Tribotechnical properties of experimental hard alloys with modified cobalt binder by E. V. Fominov, C. G. Shuchev, M. M. Aliev

“…For these materials, the average scratch width at various forces was minimal. …”
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Research on Identification Method of Transformer Windings’ Loose Vibration Spectrum Considering a Multi-Load Current Condition by Jin Fang, Xudong Deng, Yuancan Xia, Chen Wu, Yuehua Li, Xin Li, Kaixin Chen, Fan Wang, Zhanlong Zhang

“…The results indicate that after training, the fault recognition accuracy of the spectrum containing three load conditions is comparable to that of a single load condition. The average recognition accuracy at six box-surface measuring points reaches 97.9%. …”
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Groundwater recharge estimation in relation to land use type and soil: the case of Hormat-Golina sub-basin, northern Ethiopia by Seyoum Bezabih Kidane, Mariye Melkam Taye, Mariye Melkam Taye

“…The model results demonstrated a strong correlation between observed and simulated surface runoff, with R2 = 0.94 and NSE = 0.85. The findings indicated that the long-term average annual rainfall of 829 mm was distributed as follows: 156 mm (19%) for surface runoff, 617 mm (73%) for evapotranspiration, and 55 mm (8%) for recharge. …”
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Sol-gel fabrication of porous ceria microspheres for thermochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) splitting by Jianxing Ma, Jie Chen, Xiao Geng, Brett Alford, Zhao Zhang, Hai Xiao, Jianhua Tong, Fei Peng

“…After heat treatment at 1500 °C for 1 h, porous CeO2 microspheres were obtained, with an average diameter of ∼800 μm and surface area of 2.9 m2/g. …”
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Climate change forces new ecological states in tropical Andean lakes. by Neal Michelutti, Alexander P Wolfe, Colin A Cooke, William O Hobbs, Mathias Vuille, John P Smol

“…Air temperatures in the tropical Andes have risen at an accelerated rate relative to the global average over recent decades. However, the effects of climate change on Andean lakes, which are vital to sustaining regional biodiversity and serve as an important water resource to local populations, remain largely unknown. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulation of the Echo Signals from Low-Flying Targets for Airborne Radar by Mingyuan Man, Zhenya Lei, Yongjun Xie, Botao Chen, Qing Wang

“…The reflected paths from sea or ground surface cause multipath effects. In order to accurately obtain the echo signals, the phase factors are modified for fluctuations in multipath, and the statistical average value of the echo signals is obtained using the Monte Carlo method. …”
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Adsorption Capacity and Mechanism of Expanded Graphite for Polyethylene Glycol and Oils by Xiu-Yan Pang

“…It is testified adsorption isotherms of PEG are all type I, PEG molecules lay flat on EG surface and equilibrium adsorbance decrease with the increase of PEG MW. …”
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Mechanism driving stronger tropical cyclones in cooler autumn than the hottest summer by Vineet Kumar Singh, Hye-Ji Kim, Il-Ju Moon

“…Abstract Warmer sea surface temperatures (SSTs) increase evaporation, convection, and latent heat release in the atmosphere, which favors tropical cyclone (TC) intensification and ultimately leads to stronger storms. …”
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New Approaches to Recycling Plastic E-Waste by Natalya A. Kulenova, Marzhan A. Sadenova, Andrey S. Babenko, Murat Yeleukenov, Nail A. Beisekenov, Viktor V. Chub

“…No substrate avoidance reaction (going to the substrate surface) was observed when microplastic was added at a concentration of 1 to 5 % of the total substrate mass. …”
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The Gold Nanoparticles Array on CdS Semiconductor Films: Fabrication, Morphology and Optical Properties by V. Kusnezh, R. Petrus’, H. Il’chuk, O. Tuziak, I. Zachek, V. Rodych

“…The possibility of fabrication of gold nanoparticles arrays on CdS semiconductor films by thermal annealing (673 K, 60 min) in vacuum (P ~ 1,3 Pa) of gold films with the thickness of 6 nm was considered. The surface morphology of CdS films covered by gold nanoparticles array was investigated and the average sizes of nanoparticles were determined. …”
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Neglecting future sporadic volcanic eruptions underestimates climate uncertainty by Man Mei Chim, Thomas J. Aubry, Chris Smith, Anja Schmidt

“…Abstract Most climate projections represent volcanic eruptions as a prescribed constant forcing based on a historical average, which prevents a full quantification of uncertainties in climate projections. …”
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Étude de l'impact de l'extension et de la densification du tissu urbain sur les coefficients de ruissellement dans le bassin versant des oueds El-Ghrich et El-Greb (Tunis) par l'ap... by Noômène Fehri, Yadh Zahar

“…This represents 11 times its average observed in the station of Tunis-Carthage. …”
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MoonCrab: Design and tests of novel hybrid locomotion rover by Paweł Tomiło

“…The results show that the creeping mechanism has significantly less sensitivity to an increase in surface angle, achieving an average decrease in performance of 0.0067 m/°, 0.0079 m/° and 0.0052 m/°, respectively, for type 1–3 substrates. …”
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A Novel In Vitro Protocol for Inducing Direct Somatic Embryogenesis in Phalaenopsis aphrodite without Taking Explants by Jia-Hua Feng, Jen-Tsung Chen

“…However, on the leaves’ surface, 0.5 mg/L TDZ induced the highest number of embryos. …”
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Sol-Gel Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles: Study of Structural and Optical Properties by S. Jurablu, M. Farahmandjou, T. P. Firoozabadi

“…The surface morphological studies from SEM and TEM depicted spherical particles with formation of clusters. …”
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Development and Ultrastructure of Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) teratocytes by BAI Su-fen, CHEN Xue-xin, CHENG Jia-an, FU Wen-jun, HE Jun-hua

“…Scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that the surface of the teratocytes was covered with microvilli, which on the 4th day was much denser and longer than on the 1st day. …”
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Ultrasound-guided arthroscopic management of hallux rigidus by Łukasz M. Paczesny, Jacek Kruczyński

“…The procedure was terminated after the ultrasound image showed that a smooth upper surface of the metatarsal head had been achieved. …”
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Cell populations simulated in silico within SimulCell accurately reproduce the behaviour of experimental cell cultures by Elvira Toscano, Elena Cimmino, Angelo Boccia, Leandra Sepe, Giovanni Paolella

“…Abstract In silico simulations are used to understand cell behaviour by means of different approaches and tools, which range from reproducing average population trends to building lattice-based models to, more recently, creating populations of individual cell agents whose mass, volume and morphology behave according to more or less precise rules and models. …”
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Characterization and Optical and Dielectric Properties of Polyvinyl Chloride/Silica Nanocomposites Films by T. Abdel-Baset, M. Elzayat, S. Mahrous

“…High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) proved that the average particle size of the nanosilica is 15 nm. …”
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Management and clinical practice of multiple face and scalp actinic keratosis in France by Jacques Savary, Marie Christelle Tine, Anne Caroline Weber, Julie Dorey

“…Patient records revealed the average surface area targeted for treatment was 139 ± 113cm2. …”
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