Formation of hybrid carriers based on albumin and polyoxometalate for targeted drug delivery by M.O. Tonkushina, I.D. Gagarin, V.R. Gavrilyuk, K.A. Piunov, A.A. Ostroushko

“…Polyoxometalates are able to bind both proteins and molecules of certain drugs to obtain water-soluble products without the use of toxic reagents and organic solvents. …”
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Evaluation of Soil Quality for Different Types of Land Use Based on Minimum Dataset in the Typical Desert Steppe in Ningxia, China by Ying Tian, Zhe Xu, Jun Wang, Zhanjun Wang

“…The results suggested that nine soil indicators, namely, soil water content (WC), total soil porosity (TP), percentage of soil sand (sand), percentage of soil clay (clay); soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), urease activity (UA), and catalase activity (CA) were selected for the MDS. …”
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Life cycle comparison of industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling and mining supply chains by Michael L. Machala, Xi Chen, Samantha P. Bunke, Gregory Forbes, Akarys Yegizbay, Jacques A. de Chalendar, Inês L. Azevedo, Sally Benson, William A. Tarpeh

“…In this work, environmental impacts (greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, energy consumption) of industrial-scale production of battery-grade cathode materials from end-of-life LIBs are compared to those of conventional mining supply chains. …”
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Analytical Analysis and Field Test Investigation of Consolidation for CCSG Pile Composite Foundation in Soft Clay by Jin Yu, Yanyan Cai, Zhibo Qi, Yunfei Guan, Shiyu Liu, Bingxiong Tu

“…Meanwhile, a series of in situ measurements including the settlement of pile and soil, the pore water pressure, and the total stress under embankment load were obtained on the CCSG pile composite foundation on a section of Zhenjiang-Liyang highway. …”
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Damage characteristics and model of rock triaxial cyclic stress and relaxation under stress-seepage coupling by Zhaoyang Bai, Tianyi Shi, Jie Wang, Chi Zhang

“…This study examines the stability of rock mass under stress and seepage in water-bearing mines through cyclic stress relaxation tests, analyzing strength, permeability, and failure characteristics. …”
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Study on Mechanism and Control Technology of Asymmetric Floor Heave in a Deep Soft Rock Main Roadway by Fulian He, Wenli Zhai, Xuhui Xu, Jiayu Song, Liang Li, Kai Lv

“…The following conclusions were drawn: (1) the floor heave of 1# main roadway is mainly caused by high original rock stress, surrounding rock stress, water physical effect, support strength, etc. (2) A mechanical model of asymmetric floor heave is built and analyzed. …”
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Kinetic Study of Biodangerous Methylmercury Degradation under Various Light Conditions by Yutao Zhang, Xia Chen, Qixia Jiang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Qiuyun Zhang

“…The result showed that light radiation enhanced MeHg degradation but had no significant influence on the final balance between MeHg and inorganic mercury (Hg2+) in pure water. The balance is of great importance and can be used as a key fundamental to estimate MeHg cycling in other complicated aquatic environments. …”
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Time to be seen and heard: Including children’s and adolescents’ voices in the South African TB response by C Goslett, K du Preez, G Hendricks, A Best

“…Crushed and dissolved in water, the pieces are not very palatable for children. …”
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Effect of betel leaf extract (Piper Betle L.) toward hatching and survival rate of sea bass (Lates calcarifer) larvae by Dara Dewi Cut, Zahara Raihan, Nazlia Suraiya, Humeira Humeira

“…This research was carried out from 21 February to 3 March 2024 at the Ujung Batee Brackish Water Aquaculture Fisheries Center. The method used in this research was a Complete Random Design (CRD) with 5 treatment levels and 4 replications. …”
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Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Banana Pseudostem Hydrolysate to Produce Bioethanol by Lesetja Moraba Legodi, Daniel Coenrad LaGrange, Elbert Lukas Jansen van Rensburg, Ignatious Ncube

“…Different pretreatment methods, namely, 3% (w/v) NaOH, 5% (v/v) H2SO4, and liquid hot water, applied on the BPS resulted in the availability of 52%, 48%, and 25% cellulose after treatment, respectively. …”
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Influence of Moxifloxacin on Hepatic Redox Status and Plasma Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity in Rat by Ayokanmi Ore, Ebenezer Tunde Olayinka

“…Animals in group I (control) received 1 mL of distilled water, while animals in groups II, III, and IV received 1 mL each of MXF equivalent to 4 mg/kg b.w., 8 mg/kg b.w., and 16 mg/kg b.w., respectively. …”
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Study of Problems Related to Laying Ballastless Track in the Turnout of Ballasted Track at High-Speed Railway Stations by Ma Xue-Ning, Hao Zi-Xiang, Liu Chang, Wang Xu, Wang Bo-Lin

“…The result shows that, in order to meet the requirements of laying ballastless track in the turnout area, a reinforcement scheme of subgrade impact rolling, surcharge preloading, and closed water isolation on the subgrade surface is proposed. …”
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Properties of the Loess Sediments in Ostrava Region (Czech Republic) and Comparison with Some Other Loess Sediments by Marian Marschalko, Işık Yilmaz, Lucie Fojtova, David Lamich, Martin Bednarik

“…Comparing other loess sediment studies worldwide it was discovered that the physical properties of the most abundant clays of low to medium plasticity, sandy clays, and sands as foundation soils vary as for the plasticity index, porosity, natural water content, and bulk density to a certain extent but not as significantly as once expected.…”
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An Experimental Study on Solidifying Municipal Sewage Sludge through Skeleton Building Using Cement and Coal Gangue by Jiankang Yang, Haijun Lu, Xiong Zhang, Jixiang Li, Weiwei Wang

“…The municipal sewage sludge typically has very high water content and low shear strength. Conventional methods of lime and cement solidification of municipal sewage sludge often suffer high cost, significant drying shrinkage, frequent cracking, high hydraulic conductivity, and low strength. …”
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An Investigation on the Mix Design of Double Layer Porous Asphalts by Babak Golchin, Noor Halizah Abdullah, Meor Othman Hamzah, Jan Valentin

“…Porous asphalt (PA) are used to drain water from the surface of the asphalt pavements. …”
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Protective Effect of Melatonin on Nonylphenol-Induced Reproductive and Behavioral Disorders in First-Generation Adult Male Rats by Mahsa Tavakoli, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia, Fereshteh Pourabdolhossein, Mohammad Hossein Asghari, Sohrab Kazemi

“…The duration of treatment was 21 days from gestation time. Morris water maze was used to assess learning and memory. …”
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Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete shells and the compressive membrane action on bridge deck slabs by Beatriz da Costa Fernandes, Jordlly Reydson de Barros Silva, Bernardo Horowitz

“… Abstract There are reinforced concrete problems where it is essential to analyze the reinforcement stresses at the crack, such as verifying the Fatigue Limit State in bridge deck slabs and crack opening in water tanks. In view of this, this work presents a numerical model called Cracked Shell Model (CSM), which enables the determination of stresses in the orthogonal reinforcement of concrete shell elements. …”
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Identification of Public Awareness on Environmental Effects and Recycling of Waste Vegetable Oils: The Case of Malatya Province by Nesrin Dursun

“…The study determined the public awareness on the effects of domestic waste oils on water, air and soil pollution and recycling (especially raw materials in biodiesel production). …”
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Numerical Study on the Effects of Extended Surfaces on the Performance of a Coaxial Geothermal Heat Exchanger by Naser Bakhshi, Saman Rashidi, Roohollah Rafee

“…In this study, the effect of expanded surfaces on the performance of a vertical coaxial geothermal heat exchanger has been investigated. The fluid (water) with an initial temperature of 3.5 ºC and a volumetric flow rate of 0.0008 m3/s enters from the annular area and exits from the middle pipe. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Simulation of Hydrological Elements and Disaster Causes in Beijiang River Basin by ZHANG Kangtao, LEI Weidong

“…The CREST distributed hydrological model, incorporating distributed parameters such as soil water capacity and saturated hydraulic conductivity, was used to simulate runoff processes in Beijiang River Basin from 2019 to 2022. …”
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