A Novel Bond Anchor for Unidirectional FRP Member: Conceptual Design and Experimental Investigation by Yue Liu, Qing Wei, Ze-Yu Wang, Peng Xiang, Long-Ji Du, Bai-Yong Fu

“…Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) is an advanced composite material with many advantages including light weight, high strength, and high fatigue and corrosion resistance, which makes unidirectional FRP suitable for tension members, such as cables, prestressing tendons, and tie rods. …”
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Evaluation of the Influence Caused by Tunnel Construction on Groundwater Environment: A Case Study of Tongluoshan Tunnel, China by Jian Liu, Dan Liu, Kai Song

“…This study presents an indicator system and quantifies each indicator of Tongluoshan tunnel, which is located in southwest China with a length of 5.2 km and mainly passes through carbonate rocks and sandstones, based on field investigation and related technological reports. …”
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MINERALOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF MAGNETITE OCCURRENCES IN SERPENTINITES OF THE KALKAN AREA (MAIN URALIAN FAULT ZONE, SOUTH URALS) by D.E. Saveliev

“…Abundant Cu minerals including native copper, Cu sulfides (covellite, bornite, minerals of the chalcocite-digenite series), chlorides (nantokite), Cu carbonates and Cu silicates are found in magnetite ores. …”
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Effects of Incorporation of Marble Powder Obtained by Recycling Waste Sludge and Limestone Powder on Rheology, Compressive Strength, and Durability of Self-Compacting Concrete by Rayed Alyousef, Omrane Benjeddou, Chokri Soussi, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed

“…Tests on hardened SCCs included compressive strength, homogeneity, and quality in terms of ultrasonic pulse velocity and durability against carbonation and water penetration. In addition, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to analyze the specimens.…”
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Investigating the durability enhancement of recycled construction concrete through the application of nano-montmorillonite by Wei Yuan, Jie Li, Ziwei Cai

“…At this dosage, the 28-day compressive strength of RCA concrete was only 3–4 % lower than the control mix, and at 90 days, it matched or exceeded the control by 1–2 %. Carbonation depth reduced by 49 %, drying shrinkage by 46 %, and chloride ion ingress showed over 51 % reduction compared to the RCA mix without NMT. …”
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Heavy Metal Pollution and Chemical Profile of Cauvery River Water by Abida Begum, M. Ramaiah, Harikrishna, Irfanulla Khan, K. Veena

“…Water samples have high carbonate hardness. Concentrations of all elements and ions increase in the downstream. …”
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Offshore wind energy: assessing trace element inputs and the risks for co-location of aquaculture by G. J. Watson, G. Banfield, S. C. L. Watson, N. J. Beaumont, A. Hodkin

“…However, trace elements (TEs) from turbine corrosion-protection systems could generate significant ecosystem, economic, and human health risks. …”
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Pitting Suppression of AISI 316 Stainless Steel Plates in Conditions of Ultrasonic Vibration by Georgii S. Vasyliev, Oleg M. Kuzmenko

“…Plate heat exchangers are widespread type of equipment that suffers from pitting corrosion in chloride containing solutions. Anodic behaviour of AISI 316 stainless steel was tested in 3.5% NaCl solution in conditions of ultrasound vibration (27 kHz, 10 W). …”
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Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of an Uncommon Entity: Esophageal Heterotopic Pancreas by Takman Mack, Debra Lowry, Peter Carbone, Brian Barbick, Joshua Kindelan, Robert Marks

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Preparation of strontium hexaferrite magnets from celestite and blue dust by mechanochemical route by Tiwary R.K., Narayan S.P., Pandey O.P.

“…The celestite after chemical upradation and physically upgraded blue dust alongwith sodium carbonate was taken for the preparation of strontium hexaferrite in this experiment. …”
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Underwater paleontology inside cenotes reveals the Miocene-Pliocene fish diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico. by Kleyton M Cantalice, Hugo E Salgado-Garrido, Erick Sosa-Rodríguez, Kay Vilchis-Zapata, Gerardo González-Barba, Underwater Archaeological Atlas project

“…This system is developed on a great Late Miocene to Early Pliocene carbonate platform belonging to the Carrillo Puerto Formation. …”
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Flapless Cone Beam Computed Tomography-Guided Implant Surgery with Contextual Transcrestal Sinus Lift Augmentation Using New Bone Compactor Tools by Ferdinando Attanasio, Sergio Bortolini, Daniele Carbone, Andrea Pacifici

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Applying Environmental Isotope Theory to Groundwater Recharge in the Jiaozuo Mining Area, China by Pinghua Huang, Xinyi Wang

“…The second factor score is a fraction distribution in shallow groundwater and negative fraction distribution in spring and deep groundwater, which indicates that the Northern Taihang Mountain is the main recharge area, where carbonate-exposed areas exist. The research conclusion holds a certain value for the flood evaluation of local coal mines.…”
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Nanohydroxyapatite Application to Osteoporosis Management by Zairin Noor

“…Crystal of normal bone is sodium calcium hydrogen carbonate phosphate hydrate with the chemical formula of Ca8H2(PO4)6·H2O–NaHCO3–H2O. …”
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A Single Platinum Microelectrode for Identifying Soft Drink Samples by Lígia Bueno, Thiago R. L. C. Paixão

“…Cyclic voltammograms recorded with a single platinum microelectrode were used along with a non-supervised pattern recognition, namely, Principal Component Analysis, to conduct a qualitative analysis of sixteen different brands of carbonated soft drinks (Kuat, Soda Antarctica, H2OH!…”
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Production Cycle for Large Scale Fission Mo-99 Separation by the Processing of Irradiated LEU Uranium Silicide Fuel Element Targets by Abdel-Hadi Ali Sameh

“…Nevertheless fluoride can be selectively bonded as in soluble CaF2 by addition of a mixture of solid calcium hydroxide calcium carbonate to the sand cement mixture used for waste solidification. …”
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Estrés y percepción del profesional de enfermería durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en un hospital peruano by Thalia Yessica Chura Layme

“… Objetivo: Identificar la relación entre el nivel de estrés y la percepción del profesional de enfermería frente a la pandemia de COVID-19 en el Hospital III Daniel Alcides Carrión de Tacna. Material y métodos: Investigación cuantitativa, no experimental, de corte transversal y descriptiva. …”
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Bacterial Cellulose-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Bone Regeneration by S. Saska, H. S. Barud, A. M. M. Gaspar, R. Marchetto, S. J. L. Ribeiro, Y. Messaddeq

“…Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy analysis showed bands assigned to phosphate and carbonate ions. In vivo tests showed no inflammatory reaction after 1 week. …”
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Influence of Coal Mining Activities on Soil's Agrochemical and Biochemical Properties by Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Vesnina, Nataly Fotina, Alexander Prosekov

“…Before the initial stage of recultivation, the content of carbonate-ion, bicarbonate-ion, copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, and petroleum products in soil samples from the coal mine met the norms and requirements of authorizing documents, and part of the samples from the territory of the Sample 2 coal mine were marked by increased pH and reduced humus content. …”
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Development of simplified treatment methods for removal of Ra-226 and Ra-228 from sludge waste produced in natural gas processing plants by Ayman M. Sharaf, M.A. El-Nahal, Islam M. Nabil, I.H. Saleh, Mohamed Elsafi

“…The main radionuclides present in sludge waste of natural gas processing are Radium and its daughters due to their low solubility in the water they can form compounds with sulfate ions, carbonate ions, silicate ions, then precipitation scale or sludge. …”
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