Acoustic Emission as a Method for Analyzing Changes and Detecting Damage in Composite Materials During Loading by Katarzyna PANASIUK, Krzysztof DUDZIK, Grzegorz HAJDUKIEWICZ

“…Thanks to their excellent strength and durability, composite materials are used to manufacture many important structural elements. …”
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Evaluation of material parameters, texture and stress of a prestressed polycrystalline aggregate from ultrasonic measurements by J. LEWANDOWSKI

“…The propagation of ultrasonic plane waves in a polycrystalline aggregate (steel) is considered for a bulk sample of the material with plane initial (residual) stress, the material being made of cubic crystals of the highest symmetry. …”
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Teaching elements of Kipchak language in north Azerbaijani groups (with emphasis on educational materials in the mother tongue) by Konul Samadova

“…According to meanings and syntactic function, they are divided into two groups: grammatical and spatial. …”
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Physical and mechanical properties of weathered sandstone rock-like materials under freeze-thaw cycles by Zhang Zhen, Wang Qingzhi, Zhang Kui, Fang Jianhong

“…Consequently, the convective heat transfer function of the block stone roadbed diminishes, failing to adequately protect the frozen soil. …”
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Between Aesthetics and Politics in Climate Activism: A Material-Discursive Analysis of the A22 Network by Elmira Sharipova

“…Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Gregory Sholette, Boris Groys, and Jacques Rancière, the article addresses the structural tension between the transformative function and the spectacular neutralization of activist art, exploring the concepts of “bare art” and defunctionalizing aestheticization. …”
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Continuity as Care: Devotional Maintenance, Renewal, Accumulation, and Disposal in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist Material Religion by Ayesha Fuentes

“…It considers the function and utility of Buddhist tantric religious objects in terms of their care and capacity for practitioner engagement. …”
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A technique for using short term soft liners as complete dentures final impression material by Varun Baslas, Saumyendra V. Singh, Himanshi Aggarwal, Simranjeet Kaur, Kamleshwar Singh, Kaushal K. Agarwal

“…Their function in complete denture fabrication is debatable but their use as a functional impression material has been proved. …”
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Journalism in history, history in journalism: A historiographical critique of the newspaper as a source material for research by Marvin R. Soriano

“…This historiographical critique explores the dual function of newspapers as both historical records and active agents in shaping historical narratives. …”
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Unlocking the black box beyond Bayesian global optimization for materials design using reinforcement learning by Yuehui Xian, Xiangdong Ding, Xue Jiang, Yumei Zhou, Jun Sun, Dezhen Xue, Turab Lookman

“…Abstract Materials design often becomes an expensive black-box optimization problem due to limitations in balancing exploration-exploitation trade-offs in high-dimensional spaces. …”
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FEATURES OF NON-MORPHOLOGICAL METHOD OF TERM FORMATION (ON THE MATERIAL OF UKRAINIAN ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERING TERMINOLOGY) by Liliia V. Kharchuk

“…It is stated that the thematic groups of UETS terms formed by the lexical-semantic method differ in their number, and the morphological-syntactic method is used for small amount of electric power engineering terms. The analyzed material has made it possible to note that such terminolexems function in UETS both as separate words and as components of terminological phrases. …”
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Managing Cracked Teeth with Root Extension: A Prospective Preliminary Study Using Biodentine™ Material by Kênia Maria Soares de Toubes, Isabella Sousa Corrêa, Regina Célia Lopes Valadares, Stephanie Quadros Tonelli, Fábio Fernandes Borém Bruzinga, Frank Ferreira Silveira

“…Furthermore, these teeth were in occlusal function. Both radiographic and tomographic assessments revealed the absence of bone loss along the crack line. …”
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Effect of Corrosion of the Fuel Rod Construction Materials on the Radiation Safety of Nuclear Power Plants with PWR by V. V. Kravchenko, S. D. Tsygankova

“…The article considers the general concept of corrosion in accordance with GOST 5272–68 “Metal Corrosion”, the classification of the corrosion process, the stages of corrosion as energy function of the flow path of the corrosion process, the main indicators of the corrosion process. …”
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EFFECTS OF AMLODIPINE, FOSINOPRIL AND METOPROLOL ON HEMODYNAMICS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS by A. L. Hohlov, M. I. Shunikova, A. Yu. Sosnin, I. N. Kagramanyan, L. A. Lisenkova

“…Amlodipine was more effective in comparison with fosinopril and metoprolol in reduction of left ventricular (LV) myocardial mass and improving of LV diastolic function. Amlodipine and fosinopril had positive effect on vascular remodeling. …”
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REPERFUSION THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION by A. L. Alyavi, B. A. Alyavi

“…PCA in patients with ACS with ST segment elevation results in fast improvement of global systolic and diastolic LV function. Besides, PCA prevents AMI with Q in a half of these patients.…”
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Cross-sectional study of male sexual function in bariatric patients by Michał R. Janik, Ilona Bielecka, Andrzej Kwiatkowski, Piotr E. Janik, Thomas Drazba, Jan Bujok, Edward Stanowski, Krzysztof Paśnik

“…Material and methods : International Index of Erectile Function and Sexual Quality of Life-Male (SQoL-M) questionnaires were administered by e-mail to 152 men who had undergone weight-loss surgery. …”
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Investigating the Role of Yogic Practices in Enhancing Respiratory and Cardiovascular Function: An Intervention Study by Aminur Rahaman, Tarak Nath Pramanik

“…Yogic practices, through breathing and postures, show promise in enhancing these functions. Purpose: This study investigated the effects of a twelve-week structured yogic intervention on selected respiratory and cardiovascular parameters in male students. …”
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The Use of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Treatment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by K. S. Karaganov, A. S. Lishuta, Y. N. Belenkov

“…To study the effect of the EECP course on exercise tolerance, quality of life, structural and functional parameters of blood vessels in patients with verified stable CAD complicated by CHF.Material and methods. …”
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Investigation on the Compressive Behavior of Waste Rock Backfill Materials with Different Specimen Sizes for Roof Control by Meng Li, Shihao Xing, Peng Huang, Xiaobao Luo, Qiang Guo

“…Waste rock backfilled into a goaf can function as the main load-bearing carrier to support the overlying strata, so the compressive behavior of backfill materials plays a critical role in the effectiveness of strata control. …”
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Modeling of Phosphate Sorption Process on the Surface of Rockfos^® Material Using Langmuir Isotherms by Beata Zawadzka, Tadeusz Siwiec, Lidia Reczek, Michał Marzec, Krzysztof Jóźwiakowski

“…This study included an evaluation of the phosphate retention efficiency on the material as a function of the phosphate concentration in the initial solution (0.5 mg/L, 1.0 mg/L, and 2.0 mg/L), sorbent grain size (1.0–1.6 mm, 1.6–2.5 mm, and 2.0–5.0 mm), and process temperature (5 °C, 10 °C, 15 °C, 20 °C, and 25 °C). …”
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Carbon–carbon triple bond‐containing materials for photo(electro)catalytic solar hydrogen production by Wenyan Li, Yang Lu, Yawen Tang, Hanjun Sun

“…After that, the structure, properties, and advantages and disadvantages of C≡C‐containing materials are introduced and summarized. Apart from these, this review also presents advances in materials containing C≡C in the field of solar hydrogen generation. …”
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