A comparative study of the essential oil extracts of Centaurea alexanderina different parts: GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-hyperglycemic activities by Hossam A. Abdallah, Naglaa Afifi, Enas I. A. Mohamed, Mohamed Sebak, Rabab Mohammed, Mohamed A. Zaki

“…Methods The essential oil extracts from different parts of C. alexanderina have been prepared and their chemical compositions have been analyzed using GC–MS technique. …”
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Investigation of differential Multi-Mode antibacterial mechanisms of essential oils of Satureja montana L. and Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Against Porphyromonas gi... by Yue Yuan, Xiuli Hui, Zixuan Liu, Jinlong Sun, Rifat Nowshin Raka, Junsong Xiao, Zhongwei Zhang, Hua Wu

“…Antibacterial activity was assessed using the disk diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), and bacterial growth curves. …”
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One-step, binder-free and rapid synthesis of high-entropy oxide anode materials for the lithium-ion batteries by Yuxin Lin, Shimiao Chen, Yangzhou Ma, Shuai Wang, Ziyang Ma, Lu Sun, Rui Cao, Guangsheng Song, Zexin Yu, Jianhua Yao, Hanlin Liao

“…However, scalable synthesis and composition optimization remain critical challenges. …”
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Episode-specific cortical functional connectome reorganization and neurobiological correlates in bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional study by Xiaobo Liu, Bin Wan, Xi-Han Zhang, Ruifang Cui, Siyu Long, Ruiyang Ge, Lang Liu, Jinming Xiao, Zhen-Qi Liu, Jiadong Yan, Ke Xie, Meng Yao, Xin Wen, Sanwang Wang, Yujun Gao

“…Finally, we compared the reorganization patterns with normative maps of clinical symptomatology, cellular composition, and receptor distribution to elucidate symptom-related and molecular-level associations. …”
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Enhancing Commercial Gourmet Oil Quality: The Role of Dried Cayenne Pepper Red (<i>Capsicum annuum</i> L.) as a Natural Additive by Zuzana Knazicka, Branislav Galik, Ivana Novotna, Julius Arvay, Katarina Fatrcova-Sramkova, Miroslava Kacaniova, Jiri Mlcek, Eva Kovacikova, Eva Mixtajova, Tunde Jurikova, Eva Ivanisova, Adriana Kolesarova, Hana Duranova

“…Key analyses included peroxide and acid values, oxidative stability (Rancimat method), the composition of fatty acids (FAs) (GC-FID method), antioxidant activity (AA; DPPH method), and antimicrobial properties (disc diffusion method). …”
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Influencing Factors of Hexavalent Chromium Speciation Transformation in Soil from a Northern China Chromium Slag Site by Shuai Zhu, Junru Chen, Yun Zhu, Baoke Zhang, Jing Jia, Meng Pan, Zhipeng Yang, Jianhua Cao, Yating Shen

“…Temperature variations (−20 °C to 30 °C) had minimal impact on Cr(VI) transformation in the 45-day experiment, while soil moisture (20–25%) indirectly facilitated Cr(VI) reduction by enhancing the reduction of agent diffusion and microbial activity, though its effect was weaker than chemical interventions. …”
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Influence of Ni and Nb Addition in TiVCr-Based High Entropy Alloys for Room-Temperature Hydrogen Storage by Srilakshmi Jeyaraman, Dmitri L. Danilov, Peter H. L. Notten, Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, Vaira Vignesh Ramalingam, Thirugnasambandam G. Manivasagam

“…The kinetics of (de)hydrogenation were modeled using the JMAK and 3D Jander diffusion models. The kinetics results showed that the presence of Ni improved hydrogen adsorption at the interface level, whereas Nb substitution enhanced diffusion and hydrogen release at room temperature. …”
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Modeling of Thermal Distributions around a Barrier at the Interface of Coating and Substrate by Ali Sahin

“…Using integral transform method, two-dimensional steady-state diffusion equation with variable conductivity is turned into constant coefficient differential equation. …”
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Structure and Optical Properties of Polycrystalline InxSb30 – xSe70 (0 ≤ x ≤ 25) Chalcogenide Alloys by Shaveta Sharma, Rita Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R. Chander, R. Thangaraj, M. Mian

“…The RAMAN spectra also reveal the formation of chalcogenide based Sb and In structural units. The diffused reflectance spectrum was used to calculate the optical absorption in 800-1500 nm spectral region and used to study the composition dependence of the optical gap in these samples. …”
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Tailoring porosity and antibacterial activity in MgO/ZrO2-modified kaolin ceramics for use in wastewater filtration systems by Dikra Bouras, Mamoun Fellah, Billel Salhi, Nestor Ankah, Neçar Merah

“…Liquid diffusion tests confirmed enhanced wettability and pore connectivity in the ZrO2-MgO systems. …”
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Surface functionalization of cellulose nanocrystals derived from waste newspaper for highly efficient Mn (VII) sorption by F. M. Mohamed, Mohamed R. El-Aassar, B. Y. Eweida, A. M. Abdullah, H. A. Hamad, M. F. Alrakshy, Mohamed. Abdel Rafea, R. E. Khalifa

“…Additionally, a number of intervening diffusion types, including intra-particle diffusion, were linked to the regulating phase in the Mn(VII) sorption process. …”
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Functionally Graded Oxide Scale on (Hf,Zr,Ti)B2 Coating with Exceptional Ablation Resistance Induced by Unique Ti Dissolving by Junshuai Lv, Wei Li, Yanqin Fu, Menglin Zhang, Lingxiang Guo, Fanyu Lu, Jiachen Li, Tao Li, Yulei Zhang, Hejun Li

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Effect of carbonization on chloride penetration in rapid repair mortar derived from solid waste-based CSA cement by Xiangshan Hou, Jingwei Li, Chuang Guan, Xinyan Zhang, Xujiang Wang, Yuzhong Li, Yujie Li, Wenbin Shi, Wenlong Wang

“…The evolution of the mineral phase composition and microstructure of the RRM in response to Cl- corrosion was analyzed. …”
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Unraveling the role of MXene (Ti3C2Tx) integrated Cu-doped WO3 nanocomposites via co-precipitation technique for enhanced supercapacitor performance by T. Jaqulin Jenila, W. Trinisha Infancy, R. Rathikha, P. Annie Vinosha, Manikandan Ayyar, S. Ramasamy, S. Maruthasalamoorthy, R. Navamathavan, Belina Xavier, Abdullah M. S. Alhuthali, Hala M. Abo-Dief, Magda H. Abdellattif, R. Balachandran, M. Khalid Hossain

“…B-value analysis and scan rate-dependent CV confirmed the contribution of both surface-controlled and diffusion-controlled charge storage mechanisms. Likewise, in contrast to all other synthesized materials, 15 at% Cu-WO3/MXene revealed a lesser solution resistance and charge transfer resistance. …”
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Enhancing Antimicrobial Efficacy of Sandalwood Essential Oil Against <i>Salmonella enterica</i> for Food Preservation by Andrea Verešová, Margarita Terentjeva, Zhaojun Ban, Li Li, Milena Vukic, Nenad Vukovic, Maciej Ireneusz Kluz, Rania Ben Sad, Anis Ben Hsouna, Alessandro Bianchi, Ján Kollár, Joel Horacio Elizondo-Luévano, Natália Čmiková, Stefania Garzoli, Miroslava Kačániová

“…In this study, we analyzed the chemical composition of <i>Santalum album</i> essential oil (SAEO) using GC-MS, identifying (Z)-α-santalol (57.1%) as the primary constituent. …”
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Design and Technological Aspects of Integrating Multi-Blade Machining and Surface Hardening on a Single Machine Base by Vadim Skeeba, Vladimir Ivancivsky, Aleksey Chernikov, Nikita Martyushev, Nikita Vakhrushev, Kristina Titova

“…</i> Studies of the possible structural composition and layout of hybrid equipment at integration of mechanical and surface-thermal processes were carried out, taking into account the basic provisions of structural synthesis and componentization of metalworking systems. …”
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Green Biosynthesis of Bimetallic Copper Oxide-Selenium Nanoparticles Using Leaf Extract of Lagenaria Siceraria: Antibacterial, Anti-Virulence Activities Against Multidrug-Resistant... by Elkady FM, Badr BM, Saied E, Hashem AH, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Fatima S, Malik A, Aufy M, Hussein AM, Abdulrahman MS, Hashem HR

“…In well diffusion assay, CuO-Se BNPs P. aeruginosa growth with 10– 21 mm inhibition zone diameter and 38– 95% inhibition. …”
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Towards controlling the morphology of cobalt loaded nanocomposites in polyol process with polyethylene glycol by Anastasia Burmatova, Artur Khannanov, Liana Zubaidullina, Dmitry Emelianov, Olga Mostovaya, Ivan Stoikov, Nikolay Ulakhovich, Marianna Kutyreva

“…The polyol process is one of the simple, efficient and productive methods for the synthesis of metal loaded polymer composites. Functional properties of metal-polymer nanocomposites are determined by chemical composition, size and morphology of their particles. …”
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Preparation and Optical Characterization of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol): Eosin-Y Films Synthesized by Solvent Casting Method by Nour A.H, Israa M. abdulraheem

“…The optical diffusion (%) in the wavelength range 200–900 nm as well as the effect of doping ratio on the optical parameters of the prepared films were described. …”
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Periodic Phase‐Separation During Meniscus‐Guided Deposition by René de Bruijn, Anton A. Darhuber, Jasper J. Michels, Paul van der Schoot

“…Abstract The meniscus‐guided coating (MGC) of a binary fluid mixture containing a solute and a volatile solvent that undergoes spinodal decomposition is investigated numerically. Motivation is the evaporation‐driven deposition of material during the fabrication of organic thin film electronics. …”
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