Surface modification of AISI 316L stainless steel by applying single and multilayer coatings: Study of elastic modulus and antibacterial properties by Bahare Soltani, Sayed Mahmood Rabiee, Salman Nourouzi, Seyed Jamal Hosseinipour, Simindokht Khademjafari

“…In this study, in order to improve antibacterial properties, reduce elastic modulus, increase hydrophilicity and delay corrosion on the surface of AISI 316L stainless steel pieces for biomedical applications, zinc and magnesium elements were used for coating. …”
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Combining laser biomimetic surface microtextured and PTFE solid lubricant for improved friction property of Ti6Al4V by Lisheng Ma, Shuo Fu, Jie Li, Yanning Lu, Xinchi Li, Jinhe Qi, Jiawei Chen

“…Inspired by the scale structures on biological surfaces in nature, laser surface texturing technology was employed to fabricate diamond-shaped biomimetic micro-textures with different angles and area densities on the surface of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V). …”
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Mixed Convection and Permeability Effects on Magnetohydrodynamic Williamson Fluid Flow Over an Inclined Stretchy Surface With Radiation Influence: Analytical Investigation by R. A. Oderinu, T. A. Oyeyinka, S. Alao, F. J. Ayanbukola, B. A. Sanusi

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Deep Learning-Based Surface Temperature Prediction for a Porous Radiant Burner Using Thermocouple-Calibrated Thermal Infrared Images by Hao-Yu Hsieh, Shenqyang Shy, Wei-Wun Wang, Yung-Chien Chou

“…Thus, the proposed AI-driven framework introduces an innovative and accurate approach to non-intrusive surface temperature measurements using infrared imaging.…”
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Optimization of co-flow micro-heat-exchanger performance using Response Surface Methodology: energy transfer rate and thermodynamic irreversibility by Ferhi Mokhtar, Mliki Bouchmel, Miri Rached, Djebali Ridha

“…This paper investigates the optimization of energy transfer rates and minimization of thermodynamic irreversibility in a co-flow microchannel heat exchanger using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) coupled with a Box-Behnken Design of Experiments. …”
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Multivariate analyses to evaluate the contamination, ecological risk, and source apportionment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of Xiang-Shan wetland, Taiwan by Ahmed Salah-Tantawy, Ahmed Salah-Tantawy, Ahmed Salah-Tantawy, Ching-Sung Gavin Chang, Shuh-Sen Young, Ching-Fu Lee

“…Moreover, PLI and mCdeg unveiled that the surface sediments of DJ, OB, and KY stations were strongly or extremely polluted. …”
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Evaluation of Hand-Scaling Skills of Dental Hygienist Students: Identification of Contact Between Hand-Scaler Blade Tip and Tooth Surface by Tomoko Yui, Sung-Gwi Cho, Yuki Sato, Yasuaki Orita, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, Takahiro Wada, Tsukasa Ogasawara

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Deep Rolling Process Modeling Using Finite Element Analysis in Residual Stress Measurement on Rail Head UIC860 Surface by Siwasit Pitjamit, Wasawat Nakkiew, Pinmanee Insua, Adirek Baisukhan, Pattarawadee Poolperm

“…These parameter settings were chosen to induce significant surface compressive stresses that could enhance the material’s mechanical performance. …”
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Experimental analysis of the effect of forest litter cover on surface soil water dynamics under continuous rainless condition in North China by Ziqiang Xing, Denghua Yan, Daoyuan Wang, Shanshan Liu, Guoqiang Dong

“…In this study, the effects of forest litter cover on surface soil moisture (θw) and soil water evaporation (Es) under continuous rainless condition in Northern China were evaluated using the micro-lysimeters method. …”
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A hybrid AI-CFD framework for optimizing heat transfer of a premixed methane-air flame jet on inclined surfaces by Panit Kamma, Kittipos Loksupapaiboon, Juthanee Phromjan, Chakrit Suvanjumrat

“…Using OpenFOAM, the laminar flame behavior was modeled under diverse conditions, revealing strong agreement with experimental data, with average errors of 6.23 % for flame height and 6.47 % for thermal efficiency. …”
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Jointing Adjacent Environmental Variation Into a Deep Learning Model for Gap-Filling Passive Microwave-Based Land Surface Temperature by Weizhen Ji, Yunhao Chen, Haiping Xia, Han Gao, Lei Zhu

“…Passive microwave-based land surface temperature (PMW LST) serves as a significant source for complementary thermal infrared LST, whereas the orbit gaps frequently result in missing data. …”
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Automatic Non-Urban Road Surface Point Extraction Based on Geometric Features Using Neural Networks and Raster Structure Approach by M. Dowajy, M. Fawzy, M. Fawzy, A. Barsi, T. Lovas

“…The features are projected onto a regular grid and converted into a raster format where each pixel's value represents the averaged features of points within its space. The rasterized values serve as structured inputs for a feature-based Neural Network (NN), which classifies road pixels based on intensity, density, curvature, planarity, roughness, surface variation, and verticality properties. …”
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Enhancement in thermal stability and surface properties of LiFePO4/VFLG composite prepared via sol-gel route by Amun Amri, Yola Bertilsya Hendri, Sunarno, Yoyok Dwi Setyo Pambudi, Mazhibayev Assylzhan, Kambarova Elmira, Khusnul Ain, Khairulazhar Jumbri, Zhong Tao Jiang, Chun-Chen Yang

“…Thermal and surface properties of LiFePO4/very-few-layer graphene (LiFePO4/VFLG) composite manufactured through the sol-gel route have been researched for lithium-ion battery cathode application. …”
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Improvements in aerosol layer height retrievals from TROPOMI oxygen A-band measurements by surface albedo fitting in optimal estimation by M. de Graaf, M. Sneep, M. ter Linden, L. G. Tilstra, D. P. Donovan, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, J. P. Veefkind

“…The ALH has been continuously improved since its release in 2019, focusing especially on (bright) land surfaces, over which the ALH product showed underestimated ALHs (biased towards the surface). …”
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Straw mulching alters the composition and loss of dissolved organic matter in farmland surface runoff by inhibiting the fragmentation of soil small macroaggregates by Shanshan Cai, Lei Sun, Wei Wang, Yan Li, Jianli Ding, Liang Jin, Yumei Li, Jiuming Zhang, Jingkuan Wang, Dan Wei

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Paleoseismological evidence of multiple, large-magnitude earthquake surface ruptures on the active Mt. Morrone normal fault, central Apennines, Italy by I. Puliti, A. Pizzi, S. Gori, E. Falcucci, F. Galadini, M. Moro, M. Saroli, M. Saroli

“…Considering that the estimated cumulative minimum vertical displacement encompassing the last three events is <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 140 cm, and based on the length of the fault at the surface, we can confirm that earthquakes with <span class="inline-formula"><i>M</i></span> 6.6–7.0 may be expected from the activation of the MMF with an inferred average recurrence interval not longer than 1800 years over the last <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 5.4 kyr.…”
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Solar Wind Ion Sputtering from Airless Planetary Bodies: New Insights into the Surface Binding Energies for Elements in Plagioclase Feldspars by Liam S. Morrissey, Stefan Bringuier, Caixia Bu, Matthew H. Burger, Chuanfei Dong, Denton S. Ebel, George E. Harlow, Ziyu Huang, Rosemary M. Killen, Francois Leblanc, Amanda Ricketts, Orenthal J. Tucker, Daniel W. Savin

“…Our understanding of the ion-sputtering contribution to the formation of exospheres on airless bodies has been hindered by the lack of accurate surface binding energies (SBEs) of the elements in the various mineral and amorphous compounds expected to be on the surfaces of these bodies. …”
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Comparison of Shear Bond Strength for Onestep Self-etch versus Universal Adhesives on Contaminated and Decontaminated Dentin Surfaces: An In-vitro Study by Asritha Kondapaneni, Anila Bandlapally Sreenivasa Guptha, Sayesh Vemuri, Roopadevi Garlapati, Mayana Aameena Banu, Niharika Halder

“…A plastic tube loaded with composite resin was placed over the dentin surface and light-cured. Shear bond strength at the dentin-composite interface was evaluated using a Universal Testing Machine (UTM). …”
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Forecasting Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Daytime Surface Urban Cool Islands in Response to Urbanization in Drylands: Case Study of Kerman and Zahedan Cities, Iran by Mohammad Karimi Firozjaei, Naeim Mijani, Solmaz Fathololoumi, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

“…Initially, historical land cover maps, land surface temperature (LST), surface biophysical characteristics, and SUCII data were prepared, and their spatiotemporal changes were evaluated. …”
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Investigation of Effects of Feed Rate and Cutting-Edge Angle Variation on Surface Roughness in External Cylindrical Turning Process of Ms58 Brass Material by Ergun Ateş, Nefise Serbest

“…When external cylindrical surface turning was performed with the experimental parameters of 480 rpm, a large cutting-edge angle of 90°, and a depth of cut of 0.5 mm within this study plan, the lowest average surface roughness was obtained as 1.228 µm.…”
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