Temperature and Stress Effects on the Compressive Creep Behavior of Parallel Strand Bamboo by Yanyan Liu, Yulin Bian, Dong He, Jiao Liu, Aiping Zhou

“…Modern bamboo structures made from PSB composites may be subjected to temperature variations during service. …”
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Design and Analysis of Nuclear Transportation Cask Using Phase Changing Material by Girish Venkatesh Gudi, R. G. Nagraj, Abhijit Dandavate

“…In this work, a composite PCM made of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and octadecanol is employed to provide equal heat transfer. …”
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Pengaruh Variasi Rasio Pati Talas (Colocasia Esculenta L) dengan Karagenan dan Konsentrasi Pemlastis Putih Telur terhadap Karakteristik Komposit Bioplastik by Diana Hilmalia Putri, Amna Hartiati, I Nyoman Semadi Antara

“…Bioplastics are made from natural materials that can be broken down by microorganisms, so they are considered more environmentally friendly than synthetic plastics. …”
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Preliminary Design of a Tandem-Wing Unmanned Aerial System by Alejandro Sanchez-Carmona, Daniel del Río Velilla, Antonio Fernández López, Cristina Cuerno-Rejado

“…Manufacturing was carried out by combining new techniques for the use of composite materials with additive manufacturing. A wide variability in the results was identified across the different models used. …”
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Experimental parametric study on flexural and shear performance of fiber reinforced concrete wet joints by Bahaa H. Al-Abbas, Dhafer M. Hasan, Ali Ghanim Abbas AL-Khafaji

“…Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a cementitious composite material that widely accepted nowadays due to its superior mechanical properties, low permeability and long term durability. …”
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Autovole processes in deprivation plasma coatings by S.A. Guchenko, E.N. Eremin, V.M. Yurov, V.Ch. Laurinas, S.S. Kasimov, O.N. Zavatskaya

“…Microhardness measurements were made along and across the sample in an amount up to 50 pieces. …”
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Study of fibrous microplastic and natural microfiber levels in branded milk samples from Italy by Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Mariacristina Cocca, Giampaolo Colavita

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Progressing Sustainable Development Goal 7 via Energy Access: Results from the 27 EU Member States by Barbara Fura, Elżbieta Skrzypek

“…Luxembourg, Ireland, and Malta made the greatest progress toward SDG 7. At the same time, the largest decline was observed in Spain. …”
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The effect of gamification on brand co-creation in app-based businesses: investigating the mediating role of consumer engagement and the moderating role of hedonic and innovativene... by Rayhane Rezagholizade, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Esmail Mazroui

“…To collect data, standard and researcher-made questionnaires were used. Data analysis with SmartPLS software shows the positive and significant effect of gamification on customer brand co-creation behavior, partial mediating role of consumer engagement variable, positive moderating effect of hedonic and innovativeness, and finally confirming the moderated mediation. …”
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Predicting Strength Properties of High-Performance Concrete Modified with Natural Aggregates and Ferroslag under Varied Curing Conditions by Muthumani Soundararajan, Sridhar Jayaprakash, S. K. Maniarasan, Ravindran Gobinath

“…Partial substitution of cement was made with 15% of fly ash and 10% of silica fumes. …”
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Consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of workforce configurations in English acute hospitals by Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, David Culliford, Jeremy Jones, Francesca Lambert, Paul Meredith, Bruna Rubbo, Lesley Turner, Chiara Dall’Ora

“…Objectives To estimate the consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of variation in the size and composition of the staff on acute hospital wards in England. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…Research in wildlife conservation and management often affects decisions made by managers. Improving understanding through applied research is key to advancing the ability to manage birds and other organism sefficiently. …”
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School nutrition programs in Dubai: a landscape analysis by Reem AlGurg, Reem AlGurg, Nour Abu Mahfouz, Farah Otaki, Farah Otaki, Agnes Paulus, Agnes Paulus, Amar Hassan Khamis, Mohamad Alameddine

“…This highlights the importance of capturing an inside perspective about the specificities of the SNPs in order to ensure their effective, efficient, and equitable implementation across schools, irrespective of whether they are public or private.ObjectiveThe overall purpose of this study was to develop insight into SNPs in Dubai, and to investigate the difference in characteristics of those SNPs, between the public and private sectors.MethodsThis study relied on a quantitative tailor-made survey. The data were analyzed using SPSS; descriptive analysis consisted of computing the proportions for all the variables. …”
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Production of “Melomel” from Cupuaçu (<i>Theobroma grandiflorum</i>) Using the Probiotic Yeast <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> var. <i>boulardii</i> by Karina Nascimento Pereira, Handray Fernandes de Souza, Amanda Cristina Dias de Oliveira, Marcela Aparecida Deziderio, Victor Dédalo Di Próspero Gonçalves, Marina Vieira de Carvalho, Eliana Setsuko Kamimura

“…To do this, a central composite design (CCD) was employed, with two independent variables, i.e., the initial soluble solids content of the honey must (°Brix) and the concentration of the cupuaçu pulp (%). …”
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International Index of Digital Economy and Society (I-DESI): Trends in the Development of Digital Technologies by L. P. Bakumenko, E. A. Minina

“…One group of factors combined variables that characterize new technologies in business, the other group – the use of the Internet by the population. …”
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Urban-rural disparities in cervical cancer screening among Indian women between 30–49 years: a geospatial and decomposition analysis using a nationally representative survey by Priyanka Garg, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Pritam Halder, Sathish Rajaa, Madhur Verma, Ankita Kankaria, Anil Goel, Rakesh Kakkar

“…Spatial patterns were analysed using aggregated district-level data, and the contribution of different independent variables to the urban-rural disparities was estimated using multivariate decomposition analysis. …”
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Mapping of quantitative trait loci and mining of candidate genes for seed viability in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] by Manisha Saini, Raju R. Yadav, Rahul Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Subhash Chandra, N. Krishna Kumar Rathod, Meniari Taku, Manu Yadav, Sudipta Basu, Ambika Rajendran, S. K. Lal, Akshay Talukdar

“…In this study, attempt was made to map QTLs and identify candidate genes for seed viability in soybean. …”
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Evaluation of prognostic models to improve prediction of metastasis in patients following potentially curative treatment for primary colorectal cancer: the PROSPECT trial by Vicky Goh, Susan Mallett, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Victor Boulter, Rob Glynne-Jones, Saif Khan, Sarah Lessels, Dominic Patel, Davide Prezzi, Stuart Taylor, Steve Halligan

“…For our primary outcome, perfusion CT variables were added to the standard model as a composite (principal components) score. …”
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Mapping the global distribution of lead and its isotopes in seawater with explainable machine learning by A. Olivelli, A. Olivelli, A. Olivelli, R. Arcucci, M. Rehkämper, T. van de Flierdt

“…Here, we present three machine learning models developed to map seawater Pb concentrations and isotope compositions, leveraging the global GEOTRACES dataset as well as historical data. …”
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Designing an entrepreneurial ecosystem model in a university with a knowledge-based approach by Nahid Mir, Amin Rahimi Kia, Mehry Daraei

“…To achieve this goal, changes should be made in educational and research processes, structure, culture, and the way and content of interactions between universities and companies and the government. …”
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