Synthesis of carbon fiber reinforced SiC aerogel composites with enhanced mechanical and antioxidant properties for high temperature insulation by Chunxue Zheng, Jie Yu, Xinyang Li, Jingbo Duan, Zhulin Huang, Ming Li, Xiaoye Hu, Yue Li

“…More importantly, a dense SiC shell was also formed and tightly coated on the surface of CF (CF@SiC) during the in-situ growth process, which effectively protects the CF from oxidation, thus enhancing the high temperature oxidation resistance of the composites. …”
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Evaluation of a modified IDEXX method for antimicrobial resistance monitoring of extended Beta-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli in impacted waters near the U.S.-Mexico border by Karina Jimenez, Yuwei Kong, Yuhui Zhang, Drew Ferketic, Sana K. Nagori, Julie Yang, Anastasia A. Yulo, Brianna Kramer, Ofelia G. Prado, Taylor Cason, Renee Chowdhry, Angela Kemsley, Leopoldo Mendoza Espinosa, Joshua A. Steele, John Griffith, Jennifer A. Jay

“…Traditional methods for ESBL-Ec quantification involve a labor-intensive process of membrane filtration, culturing in the presence and absence of antibiotics, and colony confirmation. …”
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Study on the mechanism of direct wet mineralization of fly ash for CO2 storage and optimization of key influencing factors by Shengtao WANG, Jiaxu TANG, Ning YANG, Qingxiang WANG, Shilin WANG, Xuqiang CAO, Xinquan ZHANG, Xiaolin SONG, Chicheng MA

“…In order to enhance the CO2 sequestration efficiency of fly ash and promote its resource utilization in CO2 mineralization sequestration and fire prevention and extinguishing projects, an optimization study was conducted on the reaction conditions and additive ratios of the fly ash mineralization process. A direct wet mineralization technique was employed to establish a gas-liquid-solid three-phase reaction system. …”
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TPU-assisted adhesive PDMS film for dry or underwater environments by Sangyeun Park, Minhyeok Kim, Hongyun So

“…This adhesive PDMS film (APF) demonstrated outstanding adhesion on various substrates under dry and underwater conditions and maintained adhesion even after repeated use. In practical applications, the APF proved to be an effective waterproof patch by adhering to the surfaces of objects submerged in water.…”
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Kui muusika vaikib. Lein ja mälutöö Käbi Laretei teoses „Peotäis mulda, lapike maad“ / When Music Falls Silent: Mourning and Memory Work in Käbi Laretei’s A Handful of Earth, a Pat... by Leena Käosaar, Aija Sakova

“…Born in 1922, Laretei was the daughter of the Estonian diplomat Heinrich Laretei; she spent most of her adult life in exile in Sweden after fleeing Estonia during World War II. While she maintained a cosmopolitan identity throughout her musical career, it was only later in life – particularly in the wake of her father’s death in 1973 – that the complex entanglements of music, homeland, and familial memory began to surface with renewed emotional intensity. …”
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Evaluation of the Effect of κ-casein Gene Polymorphism in Milk Powder on the Technological Properties of Acid-Induced Milk Gels by Alexandr G. Kruchinin, Svetlana N. Turovskaya, Elena E. Illarionova, Alana V. Bigaeva

“…As the mass fraction of BB dry bulk milk increased, the structural and mechanical properties, dimensional stability, and surface tension increased, too. As the storage temperature fell from 4 ± 2 to 12 ± 2°C, the structural and mechanical properties, dimensional stability, surface tension, and moisture-holding ability decreased while maintaining the previously established dependencies. …”
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Method for extracting light stripes of wheel profiles from consecutive frames in complex background by LEI Yongwei, LEI Lei, SONG Dongli, LIN Hanxiao

“…Additionally, an algorithm of edge expansion in consecutive frames utilized the similarity between image frames to segment light stripes, contributing to the algorithm’s robustness against texture changes on object surface. While maintaining stability, the proposed method achieved an image detection speed 16 times higher than that of single-frame processing methods, meeting the real-time requirements for wheelset profile detection, with an average processing time per frame of 0.22 s.…”
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Powder recycling for electron beam powder bed fusion of TiAl alloy by Feihong Wang, Mengchen Song, Yongfeng Liang, Gengwu Ge, Xiaoyu Liang, Feng Lin, Honghui Wu, Dongfang Wang, Wenbin Kan, Li Liu, Junpin Lin

“…While oxide modification improves powder flowability, the increase of irregular powder increases part surface roughness. Quantitative analysis demonstrates that maintaining 15–30 % fresh powder optimizes the cost-performance ratio, providing practical guidelines for industrial implementation. …”
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Alkali Metals Activated High Entropy Double Perovskites for Boosted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Ning Sun, Zhuangzhuang Lai, Wenbo Ding, Wenbo Li, Tianyi Wang, Zhichuan Zheng, Bowen Zhang, Xiangjiang Dong, Peng Wei, Peng Du, Zhiwei Hu, Chih‐Wen Pao, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Haifeng Wang, Ming Lei, Kai Huang, Runze Yu

“…Considering the intricate influence between interfacial water and intermediates in typical catalytic systems, meticulously engineered catalysts should be developed by modulating electron configurations and optimizing surface chemical bonds. Here, a high‐entropy double perovskite (HEDP) electrocatalyst La2(Co1/6Ni1/6Mg1/6Zn1/6Na1/6Li1/6)RuO6, achieving a reduced overpotential of 40.7 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and maintaining exemplary stability over 82 h in a 1 m KOH electrolyte is reported. …”
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Enhancing engine oil performance with graphene-cellulose nanoparticles: insights into thermophysical properties and tribological behavior by Jasem Ghanem Alotaibi, Ayedh Eid Alajmi, K. Kadirgama, K. Kadirgama, K. Kadirgama, L. Samylingam, Navid Aslfattahi, Chee Kuang Kok, D. Ramasamy, W. S. W. Harun, A. S. Veerendra, Subramonian Sivaraos, Belal F. Yousif

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Urban flourish or peril: Navigating the safe and just space through the lens of ecosystem services in China’s urbanization by Qin Zhou, Changgao Cheng, Zhou Fang, Shi Xue, Qiuya Zhao, Zhongde Huang, Jie Wang, Wei Jin, Chenjun Zhang, Yang Bai, Ni Geng, Hengquan Zhang

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An Overview of Multistate Outbreak Investigations of Salmonella Infections Linked to Fish and Fishery Products, United States – 2012–2021 by Stelios Viazis, Meredith Lindsay, Jennifer Cripe, Spencer Carran, Tiffany Greenlee, Sharon Seelman Federman, Colin Schwensohn, Thai-An Nguyen, Cary Chen Parker

“…Some of the most frequent insanitary observations included the safety of the water used in manufacturing food and ice; using water hoses to create overspray that may cross-contaminate food and food contact surfaces in the processing areas; and inadequate cleaning and sanitizing. …”
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Full grading detection method of earth-rock materials by combining preliminary screening and video image recognition by Huawei Zhou, Liang Zhu, Yihong Zhou, Dongfeng Li, Tao Fang, Chunju Zhao, Zhipeng Liang, Fang Wang, Lei Lei

“…The results of the grading test align well with the sample data, demonstrating an accuracy exceeding 97 % and a relative error maintained within 2 %. This research addresses the challenges associated with identifying fine particles smaller than 5 mm and the occlusion issues between earth-rock materials during the grading detection process using image recognition. …”
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Influence of Abrasive Flow Rate and Feed Rate on Jet Lag During Abrasive Water Jet Cutting of Beech Plywood by Monika Sarvašová Kvietková, Ondrej Dvořák, Chia-Feng Lin, Dennis Jones, Petr Ptáček, Roman Fojtík

“…This balance minimizes jet lag and maintains high surface quality comparable to conventional milling. …”
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Experimental study on the performance of water-less floor heating and hot water dual supply air source heat pump system by NIU Jianhui, AN Zelong, ZHANG Chenyang, WU Yuzhou, ZHANG Yujin

“…The experimental results show that the surface temperature of the floor is maintained between 25 ℃ and 33 ℃, and the air temperature is maintained between 18 ℃ and 22 ℃ whether in the sole floor heating mode, dual supply mode, or single water heater mode. …”
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Chichimene field T2 sand: a successful application of cycles in a water injection project on heavy crude oil, enabled by a novel smart selective completion system adapted for water... by Pedro Luis Solorzano, Carlos Emilio Giosa, Carol Stephanny Rojas, Mónica Andrea Satizabal, Amelia Jhoanna Araque, Luisa Fernanda Falla, Walter Enrique Sanchez, Luis Oswaldo Castañeda, Mónica Alexandra Martínez, Diana Patricia Ahmedt

“…The target unit has been subjected to selective water injection since 2016, this process consisted of injection of a controlled amount of water within 3-4 zones in equilibrium with the extractive system on producers wells to find a better crude oil movement and a commercial recovery factor. …”
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High-Quality Damaged Building Instance Segmentation Based on Improved Mask Transfiner Using Post-Earthquake UAS Imagery: A Case Study of the Luding Ms 6.8 Earthquake in China by Kangsan Yu, Shumin Wang, Yitong Wang, Ziying Gu

“…Furthermore, a lightweight Transformer encoder has been used to process edge pixels, enhancing the efficiency of global feature extraction and the refinement of target edges. …”
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Mitigating fines migration in low salinity water flooding of clay rich sandstones using TiO2 Saponin Zr nanocomposites by Yuman Li, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Nikunj Rachchh, T. Ramachandran, Aman Shankhyan, A. Karthikeyan, Dhirendra Nath Thatoi, Deepak Gupta, Mohammad R. K. M. Al-Badkubi, Dilsora Abduvalieva, Samim Sherzod, Mohammad Mahtab Alam

“…Abstract Mitigating formation damage due to fines migration is crucial for maintaining reservoir productivity in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. …”
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Potential of Nb₂O₅ as a Catalyst in Biodiesel Production: A Study with Different Feedstock by Helder de Lucena Pereira, Adriano Lima da Silva, Carlos Bruno Barreto Luna, Joyce Salviano Barros de Figueiredo, Simoni Margareti Plentz Meneghetti, Ana Cristina Figueiredo de Melo Costa

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Effects of cinnamic acid treatment on aroma of Kyoho grape during low temperature storage by HU Yulong, TIAN Shufen, WANG Chaoxia, WANG Rong, MA Chuang, JIANG Jianfu

“…The entire spraying process followed strict operational standards to ensure uniformity and consistency till drip. …”
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