Glaciers in the Russian Mountains (Caucasus, Altai, Kamchatka) in the First Quarter of the 21st Century by V. M. Kotlyakov, T. Y. Khromova, G. A. Nosenko, A. Y. Muraviev, S. A. Nikitin

“…Glaciers of volcanic areas increased their size or remained stationary; here there is no tendency for glaciers to decrease due to the thick surface moraine consisting of volcanogenic material. …”
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Assessment of Calcium Nitrate Fertilizer as a Suitable Nitrogen Source for Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Cultivation in Ghana by Jerome A. Dogbatse, Godfred K. Awudzi, Alfred Arthur, Frank Owusu-Ansah, Ishmael Amoako-Attah, Amos K. Quaye, Sampson Konlan, Fredrick Amon-Armah, Andrews A. Amaning

“…The results showed an increase in soil pH, N, and P contents and a decrease in exchangeable bases over the four years for the surface soil depth. For organic carbon (OC), the average annual rate of change resulted in a gain of OC in the soils for all the treatment plots, except for treatment with 60 kg N ha−1 applied once over the 4 years. …”
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Glucuronoxylan hemicellulose-based manganese oxide nanoparticles for enhanced bactericidal, wound healing, and photocatalytic potential by Tuba Ayub, Gulzar Muhammad, Muhammad Umair Sharif, Muhammad Rauf Raza, Hina Hanif, Muhammad Amin, Muhammad Ajaz Hussain

“…Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopic analysis revealed a distinct surface plasmon resonance peak at 310 nm for MnO NPs, with an estimated band gap energy of 2.60 eV. …”
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Impacts on Indian Agriculture Due To Stratospheric Aerosol Intervention Using Agroclimatic Indices by Nina Grant, Alan Robock, Lili Xia, Jyoti Singh, Brendan Clark

“…We compare the results from the Assessing Responses and Impacts of Solar climate intervention on the Earth system with Stratospheric Aerosol Injection‐1.5°C (ARISE‐SAI‐1.5) experiment, which aims to keep global average surface air temperatures at 1.5°C above preindustrial in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2‐4.5 (SSP2‐4.5) global warming scenario. …”
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Simulation and experimental investigation of single CVD micro-edge diamond abrasive grain grinding by Dongdong Liu, Haojie Zhu, Rui Shen, Fanghong Sun

“…The micro-edge ground surface produces finer grinding marks instead of crushed chips, and observed subsurface forms slip bands without cracks under the decreased grinding force, which changes the material removal mode from brittle fracture to plastic deformation removal. …”
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Black Carbon Concentration and Potential Source Regions: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in Shandong Province, China by Yuxia Wang, Yanni Rong, Kai Qu, Qing Zhao, Yingming Jiang, Xiaolei Bao, Yang Wang

“…High BC concentrations may contribute high land surface temperature (LST) in Jinan during summer. …”
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Microplastics contamination in popular soft drinks and non-alcoholic beverages marketed in Iran: Quantity and characteristics by Edris Hoseinzadeh, Hooshyar Hossini, Pouran Makhdoumi, Parisa taha, Sheida Parsa, Tooraj Massahi

“…The results showed that approximately 80–90 % of the samples were contaminated with different MP types, with an average of 4.5 ± 4.8 particles/L detected by stereomicroscopy and 21.90 ± 25.72 particles/L by fluorescence microscopy. …”
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Effects of grazing on soil respiration and associated factors in artificial Caragana korshinskii shrublands in Inner Mongolia, China by Hao Wu, Hao Wu, Xiaodong Deng, Xinghua Li, Shaobo Gao, Ruihan Yuan, Jiayan Li, Haotian Min, Xiuzhi Ma

“…Based on the average level of soil respiration under different grazing intensities, to effectively mitigate soil carbon emissions, we recommend a moderate reduction in the grazing intensity of C. korshinskii shrublands in arid and semi-arid agro-pastoral regions.…”
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Fabrication and characterization of novel electrospun nanofibers based on grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) protein isolate loaded with sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) extract by Marzieh Rezaei, Nasser Sedaghat, Sara Hedayati, Mohammad-Taghi Golmakani

“…Based on the SEM results, the electrospun nanofibers exhibited a bead-free and smooth surface. The FTIR and XRD analyses indicated the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the components. …”
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Max-Min Fairness for Stacked Intelligent Metasurface-Assisted Multi-User MISO Systems by Nipuni Ginige, Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa, Arthur Sousa De Sena, Nurul Huda Mahmood, Nandana Rajatheva, Matti Latva-Aho

“…Stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM) is an emerging technology that uses multiple reconfigurable surface layers to enable flexible wave-based beamforming. …”
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Ultra-high-resolution modeling of ground-level ozone for long-term exposure risk assessment driven by GTR-transformer by Jiahuan Chen, Heng Dong, Zili Zhang, Sicong He

“…This model integrates bidirectional temporal attention and spatial encoding techniques to construct a dataset of monthly average ozone concentrations at an ultra-high (100-m) resolution across representative regions of China from 2020 to 2023. …”
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Heat transfer analysis of mixed convective hybrid nanofluid flow with variable permeability by Manimegalai C., Peri K. Kameswaran, P. Sibanda

“…The average Nusselt number improves as the solid volume fraction improves. …”
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Cave morphology and moonmilk deposits of Ryongmun Cavern, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: A Study for the Conservation of Natural Heritage by Won–Sok Jon, To-Jun Ryang, Hyon Hwangbo

“…The main scenes of the underground karst landscape in the cave are stalactites, stalagmites, limestone columns, stone waterfalls anthodites, underground waterfalls, and underground ponds.The deposits that have been formed recently on the surface of speleothems and walls in the cave are mainly moonmilk composed of hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2•4H2O) with an average particle size of 0.55 μm and chemical composition of MgO–29.43% and CaO–6.28%. …”
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Calculating of snow cover characteristics on a plain territory using the model SPONSOR and data of reanalyses (by the example of Moscow region) by D. V. Turkov, V. S. Sokratov

“…The model SPONSOR of local heat- and moisture exchange (Land-Surface Model, LSM) and data of reanalyses NCEP/DOE and ECMWF ERA-Interim were used for calculations. …”
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Development and Transportation Pathway Evaluation of Liposomes with Bile Acids for Enhancing the Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration of Methotrexate by Natthan Charernsriwilaiwat, Rattanan Thaitrong, Samarwadee Plianwong, Praneet Opanasopit, Pucharee Songprakhon, Thirapit Subongkot

“…<b>Results</b>: The produced liposomes with bile acid exhibited a negative surface charge and an average particle size of between 30 and 148 nm. …”
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Au-Co Alloy Nanoparticles Supported on ZrO₂ as an Efficient Photocatalyst for the Deoxygenation of Styrene Oxide by Hashini T. Abeyrathna, Chamodi L. Fernando Thibiripalage, Huai Yong Zhu, Eric R. Waclawik

“…The characterisation of the alloy nanoparticles confirmed the technique produced an average particle size of 4.50 ± 0.29 nm. Catalysts containing pure 3% Au and different Au-Co metal ratios attached to the ZrO₂ induced the deoxygenation of styrene oxide in an isopropanol solvent medium. …”
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Evaluation of Enhanced Heat Transfer Condensation in Hydrophobic Tubes by David J. Kukulka, Rick Smith, Wei Li

“…This improvement is due to the hydrophobic structure, which causes droplet condensation on the inner surface of the tube, increasing the droplet detachment rate and enhancing heat transfer. …”
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Impact of a wavy wall triangular porous cylinder on diffusive-mixed convection in a lid-driven triangular cavity by Duna T. Yaseen, Amani J. Majeed, Sahib S. Ahmed, Muneer A. Ismael

“…It is discovered that the average Nusselt number rises by the porous cylinder wall's waviness. …”
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Synthesis of modified chitosan TiO2 and SiO2 hydrogel nanocomposites for cadmium removal by Soudeh Banivaheb, Sasan Dan, Hassan Hashemipour, Maryam Kalantari

“…Heavy metals removal from wastewaters and surface waters using low cost and eco-friendly adsorbents is one of the best ways to eliminate these impurities. …”
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Continuous [C] content prediction model in molten steel of the all-scrap electric arc furnace by Yan Wang, Jing Li, Shen-yang Song, Bo Cui, Shen Liu

“…Initially, a method to figure out the average [C] content of mixed input scrap was proposed, which provided a basis for subsequent calculations. …”
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