Effect of Silanol Groups on the Acidic and Catalytic Properties of Alkylsulphoacidic Silicas and SiO/Nafion Nanocomposites by Sergei A. Alekseev, V.N. Zaitsev, A.N. Alekseev, Yu.N. Kochkin, J. Evans

“…The materials obtained were characterised by nitrogen and water adsorption measurements, MAS NMR spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). The acidity of the materials was tested by 31 P MAS NMR spectroscopic examination of samples with adsorbed triethylphosphine oxide (TEPO). …”
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Coping strategies and correlations with depressive symptoms among female nurses working in Japanese general hospitals by Hideyuki Kubo, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Kaori Saitoh, Ryuji Furihata, Maki Jike, Yuichiro Otsuka, Makoto Uchiyama, Makoto Uchiyama, Masahiro Suzuki

“…Participants completed a questionnaire comprising 42 items, including depressive symptoms and stress-coping strategies, in addition to sociodemographic information and perceived mental stress.ResultsOur study showed that the emotional distraction strategy “Engaging in hobbies or relaxing” was negatively associated with both depressed mood and loss of interest. …”
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A multi‐level coordinated scheduling strategy for shared energy storage systems under electricity spot and ancillary service markets by Qing Dou, Xiang Gao, Yuheng Wu, Yu Chen, Rui Xie, Jialin Chen

“…Furthermore, the lower level aims to correct the coordinated scheduling strategy for minimizing the intra‐day scheduling cost under the uncertainty of renewable energy sources and load demand. Finally, a linear relaxation method is applied to transform the proposed strategy into a mixed‐integer linear programming problem for enhancing the computation efficiency. …”
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Study on the hydrothermal effect in ice materials under the polar glacier runway dynamic load by Zhiyuan Wang, Shengrong Zhang, Ze Zhang, Chunlei Xie, Kunchao Zhou, Mingyang Yuan

“…Finally, the experimental results are discussed from the perspective of hydrogen bond compression relaxation of the basic unit (O:H-O) composed of ice and water.…”
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Methods of Calculating Ionization Energies of Multielectron (Five or More) Isoelectronic Atomic Ions by Peter F. Lang, Barry C. Smith

“…This work provides very strong evidence that ionization energies are not functions of complete squares, and when calculating ionization energies electron transition/relaxation has to be taken into account. We demonstrate clearly that for particular isoelectronic sequences, the ionizing electrons may occupy different orbitals and in such cases more than one set of constants are needed to calculate the ionization energies.…”
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Smart HVAC Control in IoT: Energy Consumption Minimization with User Comfort Constraints by Jordi Serra, David Pubill, Angelos Antonopoulos, Christos Verikoukis

“…Then, we propose an energy scheduler where the user may select to relax the temperature constraints to save more energy. …”
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Finding p-Hub Median Locations: An Empirical Study on Problems and Solution Techniques by Xiaoqian Sun, Weibin Dai, Yu Zhang, Sebastian Wandelt

“…Genetic algorithms perform well for solving three types of single allocation problems, since the problem formulations can be neatly encoded with chromosomes of reasonable size. Lagrangian relaxation is the only technique that solves reliable multiple allocation problems in large networks. …”
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A cell-penetrating bispecific antibody suppresses hepatitis B virus replication and secretion by Chongwei Xie, Bing Zhou, Da Yao, Xin Wang, Lihong Zhong, Chuanghua Qiu, Junfang Zhang

“…HBV nucleocapsid consists of the hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) and the HBV relaxed-circular partially double-stranded DNA (rcDNA), indispensable in virus replication. …”
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Dynamics of Small, Constant-size Particles in a Protoplanetary Disk with an Embedded Protoplanet by Ellen M. Price, Eric Van Clepper, Fred J. Ciesla

“…Constant Stokes number is not a good approximation in regions of the disk where the gas density changes significantly, such as near a planet-induced gap. In this paper, we relax the assumption of a constant Stokes number in the popular FARGO3D code using semianalytic equations for the drag force on dust particles, which enables an assumption of constant particle size instead. …”
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A Neural Circuit For Bergamot Essential Oil‐Induced Anxiolytic Effects by Meng‐Yu Zhu, Wan‐Ying Dong, Jin‐Rong Guo, Ji‐Ye Huang, Ping‐Kai Cheng, Yumeng Yang, An Liu, Xin‐Lu Yang, Xia Zhu, Zhi Zhang, Yuanyin Wang, Wenjuan Tao

“…Abstract Aromatic essential oils have been shown to relieve anxiety and enhance relaxation, although the neural circuits underlying these effects have remained unknown. …”
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The Use of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Migraine and Tension Type Headaches by Yasemin Akkoca, Þehnaz Yýldýrým, Levent Ertuðrul Ýnan

“…CBT provides for the person a self-help opportunity even the therapy is terminated, besides behavioral methods such as relaxation exercises, by developing strategies of self-monitoring, education, abilities of pain management and coping with the maladaptive beliefs and houghts. …”
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Examining the Development of Social Skills in First-Grade Elementary School Children by Nyak Mutia Ismail, Zaiyana Putri, Moriyanti Moriyanti, Endah Anisa Rahma

“…First, regarding the communication pattern, the children are more intimate and relaxed when talking to peers and feel more serious when talking to teachers. …”
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In situ real-time measurement for electron spin polarization in atomic spin gyroscopes by Feng Li, Haoying Pang, Zhuo Wang, Wenfeng Fan, Min Zhang, Zehua Liu, Jiahang Li, Bodong Qin, Xinxiu Zhou, Xusheng Lei, Ruigang Wang

“…Summary: Atomic spin gyroscopes (ASGs) based on spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) co-magnetometers represent a new generation of ultra-high-precision inertial sensors. …”
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Psychological Support for Individuals Experiencing Acute Trauma (Based on Experience Working with Victims of a Terrorist Attack at Crocus City Hall) by I.V. Vachkov, E.I. Viryasova, O.S. Melenteva, M.A. Panfilova

“…Based on personal experience, the authors suggest a possible algorithm for dealing with trauma in witnesses and describe some effective techniques: eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), breathing exercises, and imagotherapeutic techniques using a metaphor (&ldquo;Resource (safe) place&rdquo;, as well as techniques aimed at muscle relaxation and self-regulation.</p>…”
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Nonstationary Stochastic Bandits: UCB Policies and Minimax Regret by Lai Wei, Vaibhav Srivastava

“…., the minimum worst-case regret achieved by any policy. We also relax the sub-Gaussian assumption on reward distributions and develop robust versions of the proposed policies that can handle heavy-tailed reward distributions and maintain their performance guarantees.…”
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Fuzzy Adaptive Prescribed Performance Fault-Tolerant Control for HFVs with Fixed-Time Convergence Guarantee by Zehong Dong, Yinghui Li, Maolong Lv, Zilong Zhao, Binbin Pei

“…Different from the most existing PPC approaches where the initial conditions of tracking errors are required to be known, the newly proposed prescribed performance function (PPF) can relax such restrictions through choosing properly small initial values of PPF. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of Flavonoids in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch by 1H-qNMR by Ping Yu, Qian Li, Yanmei Feng, Yuying Chen, Sinan Ma, Xiaoqin Ding

“…The probe temperature was 298.0 K, the pulse sequence was Zg30, the number of scans was 16, and relaxation delay (D1) was 10 s. Quantitative characteristic signal peaks were δ 4.891∼4.878 ppm, δ 8.187∼8.172 ppm, and δ 6.790∼6.776 ppm for liquiritin, isoliquiritin, and liquiritigenin, respectively. …”
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The Effects of Ovine Whey Powders on Durum Wheat-Based Doughs by Nicola Secchi, Costantino Fadda, Massimo Piccinini, Ivo Pinna, Antonio Piga, Pasquale Catzeddu, Simonetta Fois

“…The whey powder negatively affected the leavening volume of all doughs, at all percentages except the lowest one (5%), mainly because of its effects on the elastic component of gluten as measured with a stress relaxation test. Differences of the secondary structure of gluten proteins among samples were investigated by analyzing the amide I band in the Fourier transform infrared spectra of the dough. …”
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A Novel Approach to Design Chitosan-Polyester Materials for Biomedical Applications by Tatiana A. Akopova, Tatiana S. Demina, Alexander N. Shchegolikhin, Tikhon S. Kurkin, Christian Grandfils, Nikolay S. Perov, Alexander S. Kechekyan, Alexander N. Zelenetskii

“…Morphology as well as structural, mechanical, and relaxation properties of those prepared blends of chitosan with semicrystalline poly(L,L-lactide) and amorphous poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) has been studied. …”
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An Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of the Ponseti Method in Clubfoot Treatment by Murtaza Kadhum, Mu-Huan Lee, Jan Czernuszka, Chris Lavy

“…This triggers extracellular matrix remodeling and tissue growth, but due to the viscoelastic properties of tendons and ligaments, the initial strain size, rate, and loading history will affect the relaxation behavior and mechanical strength of the tissue. …”
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