A Comparative Study of Hot Deformation Behaviors for Sand Casting and Centrifugal Casting Q235B Flange Blanks by Qin Fangcheng, Li Yongtang, Ju Li

“…Hot compression tests of sand casting and centrifugal casting Q235B flange blanks were performed at strain rate range of 0.01–5 s−1 and temperature range of 850–1,150 °C. The evolutions of microstructure and texture were revealed. …”
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Histological and Biochemical Changes in Ovaries of Adult Wistar Rats Following Exposure to Risperidone by Onyilo, P.O.*, Dirisu, E.I., Samuel, B.O.

“…Group B rats (2.5 mg/kg of risperidone) showed normal ovarian microstructure, with follicles at various stages of maturity. …”
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Assessment of Alkali–Silica Reaction Development in Portland-Limestone Mortar and Concrete with Different Limestone Replacement Ratios and Fineness by Zichun Xia, Ana Bergmann, Leandro Sanchez

“…While LFs are known to modify the microstructure of concrete, the influence on ASR development has yet to be fully understood and requires further investigation. …”
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Prediction of anisotropic property of activated metal inert gas welding by employing different supervised machine learning models by Ruturaj U. Kakade, Nitin Khedkar, Amol Dalavi

“…Material characterization was performed on samples with the highest and lowest TS to evaluate the correlation between microstructure and strength. …”
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Pore Size Distribution Influence on Suction Properties of Calcareous Stones in Cultural Heritage: Experimental Data and Model Predictions by Giorgio Pia, Ludovica Casnedi, Ulrico Sanna

“…The water movement into the microstructure is responsible for deterioration of different types of materials and consequently for the indoor comfort worsening. …”
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Magnetization transfer MRI of third trimester fetal brain: a pilot of gestational myelin imaging by Siddharth Sadanand, Rob Stobbe, Tim van Mieghem, Tim van Mieghem, Shiri Shinar, Shiri Shinar, Pradeep Krishnan, Elka Miller, Greg Stanisz, Greg Stanisz, Dafna Sussman, Dafna Sussman

“…Detection of more minute changes in brain tissue microstructure could permit earlier detection of complications, allowing for potentially more timely, effective interventions. …”
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Study of short cracks under biaxial fatigue by P. Lopez-Crespo, B. Moreno, A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. Zapatero, A. Lopez-Moreno

“…In this paper a methodology for evaluating crack initiation under biaxial conditions is presented. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Study on Production of AlSi10Mg Alloy by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by İnayet Burcu Toprak, Nafel Dogdu

“…In additive manufacturing, production parameters play a critical role in the microstructure, mechanical properties, and surface quality of a product. …”
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Novel Alternative Ni-Based Binder Systems for Hardmetals by Mathias von Spalden, Johannes Pötschke, Alexander Michaelis

“…The obtained hardmetals were analysed in terms of their microstructure, phases, sintering behaviour, and mechanical properties. …”
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FinTech, Fractional Trading, and Order Book Dynamics: A Study of US Equities Markets by Janhavi Shankar Tripathi, Erick W. Rengifo

“…Leveraging high-frequency ITCH data from highly capitalized stocks—AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, and TSLA—we analyze market microstructure changes surrounding the implementation of FT. …”
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Study on the vacuum freeze-drying of banana and impact on powder properties by Onur Taskin

“…This research evaluated vacuum freeze-drying (VFD) for banana slices in terms of drying behavior, energy, cost, color, rehydration, shrinkage, pH and °Brix, microstructure, and thermal images. …”
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Effects of polymerization degree on recovery behavior of PVA/PVP hydrogels as potential articular cartilage prosthesis after fatigue test by Y. Shi, D. S. Xiong, Y. Peng, N. Wang

“…The influence of polymerization degree on microstructure, water content, friction coefficient, compressive fatigue and recovery properties of PVA/PVP hydrogels were investigated. …”
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Emerging Technologies for the Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Activity by Anna Luise Grab, Alexander Nesterov-Müller

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Fatigue crack behavior on a Cu-Zn-Al SMA by V. Di Cocco, F. Iacoviello, S. Natali, V. Volpe

“…In order to improve the SMA performance, it is always necessary to identify the microstructural changing in mechanical and thermal conditions, using X-Ray analyses. …”
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Effects of curing age and magnesium slag grinding time on mechanical properties and hydration characteristics of magnesium slag-based backfill materials by Xiaobing Yang, Jian Yang, Xi Wang, Shenghua Yin, Zepeng Yan, Xizhi Zhang, Gongcheng Li, Xun Chen, Yaobin Qi, Wei Chen

“…The grinding activation treatment of MS improves the microstructure characteristics of MS-based backfill and enhances the micro-densification degree of the backfill. …”
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Waste marble sludge and calcined clay brick powders in conventional cement farina production for cleaner built environment by Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, Jamal Khatib, Andre Gustavo de Sousa Galdino, Said Kenai, Ahmed Ashteyat, Raul D.S.G. Campilho, Roberto Alonso Gonzalez Lezcano, Gideon Olukunle Bamigboye, N. Nagaprasad, Krishnaraj Ramaswamy

“…The microstructure of the marble and brick waste was analyzed using X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy. …”
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Osteogenic potential of calcium silicate-doped iron oxide nanoparticles versus calcium silicate for reconstruction of critical-sized mandibular defects: An experimental study in do... by Said K. Taha, Mohamed A. Abdel Hamid, Esmat M.A. Hamzawy, Sayed H. Kenawy, Gehan T. El-Bassyouni, Elham A. Hassan, Heba E. Tarek

“…Design: CS-doped Fe2O3 was prepared; morphological and microstructure identification of nanoparticles were made. …”
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Mechanical response and mechanisms of titanium foam with different porosities under static and impact loading by Hao Zhang, Linwei Li, Shicheng Wei, Yujiang Wang, Lei Guo, Bo Wang, Xinyang Wang, Yi Liang

“…Microscopic analysis was conducted to investigate the impact failure mechanisms of titanium foams with varying porosities, and the contributions of different microstructural factors to strain-rate strengthening were quantitatively evaluated. …”
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Effect of Welding Process on the Sulfide Stress Corrosion Susceptibility of Q345R by YANG Quan - yi, ZHANG Zhao - yang, LIU Meng, LIU Xian - bin, HAN En - hou

“…In order to discuss and analyze the influence of welding process on Q345R sulfide stress corrosion sensitivity, the sulfide stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of Q345R welded by manual welding and argon arc welding processes was tested and evaluated in NACE A solution with saturated H2S. The microstructure and mechanical properties of Q345R welded by the two welding processes were analyzed by SEM and vickers hardness tester. …”
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Effect of Aging Heat Treatment in an Al-4008 Produced by Liquid Metal Printing by Catarina Ladeiro, Francisca Nunes, Mariana Trindade, Jose Costa

“…As one of the most recent advances in this industry, liquid metal printing has a growing value in the engineering field. This study aims to evaluate the effect of two heat treatment conditions in an Al-4008 alloy produced by this technique in the microstructure and mechanical properties. …”
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