Exploring the Feasibility of Ventilation without Shafts for an Ultralong Subsea Tunnel in the Bohai Strait Channel by Yimin Wu, Peng Xu, Weiming Liang, Shuai Shao, Kaixun Hu, Jiawei Zhang, Haoran Wu, Guangzheng Zhuang

“…We hope to provide a strong reference for the ventilation design of BSC tunnels and for the improvement of relative ventilation codes in China.…”
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N100 Repetition Suppression Indexes Neuroplastic Defects in Clinical High Risk and Psychotic Youth by Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Eugene D’Angelo, Larry J. Seidman, Sarah Gumlak, April Kim, Kristen A. Woodberry, Ashley Rober, Sahil Tembulkar, Kyle O’Donnell, Hesham M. Hamoda, Kara Kimball, Alexander Rotenberg, Lindsay M. Oberman, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Frank H. Duffy

“…Highly penetrant mutations leading to schizophrenia are enriched for genes coding for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor signaling complex (NMDAR-SC), implicating plasticity defects in the disease’s pathogenesis. …”
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Sarcoglycans are enriched at the neuromuscular junction in a nerve-dependent manner by Michela Gloriani, Bianca Cheli, Chiara D’Ercole, Veronica Ruggieri, Marianna Cosentino, Mireia Serrat Pineda, Biliana Lozanoska-Ochser, Francesca Grassi, Marina Bouché, Luca Madaro, Carles Sánchez Riera

“…Although there are 6 different sarcoglycan isoforms, sarcoglycanopathies are caused exclusively by mutations in genes coding for one of the four sarcoglycan transmembrane proteins (alpha, beta, gamma and delta) forming the sarcoglycan complex (SGC) in skeletal and cardiac muscle. …”
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Conserved pattern-based classification of human odorant receptor multigene family by Sang Eun Ryu, Jisub Bae, Tammy Shim, Won-Cheol Kim, Kwangsu Kim, Cheil Moon

“…Abstract Conserved protein-coding sequences are critical for maintaining protein function across species. …”
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Prehospital ultrasound from a neurological point of view by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Ružička-Kaloci Svetlana, Živanović Željko, Popović Nemanja, Vlahović Dmitar

“…The application of transcranial doppler (TCD) or transcranial color-coded doppler (TCCD) is even rarer, although this method has proven its importance in the prehospital detection of a large vessel occlusion. …”
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The genome sequence of the Montseny horsehair worm, Gordionus montsenyensis sp. nov., a key resource to investigate Ecdysozoa evolution by Eleftheriadi, Klara, Guiglielmoni, Nadège, Salces-Ortiz, Judit, Vargas-Chavez, Carlos, Martínez-Redondo, Gemma I., Gut, Marta, Flot, Jean-François, Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas, Fernández, Rosa

“…Gene annotation predicted 10,320 protein-coding genes in the nuclear genome. In this study, we contribute a key genomic resource to not only explore the evolution of Ecdysozoa, but also to further our understanding on the genomic basis of parasitic lifestyles. …”
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Multiobjective Electric Vehicle Charging Network Planning Considering Chance-Constraint on the Travel Distance for Charging by Yunxiang Guo, Xinsong Zhang, Daxiang Li, Chenghong Gu, Cheng Lu, Ting Ji, Yue Wang

“…The nondominated sorting genetic Algorithm II with the constraint domination principle (NSGA-II-CDP) is customized to solve the developed multiobjective EVCN planning model, by designing a special coding scheme, a crossover operator, and a mutation operator. …”
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First Principles Study of Electronic, Vibrational, Elastic, and Thermodynamic Properties of Sc‐X (X = P, S, Se) Compounds by S. K. Yadav, S. Dahal, R. Khadka, B. Guragain, P. Pokharel, P. Oli, D. Adhikari

“…In this regard, the mixing properties of the compounds were investigated on the basis of density functional theory using Quantum ESSPRESSO codes. The obtained results of structural stability, electronic and mechanical properties of the work were found to be consistent with the available literature data which validates the present computational approach. …”
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Distributed Compressed Video Sensing in Camera Sensor Networks by Yu Liu, Xuqi Zhu, Lin Zhang, Sung Ho Cho

“…In such scenarios, distributed compressed video sensing (DCVS), combining distributed video coding (DVC) and compressed sensing (CS), is developed as a novel and powerful signal-sensing and compression algorithm for video signals. …”
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Sexual risky behaviors in violence survivors aged 14 to 18 who sought care at a tertiary-level hospital in Mexico by Eugenia Pérez-García, Ángel Eduardo Velasco-Rojano, Alejandra García-Saisó, Aarón Rodríguez-Caballero, Jorge Luis Montes-Domínguez, Yiblia Krystal Salgado-Cedano, Lydia Estela Zerón Gutiérrez

“…Three judges independently coded information on risky sexual behaviors, including unprotected sex, sexualized substance use, and relationships with older partners. …”
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Genome assembly of the grassland caterpillar Gynaephora qinghaiensis by Youpeng Lai, Shan Xiao, Minggang Qin, Xinhai Ye, Fang Wang, Qi Fang

“…The BUSCO analysis revealed the presence of 99.56% (99.27% complete and 0.29% fragmented) BUSCO genes in the assembly. 580.2 Mb (67.4% of genome) of repetitive sequences and 16,618 protein-coding genes were predicted in G. qinghaiensis genome. …”
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Investigating racial disparities in drug prescriptions for patients with endometriosis by Aparajita Kashyap, Maryam Aziz, Tony Y Sun, Sharon Lipsky Gorman, Jessica Opoku-Anane, Noémie Elhadad

“…We use ATC 3rd level drug codes to identify drug classes prescribed significantly more frequently for endometriosis patients than a comparison cohort of non-endometriosis patients. …”
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Genome-wide maps of highly-similar intrachromosomal repeats that can mediate ectopic recombination in three human genome assemblies by Luis Fernandez-Luna, Carlos Aguilar-Perez, Christopher M. Grochowski, Michele G. Mehaffey, Claudia M.B. Carvalho, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui

“…We cross-referenced the identified repeated sequences with protein-coding genes to identify those at risk for being involved in genomic rearrangements. …”
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Robust survival model for the prediction of Li-ion battery lifetime reliability and risk functions by Rasheed Ibraheem, Timothy I. Cannings, Torben Sell, Gonçalo dos Reis

“…The signature method with both desirable mathematical and machine learning properties was adopted as a feature extraction technique.The developed models are tested rigorously using application-driven strategies involving model robustness to the number of cycles of data required for model training and prediction, different fractions of training samples, and systematic data sparsity. The codes for modeling and testing are publicly available.…”
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A conceptual framework for designing human-centered building-occupant interactions to enhance user experience in specific-purpose buildings by N. Roofigari-Esfahan, E. Morshedzadeh

“…Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted among students in a flagship smart engineering building at Virginia Tech. Qualitative coding and concept mapping were used to analyze the qualitative data and determine the impact of occupant-specific needs on the learning experience of students. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Impingement Heat Transfer for a Laminar Premixed Bunsen Flame by Darya A. Slastnaya, Roman V. Tolstoguzov, Leonid M. Chikishev, Vladimir M. Dulin

“…The laminar premixed Bunsen flame, impinging on a flat cold surface, represents a basic model for the validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes, used for the simulation of industrial processes. …”
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Overview and Discussion of the OECD/NRC Benchmark Based on NUPEC PWR Subchannel and Bundle Tests by M. Avramova, A. Rubin, H. Utsuno

“…The OECD/NRC PSBT benchmark was organized to provide a test bed for assessing the capabilities of various thermal-hydraulic subchannel, system, and computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) codes. The benchmark was designed to systematically assess and compare the participants’ numerical models for prediction of detailed subchannel void distribution and department from nucleate boiling (DNB), under steady-state and transient conditions, to full-scale experimental data. …”
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Shot Peening Effect on Fatigue Crack Repaired Weldments by J. Efrain Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alejandro Rodriguez-Castellanos, Faustino Perez-Guerrero

“…Fracture mechanics calculations are required to validate the safety level defined in design codes to prevent a fatigue failure. The periodic inspection-assessment cycle can lead to the implementation of a fatigue crack repair by crack removal. …”
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A Self-Checking Hardware Journal for a Fault-Tolerant Processor Architecture by Mohsin Amin, Abbas Ramazani, Fabrice Monteiro, Camille Diou, Abbas Dandache

“…The main memory, supposed to be fault secure in our model, only contains valid (uncorrupted) data obtained from fault-free computations. Error control coding techniques are used both in the processor core to detect errors and in the HW journal to protect the temporarily stored data from possible changes induced by transient faults. …”
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A Modified Wolf Pack Algorithm for Multiconstrained Sparse Linear Array Synthesis by Ting Wang, Ke-Wen Xia, Hai-Lin Tang, Su-Wei Zhang, Mukase Sandrine

“…In the new method, wolves are coded by Bloch spherical coordinates of quantum bits, updated by quantum revolving gates, and selectively adaptively mutated when performing poorly. …”
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