Distorting crack-front geometry for enhanced toughness by manipulating bioinspired heterogeneity by Kaijin Wu, Zhaoqiang Song, Mengqi Liu, Zewen Wang, Si-Ming Chen, Shu-Hong Yu, Linghui He, Yong Ni

“…While the behavior of smooth cracks with straight fronts in homogeneous materials is well understood, the toughening by rough cracks with tortuous fronts in heterogeneous materials remains unsolved. …”
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The Impact of the Quizlet App on Students' Mufradât Mastery: An Experimental Study by Ibnu Rawandhy N. Hula, Yousif Abdelmannan Mohamed Godat Arrashedy, Mohamad Lahay, Mukhtar I. Miolo, Damhuri Damhuri, Abdullah Sakka

“…Data were collected through tests, which were analyzed using (1) descriptive statistics, (2) normality tests, (3) paired sample t-tests, (4) homogeneity tests, and (5) independent sample t-tests. …”
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In Situ Growth of (−201) Fiber‐Textured β‐Ga2O3 Semiconductor Tape for Flexible Thin‐Film Transistor by Xiao Tang, Yue Zhao, Kuang‐Hui Li, Chen Liu, Hendrik Faber, Wedyan Babatain, Che‐Hao Liao, Saravanan Yuvaraja, Vishal Khandelwal, Dhanu Chettri, Haicheng Cao, Yi Lu, Chuanju Wang, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Xixiang Zhang, Xiaohang Li

“…The Ga2O3 coated tape is patterned with transistor arrays and exhibited good performance homogeneity. The representative transistor devices have a threshold voltage of ≈−2.75 V and a breakdown voltage of 116 V measured under a −20 V gate voltage. …”
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Primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Liver in a Patient with Sjogren Syndrome by Vadim Gorodetskiy, Wolfram Klapper, Natalya Probatova, Vladimir Vasilyev

“…Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan (CT-scan) of the abdomen revealed multiple low density foci with homogeneous structure and clear contours in both lobes of the liver. …”
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Structural Insight into Chitosan Supports Functionalized with Nanoparticles by J. Lamarra, L. Damonte, S. Rivero, A. Pinotti

“…The cross section of nanocomposites obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) clearly showed a homogeneous distribution of the nanoparticles without aggregation, suggesting their compatibility with the CH matrix. …”
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A pathway to cyclic carbonates: Cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxidized methyl oleate on grafted heterogeneous catalysts by Wander Y. Perez-Sena, Fabrizio Ciccarelli, Kari Eränen, Martino Di Serio, Vincenzo Russo, Tapio Salmi

“…Consequently, the majority of systems for CO2 fixation to bio-based epoxides rely on homogeneous catalysis. This study investigated the conversion of epoxidized methyl oleate, a model compound for EVOs, into its corresponding cyclic carbonate using heterogeneous 4-pyrrolidinopyridine-based catalysts. …”
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Determination of Crizotinib in Mouse Tissues by LC-MS/MS and Its Application to a Tissue Distribution Study by Fang Zhao, Yuan Wei, Yiming Yan, Han Liu, Sitong Zhou, Bo Ren, Ruijuan Liu

“…In this study, a simple liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the determination of crizotinib in various mouse tissues. Mouse tissue homogenates were processed by protein precipitation with methanol, and apatinib was chosen as the internal standard. …”
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Modeling compositional heterogeneity resolves deep phylogeny of flowering plants by Yongli Wang, Yan-Da Li, Shuo Wang, Erik Tihelka, Michael S. Engel, Chenyang Cai

“…., CAT-GTR + G4, LG + C20 + F + G) outperform site-homogeneous or partition models often used in previous studies. …”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumor Arising in the Buccal Space by Tatsuo Okui, Soichiro Ibaragi, Hotaka Kawai, Akira Sasaki

“…Contrast-enhanced images on CT and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images on MRI displayed a homogeneous enhanced mass with a well-defined margin. …”
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Ligand-tuning copper in coordination polymers for efficient electrochemical C–C coupling by Yu Yang, Cheng Zhang, Chengyi Zhang, Yaohui Shi, Jun Li, Bernt Johannessen, Yongxiang Liang, Shuzhen Zhang, Qiang Song, Haowei Zhang, Jialei Huang, Jingwen Ke, Lei Zhang, Qingqing Song, Jianrong Zeng, Ying Zhang, Zhigang Geng, Pu-Sheng Wang, Ziyun Wang, Jie Zeng, Fengwang Li

“…We herein coordinate Cu with six phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole derivatives to form stable coordination polymer catalysts with homogenized, single-site Cu active sites. Electronic structure modelling, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy show a widely tuneable Cu electronics by modulating the highest occupied molecular orbital energy of ligands. …”
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Standardization of Micropropagation for Four Hybrids of <i>Coffea arabica</i> Through Direct Somatic Embryogenesis by Marileydi Zuta-Puscan, Jegnes Benjamín Meléndez-Mori, Eyner Huaman-Huaman, Yoiner Kalin Lapiz-Culqui, Reyna Stefani Mego-Pérez, Manuel Oliva-Cruz

“…Direct somatic embryogenesis represents a fundamental tool for obtaining genetically homogeneous clones; however, its commercial scaling faces critical challenges at various stages of the process. …”
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In situ visualization of interfacial processes at nanoscale in non-alkaline Zn-air batteries by Jiao Wang, Shuang-Yan Lang, Zhen-Zhen Shen, Yan-Liang Zhang, Gui-Xian Liu, Yue-Xian Song, Rui-Zhi Liu, Bing Liu, Rui Wen

“…In addition, in situ optical microscopy shows that Zn can be uniformly dissolved and deposited in non-alkaline electrolyte, with the formation of homogeneous solid electrolyte interphase. Our work provides straightforward evidence and in-depth understanding of the interfacial reactions at both electrode interfaces in non-alkaline electrolyte, which can inspire strategies of interfacial engineering and material design of advanced ZABs.…”
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Simulation and Analysis of Long-Term CO2 Trapping for the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project in the Ordos Basin by Ying Yu, Yilian Li, Guodong Yang, Fengcheng Jiang, Sen Yang, Yongsheng Wang

“…Reactive transport simulations are performed using a 2D radial model, which represents a homogeneous formation. The results show that 80% of injected CO2 remains as free supercritical gas in each formation after injection, while most of CO2 is sequestrated in different carbonate mineral assemblages after 10,000 years. …”
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Ultrasound pretreatment and solvent extraction parameters effects on the nutritional characteristics of Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor bicolor) protein concentrate by Andri Cahyo Kumoro, Dyah Hesti Wardhani, Tutuk Djoko Kusworo, Mohamad Djaeni, Yusuf Ma'rifat Fajar Azis, Misbahudin Alhanif, Tan Chin Ping

“…The protein content of EPC increased gradually with the increase of SSFR until it reached a ratio of 6:1, further increase in SSFR promoted the development of a pseudo-homogeneous system, leading to a reduction in the solvent-eel flesh contact and the relative velocity between the extracting solvent and eel flesh, and consequently decreased the extraction yield. …”
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Effects of Vibratory Stress Relief on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Marine Welded Structures by Liqiang Gao, Qinan Yao, Yuchen Yang, Dejian Sun, Guanhua Xu, Bangping Gu, Cong Yang, Shuaizhen Li

“…The findings suggest that VSR is capable of significantly homogenizing and diminishing the welding residual stress within the heat-affected area of 316L/Q345 mismatched steel welded specimens. …”
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Сognitive Сomplaints with Unilateral Temporal Lobe Compression by M.U. Kaverina, U.V. Strunina, O.A. Krotkova

“…The study was conducted in a homogeneous clinical group of 48 patients with extracerebral benign neoplasms located in close proximity to the medio-basal parts of the left (25 people) or right (28 people) temporal lobe. …”
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Altered Brain Functional Activity in Infants with Congenital Bilateral Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study under Sedation by Shuang Xia, TianBin Song, Jing Che, Qiang Li, Chao Chai, Meizhu Zheng, Wen Shen

“…The amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) of the auditory, language, and vision related brain areas were compared between deaf infants and normal subjects. …”
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Characterization of Human Colorectal Cancer MDR1/P-gp Fab Antibody by Xuemei Zhang, Gary Guishan Xiao, Ying Gao

“…A number of clones expressing Fab bound to P-gp21, showing neutralized activity in vitro, were isolated and screened by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on its recognition properties to P-gp21 and human colorectal cancer tissue homogenate, resulting in identification of an optimal recombinant Fab clone (Number 29). …”
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Ziziphus jujube promotes fertility and pregnancy outcomes in Rat model of uterine adhesions by Fereshteh Asgharzadeh, Fereshteh Asgharzadeh, Mahsa Attarian, Majid Khazaei, Majid Khazaei, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Saeide Mansoori, Hamideh Naimi, Moein Eskandari, Azar Khorrami, Seyedeh Elnaz Nazari, Akram Aminian, Marjaneh Farazastanian, Elaheh Eshtad, Amir Avan, Amir Avan, Mikhail Ryzhikov, Malihe Hasanzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian

“…The antioxidant properties of Z. jujube were also studied through antioxidant enzyme activity in uterine tissue homogenates. Fibrotic changes were examined through histological Trichrome staining and analysis of pro-fibrotic factors.ResultsTreatment with Z. jujube resulted in a significant reduction in uterine tissue fibrosis, as evidenced by histological evaluation and reduced expression of fibrotic markers. …”
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Microplastics in a Traditional Turkish Dairy Product: Ayran by Serkan Kemal Buyukunal, Sanae Rbaibi Zipak, Karlo Muratoglu

“…The samples with the highest MP number were salty water (43 MP number/100 mL), salt (33 MP number/100 g), and milk samples taken from homogenization and pasteurization phases (26 MP number/100 mL). …”
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