Academic Articles & Research Papers

Recovery of Iron from Pyrolusite Leaching Slag by a Lab-Scale Circulation Process of Oxalic Acid Leaching and Ultraviolet Irradiation

Pyrolusite leaching slag is a Fe-containing slag generated from pyrolusite leaching process with SO2. Recovery of iron from the slag not only has economic benefit, but also prevents the secondary pollution to the environment. A novel lab-sc...

The influence of the volatiles on the slag composition for the heating process

The physicochemical properties of slag are of great importance in pyrometallurgy. If there is a volatile component in the slag, evaporation will inevitably occur. As a result, the slag composition will change, and the measured results will ...

The Influence of Applying PVD Coatings on Adhesion Wear Resistance of Quenching and Tempering Steels

The article examines the effect of different types of two-layer nanostructured coatings (cVIc and nACVIc) deposited on three types of steel substrates, 45S20, C45E, and 42CrMo4, to determine the resistance to adhesive wear of the substrate/...

Molecular regionalization in the compact brain of the meiofaunal annelid Dinophilus gyrociliatus (Dinophilidae)

Abstract Background Annelida is a morphologically diverse animal group that exhibits a remarkable variety in nervous system architecture (e.g., number and location of longitudinal cords, architecture of the brain). Despite this heterogeneit...

Dissecting the genetic basis of fruiting efficiency for genetic enhancement of harvest index, grain number, and yield in wheat

Abstract Background Grain number (GN) is one of the key yield contributing factors in modern wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties. Fruiting efficiency (FE) is a key trait for increasing GN by making more spike assimilates available to reprod...

Nanofibers with a tunable wettability by electrospinning and physical crosslinking of poly(2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline)

This work shows the design of highly porous membranes with tunable wettability based on poly(2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline) (PnPrOx) nanofibers. Wicking and advanced contact angle experiments demonstrate the high potential for applications requiri...

Modeling and Contouring Control for Cantilever Beam Machine With Structural Flexibility

In biaxial contouring control applications, the inherent structural flexibility of machines can lead to position discrepancies between the manipulator and actuator, and thus deteriorate the manufacturing performance, especially when the con...

Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Biorefinery Systems

Lignocellulosic biomass is one of the most abundant renewable carbon resources available, currently used predominantly for energy generation through direct combustion, yet still underutilized as a feedstock for higher-value biochemical conv...

Construction of Integrated Platform for Eco-Sustainable Tourism and Marketing in Southeast Asia Based on Machine Learning

Southeast Asia is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and its tourism model is mainly based on ecological and sustainable tourism characteristics. It is a special practical exploration of this region. However, with th...

Trans-ethnic meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with longitudinal blood pressure traits

Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic loci associated with cross-sectional blood pressure (BP) traits; however, GWAS based on longitudinal BP have been underexplored. We performed ethnic-specif...

Advance in Silicon Photomultiplier for All-Digital Positron Emission Tomography

In recent years, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as preferred photoelectric conversion devices in positron emission tomography (PET) due to their outstanding performance. SiPMs possess single-photon resolution capability and t...

POSTSOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION OF CITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA - A CASE STUDY OF NOVI SAD AND PETROVARADIN

Novi Sad and Petrovaradin, as two inseparable entities, have undergone large urban changes in the latest decades. Huge transformations in morphological features and spatial structure of Novi Sad occurred in the period from the breakup of Y...

HBA-DEALS: accurate and simultaneous identification of differential expression and splicing using hierarchical Bayesian analysis

Abstract We present Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Differential Expression and ALternative Splicing (HBA-DEALS), which simultaneously characterizes differential expression and splicing in cohorts. HBA-DEALS attains state of the art or be...

Blockchain digital forensics: technology and architecture

Issues of limited scene adaptability, inadequate evidence preservation, and low efficiency in traditional digital forensics were addressed by analyzing the feasibility of incorporating decentralized, tamper-resistant blockchain technology i...

A compact model for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem

Home healthcare has become more and more central in the last decades, due to the advantages it can bring to both healthcare institutions and patients. Planning activities in this context, however, presents significant challenges related to ...

The materiality of mathematics: Presenting mathematics at the blackboard

Sociology has been accused of neglecting the importance of material things in human life and the material aspects of social practices. Efforts to correct this have recently been made, with a growing concern to demonstrate the materiality of...

DAF-UNet: Deformable U-Net with Atrous-Convolution Feature Pyramid for Retinal Vessel Segmentation

Segmentation of retinal vessels from fundus images is critical for diagnosing diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. However, the inherent challenges posed by the complex geometries of vessels and the highly imbalanced distribution of ...

The Handbook of Mathematical Cognition

Part 1: Cognitive Representations for Number and Mathematics. M. Fayol, X. Seron, About Numerical Representations: Insights from Neuropsychological, Experimental and Developmental Studies. M. Brysbaert, Number Recognition in Different Forma...

The Architecture of Mathematics

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Editorial: Use of AR/MR/VR in the context of occupational safety and health