INFLUENCE OF EMULATOR'S NATURE ON DISPERSION AND STABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL LATEX by A. N. Stuzhuk, I. A. Gritskova, P. S. Gorbatov, M. M. Pavlovski, P. S. Zavyazkin

“…It can be assumed that in this case, structural- mechanical and electrostatic barriers form in the surface layers of the particles. …”
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A Review and Future Directions on the Deterioration Evaluation of Concrete Utility Poles by Takayuki Ueno, Hiroki Tamai, Kanoko Yasukawa, Masahiro Haruguchi

“…To improve the efficiency of pole maintenance, it is essential to organize the deterioration process and replacement indicators based on the structural dynamics of utility poles and suggest methods for evaluating deterioration using non-destructive testing. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF INTAKE VALVE CLOSE TIMING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS by Tadas VIPARTAS, Alfredas RIMKUS, Jonas MATIJOŠIUS

“…The tightening of environmental requirements has forced car manufacturers to look for various ways to reduce exhaust gas emissions. The existing structural solutions of internal combustion engines allow this type of pollution to be reduced by adjusting the intake valve timing. …”
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Evaluating Vascular Hemodynamics in Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy Using Advanced Arterial Spin Labeling MRI by Rui Duarte Armindo, Moss Zhao, Sasha Alexander, Elizabeth Tong, Kristen Yeom, Michael Moseley, Pedro Vilela, Gary Steinberg

“…Cerebral proliferative angiopathy (CPA) is a rare vascular disorder that affects normal blood circulation in the brain. Although the structural changes in CPA can be characterized using standard radiologic modalities, assessing the vascular hemodynamics in patients with CPA remains challenging due to inadequate imaging technologies. …”
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The mitotic chromosome periphery modulates chromosome mechanics by Tania Mendonca, Roman Urban, Kellie Lucken, George Coney, Neil M. Kad, Manlio Tassieri, Amanda J. Wright, Daniel G. Booth

“…We report that the chromosome periphery governs dynamic self-reorganisation of chromosomes and acts as a structural constraint, providing force-damping properties. …”
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Improving Similarity-Based Retrieval Efficiency by Using Graphic Processing Units in Case-Based Reasoning by Lukas Malburg, Maximilian Hoffmann, Simon Trumm, Ralph Bergmann

“…In this paper, we present an approach to use CUDA-compatible GPUs for similarity assessment of structural, feature vector based cases. Our approach supports several syntactic and semantic similarity measures and is implemented in the open-source case-based reasoning framework ProCAKE. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Wear Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies for Tribological Systems by Hamid Abdullayev, Elnur Huseynzade, Harsh Sable

“…Additionally, the influence of surface roughness and structural integrity on wear rates is highlighted. This review comprehensively examines the primary wear mechanisms in tribological systems, including abrasion, adhesion, erosion, corrosion, and fatigue. …”
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GENETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF DYSTOCIA VARIABLE IN IRANIAN HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE by Karami Maryam, M.T.BeigiNassiri BeigiNassiri, A.Nazari Nejad, M. Chaji Chaji, H. Roshanfekr Roshanfekr, B. Mohammad Nazari

“…For this purpose we used of data set that related to 734 herds of Holsteincows in Iran that was collected from 24 years ago (between 1990-2014) by breeding centerand improve livestock production of Iran country. To study the structure of the data,descriptive statistics and observations to correction effects we used of the SAS 9.1 statisticalsoftware and GLM procedure. …”
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Spectroscopic Investigations of the Oxidative Polymerization of Hydroquinone in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium by Ching-Yun Cheng, Ya-Ting Chan, Yu-Min Tzou, Kai-Yue Chen, Yu-Ting Liu

“…The spectra of X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) demonstrated a decrease in Cr(VI) content during the OPR of H2Q. …”
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Assessment of the Empowering Leadership Questionnaire (ELQ) in paediatric nursing by Gregorio Paolo Milani, Mauro Salvato, Dario Laquintana, Anna Comotti, Giulia Pigini, Barbara Maria Cantoni

“…Statistical analyses included non-parametric tests, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. Giving the multiple construct structure, we used McDonald’s omega total coefficient to estimate internal consistency.Results A total of 103 questionnaires were collected. …”
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Synthesis of M-Doped MoSe₂ (M = Fe, Co, Ni) via Chemical Vapor Deposition for an Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Xinya Chen, Xingchen Zhang, Jinying Zhang, Zhiyong Wang

“…Characterization techniques including X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were used to confirm the incorporation of doping elements and investigate their effects on the crystal structure and morphology of MoSe₂. Electrochemical tests, including linear sweep voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry, revealed that the doping of Fe, Co, and Ni significantly enhanced the HER catalytic activity of MoSe₂, with the Co-doped sample exhibiting the best performance, showing an overpotential of 0.293 V at 100 mA/cm⁻² and a Tafel slope of 47 mV/dec. …”
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High Sensitivity Hollow Fiber Temperature Sensor Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance and Liquid Filling by Xianchao Yang, Ying Lu, Baolin Liu, Jianquan Yao

“…A large temperature range from 20 °C to 100 °C is calculated and the extremely high sensitivity 6.51 nm/°C in a good linear relationship is obtained. Moreover, the structure parameters and liquid factors are also discussed to optimize the sensor's performance.…”
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Adaptive governance in the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus for sustainable community sanitation by Evi Siti Sofiyah, Imelda Masni Juniaty Sianipar, Ari Rahman, Naila Putri Caesarina, Sapta Suhardono, I Wayan Koko Suryawan, Chun-Hung Lee

“…Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using binary probit and logit models to examine how these attributes influence community engagement in sanitation. …”
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Cellular crosstalk mediated by TGF-β drives epithelial-mesenchymal transition in patient-derived multi-compartment biliary organoids by Hiroaki Ayabe, Erica A. K. DePasquale, Surya P. Amarachintha, Reena Mourya, Wenqi Li, Shreya Nalluri, Sejal R. Fox, Kenichiro Konishi, Pranavkumar Shivakumar, Jorge A. Bezerra

“…Abstract Deficiencies in the development of epithelial structures and delays in cellular maturation can increase the susceptibility of neonates to disease early in life. …”
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Fast segmentation and multiplexing imaging of organelles in live cells by Karl Zhanghao, Meiqi Li, Xingye Chen, Wenhui Liu, Tianling Li, Yiming Wang, Fei Su, Zihan Wu, Chunyan Shan, Jiamin Wu, Yan Zhang, Jingyan Fu, Peng Xi, Dayong Jin

“…We succeeded in resolving the 3D anatomic structure of live cells at different mitotic phases and tracking the fast dynamic interactions among six intracellular compartments with high robustness.…”
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Interfacial Photogating of Graphene Field‐Effect Transistor for Photosensory Biomolecular Detection by Leslie Howe, Yifei Wang, Kalani H. Ellepola, Vinh X. Ho, Rosalie L. Dohmen, Marlo M. Pinto, Wouter D. Hoff, Michael P. Cooney, Nguyen Q. Vinh

“…The effect is particularly pronounced in low‐dimensional structures, especially in graphene field‐effect transistors. …”
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Design and Optimization of Broadband Optical Half-Band Filters Based on Cascaded MZIs by Ke Zeng, Yu Zheng, Shu Liu, Xin Tang, Xinyu Ouyang, Keyi Fan, Chentong Yang

“…This paper proposes a broadband optical half-band filter based on a cascaded Mach–Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) structure, which effectively improves spectral separation by enhancing flatness and sharpness at transition edges through the optimization of delay line length differences and phase compensation values. …”
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Spatial Analysis of Urban Historic Landscapes Based on Semiautomatic Point Cloud Classification with RandLA-Net Model—Taking the Ancient City of Fangzhou in Huangling County as an... by Jiaxuan Wang, Yixi Gu, Xinyi Su, Li Ran, Kaili Zhang

“…Key findings reveal: (1) Modern buildings’ abnormal elevation in steep slopes disrupts the plateau–city visual corridor; (2) Statistical analysis shows significant morphological disparities between historical and modern streets; (3) Modern structures exceed traditional height limits, while divergent roof slopes aggravate aesthetic fragmentation. …”
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Deep learning-based automatic detection and grading of disk herniation in lumbar magnetic resonance images by Yan Guo, Xiaoxiang Huang, Wei Chen, Ichiro Nakamoto, Weiqing Zhuang, Hua Chen, Jie Feng, Jianfeng Wu

“…To address the difficulty of intervertebral disc feature extraction, the GS module was introduced into the backbone network, which enhances the feature learning ability for the key structures through the gradient splitting strategy, and the number of parameters was reduced by 2.1%. …”
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Amines tuned controllable carbonylation for the synthesis of γ-lactones and 1,4-diones by Yuanrui Wang, Youzhi Xu, Xin Qi, Le-Cheng Wang, Chao Xu, Genping Huang, Xiao-Feng Wu

“…The key to tune the chemoselectivity lies in the ability of tertiary amines with different structures to precisely control the form of the active carbonyl intermediate, thereby inducing two distinct reaction pathways. …”
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