An efficient asymmetric removal lemma and its limitations by Lior Gishboliner, Asaf Shapira, Yuval Wigderson

“…We obtain the following results: • We first give a regularity-free proof of Csaba’s theorem, which improves the number of copies of $C_5$ to the optimal number $\operatorname {\mathrm {poly}}(\varepsilon )\cdot n^5$ . • We say that H is $K_3$ -abundant if every graph containing $\varepsilon n^2$ edge-disjoint triangles has $\operatorname {\mathrm {poly}}(\varepsilon )\cdot n^{\lvert V(H)\rvert }$ copies of H. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles in PEDOT:PSS Layer for Polymer Solar Cell Application by Agnieszka Iwan, Bartosz Boharewicz, Igor Tazbir, Andrzej Sikora, Beata Zboromirska-Wnukiewicz

“…We compare the performance of polymer solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) incorporated in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). …”
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Testing the Performance of Various Polymeric Antiscalants for Mitigation of Sb-Rich Precipitates Mimicking Stibnite-Based Geothermal Deposits by Celal Çiftçi, Emre Karaburun, Serhat Tonkul, Alper Baba, Mustafa M. Demir, Mehmet İrfan Yeşilnacar

“…We examined the performance of antiscalants such as poly(ethylene glycol), poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), Gelatin, and poly(vinyl alcohol) of various molecular weights at 5 to 100 ppm. …”
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Use of hazardous barium slag as a supplementary cementitious material in calcium aluminate cement: Evolution of engineering properties and microstructure by Chen-xi Dong, Zhao Duan, Jiang-shan Li, Xin Chen, Wei Zhang, Haitao Cao, Nianqin Wang

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Co-Delivery of Dacarbazine and miRNA 34a Combinations to Synergistically Improve Malignant Melanoma Treatments by Ding B, Li M, Zhang J, Zhang X, Gao H, Gao J, Shen C, Zhou Y, Li F, Liu A

“…Poly(L-arginine) and poly(L-histidine) are efficiently taken up by cells and perform efficient gene condensation, which facilitate the release of encapsulated miRNA 34a into the cytoplasm. …”
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Thermal analysis study of polymer-to-ceramic conversion of organosilicon precursors by Galusek D., Lenčéš Z., Šajgalík P., Riedel Ralf

“…The use of these methods in study of the polymer-to-ceramic conversion is illustrated by case studies of a commercially available poly(allyl)carbosilane as the precursor of SiC, and a poly(hydridomethyl)silazane as the precursor of SiCN.…”
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Computationally Efficient Minimum-Time Motion Primitives for Vehicle Trajectory Planning by Mattia Piccinini, Simon Gottschalk, Matthias Gerdts, Francesco Biral

“…Our motion primitives combine PathPoly-NN with a fast forward-backward method to compute the minimum-time speed profile. …”
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L-Threonine-Derived Biodegradable Polyurethane Nanoparticles for Sustained Carboplatin Release by Seoeun Oh, Soo-Yong Park, Hyung Il Seo, Ildoo Chung

“…This polymer was pre-synthesized through the use of an amino acid-based chain extender, desaminotyrosyl L-threonine hexyl ester (DLTHE), where urethane bonds are formed by poly(lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactic acid) (PLA-PEG-PLA) triblock copolymer and 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). …”
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Thermosensitive injectable in situ forming hydrogel incorporating anti-oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory nanoparticles for vital pulp therapy of pulpitis by Lixin Zhang, Xianling Ning, Jingyi Cui, Yanqiang Zhao, Fei Xie, Ningxin Zhu, Dan Wang, Man Qin, Zhiqiang Lin, Yuanyuan Wang

“…Here a thermosensitive and injectable hydrogel that forms in situ was developed. By using poly(d,l-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d,l-lactide)-based triblock copolymer (PPP) as a scaffold to carry Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs), with effective ROS scavenging capability via multiple enzyme-like activities, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD)activities. …”
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Tailor-Made, Linear, and “Comb-Like” Polyester-Based Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Behavior of Potential 3D-Printing/Electrospinning Candidates by Franco L. Redondo, Mario D. Ninago, Augusto G. O. de Freitas, Cristiano Giacomelli, Andrés E. Ciolino, Marcelo A. Villar

“…Tailor-made, linear, and “comb-like” poly(ε-caprolactone)-based copolymers were synthesized by employing a combination of controlled polymerization techniques. …”
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In Situ Evaluation of Fludarabine-DNA Interaction Using a DNA-Electrochemical Biosensor by H. Eda Satana, Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett

“…The interaction of fludarabine with DNA was investigated, by differential pulse voltammetry, in incubated solutions and using dsDNA- and polyhomonucleotides-, poly[G] and poly[A], electrochemical biosensors. …”
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Effects of solar radiation on collagen-based biomaterials by Alina Sionkowska, Marcin Wisniewski, Joanna Skopinska, Diego Mantovani

“…Films and solutions of collagen blended with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) were irradiated by solar light. …”
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Electrospun PEDOT:PSS/PVP Nanofibers for CO Gas Sensing with Quartz Crystal Microbalance Technique by Hong-Di Zhang, Xu Yan, Zhi-Hua Zhang, Gu-Feng Yu, Wen-Peng Han, Jun-Cheng Zhang, Yun-Ze Long

“…Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PEDOT:PSS/PVP) composite nanofibers were successfully fabricated via electrospinning and used as a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor for detecting CO gas. …”
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Evaluating the accuracy between hollow and solid dental aligner models: a comparative study of printing technologies by Yurdakurban Ebru, Topsakal Kübra Gülnur, Duran Gökhan Serhat, Görgülü Serkan

“…To evaluate the accuracy between hollow and solid dental models produced using a StereoLithography Apparatus (SLA), Digital Light Processing (DLP), and PolyJet 3D printing technologies.…”
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VisualSAF-A Novel Framework for Visual Semantic Analysis Tasks by Antonio V. A. Lundgren, Byron L. D. Bezerra, Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho

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Preconditioning of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Toll-Like Receptor Agonists by Fabiana Evaristo-Mendonça, Gabriela Sardella-Silva, Tais Hanae Kasai-Brunswick, Raquel Maria Pereira Campos, Pablo Domizi, Marcelo Felippe Santiago, Ricardo Augusto de Melo Reis, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Victor Túlio Ribeiro-Resende, Pedro Moreno Pimentel-Coelho

“…The data showed that rBM-MSCs expressed TLR3, TLR4, and MDA5 mRNA and were able to internalize polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly(I:C)), a TLR3/MDA5 agonist. rBM-MSCs were then stimulated with Poly(I:C) or with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a TLR4 agonist) for 1 h and were grown under normal culture conditions. …”
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A Multiple-Kernel Relevance Vector Machine with Nonlinear Decreasing Inertia Weight PSO for State Prediction of Bearing by Sheng-wei Fei, Yong He

“…The experimental results indicate that NDIWPSO-MkRVM is more suitable for the state prediction of bearing than NDIWPSO-RBFRVM and NDIWPSO-PolyRVM.…”
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Improvements in the Rheological Properties, Impact Strength, and the Biodegradability of PLA/PCL Blend Compatibilized by Electron-Beam Irradiation in the Presence of a Reactive Age... by Jae Sung Jeon, Do Hung Han, Boo Young Shin

“…In this study, we blended poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) into poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and compatibilized these PLA/PCL blends by electron-beam irradiation in the presence of a reactive agent to overcome drawbacks of PLA. …”
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A Novel LTPS-TFT Pixel Circuit to Compensate the Electronic Degradation for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Displays by Ching-Lin Fan, Fan-Ping Tseng, Hui-Lung Lai, Bo-Jhang Sun, Kuang-Chi Chao, Yi-Chiung Chen

“…The proposed pixel circuit shows high immunity to the threshold voltage deviation of both the driving poly-Si TFT and the OLED.…”
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Influence of Alkaline Treatment with Ammonia Water on the Properties of PEDOT: PSS Films by Jiao Li, Hua Zhang, Juncheng Liu, Hui Qi

“…A study on the influence of alkaline treatment on the properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) film is presented in this paper. …”
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