Graphene oxide/layered double hydroxide composite as highly efficient and recyclable adsorbent for removal of ciprofloxacin from aqueous phase by Nidhi Sikri, Sandeep Kumar, Bunushree Behera, Jyotsana Mehta

“…The composite containing ZnAlNi-LDH with specific removal capability towards CIP and GO displaying high surface area for adsorption has been synthesized using the co-precipitation method followed by hydrothermal aging. …”
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A Comparative Study of Deep Semantic Segmentation and UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging for Enhanced Roadside Vegetation Composition Assessment by Puranjit Singh, Michael A. Perez, Wesley N. Donald, Yin Bao

“…A pixel-wise annotated dataset for eight roadside vegetation species was curated to evaluate the performance of multiple semantic segmentation models in this context. The best-performing MAnet DL achieved a mean intersection over union of 0.90, highlighting the model’s capability in composition assessment tasks. …”
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Anchored and epoxied ferrocement strips for improving flexural performance of two-way reinforced concrete slabs by Galal Elsamak, Mohamed Ghalla, Moataz Badawi, Abdullah Albogami, Taher A. Tawfik, Ramy I. Shahin

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Development and Application of a Modified Biochar-Calcium Alginate Composite (MB-CA) for In Situ Remediation of Cadmium-Contaminated Soil by Sijia Sun, Yuying Wang, Yanru Zhang, Lina Wu, Xinyi Wang, Guoyu Wang, Weitao Sun, Dasong Lin, Yajun Wang

“…This study is a continuation of our previous work, focusing on determining the thermodynamic model of adsorption materials, the applicable environment of composite materials, the influence on soil microorganisms, and its effect on the reduction in Cd content in agricultural products. …”
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Structure dependent optical and conductive properties of HPMC:CoCl2 composites: A functional data analysis study by Gowtham G K, Thejas G. Urs

“…The optical bandgap obtained from UV/visible spectroscopic studies aligns with other studied physical parameters, supporting dopant-driven changes in these composites. In addition, employing the tightly bound electron model, we detail the bandgap variation in these composites concerning the dopant concentration. …”
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TIAR-SAR: An Oriented SAR Ship Detector Combining a Task Interaction Head Architecture with Composite Angle Regression by Yu Gu, Minding Fang, Dongliang Peng

“…The detector achieves 17.42 FPS on 1024 × 1024 images using an RTX 2080 Ti GPU, with a model size of only 21.92 MB. Comparative experiments with other state-of-the-art methods on the HRSID dataset demonstrate the proposed method’s superior detection performance in complex nearshore scenarios. …”
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Green tea dye ligands to transfer toxic lead metal ions to precipitated metal complexes for polymer composite applications by Dana S. Muhammad, Dara M. Aziz, Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…It was found that integrating PVA solution with washed PbMC solution using a casting method is a novel green methodology for delivering PVA-based composites. …”
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Robust Variable Selection via Bayesian LASSO-Composite Quantile Regression with Empirical Likelihood: A Hybrid Sampling Approach by Ruisi Nan, Jingwei Wang, Hanfang Li, Youxi Luo

“…Moreover, the proposed method imposes no restrictive assumptions on the distribution of random errors in the model. …”
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The evaluation of inflammatory and immune composite markers for complications after deceased donor liver transplantation – a retrospective cohort study by Zhihong Zheng, Shuman Kuang, Zipei Wang, Jin Gu, Jichang Jiang, Zhou Yu, Lijin Zhao

“…Background Inflammation-immune composite markers have been increasingly investigated in various diseases, but their value in the setting of deceased donor liver transplantation remains insufficiently investigate.Method A retrospective cohort study was conducted on deceased donor liver transplant recipients at Zunyi Medical University. …”
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Assessment of Maternal Dietary Intake, Physical Activity Status, and Body Composition During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vasiliki Michou, Arsenios Tsiotsias, Panagiotis Eskitzis

“…<b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to estimate the Greek population’s maternal dietary intake, physical activity status, and body composition during pregnancy. <b>Research method:</b> Forty-nine women during pregnancy, with a mean age of 31.08 ± 4.90 years old, were asked to fill in the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) to assess their physical activity levels, the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to assess the maternal dietary intake, and a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) to evaluate different body composition indices. …”
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Highly efficient CuO/Cu@PC composite membranes for the photocatalytic degradation and sorption of roxithromycin from aqueous solutions by Dinara T. Nurpeisova, Anastassiya A. Mashentseva, Fatima Abuova, Saida H. Aleskhanova, Murat Barsbay

“…Using an environmentally friendly glyoxylic acid-based deposition method, Cu microtubes were deposited onto the PC TeMs and subsequently thermally annealed to generate a catalytically active CuO phase. …”
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Composite dietary antioxidant index and HPV infection from single and mixed associations to SHAP-interpreted machine learning predictions by Pei Zhang

“…In addition, nine machine learning (ML) methods were employed to construct predictive models, and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) was used to further interpret the optimal model.ResultsThis study enrolled 9,224 adult female participants. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study for Test-Day Milk Yield, Proteins, and Composition Traits of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Ethiopia by B. Rekik, T. Mestawet, A. Girma, M. Seid, J. Besufekad, S. Meseret

“…Using high-density SNP chip data and the fixed and random model circulating probability unification (Farm CPU) method via the Memory-efficient, Visualization-enhanced, and Parallel-accelerated R package (rMVP) (Version 1.0.7.), we analyzed traits including test-day milk yield (TDMY), total protein (TP), casein (CN), whey (W), protein percentage (P), fat percentage (F), lactose percentage (L), total solids (TS), density (D), solids-not-fat (SNF), salt (S), and freezing point (FP). …”
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Optimization of Pyrocatechol and p-Cresol adsorption onto a composite of Chitosan and polyacrylamide incorporated with zeolitic imidazolate Framework-8 by Chou-Yi Hsu, Ebraheem Abdu Musad Saleh, M. M. Moharam, Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, Sandeep Singh, Aditya Kashyap, T. Krithiga, Parul Chaudhary, Nezamaddin Mengelizadeh, Davoud Balarak

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) using central composite design (CCD) was utilized to examine and optimize the process variables. …”
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New Approach to Drug Delivery in Ophthalmological Practice: Development of Composite Ophthalmological Solution for Drug Loading of Soft Contact Lenses by D. K. Naplekov, E. T. Zhilyakova, A. Yu. Malyutina, A. V. Bondarev, N. B. Demina, O. O. Novikov, R. A. Abramovich

“…As a result of the studies, two alternative model compositions of an ophthalmic solution for the saturation of soft contact lenses for the treatment of glaucoma were proposed. …”
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Study on flexural behavior of CO2 cured recycled coarse aggregate concrete steel bar trusses composite slab by Yueqing Gao, Sijie Shen, Ke Ye, Zeshen Li, Wei Wang, Jingyi Lu, Shaodan Hou, Yangyang Yin, Chaofeng Liang

“…Furthermore, the flexural behaviors of steel bar trusses composite slab (SBTCS) prepared by RAC and cured by the three carbonation methods were studied through experiments and numerical analysis. …”
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Study on Nonlinear Vibration of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Beam Using Nonlocal Beam Theory in a Complex Environment by Bogdan Marinca, Nicolae Herisanu, Vasile Marinca

“…The buckling and bending problems were studied analytically by using the HPM, the Galerkin method in combination with the weighted residual method, and finally, by the optimization of results for a simply supported composite beam. …”
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Making IoT Networks Highly Fault-Tolerant Through Power Fault Prediction, Isolation and Composite Networking in the Device Layer by Kodanda Rama Sastry Jammalamadaka, Bhupati Chokara, Sasi Bhanu Jammalamadaka, Balakrishna Kamesh Duvvuri

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A topological approach to understanding crack initiation and propagation in carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites under an opening load by Mayrene Uy, Daiki Kido, Masao Kimura

“…Additionally, the method identifies trigger sites and the timing of crack propagation by correlating the crack’s progression along the length of the carbon fiber/epoxy composites with its temporal evolution. …”
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Structural Behavior Analyses and Simple Calculation of Asynchronous-Pouring Construction in PC Composite Girder Bridges with Corrugated Webs for Sustainability by Bo Gan, Jun He, Sidong Feng, Baojun Guo, Bo Liu, Weisheng Lu

“…Additionally, a simplified theoretical method is proposed for calculating stress and deflection in PC composite girder bridges during the cantilever construction stage using APC. …”
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