High performance {Nb5TaX12}@PVP (X = Cl, Br) cluster-based nanocomposites coatings for solar glazing applications by Clément Lebastard, Maxence Wilmet, Stéphane Cordier, Clothilde Comby-Zerbino, Luke MacAleese, Philippe Dugourd, Naoki Ohashi, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Fabien Grasset

“…The development of highly ultraviolet (UV) and near-infrared (NIR) absorbent transparent coatings is an important enabling technology and area of research for environmental sustainability and energy conservation. Different amounts of K4[{Nb5TaXi12}Xa6] cluster compounds (X = Cl, Br) dispersed into polyvinylpyrrolidone matrices were prepared by a simple, nontoxic and low-cost wet chemical method. …”
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Effect of acidic saliva on monomer leaching and surface roughness of 3D-printed and milled denture-base materials by Hanan Al-Otaibi, Rafal Basaqer, Sarah Almania, Afnan Alfouzan, Sara Al Taweel, Huda Alshehri, Nawaf Labban

“…The study evaluated the effect of different acidic salivary pH values on monomer leaching and surface roughness of conventional and CAD/CAM processed (milled and 3D-printed) denture base materials. …”
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Identification of metastable lattice distortion free charge density wave at photoinduced interface via TRARPES by Shaofeng Duan, Binshuo Zhang, Zihao Wang, Shichong Wang, Lingxiao Gu, Haoran Liu, Jiongyu Huang, Jianzhe Liu, Dong Qian, Yanfeng Guo, Wentao Zhang

“…This work provides a new approach to disentangling electronic instabilities from electron-phonon coupling using a nonequilibrium method.…”
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High-pressure investigations of ABiO3, A = Y3 + and Yb3 + type ternary oxides in Bi2O3-A2O3 system by P. Botella, D. Diaz-Anichtchenko, R. Oliva, J. Ibañez, P. Saha, S.N. Achary, F.G. Alabarse, D. Errandonea

“…The bulk modulus of YbBiO3 was also found to be dependent on the sample loading and compression method which can affect the inherent distortion of the lattice. …”
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Histopathological Study of the Kidney Tissue of Neonatal Rats Born From Mothers Receiving Short-term and Long-term Ketamine Injections by Behrooz Yahyaei, Hesamedin Babaei, Leila Khojasteh, Aref Arminfar, Ali Jorjani, Kimia Jannati Toupkanloo, Alireza Avazzadeh

“…Method: It was a laboratory field study that used fifteen female rats, which were randomly divided into three groups. …”
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Advanced surface engineering of TZO nanostructures via irradiation technique for enhanced nitric oxide (NO) gas sensitivity by Gani Yergaliuly, Abylay Tangirbergen, Almagul Mentbayeva, Nurlan Amangeldi, Marat Kaikanov, Selim Acar, Zhumabay Bakenov, Baktiyar Soltabayev

“…TZO nanostructures synthesized using the sequential ion-layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method were subjected to two different treatments: thermal annealing at 500 °C under nitrogen atmosphere and IPIB. …”
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PEMETAAN PENGGUNAAN LAHAN SAWAH BERDASARKAN PENDEKATAN EKOLOGI BENTANG LAHANMENGGUNAKAN CITRA PEREKAMAN TUNGGAL by Algi Variski Hasibuan, Projo Danoedoro, Sigit Heru Murti

“…Such maps are usually created using multitemporal image data with a spectral approach, but this method can only be applied to certain areas and cannot be easily applied to other areas with different land characteristics. …”
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Satellite-Based Detection of Farmland Manuring Using Machine Learning Approaches by David Marzi, Fabio Dell’Acqua

“…The aim of this research is an automated, machine learning (ML)-based approach to detecting manure application on crop fields in time sequences of spaceborne, multi-source optical Earth Observation data. In the first stage of this research, multispectral data alone was considered; a pool of different spectral indexes were analyzed to identify the ones most impacted by manure application. …”
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CdS/CeO2/Ag2CO3 nanocomposite as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation and acetylation reactions by Getachew A. Seid, Abi M. Taddesse, Neelaiah Babu, Jemal M. Yassin

“…In this study, a ternary nanocomposite of CdS/CeO2/Ag2CO3 was synthesized by varying the molar ratio of CdS to CeO2/Ag2CO3 using the precipitation method. This heterogeneous catalyst was developed for Knoevenagel condensation and acetylation reactions applications. …”
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Robustness Study of Non-Dimensional Star Pattern Recognition for a Typical Star Tracker by Jafar Roshanian, Shabnam Yazdani, Masoud Ebrahimi

“…The monte-carlo simulation method is then used to evaluate the algorithmâs performance for different amounts of error. …”
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Recycling of supported nanocomposites for hazardous industrial wastewater treatment via Solar photocatalytic process by El-Sayed A.E. Ahmed, Badr A. El-Sayed, Walied A.A. Mohamed, Alaa Fahmy, Ahmed Helal

“…The solar photocatalytic process efficiency for an Egyptian dying factory by repeating it 10 times using PVDF/10%(MWCNTs/8%TiO2) nanocomposites as a supported photocatalyst for the industrial wastewater treatment was evaluated by the COD method and still under Egyptian environmental law allowed COD limit (1000 ppm).…”
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The Determination of Mineral and Heavy Metal Contents of Echinacea Species Cultivated in Turkey by Sadiye Ayşe Çelik, Yüksel Kan

“…Mineral compositions (Na, K, Ca, P, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn Al, Cd, Co, Ni, Cr, Mo and Pb) were examined in five different species of Echinacea. The analyses of mineral compositions in Echinacea species were determined using NMKL 161 method and A Perkin-Elmer Optima 2000 inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrophotometer (ICP–OES) was used to analyze the elements to determine the mineral substances. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics and antimicrobial and anticancer activities of two-dimensional ZnO nanosheets by Abhik Bhuin, Saranya Udayakumar, Janani Gopalarethinam, Debdyuti Mukherjee, Koyeli Girigoswami, Caroline Ponraj, Sujoy Sarkar

“…In the pursuit of sustainable environmental remediation, biomedical applications, and energy production, there has been a significant focus on two-dimensional materials (2D materials) owing to their unique electrical, optical, and structural properties. Herein, we have synthesized 2D zinc oxide nanosheets (ZnO NSs) using a facile and practicable hydrothermal method and characterized them thoroughly using spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. …”
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Enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical properties of green synthesized strontium doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles for dye removal and supercapacitor applications by Yonas Etafa Tasisa, M. Gunasekaran, Tridib Kumar Sarma, Ramaswamy Krishnaraj, M. Arivanandhan

“…In this study, we synthesized strontium-doped titanium dioxide (Sr-TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) via a green method and investigated their structural, optical, and electrochemical properties to enhance photocatalytic and supercapacitive performance. …”
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Advancing Sika deer detection and distance estimation through comprehensive camera calibration and distortion analysis by Sandhya Sharma, Stefan Baar, Bishnu P. Gautam, Shinya Watanabe, Satoshi Kondo, Kazuhiko Sato

“…This practical and reproducible calibration method, which does not require expensive optical equipment, offers significant improvements in camera trap optimisation, enabling conservationists and researchers to obtain more reliable ecological data.…”
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Carbon Quantum Dots-Based Fluorescent Hydrogel Hybrid Platform for Sensitive Detection of Iron Ions by Shunwei Wu, Cuo Zhou, Chunmei Ma, Yongzheng Yin, Chunyan Sun

“…The materials were subsequently characterized according to their morphological features, chemical composition, adsorption, and optical properties. The carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were prepared using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method in no more than 15 min, and the as-prepared CQDs exhibited excellent water solubility, as well as emitted strong bright blue fluorescence with an ultrahigh quantum yield of 93.60%. …”
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Assessing Spatio-Temporal Changes in the Ecological Livability Index (Case Study: Tabriz Metropolis ) by Sajjad Moshiri, Ahmad Nikdel Monavvar, MohammadReza Jebraily, Iraj Teimouri, Khalil Valizadeh Kamran, bakhtiar feizizadeh

“…By utilizing Landsat and MODIS images, we prepared 5 key variables: Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Land Surface Temperature (LST), Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI), and Normalized Water Difference Index (NWDI) to calculate the ecological livability index. …”
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Visualization of coronary artery calcification and its impact on percutaneous coronary intervention procedure (a literature review) by V. O. Hubka, Yu. M. Vailo, A. M. Materukhin, A. L. Makarenkov

“…They provide the amplest opportunities and the most advanced capabilities for determining the morphological substrate of the affected CA area and allow an interventionist to plan PCI and adjust its real-time implementation at different stages of the procedure. The use of intracoronary imaging methods gives more opportunities to improve PCI outcomes.…”
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Applying a New Automated Perimetry Pattern Based on the Stimulus Distribution of the Multifocal ERG to Improve Structure-Function Investigation in Glaucoma by Lívia M. Brandão, Matthias Monhart, Andreas Schötzau, Anna A. Ledolter, Anja M. Palmowski-Wolfe

“…To validate a new automated perimetry pattern (mf103 pattern) for the investigation of retinal structure-function relationships in glaucoma in comparison to the standard G2 pattern and to relate either field’s performance to optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods. Automated perimetry data from the mfERG103 pattern were compared with the standard G2 pattern in glaucoma patients (18) and controls (15). …”
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Multi-step prediction of coal mine adit deformation based on time convolutional long short-term memory by Wenli JI, Xin DAN, Chenyang MA, Jing CHAI, Yuyi WU, Fengqi QIU, Wentao LIU, Wulin LEI, Yongliang LIU

“…Experimental results on different fiber optic grating sensors show that the EEMD combined with fuzzy entropy method can filter out more noise while retaining the roadway deformation information. …”
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