Synergistic Effects of Furfurylated Natural Fibers and Nanoclays on the Properties of Fiber–Cement Composites by Thamires Alves da Silveira, Felipe Vahl Ribeiro, Cristian Conceição Gomes, Arthur Behenck Aramburu, Sandro Campos Amico, André Luiz Missio, Rafael de Avila Delucis

“…All the composites were formulated with CPV-ARI cement and partially replaced with agricultural limestone to reduce the environmental impact and production costs. …”
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Bacterial Composition of Dairy Base during Fermentation by Mariya V. Gryaznova, Inna Yu. Burakova, Yuliya D. Smirnova, Ekaterina Yu. Nesterova, Natalia S. Rodionova, Evgeniy S. Popov, Mikhail Yu. Syromyatnikov, Vasily N. Popov

“…Eventually, Lactobacillus replaced all other genera, including Bifidobacterium, probably, as a result of pH going down during fermentation. …”
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Interferometric Radar Satellite and In‐Situ Well Time‐Series Reveal Groundwater Extraction Rate Changes in Urban and Rural Afghanistan by N. Kakar, S. Metzger, T. Schöne, M. Motagh, H. Waizy, N. A. Nasrat, M. Lazecký, F. Amelung, B. Bookhagen

“…Before 2018, barren land was transformed into farmland and traditional irrigation was replaced by electrical water pumps to tap groundwater. …”
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Renewable Energy Use for Conversion of Residential House into an Off-Grid Building—Case Study by Artur Jachimowski, Wojciech Luboń, Zofia Michlowicz, Dominika Dawiec, Mateusz Wygoda, Marcin Paprocki, Paweł Wyczesany, Grzegorz Pełka, Paweł Jastrzębski

“…Utilizing renewable energy sources enhances self-sufficiency and investment profitability. The study evaluates the house’s energy consumption to optimally select electricity supply solutions, including a small wind farm and photovoltaic installation integrated with appropriate electricity storage. …”
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YOLO-SAIL: Attention-Enhanced YOLOv5 With Optimized Bi-FPN for Ship Target Detection in SAR Images by Prabu Selvam, P. Shanmuga Sundari, M. Tamilselvi, T. Suresh, M. Murugappan, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

“…The improved Bi-directional Feature Pyramid Network (Bi-FPN) has been replaced by a conventional Path Aggregation Network (PAN) to extract more powerful semantic features and sharpen the distinction between multi-scale targets. …”
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Effects of Different Natural Additives Alternative to Chemical Ones on Artisanal Bologna-Type Sausages Shelf Life by Marica Egidio, Marika Di Paolo, Loriana Casalino, Valeria Vuoso, Sophia Alesio, Alma Sardo, Raffaele Marrone

“…This study aims to evaluate the effects of mandarin peel (<i>Citrus reticulata</i> L.), oregano (<i>Origanum vulgare</i>), and common lambsquarter (<i>Chenopodium album</i>) powders as natural additives on the shelf lives of artisanal Bologna-type sausages by comparing them with a chemically preserved control formulation. …”
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Innovations and ongoing advancements of the wick type solar still: A review by Farhan Lafta Rashid, Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi, Karrar A. Hammoodi, Ali Jafer Mahdi, Saif Ali Kadhim, Miqdam T. Chaichan, Rujda Parveen, Mehdi Eisapour, Marouan Kouki, S. Nazari, Ahmed M. Galal

“…Solar distillation technology will replace fossil fuels sooner or later, as it produces freshwater without polluting the environment or being expensive. …”
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Bridging the gap between ensemble forecasting and end-user needs for decision-making on high-impact events by M. Ponzano, B. Joly, I. Beau, E. Renard, G. Fifre

“…These tools are not intended to replace expert assessment, but rather to clarify when action may be needed. …”
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Shaping Goose Meat Quality: The Role of Genotype and Soy-Free Diets by Patrycja Dobrzyńska, Łukasz Tomczyk, Jerzy Stangierski, Marcin Hejdysz, Tomasz Szwaczkowski

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of genotype and diet on geese from crossbreeding meat lines Tapphorn (T) and Eskildsen (E). …”
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Spectrum Fitting Approach for Passive Wireless SAW Sensor Interrogation Using Software-Defined Radio by Shihao Wang, Qi Wang, Guopeng Zhu, Lei Liu, Xinning Cao, Tingxin Ren, Yue Zhou, Hao Jin

“…Passive wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors are widely adopted for monitoring the safety status of industrial equipment due to their compact size and maintenance-free operation. Replacing traditional discrete-component interrogators with software-defined radio (SDR) architectures offers lower cost and greater flexibility. …”
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Harnessing Waste Bread: From Potential Use in Microbial Growth and Enzyme Production to Techno-Economic Assessment by Sameh Ben Mabrouk, Bouthaina Ben Hadj Hmida, Wejdene Sallami, Salma Dhaouadi, Theodoros Varzakas, Slim Smaoui

“…Furthermore, it was confirmed that 1% WB can effectively replace starch during the screening of amylolytic strains. …”
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Thrombopoietin Secretion by Human Ovarian Cancer Cells by Samaher Besbes, Shahid Shah, Iman Al-dybiat, Shahsoltan Mirshahi, Helene Helfer, Haythem Najah, Caroline Fourgeaud, Marc Pocard, Ibtissem Ghedira, Jeannette Soria, Massoud Mirshahi

“…OVCAR-3 cell’s supernatant can replace exogenous TPO and inhibited TPO-dependent cell line (Ba/F3) apoptosis. …”
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Fire and Drought Affect Multiple Aspects of Diversity in a Migratory Bird Stopover Community by Jenna E. Stanek, Chauncey R. Gadek, Sarah E. Milligan, Brent E. Thompson, Keegan A. Tranquillo, Laura L. Trader, Charles D. Hathcock, Stephen M. Fettig

“…Drought and high-severity, stand-replacing wildfires can have substantial impacts on the composition of avian communities, including stop-over communities during migration. …”
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Interaction of a universal adhesive with different surface treatments with feldespathic ceramics by Diana Alejandra Suárez-Moya, Alberto Carlos Cruz-González, Juan Norberto Calvo-Ramírez

“…Introduction: Universal adhesives provide the possibility of simplified protocols for using ceramics; however, determining the synergy of these adhesives with silanes and the possibility of replacing silanes requires extensive research. Objective: To evaluate the influence of a universal adhesive, associated with airborne-particle abrasion, acid etching, and silane, on the bond strength of a feldspathic ceramic CAD-CAM to composite resin. …”
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Sustainable Synthesis of CO2‐Based Polyols via Pentaerythritol Derivatives for High‐Performance Rigid Polyurethane Foams by Su Min Jung, Jiyoung Chae, Jiwon Hwang, Harin Kim, Nam‐Kyun Kim, Joon Hyun Baik

“…To address challenges in conventional CO2 incorporation, novel initiators, including pentaerythritol propoxylate (PE‐PO) and pentaerythritol ethoxylate (PE‐EO), are evaluated. DMC catalysts are synthesized with tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) as a complexing agent. …”
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Reutilization of Recycled CDW Sand in Mortars, Paving Blocks, and Structural Concrete by Ángel M. Pitarch, Ana Piquer, Lucía Reig, Marta Roig-Flores, Vicente Albero, David Hernández-Figueirido, Antonio Melchor-Eixea

“…Natural and CDW aggregates were characterized, and samples were prepared with two types of Portland cement, replacing up to 100% of the natural limestone sand. …”
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Guinea Pig Manure and Mineral Fertilizers Enhance the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Hard Yellow Maize on the Peruvian Coast by Emilee Calero-Rios, Miryam Borbor-Ponce, Sphyros Lastra, Richard Solórzano

“…Sustainable fertilization using local resources such as manure is crucial for soil health. This study evaluated the potential of guinea pig manure to replace mineral fertilizers in hard yellow maize (hybrid INIA 619) under Peruvian coastal conditions. …”
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A Modified EVD-Based Phase Linking Method in Decorrelated Scenario With Time Series Polarimetric Scattering Consistency by Guanya Wang, Zhiwei Li, Jun Hu, Peng Ren, Yan Zhu

“…To enhance EVD, we introduce the time series polarimetric scattering consistency contribution (TSCC) metric, which evaluates the contribution of each interferometric pair to overall scattering consistency. …”
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Digital Image Processing Applied in the Deformation Analysis of Hip Prosthesis: Multivariate Regression Analysis by Jorge Ramos-Frutos, Israel Miguel-Andres, Diego Oliva, Marco Perez-Cisneros, Teresa Alonso-Rasgado, Colin G. Bailey, Jose Francisco del Valle-Mojica

“…The purpose of the THA is to replace damaged bone/cartilage and recover the biomechanics of the joint in the best possible way. …”
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Chemical Characterisation of Inorganic Profile of Wine Obtained by Alternative Vinification in Comparison with Traditional One by Nicola Mercanti, Ylenia Pieracci, Monica Macaluso, Angela Zinnai, Olivier F. X. Donard, Véronique Vacchina

“…In this context, Bioma SA developed plant-based additives derived from vineyard by-products rich in phenolic compounds to replace SO₂ in vinification. This study has evaluated the impact of these additives on the inorganic elemental composition of Sangiovese wines, comparing traditional sulphite-based vinification with the Bioma-based alternative. …”
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