Ebenezer O. Farombi

“…Adult male Wistar rats were exposed to 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 1% 2,5-HD in drinking water for 21 days. Exposure to 2,5-HD caused liver and kidney atrophy evidenced by significant elevation in serum aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, bilirubin, urea, creatinine, and electrolytes levels compared with control. …”
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Study on Cooling Effect and Pavement Performance of Thermal-Resistant Asphalt Mixture by Jiarong Wang, Zhengqi Zhang, Datong Guo, Cheng Xu, Ke Zhang

“…The failure strain of mixture added with 100% thermal resistance materials is close to the lower limit of Chinese specification. The water stability of different TRAM changes with various test methods. …”
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Mechanosynthesis, characterization, and adsorptive properties of Mg–Al-LDH and Zn–Al-LDH for olive mill wastewater treatment by Hosni, Khaled, Mahmoudi, Khaled, Haraketi, Manel, Jellali, Salah, Srasra, Ezzeddine

“…Overall, the results demonstrate the convenience of the mechanosynthesis of hydrotalcite and the high efficiency of OMW treatment, which is promising for the potential applications of calcined LDH in environmental clean-up and remediation of contaminated water.…”
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Assessment of Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.) Growth and Yield Component by Application of Local Granular Organic Fertilizer, Peat and Inorganic Fertilizer: Comparative Study by Shara Salih Ali, Tara Salih Ali

“…The inorganic N fertilizer used in this study was applied in three different rates (0, 30 and 60 ppm INR) in form of Urea in water) each rate of INR was measured according to the weight of the soil in the pot. …”
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Research on a Novel Unsupervised-Learning-Based Pipeline Leak Detection Method Based on Temporal Kolmogorov–Arnold Network with Autoencoder Integration by Hengyu Wu, Zhu Jiang, Xiang Zhang, Jian Cheng

“…Field experiments were conducted on real urban water supply pipelines, and a benchmark dataset was established to evaluate the proposed model and method against commonly used models and methods. …”
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DETERMINING GROSS TONNAGE OF PURSE SEINERS USING A PHYSICAL MODELING APPROACH IN TEGAL, CENTRAL JAVA by Suharyanto Suharyanto, Ratih Purnama Sari, R. Mohamad Adha Akbar, Yaser Krisnafi, Tonny Kusumo

“…The research aims to determine the percentage change in shape of the ship’s hull below deck, Cb (coefficient block) and GT (gross tonnage) values of purse seiners in the Tegal using a physical model that is dipped in water. The Cb and GT values research was focused on KM. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Six Components in Beagle Dog Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and Its Application to a Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study of Three Different Yuanhu Zhitong Prepara... by Yang Wang, Zhaorui Yin, Kai Zhang, Qingfen Meng, Jianli Guan, Guanwei Fan

“…Six analytes and one internal standard were separated on a Waters Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column (2.1 mm × 100 mm, 1.7 μm) by gradient elution with 0.1% formic acid-water and 0.1% formic acid-acetonitrile at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. …”
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Study on the Influence of Different Feeding Habitats on the Behavioral Habits of Siberian Cranes in the Songnen Plain by Shiying Zhu, Guangyi Deng, Haibo Jiang, Jie Gao, Chunguang He, Yan Zhang, Yingyue Cao

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Web GIS Based Benthic Habitat Mapping Update Supports Smart Island Lemukutan by Zan Zibar, Robin Saputra, Adityo Raynaldo, Supriyatno Supriyatno

“…The research results obtained the extent of shallow water benthic habitat classification with different variations in each habitat class. …”
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Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach by Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi, Preethi Gopalsamy, Karnan Muthusamy, Dinesh Kumar Sundarraj, Steffi Pulikondan francis, Thiyagarajan Ramesh, Deog-Hwan Oh, Duong Ly Thi Thuy, Tuyet Thi Anh Truong, Huu Tap Van, Shankar Karuppannan

“…This work used a bacterial strain, Pseudomonas aeruginosa VJ 1, obtained from sewage water-contaminated surface soil in Tiruchirappalli, India, to investigate the biodegradation of polypropylene (PP) face masks. …”
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Three concepts: an academic ecologist’s view by Alexander Protasov

“…Some issues of practical use of the provisions of the EU Water Framework Directive are discussed, namely in the aspect of application to aquatic techno-ecosystems. …”
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ViT-ISRGAN: A High-Quality Super-Resolution Reconstruction Method for Multispectral Remote Sensing Images by Yifeng Yang, Hengqian Zhao, Xiadan Huangfu, Zihan Li, Pan Wang

“…The ViT-ISRGAN model focuses on reconstructing four types of typical ground objects based on Sentinel-2 images: urban, water, farmland, and forest. Results indicate that the ViT-ISRGAN model excels in capturing texture details and color restoration, effectively extracting spectral and texture information from multispectral remote sensing images across various scenes. …”
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Evaluation of Root-End Resections Performed by Er, Cr: YSGG Laser with and without Placement of a Root-End Filling Material by John Sullivan, Roberta Pileggi, Claudio Varella

“…Ninety single-rooted teeth were instrumented, obturated with GP and AH-Plus sealer, and divided into 3 experimental groups: (I) root-end resections were performed with the laser and G6 tips (parameters: 4.5 w, 30 pps, 20% water and 50% air); (II) Lindeman burs were used, without the placement of MTA; (III) the burs were used followed by root-end fillings with MTA, and one control (IV) of five unobturated roots resected with the burs. …”
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Feeding of Marbled Goby, Oxyeleotris marmorata (Blkr.), Larvae in the Two Weeks of Their Early Life by Irzal Effendi, K. Sumawidjaja

“…Larvae of 40 individuals/l were kept in the 250 l plastic tanks, filled with 200 l of aerated ground water for 15 days indoor. Larvae fed rotifer showed better survival and growth rate than those fed egg yolk-premix. …”
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The Film-Forming Characterization and Structural Analysis of Pectin from Sunflower Heads by Xiaoxia Peng, Guang Yang, Qi Yue, Xiaomeng Ren, Yifa Zhou, Mengshan Zhang

“…The solutions and films of different HPMC/AHP blends were characterized by viscosity, transparency, mechanical properties, loss on drying, water drop penetration time (WDPT), disintegration and SEM. …”
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Brown and red shades in the riverbed of the Nera River (Serbia) – update on the distribution and ecology of the association Hildenbrandio rivularis–Heribaudielletum fluviatilis Fri... by Trbojević Ivana, Milovanović Vanja, Sekulić Jasmina Šinžar, Sekulić Nenad, Krizmanić Jelena, Simić Gordana Subakov

“…Environmental parameters were measured in situ and water samples were collected for further analysis. …”
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Effect of Expanded Polystyrene Particle Size on Engineering Properties of Clayey Soil by Chuanyang Liang, Yuedong Wu, Jian Liu, Huiguo Wu, Dashuo Chen, Hui Liu, Yuanzhuo Song

“…In this study, different particle sizes of EPS pellets have been considered to separately investigate the effect on the optimum water content (OWC), maximum dry density (MDD), unconfined compressive strength (UCS), ductility, coefficient of permeability, and compression index of EPS-clay blends. …”
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