Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation Management Effects on Yield and Water Productivity of Summer Cauliflower on the California Central Coast by Michael Cahn, Lee Johnson, Sharon Benzen

“…At present, the reported water application for summer cauliflower averages 465 mm in the region. Hence, implementing ET-based irrigation scheduling, administered through the CropManage DSS, could reduce water use in summer cauliflower by an average of 30% relative to current practices and serve to enhance groundwater management while maintaining crop returns.…”
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Exploring the novel environmentally friendly highly hydrophobic TiO2 coating for enhanced anti-corrosion performance of steel in potential industrial applications by Haewon Byeon, J. Sunil

“…Additionally, particle size analysis showed a distribution range between 45 and 50 nm, with an average size of 48.56 nm. Surface wettability analysis demonstrated enhanced aqueous repellence of the MS plates after TiO2 coating, particularly in NaCl, HCl, and KOH electrolytes. …”
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Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Geothermometry of Hot Springs in the Tensile Tectonic Region Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island in South China by Hongyu Hu, Guoping Lu, Qiuying Lu, Yan Li, Linjun Xie, Xuanhao Lin, Ming Wu, Cehui Mo, Bei Zhang

“…Hydrochemistry and isotopes are studied for characterizations of geothermal waters, groundwaters, and surface waters in Leizhou Peninsula (LZ) and the northern part of Hainan Island (HN) across the tensile-tectonic Qiongzhou Strait, southern China. …”
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Phytochemical analysis and biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Phlomis bracteosa Royle ex Benth. and screening of their antimicrobial and antioxidant potential by Jagriti Rana, Ankush Sharma, Jyoti Rana, Anand Sagar

“…The formation of SNPs was observed with UV-vis spectroscopy with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) at 438 nm. Further, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy suggested the presence of carbonyls, nitrogenous compounds and different types of hydrocarbons in SNPs. …”
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Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Hydroxyapatite-Coated Titanium Implants: Insights into Biocompatibility and Osseointegration by Tayyaba Rafiq, Iqra Amin, Atiq Ur Rehman, Amna Mehwish Ikram, Khurram Anwar, Arsalan Ahmed, Ayesha Ali Khawaja

“…Under histological examination, there was improved contact between bone tissue and the implant surface, which proves that HA contributes to quick osseointegration. …”
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Innovative engineering of scalable, renewable and spherical organic nanoparticles for high fire safety, UV protection and antibacterial properties of polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposit... by Nour Fathi Attia, Mohamed A. Nour, Sally E. A. Elashery

“…For the first time, dried molokhia leaves were engineered into spherical nanoparticles with an average size of 8.5 nm via an eco-friendly, one-pot solid-state ball-milling method. …”
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Modification of Cellulosic Dietary Fiber and Comparison of its Physicochemical and Functional Properties by Hanwen Yin, Hongyan Xu, Qingwen Wang, Daqian Wang, Jiayin Wei, Qianhe Sun, Hongxiao Chen

“…The optimal modification conditions for xylanase were a material-to-liquid ratio of 1:14.8 (g/mL), enzymatic hydrolysis temperature of 63 ℃, and pH of 6.24, with an average yield of modified soluble DF (S-SDF) of 15.1%. …”
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Hydrogen Reduction of Hematite Ore Fines to Magnetite Ore Fines at Low Temperatures by Wenguang Du, Song Yang, Feng Pan, Ju Shangguan, Jie Lu, Shoujun Liu, Huiling Fan

“…With increasing reduction temperature, the average utilization of hydrogen initially increased and tended to a constant value thereafter. …”
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Sonochemical Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of N-Doped TiO2 Nanocrystals with Mesoporous Structure by Tiekun Jia, Fang Fu, Junwei Zhao, Jian Chen, Xiaofeng Wang, Zhenghua Fan, Lijun Cui, Fancheng Meng

“…The results of TEM and nitrogen adsorption-desorption showed that the average size and specific surface area of the as-synthesized nanocrystals are 10 nm and 107.2 m2/g, respectively. …”
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Enhancing Geothermal Anomaly Detection with Multi-Source Thermal Infrared Data: A Case of the Yangbajing–Yangyi Basin, Tibet by Chunhao Li, Na Guo, Yubin Li, Haiyang Luo, Yexin Zhuo, Siyuan Deng, Xuerui Li

“…This study develops a multi-source thermal infrared approach to enhance geothermal anomaly detection using Landsat 8 and ASTER land surface temperature (LST) data. The Yangbajing–Yangyi Basin in Tibet, characterized by high altitude and rugged topography, serves as the study area. …”
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A comparison study of three green syntheses based on MCM-41 nanocatalyst for removal of toxic BTES vapors from the gas stream by Mohammad Heydari, Tayebeh Tabatabaie, Fazel Amiri, Seyed Enayat Hashemi

“…According to the BET results, the nanoparticles' average pore size is between 5.6 and 14.9 nm, and their specific surface areas range from 207.4 to 793.8 m2/ g. …”
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Innovative reuse of drinking water sludge for the treatment of petroleum produced water to enhance oil recovery by Mona S.M. Mansour, Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy, Waleed I.M. El Azab

“…The characterization of the washed and dried WTS was investigated extensively by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDAX), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), and Surface area analyzer. It was found that the average particle size of WTS is 47.34 nm. …”
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Unravelling carbon formation behaviour and long-term stability of dry reforming of methane over Ru-doped ceria-zirconia catalyst by Jason Sun, Doki Yamaguchi, Liangguang Tang, Ken Chiang

“…The focus of this study was to understand carbon formation over the surface of a hydrothermally synthesised ceria-zirconia catalyst with a small amount (0.10 wt%) of ruthenium dopant. …”
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Barycenter reflected equatorial Pacific sea level structure evolution and its indication of ENSO events by Wen Luo, Lin Yi, Zhaoyuan Yu, Hui Sun, Linwang Yuan

“…Focused on the zonal and meridional response of sea level change to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, this paper retrieves the overall average, positive anomaly and negative anomaly sea surface height (SSH) series of equatorial Pacific area (EPA) from satellite altimetry data from 1993 to 2013. …”
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Decomposition of Technological Processes for Evaluating the Performance of Production Line for Pre Sowing Treatment of Seeds by E. I. Kubeyev, B. S. Antropov

“…The authors have developed the technological fundamentals of the artificial coating of seed surface. The study results can be used as practical recommendations for the organization of pre­sowing treatment of seeds in order to increase seed germination and crop yields.…”
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A generalized machine learning framework to estimate fatigue life across materials with minimal data by Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan, Morteza Moradi, Panagiotis Komninos, Dimitrios Zarouchas, Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

“…The result shows that the data-leakage-free, external loop cross-validated model can estimate the fatigue life of selective epoxy polymers and metal alloys with an average R2 of 0.71 ± 0.06 using a mere 12 to 27 experimental data points per material category. …”
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Cryoconite holes geomorphometry, spatial distribution and radiative impact over the Hells Gate Ice Shelf, East Antarctica by Giacomo Traversa, Riccardo Scipinotti, Samuele Pierattini, Gianluca Bianchi Fasani, Biagio Di Mauro

“…Thanks to this detection, the spatially integrated radiative forcing of cryoconite holes over blue ice surface was estimated to be almost 1 Wm−2. This estimation was based on the measured albedo difference between the two surfaces, which averages 0.31. …”
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Spatial differentiation and influencing factors of heavy metals in soils of typical counties in Lhasa river basin by Haichuan Lu, Xin Yuan, Cang Gong, Jiufen Liu, Youchang Shi, Xiang Xia

“…Abstract This paper studied the spatial distribution and influencing factors of heavy metals (HMs) such as Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr, Ni, Cd and As in the soil of Linzhou County in the Lhasa River basin. By collecting 504 surface soil samples, using descriptive statistics, Kriging interpolation and geoaccumulation index methods, combined with the geographic detector model, the spatial distribution characteristics of soil HMs content and its interaction with 19 environmental factors were systematically analyzed.The results showed that the content of heavy metals in the soil in this area was generally higher than the background value of soil in Lhasa, especially Cd and As, which showed strong spatial heterogeneity, suggesting the existence of specific pollution sources.Although the average HMs content was lower than the soil pollution risk screening value, the As, Cd, Pb and Zn contents at some sampling points exceeded the standard, indicating a high pollution risk in some local areas.The spatial distribution of HMs was uneven, with high-value areas of Pb, Zn and Cd mainly concentrated in the west, Cu concentrated in the northwest, while high-value areas of Cr and Ni were similar, mainly concentrated in the west and central regions. …”
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Influence of ion beam current on the structural, optical, and mechanical properties of TiO2 coatings: ion beam-assisted vs conventional electron beam evaporation by Agata Obstarczyk, Urszula Wawrzaszek

“…A detailed SEM analysis of surface morphology and cross sections revealed that the TiO2 films prepared by IBAD had smaller, rounded grains and were denser compared to those deposited by EBE. …”
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Comparison of anti-biofilm and cytotoxic activity of Ag/AgO, Ag/Ag2O, and Ag/AgCl nanocomposites synthesized using stem, leaf, and fruit pericarp of Prunus mahaleb L by Zahra Dashtizadeh, Fereshteh Jookar Kashi

“…UV–Vis spectroscopy revealed surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peaks at 426.00 nm, 414.00 nm, and 426.50 nm for Ag/AgO, Ag/Ag₂O, and Ag/AgCl nanocomposites, respectively, indicating successful nanoparticle formation. …”
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