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Physical Indicators and Mechanism of Vertisolization: A Case Study of the Cis-Caucasian Vertic Chernozem by Smagin, A. V.

“…Vertisolization —the development of vertic properties and vertic horizons—is a widespread process leading to adverse physical and technological properties of…”
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Thermodynamic Concept of the Physical Quality of Soils by Smagin, A. V.

“…— Soil physical quality is largely determined by interphase interactions at variable moisture content. This phenomenon allows us to consider the water…”
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Temperature Factor of Soil Water-Holding Capacity by Smagin, A. V., Sadovnikova, N. B.

“…— The effect of temperature in the range from 4 to 50°C on the water retention curves in five soil samples of different textures was studied. The method of…”
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About Thermodynamic Theory of Water Retention Capacity and Dispersity of Soils by Smagin, A. V.

“…On the basis of thermodynamic concept on competitive interphase interactions, the idea is forwarded about the ionic-electrostatic mechanism of water retention…”
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Effect of Wind on Soil-Atmosphere Gas Exchange by Smagin, A. V., Karelin, D. V.

“…Global climate change in recent decades is accompanied by rising temperatures and increasing cyclonic activity with strong air flows. How do they affect soil…”
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Capillary Effects in Polydisperse Systems and Their Use in Soil Engineering by Smagin, A. V., Sadovnikova, N. B., Belyaeva, E. A., Kirichenko, A. V., Krivtsova, V. N.

“…The capillary effect in polydisperse porous systems of soils and sediments is discussed. This effect is quantified using a new fundamental model of capillary…”
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Physically Based Thermodynamic Model of the Water Retention Curve of Soils for the Entire Water Range by Smagin, A. V.

“…Quantitative description of the water retention curve (WRC) of soils remains one of the most pressing problems in hydrophysics due to its importance for…”
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Creation of soil-like constructions by Smagin, A. V, Sadovnikova, N. B

“…An innovative approach for artificial soil construction is briefly characterized, and its basic principles are given. The major kinds of soil constructions and…”
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Column-centrifugation method for determining water retention curves of soils and disperse sediments by Smagin, A. V.

“…A new instrumental method was proposed for the rapid estimation of the water-retention capacity of soils and sediments. The method is based on the use of a…”
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Kinetic assessment of gas exchange between the soil and the atmosphere by the static chamber method by Smagin, A. V

“…The method of closed (static) chambers finds wide use in the study of gas and vapor flows at the soil-atmosphere interface. However, it can significantly…”
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Methane fluxes during the cold season: distribution and mass transfer in the snow cover of bogs by Smagin, A. V, Shnyrev, N. A

“…Fluxes and profile distribution of methane in the snow cover and different landscape elements of an oligotrophic West-Siberian bog (Mukhrino Research Station,…”
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Thermodynamic analysis of the effect of strongly swelling polymer hydrogels on the physical state of soil and sediment samples by Smagin, A. V, Sadovnikova, N. B, Nikolaeva, E. I

“…The effect of five Russian and foreign hydrogels on the water retention curve (WRC) and the related physical parameters of soils and sediments differing in…”
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Biodestruction of strongly swelling polymer hydrogels and its effect on the water retention capacity of soils by Smagin, A. V, Sadovnikova, N. B, Smagina, M. V

“…The biodestruction of strongly swelling polymer hydrogels (water adsorbing soil conditioners of the new generation) has been studied at the quantitative level…”
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Assessing the technogenic contamination of urban soils from the profile distribution of heavy metals and the soil bulk density by Korchagina, K. V, Smagin, A. V, Reshetina, T. V

“…The contamination of soils with heavy metals in the city of Moscow has been assessed using the conventional procedure and a new resource approach developed at…”
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Thermodynamic assessment of the effect of strongly swelling polymer hydrogels on the water retention capacity of model porous media by Sadovnikova, N. B., Smagin, A. V., Sidorova, M. A.

“…The effect of different rates and fractions of strongly swelling polymer hydrogel (SSPH) based on radiation-grafted polyacrylamide on the water retention…”
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Hygroscopic Water Content As an Indicator of Soil Dispersity: Thermodynamic Basis and Experimental Verification by Smagin, A. V., Sadovnikova, N. B.

“…The adsorption properties of dispersed systems are determined by their surface energy, therefore the parameters of hygroscopy (adsorbed water content) and…”
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Prefrontal Cortical Projection Neurons: Involvement in Shaping Different Types of Behaviors, BDNF Expression and Transport by Drozd, U. S., Frik, Ya. A., Smagin, A. V., Lanshakov, D. A.

“…The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in cognitive plasticity and is involved in various processes of higher nervous activity. At the same time,…”
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Vector Hyper-Delta Distribution and Recommendations on How to Apply It by Smagin, V. A., Bubnov, V. P.

“…— A method for vector hyper-delta approximation of random processes is proposed as opposed to the one-dimensional approximation method for real random…”
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Kinetic Assessment of the Biodegradability of Gel-Forming Soil Conditioners in Incubation Experiments with Instrumental Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide by Smagin, A. V., Sadovnikova, N. B., Belyaeva, E. A., Korchagina, K. V., Kokoreva, A. A., Krivtsova, V. N.

“…A quantitative study of the biodegradability of polymer soil conditioners is necessary for a reasonable prediction of their stability and functioning in soils…”
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Kinetic Estimation of the Biodegradability of Gel-Forming Soil Conditioners on the Basis of BOD Analysis by Smagin, A. V., Sadovnikova, N. B., Korchagina, K. V., Belyaeva, E. A.

“…Biodegradation is one of the main factors limiting the efficiency and life time of gel-forming soil conditioners. The study quantifies this process using a…”
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