Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Movement Disorders by Emmanuel Ortega-Robles, Benito de Celis Alonso, Jessica Cantillo-Negrete, Ruben I. Carino-Escobar, Oscar Arias-Carrión

“…This narrative review presents a comprehensive overview of their applications in this field, offering an updated perspective on their potential for early diagnosis, disease monitoring, and therapeutic evaluation. Emerging MRI modalities such as neuromelanin-sensitive imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, magnetization transfer imaging, and relaxometry provide sensitive biomarkers that can detect early microstructural degeneration, iron deposition, and connectivity disruptions in key regions like the substantia nigra. …”
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Insights on Morphology and Thermal Stability of Hollow Pt Nanospheres by In Situ Environmental TEM by Josephine Rezkallah, Xavier Sauvage, Bernhard Witulski, Simona Moldovan

“…The thermal stability of Pt-based HNSs under TEM vacuum and 1 bar of hydrogen flow is reported by considering microstructural changes, e.g., the build-up of a continuous shell and its evolution until HNSs collapse at elevated temperatures (>500 °C). …”
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Improving the water-holding and gelation properties of egg white by glycosylation and alkaline heating by Yang Ye, Xinyue Gou, Guixiang Jia, Jingyu Xiang, Anjiao Li, Yang Wang

“…The glycosylation reaction facilitated a structural transition in the proteins, characterized by the conversion of β-sheets into random coils. Microstructural analysis indicated a shift from an ordered yet loose and porous architecture to a disordered, heterogeneous lamellar structure. …”
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Influence of powdered bamboo filler content on the tensile strength and fatigue life of epoxy composites by Chaiki Malakar, Hrishikesh Dutta, Sumit Bhowmik, Ravivarman R, Mridusmita Roy Choudhury

“…The prepared samples were subjected to mechanical testing (tensile strength), fatigue analysis, void content evaluation, and microstructural examination to assess the effects of filler concentration. …”
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Influence of Nd:YAG Laser Melting on an Investment-Casting Co-Cr-Mo Alloy by Francisco Cepeda Rodríguez, Carlos Rodrigo Muñiz Valdez, Juan Carlos Ortiz Cuellar, Jesús Fernando Martínez Villafañe, Jesús Salvador Galindo Valdés, Gladys Yerania Pérez Medina

“…This study investigates the microstructural, mechanical wear and bioactive behavior of investment-cast Co-Cr-Mo parts subjected to a Nd:YAG laser surface treatment. …”
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Predictive modeling and degradation mechanisms of rubber sealing materials under stress-thermal oxidative aging for long-term sealing performance by Long Chen, Jie Ren, Yuan Wang

“…Additionally, degradation mechanisms were investigated using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), revealing significant molecular-level oxidation, polymer chain scission, crosslink degradation, and the emergence of microstructural defects such as cracks and interfacial debonding. …”
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Oxygen boost transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking: 2-year ultrastructural results by Valentine Saunier, Pierre Legout, Nathalie Thiery, Pierre Fournie, David Touboul

“…All patients who underwent surgery had an evaluation preoperatively, between 1 and 3 mo postoperatively, and at 6, 12 and 24 mo postoperatively.Biomechanical (Corvis ST), topographical (CASIA-2), and microstructural changes (using In Vivo Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment OCT) following this new technique were assessed. …”
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Revealing the Mineralogical and Petrographic Signs of Fluid-Related Processes in the Kelebia Basement Area (Szeged Basin, S Hungary): A Case Study of Alpine Prograde Metamorphism i... by Andrea Varga, Elemér Pál-Molnár, Béla Raucsik

“…Due to the outcrop conditions and poor exposure, study samples are obtained from cores and core chips resulting from oil exploration. Based on an evaluation of petrographic (including also cathodoluminescence analysis) and microstructural features, joined with mineralogical and metamorphic data such as “illite crystallinity” and K-white mica crystallite size obtained by X-ray powder diffractometry (XRPD), a very low- to low-grade (ca. 300°C) Alpine metamorphic imprint of this portion of the basement can be proposed. …”
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Performance Study and Reliability Analysis of Desert Sand Concrete Under FTC by Yun Luo, Ruichen Zhang, Yanping Wu, Zhiqiang Li

“…Moreover, the damage mechanism of DSC was discussed via microstructural analysis. The results indicated that as the FTCs increased, the mass loss rate of concrete increased, while the RDEM and compressive strength decreased. …”
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Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Soil-Lime-Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil Blend Using Regression Model for Sustainable Pavement Foundation Construction by Gregory C. Ezeokpube, Isiguzo Edwin Ahaneku, George Uwadiegwu Alaneme, Imoh Christopher Attah, Roland Kufre Etim, Bamidele Charles Olaiya, Iberedem Monday Udousoro

“…The contaminated soil was treated with 6.5% lime and 0–20% crude oil contaminated materials obtained from oil exploration sites in North-Eastern Nigeria and per standard test method for laboratory evaluation of consistency limits, compaction properties, California bearing ratio (CBR), and microstructural and mineralogical assessments. …”
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Micro-Mechanism of Strength for Cement-Treated Soil Based on the SEM Experiment: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis by Liyang Xu, Riqing Xu, Qingfeng Lin, Guohui Feng, Chang Yuan, Zhi Ding

“…Investigating the microstructure of cement-treated soil provides a fundamental understanding of its strength evolution. …”
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PATNet: Permute attention and transformer-enhanced network for segmentation of musculoskeletal ultrasound images by Yating Wu, Feng Bu, Jin Tian, Li Zhao, Guangfei Yang, Jianming Lu

“…The model is built upon the classical U-Net architecture to enhance the perception of microstructural features in muscle fibers.The Permute Spatial Attention (PSA) module reconstructs spatial information into the channel dimension, improving the model's sensitivity to muscle fiber orientation, density, and fine-grained texture variations. …”
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Introducing MagBERT: A language model for magnesium textual data mining and analysis by Surjeet Kumar, Russlan Jaafreh, Nirpendra Singh, Kotiba Hamad, Dae Ho Yoon

“…This NER model can extract mechanical, microstructural, and processing properties related to Mg alloys. …”
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Investigation of Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness and Failure Analysis of AISI-4140 Alloy Steel by Y. S. Upadhyaya, Rutuja Balaji Kottawar, Narahari Suresh Patil, Vishwanath Managuli

“…The current study focuses on the experimental evaluation of fracture toughness due to its critical role in determining the material’s resistance to fracture and crack propagation. …”
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Characterizing variability in passive myocardial stiffness in healthy human left ventricles using personalized MRI and finite element modeling by Fikunwa O. Kolawole, Vicky Y. Wang, Bianca Freytag, Michael Loecher, Tyler E. Cork, Martyn P. Nash, Ellen Kuhl, Daniel B. Ennis

“…This includes the gross cardiac geometry (e.g. from conventional cine imaging), regional diastolic kinematics (e.g. from tagged MRI), microstructural configuration (e.g. from diffusion tensor imaging), and ventricular diastolic pressure, whether invasively measured or non-invasively estimated. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Hollow Glass Microspheres and Sisal Fibers in Natural Gypsum-Based Composites: Achieving Lightweight, High-Strength, and Aesthetically Superior Construction... by Chang Chen, Yuan Gao, Shaowu Jiu, Yanxin Chen, Yan Liu

“…The multifunctional effects of these additives were comprehensively assessed via integrated mechanical characterization, spectrophotometric whiteness evaluation, and microstructural interrogation. The findings revealed that the incorporation of HGMs resulted in a significant decrease in the NGBC density while concurrently enhancing whiteness; they also exerted an adverse impact on both processability and mechanical properties. …”
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Harvesting Reactor Pressure Vessel Beltline Material from the Decommissioned Zion Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 by Thomas M. Rosseel, Mikhail A. Sokolov, Xiang (Frank) Chen, Randy K. Nanstad

“…The harvested specimens enable a detailed evaluation of through-wall embrittlement gradients, a comparison with the existing surveillance data, and the validation of predictive embrittlement models. …”
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Carbon-based solid lubricants: An overview by José Daniel Biasoli de Mello

“…Initially, we present a brief description of the processing route for obtaining these materials, followed by their microstructural characterization and a synthesis of the most relevant aspects of tribological evaluation. …”
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Assessment of axonal injury in multiple sclerosis: combined analysis of serum light-chain neurofilaments and diffusion tensor imaging by Mohammadreza Sharifi, Milad Jalilian, Mohammadreza Elhaie, Iraj Abedi

“…Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) enables non-invasive investigation of microstructural white matter alterations, while serum neurofilament light chain (NFL) holds promise as a fluid biomarker of axonal injury.Objectives To use DTI and serum NFL measurements to evaluate white matter pathology in patients with MS and explore the relationship between in vivo imaging and biochemical indicators of axonal damage.Methods 41 patients with relapse-remitting MS and 41 age-matched healthy controls underwent brain MRI including DTI acquisition. …”
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Effects of Different Freezing Methods on the Quality of Braised Beef with Potato by CUI Liye, LIN Hengxun, HU Xiaojia, CHEN Jinyu, CHEN Yong, YANG Yiping, GUAN Wenqiang, ZHANG Chunhui, LI Xia

“…The effects of immersion freezing and air freezing at different temperatures (-18 and -38 ℃) on the quality of braised beef with potato were studied by physicochemical measurements, microstructural observation and sensory evaluation. The results showed that freezing at -38 ℃ maintained better quality of braised beef with potato compared with freezing at -18 ℃, and immersion freezing was significantly superior to air freezing. …”
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