Computational self-corrected quantitative 3D topographic imaging by Lena Zhukova, Roger Artigas, Guillem Carles

“…In many cases, precise geometric measurements on 3D shapes and structures at the micro scale are vital. For this, established techniques typically rely on axial scanning to sample the measured volume. …”
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Thermal Conductivity of Plantation Wood Species and Selected Tropical Hardwoods from the Philippines by Mario Angelo M. Mundin, Menandro N. Acda

“…The results of the present study may be of interest in the conversion of woody biomass to bioenergy or to building designers looking for natural materials to improve energy performance and efficiency of wood structures where heat transfer and temperature control are a significant economic consideration.…”
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Historical precipitation and flood damage in Japan: functional data analysis and evaluation of models. by Atsushi Wakai, Yasuaki Hijioka, Masayuki Yokozawa, Manabu Watanabe, Gen Sakurai

“…This findings may imply that the progress of the river development project and the resulting improvement of the structures along the river have indirectly affected levels of flood damage associated with levels of precipitation.…”
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Nonlinear Normal Modes of a Rotating Shaft Based on the Invariant Manifold Method by Mathias Legrand, Dongying Jiang, Christophe Pierre, Steven W. Shaw

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Shape optimization of non-uniform parametric piezoelectric energy harvester beam by Milad Hasani, Hossein Shahverdi

“…Results indicate that optimization significantly improves the power density of conventional cantilever piezoelectric beams, achieving high power outputs without the need for complex structures. Among the configurations, the quadratic PEH demonstrated the highest normalized power (31.31 mW/g²) and safety factor (13.79) in the linear region. …”
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Sequence Comparison Alignment-Free Approach Based on Suffix Tree and L-Words Frequency by Inês Soares, Ana Goios, António Amorim

“…We present an improvement to word counting alignment-free approaches for sequence comparison, by determining a single optimal word length and combining suffix tree structures to the word counting tasks. Our approach is, thus, a fast and simple application that proved to be efficient and powerful when applied to mitochondrial genomes. …”
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Sewer Cleaning Robot: A Visually Assisted Cleaning Robot for Sewers by Bo Xiong, Lei Zhang, Zhaoyang Cai

“…The arm uses high-load linear actuator structures, enhancing load capacity while maintaining stability. …”
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Integrated photonic programmable random matrix generator with minimal active components by Kevin Zelaya, Mostafa Honari-Latifpour, Mohammad-Ali Miri

“…In quantum information processing, random unitary operations are essential to boson sampling algorithms for multiphoton states in linear photonic circuits. Random operations are typically realized in photonic circuits through fixed disordered structures or through large meshes of interferometers with reconfigurable phase shifters, requiring a large number of active components. …”
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Nonlinear time series analysis of nodulation factor induced calcium oscillations: evidence for deterministic chaos? by Saul Hazledine, Jongho Sun, Derin Wysham, J Allan Downie, Giles E D Oldroyd, Richard J Morris

“…Legume plants form beneficial symbiotic interactions with nitrogen fixing bacteria (called rhizobia), with the rhizobia being accommodated in unique structures on the roots of the host plant. The legume/rhizobial symbiosis is responsible for a significant proportion of the global biologically available nitrogen. …”
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Star Classifier Head on Deformable Attention Vision Transformer for Small Datasets by Muhammad Izzah Alfatih, Suryo Adhi Wibowo

“…This study provides valuable insights into the implementation of advanced MLP structures and attention mechanisms in ViT, offering a viable solution for image classification tasks with limited data.…”
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Sharp Bounds of First Zagreb Coindex for F-Sum Graphs by Muhammad Javaid, Muhammad Ibraheem, Uzma Ahmad, Jia-Bao Liu

“…In this paper, we compute the lower and upper bounds for the first Zagreb coindex of these F-sum (S-sum, R-sum, Q-sum, and T-sum) graphs in the form of the first Zagreb indices and coincides of their basic graphs. At the end, we use linear regression modeling to find the best correlation among the obtained results for the thirteen physicochemical properties of the molecular structures such as boiling point, density, heat capacity at constant pressure, entropy, heat capacity at constant time, enthalpy of vaporization, acentric factor, standard enthalpy of vaporization, enthalpy of formation, octanol-water partition coefficient, standard enthalpy of formation, total surface area, and molar volume.…”
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Polarization-Insensitive Silicon Grating Couplers via Subwavelength Metamaterials and Metaheuristic Optimization by Jorge Parra

“…Subwavelength periodic structures were engineered to act as uniaxial homogeneous linear (UHL) materials, enabling tailored anisotropy. …”
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Unveiling the energy-growth nexus: a compelling journey through four key hypotheses by Arooj Bashir, Nabila Khurshid

“…A novel contribution of this review lies in its focus on the non-linear and context-specific dynamics of the EGN, shaped by economic structures, financial development, technological advancement, and institutional quality. …”
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Analysis of the 90º and 150º angles for increment counting in otoliths of estuarine catfish by Igor Souza de Morais, Juliana de Souza Azevedo

“… Fish age can be estimated with the use of age rings in calcified structures, such as otoliths. However, it is important to select an appropriate axis for counting the number of increments and to confirm that the age rings are visible in the otolith and interpreted correctly. …”
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The Managerial and Government Ownership Effect on Dividend Policy: The Moderating Role of Investment Opportunities by Abdul Fatah Ismail, Nadia Anridho

“…Data from 89 observations of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2019 are analyzed to examine the relationships between ownership structures and dividend policy, and the moderating role of investment opportunities. …”
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Cause Analysis of Cracks in Traffic Bridge at Gate Storehouse of a Flood Diversion Sluice by LEI Jinsong, TU Yuetong, FU Bingfa, ZHONG Sheng, HUANG Yaoying, YU Jin

“…Due to the complex service conditions and foundation conditions of the traffic bridge at the gate storehouse on the left bank of a flood diversion sluice in a water conservancy project, accurately determining the causes of cracks in concrete structures is challenging. This study first qualitatively analyzed potential cracking factors based on service conditions and foundation settlement monitoring data. …”
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Enhancing care service utilization and reducing burden: the role of needs assessments for dementia caregivers in long-term care by Yung-Yu Su, Wen-Fu Wang, Kai-Ming Jhang, Lih-Wen Mau, Chun-Min Chen

“…Data on other variables, including service utilization, were collected at baseline, Time 1, and Time 2 through structured questionnaires. Linear regression analyses examined the relationships between caregiver burden, service utilization, and influencing factors. …”
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Influence of the occlusal contacts in formation of Abfraction Lesions in the upper premolar by Victória Luswarghi Souza Costa, João Paulo Mendes Tribst, Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges

“…All materials were considered isotropic, linear and homogeneous, and the contacts of each structure were perfectly bonded. …”
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Dictionary-based Block Encoding of Sparse Matrices with Low Subnormalization and Circuit Depth by Chunlin Yang, Zexian Li, Hongmei Yao, Zhaobing Fan, Guofeng Zhang, Jianshe Liu

“…In this paper, we propose an efficient block-encoding protocol for sparse matrices based on a novel data structure, called the dictionary data structure, which classifies all non-zero elements according to their values and indices. …”
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Innovative approaches in QSPR modelling using topological indices for the development of cancer treatments. by Xiaolong Shi, Saeed Kosari, Masoud Ghods, Negar Kheirkhahan

“…This paper provides a comprehensive review of quantitative structure-property relationships (QSPR) about to cancer drugs, with a focus on the application of topological indices (TI) and data analysis techniques. …”
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