A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea by Takahashi, Kazutaka, Teh, Jun Chin

“…In laboratory, starved copepods were observed to take in a piece of fibrous microplastic sedimented on the bottom. While no individual ingested the entire fibre, the tip of the ingested fibre reached deep into the gut of the copepods. …”
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Myopathy-causing Q147P TPM2 mutation shifts tropomyosin strands further towards the open position and increases the proportion of strong-binding cross-bridges during the ATPase cyc... by Karpicheva, OE, Simonyan, AO, Kuleva, NV, Redwood, CS, Borovikov, YS

“…Despite its reduced affinity for actin in co-sedimentation assay, the Q147P mutant incorporates into the muscle fiber. …”

Numerical modeling of the influence of scour and scour protection on monopile dynamic behavior by Mayall, RO, Burd, HJ, McAdam, RA, Byrne, BW, Whitehouse, RJS, Heald, SG, Slater, PL

“…Scour of seabed sediments can occur around offshore foundations. For monopile-supported offshore wind turbine structures, the reduction in foundation stiffness due to scour presents certain operational challenges. …”

Behavior of the southernmost San Andreas fault during the past 300 years by Sieh, Kerry, Williams, Patrick L.

“…This behavior may be due to tectonically induced high pore pressures in the coarse sediments that abut the fault.…”
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Protracted carbon burial following the Early Jurassic Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (Posidonia Shale, Lower Saxony Basin, Germany) by Celestino, RFS, Ruhl, M, Dickson, AJ, Idiz, E, Jenkyns, HC, Leng, MJ, Mattioli, E, Minisini, D, Hesselbo, SP

“…The bio- and chemostratigraphic framework presented demonstrates that (i) the rock record of the T-OAE at the studied locality registered highly condensed sedimentation and/or multiple hiatuses and (ii) the deposition of organic-rich black shale extended significantly beyond the level of the T-OAE, thereby contrasting with well-studied sections of the Posidonia Shale in southern Germany but showing similarities with geographically nearby basins such as the Paris Basin (France). …”

Tapered angle microfluidic device for cell separation using hydrodynamic principle by Jamrus, Muhammad Asyraf, Ahmad, Mohd. Ridzuan

“…This design enables particle separation based on hydrodynamic theory and the sedimentation process. A mixture of 3 μm and 10 μm polystyrene (PS) microbeads were effectively separated when the taper angle approached 20 degrees, and separation continued until the taper angle reached 89 degrees. …”

Tapered angle microfluidic device for cell separation using hydrodynamic principle by Jamrus, Muhammad Asyraf, Ahmad, Mohd. Ridzuan

“…Based on the hydrodynamic theory and sedimentation process, this design allows particles to separate. …”
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Performance augmentation of retrofitted sustainable R1234yf in R134a air conditioning system using AI2O3 SiO2 hybrid nanolubricant by M. Z., Sharif, Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah, Mohd Fairusham, Ghazali, Hafiz, Muhammad Ali

“…The stability test shows that the hybrid nanolubricant remained in superior stability after 6 months, with minimum particle aggregation and sedimentation. The AAC-Al2O3–SiO2/DEC PAG system achieved the best performance at 0.03% volume concentration with an average increment of 12.01%. …”
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Chemical dispersant enhances microbial exopolymer (EPS) production and formation of marine oil/dispersant snow in surface waters of the subarctic northeast Atlantic by Suja, Laura Duran, Chen, Xindi, Summers, Stephen, Paterson, David M., Gutierrez, Tony

“…A notable feature of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the unprecedented formation of marine oil snow (MOS) that was observed in large quantities floating on the sea surface and that subsequently sedimented to the seafloor. Whilst the physical and chemical processes involved in MOS formation remain unclear, some studies have shown that extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play a role in this process. …”
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Lateral offsets and revised dates of large prehistoric earthquakes at Pallett creek, Southern California by Sieh, Kerry

“…Recent excavation and new radiocarbon dates of sediments at Pallett Creek are the basis for new conclusionsr egarding the late Holocene history of the San Andreas fault. …”
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Dynamic simulation of granular filtration by Leong, Lee Man

“…Simulated values for particle removal due to sedimentation deviated slightly from empirical values. …”
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Enhancement of fexural modulus and strength of epoxy nanocomposites with the inclusion of functionalized GNPs using Tween 80 by Wan Ab Halim, Wan Zateel Aqmaer, Junid, Ramli Junid, Sazali, Norazliane, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Abd Razak, Jeeferie, Fitriyana, Deni Fajar, Cionita, Tezara, Jaafar, Jamiluddin

“…Characterization of nanoparticles using SEM shows that ARGNPs indicated a softer image representing a thinner layer of graphene stacks compared to T80GNP which has a tangible solid-looking image resulting from the sedimentation during the process of fltration. Elementally, both ARGNPs and T80GNPs were found to contain carbon, oxygen, and sulfur, as indicated by the EDX spectrum, with the C/O ratio for T80GNPs being 34.7% higher than that for ARGNPs, suggesting the adsorption of Tween 80 molecules on the GNPs after functionalization. …”
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Effect of hysteresis on the stability of residual soil slope by Kristo, Christofer, Rahardjo, Harianto, Satyanaga, Alfrendo

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Characteristics of unsaturated soil slope covered with capillary barrier system and deep-rooted grass under different rainfall patterns by Li, Yangyang, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Rahardjo, Harianto

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From the microbial to the mechanical : environmental impacts on coral nitrogen cycling, microbial communities, and skeletal properties by Moynihan, Molly Anne

“…Between coral samples, environments with higher SST, lower salinity, and increased sedimentation exhibit lower absolute mechanical properties. …”
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Crustal strain in the Marmara pull‐apart region associated with the propagation process of the North Anatolian Fault by Karakaş, Çagil, Armijo, R., Lacassin, R., Suc, J.-P., Melinte-Dobrinescu, M. C.

“…Our results provide tight constraints on the main pulse of folding associated with propagation of the tip of the NNAF: it took place in the late Miocene to earliest Pliocene (5.60 to 5.04 Ma), before deposition of undeformed Pliocene marine sediments. The folding is mostly coeval with the Messinian Salinity Crisis and accommodated several kilometers of shortening at the fault tip. …”
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Effect of Longitude-Dependent Cloud Coverage on Exoplanet Visible Wavelength Reflected-Light Phase Curves by Webber, M. W., Lewis, N. K., Marley, M., Morley, C., Fortney, J. J., Cahoy, K.

“…We then extend our application of the model to the exoplanet Kepler-7b and consider the effect of varying cloud species, sedimentation efficiency, particle size, and cloud altitude. …”
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Ultramafic Alteration and the Cooling of Earth and Mars by Murray, Joshua

“…I present a new method, leveraging both geochemical analysis and modelling of basin sediments, to infer ancient silicate weathering fluxes. …”
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Rapid and punctuated Late Holocene recession of Siling Co, central Tibet by Shi, Xuhua, Kirby, Eric, Furlong, Kevin P., Meng, Kai, Robinson, Ruth, Lu, Haijian, Wang, Erchie

“…Local records of monsoon strength from cave deposits, ice cores, and lake sediments typically rely on proxy data that relate isotopic variations to changes in precipitation. …”
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Translational GTPase BipA is involved in the maturation of a large subunit of bacterial ribosome at suboptimal temperature by Goh, Kwok Jian, Ero, Rya, Yan, Xin-Fu, Park, Jung Eun, Kundukad, Binu, Zheng, Jun, Sze, Siu Kwan, Gao, Yong-Gui

“…Based on the growth curve, soft agar swimming assay, and sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis, mutation of the catalytic residue His78 rendered plasmid-borne bipA unable to complement its deletion phenotypes. …”
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