SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE USED IN THE MONOLITHIC CONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT TALL BUILDING by S. A. Aliev, T. S. Murtazayeva, M. S. Saydumov, M. S. Salamanova

“…An investigation was carried out on natural and technogenic raw materials from the Chechen Republic and other regions of the country. Compositions of high-grade SCC with a compressive strength of B100 and higher are achieved with an integrated approach using both natural and man-made raw materials. …”
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Mind the blind spot: lessons from fungal community sequencing in a plant–soil feedback experiment by Mengshuai Liu, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jasper van Ruijven, Wopke van der Werf, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Chunxu Song, Liesje Mommer

“…Few attempts have yet been made to identify the pathogen species involved in negative PSF. …”
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Can the Novel Photon-Counting CT Scan Accurately Predict Aortic Wall Thickness? Preliminary Results by Alessandra Sala, Carlo de Vincentiis, Francesco Grimaldi, Barbara Rubino, Manuela Cirami, Noemi Perillo, Renato Vitale, Rosanna Cardani, Sara Boveri, Michele Conti, Pietro Spagnolo

“…Methods: 14 Patients, with a mean age of 47 years, undergoing cardiac surgery for ATAA, who had preoperatively undergone a pc-CT scan, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Characterization of the enteric virome of clinically healthy pigs around weaning on commercial farms in the Netherlands using next generation sequencing and qPCR by M.A.R. Schyns, R. van den Braak, J. Peijnenborg, S. Coppens, M. Deijs, M. G.J.M. Burggraaff, W. I. Kuller, S. Theuns, L. van der Hoek, A. de Groof

“…Methods Seven farms were selected based on the following criteria: diarrhea after weaning was visible in less than 5% of the pens, piglets reached 25 kg of body weight before 10 weeks of age and no antimicrobial batch treatment had been used on the farm for the last six months. …”
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The Effects of Prebiotic Dietary Fibers, Probiotics, and Synbiotics on Gut Permeability and Immunity: A Systematic Review by Leila Maghsoumi-Norouzabad, Alireza Bagherzadeh-Karimi, Shabnam Aliakbari Majd, Leila Hosseini, Fatemeh Shahi

“…Conclusion: The lack of consistent replication across studies made it difficult to draw definitive conclusions about the effects of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on gut-related health and immunity. …”
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In-Situ Measurement of Gas Permeability for Membranes in Water Electrolysis by Shuaimin Li, Chuan Song, Li Xu, Yuxin Wang, Wen Zhang

“…Four membranes, including Zirfon (a state-of-the-art alkaline WE membrane), polyphenylene sulfide fabric (PPS, a commercial alkaline WE membrane), FAA-3-PK-75 (a commercial anion-exchange membrane), and BILP-PE (a home-made composite membrane) were employed as the standard samples to perform the electrochemical measurement under different current densities, temperatures, and electrolyte concentrations. …”
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Synthesis of Highly Intercalated Urea–Clay Nanocomposite via Pomegranate Peel Waste as Eco-Friendly Material by Abolfazl Teimouri Yanehsari, Hossein Sabahi, Yousef Jahani, Mohammad Hossein Mahmoodi, Farzaneh Shalileh

“…Until now, no slow-release urea (SRU) fertilizer has been made using the screw press method and the powder of plant residues rich in polyphenols, which are considered eco-friendly materials due to some health benefits for agricultural soil. …”
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Etiologic Characteristics of Influenza Epidemics on the Territory of Russia in the Period of Pandemic COVID-­19 in 2020–2023 by P. A. Petrova, N. I. Konovalova, A. Y. Boyarintseva, D. M. Danilenko, A. D. Vasilieva, T. N. Shelepanova, A. V. Prokopets, M. Y. Eropkin

“…As a result of the propagation of drift variants, the substitution of vaccine strains was made for the Northern Hemisphere for 2022/23. For the H3 component the strain A/Darwin/09/21 was introduced, and for Bvic component –B/Austria/1359417/21. …”
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Unidirectional Alleviation of the Diffraction Limit in Geometrically Anisotropic Photonics by El Badri Youssef, Mangach Hicham, Belkacem Abdelhaq, Oubeniz Hammou, Bouzid Abdenbi, Achaoui Younes

“…Rationally constructed materials have enabled access to optical capabilities beyond nature’s limitations, thanks to advances made in both theory and experiment. These synthetic composites allow subwavelength confinement of electromagnetic energy and facilitate unparalleled control over different aspects of electromagnetic waves (polarization, amplitude, frequency, etc.). …”
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Finite Element Analysis on Acoustic and Mechanical Performance of Flexible Perforated Honeycomb-Corrugation Hybrid Sandwich Panel by Jiaming Hu, Junyi Wang, Yu Xie, Chenzhi Shi, Yun Chen

“…In this paper, we developed a more realistic model considering the solid structural dynamics using the finite element method (FEM) and by applying aluminum and rubber as the structural material. …”
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The triple radiologic asthma phenotype is associated with worse disease control by Rory Chan, MBChB, PhD, Chary Duraikannu, FRCR, Mohamed Jaushal Thouseef, FRCR, Brian Lipworth, MD

“…Background: Efforts have been made to combine radiographic biomarkers such as bronchiectasis or bronchial wall thickness (BWT) for the purpose of identifying asthma subphenotypes and their clinical implications. …”
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Biodegraded polymers as materials for sowing of grain crops seeds by L. S. Shibryaeva, Yu. V. Tertyshnaya, D. D. Pal’Mina, N. S. Levina

“…The authors used an electroforming method with chloroform and a dichloroethane application to receive nonwoven fabric from poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and its compositions together with synthetic nitrile rubber (PHB-SNR). …”
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Structure and properties of multilayer plasma Ti-Cu coatings by S.A. Guchenko, N.N. Koval, V.M. Yurov, O.V. Krysina, V.Ch. Laurinas, O.N. Zavatskaya

“…The coatings were deposited on the steel samples by the ionplasma method on the HNB-6.6I1 vacuum unit while simultaneously spraying the above cathodes. …”
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Advanced low-power filter architecture for biomedical signals with adaptive tuning. by Ramasamy Srinivasagan

“…This paper presents a low-power, second-order composite source-follower-based filter architecture optimized for biomedical signal processing, particularly ECG and EEG applications. …”
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Advanced device for measuring linear and angular components of small displacements of monitor object surfaces by Igor P. Miroshnichenko

“…Areas of application are the following: experimental research; assessment and diagnostics of the structural materials samples; investigations of fast wave processes in the layered structures of complex shape made of the anisotropic composite materials. The methods developed in this study are applicable in such industries as mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, aircraft engineering, instrument making, power engineering, and etc.…”
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THERMOBAROMETRY OF DEPLETED PERIDOTITES by L. N. Pokhilenko, V. N. Korolyuk, N. P. Pokhilenko

“…An assessment was made of the possibility of using olivine thermobarometry for xenoliths of depleted peridotites from the Udachnaya pipe (Yakutia), represented by 76 megacrystalline dunites and 5 megacrystalline harzburgites. …”
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Lithium-containing radiator materials for neutron ionization chambers by Petr B. Baskov, Boris S. Salamakha, Yakov V. Glazyuk, Artur A. Namakshinas, Sergey A. Bondarenko, Ilya M. Mushin, Alexander S. Khudin

“…The IC electrode radiator material consists of a two-layer composite coating comprising an adhesive silicate layer and a functional neutron-sensitive lithium fluoride layer. …”
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Modern aspects of allohernioplasty of postoperative ventral hernias (a literature review) by O. O. Vorovskyi

“…A temporary nature of the barrier coating, where adhesion may develop at any time after implantation resulting in complications, has proven to be a potential problem of composite prostheses. There has been an attempt to address the challenge by using biological meshes made of decellularised pig and bovine dermis. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Sago Residue for Eco-Friendly Construction Materials by Al Ichlas Imran, Januar Parlaungan Siregar, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Tezara Cionita, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Rozanna Dewi, Joddy Arya Laksmono, Seto Roseno, Kuwar Mausam, Subramanian Lakshmi Sankar, Ehab El Sayed Massoud, Saleh A Al-Farraj

“…Furthermore, factors such as constituent materials, processing methods, composition, fiber and particle size, environmental conditions, and manufacturing processes can all influence the physical and mechanical properties of sago residue-based construction materials. …”
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Gas permeability of films based on low-density polyethylene–ethylene-vinyl acetate blends with cellulosic fillers by P. G. Shelenkov, P. V. Pantyukhov, A. A. Olkhov, A. A. Popov

“…The coefficients of gas permeability, diffusion, and oxygen solubility were determined in the obtained composites using the manometric method. The dependence of the diffusion properties of LDPE/EVA blends and biocomposites made of LDPE/EVA/natural filler on the EVA content in the composite was considered.Results. …”
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