The objective of the research reported herein is to compare the compaction properties of three different chitin extracts from the organisms most used in the seafood industry; namely crabs, shrimps and squids. The foregoing is examined in relation to...
Based on the theory of uniform finite-length incoherent line source radiation and real vehicle online test data of Shanghai Maglev trains, a prediction model for environmental noise is established using an equivalent segmented line sound source appro...
The relationship between daily dietary intake of an individual or all essential amino acids (EAAs) and muscle strength in older adults is still inadequately characterized. This population-based cross-sectional study included 5971 participants aged &g...
Marine propulsors represent one of the most important contributors among anthropogenic sounds radiated into water. Blade based propulsors, e.g., propellers, generate tones at the blade passing frequency and its harmonics, especially in cavitating con...
A new honeycomb production process was proposed with both filter cake (from hydrothermal treatment of metatitanic acid) and industrial titanium dioxide as Ti sources. The strength of the obtained pilot product was comparable with the current industri...
The measurement of two-particle Bose–Einstein momentum correlation functions are presented using
This study evaluated the mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of concrete made with recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs) derived from a pier exposed to a tropical marine environment for more than 20 years. The RCA was characterize...
Background/Objectives: Sarcopenia is a major age-related health condition characterized by loss of muscle mass, strength and physical performance. Adequate protein intake is essential for maintaining muscle health, but the role of protein sources and...
There is current interest in replacing petroleum-based additives in consumer paper products with abundantly available, renewable and sustainable biopolymers such as lignin-containing cellulose nanofibers (LCNFs) and cottonseed protein. This research...
The problem of hydrogen embrittlement in ultra-high-strength steels is well known. In this study, slow strain rate, four-point bending, and permeation tests were performed with the aim of characterizing innovative materials with an ultimate tensile s...
The dynamic evolution characteristics of fracture are crucial to analyzing the development of coal and rock mass instability, gas diffusion law, and dynamic disaster prediction. These characteristics affect coal rock fractures and gas-induced disaste...
Measurements of femtoscopic correlations in high-energy heavy-ion collisions are used to unravel the space–time structure of the particle-emitting source (the quark–gluon plasma). Recent results indicate that the pion pair source exhibits...
Italy is characterized by a very variable configuration in terms of altitude, proximity to the sea, latitude and the presence of industrial plants. This paper summarizes the chemical characterization of PM10 obtained from 38 sampling campaigns carrie...
Thin, strong scaffold materials are needed for surgical applications. New materials are required, particularly those readily available, such as from non-human sources. Bovine amniotic membrane (antepartum) and equine amniotic membrane (postpartum) we...
This article analyzes the results of capillary rise, compressive strength and water absorption tests on solid ceramic bricks from existing structures and demolition materials taken from 11 different structures. In addition (for more extensive interpr...
The Djibouti Ville Drift is part of a contourite depositional system located on the southern side of the Djibouti Ville Seamount in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). The sedimentary record of a core located in the drift deposits has been chara...
Conventional (anthracite, calcined petroleum coke, and coke) and non-conventional (biochar, and biocokes (3 wt.% torrefied wood, and 3 wt.% petroleum coke + 3 wt.% charcoal)) carbon-bearing sources have been studied for their use in electric arc furn...
Agar is a hydrophilic biopolymer extracted from red seaweed. This phycocolloid consists of two components: agarose and agaropectin. In the present work, agar extracted from the invasive red seaweed Agarophyton vermiculophyllum was characterized using...
This study aims to analyze strength properties and low-cycle dynamic tests of composite materials modified with glass and basalt fibers. Biopolyamide 4.10 was used as the matrix, and the fiber contents were 15, 30, and 50% by weight. Static tensile t...
Nowadays, a significant increase in interest in renewable energy sources can be observed. Wind farms have been one of the solutions representing this trend for many years. One of the important elements of windmills is the blades. The data indicate th...
The development of polymeric biocomposites containing natural fibers has grown over the years due to the properties achieved and its eco-friendly nature. Thus, biocomposites involving a polymer from a renewable source (Biopolyethylene (BioPE)) and ba...
Source identification in confined underground ventilation systems is essential for hazardous-gas monitoring, and uranium-mine radon provides a representative case in which release locations and strengths must be inferred from limited concentration me...
Interest towards cellulose nanofibers obtained from virgin and waste sources has seen a significant growth, mainly thanks to the increasing sensitivity towards the concept of circular economy and the high levels of paper recycling achieved in recent...
In this study, various wood material sources were used for the manufacture of wood-polymer composites (WPC). The materials were categorised as virgin wood particles (VWP), reprocessed WPC particles (RWP) and recycled thermoset composite particles (RC...
Sarcopenia is a disease of old age characterized by decreased muscle mass and strength. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) promote muscle mass synthesis and increase muscle strength. We aimed to develop a dietary amino acid database and to examine th...
The utilization of cement is one of the primary sources of carbon emissions in concrete, driving the search for sustainable alternative materials. Although extensive research has been conducted on the use of agricultural waste as supplementary cement...
First flush is a phenomenon in stormwater runoff that has been considered a topic of great interest in the field of nonpoint source pollution. Despite several attempts to define the first flush quantitively, the specified characteristics of the pheno...
Fugitive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrial parks are characterized by high opacity and spatial dispersion. Existing localization and quantification methods often rely on idealized meteorological assumptions and low-precision mobile monitor...
Studies were undertaken to investigate the effects of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on the gel strength, color, thermal properties, protein molecular masses, and functional groups of commercially available fish gelatin samples. Commercially available...
To elucidate the impact mechanism of the interfacial characteristics of Calcium Silicate Hydrate gel (CSH)–Montmorillonite (MMT) at the nanoscale on the strength of cement-stabilized montmorillonite soil, this paper begins by examining the inte...
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Exposure studies rely on detailed characterization of air quality, either from sparsely located routine ambient monitors or from central monitoring sites that may lack spatial representativeness. Alternatively, some studies use models of various comp...
The tannery industry is renowned for the huge amount of toxic solid and liquid waste generated from the cleaning, fleshing, splitting, tanning, shaving and buffing of raw materials. Biomass briquettes are a proven way of generating energy from waste....
In order to advance the utilization rate of multi-source solid wastes in the Ningxia region of China, 16 groups of pavement base mixtures were designed with cement and fly ash (FA) as binders, steel slag (SS), silicon manganese slag (SMS), and recycl...
To date, breakdown voltage is an underlying risk to the epoxy-based electrical high voltage (HV) equipment. To improve the breakdown strength of epoxy resin and to explore the formation of charge traps, in this study, two types of polyhedral oligomer...
The main objective of this research was to obtain calcium silicate units from alternative raw materials, such as the bottom ashes from the combustion of wooden boards (WBA), as a source of silica, and GeoSilex (G), a by-product with low energy and en...
Fast rhythms excess is a hallmark of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). To implement innovative, non-pharmacological, neurostimulation interventions to restore cortical-cortical interactions, we need to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying...
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Research on substance use challenges in First Nations communities is often deficit-focused and can reinforce paternalistic stereotypes that lead to further discrimination. In this article, we report on findings of a strengths-based Photovoice project...
Forest structural parameters, such as canopy closure, stand density, diameter at breast height, tree height, leaf area index, stand age, and biomass, are fundamental for quantifying forest ecosystem functioning and supporting sustainable forest manag...
Accurate characterization of mining-induced surface subsidence is essential for safety assessment in mining areas; however, single monitoring techniques have inherent limitations. Spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) provides l...
Decreasing oil extraction stimulates attempts to use biologically available sources to produce polyols, which are the basic components for obtaining polyurethane foams. Plants are inexhaustible source of oils, sugars, starches, and cellulose. Similar...
Growing interest in the use of natural organic compounds in the production of green concrete with the use of plasticizers has been particularly noticeable in the literature of recent decades. Starch is an attractive material due to its abundance, the...
This study evaluates the feasibility of producing high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel using advanced wire-fed laser additive manufacturing (LAM-W) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technologies. Optimized parameters were independently devel...
To reveal the temperature rise evolution mechanism of isotropic media subjected to reciprocating motion constant-strength point heat source, various forms of analytical solutions are derived on the basis of differentiated relative scales, and non-dim...
This paper evaluates the deposition of silica layers at atmospheric pressure as a pretreatment for the structural bonding of titanium (Ti6Al4V, Ti15V3Cr3Sn3Al) in comparison to an anodizing process (NaTESi process). The SiO2 film was deposited using...
The main object of this work was to characterize the structure and properties of laboratory-made fish gelatin from cod skin in comparison with known commercial gelatins of fish and mammalian origin. This is one way we can contribute to the World Food...
In the present work, a high-pressure spherical vessel was fabricated from Ti–4Al–3V titanium alloy using wire-feed electron beam additive manufacturing and characterized for tightness at high pressure. Studies have been carried out to cha...
This research investigates the effectiveness of bio-sourced flax fiber-reinforced polymer in comparison with a traditional system based on carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer in order to confine recycled aggregate concretes. The experimental invest...
Few studies focus on the co-valorization of river dredging sediments (DS) and residual waste glass (RWG) in alkali-activated binders. This study investigates the use of DS as an aluminosilicate source by substituting a natural resource (metakaolin (M...
The acid durability of recycled-aggregate concrete (RAC) remains largely undocumented in sub-Saharan Africa, and the small, collinear datasets of such campaigns are rarely released. Three concretes (natural, partially recycled and fully recycled) wer...
Coastal aquifers are critical freshwater resources that face increasing threats from contamination and saltwater intrusion. Traditional approaches for characterizing these aquifers are challenged by complex dynamics, high-dimensional parameter spaces...
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