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Meylí Valin Fernández, José Luis Valin Rivera, Frank Pérez Rodríguez, Henry Figueredo Losada, María Elena Fernández Abreu, Francisco Rolando Valenzuela Diaz, Angel Rodríguez Soto, Alexander Alfonso Alvarez, Roberto Quinteros, Cristobal Galleguillos Ketterer and Gilberto García del Pino
A characterization of composite materials of a polyester matrix reinforced with natural fibers of Cuban henequen and organophilized Cuban bentonite was carried out, the experimental results of which are used to formulate, implement, and validate a scalar...
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René A. Rojas-Luna, Luisa Oquendo-Ruiz, Carlos A. García-Alzate, Victoria A. Arana, Roberto García-Alzate and Jorge Trilleras
There are few studies on microplastic (MP) contamination in Colombia, and little is known about its impacts on continental aquatic ecosystems. This study evaluated, for the first time, the identification, abundance, and distribution of MP particles in th...
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Shouju Miao, Xiaojian Zhan, Yangbing Yuan and Lijun Jia
This study investigates the mechanical performance of a polyester fiber concrete continuous rigid frame bridge during construction and the spatial stress distribution of the 0# block box girder, with a focus on the backdrop of the bridge in Pipa Zhou, Ji...
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Florentina Monica Raduly, Valentin Raditoiu, Alina Raditoiu, Violeta Purcar, Georgiana Ispas, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Raluca Augusta Gabor and Cristian-Andi Nicolae
The recent development of the ?eco-friendly? current has brought to the attention of researchers natural dyes that are biodegradable, do not cause allergies and generally have anti-UV protection, and antioxidant and antibacterial properties. In this stud...
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Amal S. Hassan, Aisha Fayomi, Ali Algarni and Ehab M. Almetwally
Unit distributions are typically used in probability theory and statistics to illustrate useful quantities with values between zero and one. In this paper, we investigated an appropriate transformation to propose the unit-exponentiated half-logistic dist...
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Marcin H. Kudzin, Anna Kaczmarek, Zdzislawa Mrozinska and Joanna Olczyk
In this study, copper films were deposited by magnetron sputtering on poly(ethylene terephthalate) knitted textile to fabricate multi-functional, antimicrobial composite material. The modified knitted textile composites were subjected to microbial activi...
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Paula Martínez Silva and Mark A. Nanny
Magdalena River surface water and shoreline sediments were sampled for microplastic particles at three locations in the city of Neiva, Colombia: upstream, city center, and downstream of the raw wastewater outflow. The absence of an industrial and manufac...
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Francesco Micelli, Leandro Candido, Emilia Vasanelli, Maria Antonietta Aiello and Giovanni Plizzari
The enhanced post-cracking properties of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), as compared to plain concrete (PC), are extensively proven by many experimental findings. However, still limited experimental data are available on the behavior of such materials i...
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Yunpeng Liu, Shuo Jiang, Xiaozhou Fan and Yuan Tian
With the development of fiber optic sensing technology, optical fiber sensors have been widely used in online monitoring of power transformers. To investigate the influence of aging fiber sheaths on transformer oil, two kinds of special optical fibers wi...
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Yanping Sheng, Haibin Li, Ping Guo, Guijuan Zhao, Huaxin Chen and Rui Xiong
Lignin fibers typically influence the mixture performance of stone matrix asphalt (SMA), such as strength, stability, durability, noise level, rutting resistance, fatigue life, and water sensitivity. However, limited studies were conducted to analyze the...
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