Shape memory recovery in polylactic acid and thermoplastic polyurethane bi-material metamaterials fabricated by additive manufacturing under fatigue testing by Farzad Fereydoonpour, Shokouh Dezianian, Mohammad Azadi

“…In this way, by applying a type of stimulus to the part fabricated by the 3D printing method and deformed, the sample returns to its original shape over time. …”
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Parcs agroforestiers sahéliens : de la conservation à l’aménagement by G. Smektala, R. Peltier, N. Sibelet, M. Leroy, R. Manlay, C. F. Njiti, M. Ntoupka, A. Njiemoun, O. Palou, Tapsou

“…If that was established, rights over the trees would be transferred from the State to the community, and the villagers would be able to exploit them within a defined management plan.In preparation for this procedure, traditional deliberate tree management practices were described: pruning method was tested that reconciles conservation with trunk development and leaf, fruit and wood production. …”
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Relationship Between Soil Aggregate Stability and Associated Carbon and Nitrogen Changes Under Different Ecological Construction Measures in the Karst Region of Southwest China by Meiting Li, Keqin Wang, Xiaoyi Ma, Mingsi Fan, Biyu Li, Yali Song

“…These findings suggest that plantations are particularly effective in enhancing soil and water conservation in fragile karst areas, while the contour reverse slope terrace method shows potential for stabilizing soil structure over extended time scales due to its unique “preferential entrainment” function.…”
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Kinetics and thermodynamics of Mn(II) removal from aqueous solutions onto Mg-Zn-Al LDH/montmorillonite nanocomposite by A.A. Bakr, N.A. Sayed, T.M. Salama, I.O. Ali, R.R. Abdel Gayed, N.A. Negm

“…LDH adsorbent was prepared by co-precipitation method and the composite was prepared by physical mixing of LDH and MMT using high-shear action. …”
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Coal Seam Roof and Floor Lithology Prediction for Underground Coal Gasification Based on Deep Residual Shrinkage Network by Jialiang Guo, Ruizhao Yang, Fengtao Han

“…This study provides a novel and rapid method for lithology evaluation of strata in the early stages of underground coal gasification.…”
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Rheology of rock–ice avalanche in a periodic chute flow by Zhiping Sun, Zhibo Dong

“…This study employs discrete element method simulations to systematically investigate the steady-state rheological parameters of such avalanches. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Clarity, Efficiency, Accuracy, Stimulation, and Novelty on the Attraction of Using PayLater Services by Mutiara Cahyani, Siti Jamilah

“…The goodness-of-fit model test produces an SRMR value of 0.051 (<0.08), indicating that the model is appropriate. …”
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Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis of Rail Surface Under Mixed Initial Crack Patterns by Jianhua Liu, Weiqi Yang, Zhongmei Wang

“…Crack propagation is primarily driven by model II and III composite crack propagation, with their expansion rates influenced by operating conditions. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Axial Gap on the Mechanical Response of a Cartridge-Loaded CMDB Propellant Grain under Vibration Loads by Yiming Zhang, Ningfei Wang, Xiaoxu Chen, Ran Wang, Long Bai, Jinfeng Dang, Yi Wu

“…The dynamic process of collision between the propellant grain and the motor case in the axial direction induced by vibration loads was simulated with the developed constitutive model by using the finite element method. The effects of the gap size between the propellant grain and the case and the vibration frequency on the mechanical response of the grain were studied. …”
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Управление структурой комплектов машин при строительстве земляного полотна на переходящих объектах... by Tatiana Viktorovna Bobrova, Rinat Fokilevich Salikhov, Mikhail Grigor'evich Grusnev

“…The distribution volume of work on the rolling facility in accordance with the calendar in the project construction organization predicts an operating time of machines involved, their technical and economic indicators in each year of construction. The proposed model provides a rational adjustment of sets of machines and compositions in accordance with the predicted performance to make changes in the fleet structure in the production of works projects.…”
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Dietary amino acids intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: results from the Golestan Cohort Study by Asieh Mansour, Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi, Maryam Mirahmad, Pooria Asili, Maryam Sharafkhah, Sahar Masoudi, Hossein Poustchi, Akram Pourshams, Maryam Hashemian, Azita Hekmatdoost, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Methods This study used data from the Golestan Cohort Study, which was performed in the Golestan Province of Iran from January 2004 to June 2008. …”
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Study of wear resistance and friction coefficient of polymeric materials for metal-polymer gears under dry friction by Myron Czerniec, Jerzy Czerniec

“…In order to determine their wear resistance and sliding friction coefficient, the authors’ method of model triboexperimental studies of materials under sliding friction according to the pin-on-disk scheme was used. …”
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Could the quality characteristics of virgin olive oil influence its geographical classification using untargeted infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics? by Davide De Angelis, Michela Pia Totaro, Francesco Caponio, Michele Faccia, Giacomo Squeo

“…However, we also examined whether chemical quality traits, such as peroxide values and fatty acid composition, could introduce biases in the classification models. …”
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The missing cue problem in hetero associative memory retrieval by Rafael Morales, Luis A. Pineda

“…The model is assessed with composite recollections consisting of manuscript digits and letters selected from the MNIST and EMNIST corpora, respectively, such that cue digits retrieve their associated letters and vice versa. …”
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The role of social vitality on the impact of sports activities on public health based on the theory of planned behavior by Elnaz Bahrami, Reza Sabonchi, Gholamreza Khaksari, Homa Naderifar

“…Background: There are relationships between exercise effect on mental health, especially negative emotions such as anxiety and stress.Aim: The aim study was the effect of participation in public sports activities based on the theory of planned behavior on the public health.Methods: This study is a descriptive correlation study with confirmatory factor analysis approach. …”
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Gold nanoparticle encapsulated hybrid MOF: synthesis, characterization, and co-drug delivery of 5-fluorouracil and curcumin by Pranita Rananaware, Parimal Pandit, Varsha Brahmkhatri

“…The characterization methods showed that the hybrid MOF structure was stable and intact after AuNP encapsulation and drug loading. …”
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Adaptive Robust Dynamic Surface Integral Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs under Parametric Uncertainties and External Disturbances by Ye Zhang, Ning Xu, Guoqiang Zhu, Lingfang Sun, Shengxian Cao, Xiuyu Zhang

“…The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control method.…”
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Evaluation of the recombinant protein Sh-TSP-2 for the serological diagnosis of imported urogenital schistosomiasis and comparison with commercially available tests by María Pilar Luzón-García, Laura Navarro, Esther Rodríguez, Manuel Jesús Soriano-Pérez, José Vázquez-Villegas, María Isabel Cabeza-Barrera, Alex Loukas, Nerea Castillo-Fernández, María Jesús Perteguer, Javier Sotillo, Joaquín Salas-Coronas

“…The Sh-TSP-2 urine and serum ELISA tests had the highest specificities among the serological methods (87.5 and 75%, respectively). CRS modelling showed that the ICT IgG–IgM, NovaLisa® and Sh-TSP-2 serum tests led in sensitivity at 97.1, 88.6 and 71.4%, respectively, with all tests except that the ICT IgG–IgM test having a specificity >90%. …”
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Prediction of Regional Logistics Heat and Coupling Development between Regional Logistics and Economic Systems by Guojun Yin, Jianhui Peng

“…However, many scholars ignore the difference between prediction methods in terms of attributes and focal points of data analysis during the selection of regional logistics heat prediction model. …”
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Hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor-like cells attenuate liver cirrhosis via induction of apoptosis in hepatic stellate cells by Xu Zhou, Wen-Ming Liu, Han-Yong Sun, Yuan Peng, Ren-Jie Huang, Cai-Yang Chen, Hong-Dan Zhang, Shen-Ao Zhou, Hong-Ping Wu, Dan Tang, Wei-Jian Huang, Han Wu, Qi-Gen Li, Bo Zhai, Qiang Xia, Wei-Feng Yu, He-Xin Yan

“…The primary objective of the present study was to apply HepLPCs to the treatment of liver cirrhosis and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms responsible for their therapeutic efficacy. Methods:. The effects of allogeneic or xenogeneic HepLPC transplantation were investigated in rat model of liver cirrhosis. …”
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