Confrontation croisée ou analyse collective sur la base de restitutions d’entretiens individuels : deux approches pour l’analyse évènementielle by Philippe Fauquet

“…Even if the approach is very different from the first method, it is better suited to professional constraints of safety workers having held operational or maintenance jobs.…”
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Estimation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Tensile Strength of Sandstone Based on Point Load by LIU Yongzhi, FANG Qingyao, ZHANG Kun, YAO Huayan, LIU Wu, LIU Guang

“…In this paper, the point load test, uniaxial compressive test, and Brazilian splitting test under dry conditions were carried out based on 11 different types of sandstone, and the relationship of the point load strength with compressive strength and tensile strength was established by different fitting methods. …”
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Antibacterial Composites Based on Alginate/Egg White and ZnO Nanoparticles with the Addition of Essential Oils by Adrian-Ionuț Nicoară, Adelina Valentina Anton, Roxana Doina Trușcă, Alexandra Cătălina Bîrcă, Cornelia-Ioana Ilie, Lia-Mara Dițu

“…A variety of analytical methods, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were employed to characterize the composites. …”
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Understanding the post-curing behaviors of polymethylacrylimide: Curing kinetics and molecular mobility by Yuan Chen, Xiaolian Qiang, Yaping Zhang, Ningning Song, Lixian Guo, Siyuan Zhang, Chunrong Tian, Keping Chen

“…Differential scanning calorimetry results identified three distinct temperature zones during the post-curing process, which represented different types of curing reactions. Model-free kinetic methods were used to evaluate the post-curing kinetics of PMI materials. …”
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Le laboratoire du changement by Yannick Lémonie, Vincent Grosstephan

“…The article shows and illustrates the differences with the reflexive methods usually mobilized in the francophone framework of activity analysis and its potential to allow the expansion of developmental ergonomics.…”
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Modified diatom-based ocular suspension for sustained diclofenac sodium delivery: a novel drug carrier approach by Ramin Ghasemishayan, Dorsa Jalaei, Faramarz Dobakhti

“…This study aimed to prepare and evaluate an ocular suspension of diclofenac sodium loaded onto modified diatoms. Methods Diatoms were modified with aluminum sulfate solution, followed by loading of diclofenac sodium. …”
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Fabrication of Anti-glaucoma Nanofibers as Controlled-Release Inserts for Ophthalmic Delivery of Brimonidine Tartrate: In Vivo Evaluation in Caprine Eye by Fariba Shaikhi Shoushtari, Mohammadshakib Naghshbandy, Leila Rezaei, Saba Mehrandish, Shahla Mirzaeei

“…This study aimed to fabricate ocular inserts of brimonidine tartrate (BMD) for the management of glaucoma. Methods: Different polymers including poly (D, L-lactide), polycaprolactone, cellulose acetate, and Eudragit RL100® were used to develop the BMD-loaded nanofibrous inserts by electrospinning technique. …”
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An Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks for Sound Event Detection by Abdinabi Mukhamadiyev, Ilyos Khujayarov, Dilorom Nabieva, Jinsoo Cho

“…Sound event detection tasks are rapidly advancing in the field of pattern recognition, and deep learning methods are particularly well suited for such tasks. …”
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Development of Mannitol-Based Microparticles for Dry Powder Inhalers: Enhancing Pulmonary Delivery of NSAIDs by Petra Party, Zsófia Ilona Piszman, Rita Ambrus

“…The particles in dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulation were expected to have a spherical shape, fast drug release, and good aerodynamic properties. <b>Methods:</b> The excipients were poloxamer-188, mannitol, and leucine. …”
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Reflecting trends of the contemporary academic landscape in the context of Higher Education 4.0 by Nilüfer Ülker

“…In total, 161 academics from nine different European Universities participated in the research. …”
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Microbial Enzymes Used in Bioremediation by Sobika Bhandari, Darbin Kumar Poudel, Rishab Marahatha, Sonika Dawadi, Karan Khadayat, Sitaram Phuyal, Shreesti Shrestha, Santosh Gaire, Kusum Basnet, Uddhav Khadka, Niranjan Parajuli

“…The pollutant substrate can recognize different microbial enzymes at optimum conditions (temperature/pH/contact time/concentration) to efficiently transform them into other rather unharmful products. …”
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Analysis of pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics of high school students and teachers by Walter Sciarretta, Maria Bondani, Silvia Galano, Massimiliano Malgieri, Pasquale Onorato, Italo Testa

“…The data collected were analyzed using the following methods: confirmatory factor analysis to establish the validity of the instrument; multiple correspondence analysis, to transform categorical variables measuring sociocultural background into continuous variables; repeated measures analysis of variance and linear regression to describe which factors most influence students’ and teachers’ pseudoscientific beliefs. …”
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Assessing the Removal Efficiency of Ibuprofen in an Aqueous Solution Using <i>Acacia erioloba</i> Nanoparticles by Ateeq Rahman, Panduleni Shanyenga Shivute, Shivaprashanth Kumar Kodicherla

“…The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models, as well as Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) methods, were applied to optimize the conditions for maximum adsorption and elucidate the surface area of AESNs and the behaviour of AESN as an adsorbent. …”
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Inclusion of young people with disabilities in the future of work: forecasting workplace, labour market and community-based strategies through an online and accessible Delphi surve... by Arif Jetha, Kathleen A Martin Ginis, Emile Tompa, Monique A M Gignac, Dwayne van Eerd, Kay Nasir

“…Introduction The future of work is expected to transform the nature of work, create unique employment barriers for young people living with disabilities and disrupt pathways to better health. …”
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Formulation, optimization, and characterization of naringenin-loaded halloysite nanotube to achieve enhanced antioxidant and anticancer properties by Hamed Hamedinasab, Hossein Sabahi, Morteza Hosseini, Ali Hossein Rezayan

“…Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were investigated as a potential carrier for the controlled delivery of naringenin to HT-29 (human colon adenocarcinoma) and MCF-7 (human breast cancer) cell lines. Materials and Methods: Naringenin was loaded in HNTs at different HNTs: drug ratios (w/w) of 30, 24, 16, 8, and 4, then characterized by SEM (Scanning electron microscope), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), DSC (Differential scanning calorimetry), and XRD (X-ray diffraction). …”
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Impact of sandstone slurry waste with calcium carbonate nanoparticles on geotechnical properties of clayey soil subgrade by Amrit Singh Shekhawat, Suresh Kumar Tiwari

“…The results obtained from thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) supported the presence of hydration products such as CSH. …”
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La Llegenda del llibreter assassí de Barcelona. Tradizione e traduzione. Note al margine dell’edizione italiana by Inés Ravasini

“…The recent publication of the Italian translation of La llegenda del llibreter assassí by Ramon Miquel i Planas provides an opportunity to make a comparison with some previous Spanish translations and to reflect briefly on translation methods. The two Spanish versions (1991 and 2011), unlike the Italian one, are free reworkings of the original, in the sense that they alter the structure, transform the text and shape it to new ends. …”
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High-throughput phenotyping tools for blueberry count, weight, and size estimation based on modified YOLOv5s by Xingjian Li, Sushan Ru, Zixuan He, James D. Spiers, Lirong Xiang

“…This study developed an automated algorithm and smartphone application for accurate blueberry count and size estimation. Two different computer vision pipelines based on traditional methods and deep neural networks were implemented to detect and segment individual blueberries from Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images. …”
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Analysis of phytochemicals in watercress leaves using chromatographic, spectroscopic and in-vitro approaches by Bidisha Sengupta, Allyssa Fisher, James Villanueva, Laken Simington, Brenita Jenkins, Kaelin Travis, Debarshi Roy

“…Total flavonoid content (TFC), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and total phenolic acid content (TPAC) were determined using various colorimetric methods. Chemical structural analysis was conducted through attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform IR (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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Calculation of the reliability of frame systems under seismic impact and survivability assessment during the formation of plastic hinges in the nodes by A. D. Abakarov, R. G. Gasanov

“…The research aims to develop mathematical models for evaluating the reliability of two-story frame systems under the seismic impact, covering all possible ways of transition to the mechanism state due to the formation of plastic hinges in the frame nodes. Methods. The study is based on the application of the theory of Markov random processes in continuous time and their discrete states to describe the transition of a system into a different state. …”
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