Mathematical probit and logistic mortality models of the Khapra beetle fumigated with plant essential oils by Alhadi E. Alamir, Gomah E. Nenaah, Mohamed A. Hafiz

“…Results could help in using a relatively safe and effective strategy for the control of this serious pest using alternative control strategy to reduce the health and environmental drawbacks resulted from the excessive reliance on the broadly toxic chemical pesticides and in order to contribute safeguard world-wide grain supplies.…”
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Effect of carbon and manganese content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high manganese austenitic steel by Gürol U., Can Kurnaz S.

“…Increased carbon and manganese content increased the grain size and the amount of carbides in the as-cast condition. …”
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Transcranial Alternating Current and Random Noise Stimulation: Possible Mechanisms by Andrea Antal, Christoph S. Herrmann

“…Such findings are further supported by neural network simulations and knowledge from physics on entraining physical oscillators in the human brain. As a result, fine-grained models of the human skull and brain allow the prediction of the exact pattern of current flow during tDCS and tACS. …”
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Pollinator Insect Found in Coconut Tree in Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatera by Erise Anggraini, Tia Ellisa Riyanti, Chandra Irsan, Harman Hamidson, Marlin Sefrilla, Astuti Kurnianingsih, Wei Hong Lau, Mahesh Tiran Gunasena

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Flux Fractionalization Transition in Anisotropic S=1 Antiferromagnets and Dimer-Loop Models by Souvik Kundu, Kedar Damle

“…Away from w_{c}, both phases are described by a long-wavelength Gaussian effective action for a scalar height field that represents the coarse-grained electrostatic potential of fluctuating dipoles. …”
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Yield Response of Faba Bean to Lime, NPSB, and Rhizobium Inoculation in Kiremu District, Western Ethiopia by Dereje Geleta, Getachew Bekele

“…The ANOVA results revealed that the number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, hundred seeds weight, harvest index, aboveground biomass, and grain yield were significantly affected by the treatment. …”
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Experimental Study of the Swirling Oxidizer Flow in HTPB/N2O Hybrid Rocket Motor by Mohammad Mahdi Heydari, Nooredin Ghadiri Massoom

“…The test results show that the fuel grain regression rate has been improved by applying tangential oxidizer injection at the head of the motor. …”
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The impact of land transfer on food security: the mediating role of environmental regulation and green technology innovation by Ming Xu, Ming Xu, Zhaoyang Lu, Xinyue Wang, Guangwei Hou

“…It provides an important reference for deepening China’s land transfer policy system, optimizing land transfer resources and ensuring the safety of grain industry.…”
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Research on Acoustic Emission and Electromagnetic Emission Characteristics of Rock Fragmentation at Different Loading Rates by Fujun Zhao, Yu Li, Zhouyuan Ye, Yong Fan, Siping Zhang, Haifan Wang, Yonghong Liu

“…The relationships among the generation of acoustic emission, electromagnetic emission, and the fracture stress of rock grain are investigated, which are based on the mechanism of acoustic emission and electromagnetic emission produced in the process of indenting rock. …”
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Adaptive micro partition and hierarchical merging for accurate mixed data clustering by Yunfan Zhang, Rong Zou, Yiqun Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yiu-ming Cheung, Kangshun Li

“…Specifically, we present a distance metric unified on numerical and categorical attributes to leverage neighborhood rough sets in partitioning data objects into fine-grained compact clusters. Then, we gradually merge the current most similar clusters to avoid incorporating dissimilar objects into a similar cluster. …”
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Use of probiotic lactobacilli as alternative to monensin in beef feedlot cattle by Flavia Ivana Mansilla, María Hortencia Miranda, Cecilia Aristimuño Ficoseco, Mariano Obregozo, Marcela D´Urso Villar, María Elena Fátima Nader-Macias, Graciela Margarita Vignolo

“…In this study, increase of animals body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) were used as indicators of probiotics Limosilactobacillus (L.) fermentum CRL2085 and L. mucosae CRL2069 (108–109 CFU/g) supplementation (individually or combined) to grain-based diets containing or not monensin during different periods of feedlot fattening cycle. …”
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Efficiency of Rice Husk Ash as Cementitious Material in High-Strength Cement-Admixed Clay by Pornkasem Jongpradist, Watee Homtragoon, Raksiri Sukkarak, Warat Kongkitkul, Pitthaya Jamsawang

“…When compared with fly ash of similar grain size, the efficiency of RHA is higher when the content to be added is greater than 15%. …”
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Updated peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance spinosad by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Álvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Sofia Batista Leite, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Isabella De Magistris, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Franco Ferilli, Monica Fittipaldi Broussarad, German Giner Santonja, Varvara Gouliarmou, Katrin Halling, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Alberto Linguadoca, Jochem Louisse, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Andrea Mioč, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Vincenzo Padricello, Martina Panzarea, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Alexandra Piti, Simone Rizzuto, Agnès Rortais, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Giorgia Vianello, Laura Villamar‐Bouza

“…The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of spinosad as insecticide on bulb/dry onions, maize (fodder and grain), sweet corn, grapes (table and wine), lettuce, potato, aubergine, pepper and tomato. …”
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Identifcation and fine mapping of qHSW1, a major QTL for hundred-seed weight in mungbean by Xuesong Han, Xuesong Han, Long Zhao, Juan Yu, Xingmin Wang, Shilong Zhang, Li Li, Li Li, Changyan Liu, Changyan Liu

“…Mung bean, an important economic crop, is considered a crop with relatively high levels of plant protein constituents and is consumed as both a vegetable and a grain. Among various yield-related traits, hundred-seed weight (HSW) is crucial in determining mung bean production. …”
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Study on forming process and microstructure of FeCrAl-ODS alloy by selective laser melting by Shenghua Zhang, Fudong Li, Yu Wang, Zhonghua Li, Senming Zhang, Yen-Ling Kuo, Peikang Bai, Bin Liu

“…A higher laser coupling efficiency and melt pool temperature led to a lower proportion of subgrains composed of low-angle grain boundaries in the FeCrAl-ODS alloy. Independent α′ phase (Cr-rich phase) and α′ phase attached to Y₂O₃ were observed in the SLM-formed FeCrAl-ODS alloy. …”
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Effect of In Situ Thermal Annealing on Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of CdS/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition by Alaa Ayad Al-mebir, Paul Harrison, Ali Kadhim, Guanggen Zeng, Judy Wu

“…Atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy show that the iTAP in the optimal processing window produces considerable CdTe grain growth and improves the CdTe crystallinity, which results in significantly improved optoelectronic properties and quantum efficiency of the CdS/CdTe solar cells. …”
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Multi-environment field trials for wheat yield, stability and breeding progress in Germany by Tien-Cheng Wang, Till Rose, Holger Zetzsche, Agim Ballvora, Wolfgang Friedt, Henning Kage, Jens Léon, Carolin Lichthardt, Frank Ordon, Rod J Snowdon, Andreas Stahl, Hartmut Stützel, Benjamin Wittkop, Tsu-Wei Chen

“…The dataset encompasses MET spanning six years (2015–2020), six locations and nine crop management scenarios (consisting of combinations for three treatments, unbalanced in each location and year) comparing 228 cultivars released between 1963 and 2016, amounting to a total of 526,751 data points covering 24 traits. Beside grain yield, ten agronomic traits, four baking quality traits, plant height, heading date, maturity date and six fungal disease infection indices are included. …”
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Effect of Cl substitution on the microstructure, dielectric and optical properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics by Najwa. Gouitaa, Sahil Kumar, Fatima Zahra. Ahjyaje, Taj-dine. Lamcharfi, Amina. Benatia, Mustapha. Abarkan, Mamta Shandilya

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed substantial grain growth and densification, contributing to improved material density. …”
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Ruminal Acidosis in Feedlot: From Aetiology to Prevention by Joaquín Hernández, José Luis Benedito, Angel Abuelo, Cristina Castillo

“…Appropriate feeding strategies are essential and involve changing the dietary composition to increase neutral detergent fiber content and greater particle size and length. Appropriate grain processing can control the fermentation rate while additives such as prebiotics or probiotics can help to stabilize the ruminal environment. …”
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Enhancing microstructure and mechanical performance of aluminum copper friction stir lap welded joints with nickel powder interlayers by Rasoul Khajeh, Moosa Sajed, Akbar Heidarzadeh

“…Microstructural analysis revealed refined grain structures, with enhanced refinement observed in multi-pass welding, particularly in samples with Ni powder. …”
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