Multi-Objective Optimization Study on Production of AlSi10Mg Alloy by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by İnayet Burcu Toprak, Nafel Dogdu

“…In additive manufacturing, production parameters play a critical role in the microstructure, mechanical properties, and surface quality of a product. …”
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Novel Alternative Ni-Based Binder Systems for Hardmetals by Mathias von Spalden, Johannes Pötschke, Alexander Michaelis

“…The obtained hardmetals were analysed in terms of their microstructure, phases, sintering behaviour, and mechanical properties. …”
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FinTech, Fractional Trading, and Order Book Dynamics: A Study of US Equities Markets by Janhavi Shankar Tripathi, Erick W. Rengifo

“…Leveraging high-frequency ITCH data from highly capitalized stocks—AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, and TSLA—we analyze market microstructure changes surrounding the implementation of FT. …”
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Study on the vacuum freeze-drying of banana and impact on powder properties by Onur Taskin

“…This research evaluated vacuum freeze-drying (VFD) for banana slices in terms of drying behavior, energy, cost, color, rehydration, shrinkage, pH and °Brix, microstructure, and thermal images. …”
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Effects of polymerization degree on recovery behavior of PVA/PVP hydrogels as potential articular cartilage prosthesis after fatigue test by Y. Shi, D. S. Xiong, Y. Peng, N. Wang

“…The influence of polymerization degree on microstructure, water content, friction coefficient, compressive fatigue and recovery properties of PVA/PVP hydrogels were investigated. …”
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Emerging Technologies for the Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Activity by Anna Luise Grab, Alexander Nesterov-Müller

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Investigation of large-aspect ratio microgrooves on silicon nitride ceramic by WJALM by Hai Su, Jinjin Han, Bin He, Wasim Ahmad, Aqib Mashood Khan, Rui Ma, Kai Ding, Linglei Kong, Qilin Li, Weining Lei

“…In this research, waterjet-assisted laser machining (WJALM) is preferably adopted for LAR Si3N4 microstructures, which has demonstrated superiority in reducing thermal-induced defects of laser-only machining (LOM) with the water's impact and cooling effects. …”
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Comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on the therapeutic efficacy of curcumin in osteoporosis: unveiling mechanisms and preclinical evidence by Sheng-lei Yang, Jing-xiang Wang, Fei-er Ma, Jiang-hua He, Ao Zhang, Xiao-ming Sun, Ying Wei, Yan Wang

“…The results of the metaanalysis showed that compared with the control group, CUR significantly increased bone mineral density (BMD of the femur: SMD = 2.18, 95% CI: 1.53–2.83; BMD of the tibia: SMD = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.30–1.87), improved the trabecular microstructure (BV/TV: SMD = 2.74, 95% CI: 1.84–3.64; Tb.N: SMD = 2.31, 95% CI: 1.65–2.96; Tb.Th: SMD = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.43–2.76; Tb.Sp: SMD = −2.32, 95% CI: −3.15 to −1.50). …”
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Effect of Welding Process on the Sulfide Stress Corrosion Susceptibility of Q345R by YANG Quan - yi, ZHANG Zhao - yang, LIU Meng, LIU Xian - bin, HAN En - hou

“…In order to discuss and analyze the influence of welding process on Q345R sulfide stress corrosion sensitivity, the sulfide stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of Q345R welded by manual welding and argon arc welding processes was tested and evaluated in NACE A solution with saturated H2S. The microstructure and mechanical properties of Q345R welded by the two welding processes were analyzed by SEM and vickers hardness tester. …”
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Effect of Aging Heat Treatment in an Al-4008 Produced by Liquid Metal Printing by Catarina Ladeiro, Francisca Nunes, Mariana Trindade, Jose Costa

“…As one of the most recent advances in this industry, liquid metal printing has a growing value in the engineering field. This study aims to evaluate the effect of two heat treatment conditions in an Al-4008 alloy produced by this technique in the microstructure and mechanical properties. …”
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Effect of Thermal Aging on Color Stability and Mechanical Properties of High-Density CAD/CAM Polymers Utilized for Provisional Restorations by Rasha Alharthi, Ali Robaian Alqahtani, Abdullah Mohammed Alshehri, Abdulrahman Almalki, Heba Wageh Abozaed, Eman Mohamed Raffat Hussein, Tarek Ahmed Soliman

“…The color stability, flexural strength (FS), survival probability, and microstructures were evaluated following thermal cycling. …”
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Testicular extracellular matrix/gelatin-based scaffold using gas foaming to support spermatogonial stem cells by Maryam Momeni, Mohammad Kazemi Ashtiani, Zahra Bashiri, Zohreh Bagher, Hamid Reza Asgari, Morteza Koruji

“…The hybrid scaffolds exhibited uniform porous microstructures with a pore size average ranging from 298-330 μm. …”
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Mechanical response and mechanisms of titanium foam with different porosities under static and impact loading by Hao Zhang, Linwei Li, Shicheng Wei, Yujiang Wang, Lei Guo, Bo Wang, Xinyang Wang, Yi Liang

“…Microscopic analysis was conducted to investigate the impact failure mechanisms of titanium foams with varying porosities, and the contributions of different microstructural factors to strain-rate strengthening were quantitatively evaluated. …”
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Waste marble sludge and calcined clay brick powders in conventional cement farina production for cleaner built environment by Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, Jamal Khatib, Andre Gustavo de Sousa Galdino, Said Kenai, Ahmed Ashteyat, Raul D.S.G. Campilho, Roberto Alonso Gonzalez Lezcano, Gideon Olukunle Bamigboye, N. Nagaprasad, Krishnaraj Ramaswamy

“…The microstructure of the marble and brick waste was analyzed using X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy. …”
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Role of Optical Coherence Tomography on Corneal Surface Laser Ablation by Bruna V. Ventura, Haroldo V. Moraes, Newton Kara-Junior, Marcony R. Santhiago

“…OCT is an optical imaging modality that uses low-coherence interferometry to provide noninvasive cross-sectional imaging of tissue microstructure in vivo. There are two types of OCTs, each with transverse and axial spatial resolutions of a few micrometers: the time-domain and the fourier-domain OCTs. …”
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Multiscale Simulation of 2D Heat Transfer in Composite Media Based on Global–Local Enrichment Functions by Guangzhong Liu, Jiamin Guo, Yan Bao, Huan Ping

“…In the proposed method, global–local enrichments are numerically constructed and incorporated into the global approximation in a hierarchical manner to integrate microstructure information into the macroscale problem. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of Aluminum and Graphene Nanopowder-Based Composites by K Ch Sekhar, Raviteja Surakasi, Dr. Pallab Roy, P.Jacquline Rosy, T.K. Sreeja, S Raja, Velivela Lakshmikanth Chowdary

“…A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is used to examine the microstructure. The specimen is evaluated using ANSYS. …”
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Mechanisms and Modelling of Effects on the Degradation Processes of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell: A Comprehensive Review by Krystof Foniok, Lubomira Drozdova, Lukas Prokop, Filip Krupa, Pavel Kedron, Vojtech Blazek

“…The article critically evaluates experimental approaches integrated with advanced physicochemical modelling techniques, such as impedance spectroscopy, microstructural analysis, and hybrid modelling approaches, highlighting their strengths and specific limitations. …”
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From Molecular to Macroscopic: Dual-Pathway Regulation of Carrot Whole Flour on the Gluten-Starch System by Han Wang, Xiaoxuan Tian, Ruoyu Zhang, Huijing Li

“…This study systematically evaluated the effect of CWF on the steamed cake from the microstructure level to macroscopic quality. …”
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Development of micromechanical model of asphalt mixture in complex form for dynamic modulus characterization by Bin Liu, Junlin Yang, Kai Zhang, Xiangyang Fan

“…Asphalt mixture is a multiphase composite viscoelastic material, with its fundamental viscoelastic properties primarily determined by its material composition and internal microstructure. The application of composite micromechanics and the development of mathematical models to predict the mechanical performance of asphalt mixtures are of great significance. …”
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