Interaction effects of different chemical fractions of lanthanum, cerium, and fluorine on the taxonomic composition of soil microbial community by Ying Jiang, DaiXi Zhang, Shirong Zhang, Ting Li, Guiyin Wang, Xiaoxun Xu, Yulin Pu, Lichao Nengzi

“…The improved Tessier method was used to investigate the interaction effects of chemical fractions of these elements on the variations in the soil microbial compositions. …”
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Effects of Different Blood Flow Restriction Training Modes on Body Composition and Maximal Strength of Untrained Individuals by Hualong Chang, Xudong Yang, Biao Chen, Jianli Zhang

“…A-BFR and I-BFR achieved comparable gains in muscle strength and improvements in body composition to those seen with HL-RT. However, HL-RT demonstrated more significant improvements in leg circumference.…”
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Immunophenotyping of Blood Cell Subpopulations from Experimental Animals Infected by Yersinia Pestis with Different Plasmid Composition by V. V. Voitkova, V. I. Dubrovina, K. M. Korytov, G. B. Mukhturgin, S. A. Vityazeva, S. V. Balakhonov

“…Immunograms analysis showed that changes in the composition of blood cells in experimental animals depends on plasmids of the strain and time of observation. …”
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A 3D-printed, high-strength, and drug-eluting composite for the treatment of periprosthetic joint infections by Bijan Abar, Bijan Abar, Harrison Goonewardene, Richard Sheng, Mitchell H. Negus, Nicholas B. Allen, Cambre N. Kelly, Natasha C. Stinson, Matthew L. Becker, Joshua T. Thaden, Samuel B. Adams, Ken Gall

“…However, antibiotic elution was influenced by the type and concentration of the antibiotic in the composite. In contrast, the thermoplastic properties of PMMA led to a decrease in compressive properties with the addition of antibiotics, but PMMA was able to elute relatively more antibiotics.DiscussionThis study described a novel method to 3D print load bearing materials that can release antibiotics over 30 days. …”
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Mechanical and Water Absorption Characterization of Mango Seed Shell/Epoxy Composite for Low Load Carrying Structures by K. Mohan Kumar, Venkatesh Naik, Sunil S. Waddar, N. Santhosh, Vijayanand Kaup, H. V. Harish

“…The present work deals with the characterization of mango seed shell fiber reinforced epoxy composites by using hand layup method by varying the volume composition of the mango seed shell from 0 vol. % to 60 vol. % (M-0 to M-60). …”
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Numerical Analysis of the Flexural Strength and Ductility of RC Beams Strengthened with Steel-Reinforced Grout (SRG) Composites by Kamaran S. Ismail

“…The findings revealed that, although ACI 440.2R-08 design strain model was not initially developed for SRG, it yielded more accurate results than ACI 549-4R13. As a result, until more design guidelines are developed, it is recommended to use the ACI 440.2R-08 provisions for predicting the flexural capacity of SRG-strengthened RC beams.…”
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Thermal destruction and thermophysical properties of polymer composites based on polyester resin with different content of carbon nanotubes by N. V. Siharova, Yu. I. Sementsov, S. V. Zhuravsky, M. V. Borysenko, D. L. Starokadomsky, K. A. Yurieva, A. D. Terets, O. V. Mistchanchuk, P. Pączkowski, B. Gawdzik

“…Using derivatography methods (Q 1500D), patterns of thermo-oxidative destruction of polymer composites were investigated. …”
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Bio-active composition, antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of Salicia nitida (Benth.) root extracts by Wisdom U. Ike, Okereke C. Stanley, Nosiri Ijeoma, Okamgba C. Okezie, Nwokocha W. Osita, Aguwanba Chinedu, Aaron C. Friday

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Improved Mechanical Performances of Hastelloy C276 Composite Coatings Reinforced with SiC by Laser Cladding by Yuqing Tang, Zheng Lu, Xuan Zhang, Xihuai Wang, Shengbin Zhao, Mingdi Wang

“…The phase compositions, elemental distribution, microstructural characteristics, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the composite coatings were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Vickers hardness testing, friction-wear testing and electrochemical methods. …”
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Sampling effort for community composition higher by a magnitude compared to species richness in passive acoustic monitoring by Kim Lindner, Sascha Rösner, Dana G. Schabo, Hicham Bellafkir, Markus Vogelbacher, Markus Mühling, Daniel Schneider, Nicolas Friess, Stephan Wöllauer, Bernd Freisleben, Nina Farwig

“…Our study demonstrates the relative importance of greater sampling effort especially for monitoring community composition, requiring more recording locations, duration and intervals in comparison to species richness. …”
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Composition and toxicity of total water-soluble flavonoids from Lithocarpus litseifolius (Hance) Chun (sweet tea) by Junfei Xu, Yingqi Zhao, Jing Wen, Ye Lin, Yangtao Li, Yijun He, Xianjin Wu, Juzuo Zhang

“…In this study, total water-soluble flavonoids were extracted from sweet tea using optimised methods based on RSM. Its composition and toxicity were investigated by LC–MS and mouse models in vivo. …”
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Study on the Deflection Calculation of a Steel Truss Web–Concrete Composite Beam Under Pre-Stress by Chunmei Ni, Xiaowei Liu, Zhilong Wang, Sheng Li

“…The pre-stress effect is determined by the equivalent load method, and the deflection analytical solution for a composite girder bridge under straight-line, broken-line, and curve pre-stressing tendon arrangements is established. …”
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Relaxation Modeling of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Before and After UV-C Exposure by Flavia Palmeri, Susanna Laurenzi

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Application of impedance spectroscopy method for analysis of benzanol fuels by A. L. Kukla, A. V. Mamykin, A. S. Maistrenko, E. V. Polunkin, L. I. Starzhinska

“…The nomogram allows determining the water-alcohol and petrol parts in the analysed fuel with an error of no more than 1% vol., while the strength of water-alcohol solution is determined with an error of no more than 0.8% vol. …”
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Cyber Potential Metaphorical Map Method Based on GMap by Dongyu Si, Bingchuan Jiang, Qing Xia, Tingting Li, Xiao Wang, Jingxu Liu

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Degradation Analysis of Jute Fiber Reinforced Waste Tile Powder-Filled Polymer Composite on Wear Characteristics by G. Sakthi Balan, M. Sridharan, R. Balasundaram, A. Sasikaran, M. Sagar, S. Dinesh, V. Vijayan, S. Rajkumar

“…Jute fiber with 15%, 9% tile powder, and 5% NaOH treatment were found to have the lowest wear index of the other specimen compositions tested, according to the wear index. Specimen made with 5% jute fiber addition, 9% tile powder inclusion, and 10% NaOH treatment, on the other hand, had more hardness. …”
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Preparation of a self‐supported zeolite glass composite membrane for CO2/CH4 separation by Dudu Li, Mao Ye, Chao Ma, Ning Li, Zhenjie Gu, Zhihua Qiao

“…This study provides a method for preparing zeolite glass composite membranes.…”
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A New Material Selection Method Based on Weighted Mean Values of Overall Performance Scores from Different Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods by Won Chol Yang, Won Ri, Ji Yon Yang, Chol Min Choe

“…To illustrate the effectiveness, we apply the proposed method to select best tool holder materials. The method may help material designers and engineers to apply different MCDM methods to material selection and multi-objective optimization of material composition and process, much more effectively and actively.…”
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Investigating the influence of bending stiffness and processing parameters on single-leg bending geometries of additively manufactured composites by T. Stiller, R.C. Kerschbaumer, C. Waly, B. Zink, J. Slapnik, G. Pinter

“…This combination of materials and additive manufacturing technologies has not yet been studied for the SLB testing method. The scope of this study is to obtain more information on how relatively hard-hard and hard-soft combinations behave for this special testing method. …”
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Temporal Dynamics of Species Richness and Composition in a Peri‐Urban Tropical Frog Community in Central Brazil by Marcos R. Severgnini, Mônica M. deOliveira, Luciana M. Valério, Diogo B. Provete

“…We also tested for differences in temporal beta diversity within and among years by estimating species disappearance and temporal rank shift, in addition to a multivariate model‐based method to test the effect of year on species composition. …”
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