A Study on the Heat Storage Characteristics of Cascade Heat Storage Based on Composite Phase Change Material by Guo Shaozhen, Xiao Guangming, Zhang Nan, Du Yanxia, Wang Xian

“…Consequently, the phase change process of a two-stage series cascade heat storage device based on composite phase change materials was numerically studied. …”
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Assessing species composition, phenology, and diversity of urban flora in a gradient of continentality from southern Spain by Javier López-Tirado, Irene Herrera Martín, Pablo J. Hidalgo

“…Two patches per town were sampled retrieving information about different parameters like diversity, phenology, or allochthony. …”
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Analytical Modeling of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Plates under Low-Velocity Impact by Saeed Feli, Bromand Karimi, Seyed Sajad Jafari

“…In this paper, analytical and numerical modeling has investigated the behavior of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composite (FG-CNTRC) plates under Low-Velocity Impact (LVI). …”
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An Analytical Study on the Indentation of a Layered Composite Beam and its Utilization in Low Velocity Impact Response by Mehdi Hosseini, Ahmad Ahmadvand

“…Performing a parametric study, the effects of some important parameters on the indentation and the low velocity impact responses of the composite beam are investigated and discussed. …”
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Polystyrene–Carbon Nanotube Composites: Interaction Mechanisms, Preparation Methods, Structure, and Rheological Properties—A Review by Saba Yaqoob, Zulfiqar Ali, Sajjad Ali, Alberto D’Amore

“…This review focuses on the rheological behavior of polystyrene (PS) composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), providing an in-depth analysis of how CNT incorporation affects the viscosity, elasticity, and flow properties of these materials. …”
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Advancements in Camel Milk Drying Technology: A Comprehensive Review of Methods, Chemical Composition, and Nutritional Preservation by Ayaulym Rakhmatulina, Fatima Dikhanbayeva, Dinara Tlevlessova, Jelena Zagorska, Nurbek Aralbayev, Kristine Majore, Aidana Yessenova

“…Conclusively, optimizing drying parameters can improve production efficiency and nutrient retention.…”
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A comparative investigation on strain induced crystallization for graphene and carbon nanotubes filled natural rubber composites by D. H. Fu, Y. H. Zhan, N. Yan, H. S. Xia

“…The entanglement-bound rubber tube model was used to analyze the chain network structure and determine the network parameters of composites. The results show that the addition of graphene or CNTs has an influence on the molecular network structure and improves the contribution of entanglement to the conformational constraint, while graphene has a more marked effect than CNTs.…”
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Impact of ultrafiltration on the physicochemical properties of bovine lactoferrin: Insights into molecular mass, surface morphology, and elemental composition by Tetiana Dyrda-Terniuk, Paweł Pomastowski

“…According to MALDI-TOF/MS results, UF had a positive effect on bLF sample representation, improving the identification parameters, such as sequence coverage and intensity coverage.…”
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Real-Time Monitoring in Polymer Composites: Internet of Things Integration for Enhanced Performance and Sustainability — A Review by Manickaraj Karuppusamy, Sathish Kalidas, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Kalingaraj Nataraj, Rajiv Kumar Nandagopal, Ramachandran Natarajan, Aravind Samraj, Nadir Ayrilmis, Santosh Kumar Sahu, Jayant Giri, Mohammad Kanan

“…This review article critically examines the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and wireless technology into polymer composites, highlighting its transformative potential in materials science. …”
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Evaluation and modelling of the buckling behaviour of SRC composite columns under simultaneous off-axis and lateral loading by Kabir Sadeghi, Javad Royaei, Fatemeh Nouban

“… In this paper, steel-reinforced composite columns (SRCs) with IPE profiles, commonly used in Iran, have been investigated under lateral and axial loads. …”
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Composite fault feature extraction for gears based on MCKD-EWT adaptive wavelet threshold noise reduction by Yanchang LV, Jingyue Wang, Chengqiang Zhang, Jianming Ding

“…The results of experimental data analysis show that compared with the feature extraction methods such as spatial scale threshold EWT-MCKD and Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (CEEMDAN)-MCKD, the proposed method is more suitable for the diagnosis of gear composite faults in a strong background noise environment, the noise interference is effectively suppressed, and the extraction effect of gear composite fault features is more obvious.…”
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Methods of testing systems for strengthening masonry structures based on cement composites reinforced with glass fiber mesh by Petrović Milica, Popović Marko, Škondrić Marina, Savić Aleksandar, Zakić Dimitrije

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Review of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in China: Alkali Resistance of Fibers and Static Mechanical Properties of Composites by Zhensheng Guo, Chunfeng Wan, Mengye Xu, Jinxiang Chen

“…The results indicate that the effect of the fiber component and alkali corrosion temperature on the alkali resistance of BF is significant; the BF has little effect on the compressive strength of the concrete; the tensile and flexural strengths of the composites significantly increase compared with plain concrete, and the fiber content has a significant effect on the strength. …”
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Impact of Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles on Nutritional Composition of Edible Insect: Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae by Cem Okan Özer, Ata Eskin

“…The present study investigates the impact of SiO₂ NPs (Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles) (500–60000 ppm) on key chemical parameters including protein, lipid, carbohydrate, moisture, ash, and fatty acid composition in Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae, with a view to identifying potential implications for sustainable food systems. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Alkali-Activated Masonry Blocks With Binary Blended Composition of Flyash and Ceramic Tile Dust by Sunil Nandipati, Nikhil Kumar Degloorkar, R. Gobinath, Ayinala Naga Sai

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Composition-Interpretation-Improvisation Processes in XO pt. II by Dino Rešidbegović: Comparative Analysis of two Interpretations by Hanan Hadžajlić

“…The goal is to reconstruct and explicate the improvisation as a potential basis for a compositional-technical analysis. A composition-interpretation-improvisation processes chain represents the main structure of the general process which forms the composition XO pt.II, involving composer and performers – interpreted as equal, interdependent creators of the musical work.…”
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Magnetostrictive Bioinspired Whisker Sensor Based on Galfenol Composite Cantilever Beam Realizing Bidirectional Tactile Perception by Ran Zhao, Qan-guo Lu, Qinghua Cao

“…A magnetostrictive bioinspired whisker sensor based on a galfenol/beryllium-bronze/galfenol composite cantilever beam was developed in this work. …”
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Covariation Between Microbiome Composition and Host Transcriptome in the Gut of Wild Drosophila melanogaster: A Re‐Analysis by Frances Llanwarne, Adam J. Dobson

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A Calculation Model of Cutterhead Resistance for Pipe Jacking in Rock Strata and Soil–Rock Composite Strata by Yulong Cao, Ran Zhong, Rongdong Tao, Feilun Luo, Liang Xiong, Yue Fan, Jiahao Mei, Peng Zhang

“…ABSTRACT Jacking force is one of the most important parameters in the design and construction of pipe jacking engineering, and cutterhead resistance is an important part of jacking force. …”
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Insights into the Mechanism Underpinning Composite Molecular Docking During the Self-Assembly of Fucoidan Biopolymers with Peptide Nanofibrils by Rui Li, Min-Rui Tai, Xian-Ni Su, Hong-Wu Ji, Jian-Ping Chen, Xiao-Fei Liu, Bing-Bing Song, Sai-Yi Zhong, David. R. Nisbet, Colin J. Barrow, Richard J. Williams

“…Composite hydrogels with improved mechanical and chemical properties can be formed by non-covalently decorating the nanofibrillar structures formed by the self-assembly of peptides with fucoidan. …”
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