Nucleic acid aptamers in orthopedic diseases: promising therapeutic agents for bone disorders by Zhenhong He, Qingping Peng, Wenying Bin, Luyao Zhao, Yihuang Chen, Yuanqun Zhang, Weihu Yang, Xingchen Yan, Huan Liu

“…Aptamer-mediated strategies, including the use of siRNA and miRNA mimics or inhibitors, have shown efficacy in enhancing bone mass and microstructure. These approaches hold transformative potential for treating a range of orthopedic conditions like osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, and osteoarthritis. …”
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Differential regulation of primary carbides in high carbon bearing steel using pulsed current to improve corrosion resistance by Mingkui Zhang, Le Ren, Xiaoshan Huang, Mengcheng Zhou, Jinchao Ma, Tao Zhang, Jide Liu, Jingdong Guo, Xinfang Zhang

“…The new method of regulating primary carbides proposed in this study can provide a new way to study the change of corrosion resistance during the microstructural evolution.…”
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Polysaccharide Hydrogels with Waste Wool Fibre as Matrix for Potential Use as CRF Fertiliser by Ewa Szczepanik, Edyta Molik, Kinga Pielichowska

“…The microstructure and the effect of fibres on the uniformity of the hydrogel were assessed using SEM and optical microscopy. …”
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Influence of Ni60-WC Bionic Unit on the Wear Performance of 20CrMnTi Steel Prepared via Laser Cladding by Bo Cui, You Lv, Zhaolong Sun, Yan Tong

“…The WC content was maintained within a mass percentage range of 15% to 60% in the composite powder system. The microstructure and properties of the bionic unit were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and a hardness tester, while its dry sliding wear resistance was evaluated using a block-on-ring tribometer. …”
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Investigation on Durability Performance in Early Aged High-Performance Concrete Containing GGBFS and FA by Seung-Yup Jang, Subbiah Karthick, Seung-Jun Kwon

“…Chloride diffusion coefficient was measured under nonstationary condition. In order to evaluate the microstructure characteristics, porosity through MIP was also measured. …”
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A critical review of laser welding of steel with titanium alloys for biomedical applications: challenges, developments, and properties by Amit Ratan Biswas, Nirvik Banerjee, Prosun Mondal, Saikat Ranjan Maity, Binayak Sen, Abhijit Bhowmik, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah

“…Furthermore, the review advances current understanding by systematically analyzing weld microstructure, geometry, and mechanical performance, addressing key gaps in existing literature. …”
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The Effect of α-Al(MnCr)Si Dispersoids on Activation Energy and Workability of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys during Hot Deformation by Xiaoguo Wang, Jian Qin, Hiromi Nagaumi, Ruirui Wu, Qiushu Li

“…The hyperbolic-sine constitutive equation was employed to determine the materials constants and activation energies of both studied alloys. The evolution of the activation energies of two alloys was investigated on a revised Sellars’ constitutive equation. …”
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Thermo-mechanical-metallurgical and damage modeling for hot stamping and warm-cutting of boron steel by Yongfeng Li, Hui Zhang, Shuhui Li

“…Finally, the proposed model is applied to the simulation of warm-cutting of typical parts, which can accurately predict the fracture surface quality, microstructure and hardness characteristics of the warm-cutting parts, and provide a reliable model and modeling method for fast pace and low cost hot stamping process and tool design.…”
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Influence of mineral interface stiffness on fracture propagation law of shale hydraulic fracturing by HOU Mengru,LIANG Bing,SUN Weiji,LIU Qi,ZHAO Hang

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The influence of grain boundary character distribution on the high-temperature creep behavior and damage mechanism of Inconel 718 by Dongyang Hao, Qian Wang, Haikun Ma, Dayong Wu, Jie Kang, Huicong Dong, Baocai You, Ning Li, Ru Su

“…In this study, the microstructural evolution and creep behaviour of different GBCD alloys were investigated during the creep process at 660 °C and 690 MPa, and the effect of GBCD on high temperature creep behaviour and associated damage mechanism were analyzed from the viewpoints of grain size, recrystallisation and dislocation motion. …”
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Wetting front dynamic study in Brazilian cements using neutron and X-ray imaging techniques by Higor Rosenberger, Márcio Aparecido Bulla Jr, Estela Oliari Garcez, Nikolay Kardjilov, Fabiano Yokaichiya, Margareth K.K.D. Franco

“…The combination of the results from X-ray Tomography and Neutron Radiography shows the potential application of these methods for determining air void parameters and demonstrates how microstructure, type of cement and curing time modified the dynamic water absorption. …”
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Insights into thermos-chemical attack of CMAS+NaVO3 mixtures on YSZ materials: an experimental and computational DFT study by Huanjie Fang, Wenqian Wang, Jianhao Yu, Yongxin Wang, Xiaodong He, Chongqing Di, Jibin Pu, Kazuhito Nishimura, Weize Wang

“…Additionally, accelerated precipitation of Y-rich c-ZrO2 grains was exclusively noted in CN-corroded specimen, potentially attributable to the decrease in Y-solubility. Microstructural evolution of YSZ particles in ceramic particles/the melt interaction test indicated an enhanced thermos-chemical corrosiveness of CN, and this phenomenon was further elucidated through a corresponding DFT simulation, which implicated that promoted transport behavior may be the underlying cause.…”
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Long-Term Performance of Mortars with Combined Incorporation of Ladle Furnace Slag and Metakaolin by Tayná Silva, Everton Souza, Eduardo Mariano, Gisleiva Ferreira, Wislei R. Osório

“…Both the fresh and hardened states at 28 and 180 days are evaluated, and the resulting microstructural characteristics and constituent phases are also examined. …”
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Temperature-dependent degradation of Al2O3—CrAl-O—Cr-O—Al-O multilayer coatings on ferritic-martensitic steels in oxygen-saturated lead–bismuth eutectic by Jiaojiao Ma, Lili Xing, Jie Tan, Hui Wang, Xiujie He, Xing Yin

“…The phase transformation and microstructural evolution of the coating, owing to temperature and element diffusion, were characterized in detail at the microscale. …”
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Oxygen Vacancy in Magnéli Phases and Its Effect on Thermoelectric Performances by Zhou Guan, Chuangshi Feng, Hongquan Song, Lingxu Yang, Xin Wang, Huijun Liu, Jiawei Zhang, Fanqian Wei, Xin Yuan, Hengyong Yang, Yu Tang, Fuxiang Zhang

“…The relationships between the phase evolution, microstructural features, and thermoelectric performance were investigated systematically. …”
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Study on mechanism of influence of low temperature freeze-thaw cycle on spontaneous combustion characteristics of coal gangue by Xun Zhang, Ning Ma, Bing Lu, Fengwei Dai, Ge Huang, Huimin Liang, Chen Yu

“…In order to investigate the influence of the number of freeze-thaw cycles (freeze-thaw) on the spontaneous combustion characteristics of coal gangue, this study simulated the alpine environment and examined the spontaneous combustion characteristics of coal gangue after undergoing multiple freeze-thaw cycles. The evolution of the macro-oxidative exothermic properties and microstructural characteristics of the gangue during the freeze-thaw cycles were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), low-temperature N2 adsorption (LTNA), programmed temperature-expanded oxidation (PTO), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and other experimental means. …”
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Research on the macro-microscopic mechanical characteristics and correlations of warm frozen soil under dynamic and static loads by Hu Zhang, Lijun Xing, Shengjin Zhang, Jintao Hu, Jun Zhao, Lang Dai, Zheng Li, Feng Liu

“…Finally, Micro-CT technology is applied to observe the microstructural changes and microcrack development in warm frozen soil under both static and dynamic loads. …”
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Sustainable one-part engineered geopolymer composite with thermal insulation in coastal region: Utilizing red mud dual-function as precursor and activator by Hangbo Bi, Ziming Tang, Fei Wang, Lingzhi Li, Bakhadir Mirzaev, Kequan Yu, Lingfei Liu

“…Microstructural analysis revealed that increased RM incorporation and reduced alkali suppressed geopolymerization gel formation, compromising matrix densification while rarely affecting fiber-matrix interfacial bonding. …”
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PATNet: Permute attention and transformer-enhanced network for segmentation of musculoskeletal ultrasound images by Yating Wu, Feng Bu, Jin Tian, Li Zhao, Guangfei Yang, Jianming Lu

“…The model is built upon the classical U-Net architecture to enhance the perception of microstructural features in muscle fibers.The Permute Spatial Attention (PSA) module reconstructs spatial information into the channel dimension, improving the model's sensitivity to muscle fiber orientation, density, and fine-grained texture variations. …”
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Dynamic tensile mechanical properties and damage fracture mechanisms of saturated frozen sandstone by Ming Li, Fuqiang Zhu, Yiwen Mao, Peng Wu, Yanlong Chen, Ketong Wu, Jiazhi Zhang, Hao Yu

“…Furthermore, the micro-damage evolution is closely linked to freezing temperature, being affected by internal moisture conditions, the material’s brittle–ductile transition behavior, and its microstructural characteristics.…”
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