Corrosion Mitigation with Chemical Injection in Welded Carbon Steel Pipe for Offshore Water Treatment Plant by Henry Ekene Mgbemere, Johnson Olumuyiwa Agunsoye, Kenechi Ijeoma Ojemeni, Obianuju Vivian Izuegbu

“…Analysis of the cultured seawater parameters showed variations in salinity, total dissolved solids, oxidation-reduction potential, pH, temperature, specific gravity, and conductivity across different media.  …”
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Effect of Palm Kernel Shell Ash Supplement with Egg Shell Ash on Stabilized Lateritic Soil for a Road Work by Sulaiman Olayinka Subair

“…Comprehensive geotechnical testing was conducted on natural lateritic soil to assess various parameters: Specific Gravity (SG), percentage passing sieve No. 200 (F-200), Liquid Limit (LL), Plastic Limit (PL), Plasticity Index (PI), Maximum Dry Density (MDD), Optimum Moisture Content (OMC), and both unsoaked and soaked California Bearing Ratio (CBR). …”
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Study on Variation of Surface Runoff and Soil Moisture Content in the Subgrade of Permeable Pavement Structure by Lijun Hou, Yuan Wang, Fengchun Shen, Ming Lei, Xiang Wang, Xiaochong Zhao, Shuling Gao, Abdullah Alhaj

“…As time continued, the soil moisture content quickly reached a saturated state and presented a stable infiltration situation under the action of gravity and the gradient of soil water suction. As the initial moisture content increases, the initial infiltration rate decreases and the time to reach a stable infiltration rate becomes shorter. …”
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The impact of different ankle positions on postural balance and weight-bearing distributions during different kneeling positions by Hande Guney Deniz, Gizem İrem Kınıklı, Fırat Tan, Gamze Arın Bal, Ezgi Ünüvar Yüksel, Sibel Bozgeyik, Ferhat Öztürk

“…Weight distribution on both the dominant and non-dominant knees, postural sways in the anteroposterior and mediolateral directions, the sway area within which the center of gravity was maintained for 90% of the time, and the total trace length were collected. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and optimization of antimicrobial biolubricant derived from Ocimum lamiifolium and lactic acid by Dereje Ayele Gebreyes, Melakuu Tesfaye Alemea, Alemu Gonfa Robi, Workiye Getnet Abera, Getachew Alemu Tenkolu

“…The extracted oil exhibited high yield (15 % moisture, 0.92 g/mL specific gravity), a volatile lubricant component (3 %), a pH of 4.2–5.91, low ash (11.5 %), high saponification value (19.7 g KOH/g) and moderate acid number (8.9 mg KOH/g), iodine value of 35.3 g/L, low viscosity (0.1160 Pa s), and high diffusion capacity (95 %). …”
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Free senior high school devours basic education in Ghana: rescue the children by Inusah Fuseini

“…This is followed by a qualitative data analysis of the reports to ascertain the gravity of the results in the quantitative data. The Ministry of Education in charge of education in the country and the Ministry of Finance in charge of resource distribution to various sectors of the country’s economy are the major institutions with relevant reports and data which assist in this research. …”
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Three-dimensional numerical study of a local scour downstream of a submerged sluice gate using two hydro-morphodynamic models, SedFoam and FLOW-3D by Ghzayel, Alaa, Beaudoin, Anthony

“…It was concluded that the dune shape-shifting is due to the hydro-morphodynamic behaviour of the interaction of fluid-particles in presence of high degree of confinement while the digging - refilling phenomenon is explained by the physical mechanics behaviour of the particles phase due to gravity.…”
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Polarization modes of gravitational waves in scalar-tensor-Rastall theory by Yu-Zhi Fan, Xiao-Bin Lai, Yu-Qi Dong, Yu-Xiao Liu

“…This indicates that Rastall theory offers a novel approach to constructing modified gravity theories that propagate only two tensor degrees of freedom. …”
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Prediction of Heavy Oil Production Based on Geomechanical Analysis in Entire Lifecycle of SAGD by Dengke Li, Shaowen Zhu, Yanchao Li, Shijie Shen, Zupeng Chen, Zhanli Ren, Yuxuan Zhou, Yanfang Gao

“…ABSTRACT Steam‐assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology is an essential means of efficient development of heavy oil, super heavy oil, oil sands, and other unconventional resources in the world. …”
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Evaluation of Secondary Disaster Criteria after Disaster: An Application for Ordu Province by İrem Gaferoğlu, Sude Kaya, Y. Baran Kalemler, Emel Güven, Tamer Eren

“…First of all, the criteria that may cause secondary disasters in Ordu province (high slope, meteorological factors, disaster type, mass movements, unplanned settlement, gravity effect) were created by literature search and weighted with the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. …”
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The Effect of Interlayer on Water Cut Rise in a Bottom Water Reservoir by Yunpeng Hu, Xiaoling Zhang, Wei Ding, Ziyun Cheng, Liangchao Qu, Penghui Su, Chunliu Sun, Wenqi Zhang

“…The results show that the bottom water is blocked by the interlayer and its own gravity and the rising height of the bottom water is limited, so that the interlayer has a significant inhibitory effect on the coning of the bottom water. …”
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Assessment and Comparison of Various MCDM Approaches in the Selection of Manufacturing Process by Atef M. Ghaleb, Husam Kaid, Ali Alsamhan, Syed Hammad Mian, Lotfi Hidri

“…Five manufacturing processes were considered, including gravity die casting, investment casting, pressure die casting, sand casting, and additive manufacturing. …”
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Effect of Construction Waste as a Fine Aggregate on Properties of Concrete. by Sempala, Ronald

“…Construction waste was collected from three separate places and subjected to tests to determine its particle size distribution, fineness modulus, unit weight, specific gravity, and absorption capacity. As a result, the study covers the production of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) from construction debris as well as its application in concrete construction. …”
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Structure of Spatial Correlation Network and Influencing Factors of Urban-Rural Integration in China by Wang Kai, Liu Meilun, Tan Jiaxin, Gan Chang

“…Based on China's interprovincial panel data from 2001 to 2021, the entropy method was applied to measure China's interprovincial urban-rural integration level, and the modified gravity model and social network analysis were used to explore the structural characteristics of China's spatial correlation network of urban-rural integration and its influencing factors. …”
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Characterization of the Liquid Fuel Produced from Catalytic Depolymerization of Polymeric Waste Using Batch Reactor by O. L. Rominiyi, M. A. Akintunde, E. I Bello, L. Lajide, O. M. Ikumapayi, O. T. Laseinde and B. A. Adaramola

“…The results of the physiochemical properties of the samples show that the density, API gravity, Kinematic viscosity and Flash point vary from 0.76-0.83 (g/cm3), 38.98-54.68, 17-2.80 (cm2/s) and 50.0-70.0 (°C) respectively while Cloud point, Pour point, Fire point and Cetane index range from -20-15.0 (°C), -23-7 (°C), 61.0-79.0 (°C) and 38.50-47.0. …”
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Hypergravity as a Possible Way of Bone Tissue Engineering in Osteoblastic Differentiation from Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Systematic Review by Wisnu Sudrajad, Andre Erica Indrawan, Devangga Kusuma, Bagus Wibowo Soetojo, Heri Suroto

“…This study revealed that a gravity force of 30G and a culture duration of 7 to 14 days are the most optimal combination for inducing osteoblastic differentiation in MSCs.…”
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Fabrication and Compression Properties of Reinforced Epoxy Syntactic Foam With Basalt Fiber by Shuai Cao, Tao Jiang, Shanshan Shi, Xiaofan Gui, Ying Wang, Bo Tang, Lixue Xiang, Xuming Dai, Donghai Lin, Ning Zhong, Wenge Li, Jinhong Yu, Xinfeng Wu

“…With a density of only 0.316 g/cm3, it provides sufficient buoyancy to balance the gravity of the equipment. Compared with the current study, in this paper, BFs were used as the reinforcing phase to prepare solid buoyancy foam with low density and high compressive strength. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Mechanical and Electromagnetic Performance of Asphalt Concrete Containing Different Ratios of Graphite Powder as a Filler to be Potentially Used as Pa... by Orhan Kaya, Hatice Merve Annagur, Olcay Altintas

“…Possible reasons for this could be: (1) lower bulk specific gravity of graphite powder, (2) higher asphalt absorbance, (3) having greater surface area compared to that of limestone filler, and (4) weak bonds between sheet-like graphite layers. …”
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Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory (COMET): The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Rural Community-Based Strategy to Prevent Mental and Emotional Health Problems by Linda Zittleman, Maret Felzien, Kristen Curcija, Christopher Bennett, Kaitlyn Bennett, Joseph Carrica, Christin Sutter, Ashley Sherrill, John M Westfall

“…COMET Community Training is a short, interactive training that teaches people how to initiate a supportive and potentially emotional conversation using the simple, 7-item COMET Conversational Gravity Assist. This article describes and reports on the feasibility and acceptability of COMET and its Community Training. …”
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A Multiple-detection-heads Machine Learning Algorithm for Detecting White Dwarfs by Jiangchuan Zhang, Yude Bu, Mengmeng Zhang, Duo Xie, Zhenping Yi

“…The candidates exhibit a wide range of types, including DA, DB, DC, DQ, and DZ, with surface gravity within 7.8 dex ∼ 8.4 dex, effective temperatures within 10,000 K ∼ 56,000 K, colors within −1 <  u − g  < 1 and −0.8 <  g − r  < 0.4, and reduced proper motion within 20∼35 mag. …”
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