Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“… Applesnails are larger than most freshwater snails and can be separated from other freshwater species by their oval shell that has the umbilicus of the shell perforated or broadly open. …”
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Second harmonic generation in a plexcitonic system comprising a quantum dot coupled to a reduced-symmetry plasmonic nanoparticle by Mina Rashidi, Nader Daneshfar

“…We study the SHG as the most common nonlinear optical process in a hybrid QD-NE system within the framework of the density matrix approach. …”
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Fabrication and validation of an affordable DIY coaxial 3D extrusion bioprinter by M. Jergitsch, R. Soiunov, F. Selinger, M. Frauenlob, L. M. Delgado, S. Perez-Amodio, R. A. Perez, M. A. Mateos-Timoneda

“…The system was validated using a soft alginate-gelatin hydrogel core and a load-bearing methylcellulose-based (MC) hydrogel shell. Shape fidelity of the 3D printed structures was evaluated for core-shell extrusion ratio, coaxial nozzle configuration, and in-situ crosslinking of the hydrogel core. …”
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Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“… Applesnails are larger than most freshwater snails and can be separated from other freshwater species by their oval shell that has the umbilicus of the shell perforated or broadly open. …”
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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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Carboxylic ligands and their influence on the structural properties of PbTe quantum dots. by Svetlana Lyssenko, Michal Amar, Alina Sermiagin, Refael Minnes

“…We present a low-cost, straightforward, and tunable hot-injection method for synthesizing PbTe quantum dots (QDs). …”
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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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Impact of potential biodegradable substrates on aromatic/ornamental plant growth and development by Sagar Ruhal, Chanchal Kumari, Susmita Shukla

“…Keeping in view the importance of soil mixtures, our study aimed to find suitable, eco-friendly, and cost-effective soil substrates for better growth of aromatic plants. …”
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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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Guarded Hot Cylinder Apparatus for Characterization of Thermal Insulation Systems and Materials at Liquid Hydrogen Temperatures by Adam Swanger, David Creech, Casimir Van Doorne, Andrew Kelly

“…Recently, NASA and its partners CB&I and Shell began the development of a cryocooler-based calorimeter to characterize the thermal performance of insulations and other materials down to 20 K. …”
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Modification of accelerated thermal stabilization of polyacrylonitrile fibers by creating an oxygen concentration gradient in the production of carbon fiber by E. A. Trofimenko, T. V. Bukharkina, S. V. Verzhichinskaya

“…The work set out to modify the technology of accelerated thermal stabilization of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers used in the production of high-strength carbon fibers by reducing the formation of a heterophase core–shell structure to create an oxygen concentration gradient in heat treatment furnaces while maintaining a total thermal stabilization time of 30 min. …”
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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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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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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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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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