Urban Planning Stakeholders on Nocturnal Lighting in the City of Montreal by Sylvain Bertin, Sylvain Paquette

“…How do stakeholders consider night-time and how do their representations structure the urban landscape? In order to better understand the organization of the city at night, this paper will explore the representations of landscapes from a sociocultural perspective. …”
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Lung Nodule Malignancy Prediction From Longitudinal CT Scans With Siamese Convolutional Attention Networks by Benjamin P. Veasey, Justin Broadhead, Michael Dahle, Albert Seow, Amir A. Amini

“…<italic>Goal:</italic> We propose a convolutional attention-based network that allows for use of pre-trained 2-D convolutional feature extractors and is extendable to multi-time-point classification in a Siamese structure. <italic>Methods:</italic> Our proposed framework is evaluated for single- and multi-time-point classification to explore the value that temporal information, such as nodule growth, adds to malignancy prediction. …”
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Microstructure Evolution of Cold Pilgering Stainless Steel Tubes by Jia Dai, Wei Li, Zhibing Chu

“…The experimental results showed that the internal slip line was randomly distributed, the deformation of the inner wall was more intense than the outer wall structure, and the austenite γ phase was transformed into the α′-martensitic phase. …”
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Elongator and the role of its subcomplexes in human diseases by Monika Gaik, Marija Kojic, Brandon J Wainwright, Sebastian Glatt

“…In the last decade, several research groups focussed on dissecting its structure, tRNA modification activity and role in translation regulation. …”
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Faster-Than-Nyquist Signal Design for Multiuser Multicell Indoor Visible Light Communications by Yi-Jun Zhu, Wen-Ya Wang, Gang Xin

“…To reduce the complexity of the maximum-likelihood sequence estimation decoding algorithm, a convolutional code structure with dynamic weights and a fast iterative receiver for FTNMM are developed. …”
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Non‐human primate models of Parkinson's disease: Decoding pathogenesis and advancing therapies by Sihui Zhang, Lin Yuan, Zihan Wu, Xuguang Du, Jacek Z. Kubiak, Feng Yue, Xuejing Yan, Gaolin Jiang, Yongye Huang

“…Non‐human primates share similar characteristics with humans, particularly in motor and cognitive abilities and the complexity of the neural structure. Non‐human primate models for PD can be roughly classified into spontaneous, neurotoxin‐based, and gene‐editing models. …”
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Role of the chaperonin TCP-1 ring complex in protein aggregation and neurodegeneration by Vanlalrinchhani Varte, Diego E. Rincon-Limas, Diego E. Rincon-Limas, Diego E. Rincon-Limas

“…This mini review explores the assembly, structure, and cellular functions of TRiC and discusses its involvement in protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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An Annulus-Sector Segmented Primary Mirror by X. X. Wei, X. J. Wan, B. Yang

“…In this paper, an annulus-sector segment primary mirror is presented, which is in high obscuration with circularity symmetrical annulus-sector around. The different structure types of the annulus-sector segment aperture are discussed, while two important parameters, width&#x2013;diameter ratio and the subaperture angle are also studied. …”
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A power controller integrating MPPT and S3R topology by Wang Boxin, Liu Shufeng, Zou Jiwei, Jia Xu, Zhang Wei, Dai Lu

“…Satellite power systems using direct energy transmission have the advantages of simple circuit structure and high reliability, but the solar array energy utilization rate is low. …”
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Node Classification Based on Functionality in Energy-Efficient and Reliable Wireless Sensor Networks by Ning Sun, Youngbuk Cho, Sangho Lee

“…We utilized clustering structure to decrease energy consumption. Because cluster head plays an important role in WSN, we designed a substitute of cluster head (SCH) in order to guarantee the data propagation reliability. …”
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IMITATING NEUTRON IRRADIATION DAMAGE USING A COMBINATION OF ION BEAMS by Václav Šísl, Martin Ševeček

“…This methodology will be based on combining of a set of ion beams in such a way that the final distribution of irradiation-induced defects in the material structure is similar to the one which would have been introduced by neutrons in a nuclear reactor. …”
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A learning-driven algorithm for maintenance team and UAV collaboration in restoring power network by Tiejun Pan, Leina Zheng, Ying Xu, Xuefeng Zhang, Caiming Zhong, Zhang Wang

“…However, coordinating maintenance teams and UAVs is complex due to the intricate network structure and scheduling correlations. We propose a learning-driven (LD) algorithm to enhance human-UAV collaboration for effective power network restoration. …”
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The Crises and Agony of International Development Cooperation: Consequences for Brazilian Foreign Policy by Pietro Carlos de Souza Rodrigues, Patrícia Andrade de Oliveira e Silva

“…In this article, we will identify the political and economic conditions that ensured (1) the structuring and (2) the growth of Brazilian cooperation up until 2011, and we will argue that the loss of these conditions resulted in IDC’s (3) decline, leading to (4) its agony beginning in 2019. …”
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Modeling and Simulation of Transverse Free Vibration Analysis of a Rectangular Plate with Cutouts Using Energy Principles by Shuangxia Shi, Bin Xiao, Guoyong Jin, Chao Gao

“…Different from the existing modeling method by considering the cutout as an extremely thin part of the plate, the energy principles in conjunction with Rayleigh-Ritz solution technique are employed for the modeling of the structure. Under this theoretical framework, the effect of the cutout is taken into account by subtracting the energies of the cutout domains from the total energies of the whole plate with arbitrary boundary conditions. …”
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Novel Neutrino-Floor and Dark Matter Searches with Deformed Shell Model Calculations by D. K. Papoulias, R. Sahu, T. S. Kosmas, V. K. B. Kota, B. Nayak

“…Event detection rates for WIMP-nucleus interactions are calculated for  71Ga,  73Ge,  75As, and  127I (direct dark matter detectors). The nuclear structure form factors, which are rather independent of the underlying beyond the Standard Model particle physics scenario assumed, are evaluated within the context of the deformed nuclear shell model (DSM) based on Hartree-Fock nuclear states. …”
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The archaeology of climate change: a blueprint for integrating environmental and cultural systems by Ariane Burke, Matt Grove, Andreas Maier, Colin Wren, Michelle Drapeau, Timothée Poisot, Olivier Moine, Solène Boisard, Laurent Bruxelles

“…We use concepts drawn from climate science and evolutionary anthropology to show how complex systems modeling that focuses on the spatial structure of the environment and its impact on demographic variables, social networks and cultural evolution, can bridge the gap between large-scale climate processes and local-scale social processes. …”
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Ag management of rudorffites solar cells utilizing aliphatic ammonium by Xinyu Guo, Wenjin Yu, Xiangdong Li, Hantao Wang, Qinyun Liu, Yu Zou, Yunan Gao, Zhijian Chen, Lixin Xiao, Bo Qu

“…Among these, rudorffites such as AgBiI _4 are considered as promising candidates owing to their favorable band structure and exceptional stability. However, the formation of Ag vacancies during the synthetic process poses a significant challenge, severely hindering carrier transport properties. …”
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A Scaling Scheme for DCT Precoded Optical Intensity-Modulated Direct Detection Systems by Zhongpeng Wang, Xiumin Wang, Fangni Chen, Weiwei Qiu, Linpeng Ye

“…The experiment results also show that the proposed scheme significantly improves the BER performance without changing the receiver structure. The measured received sensitivity at a BER of 10−3 for a 4 G samples/s (2.7 Gbits/s) DCT precoded and scaled OFDM signal and after 100 km standard single-mode fiber (SMF) transmission has been improved by 3 and 1.3 dB when compared with the original OFDM system and conventional DCT precoded OFDM system, respectively.…”
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A Triple-Band Microstrip Antenna with a Monopole Impedance Converter for WLAN and 5G Applications by Huawei Zhuang, Fei Li, Wei Ding, Honghao Tan, Junjie Zhuang, Changyong Liu, Changbin Tian, Shiquan Wang, Fanmin Kong, Kang Li

“…In this study, a triple-band microstrip antenna with compact size and simple structure is proposed for WLAN and 5G applications. …”
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Mechanistic Contributions of Biological Cofactors in Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Amyloidogenesis by Phuong Trang Nguyen, Nagore Andraka, Carole Anne De Carufel, Steve Bourgault

“…It is increasingly evident that the biochemical microenvironment in which IAPP amyloid formation occurs and the interactions of the polypeptide with various biomolecules not only modulate the rate and extent of aggregation, but could also remodel the amyloidogenesis process as well as the structure, toxicity, and stability of the resulting fibrils.…”
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