Effect of Rare Earth Metals, Sr, and Ti Addition on the Microstructural Characterization of A413.1 Alloy by M. G. Mahmoud, A. M. Samuel, H. W. Doty, S. Valtierra, F. H. Samuel

“…There is a strong interaction between RE and Sr leading to a reduction in the efficiency of Sr as a eutectic Si modifier causing particle demodification.…”
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Reactive Power Optimization of Distribution Network Considering the Reactive Power Output of Doubly Fed Induction Generator by Cheng ZHANG, Yu CHEN, Can LI, Liangshuai LU, Zhenglong XIA

“…[Result] Taking the improved IEEE33 node distribution network as an example, the improved whale optimization algorithm can improve the global search ability and convergence speed comparing the particle swarm optimization and gray wolf optimizer. …”
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Green Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles from the Aqueous Extract of <i>Lonicera japonica</i> Thunb and Evaluation of Its Catalytic Property and Cytotoxicity and Antimicrobial Activ... by Weijie Yu, Jingyi Tang, Chunxia Gao, Xuesong Zheng, Peizhi Zhu

“…In this study, copper nanoparticles with an average particle size of 2–4 nm were synthesized using the green extract of <i>Lonicera japonica</i> Thunb. …”
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Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of Urinary Bladder Occurring as a Second Primary Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Manint Usawachintachit, Piyada Sitthideatphaiboon, Voranuch Thanakit, Sulada Pukiat, Kamol Panumatrassamee, Julin Opanuraks, Apirak Santi-Ngamkun

“…Chest and abdominal computed tomography showed no evidence of metastasis. He was treated with partial cystectomy and left ureteral reimplantation with negative surgical margin. …”
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Evaluación, calificación, credencialismo y formación inicial del profesorado: efectos y patologías generadas en la enseñanza universitaria by Víctor Manuel López Pastor

“…Por último, enumeramos una serie de cuestiones y preguntas sobre la evaluación de los procesos de enseñanza en la formación del profesorado, de modo que puedan ser de utilidad como punto de partida para las comunicaciones y trabajos a elaborar para esta mesa de debate.…”
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La edad de la población en la COVID-19: controversias socio-demográficas sobre un hecho común by Vicente Rodríguez

“…La abundante bibliografía generada durante la pandemia permitirá, mediante el análisis del contenido cualitativo a través de Atlas.ti, valorar las controversias sobre la edad de la población. La situación de partida es que los documentos estudiados son muy diversos, producidos con criterios de urgencia, sin seguir siempre los procedimientos de validación en la toma de datos, en el uso de métodos y en el contraste de evidencias. …”
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Mesoporous TiO2 Micro-Nanometer Composite Structure: Synthesis, Optoelectric Properties, and Photocatalytic Selectivity by Kun Liu, Lianjie Zhu, Tengfei Jiang, Youguang Sun, Hongbin Li, Dejun Wang

“…The results show that the TiO2 composite structure consists of microspheres (∼0.5–2 μm in diameter) and irregular aggregates (several hundred nanometers) with rough surfaces and the average primary particle size is 10.2 nm. The photodegradation activities of this mesoporous TiO2 on both RhB and phenol solutions are higher than those of P25. …”
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Teoria do discurso como semiótica dos fluxos by Ronaldo Laurentino de Sales Júnior, Clóvis Alberto Vieira de Melo

“…Nesse modelo, a compreensão dos campos de discursividade como campos de vetores estruturalmente estáveis, sua caracterização em termos de elementos constitutivos de um campo (pontos de equilíbrio, trajetórias) constitui ponto de partida para o estudo de mudanças estruturais (bifurcações), onde decisões desempenham papel estratégico na estabilidade das formações discursivas, sistemas regulados de dispersão. …”
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Microstructural, electrochemical, and hot corrosion analysis of CoCrFeCuTi high entropy alloy reinforced titanium matrix composites synthesized by microwave sintering by S. Ragunath, N. Radhika, S Aravind Krishna, Alokesh Pramanik

“…The ball-milled CoCrFeCuTi HEA powder exhibits 17 μm average particle size of irregular fragments with a single-phase BCC structure and is added as reinforcement in Ti alloy at 3, 6, 9, and 12 wt%. …”
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Effects of milling temperature and time on phase evolution of Ti-based alloy by Kristaly F., Sveda M., Sycheva A., Miko T., Racz A., Karacs G., Janovszky D.

“…As a function of the milling time, evaluation of phases, morphology, and the refinement of grain size were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and laser-diffraction particle size analysis (PSA). The transformation of the crystalline structure into an amorphous structure and then the transformation into a nanocrystalline structure during further milling was detected. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Shear Strength Prediction Models for Reinforced Concrete Slab–Column Connections by Sarmed Wahab, Nasim Shakouri Mahmoudabadi, Sarmad Waqas, Nouman Herl, Muhammad Iqbal, Khurshid Alam, Afaq Ahmad

“…Compared with the design codes and other machine learning models, the particle swarm optimization-based feedforward neural network (PSOFNN) performed the best predictions. …”
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The Effect of Recycled CAD/CAM PEEK Fibers on the Transverse Strength of Repaired Acrylic Resin by Maha Kareem Jabbar, Najwah Yousuf Hameed, Rusul Khalid Mustafa

“…The size of the PEEK fibers was measured by utilizing a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); with the particle grit size being 200 µm. Thirty specimens were used and divided into three groups of heat-cured acrylic resins was evaluated. …”
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Biology of Incidental Catch Sea Star Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), from Malaysian Borneo Exclusive Economic Zone by Ruhana Hassan, Suet Yee Lee, Wan Zabidii Wan Morni

“…This study documents morphological characters and diet of the sea star, besides providing brief descriptions of the habitats based on particle size analysis and vessel log data sheet. A total of 217 individuals had been examined throughout this study. …”
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Features of refrigeration screw compressor operation at ambient temperature decrease by A. N. Noskov, M. Shaposhnikova

“…The dependences of changes in net efficiency, cooling capacity, power consumption and cooling coefficient at full and partial capacity with co-regulation of cooling capacity and geometric compression ratio are given. …”
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Quantitative Determination of Germinability of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici Urediospores Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy Technology by Yaqiong Zhao, Feng Qin, Pei Cheng, Xiaolong Li, Zhanhong Ma, Longlian Zhao, Junhui Li, Haiguang Wang

“…In this study, quantitative determination of germinability of Pst urediospores was investigated by using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with quantitative partial least squares (QPLS) and support vector regression (SVR). …”
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La periferia latinoamericana en el sistema global del capitalismo by Raúl Prebisch

“…De esta tesis deriva un corolario que constituye el punto de partida del tercer ámbito de su pensamiento: una solución estable y democrática de esas crisis estructurales requiere una transformación profunda de los fundamentos del capitalismo periférico, en especial, de sus formas predominantes de apropiación y uso del excedente. …”
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Knowledge sharing and sustainable competitive advantage: Mediating role of innovation culture and MSMEs business performance by Meyna Cinta Ratulian, Sabihaini Sabihaini, Fauzilah Salleh, Januar Eko Prasetio

“…The analysis method employed in this research is Partial Least Squares (PLS) using SmatPLS 4 software. …”
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Metastasis to the Bladder: A Rare Site of Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Amanda Smart, Michael Wynne, Ezra Baraban, Yasser Ged, Armine Smith

“…Five months after transurethral resection, the patient was found to have a left distal ureteral mass and underwent left ureterectomy with partial cystectomy. Pathology again demonstrated clear cell RCC. …”
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Identification of novel genetic variants associated with feline cardiomyopathy using targeted next-generation sequencing by Jade Raffle, Jose Novo Matos, Marsha Wallace, Lois Wilkie, Richard J. Piercy, Perry Elliott, David J. Connolly, Virginia Luis Fuentes, Androniki Psifidi

“…These findings suggest that, as proposed in humans, there is at least partial overlap in the genetic background between the HCM and RCM phenotypes in cats. …”
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Rapid Assessment of Exercise State through Athlete’s Urine Using Temperature-Dependent NIRS Technology by Lihe Ding, Lei-ming Yuan, Yiye Sun, Xia Zhang, Jianpeng Li, Zou Yan

“…To obtain the detection results accurately, several chemometrics methods including principal component analysis (PCA), variables selection method of variable importance in projection (VIP), continuous 1D wavelet transform (CWT), and partial least square-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) were employed to develop a classifier to distinguish the physical status of athletes. …”
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