Experimental Study and Microscopic Analysis on Frost Resistance of Iron Ore Tailings Recycled Aggregate Concrete by Li Gong, Xuelei Gong, Ying Liang, Zhiyuan Jia, Yiqiang Li

“…The combination of excess IOT, and RCA, does not improve the interface transition zone of RCA but will accelerate the spalling of surface mortar because of its small fineness. All things considered, RAC3-IOT3 is the most suitable concrete for high altitude and cold areas.…”
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Corrosion Mitigation with Chemical Injection in Welded Carbon Steel Pipe for Offshore Water Treatment Plant by Henry Ekene Mgbemere, Johnson Olumuyiwa Agunsoye, Kenechi Ijeoma Ojemeni, Obianuju Vivian Izuegbu

“…X-ray diffraction analysis of the steel surface exposed to the seawater indicated the presence of various compounds, suggesting ongoing corrosion processes and the existence of organic and inorganic contaminants. …”
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A Survey on Adversarial Attacks for Malware Analysis by Kshitiz Aryal, Maanak Gupta, Mahmoud Abdelsalam, Pradip Kunwar, Bhavani Thuraisingham

“…The work presents an in-depth threat model specific to adversarial malware evasion attacks, describing the unique attack surfaces of malware detectors and outlining adversarial goals tailored to the malware domain. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Neurotrophic Corneal Ulcer by Dominika Wróbel-Dudzińska, Jorge Alio, Alejandra Rodriguez, Ewa Suchodoła-Ratajewicz, Ewa Kosior-Jarecka, Beata Rymgayłło-Jankowska, Agnieszka Ćwiklińska-Haszcz, Tomasz Żarnowski

“…The following were evaluated: best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), healing of corneal surface, subjective symptoms, and changes in corneal thickness with the use of anterior segment optical coherent tomography (AS-OCT). …”
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Improving the Performance and Biodegradability of Biocomposites Made from Banana Sap and Banana Fibres by Vimla Paul, Sudhakar Muniyasamy, Krishnan Kanny, Orebotse Joseph Botlhoko, Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar

“…SEM analysis also showed a significant disintegration and surface degradation in BSMF compared to BSM and other control materials such as control resin and cellulose. …”
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Akkermansia muciniphila identified as key strain to alleviate gut barrier injury through Wnt signaling pathway by Xin Ma, Meng Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Tingting Xu, Xinchen Zhou, Mengqi Qian, Zhiren Yang, Xinyan Han

“…As the largest mucosal surface, the gut has built a physical, chemical, microbial, and immune barrier to protect the body against pathogen invasion. …”
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Development and Characterization of a New Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Supercapacitor Device by Theodore Azemtsop Manfo

“…The SPE films are developed using different contents of ethyl carbonate (EC) as a plasticizer to enhance their properties via a solution casting method. The surface morphology of SPE films is shown using polarized optical microscopy (POM), which indicates the existence of amorphous patches due to the plasticizing effect of EC. …”
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Dye-based fluorescent organic nanoparticles made from polar and polarizable chromophores for bioimaging purposes: a bottom-up approach by Daniel, Jonathan, Dal Pra, Ophélie, Kurek, Eleonore, Grazon, Chloé, Blanchard-Desce, Mireille

“…In contrast, stealth emitters are required for tracking cell-surface receptors or exploring the extracellular space. …”
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Advances in the carbon-ceramic composites oxidation and ablation resistance: A review by Anna Didenko, Alexey Astapov

“…The processes of melting and transporting a portion of the mass from the surface facilitate the removal of a portion of the heat from the reaction zone, which in turn reduced the overall thermal load on the composites.…”
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Electrically Controlled Rotor Blade Vortex Interaction Airloads and Noise Analysis Using Viscous Vortex Particle Method by Taoyong Su, Yang Lu, Jinchao Ma, Shujun Guan

“…To investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of an ECR in blade-vortex interaction (BVI) condition, an analysis model based on the viscous vortex particle method, ECR blade pitch equation, and the Weissinger-L lifting surface model is established. In this model, the ECR wake flow field vorticity is discretized as multiple vortex particles, and the vorticity-velocity form of the Navier-Stokes equation is solved to simulate the transport diffusion of the vorticity. …”
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Chitosan-DNA nanoparticles: synthesis and optimization for long-term storage and effective delivery by Aigul Raimbekova, Ulpan Kart, Akbayan Yerishova, Timur Elebessov, Sergey Yegorov, Tri Thanh Pham, Gonzalo Hortelano

“…Chitosan/DNA complexes remained stable in solution for at least 72 h at a ratio ≥2:1 as assessed by agarose gel electrophoresis. A lower surface charge with lower N:P ratios was indicated by zeta potential measurements. …”
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Full-length and N-terminally truncated recombinant interleukin-38 variants are similarly inefficient in antagonizing interleukin-36 and interleukin-1 receptors by Alejandro Diaz-Barreiro, Dominique Talabot-Ayer, Arnaud Huard, Gea Cereghetti, Jenna Tonacini, Mike Maillasson, Antonio Francés-Monerris, Erwan Mortier, Gaby Palmer

“…Binding of recombinant IL-38 proteins to the IL-36R was assessed by surface plasmon resonance. Results Analysis of its native N-terminus revealed that the IL-38 protein produced by human keratinocytes starts at cysteine 2. …”
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Adsorption characteristics of metronidazole on CoZr-LDH and its GO nanocomposite: Experimental and theoretical study by Edris Jamshidi, Fateme Fathabadi, Faranak Manteghi, Rahime Eshaghimalekshah

“…Conversely, the CoZr-LDH/GO nanocomposite exhibited superior adsorption performance under optimum conditions, achieving a remarkable experimental qe value of 906.5688 mg g-1.The adsorption isotherms, including Langmuir, Freundlich, and Redlich-Peterson models, were fitted to the experimental data to describe the interaction mechanisms and surface characteristics. Additionally, kinetic studies involving pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models were performed, revealing critical insights into the adsorption process. …”
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Modulation Instability and Dynamical Analysis of New Abundant Closed-Form Solutions of the Modified Korteweg–de Vries–Zakharov–Kuznetsov Model With Truncated M-Fractional Derivativ... by Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md. Mamunur Roshid, Mahtab Uddin, Ashek Ahmed

“…The mKdV-ZK equation can be used to describe the behavior of ion-acoustic waves in plasma and the propagation of surface waves in deep water with nonlinear and dispersive effects in fluid dynamics. …”
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Relative abrasive potential of silica-based conventional and tablet dentifrices on enamel and dentin. by Shaira R Kasi, Rafaela Oliveira Pilecco, Lucas Saldanha da Rosa, João Paulo Mendes Tribst, Cornelis Johannes Kleverlaan, Mutlu Özcan, Albert J Feilzer

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>This in vitro study aimed to investigate the toothbrushing wear on both enamel and dentin surfaces of reference and commercially available dentifrices.…”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Characterization of Modified Nano TiO2/Nd/Rice Husk Ash Material for Rifampicin Removal in Aqueous Solution by Thuy Dang Thi Ngoc, Ha Nguyen Thi, Dung Nguyen Duc, Sen Nguyen Thi, Toan Nguyen Duc, Nam Nguyen Hoang

“…The structural characteristics and photocatalytic properties of the materials were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, forbidden zone energy, and specific surface area. The TiO2/Nd material exhibited a higher photocatalytic decomposition capacity than TiO2 and depended on the Nd content. …”
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An Innovative Drug Delivery System Loaded with a Modified Combination of Triple Antibiotics for Use in Endodontic Applications by Ardavan Parhizkar, Hanieh Nojehdehian, Fahimeh Tabatabaei, Saeed Asgary

“…SEM micrographs of PPCMs showed spherical-like ceramic microparticles with smooth surfaces. Crystal-like antibiotic particles (chunks) were also found on PPCMs. …”
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Mapping Biodiversity Coast‐to‐Coast‐to‐Coast Across Canada's Three Oceans Using eDNA Metabarcoding by Loïc Jacquemot, Brian P. V. Hunt, Shaorong Li, Angela D. Schulze, Christoph M. Deeg, Ben J. G. Sutherland, Amy Tabata, Connie Lovejoy, Kristina M. Miller

“…The application of environmental DNA metabarcoding can complement traditional approaches to monitoring marine biodiversity, but its efficiency in detecting large‐scale biogeographic breaks remains to be tested. Using 86 coastal surface water samples collected during the Canada C3 expedition in the summer of 2017, we investigated metazoan biodiversity across Canada's three oceans—North Pacific, Arctic and North Atlantic—using multi‐marker eDNA metabarcoding. …”
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Enhanced Control Efficacy of Different Insecticides Mixed with Mineral Oil Against Asian Citrus Psyllid, <i>Diaphorina citri</i> Kuwayama, Under Varying Climates by Wei Hu, Kejing Wang, Xiaoyue Zhong, Pei Jiang, Shunchang Zhang, Zhanjun Lu, Zhixiang Zhang, Long Yi, Ning Zhang

“…The addition of LY decreased both surface tension and contact angle of THX solution on citrus leaves, thereby enhancing the solution’s wetting and increasing THX deposition. …”
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Active Antialopecia Chemical Identification of Merremia peltata Leaves and Computational Study toward Androgen Receptor Using Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamic Simulation by Syawal Abdurrahman, Ruslin Ruslin, Aliya N. Hasanah, Resmi Mustarichie, Mus Ifaya

“…Molecular dynamics simulation analysis with complex stability parameters based on solvent-accessible surface area (SASA), principal component analysis (PCA), root mean square deviation (RMSD), and root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) showed that bufotalinin has good affinity for androgen receptors. …”
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