Parametric Study of Time-Dependent Corrosion Product Activity due to 56Mn, 58Co, and 60Co in the Primary Coolant Circuit of a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor by Muhammad Rafique, Nasir M. Mirza, Sikander M. Mirza, Kimberlee J. Kearfott, Shahab A. Abbasi, Syed F. Naeem

“…The parameters influencing time dependent buildup of corrosion product activity (CPA) in primary coolant loop of PWR were identified. The computer program CPAIR was used to accommodate for time dependent corrosion rates. …”
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Empowering Particle Jamming Soft Gripper with Tactility via Stretchable Optoelectronic Sensing Skin by Liyan Mo, Wenhao Xie, Jingting Qu, Jiutian Xia, Yunquan Li, Yuanfang Zhang, Tao Ren, Yang Yang, Juan Yi, Changchun Wu, Yonghua Chen

“…Furthermore, it can effectively detect the slippage of grasped objects, facilitating accurate closed‐loop control for secure manipulation.…”
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Conformational diversity in class C GPCR positive allosteric modulation by Giuseppe Cannone, Ludovic Berto, Fanny Malhaire, Gavin Ferguson, Aurelien Fouillen, Stéphanie Balor, Joan Font-Ingles, Amadeu Llebaria, Cyril Goudet, Abhay Kotecha, Vinothkumar K.R., Guillaume Lebon

“…In addition, we identified a PAM-free but agonist-bound intermediate state that also reveals interactions mediated by intracellular loop 2. The activation of mGlu5 receptor is a multi-step process in which the binding of the PAMs in the 7TM modulates the equilibrium towards the active state.…”
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Design of Efficient Off-Grid Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System Based on Improved Fractional Open Circuit Voltage MPPT Technique by Ali Hmidet, Umashankar Subramaniam, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Kannadasan Raju, Matias Diaz, Narottam Das, Kashif Mehmood, Alagar Karthick, M. Muhibbullah, Olfa Boubaker

“…The proposed solution is operated using a control strategy that associates an improved fractional open-circuit voltage (FOCV) method for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and closed-loop scalar control. This association avoids the use of a speed sensor/encoder and a current sensor for the IM. …”
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A lightweight prosthetic hand with 19-DOF dexterity and human-level functions by Hao Yang, Zhe Tao, Jian Yang, Wenpeng Ma, Haoyu Zhang, Min Xu, Ming Wu, Shuaishuai Sun, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Liu Wang, Shiwu Zhang

“…The prosthetic hand features real-time sensing of joint angles in each finger, feeding data into a control module for selectively heating or cooling SMA actuators in a closed-loop manner, mimicking the functioning of human muscles. …”
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Structural comparison of human and Plasmodium proteasome β5 subunits: informing selective inhibitor design for anti-malaria agents by Muhammad Yasir, Jinyoung Park, Eun-Taek Han, Won Sun Park, Jin-Hee Han, Wanjoo Chun

“…In contrast, the Plasmodium β5 subunit exhibits a higher prevalence of loop structures, creating a more open and flexible binding pocket. …”
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Nonlinear Adaptive Neural Control of Power Converter‐Driven DC Motor System: Design and Experimental Validation by Tousif Khan Nizami, Sasank Das Gangula, Ramanjaneya Reddy Udumula, Arghya Chakravarty, Fareed Ahmad, Alireza Hosseinpour

“…The stability of the entire closed‐loop system is ensured through Lyapunov stability criterion. …”
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Gene Profiles in the Early Stage of Neuronal Differentiation of Mouse Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Induced by Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Lili Yu, Wei Hong, Haijie Yang, Yin Yan Xia, Zhiwei Feng

“…Amongst proneural genes, the mammalian achate-schute homolog 1 (Mash-1), a basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional factor, was further demonstrated to be significantly upregulated. …”
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Experimental Research on Seismic Performance of Damaged Brick Walls Strengthened with Embedded Horizontal Steel Bars by Liu Tingbin, Jia Rubo, Pei Xianke, Zhang Jiawei, Zhao Jianchang

“…The following results were obtained: the ductility of the damaged walls could be significantly improved after they were reinforced with embedded horizontal steel bars; the ultimate shear capacity of the damaged brick masonry walls with the aspect ratios of 1.8 and 0.5 was improved by 6.8% and 4.7%, respectively; the displacement corresponding to the ultimate bearing capacity was close to that of the unreinforced brick masonry wall; the hysteresis loop of the reinforced wall became plumper and encompassed a larger area; after the ultimate load was reached, a clear yielding platform appeared in the skeleton curve of the reinforced wall; the reinforced wall exhibited good ductility, after entering plastic stage; the energy dissipation capacity of the reinforced wall was significantly greater than that of the unreinforced wall. …”
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Neuromodulation: clinical advances and future perspectives by ZHANG Jian⁃guo, XIE Hu⁃tao, YANG An⁃chao

“…Additionally, it explores the integration trend between neuromodulation and brain⁃computer interface (BCI), pointing out that closed⁃loop neuromodulation has become an important component of BCI, providing new approaches for precise treatment and individualized modulation. …”
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IbI logics optimization algorithm-based high-order sliding mode control for DSIG within a wind turbine system by Khaled Benzaoui, Abderrahmen Bouguerra, Samir Zeghlache, Ahmed Elsanabary, Saad Mekhilef, Ahmed Bendib, Houssam eddine Ghadbane, Hegazy Rezk

“…The effectiveness of the proposed control approach is assessed based on a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) implementation in a PLECS/RT Box real-time simulator. …”
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TClC effectively suppresses the growth and metastasis of NSCLC via polypharmacology by Jing Lu, Ying Zhang, Chunyan Yan, Jingwen Liu, Dan Qi, Yue Zhou, Qinwen Wang, Juechen Yang, Jing Jiang, Benhao Wu, Meiling Yang, Weiwei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyu Shi, Yan Zhang, Kun Liu, Yongcai Liang, Chaoyang Wang, Hanyu Yang, Yuqing Gao, Yuping Sun, Ronghu Ke, Jason H. Huang, Min Wu, Hongbo Wang, Chunlei Li, Shuang Zhou, Bin Guo, Erxi Wu, Guoying Zhang

“…TClC disrupts autocrine loops that promote tumor progression, particularly in stem-like CD133-positive NSCLC (CD133+ LC) cells, which are pivotal in tumor metastasis. …”
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Skeletal muscle stem cells modulate niche function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse through YY1-CCL5 axis by Yang Li, Chuhan Li, Qiang Sun, Xingyuan Liu, Fengyuan Chen, Yeelo Cheung, Yu Zhao, Ting Xie, Bénédicte Chazaud, Hao Sun, Huating Wang

“…Lastly, we demonstrate YY1 represses Ccl5 transcription by binding to its enhancer thus facilitating promoter-enhancer looping. Altogether, our study demonstrates the critical role of MuSCs in actively shaping their niche and provides novel insight into the therapeutic intervention of muscle dystrophy.…”
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Functional characterization in Chimonobambusa utilis reveals the role of bHLH gene family in bamboo sheath color variation by Long Tong, Long Tong, Long Tong, Qingping Zeng, Yuan Guo, Yanjie Li, Hongyan Li, Lijie Chen, Xia Liu

“…IntroductionThe basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins are a large family of transcription factors that are essential to physiology, metabolism, and development. …”
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Multi-level adaptive coordinated AC fault ride-through control strategy for hybrid cascaded UHVDC transmission system by LYU Yanbei, ZHAO Wenqiang, SHI Qiaoming, YAO Qixin, SUI Shunke, CHANG Haotian

“…Multi-level control strategies, namely controlling the negative sequence voltage of the faulty VSC converter, adopting the auxiliary DC voltage control of the sound VSC converters, switching on the controllable energy dissipation devices at the receiving end and retarding of the LCC converters at the sending end, adjusting the DC power of the converters at the sending and receiving ends, are adaptively coordinated within converters, between converters and between stations to effectively mitigate the overvoltage issues in VSC sub-modules and realize AC fault ride-through of the hybrid cascaded UHVDC system. A closed-loop real-time digital simulation test platform is built based on actual control and protection devices and the topology used on site. …”
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Prediction of circRNA-miRNA Associations Based on Network Embedding by Wei Lan, Mingrui Zhu, Qingfeng Chen, Jianwei Chen, Jin Ye, Jin Liu, Wei Peng, Shirui Pan

“…circRNA is a novel class of noncoding RNA with closed-loop structure. Increasing biological experiments have shown that circRNAs play an important role in many diseases by acting as a miRNA sponge to indirectly regulate the expression of miRNA target genes. …”
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Hierarchical Energy Management and Energy Saving Potential Analysis for Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Tractors by Shenghui Lei, Yanying Li, Mengnan Liu, Wenshuo Li, Tenglong Zhao, Shuailong Hou, Liyou Xu

“…Validation using a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation platform and comparative analysis demonstrate that the HIO-based EMS effectively improves the transient operating conditions of the battery and fuel cell, extending their lifespan and enhancing system efficiency. …”
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Prevalence and methodologies for detection, characterization and subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes and L. ivanovii in foods and environmental sources by Jin-Qiang Chen, Patrick Regan, Pongpan Laksanalamai, Stephanie Healey, Zonglin Hu

“…In this review, we (A) described L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii, world-wide incidence of listeriosis, and prevalence of various L. monocytogenes strains in food and environmental sources; (B) comprehensively reviewed different types of traditional and newly developed methodologies, including culture-based, antigen/antibody-based, LOOP-mediated isothermal amplification, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry, DNA microarray, and genomic sequencing for detection and characterization of L. monocytogenes in foods and environmental sources; (C) comprehensively summarized different subtyping methodologies, including pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multi-locus sequence typing, ribotyping, and phage-typing, and whole genomic sequencing etc. for subtyping of L. monocytogenes strains from food and environmental sources; and (D) described the applications of these methodologies in detection and subtyping of L. monocytogenes in foods and food processing facilities.…”
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Linking fire behaviour and its ecological effects to plant traits, using FRaME in R by Philip Zylstra

“…Abstract Floral fire ecology incorporates a feedback loop in which plants influence fire behaviour and fire behaviour influences the flora. …”
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Class II Correction with Microimplant Supported Molar Distalization: A Report of Two Cases by Zouhair Skaf, Fidèle Nabbout

“…En-masse retraction of the maxillary anterior teeth was then carried out on a 0.019”×0.025” stainless steel closing loop archwire while the posterior segment was anchored to the microimplant with a steel ligature to the first premolar. …”
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