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Open AccessA deep neural network regressor for phase constitution estimation in the high entropy alloy system Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Mn-Nb-Ni
High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are composed of more than one principal element and constitute a major paradigm in metals research. The HEA space is vast and an exhaustive exploration is improbable. Therefore, a th...
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Open AccessHigh-throughput reaction engineering to assess the oxidation stability of MAX phases
The resistance to oxidizing environments exhibited by some Mn+1AXn (MAX) phases stems from the formation of stable and protective oxide layers at high operating temperatures. The MAX phases are hexagonally arrang...
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Effects of land use on larval Odonata assemblages in cloud forest streams in central Veracruz, Mexico
This study analyzes the effect of stream water quality and its relationship with habitat characteristics on larval Odonata assemblages in streams found in tropical montane cloud forests, pastures, and coffee p...
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ASIC2 is present in human mechanosensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia and in mechanoreceptors of the glabrous skin
Mechanosensory neurons lead to the central nervous system touch, vibration and pressure sensation. They project to the periphery and form different kinds of mechanoreceptors. The manner in which they sense mec...
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Low Field Microwave Absorption in Nanostructured Ferrite Ceramics Consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering
The low field microwave absorption (LFMA at 9.5 GHz) properties of clusters of Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) consolidated by spark plasma sintering (PSP at temperatures in the 350–500 °C range) are ...
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Algal assemblages and their relationship with water quality in tropical Mexican streams with different land uses
This study analyzes the relationship between physical and chemical factors and the algal communities in tropical streams in micro-watersheds where >70% of their area has different land uses, specifically, clou...
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Optimisation of Polyphenols Extraction from Chestnut Shell by Response Surface Methodology
The extraction of polyphenols from a waste product from the food industry, the shell of the chestnut fruit, was examined with the aim of analyzing the potential of the extracts for the formulation of wood adhe...
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Curing of a phenol–formaldehyde–tannin adhesive in the presence of wood
The curing of a phenol–formaldehyde–tannin (PFT) adhesive in the presence of pine or eucalyptus wood has been studied using differential scanning calorimetry. The influence of the adhesive/wood ratio on the ac...
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Curing process of phenol-urea-formaldehyde-tannin (PUFT) adhesives
Phenol-urea-formaldehyde-tannin (PUFT) adhesives have been prepared by copolymerization at room temperature of pine bark tannins with phenol-urea-formaldehyde (PUF) prepolymers prepared under varying operating...
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Relevance of genetically determined host factors to the prognosis of meningococcal disease
To assess the relevance of genetically determined host factors for the prognosis of meningococcal disease, Fc gamma receptor IIA (FcγRIIA), the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) gene promoter region, and pla...
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Unmasking Influenza Virus Infection in Patients Attended to in the Emergency Department
Infection by the influenza virus may pass undetected in many adult patients attended to in the emergency department because its diagnosis usually relies on clinical manifestations, which can be distorted by sy...
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Variability analysis of the respiratory volume based on non-linear prediction methods
This work proposed and studied a method of automatically classifying respiratory volume signals as high or low variability by means of non-linear analysis of the respiratory volume. The analysis used volume si...
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Modulation of Cytosolic Calcium Levels in Osteoblast-like Osteosarcoma Cells by Olpadronate and its Amino-Derivative IG-9402
The molecular mechanisms as well as the structure/activity relationships involved in the antiresorptive actions of bisphosphonates on bone cells are still not clear. Replacement of the R1-hydroxyl by an NH2 gr...
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Curing Kinetics Of Tannin-Phenol-Formal- dehyde Adhesives As Determined By DSC
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to compare the thermal curing of two adhesives suitable for using in the manufacture of exterior-grade plywood boards: a commercial phenol-formaldehyde (PF) res...
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Rheology of tannin-added phenol formaldehyde adhesives for plywood
adhesive consumption in double glue line, which is significantly lower than the aprox. 400 g/m2 allowed by commercially available phenol-formaldehyde adhesives. The adhesives prepared with resols containing 36% ...
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Characterization of Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus pinaster acetosolv pulps prebleached with O2 by FTIR and DRIFT spectroscopy
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Characteristics of Pinus pinaster bark extracts obtained under various extraction conditions
bark extracts obtained by lixiviation with water or alkaline solutions followed by spray drying. Extract yield was 2.5- to 6-fold higher with alkaline extractant solutions than with water. Within the ranges o...
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Effect of Pneumococcal Vaccine on Plasma HIV-1 RNA of Stable Patients Undergoing Effective Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
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Is there a simple theory of sonoluminescence?
An abiding issue in cavitation science is the focusing of energy by the collapse of a gas bubble in water. In particular, one would like to understand the origin of the flash of light ('sonoluminescence') that...
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The influence of acetosolv pul** conditions on the enzymatic hydrolysis of Eucalyptus pulps
Eucalyptus globulus wood was subjected first to HCl–catalysed delignification with 70% acetic acid under conditions realizing an incomplete 3 × 3 × 3 factorial design (HCl concentration ...
