Understanding the technical properties of the subsurface soil is essential for carrying out any building project correctly. In sandy soils in Phuket, Thailand, a correlation between electrical resistivity and the SPT N-value should be established in...
Ordinary differential equations with n-valued impulses are examined via the associated Poincaré translation operators from three perspectives: (i) the lower estimate of the number of periodic solutions on the compact subsets of Euclidean space...
The fatigue life curve was determined for the AL6XN stainless steel under strain-controlled Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) tests. Additionally, a specific number of loading cycles were applied to new specimens made from the same AL6XN alloy batch to set an...
In this study, the prediction of n-value (index-value) surfaces—a key indicator of the field and temperature dependence of critical current density in superconductors—across various high-temperature superconducting materials is addressed...
Despite its potential danger, site amplification effects are often neglected in seismic hazard analysis. Appropriate amplification factors can be determined from shear wave velocity, but impracticality in in situ measurements leads to reliance on reg...
A subsurface investigation was conducted to assess the suitability of a site for potential tunnel construction, focusing on the determination of shear wave velocities (Vs) in subsurface materials. This study employed three distinct methods to analyze...
To meet the demand of the 10% weight reduction goal for automotive steel, the microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe-18Mn-Al-C steel with different carbon and aluminum contents were investigated under different solid solution treatments, and...
Our results show that a lower density of unreacted Mg + B material during an Mg solid-state synthesis reaction leads to a significant reduction in the quantity of the superconducting phase and lowers the homogeneity of the superconducting material. I...
This paper provides results on the sign of the Green function (and its partial derivatives) of an n-th order boundary value problem subject to a wide set of homogeneous two-point boundary conditions. The dependence of the absolute value of the Green...
This paper provides a method to bound and calculate any eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of n-th order boundary value problems with sign-regular kernels subject to two-point boundary conditions. The method is based on the selection of a particular type...
In this research article, we motivate and introduce the concept of possibility belief interval-valued N-soft sets. It has a great significance for enhancing the performance of decision-making procedures in many theories of uncertainty. The N-soft set...
This paper introduces the concept of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy n-fold implicative filters in hoop algebras and explores their fundamental properties. We establish several new and equivalent characterizations, investigate their closure prop...
Layered An+1BnO3n+1 (n = 1…∞) Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) phases are a promising system for a variety of applications. Within the RP family, the thermodynamic properties of the phases are essentially additive with variation in the n val...
Single electron hydrogen or hydrogenic ions have analytical forms to evaluate the atomic parameters for the inverse processes of photoionization and electron-ion recombination (H I + h
This editorial consists of a synopsis of the research in the Special Issue on “Superconductors and Magnetic Materials”, specifying the studies and highlighting main results and conclusions. This collection of research (1) demonstrates the...
Palladium and palladium alloy membranes are superior materials for hydrogen purification, removal, or reaction processes. Sieverts’ Law suggests that the flux of hydrogen through such membranes is proportional to the difference between the feed and p...
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is crucial for enhancing soybean productivity while reducing reliance on mineral nitrogen fertilizers. The accurate estimation of BNF via the δ15N natural abundance method depends on reliable B-values, which r...
We aimed to determine factors influencing lymph node metastasis (LNM) and develop a more effective method to assess preoperative N staging. Overall, data of 2130 patients who underwent thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer between 2018 and 2021 were retro...
In this paper, we investigate a perturbed elliptic boundary value problem that exhibits critical growth characterized by a Trudinger–Moser-type inequality. Our primary focus is to establish the existence of two nontrivial solutions. This is ach...
In this study, multifunctional catalysts were developed by adding *BEA or MFI zeolite with high Si/Al ratio to a residual fluidized catalytic cracking (RFCC) catalyst and tested in the catalytic cracking of n-hexadecane, which is a heavy crude oil mo...
Our previous study using 41 tree rings of one Abies alba Mill. disc indicated that the superellipse equation can accurately fit its tree-ring shape. This study further used the superellipse equation (
Objective: The study aims to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic efficacy of gut-derived trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) as a molecular biomarker for heart failure (HF) in comparison to the N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide. Background: The...
A pressuremeter test (PMT) is a representative and highly reliable in situ test for assessing the stress–strain behavior of weathered granite. Its application, however, is restricted by its cost and time requirements. Many researchers have also inves...
We consider a new kind of helicoidal surface for natural numbers
In this research, a groundbreaking framework for the octic B-spline collocation method in n-dimensional spaces is presented. This work is an extension of previous works that involved the creation of B-spline functions in n-dimensional space for the p...
Several SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged and early detection for monitoring their prevalence is crucial. Many identification strategies have been implemented in cases where sequencing data for confirmation is pending or not available. The presence of...
The standard penetration test (SPT) is a widely used in situ test method worldwide that can evaluate soil properties based on the blow counts (N-value). The N-value depends on soil properties, and the energy transferred to the drill pipe during hamme...
Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common cardiac disorder in older small- to medium-sized dogs. Diagnosis and staging are primarily based on echocardiography; however, circulating cardiac biomarkers have gained increasing interest because t...
A practical approach to predict the yield strength and work-hardening exponent (n value) to evaluate the deep-drawing performance of annealed 3104 aluminum sheets is presented in the present work by only measuring and analyzing the grain size of the...
Nitrogen fertilizer recommendations for corn (Zea mays L.) should ensure high yields using adequate N doses. Soil–plant analysis development (SPAD) meter technology using absolute SPAD values, might be more reliable than relative SPAD values in helpi...
Heather honey is a valuable and rheologically special type of honey. Its above-average selling price may motivate its intentional violation with a mixture of honey from another botanical origin, the price of which is lower on the market. This work de...
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Lakes are a crucial component of the global carbon and nitrogen cycle. As a trend of enhanced human activities and climate change, the mechanisms of burial remain poorly understood. In this study, diverse biogeochemical techniques were applied to ana...
The use of oxygenated fuels in spark ignition engines (SIEs) has gained increasing attention in the last few years, especially when coming from renewable sources, due to the shortage of fossil fuels and global warming concern. Currently, the main sub...
Multi-state weighted k-out-of-n systems are widely applied in various scenarios, such as multiple line (power/oil transmission line) transmission systems where the capability of fault tolerance is desirable. However, the complex operating environment...
In this work, state-selective electron-capture processes in collisions of Ar16+ with ground-state hydrogen are analyzed in classical terms by means of the classical trajectory Z-CTMC method. Oscillations in the n-state-selective charge-exchange cross...
The virus that causes monkeypox has been observed in Africa for several years, and it has been linked to the development of skin lesions. Public panic and anxiety have resulted from the deadly repercussions of virus infections following the COVID-19...
The GM(1,N) model, as a classical multivariate grey prediction model, can make a holistic and dynamic analysis of multiple factors and reflect the dynamic change relationship between the variable series and the related factor series. However, numerou...
In Situ high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction experiments were undertaken for the coarse crystalline natural layered double hydroxides (LDHs) quintinite, hydrotalcite, stichtite, and iowaite in the temperature range 25–1000 °C, with the...
The Forming Limit Stress Diagram (FLSD) can accurately describe the forming process of high-strength steel. However, obtaining FLSD is relatively difficult. In order to predict fracture in advanced high-strength dual-phase (DP) steels, limit maximum...
The global crisis arising from the current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a surge in the magnitude of global waste from used Personal Protective Equipment with special emphasis on waste N95 facemask. Creative approaches are therefore required to r...
Cooking liquor (CL) from marine species processing has been reported to include a wide range of valuable constituents. In this study, the chemical composition of CL from octopus (Octopus vulgaris) processing, with and without a filtration process, wa...
Estimating confidence intervals in small or noisy datasets is a recurring challenge in biomolecular research, particularly when data contain outliers or exhibit high variability. This study introduces a robust statistical method that combines a hybri...
Mushrooms are famous for their nutritional and medicinal values and also for the diversity of bioactive compounds they contain including lectins. The present review is an attempt to summarize and discuss data available on molecular weights, structure...
This paper presents the results of a pot experiment aimed at the assessment of the fertilizer value of struvite, a precipitation product obtained from a liquid fraction of the digestate. The effects of struvite (STR), struvite + ammonium sulphate (ST...
The N deposition rate is notably increased in China, especially in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). How plants respond to the projected N deposition on the alpine steppe is still in debate. In this study, to investigate the effects of N deposition...
Coal mine fires represent one of the major threats constraining sustainable and safe production in the coal industry. To investigate the mechanisms of accident causation and coupling evolution, this study proposed a fire risk analysis method integrat...
This paper proposes solutions for zero-value-cross detection (ZVCD) in a single-phase mains-powered motor used for high-torque tightening. Four different applications are presented: resistor-polarized digital input, a resistor-polarized optocoupler,...
We consider an N fermion system at low temperature T in which we encounter special particle number values
The feed quality of 34 species (27 dicotyledonous and 7 grasses) present in the vegetation of the Pyrenean mountain hay meadows rich in species subject to extensive management is analyzed in this paper. For this, just before mowing, samples were take...
Background: We assesse the evolution and prognostic value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity troponin T (cTnT-HS) in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CA) before and after tafamidis treatment. Method...
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