Techniques for Suppressing Mineral Dust Aerosol from Raw Material Stockpiles and Open Pit Mines: A Review by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Wan-Ching Lin, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…The propensity of mineral aggregates to emit dust depends on particle size distribution, specific gravity, moisture content, storage conditions, and abrasion forces. …”
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Macro-Micro Failure Mechanisms and Damage Modeling of a Bolted Rock Joint by Gang Wang, Yongzheng Zhang, Yujing Jiang, Shugang Wang, Wenjun Jing

“…The anchoring mechanism of a bolted joint subjected to a shear load was investigated using a bilinear constitutive model via the inner-embedded FISH language of particle flow code based on the discrete element method. …”
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Contract Conditions and BIM Use Effectiveness to Improve Project Performance by Francisco Villena Manzanares, Tatiana García-Segura, Eugenio Pellicer

“…A self-administered survey was distributed to project design managers within architecture, engineering and construction engineering (AEC) firms. Using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method, 92 answers were analyzed, finding contractual conditions to be mediating. …”
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Modelling the Environmental Effects of Railway Vibrations from Different Types of Rolling Stock: A Numerical Study by Georges Kouroussis, David P. Connolly, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, Olivier Verlinden

“…To efficiently quantify train effects, a new (normalised) metric, defined as the ratio between the peak particle velocity and the nominal axle load, is introduced for a comparison of dynamic excitation. …”
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Application of DTM to heat source/sink in squeezing flow of iron oxide polymer nanofluid between electromagnetic surfaces by Reshu Gupta, A.B. Albidah, NFM Noor, Ilyas Khan

“…The nanoparticles addition to the base fluid increases the heat transfer rates significantly. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) for flow, heat, and mass transfer are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) through the appropriate similarity transformation. …”
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Establishment and Application of Stochastic Mesoscopic Concrete Model by Shufang Wang, Xiaoliang Zhai, Yangyang Gao, Jialu Li, Wei Hu

“…These models take into account the randomness of appearance, position distribution, and particle size distribution, including the interface transition zone, and the aggregate content can reach a high level. …”
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Knowledge of gym goers on myths and truths in resistance training by Alexandra Unger, Clemens Mosgan, Christofer Wolte, Sara Pettauer, Jan Wilke

“…Five out of fourteen statements (truth: protein augments strength and hypertrophy, creatine augments strength, superiority of full- vs. partial-ROM RT for hypertrophy; myth: RT reduces flexibility, low-load, high-volume RT is as effective as high-load RT with regard to maximal strength) were identified correctly by a majority (p < .01). …”
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Using crafted features and polar bear optimization algorithm for short-term electric load forecast system by Mansi Bhatnagar, Gregor Rozinaj, Radoslav Vargic

“…PBO was compared with commonly used optimization algorithms like particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA). …”
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Metformin hydrochloride laden nanostructured lipid carriers: A promising strategy for skin diseases by Reem Y. Mahran, Ehab A Fouad, Sozan S Tous, Nermin E. Eleraky

“…The selected formula attained an entrapment efficiency of 53.68 ± 0.27%, a particle size of 333.0 ± 6.4 nm, and a negative surface charge, indicating adequate particles` stability. …”
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1H NMR-Based Metabolic Profiling of Urine from Mice Fed Lentinula edodes-Derived Polysaccharides by Xu Xiaofei, Yang Jiguo, Ning Zhengxiang, Zhang Xuewu

“…Using principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares-discriminate analysis (PLS-DA), 22 potential biomarkers were found to be mainly involved in some metabolic pathways: amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, urea cycle and gut microbiota metabolism. …”
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Developing company competitiveness based on entrepreneurial values, transformational leadership, and service innovation through organizational performance by Solikin Solikin, Muhammad Thamrin, Suharto Abdul Majid, Librita Arifiani

“…Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling analysis based on partial least squares (SEM-PLS). The research's findings demonstrate that entrepreneurial values, transformational leadership, service innovation, and organizational performance all significantly impact a company's competitiveness; additionally, entrepreneurial values, transformational leadership, and service innovation have a major impact on organizational performance, which in turn has a significant impact on company competitiveness. …”
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VGDD: A Virtual Grid Based Data Dissemination Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Sink by Abdul Waheed Khan, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, Javed Iqbal Bangash, Ayman Altameem

“…Some of the applications environments of WSN require a mobile sink to operate in the sensor field where delayed and/or partial data delivery might lead to inappropriate conclusions and thus require high quality of service in terms of latency and packets delivery ratio. …”
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Exploring Structural, Magnetic, and Electric Transport Properties of Sol–Gel Derived Nd0.65Ca0.35MnO3 by Bhupendra Singh, Gaurav Joshi, Sudha Tomar, D. S. Raghav, Raj Kumar, Upendra Kumar, Lalit Kumar

“…Specifically, it aims to understand the competing phase tendencies concerning particle size in the prototypical phase-separated compound Nd0.65Ca0.35MnO3 (NCMO). …”
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Investigation via morphological analysis of aluminium foams produced by replication casting by A. Boschetto, L. Bottini, F.Campana, L. Consorti

“…For this purpose replicated AlSi7Mg0.3 alloy foams are produced by infiltrating preforms of NaCl particles, varying the metal infiltration pressure and the mould preheating temperature. …”
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Effects of High Shearing Rates on the Shear Behavior of Saturated Loess Using Ring Shear Tests by Jianquan Ma, Xiaojie Zhao, Shibo Li, Zhao Duan

“…Monitoring the pore-water pressure during the shearing process revealed that it increased with shear displacement, and a higher excess pore-water pressure was generated within the shear zone during the fast-shearing process. Comparing the particle size distribution of the samples after the test and the original sample showed that the particles were crushed during the shearing process. …”
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A Logical Hierarchical Hidden Semi-Markov Model for Team Intention Recognition by Shi-guang Yue, Peng Jiao, Ya-bing Zha, Quan-jun Yin

“…Additionally, the LHHSMM explicitly models the duration of team working mode, the intention termination, and relations between the world state and observation. A Logical Particle Filter (LPF) algorithm is also designed to infer team intentions modeled by the LHHSMM. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Nano-ZnO Combined with Biomass Heavy Oil Composite-Modified Asphalt by He Tao, Hongming Liu, Xiangbing Xie, Tao Sun, Ruipeng Dong, Xiaolu Lu

“…Biomass heavy oil is employed to partially substitute the petroleum-based asphalt due to its renewability, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective advantages. …”
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Biosynthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles via Leaf Extracts of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Their Application in Improving Seed Germination Potential and Seedling Vigor of El... by Dhruv Mishra, Manoj Kumar Chitara, Sweta Negi, Jagat Pal singh, Rajeew Kumar, Preeti Chaturvedi

“…XRD confirmed the hexagonal wurtzite phase of ZnO with an average particle size of 35.19. The seed germination results revealed that ZnO-nanoprimed seeds at 500 mg/L substantially improved all the seed germination parameters, viz., plumule length (23.4%), radicle length (55%), vigor index (41.94%), and dry matter production (54.6%) compared to hydropriming (control).…”
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Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media by Jafar Chabokpour

“…Calculated hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.05 to 0.15 m/s and can be explained primarily by variations of the flow depth and changes to the particle size distribution along the channel. It is further found that variations of porosity and flow depth produce a perceivable effect on shear forces along the water surface profile within rockfill media. …”
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Structural and Mössbauer Spectral Studies of Nanosized Aluminum Doped Manganese Zinc Ferrites by R. L. Dhiman, S. P. Taneja, V. R. Reddy

“…Nanoparticles of aluminum-substituted manganese zinc ferrites, Mn1.05Zn0.05AlxFe1.9−xO4 with 0.4≤x≤1.0 were synthesized by solid-state reaction route and characterized by XRD, TEM, and Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements. The particle size is found to very from 46 to 28 nm with increase of aluminum ions concentration. …”
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