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2023-09-01
The thermal solutions currently being proposed, thermal interface materials (TIMs) are playing an important role in thermal management. Conventional thermal conductivity (TC) of polymers is extremely low (less than 5 W/m K), which cannot meet the requirement of high TC of TIMs. However, low-melting metal TIMs are one o...
Low-melting metal thermal interface material for high-power package application
10.1007/s40042-023-00881-z
2023-09-01
The thermodynamic and kinetic contributions to an exhaustive extraction of medical devices are studied using the Abraham solvation parameter model and a systematic analysis of the material–solvent interactions, using low-density polyethylene (LDPE) as an example material and extraction solvents of varying polarities. T...
Correlation of Extractables Transfer from Low-Density Polyethylene into Extraction Solvents with Abraham Solvation Parameter Model and Assessment of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Effects in Achieving Exhaustive Extractions in Chemical Characterization of Medical Devices
10.1007/s10953-023-01286-z
2023-09-01
Corundum-mullite ceramic proppant was prepared by granulation and sintering with low-grade bauxite as the main raw materials and CaO as the additive mineralizer. The bulk density, breakage ratio, phase composition and microstructure of the ceramic proppant were characterized and studied. The results show that the bulk ...
Effects of CaO addition on the properties and microstructure of low-grade bauxite-based lightweight ceramic proppant
10.1007/s41779-023-00888-6
2023-09-01
This study investigated effects of rehydration time, temperature, and ultrasound treatment on rehydration rate (RR), water holding capacity (WHC), color, composition (protein content and soluble sugar content), molecular weight distribution (MWD), thermal properties and microstructure of TSP (texturized soybean protein...
Effects of Rehydration Time, Temperature and Ultrasound Treatment on Rehydration, Quality and Structure Properties of Low Moisture Texturized Soybean Protein
10.1007/s11483-023-09783-w
2023-09-01
The present study investigated the interaction between reduced glutathione (GSH) and nitric oxide (NO) in enhancing the cold tolerance of cucumber seedlings. In this study, cold-sensitive ‘Jinyan No. 4’ cucumber seedlings were used as test materials. Four different treatments, including CK: distilled water (control), D...
Nitric Oxide and Glutathione Act Synergistically to Improve PSII Activity and PSI Electron Transfer Under Chilling Stress in Cucumber Leaves
10.1007/s00344-023-10936-x
2023-09-01
Nanostructured carbon diffusion layers were produced on the 18Cr2Ni4WA low carbon steel using supersonic fine particles bombarding (SFPB) with activated carbon powders and low-temperature annealing at 500 °C. The microstructures and the formation mechanism of hard nanocrystalline carbon diffusion layers were analyzed b...
Mechanical Properties and Formation Mechanism of Surface Hard Nanocrystalline Carbon Diffusion Layer on 18Cr2Ni4WA Steel Induced by Supersonic Fine Particle Bombarding
10.1007/s11665-022-07695-3
2023-09-01
In this report, PEG + PVA + Dy 3+ :Eu 3+ films with Eu 3+ concentrations of 1–7wt% were prepared by solution casting method and characterized. The composites were characterized by PXRD, FTIR, UV–Vis, DMA, SEM, TGA and photoluminescence measurements, and also their antibacterial activities were tested by the diffusion m...
Structural, Thermal, Optical and Antibacterial Properties of Co-doped (Dy3+/Eu3+): PEG + PVA Novel Transparent Hybrid Films
10.1007/s10904-023-02724-7
2023-09-01
Abstract Biomedical shape-memory Ti–18Zr–15Nb alloy (at %) was subjected to upsetting with a true strain e = 0.7 in three different regimes: within a temperature range from 20 to 600°C at a deformation rate ξ = 0.1 s –1 ; at temperatures of 250 and 300°C at deformation rates ξ = 0.1, 1, and 10 s –1 ; and deformation at...
Study of Low-Temperature Thermomechanical Behavior of the Ti–18Zr–15Nb Superelastic Alloy under Different Temperature-Rate Conditions
10.1134/S0031918X23601300
2023-09-01
The effect of hot isothermal compression on the flow stress of low-carbon steel was studied using a Gleeble 3500 stimulator at temperatures from 900 to 1200°C and deformation rates from 0.01 to 10 sec – 1 . The flow stress was analyzed at elevated temperatures using a hyperbolic sine function. The material constants we...
Flow Stress Behavior and Governing Equation of Plastic Flow of Low-Carbon Steel at Elevated Temperatures
10.1007/s11041-023-00939-6
2023-09-01
The iron and steel industry (ISI) involves high energy consumption and high pollution. ISI in China, a leading country in the ISI, consumed 15% of the country’s total energy and produced more than 50% of the global ISI’s carbon emissions. Therefore, in the context of global low-carbon economy and emission reduction req...
Current situation of carbon emissions and countermeasures in China’s ironmaking industry
10.1007/s12613-023-2632-7
2023-09-01
The appropriate matching of base and filler material is a complex task, where yield strength matching is the most general aspect. As the strength properties of structural steels have significantly improved in the past decades, the matching problem has become more relevant today. The mismatch phenomenon significantly af...
Low-cycle fatigue behavior of differently matched welded joints of quenched and tempered steel
10.1007/s40194-023-01545-z
2023-09-01
Mauritanian iron ore powder (OM) has advantages of high iron grade, low aluminum content, and low loss on ignition, which can be used as a new mineral to replace low alumina limonite that has been exhausted in Australia. However, it will have a certain negative impact on sintering because of its high SiO 2 content. The...
Optimization of iron ore blending based on replacing Australian low alumina limonite
10.1007/s42243-022-00896-z
2023-09-01
Low frequency vibration assisted forming characterized with high excitation force can reduce the forming load and improve the surface quality, and has been proven to have a promising application in forming processes of high-strength metals. In this work, the plastic deformation behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy sheets un...
Constitutive modeling and deformation analysis of W-temper and peak aged 7075 alloy sheets under low frequency vibration assisted tension
10.1007/s10999-023-09647-8
2023-09-01
Combining photothermal therapy (PTT) with chemodynamic therapy (CDT) is an efficacious strategy for cancer treatment. However, the hyperthermia-induced heat shock response and low Fenton reaction efficiency limited its clinical application. Here, we present self-assembled querce-tin-Fe 3+ nanoparticles (Qu-Fe NPs) for ...
Self-assembled quercetin-Fe3+ nanoparticles for synergetic near-infrared light-triggered low-temperature photothermal/glutathione-activated chemodynamic therapy
10.1007/s40843-023-2536-1
2023-09-01
With the progress of vascular anastomosis technology, the radical resection surgery of cancer combining with vascular resection and reconstruction has been focused by surgeon. As a natural substitute material for blood vessel, vascular allografts have good vascular compliance and histocompatibility. Generally, the dona...
Effects of different preservation methods of human iliac veins
10.1007/s10561-022-10055-z
2023-09-01
In this work, the outdoor corrosion behavior of AZ31B magnesium alloy in the Antarctic atmospheric environment was investigated. The surface corrosion state of the specimens exposed to the Antarctic atmosphere for 1 month and 24 months differ significantly. The corrosion rate after 1 month during the summer season was ...
Atmospheric Corrosion of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy in the Antarctic Low-Temperature Environment
10.1007/s40195-023-01561-4
2023-09-01
Many industrial chemicals are currently produced from fossil resources. However, extensive use of fossil fuels has resulted in an alarming array of energy and pollution-related challenges. The industrial chemicals that are produced from fossil resources could be produced alternatively using green route in a sustainable...
Pollution to Product—a Novel Two-Stage Single-Pot Fermentative Production of 1,3-Propanediol
10.1007/s12155-023-10570-1
2023-09-01
Modern capabilities of additive technologies make it possible to maximize the metal utilization rate, reduce the carbon footprint, and ensure fast and high-quality manufacture of products of the required shapes and sizes with minimal deviations from the required geometric dimensions from metals, alloys, and polymeric m...
Investigation of Material Properties for Cryogenic Products, Produced by Additive Manufacturing Techniques
10.1007/s11015-023-01552-x
2023-09-01
This paper presents a low-power 140 kHz relaxation oscillator (ROSC) for low-frequency clock generators and timers. In voltage-mode ROSCs, unavoidable shunt current consumption results from voltage slewing at the integration capacitor. The proposed circuit employs CMOS thyristor-based decision elements which effectivel...
Low-power Relaxation Oscillator with Temperature-compensated Thyristor Decision Elements
10.1007/s10470-023-02177-5
2023-09-01
North-western parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plains are prone to occasional frost incidences which may result in 40–60% loss of tuber yield in potato. The overall aim of this study was to identify the morpho-physiological responses of two frost tolerant (Kufri Anand, J/2–19) and two susceptible (Kufri Pukhraj and MS/7–645)...
Effect of Cold Stress on Field Performance, Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Electrolyte Leakage and Leaf Gas Exchange Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes
10.1007/s11540-022-09593-6
2023-09-01
This work reports the combustion characteristics of two high ash Indian coal, petroleum coke, rice husk, and their blends to assess the effect of rice husk and petroleum coke blending on combustion characteristics of high ash Indian coals. Based on the combustion data obtained from the thermogravimetric analysis, vario...
Effect of rice husk and petroleum coke blending on combustion characteristics of high ash Indian coals
10.1007/s13399-021-02090-9
2023-09-01
In this study, we report elaboration of a thin film of CoO x on a low carbon unalloyed steel substrate by electrochemical route and the study of its electrocatalytic performances with respect to the evolution reaction of oxygen (OER) in NaOH medium. The elaborated deposits were well-characterized using X-ray diffractio...
Electrocatalytic activity of electrodeposited CoOx thin film on low-carbon unalloyed steel substrate toward electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
10.1007/s11696-023-02837-w
2023-09-01
S500MC steel is a grade of high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA) which is widely used in the automotive industry and for agricultural machinery and equipment. Considering properties of this alloy, selection of the welding process and parameters becomes essential to ensure that HSLA assemblies meet specific service requi...
Contrasting the mechanical and metallurgical properties of laser welded and gas tungsten arc welded S500MC steel
10.1007/s40194-023-01553-z
2023-09-01
Effects of solute rare earth (RE) on continuous cooling transformation of a low-alloy Cr–Mo–V bainitic steel are investigated in detail by dilatometry, optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microstructures appeared in thermal dilatometric samples of both...
Role of Solute Rare Earth in Altering Phase Transformations during Continuous Cooling of a Low Alloy Cr–Mo–V Steel
10.1007/s40195-023-01570-3
2023-09-01
Low-temperature ausforming (LT-AF) prior to bainitic transformation leads to a noticeable acceleration of bainitic transformation kinetics; however, the effect of LT-AF on the retained austenite (RA) features and the resulting mechanical properties is still unclear. LT-AF was applied to ultrahigh-strength bainitic stee...
Effect of low-temperature ausforming on bainitic transformation and mechanical properties in ultrahigh-strength bainitic steel
10.1007/s42243-022-00841-0
2023-09-01
In this study, tartaric acid was identified as an efficient reductant for the reductive leaching of manganese from low-grade pyrolusite ore in an H 2 SO 4 solution. The effect of H 2 SO 4 concentration, tartaric acid concentration, time, and temperature on the leaching efficiency of low-grade pyrolusite ore was investi...
Reductive Leaching and Recovery of Nano-crystalline MnO2 from Low-Grade Pyrolusite Ore
10.1007/s40831-023-00724-y
2023-09-01
A flow chemistry based continuous morphology-controllable precipitation strategy was successfully developed for synthesis of europium oxalate hydrate microparticles. The effects of flow ratio between raw materials within microchannels on the crystal structure, morphology and particle size distribution of the precipitat...
Continuous morphology-controllable precipitation strategy for europium oxalate hydrates via microchannel reactor
10.1007/s41981-023-00277-x
2023-09-01
Combustion experiments of sewage sludge (SS) blended with low-rank coal were conducted through a drop tube furnace (DTF) to explore the effects of low-rank coal type, blending ratio, and steam on the transformation of Zn and Cr. The results showed that the retention rates of Zn and Cr in ash increased from 24.35% and 7...
Transformation of Zn and Cr during co-combustion of sewage sludge and coals: influence of coal and steam
10.1007/s11356-023-28907-w
2023-09-01
Abstract Using the sol–gel method, by reacting solutions of maleic acid and potassium permanganate, samples have been obtained with a turbostat stacking of layers, which is characteristic of the birnessite structure. Using X-ray phase and thermogravimetric analysis, Raman spectroscopy, and low-temperature nitrogen adso...
Sol–Gel Synthesis and Textural–Structural Characteristics of Manganese Oxide: the Effect of Thermal-Modification Temperature
10.1134/S1995421223030279
2023-09-01
As a common flavonols, kaempferol (Kae) has a broad market as health food and medicine for its anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation, and anti-cancer properties. In this study, a novel convenient and simple fluorescent sensor based on carbon dots (CDs) for the detection of Kae was developed. The fluorescent CDs, with excel...
Green and Low-temperature Synthesis of Carbon Dots for Simple Detection of Kaempferol
10.1007/s10895-023-03204-4
2023-09-01
Rapid growth in the construction sector significantly influences the natural resource demands, waste assimilation, as well as its also responsible for environmental pollution. The combination of life cycle assessment (LCA) approach with Ecological Footprint (EF) analysis gives an opportunity to measure an environmental...
Life cycle ecological footprint of building: a case study of low-rise tropical residential building
10.1007/s13762-022-04518-9
2023-09-01
Abstract This experimental work briefly describes the technology of multiple electron-beam melting to produce low-alloy molybdenum alloys with other carbide-forming elements and carbon. Two new alloys described here allow deformation by cold rolling down to a thickness of 0.17 mm. When modifying the Golovin–Sims formul...
Evolution of Defects during Cold Rolling of Low-Alloy Molybdenum Alloys
10.1134/S0036029523090033
2023-09-01
This paper introduces a survey on recent smart wearable devices used in different fields, especially healthcare applications. A discussion is presented in terms of power supply, wireless technologies, applications, and wearability of these devices. Regarding the power supply, a photovoltaic is the best harvesting energ...
A Survey on Smart Wearable Devices for Healthcare Applications
10.1007/s11277-023-10639-2
2023-09-01
The wind energy in cities cannot be exploited effectively because natural wind is unstable and complex. Therefore, a triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator with swing-blade structures (SBS-TEHG) was designed to effectively harvest intermittent and continuous wind energy in an urban environment. First, the sprin...
Triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator with swing-blade structures for effectively harvesting distributed wind energy in urban environments
10.1007/s12274-023-5691-1
2023-09-01
A low-cost plant growth system has been developed to grow and study different types of endangered cryptogams in ex situ conditions. These cryptogams, considered model plants, are primarily available in the hilly region and generally used for laboratory purposes. Soil degradation and environmental pollution affect these...
Development of a growth chamber for cryptogams: a step toward ex situ conservation
10.1007/s40415-023-00913-9
2023-09-01
Aquatic macrophytes contain high levels of hydrosoluble compounds. These compounds disproportionately support microbial breakdown and affect biological oxygen demand in eutrophic waters. In this study, we investigated the fate of leachates from free-floating macrophytes ( Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes ) us...
Oxygen consumption and formation of recalcitrant organic carbon from the decomposition of free-floating macrophyte leachates
10.1007/s11356-023-29473-x
2023-09-01
Biogas is a promising renewable technology to alleviate energy poverty. Pakistan has a capacity of 5 million bio digesters that can be installed in different farming areas. However, this target has never been achieved because many barriers hamper the biogas industry development. In previous studies, some researchers ha...
Assessing and prioritizing biogas barriers to alleviate energy poverty in Pakistan: an integrated AHP and G-TOPSIS model
10.1007/s11356-023-28767-4
2023-09-01
Renewable energy and related technologies, such as electric vehicles, are vital to limiting climate change, but they also require more mineral resources, both in variety and quantity. As mining and processing these mineral resources is associated with geopolitical and environmental risks, it is vital to determine which...
Selected critical metals for a low-carbon future
10.1007/s13563-023-00383-1
2023-09-01
Background The investigation of reinforced concrete slabs under impact loading through the experiment is expensive and time-consuming however technological advancements enable the numerical methods to save experimental resources. The manuscript states that the numerical methods involve the selection of the material mod...
Evaluation of Compressive and Tensile Stress–Strain Parameters of Concrete Damage Plasticity Model for Concrete Slabs Under Impact load
10.1007/s42417-023-00966-w
2023-09-01
Purpose This study aimed to investigate the effect of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC), cold-water immersion (CWI) and passive recovery (PAS) on tennis recovery. Methods Thirteen competitive male tennis players completed three consecutive match-like tennis protocols, followed by recovery (WBC, CWI, PAS) in a crossover desi...
Cold-water immersion and whole-body cryotherapy attenuate muscle soreness during 3 days of match-like tennis protocol
10.1007/s00421-023-05190-8
2023-09-01
The impact toughness, microstructure and break features of low-alloy steel weld samples produced by automatic submerged arc welding have been compared. It has been established that when a notch is applied along the weld axis, fracture occurs along large grains of grain-boundary ferrite 80–140 μm in size with an unfavor...
Impact Toughness and Microstructure of Low-Alloy Steel Weld Produced by Automatic Submerged Arc Welding
10.1007/s11015-023-01561-w
2023-09-01
The development of polymerized fused-ring small molecule acceptors (FRA-PAs) has boosted the performance of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). However, these FRA-PAs suffer from lengthy synthesis steps and high production costs due to the high degree of synthetic complexity for fused-ring small molecule acceptors (FRA...
An asymmetric non-fused electron-deficient building block for low-cost polymer acceptor in all-polymer solar cells
10.1007/s11426-023-1717-y
2023-09-01
The corrosion behaviors of self-designed Ni-containing low-alloy steels with Mo addition in tropical marine atmosphere was investigated by surface analysis and electrochemical methods. The results showed that with the increase of Ni content, the weight gain rates of low-alloy steels gradually decreased and the composit...
Optimizing the Corrosion Resistance of Ni-Containing Low-Alloy Steels with Mo Addition in Tropical Marine Atmosphere
10.1007/s11665-022-07678-4
2023-09-01
Sustained low-efficiency dialysis is a hybrid form of kidney replacement therapy that has gained increasing popularity as an alternative to continuous forms of kidney replacement therapy in intensive care unit settings. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of continuous kidney replacement therapy equipment led to...
Archetypal sustained low-efficiency daily diafiltration (SLEDD-f) for critically ill patients requiring kidney replacement therapy: towards an adequate therapy
10.1007/s40620-023-01665-1
2023-09-01
Photosystem I (PSI) catalyzes light-induced electron-transfer reactions and has been observed to exhibit various oligomeric states and different energy levels of chlorophylls (Chls) in response to oligomerization. However, the biochemical and spectroscopic properties of a PSI monomer containing Chls d are not well unde...
Isolation and characterization of trimeric and monomeric PSI cores from Acaryochloris marina MBIC11017
10.1007/s11120-023-01025-x
2023-09-01
In this work, a midrib of lower bainite has been observed in an electric arc coating on low-carbon pipe steel using scanning tunnel microscopy. The midrib is a thin strip of ~50–70 nm wide along the direction of acicular bainitic subunit growth, and ~2–5 nm height above the level of surrounding ferrite. An analysis of ...
Observation of a Lower Bainite Midrib in an Electric Arc Coating Using Scanning Tunnel Microscopy
10.1007/s11182-023-02967-4
2023-09-01
In recent years, we have witnessed a growing demand for GNSS receiver customization in terms of modification of signal acquisition, tracking, and processing strategies. Such demands may be addressed by software-defined receivers (SDRs) which refers to an ensemble of hardware and software technologies and allows re-conf...
GNSS-SDR pseudorange quality and single point positioning performance assessment
10.1007/s12518-022-00457-9
2023-09-01
Selenium (Se) is the essential component of selenoenzymes and contributes to antioxidant defenses. The capability of Se to antagonize the toxicity of heavy metals makes it an essential trace element for human and plant health. Soils derived from black shales are naturally enriched with Se; however, these soils often co...
Enrichment of cadmium and selenium in soil-crop system and associated probabilistic health risks in black shale areas
10.1007/s11356-023-29173-6
2023-09-01
The brown seaweed, Sacchairna japonica , has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over one thousand years. Oral administration of fucoidan or low molecular weight fucoidan (LMWF) from S. japonica could ameliorate kidney dysfunction in chronic kidney diseases and inhibit diabetic vascular complications. In many...
Pharmacokinetics of fucoidan and low molecular weight fucoidan from Saccharina japonica after oral administration to mice
10.1007/s00343-022-2225-8
2023-09-01
Investigating the seepage characteristics of acid leaching solution affected by surfactant in the ore-bearing layer during the in-situ leaching process can be useful for optimizing the process parameters of uranium ore. Three surfactant leaching solutions of different concentrations were prepared respectively for the a...
Experimental investigation on the influence of surfactant to the seepage characteristics of acid leaching solution during in-situ leaching of uranium
10.1007/s10967-023-09038-5
2023-09-01
Low-grade ores generated by mining activities can lead to resource waste and environment pollution, which is of great concern. Thus, low-grade copper sulfide ores bioleaching is investigated in this study by re-inoculating bacteria at different intervals. The highest bacteria concentration of 5.830 × 10 7 cells·mL −1 ,...
Re-inoculated Bacteria Driving Microbial Community Functional Response to Bioleaching of Low-Grade Copper Sulfide Ores: Potential to Improve Copper Recovery
10.1007/s40831-023-00715-z
2023-09-01
It is crucial to understand the effect of microplastics (MPs) on plant systems with the increasing accumulation of MPs in the soil ecosystem. Earthworm potential to accumulate and degrade microplastics could modulate the toxicity of microplastics to plant growth. In this study, a pot experiment containing 1000 g soil m...
Earthworms Modulate the Toxicity Effect of Low-Density Polyethylene on Plant Development
10.1007/s42729-023-01319-y
2023-09-01
Background and aims As the immobility of inorganic phosphorus (P) in soil, the acquisition of P by sessile plants is limited. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a signal molecule and a metabolite can regulate plants to cope with various stresses. However, whether GABA could contribute to the adaption to low P stress in appl...
GABA responds to low phosphorus stress by interfering with endogenous auxin levels in apple
10.1007/s11104-023-06088-2
2023-09-01
Smart manufacturing is the convergence of Industry 4.0 technologies that modernize production systems, with a growing demand for real-time active management to maximize processes. Companies with outdated, non-communicative or non-data-transmitting machine tools urgently need new technologies to ensure competitiveness. ...
On the potential of low-cost instrumentation for digitalization of legacy machine tools
10.1007/s00170-023-11946-5
2023-09-01
Ridging South Atlantic high pressure systems (ridging highs) are often accompanied by cut-off low (COL) pressure systems aloft, but may also occur without them, in which case a linear baroclinic wave would be observed propagating across the South African domain in the upper troposphere. Using 41 years of ERA-5 reanalys...
Downstream development during ridging South Atlantic Ocean anticyclones
10.1007/s00382-023-06717-7
2023-09-01
The effect of low voltage electrostatic field (LVEF, 2500 V, 0.2 mA) on oxidative denaturation of myofibrillar proteins (MPs) in repeatedly freeze–thaw (F-T, both 24 h) lamb was investigated in this study. F-T cycles intensified MP oxidative denaturation and structural destruction, with the influences becoming more sev...
Effect of Low-Voltage Electrostatic Field on Oxidative Denaturation of Myofibrillar Protein from Lamb-Subjected Freeze–Thaw Cycles
10.1007/s11947-023-03041-0
2023-09-01
It is well established that chemical-peptide conjugation represents the molecular initiating event (MIE) in skin sensitization. This MIE has been successfully exploited in the development of in chemico peptide reactivity assays, with the Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA) being validated as a screening tool for ski...
Development of an in chemico high-throughput screening method for the identification of skin sensitization potential
10.1007/s00204-023-03550-z
2023-09-01
In this paper, the dynamics of drop formation at low Weber numbers (We =  $$\rho V^{2} D/\sigma$$ ρ V 2 D / σ ) were investigated experimentally. Deionized (DI) water drops dripping from nozzles were photographed using a high-speed camera. The studied drop parameters mainly include the limit length of the filament, the...
Experimental investigation of dynamics of primary and satellite droplet formation
10.1007/s40430-023-04367-8
2023-09-01
The finding of minimal laryngeal dysfunctions in professional voice users is essential to prevent the onset of organic vocal pathologies. The purpose of this study is to identify an objective parameter that supports the phoniatric evaluation in detecting minimal laryngeal dysfunctions in singers. 54 professional and no...
Looking for an Objective Parameter to Identify Early Vocal Dysfunctions in Healthy Perceived Singers
10.1007/s12070-023-03726-0
2023-09-01
Plant roots can sense the nitrogen level in the environment and change the expression of related genes to maintain normal life activities. However, their regulatory mechanism in Chrysanthemum has not been fully clarified. In this study, an R2R3-MYB transcription factor CmMYB42 was isolated from Chrysanthemum ‘Jinba.’ T...
An R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor CmMYB42 Improves Low-Nitrogen Stress Tolerance in Chrysanthemum
10.1007/s00344-023-10940-1
2023-09-01
Infants with low birth weight (LBW) are more likely to have health problems than normal weight infants. In studies examining the associations between particulate matter (PM) exposures and LBW, there is a tendency to focus on PM 2.5 as a whole. However, insufficient information is available regarding the effects of diff...
Maternal exposure to metal components of PM2.5 and low birth weight in New Mexico, USA
10.1007/s11356-023-29291-1
2023-09-01
CO 2 geological storage and utilization (CGSU) is considered a far-reaching technique to meet the demand of increasing energy supply and decreasing CO 2 emissions. For CGSUs related to shale gas reservoirs, experimental investigations have attracted variable methodologies, among which low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a promis...
Low-field NMR application in the characterization of CO2 geological storage and utilization related to shale gas reservoirs: a brief review
10.1007/s11707-022-1007-0
2023-09-01
Skeletonization algorithms are used as basic methods to solve tracking problems, pose estimation, or predict animal group behavior. Traditional skeletonization techniques, based on image processing algorithms, are very sensitive to the shapes of the connected components in the initial segmented image, especially when t...
Skeletonizing Caenorhabditis elegans Based on U-Net Architectures Trained with a Multi-worm Low-Resolution Synthetic Dataset
10.1007/s11263-023-01818-6
2023-09-01
The impressive role of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is well identified for cancer therapy. However, safety concerns have been raised about the adverse effects of high-doses of chemically-synthesized-AgNPs that release many hazardous residues and in turn diminish the anticancer property of AgNPs. Hence, to overcome thes...
Low Dose of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles is Sufficient to Cause Strong Cytotoxicity via its Cytotoxic Efficiency and Modulatory Effects on the Expression of PIK3CA and KRAS Oncogenes, in Lung and Cervical Cancer Cells
10.1007/s10876-022-02395-3
2023-09-01
A complex of physicochemical methods determined the relationship between the non-monotonic concentration dependencies of the size, ζ-potential of the dispersed phase, surface tension, fluorescence intensity (λ ex = 230 nm, λ em = 340 nm) of diluted aqueous systems of malic acid (MA) and their effect on the population o...
Self-organization, physicochemical, and biological properties of diluted aqueous systems of malic acid
10.1007/s11172-023-4012-x
2023-09-01
Injecting external CO 2 into soft and low-permeability coal seams can improve CH 4 extacctinn efficiency, and also benefit in CO 2 sequestration. However, the distribution law of damage zone around borehole in soft coal seam and its effect on the efficiency of CO 2 injection promoted CH 4 extraction are not clear. In t...
Effect of damage zone around borehole on carbon dioxide injection promoted gas extraction in soft and low-permeability coal seam
10.1007/s11707-022-1036-8
2023-09-01
Low phosphorus (P) soils in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major constraint for rice production. This study employed two methods, calcination and partial acidulation, to determine low-grade phosphate of rocks and evaluate the fertilization effects of calcinated and partially acidulated phosphate rocks (CPR and PAPR, res...
Effect of Slow-Release Phosphorus Components in Calcined and Acidulated Phosphate Rock Significantly Correlated with Ground-Water Levels in Lowland Rice Cultivation in Centre West Burkina Faso
10.1007/s42106-023-00258-z
2023-09-01
Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMS) represents an atypical tumor composed of myofibroblasts with a variety of histological patterns and with a high tendency to local recurrence and a low probability of distant metastases. LGMS has predilection for the head and neck regions, especially the oral cavity. This study a...
Low-Grade Myofibroblastic Sarcoma of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region: An International Clinicopathologic Study of 13 Cases and Literature Review
10.1007/s12105-023-01577-3
2023-09-01
Human papilloma virus (HPV infection) plays a important role in causing cervical cancer. Out of 184 different HPV genotypes, 40 diverse types only can cause anogenital infection. HPV present in >99% of cervical cancers with high risk types (16, 18) associated with cancer and Low risk types (6, 11) are associated with g...
Genotypic characterization of HPV serotypes in cervical samples from Indian women: a multi centric study
10.1007/s13337-023-00838-7
2023-09-01
A compact sized ingestible antenna is presented at 3.3 GHz for lower ultra-wide band (UWB) wireless capsule endoscope system, by taking the stomach part of human body model presence into consideration. The proposed novel design is based on microstrip feed model and consists of three unique strip lines at center, The tu...
Compacted conformal antenna at lower-UWB for wireless capsule endoscope system
10.1007/s12652-022-04318-6
2023-09-01
Burgeoning urbanization is a defining challenge for global carbon emissions mitigation in the coming decades. In this context, achieving low-carbon urbanization remains an urgent issue that demands prompt solutions. The coupling and decoupling relationships between urbanization and carbon emissions play an important ro...
Exploring the coupling and decoupling relationship of urbanization and carbon emissions in China
10.1007/s11356-023-29111-6
2023-09-01
Objective It has been reported that low-dose total body irradiation techniques can be applied to blood cancers such as leukemia. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of low-dose radiation-induced cell death via ferroptosis phenomenon in doxorubicin-sensitive leukemic K562 and resistant leukemic K562/Dox c...
Low-dose radiation-induced cell death in doxorubicin-sensitive leukemic K562 and resistant leukemic K562/Dox cancer cells associated with ferroptosis induction
10.1007/s13530-023-00178-5
2023-09-01
This paper concerns the application of the monotone iterative technique in conjunction with the lower and upper solution techniques to investigate the existence of mild solutions and their uniqueness for fractional impulsive differential systems of the Sobolev type with fractional order nonlocal conditions. To obtain t...
On mild solutions of fractional impulsive differential systems of Sobolev type with fractional nonlocal conditions
10.1007/s40096-022-00469-x
2023-08-31
This paper presents the empirical correlations to predict the phase transition temperatures of CuAlMn based shape memory alloy thermal/heat switches. The correlations can precisely predict the start and finish phase transition temperatures of austenite and martensite lattice structures within the error range of ±18% at...
Development of empirical correlations for assessing the CuAlMn based shape memory alloy thermal switch phase transition temperatures
10.1007/s12046-023-02248-3
2023-08-31
The rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an urgent need for low-energy-consumption and small-sized artificial photonic synapses. Here, it is pretty novel to demonstrate a light-stimulated synaptic device based on a single (Al,Ga)N nanowire successfully. Thanks to the presence of vacancy defects in the sin...
Realize ultralow-energy-consumption photo-synaptic device based on a single (Al,Ga)N nanowire for neuromorphic computing
10.1007/s12274-023-6069-0
2023-08-31
There are various definitions of the concept of complexity in Quantum Field Theory as well as for finite quantum systems. For several of them there are conjectured holographic bulk duals. In this work we establish an entry in the AdS/CFT dictionary for one such class of complexity, namely Krylov or K-complexity. For th...
A bulk manifestation of Krylov complexity
10.1007/JHEP08(2023)213
2023-08-31
Pollution from vehicular emissions is a major cause of poor air quality observed in many urban and semi-urban towns and cities. As such, this study was conducted to assess air quality and the spatiotemporal distribution of vehicular and traffic-related pollutants in several air sheds of Lagos megacity, the economic ner...
Spatiotemporal distribution of pollutants and impact of local meteorology on source influence on pollutants’ level in a traffic air-shed in Lagos megacity, Nigeria
10.1007/s10661-023-11757-x
2023-08-31
The tensile properties of the electroforming deposits with traditional high-concentration sulfate copper are poor, and its tensile strength is only approximately 180 MPa. To improve the mechanical and physical properties of electroforming copper, the influences of copper sulfate concentrations and current densities on ...
Investigation of the Tensile Properties of Friction-Assisted Electroforming Copper with Free Beads
10.1007/s11665-023-08634-6
2023-08-30
The low-temperature (α-/β-/γ-/δ-MnO 2 /CeO 2 -Nanorod) catalysts have been synthesized using the hydrothermal method followed by wet-impregnation and anaylzed in the Inconel reactor for selective catalytic reduction of NO using NH 3 as a reducing agent. The catalysts were characterized by the Brunauer-Emmett characteri...
Effects of MnO2 Crystal Phases in MnO2/CeO2 Catalyst for NO Reduction by NH3-SCR
10.1007/s10562-023-04438-4
2023-08-29
The efficient conversion of low-grade acidic oils to biodiesel is still a great challenge due primarily to the presented free fatty acids (FFAs) and moisture that significantly activate the used catalysts . In this premise, the acidic aluminosilicates (AAS) were employed as catalyst supports for loading of molybdenum a...
Improved Biodiesel Production from Soybean Oil Using Molybdenum-Zirconium Doped Aluminosilicates as Heterogeneous Catalysts
10.1007/s12155-023-10662-y
2023-08-29
Objective To evaluate the effects of different warm-up methods on the acute effect of lower limb explosive strength with the help of a reticulated meta-analysis system and to track the optimal method. Methods R software combined with Stata software, version 13.0, was used to analyse the outcome metrics of the 35 includ...
A systematic review and net meta-analysis of the effects of different warm-up methods on the acute effects of lower limb explosive strength
10.1186/s13102-023-00703-6
2023-08-28
Background Plastic materials have a significant impact on the entire environment. Very relevant ideas in different areas with the aim of enhancing these materials and making them effective in our daily lives. In this context, our work in this article by using plastic materials in the manufacture of hydrophobic membrane...
Novel composite membrane based on recycled low-density polyethylene-alumina used for vacuum membrane distillation
10.1186/s42269-023-01103-z
2023-08-26
The increased energy demand and decreasing fossil resources have driven the research community to look into a sustainable, green process to meet the energy demands. India being one of the top producers of sugarcane derived sucrose, and conversion of surplus sucrose to value chemicals is always an advantage. 5%Ni-15%Ce/...
One-pot catalytic conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol over titania supported Ni-Ce metal catalyst under milder reaction conditions
10.1007/s13399-023-04781-x
2023-08-25
In this study, we explored the feasibility of using the beaks of the African cuttlefish Sepia bertheloti for age estimation and growth analysis. The rostrum sagittal section (RSS) of the lower beak was the most suitable region in the species. It was applied in samples caught off Morocco and Guinea-Bissau between June 2...
Age, growth, and population structure of the African cuttlefish Sepia bertheloti based on beak microstructure
10.1007/s00227-023-04272-7
2023-08-25
Background Immunotoxins are antibody-toxin conjugates that bind to surface antigens and exert effective cytotoxic activity after internalization into tumor cells. Immunotoxins exhibit effective cytotoxicity and have been approved by the FDA to treat multiple hematological malignancies, such as hairy cell leukemia and c...
Improving the cytotoxicity of immunotoxins by reducing the affinity of the antibody in acidic pH
10.1186/s12967-023-04210-7
2023-08-24
In recent years, low-temperature plasma-assisted processes, featuring high reaction efficiency and wide application scope, have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional methods for biomass valorization. It is well established that charged species, chemically energetic molecules and radicals, and highly active...
Recent progress of low-temperature plasma technology in biorefining process
10.1186/s40580-023-00386-2
2023-08-24
Background Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a condition associated with high morbidity and mortality, and glia-mediated inflammation is a major contributor to neurological deficits. However, there is currently no proven effective treatment for clinical ICH. Recently, low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), a non-inva...
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound ameliorates glia-mediated inflammation and neuronal damage in experimental intracerebral hemorrhage conditions
10.1186/s12967-023-04377-z
2023-08-24
Background Human rabies outbreak transmitted by bats continues to be a relevant public health problem not only in the Amazon region. The disease has affected one of the areas with the greatest poverty in southeastern Brazil, a region inhabited by the Maxakali indigenous people. Case presentation We describe four cases ...
Rabies outbreak in Brazil: first case series in children from an indigenous village
10.1186/s40249-023-01130-y
2023-08-23
The detailed investigation of the microstructure evolution in the Al–3.4Si–0.6Mg–0.5Mn alloy, solution-treated at 530, 545, and 560 °C for 4 h, and its corresponding mechanical properties at the T6 heat-treated state, is presented in this study. It was found that the as-cast microstructure of the experimental alloys co...
The Effect of Solution Temperature on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of a Low-Silicon Cast Aluminum Alloy Containing Mn
10.1007/s40962-023-01138-y
2023-08-23
The corrosion behavior of high-strength low-alloy 921A steel in a simulated marine atmospheric environment was studied using a high-throughput experimental method. The corrosion behavior, corrosion morphology, and corrosion products of 921A steels were analyzed using various techniques, including corrosion mass loss me...
Multi-performance evaluation of high-throughput accelerated corrosion test for high-strength low-alloy 921A steel
10.1007/s42243-023-01058-5
2023-08-23
Background Anlotinib has demonstrated encouraging clinical outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer, soft tissue sarcoma and thyroid carcinoma. Several clinical studies have shown a relationship between anlotinib treatment and the occurrence of hyperlipidemia. The fundamental mechanisms, however, are still largely uncl...
Anlotinib affects systemic lipid metabolism and induces lipid accumulation in human lung cancer cells
10.1186/s12944-023-01907-y
2023-08-22
The environment in Antarctica is characterized by low temperature, intense UVB and few vegetation types. The Pohlia nutans M211 are bryophytes, which are the primary plants in Antarctica and can thrive well in the Antarctic harsh environment. The transcriptional profiling of Pohlia nutans M211 under low temperature and...
Extreme environmental adaptation mechanisms of Antarctic bryophytes are mainly the activation of antioxidants, secondary metabolites and photosynthetic pathways
10.1186/s12870-023-04366-w
2023-08-22
Background Genital tract infections pose a public health concern. In many low-middle-income countries, symptom-based algorithms guide treatment decisions. Advantages notwithstanding, this strategy has important limitations. We aimed to determine the infections causing lower genital tract symptoms in women, evaluated th...
Evaluation and optimization of the syndromic management of female genital tract infections in Nairobi, Kenya
10.1186/s12879-023-08442-2
2023-08-19
In this paper, a highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance-based photonic crystal fiber sensor for low refractive index (RI) sensing and detection is proposed. To excite the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode, Au and TiO 2 were coated on the top and bottom of the sensor in the shape of notched rings. The utilization...
A high-sensitivity D-shaped photonic crystal fiber surface plasmon resonance sensor for low refractive index detection
10.1007/s12596-023-01358-9
2023-08-19
Wastewater with low carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio is a challenging problem for denitrification. Agricultural wastes as carbon sources to enhance low C/N wastewater have attracted much attention due to the high carbon release characteristics. In order to study the effect of pretreatment on carbon release performance of...
Effect of Pretreatment on Carbon Release Performance of Corncobs as a Solid Carbon Source
10.1007/s11270-023-06564-6
2023-08-18
High-pressure low-temperature rocks from Svalbard are an excellent target for studying metamorphic reactions in Phanerozoic subduction zones. This study reveals the presence of monazite in an eclogite and a blueschist from the Vestgötabreen Complex, southwestern Svalbard. In order to investigate the monazite-forming re...
Monazite in the eclogite and blueschist of the Svalbard Caledonides: its origin and forming-reactions
10.1007/s00410-023-02045-5
2023-08-17
Development of suitable hole transport materials is vital for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to diminish the energy barrier and minimize the potential loss. Here, a low-cost hole transport molecule named SFX-POCCF3 (23.72 $/g) is designed with a spiro[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene] (SFX) core and terminated by trifluoroethoxy ...
Improving the light stability of perovskite solar cell with new hole transport material based on spiro[fluorene-9,9′-xanthene]
10.1007/s43979-023-00061-9
2023-08-17
Background One of the drawbacks of lower-limb prostheses is that they do not provide explicit somatosensory feedback to their users. Electrotactile stimulation is an attractive technology to restore such feedback because it enables compact solutions with multiple stimulation points. This allows stimulating a larger ski...
The impact of walking on the perception of multichannel electrotactile stimulation in individuals with lower-limb amputation and able-bodied participants
10.1186/s12984-023-01234-4
2023-08-16
Conventional MgO–C bricks (graphite content > 14 wt.%) produce a great deal of greenhouse gas emission, while low-carbon MgO–C bricks have serious thermal shock resistance during high-temperature service. To enhance the high-temperature mechanical property and thermal shock resistance of low-carbon MgO–C bricks, a nove...
A novel route to enhance high-temperature mechanical property and thermal shock resistance of low-carbon MgO–C bricks by introducing ZrSiO4
10.1007/s42243-023-01063-8
2023-08-16
Previous studies have demonstrated the remarkable resistance of bdelloid rotifers to ionizing radiation, making them an interesting model system for studying radiation effects on living organisms. In this study, we use simulations, instead of direct experimental exposures, to examine whether all bdelloids are affected ...
Adineta vaga under fire: simulating the impact of radiation
10.1007/s10750-023-05324-1