Constant Strain Rate Uniaxial Compression of Green Sandstone during SHPB Tests Driven by Pendulum Hammer by S. H. Li, W. C. Zhu, L. L. Niu, F. Dai

“…To find the proper special shape striker, a striker with a cambered surface was introduced and eight geometrically different hammers were designed to analyze the effect of hammer geometry on the waveform of excited incident stress waves. …”
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Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Farmland of Beijing Plain: Implication for the Fate of Engineered Polymers in Soil by Lanlan Zhang, Zhen Li, Shiwen Zhang, Shasha Xia, Hongguang Zou, Yuanfang Huang

“…Soil organic matter (SOM), as a kind of natural polymers, affects the migration and transport of ions and particles in soil system due to its surface characteristics and interaction and then causes significant changes in soil quality such as soil fertility loss and pollutant transfer. …”
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Electrochemical sensor based on polyaniline supported CdS/CeO2/Ag3PO4 nanocomposite for Malathion detection by Tigabu Bekele Mekonnen

“…Elemental analysis, crystal structure, surface area, morphology and optical properties of the as-synthesized nanoparticles were characterized. …”
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Experimental Behavior of the Curved Continuous Twin I-Girder Composite Bridge with a Precast Concrete Slab Subjected to Bending, Shear, and Torsion by Chuandong Shen, Yifan Song, Lei Yan, Yuan Li, Xueli Wang, Shuanhai He

“…Failure mode, crack development, and major crack width at the top surface of the concrete slab in the hogging moment region were also reported. …”
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GREENBUG RESISTANCE IN OAT ACCESSIONS FROM DAGESTAN AND CAUCASIAN COUNTRIES by E. E. Radchenko, M. A. Chumakov, I. G. Loskutov

“…Borrus) died, the plant damage score was determined using the scale from 0 (no damage) to 10 (91–100% of the leaf surface damaged, plant’s death). The plants with the score of 1–4 points were classified as resistant, 5–8 moderately resistant, and 9–10 susceptible.Results and conclusions. …”
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Optimization of Preparation Technology of Matcha Hickory Kernel and Study on Antioxidant and Lipid-lowering Activities by Fanping QIN, Ben NIU, Xiangjun FANG, Huizhi CHEN, Ruiling LIU, Hangjun CHEN, Weijie WU, Haiyan GAO

“…Sensory scores were utilized as the evaluation criterion to identify the optimal processing technique for matcha hickory kernel via single-factor and response surface experiments. The antioxidant and lipid-lowering activities of matcha hickory kernel were assessed using various methods, including the scavenging abilities of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and hydroxyl radicals, the binding capacities of sodium taurocholate and sodium glycocholate, and the impact on total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. …”
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Microbial communities associated with the skin, gill, and gut of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Jingan Wang, Chenghao Hu, Xiaojie Tong, Yuan Gao, Renjie Liang, Chibo Liu, Kai Zhao

“…Abstract The microbiota inhabiting the surface of fish mucosal tissue play important roles in the nutrition, metabolism and immune system of their host. …”
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Process variables in mixture experimental design applied to wood plastic composites by Javier Cruz-Salgado, Sergio Alonso-Romero, Edgar Augusto Ruelas-Santoyo, José Alfredo Jiménez-García, Israel Miguel-Andrés, Roxana Zaricell Bautista-López

“…Unlike standard response surface designs, which are limited by the requirement that proportions must sum to 100%, mixture-process experiments enable a thorough evaluation of how operational factors, such as particle size and mixing time, interact with mixture components. …”
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Effects of hydrodynamic cavitation combined with snail enzyme treatment on the structure and functional properties of water-soluble dietary fiber in rice husks by Zhigang Quan, Mingming Chen, Dongjie Zhang

“…This synergistic treatment significantly increased the yield of SDFs to 18.64 % ± 0.16 %, significantly reduced the particle size to 122.33 ± 0.26 nm, and significantly increased the specific surface area to 1.718 ± 0.002 m2/g. The absolute value of the zeta potential significantly increased to −36.39 ± 0.12 mV, indicating an excellent solution stability and gel-forming ability. …”
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Ultrasensitive turn-off fluorescent sensor for estimation of the new influenza antiviral prodrug baloxavir marboxil in its pharmaceutical formulation by Amira S. Gouda, Mamdouh R. Rezk, Ahmed M. Abdel-Megied, Hoda M. Marzouk

“…The generated N,S-CQDs yielded strong fluorescence emission at λ em 430.0 nm after excitation at λ ex 360.0 nm, with a relatively high quantum yield of 41.3% utilizing quinine sulfate as a reference fluorescent compound. These N,S-CQDs were applied as fluorescent nanosensors for the ultrasensitive spectrofluorimetric determination of baloxavir marboxil (BXM) directly without pre-derivatization for the first time. …”
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STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT LUBRICATION STATES ON BENDING FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF WIRE ROPE (MT) by WANG ShaoLei, WANG ZhanYing, LI Xin, LIANG JianMing, ZHU ChunHua

“…Under good lubrication condition, between wire rope and pulley rope groove of the oil film to improve the contact state, reduce the friction coefficient between steel wire rope, steel wire surface is not easy to wear and tear scratches, delay the formation and extension of cracks and improve the steel wire rope section stress distribution and reduce the stress concentration phenomenon, make more effective load effect on the number of steel wire. …”
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Water hyacinth conversion to biochar for soil nutrient enhancement in improving agricultural product by Yezbie Kassa, Agmas Amare, Tayachew Nega, Teferi Alem, Mohammed Gedefaw, Bilhate Chala, Bernhard Freyer, Beatriz Waldmann, Tarekegn Fentie, Tewodros Mulu, Taddesse Adgo, Gizachew Ayalew, Marelign Adugna, Dessie Tibebe

“…Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) revealed significant structural changes in WHBC, enhancing its pore structure and surface morphology. These results demonstrate the potential of WHBC as an effective soil amendment to improve agricultural sustainability and soil fertility.…”
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Making sense of a pandemic: reasoning about COVID-19 in the intellectual dark web by Sean Doody

“…First, I deploy the BERTopic algorithm to cluster my corpus and surface topics pertaining to COVID-19. Second, I engage in a qualitative content analysis of the relevant clusters to understand how discourses about COVID-19 were mobilized by subreddit users. …”
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Synthesis of a Cationic Polyacrylamide under UV Initiation and Its Flocculation in Estrone Removal by Jiaoxia Sun, Xiqin Ma, Xiang Li, Jianxin Fan, Qingkong Chen, Xuelian Liu, Jin Pan

“…Besides, with the introduction of hydrophobic groups (phenyl group), an irregular and porous surface morphology and a favorable thermal stability of the PADA were observed by SEM and TG/DSC analyses, respectively. …”
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Study on the Effects of Aluminum and Chromium on the Corrosion Resistance of Hot-Rolled Incoloy 800H Alloy in Molten Carbonate Salts by CAO Junjia, YU Haicun, GAO Yunteng, LI Haixiao, LI Yafeng, XU Shipeng, LA Peiqing

“…Metal alloys are subjected to molten salt corrosion in concentrating solar thermal power systems， leading to a reduction in their lifetime.In order to extend the service life of Incoloy 800H alloy in molten carbonate salt corrosion， Incoloy 800H alloys with varying aluminum(Al) and chromium (Cr) contents were prepared by vacuum induction melting.The corrosion mechanisms of Al and Cr elements on the resistance of 800H alloy to molten carbonate salt corrosion were investigated through analysis and testing methods such as X-ray diffraction (XRD)，scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).Results showed that the corrosion rate of Incoloy 800H alloy with 3%(mass fraction， the same below) Al content was 1 071.00 μm/a， while that with 2.75%Cr content was 359.56 μm/a after immersion in carbonate molten salt (32.1%Li2CO3＋33.4%Na2CO3＋34.5%K2CO3) at 650 ℃for 240 h.The corrosion products were mainly LiFeO2 and NiO.This was attributed to the fact that as the Al content increased， the oxide passivation film formed on the surface of the alloy became thicker and denser， providing better protection.The reduction of Cr content led to a decrease in the generation of soluble Cr oxides， an increase in the formation of other protective oxides， and a reduction in the precipitation of Fe elements in the substrate， thus improving the alloy’s corrosion resistance.…”
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Combining a Standardized Growth Class Assessment, UAV Sensor Data, GIS Processing, and Machine Learning Classification to Derive a Correlation with the Vigour and Canopy Volume of... by Ronald P. Dillner, Maria A. Wimmer, Matthias Porten, Thomas Udelhoven, Rebecca Retzlaff

“…The input features for ML model training comprise spectral, structural, and texture feature types generated from multispectral orthomosaics (spectral features), Digital Terrain and Surface Models (DTM/DSM- structural features), and Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) calculations (texture features). …”
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Synergistic toughening of welds through adding SiC nanoparticles and modulating oscillating laser by Mingjun Zhang, Rui Wang, Xiaobing Pang, Jian Zhang, Cong Mao, Bo Cheng, Longzhou Dai, Heqing Li, Jing Guo, Zhuming Bi

“…However, SiC nanoparticles have high-level of surface energy, the physical properties of SiC nanoparticles are significantly different from Mg alloy, and these tend to cause the instability of a molten pool and a keyhole in laser-welding. …”
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Predicting adaptation and evolution of plasticity from temporal environmental change by Cristóbal Gallegos, Luis‐Miguel Chevin, Kathryn A. Hodgins, Keyne Monro

“…Specifically, we parameterise our model with daily time series of sea‐surface temperature from a global marine hotspot in southern Australia, and use model simulations to predict the evolution of thermal tolerance, and geographic differences in tolerance, in this region. …”
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Total HLA Class I Antigen Loss with the Downregulation of Antigen-Processing Machinery Components in Two Newly Established Sarcomatoid Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines by Wei-Yi Lei, Shih-Chieh Hsiung, Shao-Hsuan Wen, Chin-Hsuan Hsieh, Chien-Lin Chen, Christopher Glenn Wallace, Chien-Chung Chang, Shuen-Kuei Liao

“…Unlike sHCC74 and SAR-HCV, both sHCC29 and sHCC63 had no detectable surface HLA class I antigen expression, alongside undetected intracellular β2-microglobulin (β2m) and marked HLA class I heavy chain and selective antigen-processing machinery (APM) component downregulation. …”
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Evaluating the impact of sustainable technology, resource utilization, and climate change on soil emissions: A CS-ARDL analysis of leading agricultural economies by Nazeer Ahmed, Guo Xinagyu, Mohamad Alnafissa, Mukut Sikder, Bonoua Faye

“…The main objective of this study is to estimate the role of water utilization, fertilizer input, surface temperature, economic growth, and environmental-related innovation technologies on greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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