Investigation of Humidity and Temperature Response of a Silica Gel Coated Microfiber Coupler by Lei Sun, Yuliya Semenova, Qiang Wu, Dejun Liu, Jinhui Yuan, Xinzhu Sang, Binbin Yan, Kuiru Wang, Chongxiu Yu, Gerald Farrell

“…The humidity and temperature responses of a microfiber coupler (MFC) coated with silica gel are investigated. Two MFC structures with different waist diameters of 2.5 and 3.5 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m were fabricated by fusing and tapering two single-mode fibers using a microheater brushing technique. …”
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Mechanistic Modelling of Coupled UV Energy Penetration and Resin Flow Dynamics in Digital Light Processing (DLP)-Based Microfluidic Chip Printing by Xinhui Wang, Antony Seng Kai Kho, Jinghang Liu, Tianyu Mao, Michael D. Gilchrist, Nan Zhang

“…Experimental validation using linear and annular microfluidic chips demonstrated that increasing layer thickness induces progressive over-curing, leading to inclined cross-sectional structures. …”
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Revisiting the Consolidation Model by Taking the Rheological Characteristic and Abnormal Diffusion Process into Account by Tao Feng, Yongtang Yu, Tao Zeng

“…With the increasing construction of engineering structures on soft soils, accurately assessing their consolidation behavior has become crucial. …”
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High-Performance Cu_1.8Se Nanosheets for Dual-Sensing: H₂O₂ Electrochemical Detection and SERS Substrate by Ying-Chu Chen, Michael Chen, Yu-Kuei Hsu

“…The flower-like structure of the Cu_1.8Se NSs exhibited linear dependence between analyte concentration and detection signals, along with satisfactory reproducibility in dual-sensing applications. …”
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Predicting the permeability and compressive strength of pervious concrete using a stacking ensemble machine learning approach by Fan Yu, Wei Chu, Rui Zhang, Zhang Gao, Yunan Yang

“…However, the current performance prediction models mainly relied on porosity, ignoring the influence of other pore structure parameters, resulting in insufficient prediction accuracy. …”
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Robust weighted ridge regression based on S – estimator by Taiwo Stephen Fayose, Kayode Ayinde, Olatayo Olusegun Alabi, Abimbola Hamidu Bello

“…Monte – Carlo simulation experiments were conducted on a linear regression model with three and six exogenous variables exhibiting different degrees of Multicollinearity, with heteroscedasticity structure of powers, size of outlier in endogenous variable and error variances and five levels of sample sizes. …”
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Exotic Megaherbivores as Ecosystem Engineers in Australian Savannas: Do They Facilitate Predator Movement? by Georgina Neave, Brett P. Murphy, Tiwi Rangers, Hugh F. Davies

“…Mammalian predators often use anthropogenic linear features—such as roads, fencelines, and infrastructure corridors—to increase movement efficiency and prey encounter rates. …”
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Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Control Design to Gust Response for Elastic Aircraft by Mauro Iavarone, Umberto Papa, Alberto Chiesa, Luca de Pasquale, Angelo Lerro

“…Developing control systems for high aspect ratio aircraft can be challenging due to the flexibility of the structure involved in the control loop design. A model-based approach can be straightforward to tune the control system parameters and, to this aim, a reliable aircraft flexible model is mandatory. …”
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A Massive Image Recognition Algorithm Based on Attribute Modelling and Knowledge Acquisition by Guohua Li, An Liu, Huajie Shen

“…For the complexity of association relationships between attributes of incomplete data, a single-output subnetwork modelling method for incomplete data is proposed to build a neural network model with each missing attribute as output alone and other attributes as input in turn, and the network structure can deeply portray the association relationships between each attribute and other attributes. …”
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Model of microwave radiation absorption by biological tissues by I. A. Lagutskiy, M. V. Davydov, V. V. Kizimenko, V. A. Bogush

“…In the range of 2.5–3 GHz both in the near and far fields practically linear decrease of absorption value is observed. When analyzing the influence of structures' sizes on electromagnetic energy absorption in biological tissues, it was found that the nature of change in absorption value is a nonlinear value. …”
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Word decoding of protein amino Acid sequences with availability analysis: a linguistic approach. by Kenta Motomura, Tomohiro Fujita, Motosuke Tsutsumi, Satsuki Kikuzato, Morikazu Nakamura, Joji M Otaki

“…The amino acid sequences of proteins determine their three-dimensional structures and functions. However, how sequence information is related to structures and functions is still enigmatic. …”
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Effect of Anode-to-Cathode Distance on Corrosion Rate and Cathodic Protection of Submerged Low Carbon Steel in Riverine and Marine Environments by Omar Akram Ahmed, Muthana Mahmood Kassim, Nabaa Hussan Abdul Razaq, Mohammed Najy Mohammed

“…The study also validates the rapid assessment capability of the linear polarization resistance (LPR) technique for evaluating corrosion protection performance in submerged steel structures. …”
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Fractal Fuzzy-Based Multi-criteria Assessment of Sustainability in Rare Earth Use for Hydrogen Storage by Gang Kou, Serhat Yüksel, Serkan Eti, Hasan Dinçer, Merve Acar

“…Fractal structures are particularly effective in modeling linguistic fuzziness because their recursive nature closely mirrors the layered and imprecise way humans often express subjective judgments. …”
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3D ophthalmic ultrasonography at the slit lamp using existing ultrasound systems. by Jack O Thomas, Josiah K To, Parsa Riazi Esfahani, Frithjof Kruggel, William C Tang, Andrew W Browne

“…This study introduces a novel method that could potentially enhance ophthalmic diagnostics and treatment planning by providing comprehensive 3D views of ocular structures using existing ultrasound probes adapted to the conventional slit lamp.…”
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Study on Correction Methods for GPM Rainfall Rate and Radar Reflectivity Using Ground-Based Raindrop Spectrometer Data by Lin Chen, Huige Di, Dongdong Chen, Ning Chen, Qinze Chen, Dengxin Hua

“…The Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) aboard the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission provides valuable three-dimensional precipitation structure data on a global scale and has been widely used in hydrometeorological research. …”
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On the issue of a new solution of the materials resistance contact problem on compression of elastic cylinders in contact with parallel generators by Т. Брим, Б. Абдеев, Г. Муслиманова, С. Байгереев, Г. Байзакова

“…The algorithm is based on the integral Fredholm equation solution and can be seen as a new fundamental and applied elasticity theory problem, which is of great importance when assessing the contact of refined strength and stiffness of the cylindrical parts of the supporting structures subject to the general and local deformations (cylindrical rollers, gears, pavements with their seal steel rollers, etc.). …”
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Playing in the Continuum: Moral Relativism in The Last of Us by Shalini Harilal

“…Contrary to common understanding that an objective is a distinctive feature of every game, the success of process-oriented games (Nielson et al.) shows that linear narratives are not the only way to tell game stories. …”
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Chronic diseases, climate change and complexity: The hidden connections by Bob Mash

“…Four key areas to consider are disturbing the network, the technology, the social structures and rules and the meaning manifested in the system.…”
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Ab Initio and DFT Studies of Conformational Properties of Heteroatom Containing Ketene Analogues and Their Comparison with the Related Cyclic Analogues by S. Zahra Sayyed-Alangi, Mohammad T. Baei

“…Their perpendicular geometries, with torsional angles approximately 90°, were as transition state for conformational interconversion between the two global minima forms. Cyclic structures all of the above mentioned molecules were unstable than their linear forms.…”
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NONLINEARITIES AND FRACTAL PROPERTIES OF THE EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN SEISMOTECTONIC MODEL by Boyko K. Ranguelov

“…This paper presents research results of the study which aim is to reveal and quantitatively describe fractal properties of the European-Mediterranean seismotectonic model applied for seismic hazard assessment of the region under study.Several seismotectonic provinces are defined, and their nonlinear properties are calculated using both linear elements (boundaries of seismogenic units) and surface areas of the seismogenic units.The research is conducted on the basis of only formal relationships, not with data on real fault structures or other seismogenic elements, as the relationships have been accepted for seismic hazard calculations by the team of SESAME Project (Project Leader M. …”
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