STRENGTH RESTORATION OF CRACKED SANDSTONE AND COAL UNDER A UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST AND CORRELATED DAMAGE SOURCE LOCATION BASED ON ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS.

Strength Restoration of Cracked Sandstone and Coal under a Uniaxial Compression Test and Correlated Damage Source Location Based on Acoustic Emissions.

Underground rock masses have shown a general trend of natural balance over billions of years of ground movement.Nonetheless, man-made underground constructions disturb this balance and cause rock stability failure.Fractured rock masses are frequently encountered in underground constructions, and this study aims to restore the strength of rock masse

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Increasing work-place healthiness with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri: A randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled study

Abstract Background Short term illnesses, usually caused by respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases are disruptive to productivity and there is relatively little focus on preventative measures.This study examined the effect of the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri protectis (ATCC55730) on its ability to improve work-place healthiness by reducing sho

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Effects of dietary administration of Bacillus probiotics on the non-specific immune responses of tinfoil barb, Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Background.Probiotics are known as immunostimulants as well as growth and survival promoters in fish, but despite the plethora of studies on the effect of probiotics on the fish non-specific immune responses, very few information is available for ornemental fish.Thus, this study was carried out to investigate the effects of short-term dietary admin

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Identification for the First Time of Cyclo(d-Pro-l-Leu) Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Y1 as a Nematocide for Control of Meloidogyne incognita

The aim of the current study was to describe the role and mechanism of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Y1 against the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, under in vitro and in vivo conditions.Initially, the exposure of Hitches the bacterial culture supernatant and crude extract of Y1 to M.incognita significantly inhibited the hatching of eggs and

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