A Metamaterial Loaded High Gain Low Profile RHCP Microstrip Antenna for X-Band Applications by Manoj Kumar Shrivastava, Ripudaman Singh, Diptiranjan Samantaray, Azharuddin Khan, Anil Kumar Gautam, Amit Kumar Singh

“…The antenna and MTM maintain the same area, with an air gap of 1 mm between them. The overall structure achieves a gain of 8.1 dBic at 9.5 GHz with stacking, compared to 4.4 dBic without the MTM stacking. …”
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Harmonic Enhancement of Terahertz GaN Planar Gunn Oscillators With Multiple Gates by Ying Wang, Shuai Hui, Yu-Xin Fu, Yuan-Zhu Xia, He Guan

“…The tri-gate device operating in tri-domain mode further enhances the third harmonic to 417.0 GHz, with 9.57 mW of power and 9.23% efficiency. The multi-gate structure allows for more efficient harmonic generation, greater frequency tunability, and better power management, all of which are crucial for advanced terahertz application such as mixing, frequency multiplexing, and signal amplification.…”
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Spectroastrometry and Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Measuring Geometric Distances and Black Hole Masses of Four Nearby Quasars by Yan-Rong Li, Jinyi Shangguan, Jian-Min Wang, Ric Davies, Daryl J. D. Santos, Frank Eisenhauer, Yu-Yang Songsheng, Hartmut Winkler, Jesús Aceituno, Hua-Rui Bai, Jin-Ming Bai, Michael S. Brotherton, Yixian Cao, Yong-Jie Chen, Pu Du, Feng-Na Fang, Jia-Qi Feng, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber, Yi-Xin Fu, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Luis C. Ho, Chen Hu, Jun-Rong Liu, Dieter Lutz, Thomas Ott, Romain G. Petrov, Sebastian Rabien, Taro Shimizu, Eckhard Sturm, Linda J. Tacconi, Yi-Lin Wang, Zhu-Heng Yao, Shuo Zhai, Hao Zhang, Yi-Peng Zhao, Yu Zhao, (SARM Collaboration)

“…The geometric distances of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are challenging to measure because of their exceptionally compact structure, yet vast cosmic distances. A combination of spectroastrometry and reverberation mapping (SARM) of broad-line regions (BLRs) constitutes a novel means to probe the geometric distance of AGNs, which has recently become practically feasible owing to successful interferometric observations with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer/GRAVITY. …”
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes as reusable boosters of pyocyanin production for anticancer research by Joanna Honselmann genannt Humme, Kamila Dubrowska, Magdalena Perużyńska, Marek Droździk, Radosław Birger, Martyna Jurkiewicz, Tomasz Kędzierski, Ewa Mijowska, Tomasz Idzik, Jacek G. Sośnicki, Elżbieta Filipek, Mateusz Piz, Rafał Rakoczy, Adrian Augustyniak

“…Moreover, the confocal microscopy study indicated that the cells surrounded the aggregates of MWCNT and produced more proteins within the biofilm structure, compared to the control experiment. The tests on neoplastic cell lines showed an excellent antiproliferative activity of pyocyanin against melanoma without pronounced adverse effects on normal fibroblasts. …”
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Hydrate-melt electrolyte design for aqueous aluminium-bromine batteries with enhanced energy-power merits by Xingyuan Chu, Jingwei Du, Jiaxu Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Xiaohui Liu, Yongkang Wang, Johannes Hunger, Ahiud Morag, Jinxin Liu, Quanquan Guo, Dongqi Li, Yu Han, Mischa Bonn, Xinliang Feng, Minghao Yu

“…The optimal electrolyte features suppressed water activity and loosely bound halogen anions, attributed to its unique electrolyte structure, where the majority of water molecules engage in robust ion solvation (>98% as suggested by simulations) and halogen anions reside in the outer solvation sheath of cations. …”
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Research progress of microcystin-LR toxicity to the intestine, liver, and kidney and its mechanism by Yaqi Wang, Xiaodie Zhou, Yue Yang, Jun Liu, Fei Yang

“…Additionally, we summarized new mechanisms: (1) MC-LR affects mitophagy or induces mitochondrial structure damage; (2) MC-LR can induce intestinal microbiota dysbiosis, which in turn causes liver and kidney damage via the “gut-liver” axis and “gut-kidney” axis. …”
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Implementation of fruit plucking robot in apple harvesting: A review by Tallat Noreen, Ahsan Ali, Saeed Anwar, Shahzaib Farooq, Wael A. Altabey, Sallam A Kouritem, Mohammad Noori

“…This review presents different techniques of robotic apple harvesting, their literature review, composition, and structure. The research findings for apple harvesting were then methodically compiled into the following three categories: quick and accurate target fruit recognition and positioning, robotic hand design for safe grasping of fruit, and application of intelligent computing theory in apple harvesting robots. …”
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Estimating the summer residual flow based on sea surface temperature within a narrow strait by Juncheng Xie, Peng Bai, Xiaowei Xu, Lingling Xie, Mingming Li, Ying Gao

“…Capitalizing on its distinctive summer SST pattern (eastern cooling vs. western warming) and prevailing westward residual current regime, we demonstrated that the thermal structure can be effectively characterized by a 1D balance equation incorporating temporal variation, horizontal advection, diffusion, and thermal forcing terms. …”
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Pharmacoinformatics in identifying therapeutically important chemical species from Ayurvedic formulations employed in treating COVID-19 patients by Akash G. Kendre, Akash Dey, Ramadas Maganti, Sumit Srivastava, Sanjay M. Jachak, Prasad V. Bharatam

“…The chemoinformatics, 3D molecular structure building, and molecular docking of 967 compounds on eight different macromolecular viral targets associated with SARS-CoV-2 were carried out using GLIDE software. …”
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Unlocking the Potentials of Exosomes in Achilles Tendinitis by Naveen Jeyaraman, Madhan Jeyaraman, Swaminathan Ramasubramanian, Sangeetha Balaji, Sathish Muthu

“…They promote tenocyte proliferation, enhance extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis, and improve tendon structure and function. Preclinical studies demonstrate significant benefits of exosome therapy, including reduced inflammation, improved collagen organization, and enhanced biomechanical properties of the tendon. …”
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Gut Microbiota Colonization in Early Life Influences Susceptibility to Adulthood Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in High‐Fat‐Diet‐Fed Mice by Yan‐Yan Zhu, Xin Dong, Hao Zhou, Ze‐Yan Li, Bo Wang, Ya‐Ping Song, Zhi‐Bing Liu, Xue Lu, Yi‐Hao Zhang, Yichao Huang, Hua Wang, De‐Xiang Xu

“…Mechanistically, perinatal AM exposure permanently reduces species diversity of the microbial community and impairs its structure and function by disrupting early‐life gut microbiota colonization. …”
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Heat shock proteins gene family: Genome-wide identification in Micropterus salmoides and expression analysis under high-temperature stress by Meng Zhang, Shangjin Qiu, Yikai Li, Tianxi Fu, Jinhui Yu, Ke Ma, Yongtao Tang, Chuanjiang Zhou

“…The genome-wide data for 62 HSP genes was obtained for this purpose, and the gene structure, chromosome location, and protein physicochemical properties were predicted. …”
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PRODUCTIVITY TRAITS OF THE NEW VARIETIES AND PROMISING LINES OF SOFT SPRING WHEAT DEVELOPED BY THE TATARSKY RIA by N. Z. Vasilova, D. F. Askhadullin, D. F. Askhadullin, Е. Z. Bagavieva, М. R. Tazutdinova, I. I. Khusainova, G. R. Nasikhova

“…The breeding work allowed achieving the optimum in the plant structure. All considered varieties and lines mainly form agrocoenosis in the main one-sprout plant, there hasn’t been found any reliable difference in the productive tillering among the samples.…”
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Interdisciplinary collaboration and clinical management for Norwegian preschool children who stutter: ‘Who, what, when, and where?’ by Melanie Kirmess, Karianne Berg, Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Karoline Hoff, Hilde Hofslundsengen, Linn Stokke Guttormsen

“…Some of the parents experienced that they had to actively seek information themselves to get what their child needed.Conclusion This potential inequality of services for preschool children who stutter implies a need for a systematic structure and increased professional knowledge in the healthcare and educational setting.…”
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Adaptive Pixel-Level and Superpixel-Level Feature Fusion Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Wei Huang, Dazhan Zhou, Le Sun, Qiqiang Chen, Junru Yin

“…However, graph convolutional networks (GCNs) can effectively extract features from the global structure. This article proposes an adaptive pixel-level and superpixel-level feature fusion transformer (APSFFT). …”
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Insights of the asynchronous strain evolution of lean coal in uniaxial compression creep by Tingting Cai, Jia Liu, Zengchao Feng, Kai Wang, Yongxing Shen, Yulong Jiang, Bichuan Zhang

“…Abstract Owing to the heterogeneity, discontinuity and complex material structure, typical coal exhibits intricate deformation characteristics during long-term creep processes. …”
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FALSE TENDONS IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE by F. A. Blyakhman, Yu. A. Zinovieva, K. R. Mekhdieva, A. M. Naydich, S. Yu. Sokolov, V. E. Timokhina

“…Main values of global structure and function of the LV were at normal range, but in all participants, there was high level of mechanical asynchronicity at rest. …”
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Epidemiological Situation on Tick-Borne Borreliosis in the Russian Federation in 2021 and Forecast for 2022 by S. A. Rudakova, O. E. Teslova, N. E. Mutalinova, N. A. Pen’evskaya, N. V. Rudakov, D. A. Savel’ev, Yu. F. Kuz’menko

“…The last place is occupied by the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD), where 17 cases were registered, the share of which in the total structure of cases in Russia is 0.4 %. When assessing the long-term dynamics of TBB incidence, a significant trend towards a decrease in the intensity of the epidemic process has been revealed for the North-Western FD, UFD and VFD, as opposed to the CFD and Southern FD, where a significant upward trend was noted. …”
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Latitude-driven adaptive evolution of body length in diverse pig breeds across China by Yifei Wang, Ran Feng, Xiao Hu, Dai Shan, Xukun Zhang, Yuwei Gou, Ting Zheng, Yujing Li, Kaixin Fei, Qibin Zhang, Zhengyin Gong, Yanzhi Jiang

“…Our study provides a comprehensive assessment of genetic diversity and population structure, revealing distinct genetic backgrounds of Chinese indigenous pigs from different regions. …”
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A pioneering genotypic and phylogenetic characterisation of Cichorium crops through a genome-scale sequencing for future breeding innovations by Francesco Scariolo, Samela Draga, Damiano Riommi, Alessandra Tondello, Lydia Grace Griffin, Fabio Palumbo, Alessandro Vannozzi, Gianni Barcaccia

“…Moreover, microscopy analysis was conducted to identify morphological traits, such as pappus structure, to aid species-level identifications. Despite this, the genetic complexity within Cichorium remains challenging to resolve based solely on phenotypic characteristics. …”
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