Hydrological Response of East China to the Variation of East Asian Summer Monsoon by Fuxing Li, Dong Chen, Qiuhong Tang, Wenhong Li, Xuejun Zhang

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Suggested New Statistical Parameter for Estimating Joint Roughness Coefficient considering the Shear Direction by Zhiqiang Zhang, Jiuyang Huan, Ning Li, Mingming He

“…The 10 standard roughness joint profiles provided a visual comparison to get the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) of rock joint surface, but the accuracy of this method is influenced by human factors. …”
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Impression Cytology of Bulbar Conjunctiva in Refractive Patients by A. V. Doga, S. A. Borzenok, I. A. Mushkova, A. N. Karimova, M. R. Obraztsova, M. Kh. Khubetsova, D. S. Ostrovskiy

“…Within the framework of this work, 62 (62 eyes) refractive profile patients were examined, their average age was 26.5 ± 2.1 years. In addition to the standard refractive diagnosis, which determines the possibility of safe keratorefractive surgery, all patients underwent an assessment of the status ocular surface: Schirmer-1 test, Norn test, staining of the ocular surface with 0.1% fluorescein and 0.1% lissamine green, determination of tear film break up time and loss of meibomian gland secretion during upper meibography and the lower eyelid on the diagnostic module of the Mediworks slit lamp (China). …”
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Synergistic Preparation of Sludge Carbon from Oily Sludge and Walnut Shells by Chao Tang, Jiaojiao Guan

“…There are some pores on the surface of the prepared carbon precursor, the heavy metal content of leachate does not exceed the standard, and the use process will not cause heavy metal pollution. …”
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Highly sensitive laser spectroscopy sensing based on a novel four-prong quartz tuning fork by Runqiu Wang, Shunda Qiao, Ying He, Yufei Ma

“…In the simulation of light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) technology, the surface temperature difference of the four-prong QTF was found to be 11.4 times greater than that of the standard QTF. …”
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Development of a Sun Protection Factor for contact lenses (CL-SPF) by Tom Drew, James S. Wolffsohn, Andrew Devitt, Sasha Kieran

“…Despite the UV-blocking characteristics of sunglasses, ocular surface protection can be substantially reduced at certain solar angle and head orientation combinations; on average, 76%–89% of light was prevented from reaching the ocular surface depending on the intensity of the tint (80%–20% transmission). …”
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Measurements of the Stiffness and Thickness of the Pavement Asphalt Layer Using the Enhanced Resonance Search Method by Nur Mustakiza Zakaria, Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff, Sentot Hardwiyono, Khairul Anuar Mohd Nayan, Ahmed El-Shafie

“…Thickness of the asphalt surface layer followed the specifications of Malaysian PWD and MDD UKM, while some of the values of stiffness obtained are higher than the standard.…”
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RETRACTED: Spinel zinc ferrite nanoparticles: an active nanocatalyst for microwave irradiated solvent free synthesis of chalcones by Ravikumar M Borade, Sandeep B Somvanshi, Swati B Kale, Rajendra P Pawar, K M Jadhav

“…The synthesized nanocatalyst has been completely portrayed by standard techniques for structural, morphological, compositional, surface, magnetic, dielectric, optical and photoluminescence properties individually. …”
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Stress-state-dependent constitutive model and fracture criterion of annealed 6056 aluminum alloy by Qingsen Hou, Naichang Chen, Zhiqiang Luo, Zonglian Wang

“…The ASCE fracture criteria of the annealed 6056 aluminum alloy were determined utilizing a parameter inversion method focused on the most failure-prone regions. The average error between the simulated displacements based on the ASCE fracture criterion and the displacements in the experiment was 6.39%, which is better than the average error of 20.83% when using the surface fitting method. …”
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Design, Construction, and Evaluation of a Spatial Depth Measurement System for Subsoiler in Sugarcane Fields by N. Loveimi, A. Azizi, A. Kaab, A. Neisi

“…Specifically, within these ranges, the deep range exhibited an average depth error of 2.33 cm, and the surface range had an average error of 3.65 cm. …”
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Study on the Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Performance of Ammonium Polyphosphate-Reinforced Coal Cangue Slurry for Goaf Grouting and Filling by Rui Wu, Xiangyu Liu, Shi Wang, Xuepeng Song, Haigen Yu, Zhiguo Guo

“…In addition, under all tested conditions, the average surface temperature remained below 80 °C for slurries with >5 cm grouting thickness, meeting fire prevention requirements. …”
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A Tuning Method for Speed Tracking Controller Parameters of Autonomous Vehicles by Jianqiao Chen, Guofu Tian

“…The experimental results clearly indicate that the autonomous vehicle, after PID parameter optimization using a genetic algorithm, demonstrated the following speed tracking errors: when the road surface adhesion coefficient was 0.5, the maximum speed tracking error was 0.22, the average value was 0.063, and the standard deviation was 0.124; when the adhesion coefficient was 0.6, the maximum speed tracking error was 0.180, the average value was 0.056, and the standard deviation was 0.099; when the adhesion coefficient was 0.8, the maximum speed tracking error was 0.179, the average value was 0.056, and the standard deviation was 0.098. …”
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Window Frame Design Optimization Analysis Based on Hygrothermal Performance and the Level(s) Framework by Konstantin Verichev, Carmen Díaz-López, Andrés García-Ruíz, Francisca Valdenegro

“…The results indicate that modified timber frames exhibited consistently lower average interior surface temperatures (by 1.2 °C) and a significantly higher risk of surface condensation compared to aluminum frames, particularly at typical comfort-level indoor humidity conditions (e.g., 167 vs. 100 condensation days at 50% RH). …”
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PCA Weight Determination-Based InSAR Baseline Optimization Method: A Case Study of the HaiKou Phosphate Mining Area in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China by Weimeng Xu, Jingchun Zhou, Jinliang Wang, Huihui Mei, Xianjun Ou, Baixuan Li

“…However, in multi-temporal InSAR processing, the quality of interferometric pairs is constrained by spatiotemporal baseline parameters and surface scattering characteristics. Traditional selection methods, such as those based on average coherence thresholding, consider only a single factor and do not account for the interactions among multiple factors. …”
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Three-dimensional image-guided navigation technique for femoral artery puncture by Yunmeng Zhang, Shenglin Liu, Qiang Zhang, Qingmin Feng

“…The system achieved a FRE of 0.944 mm. On the standard model, the average distance error was 0.885 mm, and the TRE was 0.915 mm. …”
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MORPHOLOGY OF EXCRETORY TISSUE OF LEAVES AND SECONDARY METABOLITES OF SOME SPECIES FROM INULA GENUS by Aida Ya. Tamakhina, Angela A. Gadiyeva

“…Applied the standard histochemical test reactions to identification of secondary metabolites. …”
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Features of erosion processes manifestation during snowmelt and heavy rainfall in the south of Russia by Evgeniy V. Poluektov, Georgiy T. Balakay

“…The purpose of the study was to determine the features of erosion processes during surface snowmelt and rainwater runoff. Materials and methods. …”
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Approaches to Study and learning of Students in Ahvaz JundiShapur University of Medical Sciences by Abdol Hossein Shakurnia, Mehri GHaforian, Hossein Elhampour

“…Data collected by standardized questionnaires of Approached and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIS). …”
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Influence of new snow on growth and melting of sea ice by D. D. Zavyalov, T. A. Solomakha

“…To assess the quality of the forecasting of the seasonal course of the ice thickness, the standard deviation of the calculated ice thickness from the average value for the period of measuring ice thickness, the standard deviation, the correlation coefficient, and the verification of the forecast were determined. …”
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Evaluating Environmental Weathering Effects on White Portland Cement using Hyperspectral Reflectance Analysis by I. Ahmed, U. K. Sharma, P. K. Garg, A. K. Thakur, Pritipadmaja

“…The mean reflectance decreased from 90.397 on Day 0 to 83.092 on Day 150, showing surface degradation with time. However, the standard deviation of the reflectance increased initially from 7.318 on Day 0 to 7.766 on Day 30, then stabilized at 6.763 by Day 120. …”
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