Heavy metal pollution characteristics of surface sediments in different aquatic ecosystems in eastern China: a comprehensive understanding. by Wenzhong Tang, Baoqing Shan, Wenqiang Zhang, Hong Zhang, Lishuo Wang, Yuekui Ding

“…Aquatic ecosystems in eastern China are suffering threats from heavy metal pollution because of rapid economic development and urbanization. Heavy metals in surface sediments were determined in five different aquatic ecosystems (river, reservoir, estuary, lake, and wetland ecosystems). …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Lubrication Performance of the Stator and Rotor Friction Pair Surface Rhombus-like Texture in Screw Pumps by Xiangzhi Shi, Xinfu Liu, Chunhua Liu, Zhongxian Hao, Shouzhi Huang, Yi Sun, Xinglong Niu

“…The average pressure increased and then decreased as the texture depth increased, while the friction coefficient of the oil film surface initially decreased and then increased. …”
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Hg, Cd, As, and Pb in surface sediments from the tropical coastal lagoon Estero Salado, Gulf of Guayaquil-Ecuador by Franklin I. Ormaza-González, Rubén D. Castro-Rendón, Ana Maridueña-Bravo, Nayiva Bobadilla-Cordova, Ivanna Ramos-Castañeda, Peter J. Statham

“…As, Cd, Pb, and Hg were analysed in surface sediments from the urban zone and gave average concentrations of 32.3, 2.08, 41.9, and 0.12 mg kg-1 (dry weight), respectively. …”
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Environmental impact of potentially toxic elements accumulated in surface sediments of the Erikli Lagoon, Black Sea coast (Türkiye) by Kükrer Serkan, Uludağ Musa, Erginal Gülsen, Erginal Ahmet Evren

“…According to ECI and CSI, the ecological risk is low, with average values of 0.99 and 0.30, respectively.…”
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Comprehensive Landsat-Based Analysis of Long-Term Surface Water Dynamics over Wetlands and Waterbodies in North America by Mohammadali Hemati, Masoud Mahdianpari, Hodjat Shiri, Fariba Mohammadimanesh

“…An average overall agreement of 92,97% and an average F-score of 96.31% were achieved in this study. …”
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A Novel Axial Load Inversion Method for Rock Bolts Based on the Surface Strain of a Bearing Plate by Yongchao Lei, Xingliang Xu, Suchuan Tian, Hao Shi

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Mapping near-surface S-wave attenuation in the onshore southeastern flank of the Red Sea Rifting system in Saudi Arabia by Ali K. Abdelfattah, Abdulrasheed Olaniyan, Sattam Almadani, Hassan Alzahrani, Saleh Qaysi

“…The spatial distribution of the parameter κ, which includes both path and site effects, shows higher values at soft rock sites in the eastern region than hard rock sites in the western area. Owing to surface geological conditions, the site-dependent parameter κo exhibited average values of 0.002 ± 0.003s and 0.024 ± 0.002s for the hard and soft rocks, respectively. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Machining Behaviour, Surface Integrity and Tool Wear Analysis in Environment Friendly Milling of Inconel 825 by D. Nathan, T. Ramkumar, M. Selvakumar

“…Work considered, center line average of roughness profile as a measure of surface roughness which was measured with a surface roughness tester. …”
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TerraWind: A Deep Learning‐Based Near‐Surface Winds Downscaling Model for Complex Terrain Region by Jie Lian, Sirong Huang, Jiahao Shao, Peiyan Chen, Shengming Tang, Yi Lu, Hui Yu

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Evaluation of Finger Movement Impairment Level Recognition Method Based on Fugl-Meyer Assessment Using Surface EMG by Adhe Rahmatullah Sugiharto Suwito P, Ayumi Ohnishi, Yudith Dian Prawitri, Riries Rulaningtyas, Tsutomu Terada, Masahiko Tsukamoto

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Mine hoisting steel wire rope surface damage image recognition based on improved YOLOv8n by MAO Qinghua, YANG Fan, WANG Chao, TONG Xuyao, TONG Junwei, ZHANG Xuhui, XUE Xusheng

“…To address issues such as background interference caused by oil stains covering the surface of mine hoisting steel wire ropes, large gaps between rope strands leading to feature confusion, and the difficulty in identifying small target damages, a surface damage image recognition method for mine hoisting steel wire ropes based on an improved YOLOv8n model was proposed. …”
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AIRWAVE-SLSTR—An Algorithm to Estimate the Total Column of Water Vapour from SLSTR Measurements over Liquid Surfaces by Elisa Castelli, Stefano Casadio, Enzo Papandrea, Paolo Pettinari, Massimo Valeri, Andrè Achilli, Bojan R. Bojkov, Alessio Di Roma, Camilla Perfetti, Bianca Maria Dinelli

“…For the parameters calculation, a new climatology capable of representing the average atmospheric and sea surface status during SLSTR measurements has been developed. …”
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Nano hierarchical hill-like structure with TA1 surface manufactured by LIPSS for anti-corrosion and anti-icing by Guolong Wang, Ji Wang, Kaijie Cheng, Kun Yang, Wenwu Zhang

“…In this study, micro/nano-composite hierarchical hill-like structure (MNHHS) are etched on the surface of TA1 using femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS). …”
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Optimization of process parameters in fabricating AA6082/Nip surface composite using friction stir processing technique by Santhoshkumar S, Senthil Kumar K L, Kalil Rahiman M, Manojkumar S

“…Ni _p micron particle with an average size of 149 μm (99.99 purity) was utilized as reinforcement and AA6082 as a matrix for fabricating the surface composites. …”
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Optimizing the mechanical and surface topography of hydroxyapatite/Gd2O3/graphene oxide nanocomposites for medical applications by M.A. El-Morsy, Nasser S. Awwad, Hala A. Ibrahium, Walaa Alharbi, Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, A.A. Menazea

“…Furthermore, the average pore size reached 7.99 nm for the NC of HAP/GO. …”
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Challenges of drilling Iran’s deepest surface hole in the saddle section of Changuleh oilfield with complex structure and pressure regimes by Emad Jamshidi, Sine Saen, Jamshid Golshaghagh, Pooria Kianoush, Ahmad Adib, Ahmadreza Mohammadi

“…Abstract This paper presents a novel case study on successfully drilling the deepest surface hole in the Changuleh Oilfield in western Iran. …”
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Small Angle X-ray Scattering in Nanocomposite: Nanoparticles BaTiO3 with Modified Surface in Polystyrene by A.P. Kuzmenko, A.S Chekadanov, N.A. Emelianov

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Relationship between potentiometric surface and abnormally low pressure in the Yanchang Formation, Zhenjing area, Ordos Basin, China by Chao Li, Huixi Lin, Yukai Qi, Likuan Zhang, Lan Yu, Yuhong Lei, Guiqiang Qiu, Liyuan Ma, Hanwen Hu

“…The pressure coefficient was calibrated with an average of 1, with the potentiometric surface used as the starting point, indicating that the low pressure coefficient may be caused by the potentiometric surface below the ground level. …”
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Extraction, Purification, Optimization, and Application of Galactomannan-Based Edible Coating Formulations for Guava Using Response Surface Methodology by Ammara Ainee, Sarfraz Hussain, Muhammad Nadeem, Asaad R. Al-Hilphy, Azhari Siddeeg

“…The average optimized values of FG and GG in edible coatings were predicted to be 1.71% and 2.11% for weight loss, 0.72% and 2.14% for firmness, 1.02% and 1.44% for TSS, 0.83% and 1.36% for pH, 1.03% and 1.44% for acidity, respectively. …”
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DECIPHeR-GW v1: a coupled hydrological model with improved representation of surface–groundwater interactions by Y. Zheng, Y. Zheng, G. Coxon, M. Rahman, R. Woods, S. Salwey, S. Salwey, S. Salwey, Y. Rong, D. E. Wendt

“…Our coupled model was set up at 1 <span class="inline-formula">km</span> spatial resolution for the groundwater model, and the average size of the surface water HRUs was 0.31 <span class="inline-formula">km²</span>. …”
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