Characterization of a Bifacial Photovoltaic Panel Integrated with External Diffuse and Semimirror Type Reflectors by P. Ooshaksaraei, K. Sopian, R. Zulkifli, M. A. Alghoul, Saleem H. Zaidi

“…Silicon wafer accounts for almost one-half the cost of a photovoltaic (PV) panel. …”
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Combined Effects of Sustained Loads and Wet-Dry Cycles on Durability of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites by Mengting Li, Jun Wang, Weiqing Liu, Ruifeng Liang, Hota GangaRao, Yang Li

“…Based on Arrhenius method, a prediction model which accounted for the effects of postcure processes was developed. …”
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Digital intelligence technology and curriculum ideology in sports colleges: the mediating roles of teaching effectiveness and student engagement by Ziqi Wang, Xiangui Bu, Siyu Hong, Zixuan Jia, Zeqi Huang, Wenjun Wang

“…Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the relationships between DIT, teaching effectiveness, student engagement, and curriculum ideology outcomes.ResultsThe findings reveal that DIT significantly enhances teaching effectiveness and student engagement, which sequentially contribute to improved curriculum ideology outcomes. Student engagement accounted for a greater proportion of variance compared to teaching effectiveness, emphasizing the critical role of interactive learning in ideological and political education.DiscussionThis study introduces a novel chain mediation pathway—DIT → Teaching Effectiveness → Student Engagement → Curriculum Ideology—highlighting the synergistic relationship between teaching quality and learner participation. …”
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Assessment of Functionals for First-Principle Studies of the Structural and Electronic Properties of δ-Bi2O3 by D. H. Galván, R. Núñez-González, R. Rangel, P. Alemany, A. Posada-Amarillas

“…For this modification the three functionals reveal the characteristics of a metal and the existence of minigaps at high symmetry points of the band structure when spin-orbit coupling is taken into account. Density of states exhibits hybridization of Bi 6s and O 2p orbitals and the calculated charge density profiles exhibit the ionic character in the chemical bonding of this compound. …”
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Faster model-based estimation of ancestry proportions by Santander, Cindy G., Refoyo Martinez, Alba, Meisner, Jonas

“…The ADMIXTURE software is a widely used model-based approach to account for population stratification, however, it struggles with convergence issues and does not scale to modern human datasets or the large number of variants in whole-genome sequencing data. …”
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Performance of Coherent Optical MPSK in Underwater Turbulent Channels With Phase Errors by Jiashun Hu, Yuexiang Wu, Sunan Wang, Weiqiang Wu, Zaichen Zhang

“…The underwater turbulent channel is characterized by the mixture exponential-generalized gamma distribution, taking into account the impact of pointing errors as well. Phase errors are modeled by a Gaussian distribution. …”
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A simple model of HIV epidemic in Italy: The role of the antiretroviral treatment by Federico Papa, Francesca Binda, Giovanni Felici, Marco Franzetti, Alberto Gandolfi, Carmela Sinisgalli, Claudia Balotta

“…The model considers a single population of susceptibles, without distinction of high-risk groups within the general population, and accounts for the presence of immigration and emigration, modelling their effects on both the general demography and the dynamics of the infected subpopulations. …”
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Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation by Jacqueline A. ter Stege, Ellen G. Engelhardt, Leonie A.E. Woerdeman, Hester S.A. Oldenburg, Jacobien M. Kieffer, Daniela E.E. Hahn, Frederieke H. van Duijnhoven, Martine A. van Huizum, Regina The, Klemens Karssen, Marianne Kuenen, Miranda A. Gerritsma, Quinten (PQ) Ruhe, Irene S. Krabbe-Timmerman, Martijne van’t Riet, Nikola (AN) Kimmings, Eveline M.L. Corten, Kerry A. Sherman, Arjen J. Witkamp, Eveline M.A. Bleiker

“…Conclusions As the BR pDA was highly valued by its end users, the identified factors for implementation should be taken into account.…”
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The Properties of Red Blood Cells from Patients Heterozygous for HbS and HbC (HbSC Genotype) by A. Hannemann, E. Weiss, D. C. Rees, S. Dalibalta, J. C. Ellory, J. S. Gibson

“…Affected individuals account for well over 250,000 births yearly, mostly in the Tropics, the USA, and the Caribbean, also in Northern Europe as well. …”
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Machinability studies on metal additive manufactured 316L stainless steel using electrochemical machine by Rajan Natarajan, Shanmugapriyan Kanagaraj, Thangavel Palaniappan, Deepa Dhanaskodi

“…Analysis of variance result shows that the duty cycle accounts for approximately 27.06 1% of machining performance, voltage contributes by 24.015 % and electrolyte content contributes roughly 15.58 % to the machining performance. …”
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Alternative treatment methods for bovine mastitis: prospects and limitations (review) by V. D. Zubareva, O. V. Sokolova, M. V. Bytov, A. S. Krivonogova, S. V. Volskaya

“…Antibacterial drugs remain first line agents for therapy of the mammary gland inflammatory diseases in animals. Taking into account the risks associated with antibiotic therapy, such as decreased drug effectiveness due to occurrence of bacterial resistant strains, food safety issues, environmental impact and restrictions on the use of antibacterial drugs in veterinary medicine, an increasing number of scientific studies are addressing new therapeutic agents that can serve as an alternative to conventional therapy. …”
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A New Asymmetric Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme for Cloud Banking Data by Zana Thalage Omar, Fadhil Salman Abed, Shaimaa Khamees Ahmed

“…The application allows the user to create accounts and deposits, transfer and withdraw funds, and everything related to banking matters. …”
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Does Technetium-99m Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate Clearance Predict the Clinical Course of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? by Marco Mura, Gelorma Belmonte, Stefano Fanti, Angela Maria Pacilli, Luca Fasano, Maurizio Zompatori, Mario Schiavina, Mario Fabbri

“…Results at T0 and T1 were compared, taking into account the whole population and patients with relatively fast and slow 99mTc-DTPA wash-out. 99mTc-DTPA clearance did not show any significant correlation with functional tests or HRCT score. …”
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Effects of Cyclic Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Mature Bedding Shale by Yintong Guo, Chunhe Yang, Lei Wang, Feng Xu

“…This process can be divided into 3 stages: an initial damage stage, a constant velocity damage stage, and an accelerated damage stage, which accounted for about one-third of the fatigue damage. …”
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Aerodynamic Comparison of Conventional and Bioinspired Turbines for Enhanced Wind Energy Applications in Low Wind Conditions by Quesada-Bedoya Luis Felipe, Lebrun-Llano David, Espitia-Mesa Gabriel, Tamayo-Avendaño Jorge Mario, Osorio-Gómez Gilberto

“…Wind energy is projected to account for 35% of global production by 2050, with a significant contribution from large wind farms located in high-wind-speed areas. …”
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Optimal allocation of intelligent parking lots in distribution system: A robust two‐stage optimization model by Motahareh Mojarad, Mostafa Sedighizadeh, Mohamad Dosaranian‐Moghadam

“…In the first stage, the behaviour of IPLs is optimized taking into account the market interactions for enhancing the profit of the IPL owner. …”
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Research on the Evolution Mechanism of Congestion in the Entrances and Exits of Parking Facilities Based on the Improved Spatial Autoregressive Model by Hongru Yu, Shejun Deng, Caoye Lu, Yucheng Tang, Shijun Yu, Lu Liu, Tao Ji

“…The results show that as spatial scale increases, the congestion propagation decreases sharply and spatial adjacency within the fourth order can account for more than 90% of the propagation; the frontage road to the entrance and exit is the place where the congestion first happens, and the congestion gradually attenuates as it propagates to the inner lane and the upstream of the road segments; the lateral congestion propagation attenuates faster, so the area affected by congestion is mainly distributed in the outermost lane. …”
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Oxidative potential determines the oxidative stress and ferroptotic toxicity of airborne particulate matter on pulmonary epithelial cells by Bingxue Nie, Daoqiang Zhang, Xin Liu, Chengying Lei, Zhiruo Li, Nan Zhang, Shuping Zhang, Yiju Wei, Jie Zhang

“…In this study, we compared two kinds of commercial PM with real PM to explore an index which takes account of both the diverse physicochemical properties of PM and accurate prediction of their toxicities. …”
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Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe by Hanna Leona Lokys, Jürgen Junk, Andreas Krein

“…Based on climate change projections we assessed the impact of climate change on human thermal comfort over the next century using two common human-biometeorological indices, the Physiological Equivalent Temperature and the Universal Thermal Climate Index. To account for uncertainties, we used a multimodel ensemble of 12 transient simulations (1971–2098) with a spatial resolution of 25 km. …”
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Combustion Rate of Solid Carbon in the Axisymmetric Stagnation Flowfield Established over a Sphere and/or a Flat Plate by Atsushi Makino, Masahiro Hojo, Masahito Shintomi

“…Carbon combustion in the forward stagnation flowfield has been examined through experimental comparisons, by conducting aerothermochemical analyses, with the surface C-O2 and C-CO2 reactions and the gas-phase CO-O2 reaction taken into account. By virtue of the generalized species-enthalpy coupling functions, close coupling of those reactions has been elucidated. …”
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