Study on the workability, strength, durability and environmental performance of alkali-activated electrolytic manganese slag-fly ash-slag grouting materials by Yongquan Chen, Zhonghu Wu, Chi Zeng, Yuan Liu, Shaoyun Pu, Hui Zhang, Zheng Feng, Kun Xu, Deliang Ni

“…The leaching concentration of heavy metals in EMCGM is lower than the national standard, which is in line with the environmental protection requirements. …”
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Study of drilling muds on the anti-erosion property of a fluidic amplifier in directional drilling by Jiang-fu He, Peng-yu Zhang, Qi-lei Yin, Kun Yin, Hou-ping Liu

“…However, the performance life of a fluidic amplifier is still unsatisfactory in oil and gas wells drilling, especially the heavy wear or erosion of the fluidic amplifier leads to the reduction of service life time of hydraulic hammers, which is derived from the incision of drilling muds with high speed and pressure. …”
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Human Activity as a Growing Threat to Marine Ecosystems: Plastic and Temperature Effects on the Sponge <i>Sarcotragus spinosulus</i> by Jessica Lombardo, Maria del Mar Ribas-Taberner, Maria Magdalena Quetglas-Llabrés, Samuel Pinya, Llorenç Gil, Silvia Tejada, Antoni Sureda, Montserrat Compa

“…In August, CFU counts of <i>Vibrio</i> spp. were significantly higher in sponges with poor external appearance (characterized by dull coloration and heavy epiphytic growth) but returned to levels observed in healthy sponges by November. …”
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Bayesian calibration and uncertainty quantification for a large nutrient load impact modelZenodoZenodoZenodo by Karel Kaurila, Risto Lignell, Frede Thingstad, Harri Kuosa, Jarno Vanhatalo

“…Due to being computationally heavy, the uncertainties related to these predictions are typically not rigorously assessed though. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asymptomatic Colorectal Polyps in Taiwan by Fu-Wei Wang, Ping-I Hsu, Hung-Yi Chuang, Ming-Shium Tu, Guang-Yuan Mar, Tai-Ming King, Jui-Ho Wang, Chao-Wen Hsu, Chiu-Hua Chang, Hui-Chun Chen

“…Age over 60 years old (OR, 3.49, 95% CI, 1.86–6.51), high body mass index (BMI>25: OR, 1.75, 95% CI, 1.21–2.71), heavy alcohol consumption (OR, 2.01, 95% CI, 1.02–3.99), and current smoking (OR, 1.31, 95% CI, 1.04–1.58) were independent predictors for adenomatous colorectal polyps. …”
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Coconut residues increase light fraction of organic matter and water retention in semi-arid sandy soil under irrigated cultivation by Isnara Evelin Barbosa da Silva, Magnus Dall’Igna Deon, Davi José Silva, Francisco Alisson da Silva Xavier, Ana Paula Guimarães Santos, Diana Signor

“…The light fraction of organic matter (>53 µm) was more sensitive to the management studied, while the heavy fraction of organic matter (<53 µm) was not significantly changed by the evaluated treatments. …”
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Asporin Reduces Adult Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Mineralization Induced by Osteogenic Media and Wnt Signaling Manipulation In Vitro by Anisha Polley, Riffat Khanam, Arunima Sengupta, Santanu Chakraborty

“…Aortic valve mineralization and calcification are the key events of adult calcific aortic valve disease manifestation and functional insufficiency. Due to heavy mineralization and calcification, adult aortic valvular cusps show disorganized and dispersed stratification concomitant with deposition of calcific nodules with severely compromised adult valve function. …”
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Curing Effect and Resistivity Evolution of Zinc-Contaminated Red Clay Cured by Phosphate-Based Binder by Yu Song, Xiaohui Gan, Hui Li, Mingzhi Zhang, Mingming Xue, Xiaotong Gao, Jun Li

“…Quantitative analysis of the resistivity evolution of cured contaminated soil is an important prerequisite for the accurate evaluation of the in situ remediation effect of heavy metal contaminated sites. In this paper, the pH value, unconfined compressive strength, and resistivity evolution of Zn-contaminated red clay cured with new phosphate-based binder (KMP) at different curing ages were tested, and the internal relationship between the KMP content and the metal ion content and the pH value, unconfined compressive strength, and resistivity evolution were analyzed. …”
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Review of risks of developing occupational and production-related diseases in workers of mining and metallurgical enterprises in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation by I.O. Myasnikov, A.N. Kizeev

“…It was shown that in the course of their work, employees of mining and metallurgical companies in the Russian Arctic are exposed to a number of workplace health risk factors, among which the heavy work activities , vibration (local and hole-body), and noise have the most impact on workers’ health. …”
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Comprehensive performance evaluation of satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall estimate products in Ethiopia: For drought, flood, and water resources applications. by Desta Yoseph Wodebo, Assefa M Melesse, Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet, Kirubel Mekonnen, Ahmed Amdihun, Diriba Korecha, Hailay Zeray Tedla, Gerald Corzo, Asaminew Teshome

“…The IMERG-Fv6B and TAMSATv3.1 products were found to be reliable for detecting heavy rainfall and suggested for flood monitoring. …”
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Structural Performance Characteristics of Nanomaterials and Its Application in Traditional Architectural Cultural Design and Landscape Planning by Chaohai Ou, DeWei Wang

“…Nowadays, conventional materials still have the problems of heavy weight and high thermal conductivity as thermal insulation materials for external walls. …”
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PM10 Source Identification: A Case of a Coastal City in Colombia by Leandro Gómez-Plata, Dayana Agudelo-Castañeda, Margarita Castillo, Elba C. Teixeira

“…Results of diagnostic ratios and PMF receptor model of the spatially obtained data suggested major sources of PM10 as traffic-related emissions, heavy fuel oil combustion, biomass burning, and industrial processes. …”
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Shah Alam City’s Current Restrictions on Flood Risk Management: Stakeholders Perspectives Review by Haziq Sarhan Rosmadi, Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Mokhtar Mazlin

“…Shah Alam, a city near the Klang River, is susceptible to flooding due to its urban transformation from oil palm plantations. Heavy rainfall, tropical storms, and flash floods have caused widespread flooding, landslides, power outages, disrupted water treatment plants, and port operations. …”
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Role of Time-Varying Magnetic Field on QGP Equation of State by Yogesh Kumar, Poonam Jain, Pargin Bangotra, Vinod Kumar, D. V. Singh, S. K. Rajouria

“…The study plays a pivotal role in the field of cosmology, astrophysics, and heavy-ion collisions. In order to explore the structure of quark-gluon plasma to deal with the dynamics of quarks and gluons, we investigate the equation of state (EoS) not only in the environment of static magnetic field but also in the presence of time-varying magnetic fields. …”
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FISCAL POLICY PROBLEMS UNDER CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION by V. Urazayeva

“…In the short term it is the necessity of large scale structural economic reforms to achieve the required level of financial liberalization, which often is a heavy burden on the state budget. In the long term the attention is paid to the problem of tax competition between countries, which affects the instruments of fiscal policy. …”
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Design and Verification of Large-Diameter Tower Sharding Platform for Wind Turbine by Jiawen LAN, Qianjun ZHAI, Zhongze SUN, Xiongbin WAN

“…At the same time, the diameter of the platform in the tower barrel increases, if the traditional platform beam is used, the welding part of the platform beam with the barrel is easy to cause a large stress concentration, and the structural failure is easy to occur, resulting in heavy losses. [Method] In order to avoid the problems of cost increase and easy failure of the welding part between the platform beam and the cylinder, caused by the increase of the platform diameter, the whole large inner platform of the tower cylinder was divided into 6 independent small platforms, and 2～3 supports were designed at the lower part of the platform, with one end of the support welded with the cylinder and one end free. …”
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Contextualizing the challenges of education graduate students in the Philippines: translating needs analysis into strategic solutions by Nilo Jayoma Castulo, Arlyne C. Marasigan, Ma. Laarni D. Buenaventura, Jayson L. de Vera, Evelyn C. Bagaporo, Mark Ponce C. San Juan, Nathaniel S. Dalida

“…Regarding the top 12 challenges of graduate students at Y University were lack of time for research, lack of research capacity building, conflict of schedule between work and study, lack of mentoring support, extended cost for residency, heavy workload as a working student, lack of academic resources, financial problems, emotional concerns, unresponsive supervisor, lack of support from the library, and lack of motivation. …”
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Bioprospecting of a Native Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium <i>Bacillus cereus</i> B6 for Enhancing Uranium Accumulation by Sudan Grass (<i>Sorghum sudanense</i> (Piper) Stapf) by Longyuan Wu, Lijuan Zhang, Ning Wang, Wei Huang, Yanzhi Wang, Meng Sun, Guofeng Zheng, Wei Wang, Chong Shi

“….), noted for its robust root structure and resilience to heavy metals, has garnered significant attention. …”
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Analyzing Design Considerations for Disassembly of Spent Nuclear Fuel during Head-End Process of Pyroprocessing by Young-Hwan Kim, Yung-Zun Cho

“…We have developed a practical-scale dry disassembling process to dismantle PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) spent nuclear fuel assembly in the order of several tens of kilograms of heavy metal/batch to supply rod-cuts (cladding tube and UO2 pellets) for mechanical decladding process. …”
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Evaluating the Accumulation of Grain Mercury in Engineered Rice Lines Containing <i>merA</i> and <i>merB</i> Genes Under an Organic Mercury-Enriched Condition by Deyao Meng, Zhaoze Song, Jinyuan Liu, Liyang Ji, Chen Chen, Changhu Wang

“…Food security has increasingly attracted public concerns, particularly due to heavy metal pollution, which adversely impacts crop yield and quality, with cadmium and mercury being the primary culprits. …”
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