Western North Pacific Monsoon Gyres: A New Identification Approach, Interannual Variability, and Seasonal Prediction by Yuqi Zang, Haikun Zhao, Philip J. Klotzbach, Chao Wang, Liguang Wu

“…We identify 221 MG events during the boreal summer from 1979 to 2023. MG events have an average duration of ∼5.7 days and a strong association with interannual TC activity. …”
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Formation, Structure, and Thermal Annealing Effects of Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers of 4-Fluorobenzeneselenol on Au(111) by Sicheon Seong, Jin Wook Han, Gayeong Joo, Hyun Sun Sung, Hong Kyu Park, Jaegeun Noh

“…The formation, surface structure, and thermal annealing effects of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) via vapor deposition of 4-fluorobenzeneselenol (4-FBSeH) on Au(111) at room temperature were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). …”
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Experimental Study on Microseismic Monitoring of Depleted Reservoir-Type Underground Gas Storage Facility in the Jidong Oilfield, North China by Yuanjian Zhou, Cong Li, Hao Zhang, Guangliang Gao, Dongsheng Sun, Bangchen Wu, Chaofeng Li, Nan Li, Yu Yang, Lei Li

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined surface and shallow borehole monitoring system under deep reservoir conditions, a 90-day microseismic monitoring trial was conducted over a full injection cycle using 16 surface stations and 1 shallow borehole station. …”
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Microphysical Characteristics of Convective and Stratiform Precipitation Generated at Different Life Stages of Precipitating Cloud in the Pre-Summer Rainy Season in South China by Jiayan Yang, Yunying Li, Xiong Hu, Zhiwei Zhang, Xiongwei Kou

“…The mass-weighted mean diameter (<i>D_m</i>) peaks at 1.2 mm below the BB, and near-surface <i>D_m</i> is positively correlated with the storm top height. …”
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PtAu catalyst with enhanced activity for formic acid oxidation by Jelena R. Rogan, Vladislava M. Jovanović, Wohlmuther Aleksandra Gavrilović, Velimir R. Radmilović

“…The voltammograms recorded indicate the change of reaction mechanism and better utilization of the catalyst surface in comparison to Pt/C.…”
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Evaluating the performance of four types of photovoltaic panels in Antarctica's extreme environment by Mehmet Das, Erhan Arslan, Ebru Akpinar, Doğaç Baybars Isiler, Burcu Özsoy

“…The power outputs obtained from the experiments were recorded as 14.2W, 13.0W, 12.9W, and 9.2W for monocrystalline, polycrystalline, flexible, and transparentpanels, respectively. The average surface temperatures were determined as 18.3 °C for monocrystalline, 18.2 °C for polycrystalline, 17.6 °C for flexible, and 16.5 °C for transparant panels. …”
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Risk Assessment of Non-Point Source Pollution Based on the Minimum Cumulative Resistance Model: A Case Study of Shenyang, China by Yongxin Wang, Jianmin Qiao, Yuanman Hu, Qian Zhang, Xiulin Han, Chunlin Li

“…Therefore, based on the theory of “source–sink” in landscape ecology, combined with the minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model, this study considered the influence of geographic-environment factors in Shenyang’s built-up area on pollutants in the process of entering the water body under the action of surface runoff, and evaluated its risk. The results indicated that the highest pollution loads are generated by road surfaces. …”
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Tracking Urban Heat Island Dynamics Using Open Source Tools and Free Data by S. Šamanović, O. Bjelotomić Oršulić, T. Krajina, D. Markovinović

“…The results show a measurable increase in surface temperature, with the average LST rising by +4.41 &deg;C, accompanied by a loss of 3,230 pixels in the dense vegetation class (NDVI &gt; 0.4). …”
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Indications and Outcomes of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation by Alime Güneş, Levent Tök, Özlem Tök

“…All cases were evaluated with respect to duration of surface epithelial healing, visual acuity, presence of recurrence, and infection. …”
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Potential carbon stock distribution of mangrove and synergistic effect of ecosystem services in China by Shuhao Liu, Shuai He, Shang Chen

“…Temperature annual range was identified as the most critical factor influencing mangrove potential carbon stock distribution, followed by sea surface salinity, mean temperature of the driest quarter, sea surface dissolved oxygen, and mean temperature of the wettest quarter. …”
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Characterization and genesis mechanism of dolomite from Xike 1 well, Xisha Islands—constraints from Mg isotopes by Ma Yazeng, Fu Heping, Xu Hong, Xu Hong, Han Zuozhen, Luo Jinxiong, Han Chao

“…The results show that (1) most of the dolomite is distributed along the weathering exposure surface with a residual structure. Dolomite without residual structures has a fog-centered bright edge with straight authomorphism or semi-authomorphism, curved surface dominated, and the degree of authomorphism controlled by the growth space; (2) the overall ordering of dolomite in the whole well is low, with an average value of 0.53, and there is little difference in ordering at different depths, the Mn and Fe contents of middle- and shallow-depth dolomites are generally low, and cathodoluminescence is not obvious; for the deep layers, the Mn and Fe contents increased by hydrothermal action, and bright yellow and orange cathodoluminescent bands were formed; (3) changes in the Mg isotopic composition of dolomite along the stratigraphic sequence of the profile are generally consistent with changes in the depositional cycle. …”
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Does pre-exposure to mild drought enhance desiccation resistance in Collembola? by Elena BAREZZI, Stine SLOTSBO, Martin HOLMSTRUP

“…We hypothesized that the capacity for acclimation to drought conditions is better developed in species associated with the soil surface than in soil-dwelling species. To test this hypothesis, we measured the osmotic response of two epigeic, two hemi-edaphic and three eu-edaphic species to mild drought acclimation (3 d at -1.5 MPa; the average wilting point of plants) and compared the drought tolerance of drought acclimated animals with controls. …”
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Leveraging a Novel Straightforward Integration Approach for Independent CYGNSS Soil Moisture Retrieval across Vegetated Regions by Ziyue Zhu, Hoang Hai Nguyen, Venkataraman Lakshmi, Hyunglok Kim

“…To address these limitations, this study introduces a novel CYGNSS SM retrieval method that combines a 2-step calibration approach for eliminating vegetation effects, and the relative signal-to-noise ratio (rSNR) method adapted to surface reflectivity (SR) for direct SM retrieval from this observable without the needs for supplementary datasets. …”
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Data-driven thermal safety threshold analysis of friction component based on macro-micro interaction model by Jianpeng Wu, Ao Ding, Chengbing Yang, Hanshu Zhang, Liyong Wang, Heyan Li

“…Taking into account the influence of rough surface micro-contact states on the wet friction pair temperature field, a single pair asperity contact model is constructed, and it interacts with the macro thermal-mechanical coupled simulation model in true-time. …”
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Analysis of Tribological Properties of Expanded Graphite—Alloy Steel Pair Under High Loads in Dry and Humid Conditions by Aleksandra Rewolińska, Kamil Leksycki, Łukasz Wojciechowski, Karolina Perz

“…It is particularly important to understand the phenomenon of graphite layer formation on the steel surface and its effect on tribological properties. …”
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Antibiofilm property of poly(methyl)methacrylate and silver nanocomposite on a mixed population of oral bacteria by Verónica Campos Ibarra, Luis Octavio Vargas-Sanchez, Andrea Rodríguez-Moreno, Norma Verónica Zavala-Alonso, Marcos Loredo-Tobias, María Elena García-Arreola, Ravichandran Manisekaran

“…AgNPs with an average size of 20 nm were dispersed on the surface of PMMA by the spray deposition method and evaluated with two different concentrations of AgNPs (0.01 and 0.03 % wt). …”
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Experimental Study on the Complex Contact Frictional Property of an Ultralong Distance Large-Section Concrete Pipe Jacking and Prediction of Pipe String Stuck by Ziyong He, Jiangong Chen

“…., extrapipe string field debris, bentonite slurry, and sand-laden waste slurry, on the jacked pipe string-surrounding rock contact surface are mainly considered). The results show that sufficient bentonite slurry can effectively reduce the frictional resistance, and when the amount of bentonite is insufficient, the average friction coefficient (AFC) of the later contact surface increases by 50%∼70%. …”
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Intelligent Casting Quality Inspection Method Integrating Anomaly Detection and Semantic Segmentation by Min-Chieh Chen, Shih-Yu Yen, Yue-Feng Lin, Ming-Yi Tsai, Ting-Hsueh Chuang

“…In the external detection part, we compared five different semantic segmentation models and found that MobileNetV2 performed the best in terms of average accuracy (65.8%). It was incredibly stable when dealing with surface defects with significant shape variations, and the prediction results were more consistent, making it more suitable for introduction into actual production line applications. …”
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Application of UAV-SfM Photogrammetry to Monitor Deformations of Coastal Defense Structures by Santiago García-López, Mercedes Vélez-Nicolás, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz, Pedro Zarandona-Palacio, Antonio Contreras-de-Villar, Francisco Contreras-de-Villar, Juan José Muñoz-Pérez

“…In addition, the average enveloping surface inferred from the DSM allowed quantification of the deformation of the breakwater and defining of the deformation mechanisms. …”
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SiO₂-Al₂O₃-ZrO₂-Ag Composite and Its Signal Enhancement Capacity on Raman Spectroscopy by Jesús Alberto Garibay-Alvarado, Pedro Pizá-Ruiz, Armando Erasto Zaragoza-Contreras, Francisco Espinosa-Magaña, Simón Yobanny Reyes-López

“…The enhancement substrates were made of fibers of cylindric morphology with an average diameter of approximately 190 nm, a smooth surface, and 9 nm spherical particles decorating the surface of the fibers. …”
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