Association between Serum Testosterone Levels and Body Composition among Men 20–59 Years of Age by Jiajie Ye, Xiaojun Zhai, Jinxiao Yang, Zhongxin Zhu

“…Materials and Methods. Our analysis was based on the data for 3,875 men, 20–59 years of age. …”
Get full text

Nutrient Composition and Antinutritional Evaluation of Selected Wild Edible Plants Grown in Agroforestry of Simada District, Ethiopia by Kindye Belaye Wassie

“…Proximate composition parameters (moisture, ash, crude fiber, crude fat, and crude protein) and antinutritional factors were evaluated using methods of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists and mineral analysis using the atomic absorption spectroscopy method. …”
Get full text

Nondestructive Inspection of Thin Basalt Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Combined Terahertz Imaging and Infrared Thermography by Przemyslaw Lopato, Grzegorz Psuj, Barbara Szymanik

“…The inspection of thin basalt fiber reinforced composite materials was carried out using two nondestructive methods: terahertz time domain imaging and infrared thermography. …”
Get full text

Impact-Induced Delamination Detection of Composites Based on Laser Ultrasonic Zero-Lag Cross-Correlation Imaging by Yun-Kyu An

“…The proposed technique enables instantaneous visualizing of invisible delamination of composite materials without any sensor installation. …”
Get full text

A damage assessment method based on recent-time acoustic emission events for composite interlaminar damage by Jingye Hao, Su Ju, Ke Duan, Pengcheng Zou, Congcong Jia, Jinshui Yang, Changping Yin, Dingding Chen

“…Interlaminar damage in composite materials presents significant challenges for damage assessment based on monitoring data due to its concealed nature. …”
Get full text

A study on correlation between thyroid CT radiation dose, image quality and female body composition by SHEN Xigang, LIN Chengxiang, PENG Weijun, GU Yajia

“…This study analyzed the correlation between radiation dose, image quality and body composition in thyroid CT to provide a data foundation for better control of radiation dose and image quality in the future. …”
Get full text

Effect of Boundary Condition on Numerical Study of UAV Composite Skin Panels Under Dynamic Impact Loading by Ilham Bagus Wiranto, Sherly Octavia Saraswati, Iqbal Reza Alfikri, Chairunnisa Chairunnisa, Fadli Cahya Megawanto, Muhammad Ilham Adhynugraha, Nur Cholis Majid

“…In this study, a dynamic impact loading using Finite Element Analyses (FEA) was applied to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) composite skin panel. Two types of boundary condition panels were investigated (Fixed and Pinned). …”
Get full text

Qualitative composition of phenolic compounds in leaves of Rhodiola rosea L. plants introduced in the conditions of the Moscow region by T. A. Krol, V. I. Ossipov, D. N. Baleev

“…An ultra-high performance liquid chromatographic system with a photodiode array detector and mass spectrometer was used for the analysis of phenolic compounds. Identification was carried out using UV- and mass spectrometry data.Results. …”
Get full text

Age dynamics of somatometric indicators in composition with regards to mortality from circulatory system diseases in the population of northerners by Olga О. Alyoshina, Инесса Владиславовна Аверьянова

“…To study the dynamics of the frequency of occurrence of various BMI values, as well as informative values of body component composition, comparing the data obtained with the trend of mortality from diseases of the circulatory system in the population of Northerners in order to revise approaches to assessing the risk of mortality from cardiovascular diseases. …”
Get full text

Bayesian-Optimized Multi-Task Gaussian Process Regression With Composite Kernels for Soybean Oil Futures Forecasting by Hui-Dong Yin, Yi-Yang Li

“…We propose a composite kernel architecture integrating Matérn 2.5 and Exponential Sine Squared (ESS) kernels to capture localized price trends, periodic cycles, and heteroskedastic volatility. …”
Get full text

Screening of native wild Salvia nemorosa populations for chemical compositions, antioxidant activity and UHPLC-HRMS profiling by Raheleh Moshari-Nasirkandi, Abolfazl Alirezalu, Hamid Reza Mohammaddoust Chamanabad, Jussara Amato, Hadi Alipour, Ali Asghari, Atefeh Moshari-Nasirkandi

“…Data analysis indicated that the quality and quantity of the chemical compounds, as well as their antioxidant functions, varied depending on habitat diversity. …”
Get full text

Development of the composition and technology of a combined gel for the treatment of osteoarthritis with a pharmacological rationale for the content of components by U. V. Nogaeva, Ju. M. Kotsur, E. V. Flisyuk, D. Yu. Ivkin, E. D. Semivelichenko, I. A. Titovich, I. A. Narkevich, V. G. Antonov

“…The composition was developed and the technology of the topical dosage form based on sodium alginate was proposed. …”
Get full text

Composite fault feature extraction for gears based on MCKD-EWT adaptive wavelet threshold noise reduction by Yanchang LV, Jingyue Wang, Chengqiang Zhang, Jianming Ding

“…The results of experimental data analysis show that compared with the feature extraction methods such as spatial scale threshold EWT-MCKD and Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (CEEMDAN)-MCKD, the proposed method is more suitable for the diagnosis of gear composite faults in a strong background noise environment, the noise interference is effectively suppressed, and the extraction effect of gear composite fault features is more obvious.…”
Get full text

Integrated assessment of characteristics of color masterbatches for dyeing rigid PVC compositions in the process of high-speed extrusion by O. O. Petrov, N. I. Munkin, E. Sh. Ganiev, I. D. Simonov-Yemelyanov, N. I. Prokopov, A. Yu. Gervald

“…A complex approach to the choice of color masterbatches for rigid PVC compounds dyeing directly during high-speed extrusion is proposed in this paper. The data is shown to improve the thermal stability of rigid PVC compounds with new organosilicon modifiers. …”
Get full text

Investigation of Fatigue Assessment Method for Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Hull Structures Based on Stiffness Degradation by Kaiyan Li, Guanyi Gao, Guoqing Feng, Yaozhong Fan, Yiyang Han

“…The structural stress response transfer function was calculated, and the short-term and long-term distribution data of wave loads were obtained. Finally, the fatigue life of the target ship hotspots was predicted by combining spectral fatigue analysis with the stiffness degradation theory. …”
Get full text

Effect of Staining and External Bleaching on the Color Stability and Surface Roughness of Universal-Shade Resin-Based Composite by AlHabdan A, Alsuhaibani A, Alomran L, Almutib L

“…AlHanouf AlHabdan,1 Amal Alsuhaibani,2 Lama Alomran,2 Lulwah Almutib2 1Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: AlHanouf AlHabdan, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email alhabdan@ksu.edu.saAim: This study evaluated the color stability and surface roughness of two universal-shade compared to two nanohybrid composites after staining and external bleaching with 40% hydrogen peroxide.Methods: Two universal shade resin-based composites and two nanohybrid composites were tested. …”
Get full text

Effect of grass-legume silage on production and milk composition of Friesian cross cows in Imbo region of Burundi by Francine Ahimpera, Napoleon Munyaneza, Iribagiza Albert, Godfrey Jabulani Manyawu, Lionel Nyabongo, Anthony Macharia King'ori

Get full text

Effect of Freshwater Soaking Durations on Salt Reduction and Nutrient Composition of Turbinaria murayana Seaweed for Poultry Feed by Sepri Reski, Ridho Kurniawan Rusli, Maria Endo Mahata, Yose Rizal

Get full text

Effects of Fertilization and Sampling Time on Composition and Diversity of Entire and Active Bacterial Communities in German Grassland Soils. by Sarah Herzog, Franziska Wemheuer, Bernd Wemheuer, Rolf Daniel

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of fertilizer application and sampling time on structure and diversity of potentially active (RNA-based) and the entire (DNA-based) bacterial communities in German grassland soils. Analysis of more than 2.3 million 16S rRNA transcripts and gene sequences derived from amplicon-based sequencing of 16S rRNA genes revealed that fertilizer application and sampling time significantly altered the diversity and composition of entire and active bacterial communities. …”
Get full text

Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…Data was analysed using multivariate analysis of variance, and showed that the physicochemical composition of POME was significantly different (p<0.01) across milling-scales, types of FFBs and seasons. …”
Get full text