Dickens and the American Millennium: The Uniformitarian Argument of Martin Chuzzlewit by Nancy Aycock Metz

“…While previous scholarship has mainly focused on these ideas as they are represented in Dickens’s later novels, this essay examines an earlier text, Martin Chuzzlewit, the only Dickens novel to reference Lyell’s Elements of Geology by name and, (through its American subplot), the only novel to explore fundamentally contrasting paradigms of origins, history, and nationhood. …”
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Biogas generation from floral waste using different techniques by M.B. Kulkarni, P.M. Ghanegaonkar

“…Using different techniques like novel alkaline pretreatment, solar heating of the digester and co-digestion with food waste give enhanced biogas production from floral waste. …”
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Heat Index Based Optimisation of Primary Process Parameters in Friction Stir Welding on Light Weight Materials by Stephen Leon Joseph Leon, N. Manikandan, R. Santhanakrishnan, Mohsin O. Al-Khafaji, Hayder Mahmood Salman, Harishchander Anandaram, R. Malkiya Rasalin Prince, L. Karthick, R. Rajesh Sharma

“…In friction stir welding, tool shoulder diameter and its rotational speed are the major influencing parameters than others. A simple novel correlation is proposed to select the optimum range of tool shoulder diameter with respect to the chosen rotational speed and vice versa. …”
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Adsorption of SO2 on ZnO Nanowires Using Activated Carbon by Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm by L. Natrayan, V. Swamy Nadh, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh Katubi, Daoud Ali, Dumesa Gudissa Lemu

“…This paper proposes a novel technique involving the activated carbon in the ZnO nanowire sensor to increase its SO2 adsorption capacity and rate. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on vibration-based damage detection and localisation in laminated composite plates by Saeesh Verenkar, I. Sridhar, Vinayak S. Uppin, P. S. Shivakumar Gouda

“…Finite Difference Method has been employed to calculate the derivatives, and a novel damage index (DI) is proposed to enhance damage localization capabilities. …”
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The Role of IL-33 in Gut Mucosal Inflammation by Luca Pastorelli, Carlo De Salvo, Maurizio Vecchi, Theresa T. Pizarro

“…This review focuses on the available data regarding IL-33/ST2 in the physiological and inflammatory states of the gut in order to speculate on the possible roles of this novel IL-1 family member in intestinal inflammation.…”
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Fault Diagnosis for Reducer via Improved LMD and SVM-RFE-MRMR by Xiaoguang Zhang, Zhenyue Song, Dandan Li, Wei Zhang, Zhike Zhao, Yingying Chen

“…To deal with the problem, a novel fault diagnosis approach for rotating machinery is presented by combining improved local mean decomposition (LMD) with support vector machine–recursive feature elimination with minimum redundancy maximum relevance (SVM-RFE-MRMR). …”
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SQL Injection Detection Based on Lightweight Multi-Head Self-Attention by Rui-Teng Lo, Wen-Jyi Hwang, Tsung-Ming Tai

“…This paper presents a novel neural network model for the detection of Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks for web applications. …”
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Feature Extraction and Selection Scheme for Intelligent Engine Fault Diagnosis Based on 2DNMF, Mutual Information, and NSGA-II by Peng-yuan Liu, Bing Li, Cui-e Han, Feng Wang

“…A novel feature extraction and selection scheme is presented for intelligent engine fault diagnosis by utilizing two-dimensional nonnegative matrix factorization (2DNMF), mutual information, and nondominated sorting genetic algorithms II (NSGA-II). …”
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Weapon-Target Assignment Problem by Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition by Xiaoyang Li, Deyun Zhou, Qian Pan, Yongchuan Tang, Jichuan Huang

“…According to these characteristics, an improved MOEA/D framework is introduced. A novel decomposition mechanism is designed. The mating restriction and selection operation are reformulated. …”
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Explainable AI associates ECG aging effects with increased cardiovascular risk in a longitudinal population study by Philip Hempel, Antônio H. Ribeiro, Marcus Vollmer, Theresa Bender, Marcus Dörr, Dagmar Krefting, Nicolai Spicher

“…AI-ECG models estimate aging effects as a novel biomarker but have only been evaluated on single ECGs—without utilizing longitudinal data. …”
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Damage Detection and Identification on Elevator Systems Using Deep Learning Algorithms and Multibody Dynamics Models by Josef Koutsoupakis, Dimitrios Giagopoulos, Panagiotis Seventekidis, Georgios Karyofyllas, Amalia Giannakoula

“…In most applications, however, these data may be scarce or inexistent, hindering the overall process. For this purpose, a novel approach for damage detection and identification on elevator systems is developed in this work, where vibration data obtained through physical measurements and high-fidelity multibody dynamics models are combined with deep learning algorithms. …”
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Implementation of Moodle, an open-source solution for Team Based Learning by Reid Proctor, Renee Hayslett

“…Two classes of professional pharmacy students were surveyed to capture perceptions of this novel use of the Moodle system. In addition, system usage data was also collected. …”
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Production technologies and formulation strategies in development of orodispersible tablets (ODTs) by Stevche Acevski, Angela Mircevska, Marija Glavas Dodov

“…This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of ODTs, the available production technologies including patented technologies, the main challenges in formulation of ODTs and different approaches for solving them, and where the research into ODTs as a novel drug delivery system is headed.…”
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A Power-Efficient Soft-Output Detector for Spatial-Multiplexing MIMO Communications by Hsiao-Chi Wang, Tung-Lin Liu, Yuan-Wei Wu, Hsi-Pin Ma

“…VLSI implementation of a configurable power-efficient MIMO detector is proposed to support 4×4 spatial multiplexing and modulation from QPSK to 64-QAM. A novel tree search algorithm is proposed to enable the detector to provide soft outputs and to be implemented in parallel and pipelined hardware architecture. …”
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Source enumeration via RMT estimator with adaptive decision criterion based on linear shrinkage estimation of noise eigenvalues using relatively few samples by Huiyue Yi

“…Based on these results, a novel LS‐RMT estimator with adaptive decision criterion (termed as ‘LS‐RMT‐ADC estimator’) is proposed by utilising the LS‐RMT estimator, and the proposed LS‐RMT‐ADC estimator can adaptively select its decision threshold and determine the noise variance in the selected decision threshold. …”
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Multistep photovoltaic power forecasting based on multi-timescale fluctuation aggregation attention mechanism and contrastive learning by Liang Yuan, Xiangting Wang, Yao Sun, Xubin Liu, Zhao Yang Dong

“…In response to this deficiency, this paper proposes a novel attention mechanism that aggregates fluctuations across multiple time scales. …”
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The need for smart microalgal bioprospecting by Joan Labara Tirado, Andrei Herdean, Peter J. Ralph

“…We will also explore current advances driving the next generation of smart algal bioprospecting focusing on novel workflows and transdisciplinary methodologies with the potential to enable high-throughput microalgal biodiscoveries. …”
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FBXW7 Reduces the Cancer Stem Cell-Like Properties of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Regulating the Ubiquitination and Degradation of ACTL6A by Xing Wang, Ying Li, Yongning Li, Peng Liu, Songbai Liu, Yaozhen Pan

“…The current findings suggested that FBXW7 reduces the stemness of HCC cells by targeting and degrading ACTL6A and provides a novel target for the diagnosis and treatment of HCC.…”
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Significance of Algal Polymer in Designing Amphotericin B Nanoparticles by Saurabh Bhatia, Vikash Kumar, Kiran Sharma, Kalpana Nagpal, Tanmoy Bera

“…Development of oral amphotericin B (AmB) loaded nanoparticles (NPs) demands a novel technique which reduces its toxicity and other associated problems. …”
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