Deeply understanding the physicochemical properties of LCDSP slag from atomic structure to macroscopic properties: A blueprint for the green and low-carbon steelmaking process by Han Sun, Jian Yang, Tongsheng Zhang, Dawei Cai, Yang Peng, Jianxiong Mo, Du Zhang, Jianhua Wang

“…Compared to the conventional steelmaking process, the LCDSP achieves 79.55 % increase in P2O5 content within De-P slag and reduces average lime consumption by 28.48 % per ton of steel. …”
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Current and future habitat suitability of northern fur seals and overlap with the commercial walleye pollock fishery in the eastern Bering Sea by Elizabeth A. McHuron, Elliott L. Hazen, Noel A. Pelland, Kelly A. Kearney, Wei Cheng, Albert J. Hermann, Rolf R. Ream, Jeremy T. Sterling

“…The majority of core habitat occurred on the continental shelf in areas that overlapped with commercial catches of walleye pollock during the “B” season (June – October), with an average of 76% of the total percentage of the catch occurring in core fur seal habitat within the foraging range of lactating females. …”
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Microstructure and corrosion resistance of laser powder bed fusion ODS-316L stainless steel by Qian Zheng, Yan Yin, Chao Lu, Zilin Li, Heng Zhu, Xiaoli Cui, Wenqing Shi, Xiao Liu, Ruihua Zhang, Di Tie

“…The research shows that the uniform dispersion of Y2O3 nanoparticles on the surface of 316L powder can be achieved by ball milling. …”
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Fossil and Non-fossil Fuel Sources of Organic and Elemental Carbonaceous Aerosol in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou: Seasonal Carbon Source Variation by Di Liu, Matthias Vonwiller, Jun Li, Junwen Liu, Sönke Szidat, Yanlin Zhang, Chongguo Tian, Yinjun Chen, Zhineng Cheng, Guangcai Zhong, Pingqing Fu, Gan Zhang

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Mathematical modeling of Elbrus glaciers in the 21st century. Part 2. Forecasting glacier evolution and lake formation under various SSP scenarios by T. N. Postnikova, O. O. Rybak, A. S. Gubanov, H. Zekollari, M. Huss

“…According to the prognostic calculations of the surface mass balance of the glaciers, the loss of ice mass on the Elbrus will accelerate until the end of the 2030s, reaching approximately –1.1±0.3 m w. e. yr. –1 . …”
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Influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on parameters of tear production in patients with hypertension by Ye. V. Novikov

“…Patient groups were matched for age (55.11 ± 8.67 years versus 58.09 ± 10.04 years; P = 0.131), gender (P = 0.363), height (P = 0.821), weight (P = 0.832), body surface area (P = 0.780), body mass index (P = 0.885). …”
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Fatal falls from standing height – analysis of skull fracture patterns in autopsy materials from the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Kraków = Śmiertelne upadki z własnej wysokośc... by Marcin Zuwała, Natalia Rogowicz Garay, Zuzanna Buś, Katarzyna Klimaszewska, Tomasz Szabliński, Julia Radzikowska, Tomasz Konopka

“…Within the analyzed group, 91.71% were male, and an interesting age disparity emerged between genders: an average age of 53.1 years for men and 70.6 years for women. …”
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Additively manufactured ultrafine grained Aermet100 with superior mechanical property by Yanwen Liang, Jie Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Yonghao Weng, Sheng Zhong, Tiannan Li, Peng Zhang, Chunpan Yang, Ying Xing, Jiazhe Fu, Kehong Wang

“…The influence of various process parameters on the surface quality and relative density of the samples was systematically examined. …”
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Consumo hídrico e coeficiente de cultura da mamoneira na microrregião de Lavras, Minas Gerais Water consumption and crop coefficient of castor bean in the microregion of Lavras, MG... by Gervásio F. A. Rios, Luiz G. de Carvalho, Flávio de C. Magina, Pedro Castro Neto, Bruno M. Silva, Antônio C. Fraga

“…For this purpose, in the center of the experimental area, the sensors were installed to measure the temperature and relative humidity, at two levels above the crop canopy; the net radiation (Rn) and the soil heat flux (G) at 0.08 m under the soil surface. The average ETc values in phases I, II and III were 2.48, 2.68 and 3.04 mm d-1, respectively. …”
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Pelvic osteotomies for correction of sagittal imbalance of the spine: An in-silico study comparing four different osteotomies by A.E.A. Ochtman, M.J. Claessens, F.C. Öner, T.P.C. Schlösser, K. Willemsen, J. Magré, H.C. Nguyen, M.C. Kruyt

“…After 20° extension, BCS was 34.1 % (SE-DPO), 28.2 % (SI-DPO) and 30.6 % (A-DPO). Average shortening of the spinopelvic ligaments was 2.3 % after the BEPO, 22.0 % after SE-SPO, 17.0 % after SI-DPO and 11.8 % after A-DPO. …”
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Trends in Heavy Metal Pollution in Agricultural Land Soils of Tropical Islands in China (2000–2024): A Case Study on Hainan Island by Erping Shang, Yong Ma, Wutao Yao, Shuyan Zhang

“…The results reveal that the average concentrations of Cd, Pb, As, Cr, and Hg in surface soil samples from agricultural lands on Hainan Island are 0.12, 28.28, 4.36, 63.98, and 0.075 mg/kg, respectively, all below the risk screening thresholds set by the Soil Pollution Risk Control Standard for Agricultural Land (GB 15618-2018). …”
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RECENT GEODYNAMICS OF FAULT ZONES: FAULTING IN REAL TIME SCALE by Yu. O. Kuzmin

“…It is shown that the RSA interferometry method does not provide for an unambiguous determination of ground surface displacement vectors.…”
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Characterization of Exosome-like Nanoparticles from Saffron Tepals and Their Immunostimulatory Activity by Cristian Martínez Fajardo, Alberto J. López-Jiménez, Susana López-López, Lucía Morote, Elena Moreno-Giménez, Gianfranco Diretto, María José M. Díaz-Guerra, Ángela Rubio-Moraga, Oussama Ahrazem, Lourdes Gómez-Gómez

“…The exosomes showed an average particle size of 151.5 ± 79.6 nm and exhibited a spherical morphology. …”
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ELECTROMYOGRAPHY INDICATORS STUDIES OF MASTICATORY MUSCLES IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PARTIAL DEFECTS OF DENTITION BY ROC TA AND ROC MM INDEXES by V. Pekhnyo, K. Hulavska

“… In this article we present the results of the changes of surface potentials of the masticatory muscles in pregnant and women in postpartum period. …”
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The First Combined Hα and Rest-UV Spectroscopic Probe of Galactic Outflows at High Redshift by Emily Kehoe, Alice E. Shapley, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Anthony J. Pahl, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Reinhard Genzel, Sedona H. Price, L. J. Tacconi

“…Furthermore, we find a lower average outflow velocity than previously reported, suggesting greater absorption at the systemic redshift of the galaxy. …”
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Comparison of frameworks for defining land occupation considering on-farm and off-farm feed production on Italian dairy farms by Gabriele Rolando, Francesco Ferrero, Stefania Pasinato, Luciano Comino, Daniele Giaccone, Ernesto Tabacco, Giorgio Borreani

“…When total LO was considered (on-farm and off-farm using LO1), the average surface to produce milk resulted in 1.47 m2/kg of fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM); however, the off-farm LO1 was 0.76 m2/kg FPCM (± 0.24 m2/kg). …”
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Degradation of potential winter roads threatens vulnerable communities’ freight accessibility in the pan-Arctic region by Li-Yuan Chen, Wen-Quan Zhu, Cun-De Xiao, Cen-Liang Zhao, Hong-Xiang Guo

“…Winter roads, which are seasonal roads built on frozen surfaces, serve as a socio-economic lifeline in the pan-Arctic region but are sensitive to amplified Arctic warming. …”
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A multi-module enhanced YOLOv8 framework for accurate AO classification of distal radius fractures: SCFAST-YOLO by Yu Wang, Haifu Sun, Tiankai Jiang, JunFeng Shi, JunFeng Shi, Qin Wang, Qin Wang, Hongwei Yang, Hongwei Yang, Yusen Qiao

“…The most significant improvements appear in complex Type C fractures (3.2 percentage points higher classification accuracy) with consistent average recall of 0.85–0.88 across all fracture patterns. …”
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Accumulation effect of soil aggregate organic carbon in mixed forest in open-pit coal mine by Xiaoping ZHANG, Mingchao LI, Yinli BI, Xin LI

“…In the 0−20 cm and 20−30 cm subsurface soils, poplar and Chinese pine mixed forests exhibited larger average mass diameter and geometric mean diameter, with the smallest fractal dimension. …”
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Pre-formation loading of extracellular vesicles with exogenous molecules using photoporation by Jana Ramon, Cláudio Pinheiro, Charysse Vandendriessche, Estefanía Lozano-Andrés, Herlinde De Keersmaecker, Deep Punj, Juan C. Fraire, Edward Geeurickx, Marca H. M. Wauben, Pieter Vader, Roosmarijn E. Vandenbroucke, An Hendrix, Stephan Stremersch, Stefaan C. De Smedt, Koen Raemdonck, Kevin Braeckmans

“…We established that photoporation had minimal impact on EV characteristics such as concentration, size, zeta potential and the enrichment of EV tetraspanin membrane surface molecules. We found that using EGFP-targeted nanobodies resulted in up to 53% loaded EVs (relative to the amount of EGFP EVs), while non-targeted dextran molecules produced on average 12% loaded EVs (relative to the amount of EGFP EVs). …”
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