Excellent high-temperature strength of (HfZrTiTaNb)C high-entropy carbide diffusion-bonded joint via in-situ alloying of Ni/Nb/Ni composite interlayer by Ruijie Mu, Ying Wang, Shiyu Niu, Kongbo Sun, Zhenwen Yang

“…This suggested that the HEC/Nb2Ni interface had excellent resistance to high-temperature softening, even though it was invariably the initial failure location. …”
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Optimization and Evaluation of <i>Cannabis</i>-Based Magistral Formulations: A Path to Personalized Therapy by Bożena Grimling, Magdalena Fast, Magdalena Okoniewska, Artur Owczarek, Bożena Karolewicz

“…The pharmaceutical properties of CEX-incorporated suppositories, namely content uniformity, hardness, softening time, total deformation time, disintegration time, and the release profile of ∆-9-THC, CBD, and CBN, were evaluated in order to develop optimal preparation procedures for pharmacists. …”
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Optimal Thermal Output of an Absorption Heat Pump with Steam Heating Integrated in a PT-60/70-130/13 Steam Turbine by Oleksandr L. Shubenko, Viktoriia O. Tarasova, Mykola Yu. Babak, Oleksii Yu. Boiarshynov

“…During the heating period PT-60/70-130/13 with AHP 20 MW when operating in a mode close to the thermal load with the lower of the studied consumptions of production steam and mains water leads to savings of: fuel by ~3.5%, softened water by 8.5%, technical of water by 79.9%, as well as to a noticeable ecological effect due to the reduction of harmful emissions into the atmosphere. …”

Dynamic recrystallization mechanism of high-strength Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Mn alloy by hot compression deformation by Yini Lin, Shiming Wu, Yongxin Wang, Hao Chen, Guo Li, Weidong Xie, Guobing Wei, Yan Yang, Xiaodong Peng

“…As the value of η increases, the dynamic softening mechanism shifts from dynamic recovery (DRV) to DRX. …”
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Super-twisting sliding mode control of grid-side inverters for wind power generation systems with parameter perturbation by Weiqi Zhang, Yanmin Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Fengling Han, Kai Song

“…The switching terms in traditional sliding mode control (SMC) controllers are softened to attenuate chattering. Further, the predictable control gain and time-varying control gain in three STSMC controllers are designed to minimize control system energy expenditure caused by over-regulation and prevent excessive computation of uncertainty boundaries following system disturbances. …”
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Evolution of local heterogeneity towards flat free energy landscape: Optimization of piezoelectric response in PNN-PZ-PT at morphotropic phase boundary by Shubham Modgil, Varun Kamboj, Mukul Kumar, Arun Kumar Singh, Shobhna Dhiman, Gyaneshwar Sharma, OP Thakur, Sanjeev Kumar

“…Dielectric spectroscopy and order parameter analysis collectively reveal that the free energy landscape of morphotropic phase boundary is further softened via local structural heterogeneity, enabled via rare earth doping. …”
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Deformations and seepage-induced erosion of fractured rocks in fault under confined settings by Wenbin SUN, Dianjin TIAN, Cheng MA, Yanchao XUE, Can YANG, Kaipeng ZHU

“…Microscopically, the lift involves the soaking and softening, dislocation and compression, deformations and cracking, and fragmentation and detachment of rock masses. …”
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<i>Rubus idaeus RiACS1</i> Gene Is Involved in Ethylene Synthesis and Accelerates Fruit Ripening in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> by Tiemei Li, Wenjiao Xin, Hang Zhang, Jiarong Jiang, Kunmiao Ding, Mengyu Liu, Nanyan Li, Guohui Yang

“…Raspberry is a berry whose fruit is not tolerant to storage; breeding varieties with extended storage time and high comprehensive quality are significant for raspberries in cold regions. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase (ACS) is a limiting enzyme in the ethylene synthesis process, which plays essential roles in fruit ripening and softening in plants. In this study, the <i>RiACS1</i> gene in raspberry (<i>Rubus idaeus</i> L.) variety ‘Polka’ was cloned. …”
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The study of mechanical properties and fracture evolution of coal-rock masses under hard roof-soft floor conditions by Jiajun Li, Yin Zhang, Chenchen Yang, Jiaqi Liu, Yu Zhou, Chunlin Li

“…Samples with higher soft rock strengths tend to exhibit brittle failure, while weaker samples show stress-softening behaviour. Internal fracture complexity varies amongst samples with varying soft rock strengths. …”
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Cross-Gendering the Racial Memory by Marlon B. Ross

“…On the other hand, it has the effect of “softening” and thus blunting the militant agency of a defiant black collective conscience and consciousness.…”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…Unsuitable for the manufacture of pottery or terracotta elements, smectite clay is a “fuller’s earth” which, as its name indicates, can be used for treading and dyeing, within the vats or tubs wherein the textile fibers of the wool are softened and colored. The river levels also yielded an exceptional series of twenty-nine brushes, mostly fragments of wool brushes, all rather similar in type. …”
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