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Chao Xu, Yuting Wang, Huidong Yang, Yuqing Tang, Xincheng Liu, Buchun Liu, Xinlong Hu and Zhongdong Hu
High temperatures significantly injure the flowering, pollination, fruit growth, and quality of plants. Photosynthesis, the fundamental process supporting plant life, is crucial. Nevertheless, the quantitative evaluation of the physiological activity of ...
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Ashna Akbar, Surendra Singh Manohar, Murali Tottekkaad Variath, Sadaiah Kurapati and Janila Pasupuleti
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Wei-Kai Wang, Shih-Yung Huang, Ming-Chien Jiang and Dong-Sing Wuu
Approximately 4-µm-thick GaN epitaxial films were directly grown onto a GaN/sapphire template, sapphire, Si(111), and Si(100) substrates by high-temperature pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The influence of the substrate type on the crystalline quality, su...
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Bing Li, Wenbin Zheng and Yang Zhang
This study aims to investigate the effect of high temperature on the mechanical properties of low-slump polypropylene fiber (PPF) concrete, and tests the tensile and compressive properties of 204 groups of low-slump PPF concrete with eight different dosa...
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Manab Mallik, Kalyan Kumar Ray and Rahul Mitra
The oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 vol % SiC and ZrB2-20 vol % SiC-5 vol % Si3N4 composites prepared by hot-pressing and subjected to isothermal exposure at 1200 or 1300 °C for durations of 24 or 100 h in air, as well as cyclic exposure at 1300 °C for 24 ...
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Shining Lyu, Youshan Gao, Aihong Wang and Yiming Hu
In this research, a multi-scale representative volume element method is introduced that combines the temperature and stress fields to analyze the force field distribution around microcracks in low-carbon steel using a combination of molecular dynamics an...
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Min-seok Jwa and Chang-Yu Hong
Haliotis diversicolor aquatilis (H. diversicolor aquatilis) is one of the aquaculture abalone species in Jeju Island, South Korea. The high water temperature in the middle of the summer season frequently limits the aquaculture productivity of abalone. To...
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Edward Fernie, Daniel K. Y. Tan, Sonia Y. Liu, Najeeb Ullah and Ali Khoddami
Climate change threatens to impact wheat productivity, quality and global food security. Maintaining crop productivity under abiotic stresses such as high temperature is therefore imperative to managing the nutritional needs of a growing global populatio...
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Xiaofei Zhang, Weidong He, Yongwang Zhang, Cheng Chen and Xun Wu
This paper presents an experimental study on the tensile behavior of basalt-fiber-grid-reinforced mortar (BGRM) before and after exposure to an elevated temperature of 300 °C considering the effect of fiber grid type, short polyvinyl alcohol fiber (PVA),...
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Feihong Yun, Dong Liu, Xiujun Xu, Kefeng Jiao, Xiaoquan Hao, Liquan Wang, Zheping Yan, Peng Jia, Xiangyu Wang and Bin Liang
Taking a subsea collet connector as an example, the contact characteristics of the sealing structure of the subsea connector under thermal?structural coupling were studied. Considering the heat transfer problem of the subsea connector in deep water, the ...
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Ádám Gera, Gábor Nyitrai, Gergely Surányi, Gergo Hamar and Dezso Varga
A cosmic muon imaging system is essentially a particle tracking detector as known from experimental High Energy Physics. The Multiwire Proportional Chamber (MWPC) once revolutionized this field of science, and as such it is a viable choice as the core el...
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Alexander V Zlobin, Igor Novitski and Emanuela Barzi
The U.S. Magnet Development Program (US-MDP) is aimed at developing high-field accelerator magnets with magnetic fields beyond the limits of Nb3Sn technology. Recent progress with composite wires and Rutherford cables based on the first generation high-t...
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Rodrigo Carballo-Bolaños, Derek Soto and Chaolun Allen Chen
Coral reef ecosystems are under the direct threat of increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases, which increase seawater temperatures in the oceans and lead to bleaching events. Global bleaching events are becoming more frequent and stronger, and understand...
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Juan Carlos Suárez, Amara T. Contreras, Milan O. Urban, Miguel A. Grajales, Stephen E. Beebe and Idupulapati M. Rao
One of the strategies to combat micronutrient malnutrition is by developing biofortified common bean lines (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) capable of tolerating different stress conditions. In this study, the adaptive responses of different biofortified bean lin...
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Song Li, Xingxing Shi, Chundi Si, Binshuo Bao and Mengmeng Hu
The performance of an asphalt mixture is significantly affected by the properties of its asphalt mortar, which consists of an asphalt binder, mineral fillers, fine aggregates and air voids. The aim of this work was to evaluate the correlations between th...
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Jihwi Jang and David W. M. Leung
Increased urbanization means human beings become the dominant species and reduction in canopy cover. Globally, urban trees grow under challenging and complex circumstances with urbanization trends of increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission...
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Qi Zhang, Aixia Zhang, Le Yang, Jinpeng Wei, Jinlong Bei, Zhenjiang Xu, Xiaofeng Wang and Bingxian Chen
Seed germination requires the relaxation of endosperm cap and radicle cell walls, with cell wall hydrolases playing a significant role in this process. Our study revealed that a type of cell wall hydrolase, xyloglucan endotransglucosylase, may significan...
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Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Kalarani M. Karuppasami, Senthil Alagarswamy, Kavitha P. Shanmugam, Sivakumar Rathinavelu, Geethalakshmi Vellingiri, Umapathi Muniyappan, Thirukumaran Kanthan, Anitha Kuppusamy, Megala Rajendran, Arunkumar Kathirvel and Selvaraju Kanagarajan
Melatonin (MT), a naturally occurring compound, is found in various species worldwide. In 1958, it was first identified in the pineal gland of dairy cows. MT is an ?old friend? but a ?new compound? for plant biology. It brings experts and research minds ...
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Romesh Kumar Salgotra and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
Global rice crop production is being threatened by a frequent rise in high temperatures and drought. Drought and heat stresses adversely affect the morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of rice, resulting in reduced crop productiv...
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Tarun Jain, Pimchanok Buapet, Long Ying and Mathinee Yucharoen
An unprecedented decline in the diversity and health of coral reefs is occurring around the world as they are threatened by multiple global and local stressors. Rising seawater temperature and low dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions are expected to intensif...
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