The Post-Buckling State of a Multilayered Shell in a Form of a Cylinder Sector Subjected to an Unidirectional Compression and Simultaneous Shear by W. Walczak, N.X. Luu

“…In the paper are presented the results of theoretical analysis of post-buckling state of a thin­walled, elastic, multilayered shell in a form of a cylindrical sector, subjected to the action of unidirectional compression and simultaneous shear. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE STABILITY OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS by ATTILA BAKSA, DAVID GONCZI, LASZLA PETER KISS, PETER ZOLTAN KOVACS, ZSOLT LUKACS

“…It is found that small geometrical imperfections within a given tolerance range have considerable negative effect on the buckling load compared to perfect geometry. Various post buckling shell shapes are possible, which depend on these imperfections. …”
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Sailors’ Valentines: Shell Mosaics from Victorian Barbados by Molly Duggins

“…Honing in on the adaptation of shell mosaics in the Victorian Caribbean as object emissaries of a post-emancipation island tourism economy, it considers how they were engaged in rebranding the British West Indies as a consumable natural wonderland. …”
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A green and reusable floatable bead-like core-shell photocatalyst with spinel ferrite core and shell consisting of graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet, enhanced by non-noble metal c... by Asma Jami-al-Ahmadi, Mahmood Hajiani, Mohammad Hossein Sayadi

“…This study aims to mitigate these challenges through the fabrication of a novel spherical, floatable magnetic core-shell photocatalyst (NiFe2O4-Sodium Alginate@ SnO2-g-C3N4), using spinel ferrite nanoparticles (NiFe2O4) as the core and SnO2-g-C3N4 catalysts as the shell. …”
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Preliminary Study on the Total Carbon, Organic Carbon Content, and Degradation Rates of Shells in Filter-Feeding Shellfish by Duyu CHEN, Jihong ZHANG, Wei SUN, Yi LIU, Wenguang WU, Xue GONG, Bing LI

“…Filter-feeding shellfish not only achieve long-term carbon sequestration through shell calcification but also significantly impact the marine carbon cycle through their physiological activities and post-mortem degradation processes. …”
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Insights into Stability and Selective Agglomeration in Binary Mixtures of Colloids: A Study on Gold Nanoparticles and Ultra-Small Quantum Dots by Azita Rezvani, Alexander Kichigin, Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri, Erdmann Spiecker, Doris Segets

“…Building on these insights, we applied selective agglomeration to separate a complex colloidal system consisting of InP/ZnS core–shell QDs and ZnS byproducts, a critical challenge in QD synthesis that is particularly relevant for post-processing of samples that originate from large-scale flow synthesis. …”
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Enteric Delivery of Probiotics: Challenges, Techniques, and Activity Assays by Chunying Sun, Zhidong Zhang, Yantong Sun, Xueyuan Sun, Yan Jin, Jingwen Zhu, Jiaxin Yu, Tao Wu

“…Probiotics, as live microbial agents, play a pivotal role in modulating host microbiota balance, enhancing immunity, and improving gastrointestinal health. …”
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Zein-Gum Arabic Loaded with Dihydromyricetin: Preparation and Analysis of Nanoparticles by Dawei CHANG, Jiayi CAO, Na REN, Huxuan WANG, Yujiao SUN, Wen SHEN, Sendi SARA

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Changes in the future time perspective of university students by Ümit Doğan Üstün, Alparslan Gazi Aykin

“…The study was designed as a longitudinal study and 80 university students from the school of physical education and sports of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University consisted of the study sample. The pre-test and post-test data were collected with the Turkish version of Husman and Shell's (2008) Future Time Perspective Scale. …”
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Reproduction, embryonic and early post-embryonic development of saffron cod <i>Eleginus gracilis</i> (Gadidae) from the Tauyskaya Guba Bay (northern Okhotsk Sea) by Ravil R. Yusupov, Marina V. Rakitina

“…New information on reproductive biology, embryonic and early post-embryonic development of saffron cod Eleginus gracilis Tilesius is presented on the base of long-term observations in the Tauyskaya Guba Bay, northern Okhotsk Sea. …”
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Problems of financial provision of the housing construction industry in Ukraine under martial law by N.G. Vyhovska, N.M. Ivanysko

“…The trend towards an increase in capital repair costs was identified, which is associated with the need to restore residential buildings due to massive shelling and hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. …”
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Seeing the Outer Edge of the Infant Type Ia Supernova 2024epr in the Optical and Near Infrared by W. B. Hoogendam, D. O. Jones, C. Ashall, B. J. Shappee, R. J. Foley, M. A. Tucker, M. E. Huber, K. Auchettl, D. D. Desai, A. Do, J. T. Hinkle, S. Romagnoli, J. Shi, A. Syncatto, C. R. Angus, K. C. Chambers, D. A. Coulter, K. W. Davis, T. de Boer, A. Gagliano, M. Kong, C. -C. Lin, T. B. Lowe, E. A. Magnier, P. Minguez, Y. -C. Pan, K. C. Patra, S. A. Severson, K. Taggart, A. R. Wasserman, S. K. Yadavalli, P Chen, R. S. Post

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Freelance holography, part I: Setting boundary conditions free in gauge/gravity correspondence by Aliasghar Parvizi, Mohammad M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Vahid Taghiloo

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Micronization of Low-Salinity Baltic Sea Blue Mussels: Enhancing Whole-Biomass Utilization and Nutritional Viability by Indrek Adler, Jonne Kotta, Kristel Vene

“…This study assessed the feasibility of whole-mussel micronization, focusing on its impact on particle size distribution, grittiness, and the potential separation of meat and shell fractions post-processing. The results demonstrated that micronization at 4000 rpm resulted in a fine powder (<63 µm), significantly reducing grittiness. …”
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Factors that contribute to the mycoparasitism stimulus in Trichoderma atroviride strain P1 by Woo S L, Formisano E, Fogliano V, Cosenza C, Mauro A, Turrà D, Soriente I, Ferraioli S, Scala F, Lorito M

“…Purification of these host-derived compounds was conducted by HPLC and in vivo assay. …”
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Systematic modulation of charge and spin in graphene nanoribbons on MgO by Amelia Domínguez-Celorrio, Leonard Edens, Sofía Sanz, Manuel Vilas-Varela, Jose Martinez-Castro, Diego Peña, Véronique Langlais, Thomas Frederiksen, José I. Pascual, David Serrate

“…This results in the alternation between a non-magnetic closed-shell state and an open-shell paramagnetic system for even and odd electron occupations respectively. …”
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Decapsulating Brine Shrimp Eggs by Craig Watson, Roy Yanong

“… Brine shrimp eggs, essential for feeding small fish in hatcheries, require separation from their non-digestible shells and unhatched eggs post-hatching. This document explains the decapsulation process using chlorine removing the outer shell, simplifying separation and sterilizing the eggs. …”
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Comparative population dynamics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in two similar closely adjacent warm-water Texas reservoirs by Jason L. Locklin, Josiah S. Moore, Robert F. McMahon

“…Rapid shell growth and maturation allowed initiation of spawning earlier than zebra mussel populations in cooler, higher latitudes. …”
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Real time RT-PCR assays for detection and typing of African horse sickness virus. by Katarzyna Bachanek-Bankowska, Sushila Maan, Javier Castillo-Olivares, Nicola M Manning, Narender Singh Maan, Abraham C Potgieter, Antonello Di Nardo, Geoff Sutton, Carrie Batten, Peter P C Mertens

“…None of the assays amplified cDNAs from closely related heterologous orbiviruses, or from uninfected host animals or cell cultures.…”
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Optimization of biomass-fueled vertical corn drying: Efficiency, energy balance, and sustainability by Sukmawaty Sukmawaty, Syahrul Syahrul, Amuddin Amuddin, Sri Helmayana Rahmi, Ahmad Ibrahim Syahrul

“…These findings suggest that candlenut shells are a viable, sustainable alternative for efficient post-harvest thermal processing, particularly in rural agro-industrial settings.…”
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