Impact Sound Insulation Behavior of Ceramic Tile and Rubber Mat Lightweight Floating Floors Under Prolonged Loading in Residential Buildings by Sérgio Klippel Filho, Fernanda Pacheco, Hinoel Zamis Ehrenbring, Roberto Christ, Bernardo Fonseca Tutikian, Jorge Patrício

“…Floating floors are an efficient solution, composed of a rigid walking surface above a resilient material. Functioning as a spring, the resilient layer must have adequate damping properties and compressive strength against permanent and imposed loads to guarantee its performance over time. …”
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Combined effect of nitrogen-doped carbon and NiCo2O4 for electrochemical water splitting by Laura Kubińska, Mariusz Szkoda, Malgorzata Skorupska, Patrycja Grabowska, Marta Gajewska, Jerzy P. Lukaszewicz, Anna Ilnicka

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Stable Vacancy-Rich Sodium Vanadate as a Cathode for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries by Zhibo Xie, Yongru Qu, Fuwei Kong, Ruizheng Zhao, Xianfen Wang

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Biotechnology applications of wheat bran. Review by G. F. Kurbanov, A. O. Prichepa, A. P. Nepomnyashchy, E. Yu. Ivanova, N. Yu. Sharova

“…The use of wheat bran in the production of functional foods is known; in animal husbandry, they are used as a feed additive. …”
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From timeless Japanese wood joinery to advanced ceramic joint interlocking by Patrizia Hoffmann, Larissa Wahl, Swantje Funk, Tobias Fey

“…Abstract Efficiency and adaptability are key factors in the development of high-performance architectural hybrid materials. While monolithic ceramics have limitations in advanced applications, hybrid structures combining multiple components or geometries offer enhanced adaptability and functionality. …”
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Study of the Stress State of Solid Cylinders with Inhomogeneous Structure Under Various Boundary Conditions at the Ends by Oleksandr Ya. Grygorenko, Liliia S. Rozhok, Nataliia P. Boreiko, Lesia V. Kharytonova

“…This is due to the need to fully take into account arbitrary dependencies of the mechanical properties of the material on the coordinates and nature of the applied load. …”

Properties of Polyphenols and Xylooligosaccharides Obtained Biotechnologically from Processed Millets by Damir R. Zyaynitdinov, Alexandr V. Ewteew, Anna V. Bannikova

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Stone Matrix Asphalt and silica-aerogel composite: mechanical and structural performance by Mohammad Namavar Jahromi, Alireza Sarkar

“…Samples containing 3 % of this material showed the most significant improvements in Marshall strength, moisture sensitivity, and rutting. …”
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Understanding lithiation induced volume variations and its impact on porous cobaltite (LiCo2O4) for Li-ion battery cathodes by L. Maake, B. Shibiri, P.E. Ngoepe, R.S. Ledwaba

“…The radial distribution functions showed structures, which have sufficiently amorphised and recrystallised with lithiation. …”
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Non-invasive, non-enzymatic, non-serodiagnostic, and home-detecting paper-based “abnormal UA alarm” for early diagnosis of UA associated diseases by Qian Zhang, Hui’e Jiang, Zhijian Li, Lijuan Chen, Fengqian Yang, Jiamin Zhang, Bo Zhang, Xinhua Liu

“…Therefore, NIFP-SM is nano-engineered through straightforward interfacial interactions of functional building blocks of on-demand naphthyl imide-derived fluorescent self-assembled micro-particles (NIFS) with lamellar structure and commercially-used filter paper. …”
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Benchmarking the high conductive two-dimensional layered structured NbS2, ZrS2, ReS2 and NbSe2 materials with zero energy bandgap (E g) for photocatalytic application: a DFT study by Muhammad Hasnain Jameel, Aqeela Yasin, Alaa Nihad Tuama, Abdullah Hasan Jabbar, Samreen Kousar, Mohd Zul Hilmi Mayzan, Muhammad Sufi Roslan, Arman Nawaz, Khaled Althubeiti, Mohammed Aljohani

“…Two-dimensional materials are among the most scientifically accessible materials in material science at the beginning of the twenty-first century. …”
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Potential of composite adsorbent comprising peat, limestone, zeolite, and activated carbon for the treatment of diffused soluble contaminants by Amir Detho, Mohd Arif Rosli, Nejib Ghazouani, Abdelkader Mabrouk, Ahmed Babeker Elhag, Aeslina Abdul Kadir, Zawawi Daud, Hesham Hussein Rassem

“…The composite was characterized using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, and pH at zero-point charge (pHzpc). The material exhibited high SiO2 and CaO content, functional groups (e.g., Si–O-Si, N–H, O–H, C–O, C–N, and O–C.), a rough and heterogeneous surface morphology, a surface area of 105.96 m2/g, and a pHzpc of 11.25. …”
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Features of the gas chromatographic method for monitoring the content of phenols in an aqueous medium by A. V. Taneeva, A. V. Dmitrieva, V. F. Novikov

“…The purpose of this work is to determine the content of phenols in an aqueous medium by gas chromatographic method using various sorption materials.   To do this, it is necessary to consider some features of the gas chromatographic method for monitoring the content of phenols in an aqueous medium using various sorption materials. …”
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Strategic Doping for Precise Structural Control and Intense Photocurrents Under Visible Light in Ba₂M_0.4Bi_1.6O₆ (M = La, Ce, Pr, Pb, Y)... by Tirong Guo, Wen Tian Fu, Huub J. M. de Groot

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The Ecosystem Services Assessment of Wetlands based on the Classification of Hydrological-ecological Structures and Functions (Case study: Shadegan Wetland) by leila Rahimi, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Ahmad reza Yavari

“…Selecting Shadegan International Wetland as a case study in this research, the ecosystem services approach have been applied to ecological conditions assessment of the wetland based on biophysical structures, processes, functions and ecosystem services in a hydrological-ecological framework, which provides a valuable tool for optimal allocation of wetland resources and their effective management, as well as adopting rational and sustainable policies. 2-Materials and Methods The proposed framework can be considered as a hierarchical approach based on the characteristics of biophysical structure, functions and ecosystem services. …”
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A Modified Model Dielectric Function for Analyzing Optical Spectra of InGaN Nanofilms on Sapphire Substrates by Devki N. Talwar, Hao-Hsiung Lin, Jason T. Haraldsen

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The regulatory and protective nature of administrative and procedural legal relations by P. E. Spiridonov

“…The protective function of administrative and procedural law is to protect the administrative and procedural rights and interests of all participants in legal relations.Based on the above, the author comes to the conclusion that administrative and procedural legal relations are of a regulatory and protective nature.…”
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Free Vibration Analysis of 2D Functionally Graded Porous Beams Using Novel Higher-Order Theory by G. Reddy, Nathi Kumar

“…Functionally graded material (FGM) is an in-homogeneous composite, constructed from various phases of material elements, often ceramic and metal. …”
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An Implementation of Creep Test Assisting System with Dial Gauge Needle Reading and Smart Lighting Function for Laboratory Automation by Dezheng Kong, Nobuo Funabiki, Shihao Fang, Noprianto, Mitsuhiro Okayasu, Pradini Puspitaningayu

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Cadmium Functionalized Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (Cd-ZIF-8) Electrocatalysts for Efficient CO2 Conversion to Syngas by Muhammad Usman, Munzir H. Suliman, Ismail Mohammed Salihu, Naimat Ullah, Mahmoud M. Abdelnaby, Maged Abdelsamie

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