Determination of Mineral Composition and Phenolic Content and Investigation of Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, and Antibacterial Activities of Crocus sativus L. Aqueous Stigmas Extracts by Lemiae Zaazaa, Hanae Naceiri Mrabti, Abdelaziz Ed-Dra, Khaoula Bendahbia, Hind Hami, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Mohammed Ibriz

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Index System and Evaluation Method of Geological Environment Suitability for Human Health by Xingchun JIAO, Zhaohe ZHANG, Wei FANG, Ruimin LI, Jiuchen LIU, Wenbin JIA

“…The GHI evaluation method could be used for regional geological environment evaluation and zoning, and the evaluation results could help manage a more habitable environment and improve the health level of the population. …”
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Salvia aristata Essential Oil: Chemical Composition, Cholinesterase Inhibition, and Neuroprotective Effects against Oxidative Stress in PC12 Cells by Farid Dabaghian, Shokoufeh Aalinezhad, Mohammad Reza Delnavazi, Mina Saeedi, Mahnaz Khanavi*

“…This study investigated the neuroprotective effects of Salvia aristata essential oilfocusing on its phytochemical composition and ChE inhibitory properties. Methods: The essential oil of S. aristata was extracted via hydrodistillation method and its chemical composition was analyzed by GC-MS. …”
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Research on the Dynamic Characteristics of High-Speed Rotors Supported by a Double Layer Squeeze Film Damper-Bearing Composite Structure by Wei Wang, Weimin Wang, Weibo Li, Jiale Wang, Tianqing Li

“…The transient excitation process of an unbalanced rotor with multilayer oil film bearings was analyzed, and the Reynolds equations for the dampers and bearings were solved using the finite element method. The results indicate that the double layer squeeze oil film damper-bearing composite structure exhibited high stability, excellent impact resistance, and significantly reduced rotor amplitude at both high and critical speeds. …”
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Investigation of different process routes for joining thermoplastic composite/steel joints via the embedding of cold formed metallic pin structures by Julian Popp, Dietmar Drummer

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Analysis of Technologies for Applying High-Entropy Coatings by Physical Deposition Method by K. N. Polityko, I. V. Kolesnikov, D. S. Manturov

“…Modern tribology solves the problems of increasing the reliability of friction units through applying vacuum wear-resistant coatings by the physical vapor deposition (PVD) method. More than five thousand scientific papers are devoted to high-entropy alloys (HEA). …”
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Mechanical Response and Anti-Reflective Crack Design in New Asphalt Overlays on Existing Asphalt Overlaying Composite Portland Cement Pavement by Jianping Gao, Zhixiong Qiu, Chunlong Xiong

“…This system was constructed to solve problems with the detection, evaluation, and structural and material design of asphalt rehabilitation for the prevention and control of asphalt reflection cracks in asphalt overlaying composite Portland cement pavement. Based on the detected data from the GPR and FWD, the reasonable and recommended thickness range of the stress-absorbing layer was determined by the finite element method, and the optimization design of an anti-reflective crack structure is proposed. …”
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An An exploratory observational study of the seasonal changes of body composition, bone parameters, testosterone, and cortisol in Spanish male professional soccer players by Isabel Almodóvar-Fernández, Antonio Real-Fernández, Paula Sánchez-Thevenet, Héctor Usó-Vicent, Adolfo Muñoz-Macho, Jorge Arasa, Rafael González-Moret, Lidia Ibañez

“… Body composition (BC) and bone quality are critical factors in the reduction of sport-related injuries and in the improvement of physical performance. …”
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Preparation of La2(WO4)3/CuWO4 composite nanomaterials with enhanced sonodynamic anti-glioma activity by Fang-Yu Liu, Xin Wang, Ye-Fu Liu

“…The development of sonosensitizers with high sonodynamic activity is the key to promote the clinical application of SDT.MethodsIn this study, a novel sonosensitizer, La2(WO4)3/CuWO4 composite LC-10, was prepared by two-step hydrothermal method and characterized. …”
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Calibration of the Composition of Low-Alloy Steels by the Interval Partial Least Squares Using Low-Resolution Emission Spectra with Baseline Correction by M. V. Belkov, K. Y. Catsalap, M. A. Khodasevich, D. A. Korolko, A. V. Aseev

“…The multivariate partial least squares method was used to create the calibrations. Reducing the effect of redundancy of wideband emission spectra on the results of quantitative analysis was achieved by searching combination moving window containing one spectral variable more than the optimal number of latent variables for the wideband multivariate model. …”
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An Improved Nonmonotone Filter Trust Region Method for Equality Constrained Optimization by Zhong Jin

“…At every iteration, in common with the composite-step SQP methods, the step is viewed as the sum of two distinct components, a quasinormal step and a tangential step. …”
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The effects of dental adhesives total etch; self-etch and selective etch application procedures on microleakage in class II composite restorations by Mustafa Yollar, Serpil Karaoğlanoğlu, Elif Tuğba Altıparmak, Elif Aybala Oktay, Numan Aydın, Bilge Ersöz

“…Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the amount of microleakage resulting from the application of self-etch, selective etch, etch-and-rinse of adhesive systems in class II cavities. Material and Methods: Four adhesive systems with etch-and-rinse, selective etch and self etch methods were used on the extracted teeth. …”
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Correlation between micellization and esterification processes in non-aqueous surfactant-containing compositions potentially applicable for organic-rich rocks treatments by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Silin, Lyubov Abdulaevna Magadova, Zaur Rastyamovich Davletov, Yuliya Zhanovna Vagapova

“…The results obtained will help to realize a more accurate choice of composition formulations depending on the mineral composition of rocks and the content of various hydrocarbon compounds in rock-forming organic matter.…”
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A Study on Occupancy and Compressive Strength of Concrete with Produced Injection Method by Cevdet Emin Ekinci, Omer Kelesoglu

“…Concrete is a composite construction material made primarily of aggregate, cement, and water. …”
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Thermal response characteristics of composite phase change walls with different sandwich layers of sodium carbonate decahydrate/sodium hydrogen phosphate by HUI Wenxian, ZHANG Zhiwei, XIAO Xin, PAN Sukai, SUN Tao, WU Qidi, WANG Yunfeng

“…In order to explore the improvement of thermal properties of phase change materials on wall, 35% Na2CO3·10H2O/52.5% Na2HPO4·12H2O/5% boron nitride nanoparticles/7.5% expanded graphite composite phase change materials were prepared by eutectual method, which were made into blocks and placed in different positions of gypsum board. …”
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Investigating the Mediating Effect of Credit Rating on the Relationship between Corporate Governance Quality and Stock Liquidity based on the Composite Liquidity Approach by Amin Pourrezaei Nav, Hamzeh Didar, Farzad Ghayour

“…The data collection method involved document analysis and reference to databases, and the data analysis method was inferential. …”
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CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF FISH AND DECAPODS CATCHES ALONG SALINITY GRADIENT IN THE RAZDOLNAYA RIVER AND TOP OF THE AMUR BAY IN THE WARM PERIOD OF YEAR by P. G. Milovankin, O. I. Kataykina

“…Distribution density and biomass are calculated using the «areal» method with certain coefficients of catchability (1.0 for fry seine). …”
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Improving creep resistance and durability forecasting of Balau wood–PGFRP composite cross-arms using sleeve retrofitting for transmission towers by Vijayvignesh Namasivayam Sukumaar, Mohamad Ridzwan Ishak, Noorfaizal Yidris, Norkhairunnisa Mazlan, Muhammad Asyraf Muhammad Rizal

“…Long-term prediction using Findley's power-law model revealed that the sleeve-reinforced cross-arm retained up to 85 % more stiffness after 50 years compared to the virgin composite and Balau wood counterparts. …”
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Waste expanded polystyrene/zinc ferrite nanoparticles films: degradation by visible light photocatalysis and use in composites with rice husk reinforcement by Iván L. Cruz-Jaramillo, Gabriela Roa-Morales, Alberto Tecante, Patricia Balderas-Hernández, Sagnite Ventura-Cruz, Christopher R. Torres-San-Miguel, Cristina A. De León-Condes

“…Tensile tests revealed that sample B3 with rice husk reinforcement resisted three times more tension before breaking compared to virgin expanded polystyrene with a density of 120 g/L. …”
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Exploring Synergy of Denoising and Distillation: Novel Method for Efficient Adversarial Defense by Inpyo Hong, Sokjoon Lee

“…Consequently, this enables more efficient denoising of the adversarial perturbations. …”
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