Filtering the unfilterable: tuning the mesostructure of precipitating silica gels to improve the filterability of acidic lixiviation slurries by Manfoumbi, Christian, Roger, Kevin, Meireles, Martine

“…Here, we propose a disruptive strategy based on controlling the gel’s mesostructure and therefore its filterability. We designed an alternative precipitation pathway consisting of adding extra silicate ions but at basic pH. …”
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Research on Reflective High-Speed Multi-Point Confocal Microscopy System by Huiqin Hu, Ning He, Kuangwei Du, Yukun Zhu, Dakai Zhou, Yuan Mi, Yunbo Chen, Junteng Ma, Youhua Chen, Cuifang Kuang

“…This study introduces a reflective multi-point confocal imaging system designed to improve imaging speed, expand the field of view, and optimize performance for reflective sample imaging using incoherent, telecentric light-emitting diode (LED) illumination. …”
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Neuromorphic-enabled video-activated cell sorting by Weihua He, Junwen Zhu, Yongxiang Feng, Fei Liang, Kaichao You, Huichao Chai, Zhipeng Sui, Haiqing Hao, Guoqi Li, Jingjing Zhao, Lei Deng, Rong Zhao, Wenhui Wang

“…Herein, we establish a neuromorphic-enabled video-activated cell sorter (NEVACS) framework, designed to achieve high-dimensional spatiotemporal characterization content alongside high-throughput sorting of particles in wide field of view. …”
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Detection of Bolt Looseness Based on Average Autocorrelation Function by Jigang Wu, Jun Shao, Gen Zhou, Deqiang Yang, Yuan Cheng

“…Then, an experimental system for bolt looseness detection based on computer vision is designed, and a verification experiment is carried out with the bolted connection plate as the experimental object. …”
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3D Seismic Attribute Conditioning Using Multiscale Sheet-Enhancing Filtering by Taiyin Zhao, Yuehua Yue, Tian Chen, Feng Qian

“…This method is specifically designed to extract and magnify sheet-like structures from noisy coherence images, with a novel enhancement function distinct from those traditionally used in vascular enhancement. …”
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Endogenous electric field-driven neuro-immuno-regulatory scaffold for effective diabetic wound healing by Zhiqing Liu, Tianlong Wang, Jinhui Zhao, Lei Zhang, Yiping Luo, Yixing Chen, Xinhui Wu, Yaqi Liu, Aihemaitijiang Aierken, Dilixiati Duolikun, Hui Jiang, Xinyu Zhao, Chang Li, Yingchuan Li, Wentao Cao, Jianzhong Du, Longpo Zheng

“…However, this approach relies on additional power sources and complex circuit designs. Here, a bionic neuro-immuno-regulatory (BNIR) system was proposed for reshaping the endogenous electric fields (EFs) through collecting ion flow. …”
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Vibration Reduction Method for Power Cabin of Torpedoes Based on Acoustic Metamaterials by Xuyang SUN, Jingjun ZHOU, Qian WANG, Zhimin ZHANG

“…Firstly, the vibration response characteristics of the power cabin under axial excitation were analyzed, and a local resonance unit structure of the cantilever beam was designed. The bandgap characteristics and vibration reduction effect of the structure were analyzed. …”
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Global stability boundary analysis and verification of aviation pressure servo-controlled actuator system by Zhipeng Huang, Xinjie Li, Zeyu Cao, Chentian Ma, Yunhe Wang, Bin Yu, Guoliang Ma, Xiangdong Kong

“…Firstly, a jet-tube two-stage pressure servo valve for aviation hydraulic system is designed, and an accurate model of APSVCAS is established considering multiple nonlinear factors. …”
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Multi‐data classification detection in smart grid under false data injection attack based on Inception network by H. Pan, H. Yang, C. N. Na, J. Y. Jin

“…A small power system is an example of simulating a smart grid suffering from FDIAs. The designed classification detection model is simulated, validated, and compared with two‐dimensional convolutional neural networks and existing research results. …”
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Offering Effective Approaches to Implementation of Electronic Customer Relationship Management by the University of Applied Science and Technology (Case Study: the University of Ap... by Ehsan Babaei, Ehram Safari, Mohammadkazem Sayadi

“…The data has been collected through researcher-designed questionnaires. The structural equation modeling was used in order to perform data analysis and hypothesis testing. …”
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Skin-to-Skin Contact in Cesarean Birth and Duration of Breastfeeding: A Cohort Study by Andrea Guala, Luigina Boscardini, Raffaella Visentin, Paola Angellotti, Laura Grugni, Michelangelo Barbaglia, Elise Chapin, Eleonora Castelli, Enrico Finale

“…From January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012, at the Castelli Hospital in Verbania, Italy, a Baby Friendly designated hospital, 252 consecutive women who had a C-section were enrolled in the study and followed for 6 months. …”
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Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Thermal Management in Biological Wireless Sensor Networks by Yahya Osais, F. Richard Yu, Marc St-Hilaire

“…Numerical and simulation results are presented to show the validity of the model and superiority of the optimal policy produced by it when compared with two policies one of which is specifically designed for biological wireless sensor networks.…”
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Occupational therapists’ experiences of using a new internet-based intervention - a focus group study by Ida-Maria Barchéus, Maria Ranner, Eva Månsson Lexell, Maria Larsson-Lund

“…Background Research is limited about how the introduction of new ways of delivering and conducting occupational therapy, in accordance with expected changes in health care, is experienced by occupational therapists (OTs).Aim To explore how OTs experienced use of a new internet-based intervention, ‘Strategies for Empowering activities in Everyday life’ (SEE), focusing on supporting client resources to manage an active everyday life after stroke.Material and methods A focus group study with periodical repeated discussion was designed. Four sessions during a period of 22 months were conducted with a total of four OTs.Result Overall, the results reflected that the OTs experienced that the use of SEE for persons with stroke was a valuable complement to existing rehabilitation. …”
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Conjugation of LasR Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors with Ciprofloxacin Decreases the Antibiotic Tolerance of P. aeruginosa Clinical Strains by Daria Bortolotti, Claudio Trapella, Alessandra Bragonzi, Paolo Marchetti, Vinicio Zanirato, Andrea Alogna, Valentina Gentili, Carlo Cervellati, Giuseppe Valacchi, Mariangela Sicolo, Giulia Turrin, Anna Fantinati, Dario Di Luca, Roberta Rizzo

“…In this work, we synthesized already known QS inhibitors (QSi) designed on the scaffold of the N-(3-oxododecanoyl) homoserine lactone (3O-C12-HSL) QS molecule and conjugated them with ciprofloxacin to inhibit P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and increase the antibiotic susceptibility of clinical strains. …”
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Potential of Controlled Irrigation and Drainage for Reducing Nitrogen Emission from Rice Paddies in Southern China by Guang-cheng Shao, Ming-hui Wang, Shuang-en Yu, Na Liu, Meng-hua Xiao, Min Yuan

“…Submergence at different stages was imposed in specially designed experimental tanks in 2009 and 2010 based on alternate wetting and drying technology (AWD, the control, CK). …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Renewable Generator Frequency Endurance Capability on Low-Frequency Load Shedding: A Hunan Case Study by Yang-Wu Shen, Ding Wang, Hao Chen, Jian Zuo, Min Xu, Wei Cao

“…Therefore, the influence of distributed photovoltaic on the control of low-frequency load shedding should be considered when designing low-frequency load shedding schemes for the power grid with high penetration of distributed photovoltaic.…”
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Novel Approach to Handling Microfiber-Rich Dye Effluent for Sustainable Water Conservation by R. Dharmaraj, Alagar Karthick, G. K. Arunvivek, S. Gopikumar, V. Mohanavel, M. Ravichandran, Murugesan Bharani

“…The administration of this dye effluent in artificially constructed wetland methods is designed for sustainable water conservation.…”
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Hierarchical Contrastive Representation for Accurate Evaluation of Rehabilitation Exercises via Multi-View Skeletal Representations by Zhejun Kuang, Jingrui Wang, Dawen Sun, Jian Zhao, Lijuan Shi, Yusheng Zhu

“…In addition, we introduce a novel contrastive loss function specifically designed for regression tasks. This new approach yields substantial improvements over existing state-of-the-art models, achieving over a 30% reduction in mean absolute deviation on both the KIMORE and UIPRMD datasets. …”
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Homo Sapiens Chromosomal Location Ontology: A Framework for Genomic Data in Biomedical Knowledge Graphs by Taha Mohseni Ahooyi, Benjamin Stear, J. Alan Simmons, Christopher M. Nemarich, Jonathan C. Silverstein, Deanne M. Taylor

“…Abstract The Homo sapiens Chromosomal Location Ontology (HSCLO) is designed to facilitate the integration of human genomic features into biomedical knowledge graphs from releases GRCh37 and GRCh38 at multiple resolutions. …”
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Structural health detection sensor based on RFID technology by Bo Wang, Yifeng Yuan, Ke Wang, Shengli Cao, Yalun Song, Male Feng

“…As the width, depth, and length of structural cracks increase, the sensor's resonant frequency shifts to lower frequencies. The designed structural health monitoring sensor can detect structural strain and damage with millimeter-level resolution through resonant frequency shifts. …”
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