THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS by Jaroslav Pokorný, Milena Pavlíková, Zbyšek Pavlík

“…In this respect, determination of basic structural, mechanical and thermal properties of lime-based renders containing various amount of perlite that was used as partial silica sand replacement is presented in the paper. …”
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Recycling Red Ceramic Waste as a Raw Material for Lightweight Aggregates by Maelson Mendonça de Souza, Normando Perazzo Barbosa, Marcos Alyssandro Soares dos Anjos, João Gabriel Cruz Aguiar, José Anselmo da Silva Neto, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

“…The aim of this study was to assess the technical feasibility of using red ceramic waste (RCW) as a partial or total substitute for red clay (RC) to produce lightweight expandable aggregates. …”
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SparseBatch: Communication-efficient Federated Learning with Partially Homomorphic Encryption by Chong Wang, Jing Wang, Zheng Lou, Linghai Kong, WeiSong Tao, Yun Wang

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DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE MADE WITH RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE AND METAKAOLIN AS CEMENT REPLACEMENT by Abiola, O. S., Sulaimon, B. A., Odunfa, S. O.

“…This paper present research on the durability of RCA in concrete pavement and metakaolin (MK) as partial replacement of cement. Five mix designs were produced with a targeted strength of 45 N/mm2 at 28 day test. …”
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Utilization of Jhama brick dust as a sustainable alternative for fine aggregate in concrete by Mohammed Shakeeb Ulla Khan, Pranali Sanjay Patil

“…Incorporating JBD as a partial replacement for fine aggregate contributes to sustainable construction practices while maintaining satisfactory mechanical properties.…”
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Microstructure and transport properties of cement mortar made with recycled fine ceramic aggregates by Le Li, Ziyi Liu, Wenfeng Liu, Zeyu Wang, Chunsheng Zhou, Qiang Zeng

“…An experimental study on strengths (compression/bending tests), durability indexes (gas permeation/water absorption tests), and microstructure (mercury intrusion porosimetry/scanning electron microscopy techniques) of mortars using fine ceramic aggregate (CA) as a partial and total substitution of natural sand was carried out. …”
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The Impact of Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate as Aggregate Replacement on Mechanical and Ecotoxicological Properties of Mortar by Maša Legan, Petra Štukovnik, Klementina Zupan, Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn

“…The purpose of the study was to determine the mechanical and ecotoxicological properties of mortars with differently shaped recycled PET plastics as a partial natural aggregate replacement and assess its environmental impact. …”
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Longitudinal shear behavior of composite slabs with recycled coarse and fine aggregate concrete by Jiongzhuo Bai, Yue Geng, Yu-Yin Wang, Charles K.S. Moy, Huan Zhang

“…Steel-concrete composite slabs, as efficient modern structural components, can incorporate coarse recycled aggregates (CRA) and fine recycled aggregates (FRA) as green alternatives to sand and gravel. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Coconut Shell Lightweight Aggregate Concrete: A Comprehensive Review by Alireza Javadi Pordesari, Payam Shafigh, Muhammed Talha Ünal, Zainah Ibrahim

“…When used as a coarse lightweight aggregate (fully or partially) in concrete mixtures, a concrete with a density ranging from 1445 to 2530 kg/m³ and a compressive strength of 5–56 MPa can be produced. …”
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Experimental Analysis of Creep and Shrinkage of Self-Compacting Concrete with Recycled Concrete Aggregates by Marijan Skazlić, Hamdo Mešić, Ivan Gabrijel

“…SCC mixes were developed in which the dolomite aggregates were partially or completely replaced by RCAs and additionally mixes in which 50% of the cement was replaced by fly ash. …”
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Conformational targeting of fibrillar polyglutamine proteins in live cells escalates aggregation and cytotoxicity. by Erik Kvam, Brent L Nannenga, Min S Wang, Zongjian Jia, Michael R Sierks, Anne Messer

“…Analogous cytotoxic results are observed following conformational targeting of normal or polyglutamine-expanded human ataxin-3, which partially aggregate through non-polyglutamine domains.…”
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Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Dombi Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Marine Fuel Selection by Nuraini Rahim, Binyamin Yusoff, Lazim Abdullah, Dian Pratama

“…However, existing CIFS-based aggregation operators are typically defined for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$r \in [{0,1}]$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, which only partially covers the intuitionistic fuzzy interpretation triangle. …”
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Modification of polyethersulfone with partially reduced graphene oxide and its water purification application by Teboho R. Motlokoa, Winny K. Maboya, Charity Mbileni-Morema, Sekomeng J. Modise, Bamidele J. Okoli

“…EDX analysis of rGO confirmed its partial reduction, evidenced by a decrease in oxygen content from 34.8 % to 27.6 %. …”
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Effect of binder-aggregate ratio and glass powder on the performance of concrete cured in different media by Temitope Awolusi, Marc Azab, Oussama Accouche, Precious Ajayi, Emeka Nnochiri

“…This study investigated the use of glass powder as a partial replacement for cement by testing the output concrete with three different curing methods. …”
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Partial and Full Replacement of Silica Sand by Fine Recycled Glass in Cementitious Composites by Sallal R. Abid, Sajjad H. Ali, Ahmed L. Kadhum, Yasir H. Daek

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The Effect of Using Iron Slag as a Replacement for Fine Aggregates for Green Concrete Mixes by Alaa Abdeltawab Aboualelaa

“…This research studies the possibilities of using iron slag as total or partial replacement of fine aggregates to make green concrete. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…Incorporating WCD as a partial replacement for cement can lower construction costs and promote environmental sustainability. …”
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Privacy-preserving multi-dimensional multi-function data aggregation scheme in smart grid by WANG Yuanyuan, HAN Yiliang, WU Liqiang, LI Yu, YAO Wujun, WU Xuguang, ZHU Shuaishuai

“…To tackle this issue, a multi-dimensional and multi-functional data aggregation scheme was designed based on semi-homomorphic encryption. …”
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Photo-induced reduction of Noble metal ions to metal nanoparticles on tubular J-aggregates by Stefan Kirstein, Hans von Berlepsch, Christoph Böttcher

“…Upon addition of the palladium complex Na2PdCl4 to the aggregate solution, the absorption spectrum shows significant changes which is explained by partial destruction of the aggregates. …”
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Recycled Aggregates (Recycled Sand) From High-Performance Concrete, Mechanical Strength Study by Zohra RENNAK

“…The analysis of these results also showed the interest of total or partial substitution of recycled aggregates based on silica smoke compared to recycled aggregates based on Algerian slag in the formulation of High Performance Recycled Concrete (HPRC) from the point of view of mechanical performance (strength). …”
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