Mechanical Properties of the Shear Failure of Rock Masses with Prefabricated Sinusoidal Fractures by Limei Tian, Hongzhou Zhang, Wei Hong, Yunxia Zhang, Jinghua Zhang, Wenhui Tan

“…Sandstone specimens containing sinusoidal fractures with different undulated heights were prefabricated by the CNC sand-wire-electrode cutting technology to explore the effect of sinusoidal fractures on the mechanical properties of shear failure of rock masses. …”
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Dual medical image watermarking using SRU-enhanced network and EICC chaotic map by Fei Yan, Zeqian Wang, Kaoru Hirota

“…A logo image for integrity verification is embedded into the region of interest within the medical image, and a text image containing copyright information is combined with the feature vectors extracted by SCNeXt for generating zero-watermark information. …”
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Effect of Camel Milk on the Physicochemical, Rheological, and Sensory Qualities of Bread by Noha M. Almoraie, Israa M. Shatwan

“…Improved sensory attributes were observed under these formulation conditions. Bread containing ≥70% camel milk received lower sensory scores. …”
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Predictive Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Cyclic Shear Behavior in Sand–Fly Ash Mixtures by Özgür Yıldız, Ali Fırat Çabalar

“…Cyclic direct shear tests were conducted on mixtures containing fly ash at 0%, 2.5%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% by weight to examine the influence of fly ash content on the shear behavior under cyclic loading conditions. …”
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Physical and Sensory Characteristics of Food Bar Based on Beneng Taro (Xanthosoma undipes K. Koch) and Soy Protein Isolate by Fany Dwi Wahyuni, Fitria Riany Eris, Nia Ariani Putri, Rifqi Ahmad Riyanto

“…The formulas for the chosen food bars contained 30% taro flour and 70% soy protein isolate, and they were baked at 140 °C (S₂R₂) with the following characteristics: texture 26,59 N; L* value 46,75; a* 14,99; b* 32,17; and the value of preference for color, taste, aroma, texture and overall is 2,23; 2,10; 2,23; 2,15; and 2,25.…”
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Properties characterization and microstructural analysis of alkali-activated solid waste-based materials with sawdust and wastewater integration. by Liang Li, Xianhui Zhao, Haoyu Wang, Jianran Cao, Xian-En Zhao

“…These findings provide valuable insights for the sustainable recycling of bioresources and solid wastes containing silicon-aluminum in construction materials.…”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of pre-treated luffa fiber reinforced cement mortar. by Renqiang Yang, Zhengjun Guan, Lihua Zhang, Yong Shu

“…The SEM-EDS images revealed that cement mortar containing 1 cm fibers had a substantial presence of tinfoil-like C-S-H (hydrated calcium silicate) and needle-like AFt (ettringite) structures. …”
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Application of expert opinion in investigation and proof of criminal offences against justice by V. V. Grytsenko

“…In addition, it is determined that typical examinations also include handwriting examination, the objects of which are primarily protocols of procedural actions, official documents containing forged signatures or false text. Another typical method used in the investigation of criminal offences against justice is the technical examination of a document, which is aimed at confirming/refuting the fact of its forgery. …”
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CMS systems in rapeseed and their use in the breeding of domestic hybrids by I. N. Anisimova, A. G. Dubovskaya

“…The State Register of the Russian Federation for 2019 contains rapeseed hybrids of only foreign origin. Main achievements in domestic rapeseed hybrid production are highlighted. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Perivascular Adventitial Cells in the Whole Mount Mesenteric Branch Artery Using Immunofluorescent Staining and Scanning Confocal Micro... by Chandra Somasundaram, Rahul K. Nath, Richard D. Bukoski, Debra I. Diz

“…In summary, CGRP, and NCAM-containing neural cells in the perivascular adventitia also express palladin and CaSR, and coexpress Gap-43 which may participate in response to stress/injury and vasodilator mechanisms as part of a perivascular sensory neural network.…”
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Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content. by Sarah Hashim, Lauren Stewart, Mats B Küssner, Diana Omigie

“…It, however, extends it (a) to show that such engagement is highly visual and contains other types of imagery to a lesser extent, (b) to indicate the idiosyncratic tendencies of listeners' imagery consistency, and (c) to reveal key factors influencing consistency levels (e.g., vividness of visual imagery and emotional intensity ratings in response to music). …”
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Distorting Electrical Power of the Alternating Current in the Simplest Circuit with a Diode by O. V. Bialobrzheskyi, D. Y. Rod`kin

“…For the analysis of processes of formation the components of electrical power, a diagram of the simplest circuit containing a series-connected source of electromotive force, resistors and a diode is considered; also, the circuit was conditionally separated into a source and a consumer. …”
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Genotoxic and antigenotoxic properties of selenium compounds in the in vitro micronucleus assay with human whole blood lymphocytes and tk6 lymphoblastoid cells by Eduard Cemeli, Ricard Marcos, Diana Anderson

“…Only 1 μM selenous acid increased the frequency of binucleated cells containing micronuclei (BNMN) in blood lymphocytes, while all three selenium compounds increased BNMN in TK6 cells. …”
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Issues with the Organic and Elemental Carbon Fractions in Recent U.S. Chemical Speciation Network Data by Philip K. Hopke, Yunle Chen, David Q. Rich, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow

“…The Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) source factor containing the optical pyrolysis correction (OP) typically includes significant contributions to sulfate and/or nitrate. …”
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Modelling the Movement of Concentrate Particles in a Flash Furnace by E. Kolczyk

“…Vortices were formed in the region of the settler tub containing particles to the upper spaces of the reaction shaft. …”
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Nutrient recovery from anaerobic sludge by membrane filtration: pilot tests at a 2.5 MWe biogas plant by T. Gienau, U. Brüß, M. Kraume, S. Rosenberger

“…Results Solid/liquid separation resulted in separation efficiencies of 70% for total solids and 80% for phosphorus. The solid fraction contained high concentrations of organics and particle-ligated nutrients (20% TS, 8 kg t−1 Ntotal, 5.5 kg t−1 P2O5). …”
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Phytotoxicity of aluminum ions by O. V. Yakovleva

“…Russia contains the largest areas of soil with excessive acidity in the world. …”
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Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR-II) Antagonist Reduces Body Weight Gain in Mice by Tomoko Asagami, Joseph K. Belanoff, Junya Azuma, Christine M. Blasey, Robin D. Clark, Philip S. Tsao

“…Ten-week-old, male, C57BL/6J mice were fed a diet containing 60% fat calories and water supplemented with 11% sucrose for 4 weeks. …”
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Microstructural analysis and mechanical properties of Ni35Co25.5Al16Fe15.5Cr8 high-entropy alloy in the as-cast and homogenized conditions by A. Pourferiedouni, S.G. Shabestari

“…The as-cast alloy exhibited a dual-phase microstructure, consisting of a primary FCC (face-centered cubic) phase and an interdendritic eutectic region containing both FCC/BCC (body-centered cubic) phases. …”
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An automatic cervical cell classification model based on improved DenseNet121 by Yue Zhang, Chunyu Ning, Wenjing Yang

“…Firstly, the SE module is embedded in DenseNet121 to increase the model’s focus on the nucleus region, which contains important diagnostic information, and reduce the focus on redundant information. …”
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