Mitogenomic phylogeny of Tetrigoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera), with a focus on the genus Zhengitettix by Xuejuan Li, Wenli Dou, Liliang Lin

“…To further analyze the mitogenomic features and phylogeny of Tetrigoidea, five mitogenomes (Zhengitettix curvispinus, Z. hainanensis, Scelimena melli, Eucriotettix oculatus and Thoradonta yunnana) were sequenced and analyzed in this study, with Z. hainanensis being the newly published mitogenome and Z. curvispinus and S. melli being the complete mitogenomes. Nucleotide composition showed that more A and T bases than C and G bases were found in the sampled mitogenomes, with A- and C-skew. …”
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Biosynthesized ZnO Nanoparticles using Rivea Hypocrateriformis Pant Extract Assisted for Photocatalytic Activity in the Treatment of Wastewater by Murugesan Balaji, Pattulingam Rajesh, Sathasivam Kavica, Nagarajan Vignesh

“…The catalyst improved the degradation of the methylene blue dye, and a higher pH led the dye to degrade more effectively. The recovered catalyst showed deterioration percentages for four cycles.…”
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Research Progress on the Geological Application of a Flow-Through Time-Resolved Analysis System by Xinning XU, Shuo WANG, Juan XU, Pengfei LIU, Shouye YANG

“…In this article, the technical principle, hardware and software composition, experimental method, operation key points and geological application development process of the FT-TRA system are reviewed. …”
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Influence of soil physicochemical properties on diversity and distribution of aquatic vegetation in the riverine forested habitats by Mina Javed, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Wasifa Rani, Mansoor Hameed, Farooq Ahmad

“…Most of the species were linked to sites 3 and 4 with high moisture content, low ECe, acidic pH and moderate nutrient composition. The species with the highest ecological importance were Cynodon dactylon, Rumex dentatus and Saccharum spontaneum which accounted for more than 80% of the total abundance. …”
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Effect of Thermal Cracking on the Tensile Strength of Granite: Novel Insights into Numerical Simulation and Fractal Dimension by Jiliang Pan, Leiming Zhang, Yichen Ma, Ying Zhang, Xun Xi

“…Higher heat treatment temperatures lead to denser crack networks with greater fractal complexity, reducing tensile strength and creating more tortuous crack propagation paths.…”
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Research on Living Conservation Strategies for the Ming-Guangwu Great Wall Based on the Grey Relational Analysis Model by Weicheng Han, Zele Mo, Wei Wang

“…While damage to its main structural components and explicit heritage elements has been widely acknowledged, the more critical issue lies in the ambiguous recognition and insufficient safeguarding of its implicit heritage elements. …”
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The role of interfacial tension in the size-dependent phase separation of atmospheric aerosol particles by R. Schmedding, A. Zuend

“…We evaluate four approaches for computing interfacial tension in multicomponent droplets, including a new method introduced in this work. Of the approaches tested, Antonov's rule best matches observed liquid–liquid interfacial tensions in highly immiscible mixtures, while a modified Butler equation fits well in more miscible systems. …”
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Multimodal scene recognition using semantic segmentation and deep learning integration by Aysha Naseer, Mohammed Alnusayri, Haifa F. Alhasson, Mohammed Alatiyyah, Dina Abdulaziz AlHammadi, Ahmad Jalal, Jeongmin Park

“…Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) are used for analysis after a depth-aware segmentation methodology is used to identify several objects in an image. This allows for more precise image classification. The effectiveness of this method is demonstrated by experimental findings, which show 91.73% accuracy on the RGB-D scene dataset and 90.53% accuracy on the NYU Depth v2 dataset. …”
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Research Progress on the Corrosion under the Scale of Corrosion Products of Carbon Steel in CO₂ Environment and Its Corrosion Inhibitors by SONG Jie, ZHANG Jing

“…In the environment of CO2-containing oil and gas fields，the addition of corrosion inhibitors was the most effective and practical method to inhibit corrosion under the scale.The effect of corrosion inhibitors depended not only on their own structural properties，but also on the scale of corrosion products in pipelines.For the carbon steel covered by existing corrosion products，the influence of corrosion products，the inhibition effect of corrosion inhibitors and the interaction mechanism between the two were summarized in items of corrosion products and corrosion inhibitors aspects.Studies had found that when the composition and distribution of corrosion products varied，the mechanism of corrosion under the scale also changed，and the accumulation of corrosion products not only promoted corrosion under the scale but may also inhibit it.Some corrosion inhibitors were blocked by the scale layer，which resulted in less contact with the metal matrix and made it difficult to exert the corrosion inhibition effect.Alternatively，too much corrosion inhibitor was adsorbed on the surface of the scale layer，causing more serious local corrosion.There were also corrosion inhibitors that could interact well with corrosion product scale by filling pores，chemical adsorption，bonding to form hybrid structures，etc.…”
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Fate of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Soil: Insights from <i>Myosotis arvensis</i> L. and <i>Senecio vulgaris</i> L. by Ilva Nakurte, Gundars Skudriņš, Ieva Mežaka

“…The fate of PAs was influenced by structural type (diesters showing higher persistence), extraction method (hot extraction releasing more pyrrolizidine alkaloids), and soil properties such as pH, organic matter, and cation exchange capacity, which affected sorption and mobility. …”
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Color Variation in 3D-Printed Orthodontic Aligners as a Compliance Indicator: A Prospective Pilot Study by Francesca Cremonini, Giuseppe Chiusolo, Filippo Pepe, Luca Lombardo

“…Future studies should refine the methodology and validate its efficacy in larger, more diverse populations.…”
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Quality marks: protected denomination of origin (pdo), protected geographical indication (pgi) and traditional speciality guaranteed (tsg) as social and economic impact on the loca... by Dubravka Samaržija, Neven Antunac

“…The Regulation has been extended (Regulation EEC No. 1804/99) to the products, which specific features are due to a production method or traditional composition without any link with a particular area (TSG). …”
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Characterization of Portland Cement Incorporated with FNS by Won Jung Cho, Min Jae Kim, David Su Vin Lee

“…To properly use FNS as a cement replacement, this paper summarizes the following. (1) Changes expected on the oxide composition of FNS powder are due to the forming ores, fluxing stone, and cooling method. (2) The decreasing of the hydration heat evolution rate was detected by hydration heat evolution test and this is due to the low content of CaO and Al2O3 component in FNS. (3) It was found that the incorporation of FNS forms a dense pore structure more than cement mix and this is due to the secondary hydration reactions. (4) Hydration characteristics of FNS were assessed by pozzolanic reactions unexpectedly detected and incorporation of FNS creates C-S-H gel and hydrotalcite. (5) The development of strength was tested by compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and flexural strength. …”
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THE IMPACT OF PASSAGE THROUGH THE INTESTINE OF THE EARTHWORM APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY by O. A. Frolov, A. V. Yakushev

“…The bacterial community from coprolites acquires greater sustainability - the species composition becomes more leveled (the Berger-Parker index, showing the degree of dominance of the most abundant species, decreases after the passage) and diverse (the Shannon index becomes higher after passage). …”
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Problems of the Current Vaccination Strategy against Hepatitis B by M. V. Konopleva, V. N. Borisova, T. A. Semenenko, M. A. Krymskij

“…An approach of inclusion pre-S epitopes into vaccines has own advantages in fight with escape mutants, but some researchers suggest that the inclusion of modificated a-determinant capable to induce neutralizing antibodies specific to escape mutants into vaccine composition is more preferable. Nevertheless, modification of antigen components of vaccines has certain difficulties related to evaluation of the accuracy of folding of recombinant proteins and their conformity to natural analogues. …”
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A Stochastic Approach to the Power Requirements of the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: The Case of Spain by Oscar Castillo, Roberto Álvarez Fernández, Mario Porru

“…In Spain, the electric recharging infrastructure is growing quickly in metropolitan areas but much more slowly on roads and highways. The upcoming charging stations must be located along high-volume traffic corridors and in proximity to the Trans-European Transport Network. …”
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The use of dendritic fibrous nano-titanium to enhance the initial characteristics and durability of lightweight concrete by Hossein Javan, Amin Honarbakhsh, Seyed Mojtaba Movahedifar, Mehdi Nobahari, Rahele Zhiani

“…The inclusion of DFNT induces a transformation in the microstructural composition of lightweight concrete, shifting it from a loose needle-like structure to a more compact and cohesive microstructure characteristic of cementitious composites. …”
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Keanekaragaman Burung di Desa Karangasem Kecamatan Wirosari Kabupaten Grobogan Jawa Tengah by Margareta Rahayuningsih, Fajar Adi Purnomo, Bambang Priyono

“…The analysis of Jaccard’s similarity index showed that the forests had more similarity to settlements than rice farming, which means there are high differences between habitats. …”
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Combination of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) with chemometrics for halal authentication of face mask products made from gelatin by Nina Salamah, Rabiatul Adawiyah, Any Guntarti, Hari Susanti

“…Porcine gelatin is often used to replace bovine gelatin because its production costs are more affordable, so there are concerns about contamination with haram ingredients such as porcine, along with the boom in face mask products circulating in Indonesia. …”
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Electrophoretic deposition of coatings and bulk compacts using magnesium-doped aluminum oxide nanopowders by E. G. Kalinina, D. S. Rusakova, E. Yu. Pikalova

“…The initial nanopowder was obtained by the method of electric explosion of an Al-Mg alloy wire with a Mg content of 1.3 wt. %. …”
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