Determination of Multi-components in Marine Sediments by Core Scanner Based on BP Neural Network of Genetic Algorithm by LI Qiang, LIU Jian, LI Xiao-sui, TU Gong-ping, YANG Tian-bang

“…Experimental results show that using national certified reference materials of stream sediments, marine sediments and rocks as training samples, a genetic algorithm is used to optimize the initial weight and bias of BP neural network. …”
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CHARACTERISATION OF THERMAL-LOADED CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES BY COMBINED TIME-LAPSE TOMOGRAPHY AND THE FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST by Ivana Kumpová, Tomáš Fíla, Petr Koudelka, Iva Rozsypalová, Zbyněk Keršner, Daniel Kytýř, Michal Vopálenský, Daniel Vavřík

“…Quasi-brittle materialslike cement-based composites, rocks,and bricksare subjected to a number ofenvironmental loadings throughout the life cycleof buildings. …”
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EMPA, XRD, and Raman Characterization of Ag-Bearing Djurleite from the Lubin Mine, Lower Silesia, Poland by Krzysztof Szopa, Tomasz Krzykawski, Kamila Banasik, Piotr Król, Sylwia Skreczko, Stefania Andriopoulou Mounteanou, Marta Koziarska

“…The chalcocite group minerals are widely distributed among different hydrothermally affected rocks, the oxidized zone of copper sulfide deposits, or may be even crystalline from supersaturated volcanic gases. …”
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Evidence for the Origin of the DL Uranium Deposit in the Songliao Basin, Northeast China by Jialin Liu, Mingkuan Qin, Shaohua Huang, Zhangyue Liu, Liangliang Zhang

“…Two sources of U were recognized: (1) pre-ore U enrichment in the Yaojia Formation during diagenesis; and (2) the provenance of the Yaojia Formation, which comprises late Permian–Early Cretaceous granitic rocks from the southern Great Xing’an Range and northern margin of the North China Craton, rather than the oils and diabase dikes in the study area. …”
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Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of olivine basalts from east of Nehbandan and Chahchocho (Sistan suture zone, eastern Iran) by Neda Mokhtari, Ali Ahmadi, Hassan Mirnejad

“…The enrichment of all rocks in the LREEs compared to the HREEs, LILEs relative to the HFSEs, together with the REE and multi-element patterns close to those of OIB may be indicative of an enriched asthenospheric-lithospheric mantle source. …”
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Mineral Chemistry of the Lower Cretaceous Jinling Iron Skarn Deposit, Western Shandong Province, North China Craton: Implications for the Iron Skarn Mineralization Process by Fang-Hua Cui, Chao Zhang, Dai-Tian Jin, Lu-Yuan Wang, Ji-Lei Gao, Ming Ma, Ya-Dong Li

“…The Jinling iron skarn deposit formed as a result of several mineralization processes: (1) Fe-rich hydrothermal fluids exsolved from a hydrous parental magma that was characterized by high iron content, oxygen fugacity (<i>f</i>O₂), and salinity; (2) the Fe content of the fluids was augmented during the alkali metasomatism stage via the leaching of Fe from the solidified dioritic rocks; (3) diopside and garnet in skarns formed under relatively alkaline and oxidizing conditions during the later prograde skarn stage; (4) during the retrograde skarn stage, amphibole, chlorite, epidote, phlogopite, serpentine, biotite, and chlorite formed under more oxidizing conditions, and subsequent mixing of the Fe-rich fluids with meteoric water triggered the precipitation of the massive magnetite; and (5) the final sulfide–carbonate stage was involved in the formation of carbonate and sulfide minerals as a result of a change in conditions from oxidizing to reducing.…”
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Xanthine derivative KMUP-1 ameliorates retinopathy by Jwu-Lai Yeh, Cheng-Hsiang Kuo, Po-Wen Shih, Jong-Hau Hsu, Peng I-Chen, Yi-Hsun Huang

“…RF/6 A cells treated with KMUP-1 showed a reduction of PI3K/Akt, ERK, and RhoA/ROCKs signaling pathways and induction of protective pathways such as eNOS and soluble guanylyl cyclase at 1% O2. …”
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Coupling relationship between reservoir diagenesis and hydrocarbon accumulation in Lower Cretaceous Yingcheng Formation of Dongling, Changling fault depression, Songliao Basin, Nor... by Yun-qian Lu, You-lu Jiang, Wei Wang, Jian-feng Du, Jing-dong Liu

“…The first phase of oil and gas is charged before the reservoir is tightened, the oil and gas generated by Shahezi source rocks enter the sand body of Yingcheng Formation, influenced by the carrying capability of sand conducting layer, oil and gas is mainly conducted by the better properties and higher connectivity sand body and enriched in the east, which belongs to the type of densification after hydrocarbon accumulation. …”
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Zeolites Enhance Soil Health, Crop Productivity and Environmental Safety by Mousumi Mondal, Benukar Biswas, Sourav Garai, Sukamal Sarkar, Hirak Banerjee, Koushik Brahmachari, Prasanta Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Sagar Maitra, Marian Brestic, Milan Skalicky, Peter Ondrisik, Akbar Hossain

“…In this context, farming with zeolites, hydrated naturally occurring aluminosilicates found in sedimentary rocks, which are ubiquitous and environment friendly, has attracted attention in the recent past owing to multidisciplinary benefits accrued from them in agricultural activities. …”
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Characteristics of strike-slip fault-related reservoirs and the significance for hydrocarbon accumulation in the central Tarim Basin: Insights from the modern karst model by Fei Ning, Fei Ning, Huixi Lin, Cunjian Zhou, Jinbiao Yun, Peng Li, Haiming Song

“…The reservoir, strike-slip faults, and unconformities together constitute a three-dimensional hydrocarbon accumulation system, which facilitates the migration and accumulation of oil and gas from deep source rocks to Ordovician karst fracture caverns and plays a significant role in hydrocarbon migration and accumulation.…”
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Influence of Silicon on Biocontrol Strategies to Manage Biotic Stress for Crop Protection, Performance, and Improvement by Krishan K. Verma, Xiu-Peng Song, Dan-Dan Tian, Dao-Jun Guo, Zhong-Liang Chen, Chang-Song Zhong, Amin Nikpay, Munna Singh, Vishnu D. Rajput, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Tatiana Minkina, Yang-Rui Li

“…It is considered as a common element in the lithosphere of up to 30% of soils, with most minerals and rocks containing silicon, and is classified as a “significant non-essential” element for plants. …”
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Recommendations to improve ski area safety with obstacle padding by Marine Dorsemaine, Irving S. Scher, Tom Allen, Catherine Masson, Lenka L. Stepan, Pierre-Jean Arnoux

“…Objective: Fixed obstacles, such as trees, rocks and posts, are common within recreational ski areas. …”
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Reconstruction of the proto-type basin and tectono-paleogeography of Tarim Block in the Mesozoic by Xiang Li, Haining Chang, Shaoying Huang, Caiming Luo, Yunjiang Duan, Hao Zhang, Jinkai Xia, Ziqi Zhong, Lunyan Wei

“…The reconstruction of the proto-type basin and tectono-paleogeography of the Tarim Basin during the Mesozoic is crucial for hydrocarbon exploration, particularly for identifying hydrocarbon source rocks. This study reconstructs the position, thickness, and distribution of the original stratigraphy, the shortening amount by structural deformation, and the distribution of sedimentary facies in each Mesozoic period using paleomagnetic data, residual stratigraphy data, seismic profiles, and lithofacies distribution. …”
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Drought Stress Induced Different Response Mechanisms in Three Dendrobium Species under Different Photosynthetic Pathways by Ke Xia, Qiaofen Wu, Yanni Yang, Qiao Liu, Zaihua Wang, Zhiguo Zhao, Jie Li, Jinxiang He, Shengfeng Chai, Shuo Qiu

“…Many <i>Dendrobium</i> species, which hold a high status and value in traditional Chinese medicine, grow on barks and rocks in the wild, often encountering harsh environments and facing droughts. …”
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Nanoscale Investigation of DNA Demethylation in Leukemia Cells by Means of Ultrasensitive Vibrational Spectroscopy by Anca Onaciu, Valentin Toma, Cristian Moldovan, Adrian Bogdan Țigu, Diana Cenariu, Carina Culic, Rareș Mario Borșa, Luca David, Gabriela Fabiola Știufiuc, Romulus Tetean, Ciprian Tomuleasa, Rareș Ionuț Știufiuc

“…On the other hand, the SERS spectra collected on the same DNA samples show a very intense vibrational band located at 1008 cm⁻¹ assigned to a rocking vibration of 5-methyl-cytosine. The intensity of this band strongly decreases in cancer DNA due to the modification of the methylation landscape occurring in cancers. …”
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Biological Marker Fingerprints of Crude Oils from Three Oilfields in the Central Niger Delta: Implication to Source Input, Conditions of Deposition, and Thermal Maturation by Timothy Chibuike ANYANWU, Ifeoma Ogeri AGBI, Botwe TAKYI, Joy Obiageli NJOKU, Uduak Anthony UGBAJA

“…The biological marker ratios show low sterane/hopane (steranes/hopane ˂ 1) in the scope of 0.29 to 0.61 indicating that the crude oils initiated from rocks containing high terrigenous biota (mainly land plants). …”
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Uranyl Minerals from Abandoned Podgórze Mine (Sudetes Mountains, SW Poland) and Their REE Content by Marcin Daniel Syczewski, Rafał Siuda, Jan Rohovec, Šárka Matoušková, Jan Parafiniuk

“…The mine is located in the Karkonosze-Izera block, largely comprising Cambrian to Devonian metamorphic rocks intruded by the Variscan Karkonosze granite. …”
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Application of Pressure-Volume (P-V) Fractal Models in Modeling Formation Pressure and Drilling Fluid Determination in an Oilfield of SW Iran by Pooria Kianoush, Ghodratollah Mohammadi, Seyed Aliakbar Hosseini, Nasser Keshavarz Faraj Khah, Peyman Afzal

“…It generally consists of carbonate rocks with no shale interbeds except for the Kazhdumi Formation. …”
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Material field structure of ore-forming elements and deep prospecting potential of Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province by Junhao Wei, Peng Li, Yibang Li, Dingjie Chen, Haifeng Wang, Yongsheng Zhong, Zhixing Feng

“…The Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit in Qaidam, Qinghai Province, is a large-scale SEDEX deposit in China. The host rocks are mainly marble and schist, the marble-style ore-bodies mainly exist in the shallow part and the schist-style ore-bodies mainly exist in the deep part. …”
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Carbonated Inheritance in the Eastern Tibetan Lithospheric Mantle: Petrological Evidences and Geodynamic Implications by Fanny Goussin, Nicolas Riel, Carole Cordier, Stéphane Guillot, Philippe Boulvais, Pierrick Roperch, Anne Replumaz, Karel Schulmann, Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet, Filipe Rosas, Zhaojie Guo

“…We report mantle phlogopite xenocrysts and carbonate‐bearing ultramafic cumulates preserved in Eocene potassic rocks from the Eastern Qiangtang terrane, which provide evidence that the lithospheric mantle in Central Tibet was enriched in H 2O and CO 2 prior to the India‐Asia collision. …”
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