Improving the Performance and Biodegradability of Biocomposites Made from Banana Sap and Banana Fibres by Vimla Paul, Sudhakar Muniyasamy, Krishnan Kanny, Orebotse Joseph Botlhoko, Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar

“…We used thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for the physicochemical characterisation of BSMF before and after composting and measured carbon dioxide evolved during the biodegradation to calculate biodegradability. …”
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Two-Step Facile Preparation of 2D MoS2/ZnO Nanocomposite p-n Junctions with Enhanced Photoelectric Performance by Ali Aldalbahi, Zhen-Bo Wang, Tansir Ahamad, Saad M. Alshehri, Peter X. Feng

“…The nanoscale morphologies, composites, and photoelectric properties of nanocomposites were examined using scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and micro-Raman scattering spectroscopy, respectively. 2D heteronanostructures have exhibited an enhanced performance as compared to single-material-based prototypes. …”
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Glazed Pottery Throughout the Middle and Modern Ages in Northern Spain by Ainhoa Alonso-Olazabal, Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo, Maria Cruz Zuluaga, Luis Ángel Ortega

“…Chemical and microstructural analyses of the glazes were performed by scanning electron microscopy coupled with electron dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), while the chemical composition of the pottery bodies and slips were determined by X-ray Fluorescence (XRF). …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Tunable Multicolor Upconversion Emission of Cubic Phase Y2O3 Nanoparticles by Haibo Wang, Chao Qian, Zhigao Yi, Ling Rao, Hongrong Liu, Songjun Zeng

“…The structure and morphology of Y(OH)3 precursors and Y2O3 nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results reveal that the Y2O3 nanoparticles possess cubic phase and form the quasispherical structure. …”
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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

“…Owing to the scarcity of in-depth investigation into the intricate pattern of residual stress distribution in welding within 316L/Q345 dissimilar steel welded joints and methods for reducing this stress, a platform-based vibratory stress relief (VSR) experimental system was established to comprehensively study the effects of VSR on the mechanical properties and microstructure of 316L/Q345 welded structures. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the fracture morphology and explore the intrinsic mechanisms by which VSR enhances the mechanical properties of welded joints. …”
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Treatment of Radiation Bone Injury with Transplanted hUCB-MSCs via Wnt/β-Catenin by Yufeng Zhang, Huaxin Deng, Zhiqiang Yang, Zhe Chen, Sheng Zhang, Yufan Zhu, Min Yang, Houcheng Zhong, Fuling Zhou, Yuanlong Xie, Lin Cai

“…The differentiation of osteoblasts was measured by ALP and Alizarin red staining and transmission electron microscopy. The bone-related parameters of mice were evaluated by micro-CT analysis. …”
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Chloroquine inhibits artificial oocyte activation induced by ethanol or Sr2+ but not by sperm in mice by Tadashi YAMAZAKI, Md Wasim BARI, Satoshi KISHIGAMI

“…Pronuclear formation was assessed via Hoechst33242 nuclear staining, cortical granule release was evaluated using lens culinaris agglutinin-fluorescein isothiocyanate staining, and cytosolic calcium levels were measured using fluorescence microscopy with Cal-520 AM. In the presence of CQ, no pronuclei were formed even 8 h after Sr2+-induced oocyte activation. …”
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Application of Fly Ash and Slag Generated by Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste in Concrete by Cong Zeng, Yan Lyu, Dehong Wang, Yanzhong Ju, Xiaoyu Shang, Luoke Li

“…Based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, MSWI fly ash has certain dispersion. …”
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Cutibacterium acnes biofilm formation is influenced by bone microenvironment, implant surfaces and bacterial internalization by Jennifer Varin-Simon, Marius Colin, Frédéric Velard, Min Tang-Fichaux, Xavier Ohl, Céline Mongaret, Sophie C. Gangloff, Fany Reffuveille

“…Methods In this study, we compared the biofilm formation of C. acnes PJI-related strains and non-PJI-related strains on plastic support and textured titanium alloy by (i) counting adherent and viable bacteria, (ii) confocal scanning electronic microscopy observations after biofilm matrix labeling and (iii) RT-qPCR experiments. …”
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Comparison of Biofilm and Attachment Mechanisms of a Phytopathological and Clinical Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae Subsp. pneumoniae by Adriana Marcia Nicolau Korres, Gloria Maria de Farias V. Aquije, David S. Buss, Jose Aires Ventura, Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes, Antonio Alberto Ribeiro Fernandes

“…Both produced biofilms on glass and polystyrene, more consistently at 40°C than 35°C, confirmed by atomic force and high-vacuum scanning electron microscopy. Biofilm formation was maintained in an acidic environment, which may be relevant phytopathologically.…”
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Localized molecular chaperone synthesis maintains neuronal dendrite proteostasis by Célia Alecki, Javeria Rizwan, Phuong Le, Suleima Jacob-Tomas, Mario Fernandez Comaduran, Morgane Verbrugghe, Jia Ming Stella Xu, Sandra Minotti, James Lynch, Jeetayu Biswas, Tad Wu, Heather D. Durham, Gene W. Yeo, Maria Vera

“…Using high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, we discover that hippocampal and spinal cord motor neurons of mouse and human origin localize a subset of chaperone mRNAs to their dendrites and use microtubule-based transport to increase this asymmetric localization following proteotoxic stress. …”
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Encapsulation of bioactive compounds from Sargassum ilicifolium: Influence of wall material type and loading content on the physicochemical and structural properties of micropartic... by Seyed Saeed Sekhavatizadeh, Mohammad Ganje, Seyedeh Sedigheh Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Mozafarian

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed the entrapment of the SIE in the beads. …”
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Electrochemical Sensor Based on Co-MOF for the Detection of Dihydromyricetin in <i>Ampelopsis grossedentata</i> by Xiaojing Si, Yue Huang, Mei Han, Liqiang Luo

“…Fourier infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to study the morphology and structure of the synthesized Co-MOF. …”
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Optimization of road-building materials from industrial waste (red mud, blast furnace slag, lime production waste, and natural loams) by Yelaman Kanatovich Aibuldinov, Galiya Zhanzakovna Alzhanova, Zhanar Baktybaevna Iskakova, Gaziz Galymovich Abdiyussupov, Madi Toktasynuly Omirzak, Aizhan Doldashevna Gazizova, Khristina Maksudovna Vafaeva

“…The mechanical and chemical properties of these materials were investigated through X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, atomic absorption spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and axial compressive strength testing. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-TiO2/SiO2-Acrylic Composite Resin by Bin Du, Feng Chen, Rubai Luo, Shisheng Zhou, Zhengneng Wu

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) were applied to investigate the structure and morphology of the modified nano-TiO2/SiO2 composite particles. …”
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Iron ore-petcoke briquettes as complementary burden for blast furnaces by Beatriz Fausta Gandra, Arthur Felipe Lino Oliveira, Maurício Covcevich Bagatini, Eduardo Osório

“…Metallurgically, the briquettes containing up to 10% by mass of PC met the blast furnace requirements. Optical microscopy and XRD analysis after reduction showed that metallic iron increased with the PC content of the briquettes.…”
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Preparation and Performance Evaluation of Polymeric Microspheres Used for Profile Control of Low-Permeability Reservoirs by Fajun Zhao, Hongbao Zhang, Yanping Wu, Dawei Wang, Yufei Zhang

“…A distillation–precipitation polymerization method was adopted to prepare nanometer-sized polymeric microspheres, whose structure, apparent pattern, thermal endurance, particle size, hydration, and swelling capacity were tested and analyzed by a series of techniques, including infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetry, high-pressure and high-temperature rheometry, and dynamic light scattering. …”
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Sinistroporomonorchis bolini n. sp. (Trematoda: Monorchiidae) from the Ocellated killifish, Floridichthys polyommus (Cyprinodontidae) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico based on an i... by Leopoldo Andrade-Gómez, Juan F. Espínola-Novelo, Brenda Solórzano-García, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

“…After a detailed morphological examination including scanning electron microscopy images and a principal component analysis, the specimens collected represented a new species, Sinistroporomonorchis bolini n. sp. …”
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Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the in Vitro Digestibility Properties of Black Bean Protein by Rong'an CAO, Xuemin ZHANG, Jingjing DIAO, Yunhua CHEN, Meiqi LI, Jiamiao ZHANG, Changyuan WANG

“…Furthermore, the effect of ultrasonication on the black bean protein structural properties was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy. …”
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Algorithm and Architecture Optimization for 2D Discrete Fourier Transforms with Simultaneous Edge Artifact Removal by Faisal Mahmood, Märt Toots, Lars-Göran Öfverstedt, Ulf Skoglund

“…We tested our proposed optimizations on a PXIe-based Xilinx Kintex 7 FPGA system communicating with a host PC, which gives us the advantage of further expanding the design for biomedical applications such as electron microscopy and tomography. We demonstrate that our proposed optimizations can lead to 2.8× reduced FPGA and DRAM energy consumption when calculating high-throughput 4096×4096 2D FFTs with simultaneous edge artifact removal. …”
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