Crack initiation characteristics and fatigue property of a high-strength steel in VHCF regime under different stress ratios by Xiaolong Liu, Chengqi Sun, Youshi Hong

“…The observations show the microscopic morphology of the crack initiation region, showing the different crack initiation characteristics and revealing the mechanism of crack initiation for different stress ratios. …”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Cast Alloy A356 reinforced with Dual-Size B4C Particles by J. R. Chandrashekar, M. H. Annaiah, R. Chandrashekar

“…Vickers hardness tests, tensile tests and microstructure analysis using an optical microscope were conducted. The results obtained indicated that the B4C particles were evenly distributed in the alloy matrix. …”
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Damage Mechanism of Mineral Admixture Concrete under Marine Corrosion and Freezing-Thawing Environment by Yan Li, Lianying Zhang, Chao Ma, Bing Li, Jiong Zhu

“…In this study, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), chloride ion concentration (CIC), microstructure, and pore structure of admixture concretes were tested to study the mechanical properties and microscopic characteristics under the single marine corrosion, the single freezing-thawing, and the coupled marine corrosion and freezing-thawing conditions. …”
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Study on fungal contaminants in aborted calves of cattle herds in Iran by Samaneh Eidi, Hesam A. Seifi, Soheil Sadr, Hamideh Zeinali

“…The fungi present in the cultures were analysed microscopically and morphologically. Results There were varying contamination levels in the liver, spleen and lungs, with prevalence ranging from 15% to 17%. …”
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Effect of synthesis on the purity and particle size of ZrB2 powder by Gadakary S., Davidson M.J., Veerababu R., Khanra A.K.

“…The morphology of powder is characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopes. The XRD results show the presence of significant amount of unreacted ZrO2 phase in the product. …”
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Effect of Surface Treated Nanofillers on Abrasive Wear of Carbon Fiber/Polyamide Blend Composites by S. Srinivas, R. Hemanth, B. Harshavardhan, G. S. Ananthapadmanabha, B. Suresha

“…To identify the wear mechanisms, a scanning electron microscope was used to study the worn surfaces of the selected composite samples. …”
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Investigation of Geological Diversity Based on the Degree of Sensitivity and the Amount of Equilibrium and Resilience of the Geosystem (Case study: The Eastern Kopet-Dagh Zone) by Sima Tavsoli, Adel Sepehr, Abbas Ghaderi

“…The physical elements of the earth's surface, from microscopic components such as minerals to macroscopic phenomena such as landforms, are all part of geodiversity. …”
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Local plastic deformation in the vicinity of topologically close-packed phases in a Ni-based single crystal superalloy by Sangwon Lee, Jeonghyeon Do, Baig Gyu Choi, Ujjval Bansal, Christoph Kirchlechner, Pyuck-Pa Choi, Subin Lee

“…The role of a topologically close-packed (TCP) phase (μ phase) on the plastic deformation of a Ni-based superalloy was investigated employing a combination of in situ scanning electron microscope micropillar compression and atomic-scale characterization using atom probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Reservoir Characteristics of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale in Zhaotong Region, Southern China by Chao Luo, Nanxin Yin, Hun Lin, Xuanbo Gao, Junlei Wang, Hanqing Zhu

“…Organic geochemical analyses show that the Longmaxi Formation has good potential for shale gas resources by calculating total organic carbon, vitrinite reflectance, and gas content. Scanning electron microscope images demonstrate that reservoir pore types in the Longmaxi shale include organic pores, interparticle pores, intercrystalline pores, intraparticle pores, and fractures. …”
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Investigation of the mechanical properties of bio-composites based on loading kenaf fiber and molding process parameters by Hendra Suherman, Yovial Mahyoedin, Afdal Zaky, Jarot Raharjo, Talitha Amalia Suherman, Irmayani Irmayani

“…The scanning electron microscope (SEM) results showed that the fiber content of 5 wt.% could be distributed well throughout the matrix, as well as increasing the molding pressure successfully reducing the voids formed during the molding process of the resulting bio-composite material.…”
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Protective Effect of Amphipterygium adstringens Extract on Dextran Sulphate Sodium-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Mario Rodriguez-Canales, Ruben Jimenez-Rivas, Maria Margarita Canales-Martinez, Ana Judith Garcia-Lopez, Nelly Rivera-Yañez, Oscar Nieto-Yañez, Yadira Ledesma-Soto, Luvia Enid Sanchez-Torres, Miriam Rodriguez-Sosa, Luis Ignacio Terrazas, Marco Aurelio Rodriguez-Monroy

“…We determine the effect of AaEE on clinical features (disease activity index), antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities in relation to the activity of SOD, CAT, and GPx, levels of proinflammatory cytokines, and changes both macroscopic and microscopic of the colonic mucosa. AaEE significantly reduced the inflammation of colon and significantly increased SOD and GPx activities. …”
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The Effect of Cyclooxygenase Inhibition on Tendon-Bone Healing in an In Vitro Coculture Model by Tim Schwarting, Sebastian Pretzsch, Florian Debus, Steffen Ruchholtz, Philipp Lechler

“…Exposure to ibuprofen significantly suppressed expression of Alpl (P < 0.01), Bglap (P < 0.001), and Runx2 (P < 0.01), and although parecoxib reduced expression of Alpl (P < 0.001), Fmod (P < 0.001), and Runx2 (P < 0.01), the expression of Bglap was increased (P < 0.01). Microscopic analysis showed a reduction in cellular outgrowth in LPS-stimulated cultures following exposure to ibuprofen and parecoxib. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Properties of Red Clay under Drying-Wetting Cycles by Yanli Qi, MingZhou Bai, Hao Zhou, Hai Shi, Pengxiang Li, Bohu He

“…To explain the above rules, some samples under different drying-wetting cycles were selected for environmental electron microscope scanning, and appropriate assumptions were made based on the microstructure.…”
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Effect of Sodium Sulfate Solution Coupled with Wetting–Drying Cycles on the Properties of Nano-Alumina-Modified Concrete by Kai Gao, Dun Chen, Chunqing Li, Guoyu Li, Yuncheng Mao, Xuyang Wu, Anshuang Su, Hang Zhang, Xu Wang

“…The total porosities of the OPC and NA1 samples increased from 12.68% and 10.29% to 16.03% and 12.71%, respectively. Their microscopic morphology revealed loose particles and poor compactness. …”
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The Online Research of B2O3 on Crystal Behavior of High Ti-Bearing Blast Furnace Slag by Yin-he Lin, Bin Zheng, Lin-gen Luo, Yu-long Jia, Li-qiang Zhang

“…By ultrahigh-temperature confocal laser scanning microscope and area scanning analysis, it can be concluded that the effect of B2O3 additives on the viscosity has a more obvious effect among the low-temperature region of the slag. …”
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Robust collection and processing for label-free single voxel proteomics by Reta Birhanu Kitata, Marija Velickovic, Zhangyang Xu, Rui Zhao, David Scholten, Rosalie K. Chu, Daniel J. Orton, William B. Chrisler, Tong Zhang, Jeremy V. Mathews, Benjamin M. Bumgarner, Demirkan B. Gursel, Ronald J. Moore, Paul D. Piehowski, Tao Liu, Richard D. Smith, Huiping Liu, Clive H. Wasserfall, Chia-Feng Tsai, Tujin Shi

“…Here we report an integrated wet collection of single microscale tissue voxels and Surfactant-assisted One-Pot voxel processing method termed wcSOP for robust label-free single voxel proteomics. wcSOP capitalizes on buffer droplet-assisted wet collection of single voxels dissected by LCM to the tube cap and SOP voxel processing in the same collection cap. …”
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Programming scheduled self-assembly of circadian materials by Gregor Leech, Lauren Melcher, Michelle Chiu, Maya Nugent, Shirlaine Juliano, Lily Burton, Janet Kang, Soo Ji Kim, Sourav Roy, Leila Farhadi, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, Michael J. Rust, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson

“…We show that colloid crosslinking depends strictly on the phosphorylation state of KaiC, with kinetics that are synced with KaiB-KaiC complexing. Our microscopic image analyses and computational models indicate that the stability of colloidal super-structures depends sensitively on the number of Kai complexes per colloid connection. …”
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Effects of environmental bisphenol S exposure on male rat reproductive health and gut-blood-testicular axis integrity by Biran Zhu, Zequan Zhang, Ying Xie, Min Huang, Yu Chen, Yong Yang, Xiongjie Shi, Jian Han, Lihua Yang, Min Zhao

“…These observations were made by counting with a hemocytometer under the optical microscope. 16S rRNA and untargeted metabolomic elucidated potential impacts on the gut-blood-testicular axis: BPS impaired the physical barrier, evoked inflammation, and resulted in dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. …”
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Clinical Factors Associated with Sperm DNA Fragmentation in Male Patients with Infertility by Akira Komiya, Tomonori Kato, Yoko Kawauchi, Akihiko Watanabe, Hideki Fuse

“…The sperm nuclear vacuolization (SNV) was evaluated using a high-magnification microscope. The SDF was evaluated using the sperm chromatin dispersion test (SCDt) to determine the SDF index (SDFI). …”
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Mimicking Axon Growth and Pruning by Photocatalytic Growth and Chemical Dissolution of Gold on Titanium Dioxide Patterns by Fatemeh Abshari, Moritz Paulsen, Salih Veziroglu, Alexander Vahl, Martina Gerken

“…We introduce a real-time monitoring setup based on an optical transmission microscope. We successfully observe both the growth and dissolution processes. …”
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