Utilization of Sago Waste as an Adsorbent for the Removal of Cu(II) Ion from Aqueous Solution by P. Maheswari, N. Venilamani, S. Madhavakrishnan, P. S. Syed Shabudeen, R. Venckatesh, S. Pattabhi

“…The AC was prepared using sago industry waste with H2SO4 and (NH4)2S2O8 and physico-chemical properties of AC were investigated. The specific surface area of the activated carbon was determined and its properties studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Separation of Some Anionic Dyes Using Reverse Micelles of CTAB and SDS as Efficient Surfactants Adsorbents from Aqueous Medium by Heba M. El Refay, Nagwa Badawy, Amina Hamada, El Shimaa Hassen

“…Extractive removal of anionic dyes, namely, Color Index (CI) Reactive Blue 222 and Reactive Yellow 145, using reverse micelles based on liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) was carried out from aqueous solutions using different anionic and cationic surfactants (e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), resp.), which dissolved in ethyl acetate as solvent. …”
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Efficacy of alternate mucosa–submucosa clip closure in preventing postoperative adverse events for patients with gastric mucosal lesions after endoscopic submucosal dissection: a m... by Lu Chen, Jingjing Jiang, Hongxia Li, Xin Yin, Xiajiao Tang, Yinnan Zhu, Wei Chen, Qin Lu, Ruihua Shi

“…Multivariable analysis showed that the presence of ulcers or scars on the lesion surface, and lesions located in the lower one-third of the stomach were risk factors for postoperative bleeding. …”
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A Pool of Bacterium-like Particles Displaying African Swine Fever Virus Antigens Induces Both Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Pigs by Jingshan Huang, Hongxia Wu, Tianqi Gao, Huanjie Zhai, Assad Moon, Xin Song, Shuwen Li, Zhanhao Lu, Jing Lan, Dailang Zhong, Xinyu Zhang, Hua-Ji Qiu, Yongfeng Li, Yuan Sun

“…By fusing the ASFV antigens with PA, the ASFV antigens can be firmly attached to the surface of GEM. Subsequently, the piglets were immunized via intramuscular injection with a mixture of BLPs-F317L, BLPs-H171R, BLPs-D117L, BLPs-B602L, and BLPs-p54. …”
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Formulation of new drug delivery systems for insulin from natural bioactive biocompatible polymers by Howida A. Fetouh, Engy E. A. Aleem, Najiyah H. Mohammed, Jihad M. Abd-Almajeed Aldesouky, Amel M. Ismail

“…Release data obeyed pseudo second order kinetic model indicating that IDDs is heterogeneous solid surface of energetically different active sites. Each insulin molecule occupied two active sites. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations in Chemical Composition of Wet Atmospheric Deposition in Mexico City by Elizabeth Vega, Ann Wellens, Ana Luisa Alarcón, Rodolfo Sosa, Monica Solano, Monica Jaimes-Palomera

“…Average NO3−/SO42− ratios suggested that the acidity was mainly influenced by sulfates coming from H2SO4. Wet deposition ranged from 4–9.9 kg ha−1 year−1 and from 8.2–17.6 kg ha−1 year−1 for sulfur and nitrogen, respectively, among the geographical areas. …”
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Finite element analysis and experimental study on the sealing performance of low-phenyl silicone rubber sealing rings by Ming Gao, Dongkai Li, Kun Liu, Shuliang Xu, Feng Zhao, Ben Guo, Anhui Pan, Xiao Xie, Huanre Han

“…According to the finite element analysis results, the finish of the flange sealing surface and groove outer edge should be ensured, and extrusion damage should be avoided. …”
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Model to Simulate Brain Biopsies Using a Navigated Robotic Guiding System and a Bone Cutting Laser by Tu Ha Thanh, Luder Yann, Röthlisberger Michel, Schicker Martina, Morawska Marta, Cordier Dominik

“…To align the preexperimental CT with the skull, referencing points on the skull and its surface are registered using a pointer. A small skin incision is performed to reach the area of bone where the laser ablates the bone for the biopsy. …”
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Influence of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells on the Burn Wound Healing Process by Claudio Luciano Franck, Alexandra Cristina Senegaglia, Lidiane Maria Boldrini Leite, Sérgio Adriane Bezerra de Moura, Nathália Forti Francisco, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho

“…Burns are lesions in which the thermal energy of the causative agent transfers heat to the surface of the body, causing superficial or deep damage to the skin with protein denaturation in cells and biochemical maladjustments, which delay and disrupt the cicatricial process, increasing the chances of functional and aesthetic sequelae. …”
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Estimating Seafloor Topography of the South China Sea Using SWOT Wide-Swath Altimetry Data by Fengshun Zhu, Jinbo Li, Yang Li, Jianqiao Xu, Jinyun Guo, Jiangcun Zhou, Heping Sun

“…The surface water and ocean topography (SWOT) wide-swath altimetry satellite was launched in December 2022. …”
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Screening of a Soil Tyrosianse Producing Bacterial Strain HM24 and Comparison of its Tyrosinase Activity in Different Mediums Containing Natural Sources of L-tyrosine by Seyed Muhammad Hamid Malekpour, Moj Khaleghi, Alireza Akhtarpour

“…Twenty strains were isolated from the soil of Langar, Kerman, Iran, with characteristics of actinobacteria (gram-positive filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria and powdery consistency colonies that stick firmly to agar surface). All strains were cultured in a medium with L-tyrosine to assess tyrosinase production. …”
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Effect of Admixture on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Loess: A Case Study by Pan Liu, Xuejiao Zhang, Min Zhang, Xueqiang Yang

“…Loess soil, which is a common geomaterial in its distribution area approximately 9.3% of the world’s land surface, usually could not satisfy the engineering requirement only by compacting without any other treatments. …”
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A novel classification method for balance differences in elite versus expert athletes based on composite multiscale complexity index and ranking forests. by Yuqi Cheng, Dawei Wu, Ying Wu, Youcai Guo, Xinze Cui, Pengquan Zhang, Jie Gao, Yanming Fu, Xin Wang

“…Data were recorded during 30-second trials on both soft and hard support surfaces, with eyes open and closed. We calculated the CMCI and used four machine learning algorithms-Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine(SVM), Naive Bayes, and Ranking Forest-to combine these features and assess each participant's balance ability. …”
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Sex-Biased Immune Responses to Antibiotics during Anti-PD-L1 Treatment in Mice with Colon Cancer by Nan Jing, Luoyang Wang, Huiren Zhuang, Chao Ai, Guoqiang Jiang, Zheng Liu

“…In this study, we firstly assessed the effectiveness of several commonly used antibiotics and antibiotic cocktails in alleviating of dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-) induced colitis. We observed that two narrow-spectrum antibiotics, neomycin and metronidazole, were more effective in alleviating colitis, as evidenced by the remission of loss of the body weight, enlargement of the spleen, shortening of the colon, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, and histological score of the colon tissue. …”
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Monitoring of Ionospheric Anomalies Using GNSS Observations to Detect Earthquake Precursors by Nicola Perfetti, Yuri Taddia, Alberto Pellegrinelli

“…Robustness can be improved by increasing the number of CORSs and developing new models involving measurements over ocean surfaces.…”
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Survey of parasitic fauna data from wild animals through coproparasitological diagnosis in Southern Brazil by Julia Somavilla Lignon, Diego Moscarelli Pinto, Tamires Silva dos Santos, Giulia Ribeiro Meireles, Camila Gonçalves da Silveira, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Felipe Geraldo Pappen, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro, Mauro Pereira Soares, Raqueli Teresinha França, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn

“…We processed 82 fecal samples from wild animals - including birds, mammals, and reptiles - from cities within the microregion of Pelotas, using the Zinc Sulfate Centrifugal Flotation, Spontaneous Sedimentation and Oocyst Sporulation techniques. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of the Distribution and Development of Soil Caves on the Stability of High-Voltage Transmission Tower Foundations by Yingbo Zhou, Li Zhou, Zhiqiang Duan, Fangchao Ke, Huan Liu

“…Since soil caves are continuously developed when surface water flows through soil, or groundwater levels fluctuate, the effect of soil caves on transmission lines in power transmission engineering needs to be investigated. …”
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Studies on Dry Sliding Wear and Solid Particle Erosive Wear Behaviours of Natural Fibre Composite Developed from Water Hyacinth Aquatic Plant for Automotive Application by A. Ajithram, Jappes J. T. Winowlin, Khan M. Adam, N. C. Brintha, Faris Waleed Fekry

“…By utilizing the SEM (scanning electron microscope), the worn surface morphology of different weight percentages of hyacinth fibre samples are analysed. …”
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Flux pinning in superconducting multilayer 2H-NbSe2 nano-step junction by Minseong Kwon, Mingi Kim, Yoonji Gong, Heeyeon Lee, Young Duck Kim

“…Analysis of the pinning force density using the Dew-Hughes model indicates that the pinning force in the 2H-NbSe _2 device can be attributed to step junction, related to the surface-Δ κ type of pinning centers. Our findings pave the way for engineering pinning forces by introducing artificial pinning centers through partial atomic thickness variation in layered 2D superconductors while minimizing unwanted quality degradation in the system.…”
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Color Assessment of Screw-Retained Implant Prostheses Access Hole Fillings: An In-Vitro Study by Arash Sarrafzadeh, Afrooz Nakhostin, Soheila Jadidi, Malihe Safari

“…Colorimetric analysis and surface roughness measurements were conducted, and the data were statistically analyzed using. two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey post hoc, two-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and paired-t test. …”
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