Experimental study of coconut (Cocos nucifera) waste through densification to obtain pellets and briquettes by Luis Velázquez-Araque, Jonathan Teneta-Ibarra, Fernando Sáenz-Gómez

“… In Ecuador, extensive coconut (Cocos nucifera) harvesting generates large quantities of waste, including husks, shells, and fibers, posing environmental and economic challenges. …”
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Biological Effects of Propolis on Cancer by Hamide Doğan, Sibel Silici, Ahmet Ata Ozcimen

“…Propolis is a special resin and wax material collected from the leaves and shells of trees, buds and shoots of plants by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). …”
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Effect of Different Temperature and Humidity Storage Conditions on the Quality of Fresh Macadamia Nuts and the Construction of A Backpropagation Neural Network Prediction Model by Jiarong FU, Shangxuan MA, Yuexue YANG, Wenting XU, Xiuhua LAN, Yuanmiao WEI, Kechang HUANG, Xiyong HE, Gangjun GUO

“…The mold rate of the pericarps stored at 30 ℃ increased the most and was significantly higher than that of nuts treated at 35 and 40 ℃ (P<0.05). …”
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Statyka i dynamika skręcanego cienkościennego dwuteownika o zmiennym, bisymetrycznym przekroju poprzecznym by Z. Cywiński

“…A comparison of the paper's main formulas with these adequate to author's theory of thin-walled cylindrical beam-shells with varying cross-section [9, 10], and those regarding constant sections [8] leads to the conclusion that among them the theory presented here is the most general one. …”
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Comparison of Different Criteria and Analytical Models for the Analysis of Composite Cylinders Assisted by Online Software by Eduardo A. W. de Menezes, Clara S. Theisen, Thiago V. P. Farias, Gabriel M. Dick, Maikson L. P. Tonatto, Sandro C. Amico

“…Due to their higher strength-to-weight ratio and ability to operate in harsh environments, the usage of fiber-reinforced cylindrical shells experienced a significant increase in the past decades. …”
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Magnetic Webs in Stellar Radiative Zones by Valentin A. Skoutnev, Andrei M. Beloborodov

“…Efficient web formation likely results in most massive stars dying with magnetized and slowly rotating cores.…”
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Effect of Vanadium Addition on the Wear Resistance and Rolling Contact Fatigue of Cast Class D Railway Wheels by Samuel Carlos Winiarski, Mário José-Bueno, Ana Cecília de Carvalho, Rodrigo da Silva Miranda, Denilson Santos Monteiro, Andrei Bavaresco Rezende, Noé Cheung, Paulo Roberto Mei

“…However, it incurs high maintenance costs, exceeding $1.5 billion annually, with most of this amount allocated to rolling stock maintenance. …”
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Performance evaluation of Potchefstroom Koekoek chicken under different ecological zones and management practices: a review by Letlhogonolo Selaledi, Bulelani E. Mazizi, Ndivho Nemukondeni

“…The PKs lay eggs that have brown shells with a deep yellow yolk and can lay approximately 198 eggs/bird/year, with an average weight of 55.7 g and a hatchability rate of up to 78%. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation of suddenly expanded flow at sonic mach number by Ambareen Khan, Parvathy Rajendran, Sher Afghan Khan, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, It Ee Lee

“…Abstract The sudden expansion at the blunt base is a widespread phenomenon in the case of shells, rockets, and missiles. This study uses passive control in the form of ribs of various shapes and sizes in an abruptly expanded square cross-section duct at sonic Mach number. …”
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Development Resources of the Border Regions of the Russian Federation by S. V. Kazantsev

“…The economic and statistical research was carried out on the basis of data from the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, most of which are published in statistical collections “Regions of Russia. …”
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Bioinspired Strong and Tough Layered Bulk Composites via Mycelial Interface Anchoring Strategy by Hao Wang, Jurui Liu, Zhangyu Wu, Xianfeng Chen, Kai Jin, Jie Tao, Bin Wang

“…However, achieving the integration of structural and functional properties, such as the ability to monitor external forces, remains a significant challenge. Nacre and turtle shells in nature are strong and tough due to their unique ordered structure of alternating soft and hard phases. …”
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Reassessing the HMS Challenger collection as a late 19th century surface ocean indicator using X-ray micro-computed tomography by Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, Thomas J. Wood, C. Giles Miller, Stephen Stukins, Brett Clark

“…Our analysis reveals that most samples contain benthic foraminifera shells, along with high concentrations of foraminiferal fragments and detrital quartz grains, while the remaining samples consist of sedimentary material devoid of calcareous microfossils. …”
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The Composition of Essential Oils and the Content of Saponins in Different Parts of <i>Gilia capitata</i> Sims by Ain Raal, Jaan Liira, Martin Lepiku, Tetiana Ilina, Alla Kovalyova, Pavel Strukov, Andriy Gudzenko, Oleh Koshovyi

“…The yield of EOs ranged from 0.42 to 1.97 mL/kg, with the largest yields being obtained from the seeds; smaller yields obtained from the flowers, fruits, and leaves; and the lowest quantity obtained from the stems, roots, and shells. Using the GC-MS method, we identified 116 compounds. …”
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War’s youngest victims: a descriptive cross-sectional study on injury distributions, severity patterns, and outcomes among paediatric trauma patients in Kharkiv, Ukraine by Filippa Sennersten, Safora Frogh, Gustav Falk, Mariia Matvieienko, Olha Karafulidi, Olha Konstantynovska, Yohan Robinson, Andreas Wladis, Denise Bäckström

“…Analysis of the war-related injuries indicated that the most affected body regions included the upper extremities (31%), lower extremities (28%), and thorax (28%). …”
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Elementary characterization of samples of Portland cement, natural gypsum and phosphogypsum mortars from Brazil by Danielle Cristine Narloch, Sergei Anatolyevich Paschuk, Janine Nicolosi Corrêa, Juliana Machado Casali, Wellington Mazer, Catarina Alzira Montenegro Peddis Torres, Alessandro Luiz de Lara, Gustavo Macioski, Allan Felipe Nunes Perna

“…Portland cement, the basic ingredient of concrete and is manufactured by crushing, milling and proportioning limestone, sand, clay, iron ore and secondary materials such as shells, chalk or marl combined with shale slate or blast furnace slag, fly ash, gypsum, phosphogypsum, and some others. …”
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Social and pedagogical work with children and youth in education institutions of territorial communities during marital state by Opanasenko Oksana

“…The social support system in Ukraine is highlighted, the importance of socio-pedagogical work with children and youth at the territorial community level in the context of war is analyzed, because children and youth are one of the most vulnerable social groups that need help and support in various aspects of their lives. …”
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Clinical Analyses of Efficiency of Multicomponental, Vitreoretinal Surgery of Eye Trauma by A.-G. D. Aliev, A. A.-G. Aliev, A. B. Abdulaev, M. M. Nurudinov

“…In the case of a foreign body impacted into the shells with dimensions greater than 4 mm, the real cavity was tamped with PFOS.Results. …”
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Frying practices, oils quality and development of natural adsorbents to regenerate frying oils used by unlicensed street vendors of fried meat in Bamenda, North-West Cameron by Gires Boungo Teboukeu, Aphrodite Tchewonpi Choumessi, Audrey Akaanie Andongatei, Fabrice Tonfack Djikeng, Ronice Zokou, Clifford Boubga, Lifoter Kenneth Navti

“…Sample oils collected were analyzed measuring oxidation parameters. 10 % of each activated adsorbent prepared from groundnut shells and rice husks was mixed with degraded oils and the oxidation parameters before and after adsorption were evaluated. …”
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EPR study of interlayer interaction in Gd₂O₃/Fe nanostructure by A. M. Kasumov, A. I. Dmitriev, Yu. M. Bataiev, M. M. Bataiev, V. M. Karavaeva, K. A. Korotkov, A. I. Ievtushenko

“…The exchange interaction parameter increases from 985 to 4685 (rel. units), the g-factor decreases from 3.5 to 2.4. The most probable reason for the change in the spectrum is the exchange f - d interaction between atoms with unfilled f- and d-electron shells that are parts of the contacting layers. …”
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Promising pea varieties for use in the cereal industry in the south of Western Siberia by I. V. Pakhotina, L. V. Omeliyanyuk, E. Yu. Ignatieva, A. A. Asanov, L. T. Soldatova

“…Weather conditions were contrasting with periods of severe drought. The most favorable years for the formation of a large productivity of pea seeds (5.11 and 5.01 t/ha, respectively) were 2019 (HTC = 0.99) and 2020 (HTC = 0.60). …”
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