We studied the formation process of a mayenite structure from hydroxide precursors in different gas media. According to X-ray diffraction data, this method allows a well-crystallized mayenite (Ca12Al14O33 or C12A7) phase to be obtained at low (500&nd...
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Background: The purpose of this study was not only to examine the attachment site but also to quantify the effect of the tibialis posterior tendon (TPT) on each attachment site by examining the surface area of the attachment region. Methods: We exami...
Calcium aluminates (CA) with a mayenite structure have attracted a growing interest during the last decades. The present paper reports the preparation of vanadia-mayenite composites performed via an impregnation of pure CA with ammonium vanadate solu...
As vital material carriers of human civilization, earthen sites are experiencing continuous surface deterioration under the combined effects of weathering and anthropogenic damage. Traditional surface conservation techniques, due to their poor compat...
The fabrication of low-dimensional nanostructures through on-surface synthesis has emerged as a promising strategy for developing high-precision electronic devices. Among various reactions, Ullmann-type coupling (with carbon–halogen bond activa...
The selection of suitable sites for the disposal of radioactive waste constitutes a critical component of nuclear waste management. This study presents an original methodological proposal based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), designed to sup...
Accurate environmental sensing is pivotal for advancing automation in construction, particularly in autonomous excavation. Precise 3D representations of complex and dynamic site geometries is essential for obstacle detection, progress monitoring, and...
During Hajj, Muslims throughout the globe assemble at the holy sites in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government aims to increase the number of pilgrims. To ensure the pilgrims’ safety from the impact of surface urban heat island (SUHI), a sc...
Mining sites are areas where mining and restoration coexist and are constantly changing. The vegetation condition can reflect the process of surface mining and restoration, while quantifying the impacts of different mining patterns and surrounding en...
Earthen archeological sites may be damaged by rain-induced erosion processes. Huaca Fortaleza (HF; 600–750 AD) is an originally four-level truncated pyramid in the semi-arid Lambayeque region of northern Peru, an area affected by seasonal inten...
This study brings a detailed bioinformatics analysis of fungal and chloride-dependent α-amylases from the family GH13. Overall, 268 α-amylase sequences were retrieved from subfamilies GH13_1 (39 sequences), GH13_5 (35 sequences), GH13_15 (28 sequence...
The ribosome CAR interaction surface behaves as an extension of the decoding center A site and has H-bond interactions with the +1 codon, which is next in line to enter the A site. Through molecular dynamic simulations, we investigated the codon sequ...
Despite the fact that the enzyme-like activities of nanozymes (i.e., nanomaterial-based artificial enzymes) are highly associated with their surface properties, little is known about the catalytic active sites. Here, we used the sulfide ion (S2&minus...
Sea-surface roughness length is a key parameter for characterizing marine atmospheric boundary layer. Although aerodynamic roughness lengths for homogeneous land and open water surfaces have been examined extensively, the extension of relevant knowle...
The viaduct is an important infrastructure for urban sustainable development, but it will inevitably pass through a coal mining subsidence area in coal resource-based cities, which poses a threat to the construction and operation of the viaduct. Howe...
The position error of two parallel surfaces is generally constrained by parallelism. However, as a range of change, it cannot represent the positional relation between two parallel surfaces. Large-scale equipment such as machine tools are complex and...
This study presents a compact controlled urban geophysics test site developed at the University of Malta to evaluate the response of complementary near-surface sensing methods under known shallow subsurface conditions. The experimental setup is desig...
Impervious surfaces create heterogeneous planting sites for urban trees, but whether crown-scale sealing is associated jointly with leaf economics and reproductive dispersal morphology remains unclear. We aimed to test these associations in mature fe...
Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies represent a critical threat to the operational safety and productivity of marine ranching systems. Taking a typical marine ranching area in the Northern Yellow Sea as the study area, this study developed a ligh...
The preservation of the ancient seawall site is a focal point and challenge in the protection of historical relics along Hangzhou’s Grand Canal in China. This endeavor holds significant historical and contemporary value in uncovering and perpet...
Surface density of adsorption sites on an adsorbent (including affinity-based sensors) is one of the basic input parameters in modeling of process kinetics in adsorption based devices. Yet, there is no simple expression suitable for fast calculations...
Nano-size-induced shifts in alloy phase-separation critical temperatures (
We estimated fine-mode black carbon (BC) concentrations at the surface using AERONET data from five AERONET sites in Korea, representing urban, rural, and background. We first obtained the columnar BC concentrations by separating the refractive index...
Structure of model bimetallic PdAu nanoparticles is analyzed aiming to find Pd:Au ratios optimal for existence of Pd1 single-atom surface sites inside outer Au atomic shell. The analysis is performed using density-functional theory (DFT) calculations...
Geotechnical investigation, in hilly areas, for high-rise projects, becomes a problematic issue and costly process due to difficulties in mobilization and assembling the drilling equipment on mountainous terrains. The objective of this study is to ma...
This study aimed at validating the anatomical sites for the measurement of infrared (IR) body surface temperature as a tool to monitor the pigs’ response to handling and transport stress. The selected anatomical sites were the neck (infrared ne...
Identifying locations of landslide slip surfaces provides critical information for understanding the volume of landslides and the scale of disasters, both of which are essential for formulating disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies. Based o...
Appalachian forests are threatened by a number of factors, especially introduced pests and pathogens. Among these is Phytophthora cinnamomi, a soil-borne oomycete pathogen known to cause root rot in American chestnut, shortleaf pine, and other native...
Local structure of Pd1 single sites on the surface of Pd1In1 intermetallic nanoparticles supported on α-Al2O3 was investigated by the combination of CO-DRIFTS spectroscopy and DFT. CO-DRIFTS spectra of PdIn/Al2O3 catalyst exhibit only one asymmetric...
This manuscript is the corrected version of a previously published paper. Glucose uptake by mammalian cells is a key mechanism to maintain cell and tissue homeostasis and relies mostly on plasma membrane-localized glucose transporter proteins (GLUTs)...
The production of vinyl chloride (VCM) by pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) is an important process in the ethylene-based poly(vinyl chloride) industry. The pyrolysis is performed at temperatures above 500 °C, gives low conversions, and has high...
The construction of a surface-frustrated Lewis pairs (SFLPs) structure is expected to break the single electronic state restriction of catalytic centers of P-region element materials, due to the existence of acid-base and basic active canters without...
In order to explore the effect of the attachment site of the benzene ring in the backbone of the surfactant on its diffusion characteristics on the surface of anthracite, the molecular dynamics simulation method was used, and the four isomers (m-C16,...
Over the past few years, various research has been conducted to utilize 3D point cloud data in construction sites. This is because 3D point cloud data contain a variety of information, such as spatial coordinates (X, Y, Z), intensity, and color (RGB)...
This study evaluates the bone-healing patterns on the surface of titanium implants at the cortical and marrow compartments of bicortically-installed implants in the diaphysis and metaphysis of rabbit tibiae. In 27 New Zealand rabbits, two implants, o...
Our study reveals multiple signals of Palaeolithic occupation in the Flemish Valley, a large depression in coastal northwestern Europe with an extremely sparse Pleistocene archaeological record until now. We show that mechanical coring can reveal arc...
We present here important new findings on the direct synthesis of bimetal Cu-Mn containing porous silica catalyst and the effects of structure-directing agent removal from the prepared nanomaterial on the evolution of surface catalytic sites. The ext...
Trend-Run model was performed to estimate the trend in surface temperatures recorded at 12 sites in Guinea from 1960 to 2016 and to examine the contribution of each climate forcing. The coefficient of determination (R2) calculated varies between 0.60...
The direct carbonylation of glycerol with CO2 to produce glycerol carbonate (GC) offers a promising approach to CO2 utilization and glycerol valorization, with high theoretical atom economy and H2O as the sole coproduct of the stoichiometric carbonyl...
The study concerns the analysis of 220Rn (thoron) recorded in the surface soil in two sites of the Campi Flegrei caldera (Naples, Southern Italy) characterized by phases of volcanic unrest in the seven-year period 1 July 2011–31 December 2017. Thoron...
Background/Objectives: B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling is implicated in Burkitt lymphoma (BL) lymphomagenesis, although its activation may differ across biological and epidemiological settings. While surface IgM is the predominant immunoglobulin iso...
Deltas and lagoons, which contain many flora and fauna, have rich coastal ecological and biological environments, and are wetlands of vital importance for humans. In this study, the current problems in all coastal Ramsar sites in Turkey are summarize...
Palygorskite exhibits a complex surface chemistry resulting from its fibrous morphology, modulated ribbon structure, and coexistence of silanol- and octahedral-derived reactive sites. Despite its industrial and environmental relevance, previous studi...
Advances in unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have increased the potential of remote sensing to overcome scale issues for soil moisture (SM) quantification. Regardless, optical imagery is acquired using various sensors and platforms, resulting in simple...
In this work, the adsorption of CO onto the surface of the transition metal Ni at different coverage levels was explored based on the density functional theory (DFT). The corresponding periodic slab plate models were established, and the adsorption p...
Nickel phosphides (NixPy) are recognized as promising alternatives to noble-metal catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). NiP, consisting of the equal stoichiometric ratio of Ni and P, could help quantify the catalytic effect of P and Ni....
We present here a simple retrieval of the areal-averaged spectral surface albedo using only ground-based measurements of atmospheric transmission under fully overcast conditions. Our retrieval is based on a one-line equation. The feasibility of our r...
One of the benefits of training a process-based, land surface model is the capacity to use it in ungauged sites as a complement to standard weather stations for predicting energy fluxes, evapotranspiration, and surface and root-zone soil temperature...
The polycondensation of carbon dioxide and diols under atmospheric pressure has significant appeal, thus making the study of catalysts in this process very important. Here, a series of CeO2-X catalysts (X = 9/11/13) with surface modification by basic...
Global warming, driven by greenhouse gases like CH4 and CO2, necessitates efficient catalytic conversion to syngas. Herein, Ni containing different molecular sieve nanomaterials are investigated for dry reforming of methane (DRM). The reduced catalys...
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