Effect of Crushed Glass Cullet Sizes on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Red Clay Bricks by Patricia Ponce Peña, María Azucena González Lozano, Alicia Rodríguez Pulido, René Homero Lara Castro, Zoe V. Quiñones Jurado, Juan Carlos Pérez Medina, Martha Emilia Poisot Vázquez, Axel Villavicencio Torres

“…The bricks were manufactured with mixtures of clay, crushed glass, and water in different proportions, homogenized, casted in wooden molds, air-dried at room temperature for 72 h, and sintered at 1000°C for 12 h. …”
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Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete Made with Used Foundry Sand as Fine Aggregate by G. Ganesh Prabhu, Jin Wook Bang, Byung Jae Lee, Jung Hwan Hyun, Yun Yong Kim

“…On the other hand, the metal casting industries are being forced to find ways to safely dispose of waste foundry sand (FS). …”
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Effect of Nano ZnO on the Optical Properties of Poly(vinyl chloride) Films by Wasan Al-Taa’y, Mohammed Abdul Nabi, Rahimi M. Yusop, Emad Yousif, Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah, Jumat Salimon, Nadia Salih, Saiful Irwan Zubairi

“…Optical properties of pure and doped poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) films, prepared by using casting technique, with different nanosize zinc oxide (ZnO) concentrations (1–20) wt% have been studied. …”
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Thermal and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis of PAADDA film incorporated with Li2SO4 by Ian Pellinca Braga Caetano, Rodrigo de Siqueira Melo, Kênia da Silva Freitas, Ana Lucia Shiguihara, Jorge Amim Júnior

“… In this paper, poly(acrylamide-co-dialidimethylamonium)-PAADDA films containing lithium sulfate (Li2SO4) were prepared by casting method from aqueous solutions. The obtained films (pristine PAADDA, PAADDA/Li2SO4-0.25% w/w, and PAADDA/Li2SO4-0.5% w/w) were characterized by means of attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). …”
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Influence of copper content on microstructure development of AlSi9Cu3 alloy by Brodarac Zovko Z., Dolić N., Unkić F.

“…Microstructure development examination reveals potential differences due to copper content which is prerequisite for high values of final mechanical, physical and technological properties of cast products.…”
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Primary microstructure characterization of Co-20Ni-9Al-7W-3Re-2ti superalloy by Tomaszewska A.

“…The fundamental technological problem related to Co-Al-W-X multicomponent alloys casting process is a strong susceptibility to interdendritic segregation of alloying elements, especially tungsten and rhenium. …”
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A Pilot Study on Structural Responses of Normal Concrete-UHPC Composite Bridge Decks w/wo Rebars through an Experimental-Numerical Approach by Siqi Yuan, Zhao Liu, Teng Tong, Chung C. Fu

“…On the other aspect, an innovative NC-UHPC composite deck system was motivated to promote accelerated bridge construction (ABC) implementation of a newly built bridge, of which the precast UHPC substrate serves as the formwork for the cast-in-place NC overlay. Performance characterizations were investigated by loading five decks, of various UHPC thickness and w/wo longitudinal or transverse rebars. …”
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Three-Dimensional Non-Uniform Sampled Data Visualization from Multibeam Echosounder Systems for Underwater Imaging and Environmental Monitoring by Wenjing Cao, Shiliang Fang, Chuanqi Zhu, Miao Feng, Yifan Zhou, Hongli Cao

“…Additionally, an opacity transfer function is generated to enhance the visualization performance of the ray casting algorithm. This function leverages data values and gradient information, including the first and second directional derivatives, to suppress the rendering of background and non-interest regions while emphasizing target areas and boundary features. …”
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El Niño-like tropical Pacific ocean cooling pattern during the Last Glacial Maximum by A. Hou, L. Jonkers, H. L. Ford, S. L. Ho

“…Abstract Many state-of-the-art climate models are unable to reproduce the observed 20th century surface warming pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean, casting doubt on the robustness of future projections. …”
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New Robust Part-Based Model with Affine Transformations for Facial Landmark Localization and Detection in Big Data by Chentao Zhang, Habte Tadesse Likassa, Peidong Liang, Jielong Guo

“…Moreover, the search of the optimal parameters and affine transformations is cast as a constrained optimization programming. To mitigate the computations, a new set of equations is derived to update the parameters involved and the affine transformations iteratively in a round-robin manner. …”
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FABRIKASI DAN PENGUJIAN TELAPAK KAKI PALSU JENIS SINGLE AXIS by Christianus Pigun Wardoyo, Muslim Mahardika, Suyitno Suyitno, Rini Dharmastiti, Urip Agus Salim, Budi Arifvianto

“…The prosthetic foot in this research was made from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resin and prepared with casting by pouring it into a pre-fabricated mold. …”
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Deoxidation of steel with calcium carbide. Influence of calcium carbide addition on steel contamination by non‑metallic inclusions by A. V. Shatovsky, O. M. Grudnitskiy, S. V. Konovalenko, I. A. Kovaleva, A. A. Kovalev, V. O. Morozov

“…To determine the contamination of steel with non‑metallic inclusions, sampling was carried out from hot‑rolled products obtained from continuously cast billets. According to the results, it was found that the improvement of melt deoxidation in melts using calcium carbide can be achieved by increasing its consumption. …”
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Role of Dielectric Constant on Ion Transport: Reformulated Arrhenius Equation by Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…Solid and nanocomposite polymer electrolytes based on chitosan have been prepared by solution cast technique. The XRD results reveal the occurrence of complexation between chitosan (CS) and the LiTf salt. …”
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Influence of Social Network Strength on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition: A Chain Mediation Model of Need Knowledge and Technological Knowledge by Jing Fan, Jiafu Su

“…These findings extend the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition literature by casting light on the knowledge conduits linking social network strength to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition.…”
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Nonisothermal Kinetic Analysis and AC Conductivity for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanocomposite by Huda AlFannakh

“…The nanocomposite samples were prepared by casting method using different weight ratios of ZnO nanoparticles. …”
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Study on the Relationship between Chlorite Clay Film Diagenesis and Sedimentary Facies in Reservoir Sandstones by Rui Zhang, Guangsheng Qin, Minglong Nie

“…On the basis of previous studies, the chlorite clay film in sandstone reservoirs in the working area was studied by X-ray diffraction, casting thin section, scanning electron microscope, energy spectrum, and other analytical methods. …”
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Nonspecificity of Chronic Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes by Eldon Tunks

“…Although there is a tendency for these syndromes to persist, follow-up studies show that they tend to vary in extent and sometimes show remissions over longer follow-up, casting doubt about the distinctions between chronic diffuse pains and localized chronic soft tissue pains. …”
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Non-dominant hand contractions do not facilitate performance under pressure in common desktop tasks. by Yu Fan Eng, Daniel R Little, Andy Yang, Anchalee Wensinger, Leo J Roberts

“…Our results, along with other recent studies in this area, cast doubt on the benefits of NDHCs under pressure outside sporting tasks and underline the need for a better mechanistic account of the phenomenon.…”
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Variations of Gastrocolic Trunk of Henle and Its Significance in Gastrocolic Surgery by Yuan Gao, Yun Lu

“…We characterized various variants and tributaries of Henle’s trunk using autopsy, vascular casting, 3D CT reconstruction, intraoperative anatomy, and Hisense CAS system and summarized and analyzed the tributaries of Henle’s trunk, to determine its influence on GI surgeries.…”
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GABAergic Neuronal Precursor Grafting: Implications in Brain Regeneration and Plasticity by Manuel Alvarez Dolado, Vania Broccoli

“…GABAergic neuronal transplantation not only is efficacious to restore normal GABAergic activities but can also trigger or sustain high neuronal plasticity by promoting the general reorganization of local neuronal circuits adding new synaptic connections. These results cast new light on dynamics and plasticity of adult neuronal assemblies and their associated functions disclosing new therapeutic opportunities for the near future.…”
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