Tex-Crete—Carbon and Cost Assessment of Concrete with Textile and Carboard Fibres—Case Studies Towards Circular Economy by Malindu Sandanayake, Ronja Kraus, Robert Haigh, Ehsan Yaghoubi, Zora Vrcelj

“…The study employs a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) approach to compare carbon emissions and costs across different mix designs, using two case studies: a temporary construction site compound and a footpath. …”
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Performance Analysis of Gas Wells Based on the Conventional Decline Parameters and the Flow Integral Equation by Lixia Zhang, Yong Li, Xinmin Song, Mingxian Wang, Yang Yu, Yingxu He, Zeqi Zhao

“…The proposed methods are proven effective and reliable with several numerical cases at different BHPs and a field example.…”
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Effects of Zr Alloying on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of CoCrNi Medium Entropy Alloy by Ao Li, Zurong Gong, Dong Li, Xiaohong Wang, Yunting Su, Tengfei Ma, Bin Liu, Baochen Zhang

“…These findings not only provide deeper insight into the interaction between different strengthening mechanisms but also offer valuable guidance for designing high-performance multi-component alloys through strategic alloying.…”
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Analysis of Hydration Strength and CO₂ Emissions of Cement–Quartz Powder Binary Blends Considering the Effects of Water/Binder Ratios and Quartz Contents by Bo Yang, Xiao-Yong Wang

“…Previous studies have primarily focused on the impact of different types of admixtures on the carbon emissions of concrete while overlooking the influence of the water-to-cementitious materials ratio on concrete carbon emissions. …”
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Performance Limits of Hydraulic-Binder Stabilization for Dredged Sediments: Comparative Case Studies by Abdeljalil Zri, Nor-Edine Abriak, Amine el Mahdi Safhi, Shima Pilehvar, Mahdi Kioumarsi

“…This is the first French study that directly contrasts two different DS types under identical HRB treatment and proposes practical boundary thresholds. …”
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SC-GROG followed by L+S reconstruction with multiple sparsity constraints for accelerated Golden-angle-radial DCE-MRI. by Faisal Najeeb, Kashif Amjad, Irfan Ullah, Hammad Omer

“…The proposed method is tested on two different 3T free-breathing in-vivo DCE-MRI datasets. …”
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An AI-Based Horticultural Plant Fruit Visual Detection Algorithm for Apple Fruits by Bin Yan, Xiameng Li, Rongshan Yan

“…Compared with the original YOLOv5s model, the average recognition accuracy was increased by 0.8%, the recognition speed was increased by 23.3%, and the model volume was compressed by 20.7%, effectively achieving lightweight improvement of the apple detection model and improving the accuracy and speed of detection. …”
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Characterization of lignin stabilized waste magnesia refractory bricks for potential applications as construction aggregates by Boyoung Yoon, Jaewoo Jung, Woojin Lee, Changho Lee

“…The swelling properties, including the free swell index (FSI) and the swell pressure (Ps), and mechanical properties including unconfined/uniaxial compressive strength (qU), shear wave velocity (VS), and thermal conductivity (λ) of LS stabilized CWMR (CWMLS) were evaluated over different curing periods at varying LS contents (LSc). …”
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Development and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Disc-Buckle Steel Scaffold Joint by Si Wei, Yu Xu, Bing Yuan, Haofan Chen, Genquan Zhong, Guoyan Zhang

“…., a leading enterprise in promoting prefabricated building development in Guangdong Province, China, has collaborated with the Guangdong University of Technology to develop an innovative disc-buckle scaffold system. The main difference between different scaffolds lies in the connection part of the joint. …”
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Determination of air convective stability index in shafts at zero ventilation mode of a mine by Andrey V. Shalimov, Denis S. Kormshchikov, Maxim D. Popov

“…It is shown that analytical methods of estimation in approximations of a compressible fluid in hydrodynamics, an ideal gas in meteorology, or by the sign of a vertical density gradient give results that differ significantly quantitatively. …”
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Utilization of plastic and glass waste mixed with sand as an alternative brick materials by Badiea A. Mahyoub, Amer H. Abdu, Adel A. Ahmed, Ibtisam M. Kamal

“…The results showed that the compressive strength decreased with increasing ratios of plastic to sand. …”
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The Physicomechanical Deterioration Characteristics and Mesoscopic Damage Analysis of Sandstone under Acidic Environment by Runke Huo, Tian Qiu, Yanling Liang, Shuguang Li, Meiting Qian

“…The physicomechanical deterioration characteristics of sandstone subjected to H2SO4, HCl, and H2O solutions of different pH values are studied by the method of long-term accelerated immersion. …”
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CBCT-to-CT synthesis using a hybrid U-Net diffusion model based on transformers and information bottleneck theory by Can Hu, Ning Cao, Xiuhan Li, Yang He, Han Zhou

“…By leveraging the self-attention mechanism, our model automatically focuses on different regions of the image during generation, aiming to better capture global features. …”
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Enhanced data-driven shear strength predictive modeling framework for RCDBs using explainable boosting-based ensemble learning algorithms coupled with Bayesian optimization by Imad Shakir Abbood, Noorhazlinda Abd Rahman, B.H. Abu Bakar

“…Furthermore, the explainability analysis indicated that section width, concrete compressive strength, section height, and longitudinal reinforcement ratio have the largest positive impact on SS prediction of RCDBs, while shear span-to-effective depth (a/d) and effective span-to-height (le/h) have the largest negative impact. …”
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Enhancement of Cement-Based Materials: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes in Microstructural Modification by Erdong Guo, Wenhao Zhang, Jinxing Lai, Haoran Hu, Fangchen Xue, Xulin Su

“…The results show that the compressive and flexural strength of CNT cement-based materials with 0.02% content increased by 9.33% and 10.18% from 3 d to 28 d. …”
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Correlation between Parameters of Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound and Hip Structural Analysis in Osteoporotic Fracture Patients. by Licheng Zhang, Houchen Lv, Hailiang Zheng, Ming Li, Pengbin Yin, Ye Peng, Yuan Gao, Lihai Zhang, Peifu Tang

“…Femoral heads were obtained during the surgery, and principal compressive trabeculae (PCT) were extracted by a three-dimensional printing technique-assisted method. …”
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Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens in a Patient with Breast Cancer and Inferior Vena Cava Hypoplasia by A. Bianchi, S. Pozza, L. Giovannacci, Jos. C. van den Berg

“…Postoperative Doppler US showed a good venous compressibility of the left leg. Thrombophilia screening was negative. …”
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Hydraulic characteristics and incubation methods for enhancing durability of Fungi- Mycelium treated silica sand using Rhizopus oligosporus and Rhizopus oryzae combination by Aswin Lim, Jonathan Yosuardi Sunaryo, Martin Wijaya, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Anastasia Prima Kristijarti

“…The mycelium and hyphae are still clearly seen covering all sand particles with different percentages of Tempeh inoculum and rice flour. …”
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Damage tolerance of high entropy nitride coatings: Monolithic versus multilayered designs via in situ tensile and scratch testing by Martin Zawischa, Martin Kuczyk, Martina Zimmermann

“…The multilayer design mainly leads to a reduction in residual compressive stresses, which is beneficial when scratching with a small sphere radius and detrimental with a large sphere radius.…”
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Internal Stress of Titanium-Based Nitride with Penetration Depth and Surface Roughness by sin²ψ Method Using HR-XRD by Sungju Yoo, Eunpyo Hong, Youngkue Choi, Heesoo Lee

“…In addition, we tested different surface roughness values (0.01 Sa, 0.02 Sa, and 0.03 Sa) to observe the effect on internal stress measurement. …”
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