Comparative biochemical and structural analysis of silk fibers from weaver ants and paper wasps and their potential applications by M I Nasiha, N Sajitha, Rasheed K.A.

“…Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), were exploited to shed light on the structural and thermal properties of the fibres. …”
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Structural investigation of C6/36 and Vero cell cultures infected with a Brazilian Zika virus. by Debora Ferreira Barreto-Vieira, Fernanda Cunha Jácome, Marcos Alexandre Nunes da Silva, Gabriela Cardoso Caldas, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Patrícia Carvalho de Sequeira, Elen Mello de Souza, Audrien Alves Andrade, Pedro Paulo de Abreu Manso, Gisela Freitas Trindade, Sheila Maria Barbosa Lima, Ortrud Monika Barth

“…Moreover, this study showed that part of the replicative cycle may occur within viroplasm-like structures, which has not been previously demonstrated in other flaviviruses.…”
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Antibacterial Methyl Ester Cembranoids from the Soft Coral <i>Sarcophyton ehrenbergi</i> and Their Structural Elucidation by Meng-Jun Wu, Song-Wei Li, Fei Xu, Ming-Zhi Su, Yue-Wei Guo

“…Six previously undescribed methyl ester cembranoids, namely sarcoehrenolides L–Q (<b>1</b>–<b>6</b>), along with three known related ones (<b>7</b>–<b>9</b>), were isolated from the soft coral <i>Sarcophyton ehrenbergi</i> collected off Weizhou Island in the South China Sea. Their structures and absolute configurations were unambiguously established in the light of extensive spectroscopic data analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis, chemical conversion, and TDDFT-ECD calculations. …”
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Structural Performance and Failure Mechanisms in Bend Loading of Steel-Aerated Concrete Fire Wall Composite Panels by Matthias Weiss, Xinyu Hu, Michael Pereira, Peng Zhang

“…This study presents a first fundamental analysis of the structural behaviour of the new DSC wall panel relevant to wind loading. …”
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Treadmill Exercise Training Ameliorates Functional and Structural Age-Associated Kidney Changes in Male Albino Rats by Heba R. Salem, Manar A. Faried

“…This study aimed to throw more light on the beneficial effect of treadmill exercise on the aged kidney. …”
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Synthesis, Structural Investigation and Biological Activity of a Heterocyclic Schiff-Base Ligand and Its Coordination Complexes by Baidaa Al-Rubaye

“…Besides the structural characterisation, the biological evaluation of the synthesised compounds toward both G+ and G- bacterial strains was assessed. …”
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Cultivation Optimization and Structural Characterization of <i>Stephanocyclus meneghinianus</i> for Sustainable High-Quality Biosilica Production by Daeryul Kwon, Yoseph Seo, Chaehong Park, Sang Deuk Lee, Taek Lee

“…Growth optimization experiments revealed the highest specific growth rate in DM medium at 20–25 °C under light intensities of 60–120 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹. …”
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Effect of pyrolytic carbon addition on the structural and optical properties of TiO2 composite thin films by Katarzyna Wojtasik, Michał Wojtasik, Katarzyna Suchanek, Magdalena Zięba, Paweł Karasiński, Wojciech Pakieła, Grażyna Żak, Wojciech Krasodomski

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Response of human oral mucosal epithelial cells to different storage temperatures: A structural and transcriptional study. by Mazyar Yazdani, Aboulghassem Shahdadfar, Sjur Reppe, Dipak Sapkota, Evan M Vallenari, Majlinda Lako, Che J Connon, Francisco C Figueiredo, Tor Paaske Utheim

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>Seeking to improve the access to regenerative medicine, this study investigated the structural and transcriptional effects of storage temperature on human oral mucosal epithelial cells (OMECs).…”
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The role of Sb-over-Te ratio on the structural evolution of GeSbTe phase-change materials by O. Daoudi, E. Nolot, M. Bernard, M. Dartois, M. Tessaire, L. Fellouh, J. Li, N. Bernier, F. Fillot, V.-H. Le, H. Renevier, G. Navarro

“…Thus, Sb/Te ratio determines the structural and crystalline parameters of GST crystalline phases. …”
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Properties and molecular-structural features of enzymatically hydrolyzed proteins of pea isolate and secondary starch-protein product by D. S. Kulikov, A. A. Korolev, V. A. Pchelkina

“…The isolate contained 94 % protein, had a light cream color and a slight pea flavor. Compared with the isolate obtained by traditional alkaline extraction, it had increased solubility (by 23.40 %), foaming capacity (by 35.56 %), fat-binding capacity (by 33.48 %), in vitro digestibility (by 11.79 %) and an increased content of β-bends in the protein structure (by 2.32 times). …”
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Structural, spectroscopic, morphological and optical studies of new polymer composite based on polystyrene inserted with natural bitumen by Azhen S. Muhemmed, Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…The D and G bands related to order and disorder structures were distinguished in the Raman spectra of the bitumen. …”
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World view in the novel (Ewarai Prwana) by Bakhtiyar Ali from Lucian Goldman's perspective by Tanya Asad Mohammad Salih

“…The research includes four axes, in the first axis we talked about the concept of the worldview, and in the second axis we explained the concept of structuralism as a type of structuralism, while in the third axis we talked about the structuralist theory. …”
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Tailoring conductive polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers: thermal-induced structural evolution in nitrogen for energy storage device by Diky Anggoro, Sudarsono, Endhah Purwandari, Malik Anjelh Baqiya, Mohammad Mahyiddin Ramli, Hideki Nakajima, Gatut Yudoyono, Darminto

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Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of TiO₂ Nanocrystalline Materials Synthesized by Different Methods by Alise Podelinska, Elina Neilande, Viktorija Pankratova, Vera Serga, Hanna Bandarenka, Aliaksandr Burko, Sergei Piskunov, Vladimir A. Pankratov, Anatolijs Sarakovskis, Anatoli I. Popov, Dmitry V. Bocharov

“…In this study, we shed new light on the process–structure relationships of nanocrystalline TiO₂-based powders fabricated by extraction–pyrolytic, hydrothermal, and sol–gel techniques. …”
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Investigation of physical, structural, optical, and luminescence properties of nickel oxide doped alkali zinco-borate glasses by Vinay D., Devaraja C., R. S. Gedam, Eraiah B., G. V. Jagadeesha Gowda, Ashok Reddy G. V., Utpal Deka

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Structural, optical, electrical and photocatalytic properties Ce-doped SnO2 nanoparticles for photoelectrochemical applications by Hamid Khan, Muhammad Noman Khan, Matiullah Khan, Yaseen Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Ahsan, Hafeez Ullah

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Effect of Lanthanum Doping on the Structural, Morphological, and Optical Properties of Spray-Coated ZnO Thin Films by Manu Srivathsa, Bharathipura Venkataramana Rajendra

“…These TCO materials are the building blocks of various optoelectronic devices, such as transparent thin-film transistors, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes. This work concentrates on the structure, morphology, and optical properties of ZnO and Zn_0.95La_0.05O thin films at 673 K using a chemical spray technique. …”
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Phylogenetic and Structural Insights into Melatonin Receptors in Plants: Case Study in <i>Capsicum chinense</i> Jacq by Adrian Toledo-Castiñeira, Mario E. Valdés-Tresanco, Georgina Estrada-Tapia, Miriam Monforte-González, Manuel Martínez-Estévez, Ileana Echevarría-Machado

“…Taken together, the structural analyses presented here illustrate opportunities and theoretical evidence for performing structure–function studies via mutations in specific residues within the proposed new melatonin-binding site in PMTRs, shedding light on their role in plant melatonin signaling.…”
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ELEMENTS OF THE MUSICAL DISCOURSE IN “MARCH” FOR SOLO CLARINET BY MARŢIAN NEGREA by Şerban MARCU

“…The piece is based on the homonymous poem of Lucian Blaga, from his debut volume Poems of Light. The study focuses on describing the structure of this piece, made up of three generating musical motives, which, through continuous variational transformations, give rise to other structural entities, themselves subject to further variations. …”
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