Stackable 3D-printed core-shell nozzle system for multi-shell fiber and microdroplet generation by Jianfeng Li, Peer Fischer

“…We demonstrate the production of alginate (Alg)-methyl cellulose (MC) composite fibers with variable diameters. Additionally, when the shell was filled with an oil phase and the core with a water phase, microdroplets with controlled diameters were effectively generated. …”
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Elevated Temperature Effects on FRP–Concrete Bond Behavior: A Comprehensive Review and Machine Learning-Based Bond Strength Prediction by Aseel Salameh, Rami Hawileh, Hussam Safieh, Maha Assad, Jamal Abdalla

“…Because of their improved properties, FRP composites are vastly used in the strengthening of aged concrete infrastructures. …”
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AI-powered interpretable models for the abrasion resistance of steel fiber-reinforced concrete in hydraulic conditions by Muhammad Nasir Amin, Roz-Ud-Din Nassar, Siyab Ul Arifeen, Muhammad Tahir Qadir, Fahad Alsharari, Muhammad Iftikhar Faraz

“…Consequently, various alternative mix proportions and hydraulic conditions may be examined utilizing MEP and GEP models to generate and assess diverse concrete compositions.…”
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Quantitative Analysis of a Weak Correlation between Complicated Data on the Basis of Principal Component Analysis by Tao Pang, Haitao Zhang, Liliang Wen, Jun Tang, Bing Zhou, Qianxu Yang, Yong Li, Jiajun Wang, Aiming Chen, Zhongda Zeng

“…Complicated data of tobacco agriculture were used as an example to illustrate the strategy of the proposed method, which includes rich features of climate, altitude, and chemical compositions of tobacco leaves. The number of objects of these data reached 171,516 with 14, 4, and 5 descriptors of climate, altitude, and chemicals, respectively. …”
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Breed and non-genetic risk factors associated with the prevalence of subclinical mastitis in livestock systems of Arauca, Colombian orinoquia by Arcesio Salamanca-Carreño, Mauricio Vélez-Terranova, Diana Patricia Barajas-Pardo, Rita Tamasaukas, Raúl Jáuregui-Jiménez, Pere M. Parés-Casanova

“…In the dry period the OR of animals with SCM increases by 150% compared to the rainy period. Composite breeds reduce the OR of SCM animals by 73%, compared with Indicus-predominance animals. …”
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The Impact of Corporate Governance on Earnings Management in Palestine: The Moderating Effects of Political Instability by Ali Hassan Ibraheem Aljadba, Norhaziah Nawai, Nur Hidayah Laili

“…Unlike most previous studies, this article addresses political instability as a moderating variable for the relationship between the BOD and AC quality as a composite measure of EM in the most emerging and smallest stock market in the region. …”
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UV-Vis spectroscopy coupled with firefly algorithm-enhanced artificial neural networks for the determination of propranolol, rosuvastatin, and valsartan in ternary mixtures by Ahmed Serag, Maram H. Abduljabbar, Yusuf S. Althobaiti, Farooq M. Almutairi, Shaker T. Alsharif, Rami M. Alzhrani, Marwa F. Ahmed, Atiah H. Almalki

“…An experimental design of 25 samples was employed as a calibration set, and a central composite design of 20 samples was used as a validation set. …”
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Impact of Turbidity on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: Comparative Analysis Across Seven Ports in the South China Sea by Chunzhu Wei, Yaqi Xiao, Dongjie Fu, Tingting Zhou

“…This study investigates the uncertainty of satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) in turbid port environments by integrating multi-temporal composites of Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 satellite imagery with in situ bathymetry and turbidity data. …”
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Employment of Biodegradable, Short-Life Mulching Film on High-Density Cropping Lettuce in a Mediterranean Environment: Potentials and Prospects by Marco Pittarello, Maria Teresa Rodinò, Rossana Sidari, Maria Rosaria Panuccio, Francesca Cozzi, Valentino Branca, Beatrix Petrovičová, Antonio Gelsomino

“…This work aimed to test an innovative composite mulching film constituted by a mixture of carboxylmethyl cellulose, chitosan and sodium alginate, enriched or not with an inorganic N- and P-source to help the microbial breakdown in soil. …”
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Test and Analysis of Concrete Beams Reinforced by Polyurethane Concrete–Prestressed Steel Wires (PUC–PSWs) by Wei Li, Jiaqi Qiu, Yi Wang, Xilong Zheng, Kexin Zhang

“…In order to solve the problems of low tensile strength of composite mortar prone to cracking when reinforced concrete beams are strengthened by traditional methods, this paper proposes a new polyurethane concrete–prestressing wire (PUC–PSW) reinforcement method using polyurethane concrete (PUC) as the wire embedding material. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Design of Dual-Spindle Component Based on Coupled Thermal–Mechanical–Vibration Collaborative Analysis by Xiaoliang Lin, Yiming Xie, Xiaolei Deng, Jing Tian, Yue Han, Peng Wang

“…According to the theories of thermal characteristics, statics, and dynamics, the solution of thermal-mechanical coupling deformation and the solution of vibration characteristics under prestress are repeatedly conducted, that are working collaboratively with each process of parameters sensitivity computing, selection of design variables, central composite design, and multi-objective joint optimization. …”
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Changes in Bioactive Constituents in Black Rice Metabolites Under Different Processing Treatments by Bin Hong, Shan Zhang, Di Yuan, Shan Shan, Jing-Yi Zhang, Di-Xin Sha, Da-Peng Chen, Wei-Wei Yin, Shu-Wen Lu, Chuan-Ying Ren

“…Distinctive variations in the metabolic compositions of BR, MBR, WBR, and HTP-WBR were observed. …”
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Multivariable Analysis of Primary Care Physician Adherence to Guideline-recommended Pharmacotherapy of Stable Coronary Artery Disease by S. K. Zyryanov, S. B. Fitilev, A. V. Vozzhaev, I. I. Shkrebniova

“…Pharmacotherapeutic guideline adherence index (PGAI) was introduced as composite quality indicator, calculated in line with “all-or-none” rule and in regard with documented contraindications. …”
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Dynamic Lipid–Glycaemic Index and Inflammation—Endothelial Shifts and Fetal Aortic Wall Thickening: A Repeated-Measures Gestational Phenotyping Study by Maria Cezara Muresan, Biliana Belovan, Ioan Sîrbu, Zoran Laurentiu Popa, Cosmin Citu, Ioan Sas, Adrian Ratiu

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Maternal dyslipidaemia and low-grade inflammation are recognised drivers of in utero vascular remodelling, yet composite dynamic markers that integrate lipid–glycaemic, inflammatory and endothelial signals have not been evaluated. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Diabetic Females Presenting with STEMI: A Cohort Study by Anjana Ajith Beena, Priya Shanmukhan, Veena Felix, Alummoottil George Koshy, Kunjukrishnapilla Sivaprasad

“…Primary angioplasty was performed in 77%, while thrombolysis was done in 16.7%. The composite outcome was observed in 26.3% of the patients, with heart failure occurring in 19%, cardiogenic shock in 27.9% and death in 16.2%. …”
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AI-based analysis of fetal growth restriction in a prospective obstetric cohort quantifies compound risks for perinatal morbidity and mortality and identifies previously unrecogniz... by Raquel M. Zimmerman, Edgar J. Hernandez, Mark Yandell, Martin Tristani-Firouzi, Robert M. Silver, William Grobman, David Haas, George Saade, Jonathan Steller, Nathan R. Blue

“…Methods Using data from 9,558 pregnancies delivered at ≥ 20 weeks with available outcome data, we derived and validated a PGM using randomly selected sub-cohorts of 80% (n = 7645) and 20% (n = 1,912), respectively, to discriminate cases of FGR resulting in composite perinatal morbidity from those that did not. …”
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Optimization of dye effluent decolorization by halotolerant Halomonas strain D2 in static culture condition by Ali Partovinia, Maryam Otadi, Amirhossein Alaedini

“…Biodegradation of dye was investigated by 30 experiments according to the Central Composite Design (CCD) and RSM. According to previous related research performed by one factor at time (OFAT), the effects of four variables of dye concentration, NaCl salt concentration, pH, and temperature on bioremediation at 10-30 ppm, 2-10 %, 5.5-9.5 and 20-40 °C, respectively, were studied. …”
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Animal-derived foods, physical activities, and mild cognitive impairment among Chinese older adults: findings from CLHLS (2008–2018) by Boyu Si, Keqing Zhang

“…The study utilized Cox Proportional Hazard Models to examine the associations between baseline DEM consumption and MCI incidence. A composite DEM consumption measure, ranging from 0 to 3, with exercise assessed as a binary interaction variable. …”
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Analysis of bio-convection in casson hybrid nanofluid flow with motile microorganisms and heat transfer using cattaneo-christov heat and mass flux theory over a cylinder by Umar Farooq, Muhammad Imran

“…Optimizing nanoparticles compositions can further enhance efficiency. Applications span biomedical devices, wastewater treatment, advanced heat exchangers, energy systems, microfluidics, marine studies, and nanotechnology. …”
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The Potential of Microbial Symbionts Macrotermes gilvus Hagen Termite Gut as Degrading Agents of Cellulose in Bioethanol Production by Dewi Susilowati, Niken Subekti, Siti Harnina Bintari

“…This research used central composite design (CCD) with the total number of run was . …”
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