SIZE STRUCTURE IN SETTLEMENTS OF MUSSEL CRENOMYTILUS GRAYANUS AT THE COAST OF PRIMORSKY KRAI (JAPAN SEA) by L. G. Sedova, D. A. Sokolenko

“…Size structure of the mussel settlements is determined for each surveyed area using the data on shell length. The following parameters are evaluated: i) index of settling — ratio of mollusks number with shell < 30 mm (spat, yearlings) and > 50 mm (adults); ii) index of maturation — ratio of mollusks number with shell 35–50 mm (pre-reproductive) and > 50 mm (adult); iii) index of commercial recruitment — ratio of mollusks number with shell 90–100 mm (recruits) and >100 mm (commercial stock). …”
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REPEATABILITY ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EGG QUALITY TRAITS OF LOCAL MUSCOVY DUCKS by Bababunmi AJAYI, Halimah AGBAJE, Kafayat AKINSOLA, Adelani ADEOYE, Great BABALOLA, Rebecca ADAGA

“…External egg quality studied includes: egg weight (EW), shell weight (SW), shell thickness (ST) egg length (EL), egg width (EWIEgg density (ED), egg shell index (ESI) and egg surface area (ESA), shell percentage (SP), shell density (SD), egg volume (EV) and shell surface area (SSA). …”
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Diagenesis and Its Impact on the Reservoir Quality of Continental Shales: A Case Study of the Lower Jurassic Da’anzhai Member of the Ziliujing Formation in the Sichuan Basin, China... by Yixiu Zhu, Zezhou Li, Lianbo Zeng, Zhenyu Liu, Xinyao Wang

“…The organic-rich shale and shell shale of the Yuanba and Fuling area are the most favorable reservoirs of the Ziliujing Formation in this region. …”
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Impact Damage Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Plastic Structure with Rib by Xiong Linghua, Ming Zhimao, Zhao Kelun, Wang Fan

“…Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) is a widely used structural form in engineering. FRP ribs can absorb most of the impact energy to protect the structure from damage. …”
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Size composition of aggregations and recommended commercial size for common whelk Buccinum undatum (Neogastropoda) in the Barents Sea at the coast of West Murman by D. V. Zakharov, A. M. Sennikov

“…Size composition of common whelk Buccinum undatum in its aggregations on sandy and stony grounds at the depth of 2–15 m is analyzed on the data of experimental fishing by scuba divers and traps in the Kislaya Guba and Ura Guba Bays in different seasons of 2004–2017. The size group with shell height > 60 mm was the most abundant (70 %) and formed 90 % of the total biomass. …”
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Investigating CXCR4 expression of tumor cells and the vascular compartment: A multimodal approach. by Marta Braga, Chee Hau Leow, Javier Hernandez Gil, Jin H Teh, Laurence Carroll, Nicholas J Long, Meng-Xing Tang, Eric O Aboagye

“…Several CXCR4-targeted therapies are currently under investigation, and with it comes the need for imaging agents capable of accurate depiction of CXCR4 for therapeutic stratification and monitoring. PET agents enjoy the most success, but more cost-effective and radiation-free approaches such as ultrasound (US) imaging could represent an attractive alternative. …”
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Length–weight relationships, condition factor and relative condition factor of blood cockle, Tegillarca granosa (L. 1758) collected from the west coast of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh... by Tanjuma Tasnim Hira, Fauzia Mashkura Nishat, Mahfuza Anika, Sanjida Afrin Semme, Md. Jasim Uddin

“…A total of 240 individuals shell length (SL) ranging from 3.6 to 6.9 cm, shell height (SH) varying from 3.5 to 5.8 cm, shell thickness (ST) changing from 3.3 to 5.1 cm and tissue wet weight (TWW) deviating from 5.5 to 20.9 g were analyzed. …”
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On the Superstrings-Induced Four-Dimensional Gravity and Its Applications to Cosmology by Masao Iihoshi, Sergei V. Ketov

“…The most naive (Bel-Robinson tensor squared) quartic terms are ruled out, thus giving the evidence for the necessity of extra quartic (Ricci tensor-dependent) terms in the off-shell gravitational effective action for superstrings. …”
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MODIFICATION OF COMPOSITE MIXTURES FOR MANUFACTURING SHIP CABLEWARE MATERIALS by K. V. Raev, N. V. Chernousova

“…The performed research resulted in the analysis of the basic polymeric composite mixtures. A complex of the most important technical and operational characteristics of the cable shell was formed. …”
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Preparation and self-assembly behavior of polystyrene-block-poly (dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) amphiphilic block copolymer using atom transfer radical polymerization

“…Transmission electron microscopy results suggest that asymmetric block copolymer PS62-b-PDMAEMA3 (the numbers in the form of footnotes represent repeated units of each monomer in the copolymer) can form spherical core-shell micelles, large compound reverse micelles (LCRMs), hexagonal/rhombic phases, reverse hexagonal/rhombic phases, vesicles, reverse vesicles and necklace-like reverse micelles, controlled by common or selective solvent and pH, while most of the aggregates of semi-symmetric PS62-b-PDMAEMA47 are simply spherical, such as spherical core-shell micelles and reverse spherical core-shell micelles, besides hexagonal/rhombic phases. …”
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Growth rate pattern and economic characteristics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L., with medicinal plant extracts’ applications by Tahia A. Fouad, Ghada M. Ahmed

“…The stability of the silkworm cocoon crop makes it most viable for enhancing sericulture, which primarily depends on mulberry leaf quality. …”
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Quantification of Azides on the Surface of Nanoparticles: Toward Precise Bioconjugation by Elizaveta Maksimova, David E. Salazar Marcano, Jonathan De Roo

“…Therefore, an accurate approach to creating and quantifying the organic ligand shell with a specific number of conjugated targeting ligands is essential. …”
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SUBSTANTIATION OF POSSIBILITY TO USE WASTE OF SEA CUCUMBER PROCESSING FOR PRODUCTION OF SOFT DRINKS by E. V. Okhota, A. I. Chepkasova, E. P. Karaulova, T. N. Slutskaya

“…The broth of sea cucumber was decolorized with mineral sorbents, as perlite and bentonite, and with chitosans of crab carapace and shrimp shell. The chitosans were the most effective in sorption and subsequent removal of the protein-pigment complex, providing the decolorization degree of 35–55 %. …”
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A novel method for in vivo assessment of soft tissue weight in scallops by Shiyun Duan, Yunlong Gao, Xiaoli Hu, Xiaoshen Yin

“…To resolve this issue, we take advantage of the complex relationships among shell dimension- and weight-related traits to construct classical, shell dimension- or wet weight-based models and novel, shell surface area-based models for in vivo assessment of soft tissue weight in Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) and yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis). …”
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Isogeometric analysis of the lithosphere under topographic loading: Igalith v1.0.0 by R. Rosandi, Y. Rosandi, B. Simeon

“…We also perform parameter identification for the effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere, the rock density, and the topographic load that are most plausible to explain the measured depths. An example of simulating the entire lithosphere of the Earth as a spherical shell using multi-patch isogeometric analysis is presented, providing an alternative to spherical harmonics for solving partial differential equations on a spherical domain. …”
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Parametric study for epoxy loaded PMMA microcapsules using Taguchi and ANOVA methods by S. Sharma, V. Choudhary

“…In this study, we systematically investigated the effect of various process parameters, such as surfactant concentration, core-to-shell ratio taken in the initial feed, temperature and agitation speed on the core content of microcapsules. …”
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Stateczność Pozornie Niesztywnej Powłoki Ramowo-Kratowej Ściskanej Siłą Osiową by W. Gutkowski

“…The resolving functions are given for the most frequent case of square shell. From these functions it follows that the form of stability loss for axial compression is a flexural–torsional form. …”
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Enrichment process of phosphorite type REY based on the structure and geochemical features of the Zhijin Xinhua phosphorite in China by Man Wang, Hong Xie, Changjian Wang, Zhi Li, Chenglong Yang, Yuhang Wang

“…Biological waste comprises most of the particle composition, followed by sand debris, and agglomerates. …”
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Micro/nano encapsulation methods of bioactive materials controlled release using chitosan for functionalization of textiles substrates: Review by Hasabo Abdelbagi Mohamed Ahmed, Ramadan Mohmmed

“…Chitin as a biopolymeric material is assumed to be the most substantially abundant Material in the biosphere after cellulose. …”
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EVALUATION OF THERMAL METAMORPHISM TEMPERATURE OF EQUILIBRATED ORDINARY CHONDRITES by К. G. Sukhanova, A. B. Kuznetsov, S. G. Skublov, O. L. Galankina

“…The obtained temperatures are consistent with the onion-shell model of the planetesimal structure, in which the most metamorphosed chondrites are closer to the heating source (Buschhof, L6-734 °C), meteorites of the 5th petrologic type (p.t.) occupied an intermediate position (Orlovka, H5 – 687 °С; Elenovka, L5 – 691 °С; Knyaginya, LL5 – 700 °C), and the chondrites of the 4th p.t. were closer to the surface (Kargapole, H4 – 691 °C; Saratov, L4 – 670 °С; Bjurböle, LL4 – 682 °C). …”
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