Effects of Steam Explosion on Curcumin Extraction from Fresh Turmeric Chips by Umnat Imcharoen, Pornchai Rachtanapun, Parichat Thipchai, Ruangvate Sae Eng, Sinchai Chinvorarat, Petch Jearanaisilawong

“…The investigation into the turmeric particles following the steam explosion process in the SEM micrographs revealed that the formation of surface cracks and cavities led to an increase in the surface area of turmeric particles. …”
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Safety evaluation after LASIK surgery based on the linear creep property: a finite element analysis by Ji-Xi Guo, Xue-Feng Li, Xin-Chao Wang, Xin-Heng Zhao, Yan Wang, Li-Hua Fang

“…Then, the displacement and stress distribution on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea were analyzed by constructing the eye model with different PTA. …”
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Synthesis and Optimization of Snake Fruit Peel Ash-Derived Silica for Iron (Fe) Removal from Batik Wastewater by Siti Salamah, Ilham Mufandi, Jumiati Jumiati, Ainun Fadhilah

“…The results showed that the silica from snake fruit peel ash contains silica constituent groups, namely silanol (Si-OH), as an active site for the adsorption process. The surface area of the silica is around 56.347 m2/g, the total pore volume is about 0.0193 cc/g, and the average pore diameter is approximately 26.6745 mm. …”
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Identification of gully erosion activity and its influencing factors: A case study of the Sunshui River Basin. by Fengjie Fan, Xingli Gu, Jun Luo, Bin Zhang, Hui Liu, Haiqing Yang, Lei Wang

“…Surface roughness (SR) (r = 0.2, P<0.01) was positively correlated with gully activity; but not significantly. …”
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Quantitative morphometric analysis of the myenteric nervous plexus ganglion structures along the human digestive tract by Mandić Predrag, Filipović Tatjana, Gašić Miloš, Đukić-Macut Nataša, Filipović Milan, Bogosavljević Ivan

“…The maximal value of the average surface of the myenteric nervous plexus neurons was observed in the esophagus (588.93 ± 30.45 μm2) and the lowest in the stomach (296.46 ± 22.53 μm2). …”
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Effect of Subgrains on the Performance of Mono-Like Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Su Zhou, Chunlan Zhou, Wenjing Wang, Yehua Tang, Jingwei Chen, Baojun Yan, Yan Zhao

“…Finally, an average efficiency of 18.2% is achieved on wafers with hardly any subgrain but with a small-grain band.…”
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RELATION OF DISTURBANCES IN THE ERYTHROCYTES ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME by V. I. Podzolkov, T. V. Koroleva, A. E. Bragina, M. G. Kudryavtseva, G. I. Bragina, M. V. Pisarev

“…To study the erythrocyte electric charge (EEC) in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS).Material and methods. 112 patients (mean age 61.4±7.2 years) with MS (average duration of MS 8.7±5.2 years) were examined. …”
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Dynamics of stratospheric wave reflection over the North Pacific by M. K. Schutte, A. Portal, S. H. Lee, G. Messori, G. Messori, G. Messori

“…The trough advects colder-than-average air southward in the lower troposphere over North America, leading to an abrupt temperature decrease close to the surface. …”
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Application of YOLO11 Model with Spatial Pyramid Dilation Convolution (SPD-Conv) and Effective Squeeze-Excitation (EffectiveSE) Fusion in Rail Track Defect Detection by Weigang Zhu, Xingjiang Han, Kehua Zhang, Siyi Lin, Jian Jin

“…In order to verify the effectiveness of this model in track defect detection tasks, we created a track fastener dataset and a track surface dataset and conducted experiments. The mean Average Precision (mAP@0.5) of the improved algorithm on track fastener dataset and track surface dataset reached 95.9% and 89.5%, respectively, which not only surpasses the original YOLO11 model but also outperforms other widely used object detection algorithms. …”
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Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) shell growth duration in a year in Bohai Bay and implication for its carbon sink potential by Wen-yu Wang, Chang-fu Fan, Zhao-jun Song, Hong Wang, Fu Wang

“…A total of 165 oxygen isotope values from sequential samples of their left shells showed periodically varying values, and the variation fluctuation of oxygen isotope values was 4.97‰ on average. According to the variation range of the oxygen isotope value of the shell, combined with the sea surface temperature and the sea surface salinity data of the water in which the oysters grew, the water temperature that suffer from winter freeze shock and stops or retards the growth of Pacific oysters in Bohai Bay is about 8.3°C, and the corresponding period is from December to March of the following year. …”
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Mesh Smoothing of 3D Prosthesis and Orthosis Models by A. R. Sufelfa, A. S. Voznesensky, D. I. Kaplun

“…Formation of a contact surface in prosthetics and orthotics is crucial for the restoration of human musculoskeletal functions. …”
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Bentonite-assisted construction of magnesium-silicate-based composite as efficient adsorbent for organic dye removal by Zhong Li, Feipeng Cheng, Yajun Li, Dengfeng Wu, Dongliang Yang, Dan Sun, Daojian Cheng, Weiliang Tian

“…Herein, a facile one-pot hydrothermal approach was developed to successfully construct magnesium silicate and bentonite composite (MS-Bt) with uniform multilayer porous structure by using Bt as structural promoter. The specific surface area of MS-Bt can reach up to 392 m2·g−1 along with an average pore diameter of 2.29 nm and a pore volume of 0.22 cm3·g−1. …”
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Fluctuations in stratification and nutrient dynamics during the pre-bloom period in a Western margin of the East sea by Hae Kun Jung, Changsin Kim, Beom Sik Kim, Jeong Hee Shim, In Seong Han, Chung Il Lee, Dongyoung Kim

“…These variables were then analyzed in relation to environmental factors such as upper-layer temperature, surface wind speed, and East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) transport. …”
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Heat Transfer Efficiency While Cooling with a Water Spray, Air-Assisted Water Spray and Water Jet Under Boiling and Single-Phase Forced Convection Conditions by Elżbieta Jasiewicz, Beata Hadała, Agnieszka Cebo-Rudnicka, Zbigniew Malinowski, Kamil Jasiewicz, Dmytro Svyetlichnyy

“…The boundary conditions were determined as average values of the heat transfer coefficient and heat flux and local values of the heat transfer coefficient. …”
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Hydrological model and integrated GIS techniques for simulation and analysis of the long-term water balance in a coastal aquifer, Spain by Ehab Mohammad Amen, María Luisa Calvache

“…The model simulation results for water balance components in the study area showed that of the total amount of water which enters into the system (863 mm/year), only 19% reaches the aquifer as recharge, which represents an annual average of approximately 164 mm. Of the remainder, 28% is surface runoff, and 53% is lost through actual evapotranspiration. …”
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Distribution and risk assessment of microplastics in a source water reservoir, Central China by Minghui Shen, Yang Li, Liwen Qin, Xudong Chen, Tianyu Ao, Xishu Liang, Kaibo Jin, Yanyan Dou, Juexiu Li, Xuejun Duan

“…Results revealed that the abundance of microplastics ranged from 2.07 n/L to 14.28 n/L (reservoir, water) and 3 to 7.02 n/L (river, water), while varied from 350 to 714 n/kg(dw) (reservoir, sediment) and 299 to 1360 n/kg(dw) (river, sediment). The average abundance in surface, middle, and bottom water were 6.83 n/L, 6.30 n/L, and 6.91 n/L respectively. …”
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Bentonite Nanoclay Optoelectrochemical Property Improvement through Bimetallic Silver and Gold Nanoparticles by Sizwe Ngcobo, Bongiwe Silwana, Kanyisa Maqhashu, Mangaka C. Matoetoe

“…Bimetallic Ag-AuNPs and their nanoclay composite were optically characterized using the scanning electron microscope, ultraviolet visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared, whilst cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were used to ascertain their electrochemical activity and properties. The results of surface morphological inspection showed an average size of 10 nm, in agreement with XRD. …”
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Nb impurity-bound excitons as quantum emitters in monolayer WS2 by Leyi Loh, Yi Wei Ho, Fengyuan Xuan, Andrés Granados del Águila, Yuan Chen, See Yoong Wong, Jingda Zhang, Zhe Wang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Paul J. Pigram, Michel Bosman, Su Ying Quek, Maciej Koperski, Goki Eda

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Control of Tribological Characteristics of Wear-Resistant AlCrBN Coatings by Nanoscratch Testing by V. A. Lapitskaya, T. A. Kuznetsova, B. Warcholinski, A. V. Khabarova, T. V. Hamzeleva, A. Gilewicz, S. A. Chizhik

“…In recent years, high-precision probe methods have been increasingly used to control the surface microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of coatings instead of standard methods. …”
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Improving the soil fertility of agricultural lands in the Non-Black Earth Zone of the Russian Federation by N. N. Dubenok, E. V. Klimakhina, E. V. Matsyganova

“…It was found that on average annually in the slope areas of the non-chernozem region soils lose from the layer 0-40 cm with a surface runoff of phosphorus 0.7-6.0 kg / ha, potassium 2.3-28.9 kg / ha, calcium 7.3-45.8 kg / ha. …”
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