An isotopic study of a late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequence in SW Germany by Konstantin Pustovoytov, Birgit Terhorst

“…The stable isotopic composition of organic carbon indicates that C3 vegetation dominated the site during most of the time of formation of the loess-paleosol sequence (δ13C = -26 to -20 ‰). …”
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The Effect of Yttrium Addition on the Solidification Microstructure and Sigma Phase Precipitation Behavior of S32654 Super Austenitic Stainless Steel by Jun Xiao, Geng Tian, Di Wang, Shaoguang Yang, Kuo Cao, Jianhua Wei, Aimin Zhao

“…In the late stages of solidification, the concentration of chromium and Mo in the residual liquid phase increases, and due to insufficient diffusion, there are significant compositional differences between the interdendritic regions and the matrix. …”
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Induced Polarization Imaging: A Geophysical Tool for the Identification of Unmarked Graves by Matthias Steiner, Adrián Flores Orozco

“…While electrical conductivity alone yielded diffuse grave boundaries, the polarization response sharply delineated the grave, aligning with photographic documentation. …”
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Experimental Study of the Interaction of Silica Nanoparticles with a Phospholipid Membrane by Viktoria Milkova

“…This study aims to contribute to the physical understanding of the behavior of nanoparticles in lipid–nanoparticle composite systems. Therefore, composite films were formed on hydrophilic or hydrophobic surfaces through the sequential adsorption of liposomes and silica nanoparticles. …”
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Large-scale purifications reveal yeast and human stress granule cores are heterogeneous particles with complex transcriptomes and proteomes by Natalia A. Demeshkina, Adrian R. Ferré-D’Amaré

“…Proteomics and transcriptomics demonstrate complex composition. The results of hybridization chain reaction fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses in HEK293T cells are consistent with stress granule cores having heterogeneous composition, i.e., each stress granule core particle contains only a limited number of mRNA species. …”
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Enhanced Reaction Kinetics in Sodium‐Ion Batteries Achieved by 3D Heterostructure CoS2/CoS with Self‐Induced Internal Electric Field by Jin Liang, Jiawen Sun, Xin Cao, Xiaoshan Li, Xiaoyi Chen, Ruizhe Xing, Jie Kong

“…In this work, heterostructured carbon/cobalt sulfides embedded in honeycomb‐like nitrogen‐doped carbon (HC@CoS2/CoS/NC) were proposed as a cost‐effective strategy. These composites feature interconnected channels, facilitating rapid electron transport and efficient electrolyte diffusion. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of pseudocapacitance behavior in supercapacitors through porous carbon and lignosulfonate integration by Bingjie Zhou, Yuankai Shao, Weikang Zhu, Shuoyao Yin, Zhenguo Li, Xiaoning Ren, Anqi Dong, Xi Liu, Yatao Liu, Yaodong Hao, Bin Ren, Wei Liu

“…Nanocarbon (NC) provides ion diffusion channels with low internal resistance and a large double-layer reaction area, promoting efficient electrolyte ion diffusion and transport. …”
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MECHANISMS OF MULTI-FUNCTIONAL LAYER COATINGS BASED ON SILICON CARBIDE by V. N. Kovalevsky, A. E. Zhuk

“…Structure formation in coatings (Si + C) with thickness over 100 µm proceeds according to diffusion mechanism at low temperatures (650–850ºС) with  formation of α-SiC with  an  amorphous layer. …”
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Analysis on High Temperature Corrosion of Water-Wall in a 440 t/h Boiler Under Low-NOx Combustion Mode by Yibin WANG, Sicong ZHANG, Houzhang TAN, Guohui LIN, Meng WANG, Xuchao LU, Hao YANG

“…Additionally, the migration and diffusion of fine particles and gaseous trace elements into iron matrix side may further accelerate the rate of internal stress cracking, to promote the diffusion of corrosive gases and aggravate the corrosion.…”
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Study of a combined biological product with antibacterial and probiotic activity by V. A. Neschislyaev, E. G. Shilova, A. M. Nikolaeva, E. V. Orlova

“…The bacteriotropic (antimicrobial and probiotic) properties of pharmaceutical compositions based on bacteriophages and metabolites of probiotic bacteria suggest a qualitatively new combined antibacterial effect, as well as effectiveness against microorganisms resistant to antibiotics.Aim. …”
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On the Identification of Mobile and Stationary Zone Mass Transfer Resistances in Chromatography by Alessandra Adrover, Gert Desmet

“…In contrast, the second formulation not only properly accounts for the interaction between the moving and stationary zones, but provides a unique and consistent decomposition of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>H</mi><mi>C</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> into its components. …”
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Scaling limit of soliton lengths in a multicolor box-ball system by Joel Lewis, Hanbaek Lyu, Pavlo Pylyavskyy, Arnab Sen

“…We establish the sharp scaling of its ruin probabilities, Skorokhod decomposition, strong law of large numbers and weak diffusive scaling limit to a semimartingale reflecting Brownian motion with explicit parameters. …”
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Poesia, sonoritat i electrònica / Poésie, sonorité et électronique Poesía, sonoridad y electrónica Poetry, tone and electronic music by Lis Costa, Eduard Escoffet

“…And from the 1950s onwards, people have been talking about sound poetry, ie poetry that bridges literary and musical composition, poetry outside books, poetry that manipulates the voice and sounds – be it with microphones, tape recorders, computers or other devices – in order to create sound compositions. …”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by TiO₂: A Synergistic Approach with Defect-Rich SnS₂ and Ti₃C₂ MXene Cocatalysts by Saminathan Varadarajan, Andiappan Kavitha, Periasamy Selvaraju, Sankaran Esakki Muthu, Krishnamoorthy Gurushankar, Sengottaiyan Shanmugan, Karthik Kannan

“…Characterization techniques confirm the phase composition of the composite (STT). Compared to pristine TiO₂ and other composites, the STT composite, optimized with a 150 °C hydrothermal treatment, shows a photocatalytic H₂-production rate nearly 192 times higher than that of pure TiO₂ and 6 times higher than that of other composites. …”
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Influence of Different Cationic Polymer-Based Micelles on the Corneal Behavior and Anti-Cataract Effect of Diosmetin by Jing Zhang, Min Zha, Anping Wan, Satya Siva Kishan Yalamarty, Nina Filipczak, Xiang Li

“…Transcorneal permeability was determined by modified Franz diffusion method and the permeation routes of the vesicles are investigated. …”
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Research progress and development trends in the anti-oxidation mechanism and performance enhancement of uranium nitride as an accident-resistant nuclear fuel by Yu ZHANG, Xuwen ZHAO, Yujuan ZHANG, Yu YANG, Wenti LÜ, Xiaoguang LIU, Mingfu CHU, Zhenliang YANG, Jingkun XU, Changchun GE

“…Therefore, we focused on exploring the microscopic mechanisms and improvement strategies related to the influence of the composition and microstructure of uranium nitride–uranium dioxide composite fuel on oxidation resistance. …”
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Antimicrobial Activity and the Synergy Potential of <i>Cinnamomum aromaticum</i> Nees and <i>Syzygium aromaticum</i> (L.) Merr. et Perry Essential Oils with Antimicrobial Drugs by Soraia El Baz, Bouchra Soulaimani, Imane Abbad, Zineb Azgaou, El Mostapha Lotfi, Mustapha Malha, Noureddine Mezrioui

“…The chemical composition of the EOs was analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). …”
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Structural characterization and mechanical properties of dextrin-graft-poly(butyl acrylate-co-styrene) copolymers by A. David, J. Meimoun, T. Delaunay, V. Wiatz, R. Saint-Loup, J. Parcq, N. Descamps, A. Favrelle, F. Bonnet, G. Stoclet, D. Lourdin, P. Zinck, V. Gaucher

“…This is further confirmed by the presence of two glass transitions, one related to the starch/dextrin macromolecules and sensitive to water content, and one assigned to the grafted polymers that is composition dependent. Water uptake is controlled by dextrin/starch content but diffusivity increases with the butyl acrylate ratio. …”
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Additive‐Free Ti3C2Tx MXene/Carbon Nanotube Aqueous Inks Enable Energy Density Enriched 3D‐Printed Flexible Micro‐Supercapacitors for Modular Self‐Powered Systems by Yunlong Zhou, Jing Li, Haiyang Fu, Na Li, Simin Chai, Tengfei Duan, Lijian Xu, Zheng‐Jun Wang, Jianxiong Xu

“…The optimized MXene/CNT composite inks are successfully adopted to construct various configurations of MSCs with remarkable shape fidelity and geometric accuracy, together with enhanced surface area accessibility for electrons and ions diffusion. …”
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Layered double hydroxides (ZnAl-NO3-LDH) to mixed metal oxides: A promising pathway for sustainable NOx abatement by Humaira Asghar, Valter Maurino, Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal

“…ZnAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were explored for their potential transformation into layered double oxides (LDO) through thermal decomposition. LDO have interesting functional properties in photocatalysis. …”
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