Combine effect of fly ash and aggregate size on flexural strength of reinforced concrete by Dileep Kumar, Dhanik Vikrant, Kashif Rafique Memon, Alyas Khan Mandokhail

“…The study emphasizes the importance of utilizing fly ash and optimized aggregate sizes to enhance structural performance while promoting sustainable construction practices by reducing cement usage. …”
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Mechanical properties of alkali activated geopolymer cement mortar for non vibratory compacted trench backfilling by Hao Zhang, Hao Li, Haolong Guo, Yue Li, Lisi Wei

“…Abstract In this study, fly ash and metakaolin are examined as replacements in cementitious materials to reduce environmental pollution. …”
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Vapor pressure deficit control and mechanical vibration techniques to induce self-pollination in strawberry flowers by Hyein Lee, Meiyan Cui, Byungkwan Lee, Jeesang Myung, Jaewook Shin, Changhoo Chun

“…Abstract Background Pollination strategies to supplement or replace insect pollinators are needed to produce marketable strawberry fruits in indoor vertical farms. …”
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Formulating Mechanically Robust Composite Restorative Materials for High Performance by Austyn Salazar, Natalie Anderson, Jeffrey Stansbury

“…Although dental resin composite restoratives offer a widely used direct-placement treatment option aimed at replacing the form and function of a natural tooth, there are several clinically relevant performance aspects of these materials that can be improved. …”
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SSD-YOLO: a lightweight network for rice leaf disease detection by Canlin Pan, Shen Wang, Shen Wang, Yahui Wang, Chaoyang Liu

“…We introduce the Squeeze-and-Excitation Network (SENet) attention mechanism to optimize the Bottleneck structure of YOLOv8, improving feature extraction capabilities. …”
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A lightweight weed detection model for cotton fields based on an improved YOLOv8n by Jun Wang, Zhengyuan Qi, Yanlong Wang, Yanyang Liu

“…First, the Depthwise Separable Convolution (DSC) structure is used to improve the HGNetV2 network, creating the DS_HGNetV2 network to replace the backbone of the YOLOv8n model. Secondly, the Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network (BiFPN) is introduced to enhance the feature fusion layer, further optimizing the model’s ability to recognize weed features in complex backgrounds. …”
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MGL-YOLO: A Lightweight Barcode Target Detection Algorithm by Yuanhao Qu, Fengshou Zhang

“…First, a new multi-scale group convolution (MSGConv) is designed and integrated into the C2f module to construct the MSG-C2f feature extraction module. By replacing the C2f module in the P5 layer of the backbone network, the ability to extract multi-scale feature information is enhanced. …”
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Energy­Saving Lighting of Agricultural Premises and its Parameters Calculation by L. Yu. Yuferev

“…he properly selected lighting for livestock farms is noted to ensure the optimal productivity of bred animals and poultry and to generate profit for the enterprise. …”
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Ileal Digestible and Metabolizable Energy of Corn, Wheat, and Barley in Growing Japanese Quail by Sousan Khanipour, Mahmoud Ghazaghi, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi, Mehran Mehri

“…The TD comprised corn, wheat, and barley that partly replaced the RD at 300 g/kg (70% reference diet + 30% test ingredient). …”
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Seismic Behavior and Resilience of an Endplate Rigid Connection for Circular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns by Yu Gao, Peilin Zhu, Junping Liu, Feng Lou

“…Moreover, full restoration of the joint can be achieved by replacing only the steel beam and endplate, facilitating post-earthquake repair. …”
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Obtaining multi-component chrome plated coatings for press tooling equipment by Borys Sereda, Andrii Udod

“…These rubbers enable the creation of structural and tribotechnical products with superior damping properties, high elasticity, and corrosion resistance. Additionally, replacing metals with rubber decreases mate-rial consumption in structures and machinery, reduces the production time for parts, even those with complex shapes, and enhances corrosion resistance. …”
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Towards the standardization of human platelet lysate production and its comparison to fetal bovine serum for human hematopoietic cell culture: a scoping review by Shamili Immalaraju, Srishti Goyal, Rukmini Jonnalagadda

“…Although various strategies have been developed to optimize HCC expansion, implementing them can be costly. …”
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Effect of Super Retarder on Recycled Water and Concrete Properties of Waste Slurry in Mixing Plant by Jinyue Wang, Yanfeng Zuo, Lixiong Gao, Siqin Liu, Guang Yang

“…The waste slurry recycled water mixed with super retarding agent was used to replace tap water in the production of concrete, and its effect on the workability and mechanical properties of concrete was investigated. …”
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An Analysis of Lighting Quality in University Buildings in District 6 of Tehran: Proposing Improvement Strategies Aligned with Relevant Requirements and Life Cycle Cost Assessment by Mohammad Kazemi, Aliyeh Kazemi

“…Lighting within educational environments is critical in establishing an optimal atmosphere that supports health, conserves energy, enhances the utility of educational spaces, and fosters effective learning. …”
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Medicinal Plants of Solanum Species: The Promising Sources of Phyto-Insecticidal Compounds by Kumarappan Chidambaram, Taha Alqahtani, Yahia Alghazwani, Afaf Aldahish, Sivakumar Annadurai, Kumar Venkatesan, Kavitha Dhandapani, Ellappan Thilagam, Krishnaraju Venkatesan, Premalatha Paulsamy, Rajalakshimi Vasudevan, Geetha Kandasamy

“…Medicinal plants continue to provide a large library of phytochemicals, which can be used to replace chemically synthesized insecticides, and utilization of herbal product-based insecticides is one of the best and safest alternatives for mosquito control. …”
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Fusion of multi-scale attention for aerial images small-target detection model based on PARE-YOLO by Huiying Zhang, Pan Xiao, Feifan Yao, Qinghua Zhang, Yifei Gong

“…Additionally, it incorporates a lightweight detection head that is optimized for small objects, thereby significantly improving detection performance in cluttered and intricate backgrounds. …”
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Technical evaluation of using reclaimed asphalt pavement materials as filler in hot mix asphalt by Danyal Shirvani, Alireza Sarkar

“…In both methods, RAPF fully replaces the mineral filler with the same proportion used in the control mixture. …”
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Study on the Strength and Mechanism Analysis of Coarse Aggregate Reactive Powder Concrete by Xiuhong Hao, Haichuan Jia, Guangyao Ding, Xianxian Kong, Xianghe Meng

“…The goal is to identify optimal combinations for both performance and cost. …”
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Efficient vision transformers with edge enhancement for robust small target detection in drone-based remote sensing by Xuguang Zhu, Zhizhao Zhang

“…Furthermore, a Dynamic Positional Encoding (DPE) module replaces traditional fixed positional embeddings, enhancing spatial perception accuracy under complex geometric perspectives through learnable spatial adapters. …”
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Synergistic Preparation and Mechanistic Investigation of Full Industrial Solid Waste-Based Cementitious Materials for Aeolian Sand Stabilization by Zilu Xie, Zengzhen Qian, Hao Wang, Yingzhe Qi, Bing Yue

“…Results demonstrated that GGBFS exerted the most significant positive influence on the strength of stabilized sand. The optimal proportion was determined as SS:GGBFS:PS:CS = 5:35:20:40, achieving strength comparable to cement-stabilized aeolian sand in the literature. …”
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