Valorization of various sources of rabbit manure in agro-piscicultural system in Benin (West Africa): dynamics and effect of mineralization upon quality of fresh water by Richard Adande, Hervé Kouessivi Janvier Bokossa, Mouhamadou Nourou Dine Liady, Emile Didier Fiogbé

“…Methods The treatments consisted of manure of rabbits fed with: manufactured diet (T1), improved diet with Ipomea aquatic (T2), improved diet with Elaeis guineensis (T3), and improved diet with Panicum maximum (T4). …”
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Interim Results of Rigicon Penile Prosthesis Implantation in a Single Center: The Largest Series in Türkiye by Muhammet İhsan Karaman, Rasim Güzel, Duygu Kirkik, Orhan Koca

“…Objective: To analyze data from patient information forms (PIFs) submitted to the manufacturer of a new 3-piece inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP), the Rigicon Infla10® , to summarize interim outcomes of 250 implantations in a single center, which is the largest series in Türkiye. …”
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Protective Efficacy of Decreasing Antigen Doses of a <i>Chlamydia abortus</i> Subcellular Vaccine Against Ovine Enzootic Abortion in a Pregnant Sheep Challenge Model by Morag Livingstone, Kevin Aitchison, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Francesco Ciampi, Clare Underwood, Antonia Paladino, Francesca Chianini, Gary Entrican, Sean Ranjan Wattegedera, David Longbottom

“…Conclusions: The results show that a dose of 10 µg antigen in the vaccine will be optimal in terms of maximising efficacy, reducing shedding at parturition, and ensuring it is cost-effective to produce for commercial manufacture.…”
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Effect of chemical composition and T6 heat treatment on the mechanical properties and fracture behaviour of Al-Si alloys for IC engine components by Vuksanović D., Asanović V., Šćepanović J., Radonjić D.

“…The microstructural examinations of Al-Si alloys intended to manufacture IC engine components revealed a complex phase composition in all the samples. …”
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Biodegradable Mg alloy modified with bioactive exosomes for cardiovascular stent application by Ya-chen Hou, Jing-an Li, Chang Cao, Chang Su, Zhen Qin, Ge Zhang, Jia-cheng Guo, Jun-nan Tang, Jin-ying Zhang, Shao-kang Guan

“…While, the ability of degradation is a double-edged sword for manufacture stent, modifying the surface to decrease the excessive degradation rate and promote the surface endothelialization could expand the prospect of the further application. …”
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Performance comparison of nitrile rubber 4105 with high-bound acrylonitrile content and similar products by "HU Hai-hua, WU Yu, XU Dian-hong, ZHAO Hong-guo, HUANG Xi-dai, HE Lian-cheng, GONG Zi-qing, ZHOU Lei"

“…NBR 3604/NBR 4105 blend was suitable for the manufacture of oilfield drilling pump valve rubber with better comprehensive performance. was. …”
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Fiber Bragg Grating Thermometry and Post-Treatment Ablation Size Analysis of Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation on Ex Vivo Liver, Kidney and Lung by Sanzhar Korganbayev, Leonardo Bianchi, Clara Girgi, Elva Vergantino, Domiziana Santucci, Eliodoro Faiella, Paola Saccomandi

“…., Dophi™ R150E RFA system (Surgnova, Beijing, China), and to compare the results with the manufacturer’s specifications. Optical fibers embedding arrays of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, characterized by 0.1 °C accuracy and 1.2 mm spatial resolution, were employed for thermometry during the procedures. …”
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The Effectiveness of Dipstick for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection by Isaac Dadzie, Elvis Quansah, Mavis Puopelle Dakorah, Victoria Abiade, Ebenezer Takyi-Amuah, Richmond Adusei

“…A dipstick was used to screen for the production of nitrite (NIT) and leucocyte esterase (LE), following the manufacturer’s instructions. Biochemical reactions of nitrite and leucocyte esterase > “trace” were classified as “positive.” …”
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Hybrid Models of Atmospheric Block Columns of Primary Oil Refining Unit Under Conditions of Initial Information Deficiency by Batyr Orazbayev, Zhadra Kuzhuhanova, Kulman Orazbayeva, Gulzhan Uskenbayeva, Zhanat Abdugulova, Ainur Zhumadillayeva

“…With crisp input, mode parameters, and fuzzy output parameters, atmospheric block fuzzy models based on the proposed method, determining the quality of the manufactured products, were developed. Moreover, with the fuzzy input, mode, and output parameters of the atmospheric block columns, linguistic models based on the methods of expert assessments, logical rules of conditional inference, and the proposed method, assessing the quality of the produced gasoline, were developed. …”
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Hybrid Fishnet Metamaterial Based on Liquid Crystal and P-I-N Diodes for Reconfigurable Transmitarrays at <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10 \,\mathrm{GHz}$</tex-math><... by Adrian Diepolder, Lukas Schmidt, Susanne Brandl, Philipp Hinz, Christian Waldschmidt, Christian Damm

“…To verify the proposed design, a single unit cell prototype is manufactured and measured inside a waveguide simulator, demonstrating good agreement with full-wave simulations.…”
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Hydrocarbon contaminated water remediation using a locally constructed multi-stage bioreactor incorporated with media filtration by S. Antwi-Akomea, B. Fei-Baffoe, E.J.D. Belford, M. Borigu

“…Media filters applied comprised three locally manufactured candle filters two of which were respectively impregnated with granular activated charcoal and sand. …”
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Static and Dynamic Routing, Fiber, Modulation Format, and Spectrum Allocation in Hybrid ULL Fiber-SSMF Elastic Optical Networks by Kangao Ouyang, Fengxian Tang, Zhilin Yuan, Jun Li, Yongcheng Li

“…To address this issue, the ultra-low loss and large effective area (ULL) fibers are successfully manufactured and expected to deployed in the existing optical networks. …”
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Filterable PM2.5, Metallic Elements, and Organic Carbon Emissions from the Exhausts of Diesel Vehicles by Yuan-Chung Lin, Ya-Ching Li, Kassian T. T. Amesho, Feng-Chih Chou, Pei-Cheng Cheng

“…To assess the risks from this pollutant, we characterized and quantified the PM2.5 exhausted by 15 diesel vehicles ranging from 28,306 to 883,374 km (an average of 525,854 km) in total mileage and varying in manufacturer and model year (1988–2005). We applied inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) to analyze the metallic element constituents, among which Ca composed the largest fraction, followed by Zn, Al, K, Fe, Mg, and Cr. …”
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Unravelling the outcome of L-glutaminase produced by Streptomyces sp. strain 5 M as an anti-neoplasm activity by Mervat G. Hassan, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad, Mohamed O. Abdel-Monem, Mohamed N. Malash, Mona A. Kishk, Mohamed E. El Awady, Mohamed I. El-khonezy

“…As excellent cell factories, these sources are able to manufacture medicines, agrochemicals, and enzymes that are crucial. …”
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Approaches for reducing metallization-induced losses in industrial TOPCon solar cells by Mack Sebastian, Ourinson Daniel, Meßmer Marius, Teßmann Christopher, Krieg Katrin, Benick Jan, Huyeng Jonas D., Greulich Johannes, Wolf Andreas

“…Recently, laser-enhanced contact optimization has been introduced to decouple recombination and contact properties to some extent, which allows for high fill factors and high open circuit voltages, and which explains the growing interest from manufacturers in that technology. We elucidate on the need for improved hydrogenation of interfaces, which contradicts the wish to decrease firing temperatures for reduced carrier recombination at metal-semiconductor interfaces. …”
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Electronic Shooting Simulator Family "STrIzh": Implementation Levels and Free Software Structure by S. F. Egorov

“…The basic level also allows independent assemble the simulator, and less publicly available elements (laptop, projector, mockup weapons, laser emitters, FHD camera), which allows to be used both in schools and in DOSAAF structures, and has acceptable accuracy and manufacturability (a weekly calibration is enough, but assembling a mock-up weapon with laser emitters requires adjustments). …”
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Optimizing insecticide application for effective fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) management in Sorghum: a field study on spray frequency and rates by Aderajew Mihretie, Admasie Kassaw, Abebe Ayalew, Abate Abtie, Abiye Tiruneh, Mequanint Andualem Mekonnen

“…Therefore, a three-times application of Agro-lambacin, starting approximately 22 days after planting at ten-day intervals, using the manufacturer's recommended rate of 0.4 L ha⁻1 or an increased rate of 0.6 L ha⁻1, is deemed effective and economically viable for Kobo and similar areas. …”
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Challenges in detecting wind turbine power loss: the effects of blade erosion, turbulence, and time averaging by T. H. Malik, C. Bak

“…An aeroelastic model provided by an offshore original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) was used to simulate various scenarios. …”
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The Use of Fresnel Lenses in LED Sources of Local Illumination to Оptimize the Distribution of Illumination of the Working Plane by P. S. Bogdan, E. G. Zaytseva, I. A. Kovalenok, T. D. Tarasenko, E. V. Duboysky

“…Therefore, the choice of using one of these three options may be due to manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, thermal stability, and other considerations.Calculations using the above-mentioned analytical dependences made it possible to determine values of the parameters of the “LED matrix – Fresnel lens” system at which the indicators of illumination and uniformity meet the standards’ requirements.…”
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A Novel Semi-Supervised Learning Method Based on Fast Search and Density Peaks by Fei Gao, Teng Huang, Jinping Sun, Amir Hussain, Erfu Yang, Huiyu Zhou

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