How Thermal Patterns Change During Dehydration in Non‐Vascular Epiphytic Communities by Giulia Canali, Pilar Hurtado, Sara Gariglio, Rodrigo Rocha deOliveira, Cristina Malegori, Paolo Giordani

“…These differences may be explained by morphological traits, such as the greater hydrophilic properties and higher surface‐to‐volume ratio of bryophytes and foliose lichens compared to the hydrophobic properties and lower surface‐to‐volume ratio of crustose lichens. …”
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Wideband absorption with polarization and angular insensitive metamaterial for optical applications based on Tungsten-SiO2 composites by Md Raihan, Saif Hannan, Md Ismail Haque, Mohamed Ouda, Abdulmajeed M. Alenezi, Mohamed S. Soliman, Mohammad Tariqul Islam

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Spatially Explicit Model for Assessing the Impacts of Groundwater Protection Measures in the Vicinity of the Hranice Abyss by Jozef Sedláček, Hana Vavrouchová, Kryštof Chytrý, Ondřej Ulrich, Petra Oppeltová, Milan Geršl, Kristýna Kohoutková, Radim Klepárník, Petr Kučera, Vítězslav Vlček, Jana Šimečková, Eva Žallmannová

“…However, reductions in surface temperature were more modest, with a maximum decrease of 7.3%, corresponding to an average temperature drop of 1.5 °C. …”
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Modelling of Peripheral Wood Milling Power Using Design of Experiment Approach by Miran Merhar, Aldin Bjelić, Atif Hodžić

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Design and Experiment of a Laser Scoring Device for <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Fruits by Xinhan Luo, Yujia Cui, Xiwen Yang, Guangfa Hu, Zhili Wu

“…After optimization and verification under ideal conditions, the device achieved a peak average qualification rate of 85.6%.…”
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Design and fabrication of automatic tilt angle adjustment device for precision measurement application by Tran Minh Sang, Luu Duc Binh, Do Le Hung Toan, Tran Minh Thong, Pham Nguyen Quoc Huy, Vo Nhu Thanh

“…The experimental results reveal that the adjusted average nonparallelism between the measured surface and the surface plate reaches 0.001 mm. …”
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A Mesoscale Particle Method for Simulation of Boundary Slip Phenomena in Fluid Systems by Alexander E. Filippov, Mikhail Popov, Valentin L. Popov

“…The physical system under study comprised two atomically flat surfaces composed of particles of different sizes and separated by a model fluid formed by moving particles with repulsing cores of different sizes and long-range attraction. …”
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Experimental Study of the Wave Effects on a Ducted Twin Vertical Axis Tidal Turbine Wake Development by Robin Linant, Yanis Saouli, Grégory Germain, Guillaume Maurice

“…The results show that, in the presence of waves, the mean wake characteristics present greater average height and width compared to the current-only condition. …”
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Parameter Optimization for the Improvement of Tribological Behavior of Textured Tapered Roller Bearings by Risheng Long, Qiang Ma, Qingyu Shang, Haiming Wang, Ying Yao, Yueyong Wang, Lin Zong

“…The results demonstrate that the textured surfaces significantly improve friction-reducing performance and wear resistance. …”
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Leaf area  Index measurements for  Pinus brutia  Ten. Plantations in Northern Iraqi by Maan Shekho, Mohammed Al-Allaf, Muzahim Younis

“…The surface area of the leaves of trees that perform photosynthesis is expressed by the leaf area index (LAI) for pine trees with different densities, using direct methods by collecting field data in 2022 from (30) samples, and measurements were taken of the diameter at breast height for each sample and the total height, crown center height, crown width, and number of trees. …”
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Development of a machine learning-based surrogate model for friction prediction in textured journal bearings by Yujun Wang, Georg Jacobs, Shuo Zhang, Benjamin Klinghart, Florian König

“…Surface textures in journal bearings offer significant potential for reducing friction and enhancing energy efficiency. …”
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Selective Laser Hardening of Aluminium AA6061-O Alloy with Nanosecond Laser Pulses by Furat I. Hussein, Sanaa Al-Sumaidae, Ahmed Alhamaoy, Kareem N. Salloomi, Muhannad Ahmed Obeidi

“…This work is devoted for applying cold working hardening on discrete values on regions of aluminum 6061-O alloy using nanosecond fiber laser of 100 W average power and pulse duration of 81 ns. An exaggerated plasma pressure resulted from ablation a thin coat layer on the metal surface was built in order to cause cold plastic deformation and increase the surface hardness of the alloy. …”
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The effect of Ag electroplated layer on temperature-adaptive lubrication behavior of the CoCrMo coating with a texture interface by Lan Luo, Lingqian Wang, Jiansong Zhou

“…Compared to the CCM coating and Ag electroplated coating on an untextured CCM surface (CA coating), the CoCrMo–Ag composite coating (CTA coating) demonstrates the lowest average COF and wear rate over a wide temperature range, especially at 800 °C (0.15 and 3.89 × 10−6 mm3/(N·m)). …”
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Investigating Thermal Stability in Hyderabad City, India by Guha Subhanil, Govil Himanshu

“…Moreover, normalized difference built-up index also built a stable strong positive relationship (average correlation coefficient =0.64) with land surface temperature. …”
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Wettability’s Challenge to High-Voltage Insulators: Polyurethane as Preventive Coating by Touqeer Ahmad Raza, Muhammad Kamran, Syed Ahtisham Mehmood Shah, Muhammad Mehran Bashir

“…Discrete water droplets were placed along the surface, and the contact angle was varied to represent different levels of surface hydrophobicity. …”
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Evaluating Urban Heat Island Effects in the Southwestern Plateau of China: A Comparative Analysis of Nine Estimation Methods by Ziyang Ma, Huyan Fu, Jianghai Wen, Zhiru Chen

“…Surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) is a critical indicator of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. …”
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Temperature Measuring Method Accuracy Evaluation in the Microarc Heating Process Based on Reproducibility and Uncertainty Indicators by M. S. Stepanov, I. G. Koshlyakova

“…It is necessary to control temperature using thermoelectric sensors for steel products surface alloying in conditions of microarc heating. …”
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Assessing multi-decadal climatic variability and its impact on cardamom cultivation in the Indian Cardamom Hills by Sivajothi Ramalingam, Kazuaki Tanaka, Nainaru Tarakaramu, Muthusamy Murugan, Ashokkumar Kaliyaperumal, M. Ijaz Khan

“…Abstract This study examines the multi-decadal variability and trends of surface air temperature and precipitation in the Indian Cardamom Hills (ICH), a degraded tropical rainforest area unique for cardamom cultivation. …”
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Subsidence and sedimentation dynamics of the lakeside part of the Rita River delta in the rupture zone, the northwestern coast of Lake Baikal by Lunina Oksana, Gladkov Anton

“…The greatest accumulation of alluvium occurred in the southern section of the Rita River delta in a settling expressed in the surface and coinciding with the zone of recent ruptures, as well as in an accumulative flow that overlaps the zone of surface deformations. …”
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Impacts of Urbanization and Climate Variability on Groundwater Environment in a Basin Scale by Olawale Joshua Abidakun, Mitsuyo Saito, Shin-ichi Onodera, Kunyang Wang

“…These changes in hydraulic heads were particularly evident in the interactions between surface and groundwater. The cumulative volume of groundwater discharge to the river decreased by 27%, while the river seepage into the aquifer increased by 16%. …”
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