A Consensus Decision-Making Model considering Empathetic Preferences and Power Structure of the Poverty Alleviation E-Commerce Supply Chain by Ruili Shi, Lianming Zhao, Chunxiang Guo, Xin Gu

“…This article focuses on the conflict consultation process and empathetic decision-making behavior of a poverty alleviation supply chain composed of farmers, retailers, and third-party e-commerce platforms (e-platforms), and proposes an empathetic preference-based consensus decision-making model. …”
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Emergence of a Snake-Like Structure in Mobile Distributed Agents: An Exploratory Agent-Based Modeling Approach by Muaz A. Niazi

“…The body structure of snakes is composed of numerous natural components thereby making it resilient, flexible, adaptive, and dynamic. …”
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Automated Diagnosis of Skin Cancer. by Nyiramugisha, Shallon, Nuwahereza, Godfrey

“…First, we introduce a new dataset composed of clinical images, collected using smartphones, and clinical data related to the patient. …”
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Landmark Optimization Using Local Curvature for Point-Based Nonlinear Rodent Brain Image Registration by Yutong Liu, Balasrinivasa R. Sajja, Mariano G. Uberti, Howard E. Gendelman, Tammy Kielian, Michael D. Boska

“…Point landmarks are placed at regular intervals on contours of anatomical features, and their positions are optimized along the contour surface by a function composed of curvature similarity and displacements of the homologous landmarks. …”
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Identification of Xylem Occlusions Occurring in Cut Clematis (Clematis L., fam. Ranunculaceae Juss.) Stems during Their Vase Life by Agata Jedrzejuk, Julia Rochala, Jacek Zakrzewski, Julita Rabiza-Świder

“…This study shows that in clematis, tyloses are the main source of occlusions, although bacteria and some amorphic substances may also appear inside the vessels. A preservative composed of 200 mg dm−3 8-HQC (8-hydroxyquinolin citrate) and 2% sucrose arrested bacterial development and the growth of tyloses. …”
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SiO2-TiO2 Films Supported on Ignimbrite by Spray Coating for the Photocatalytic Degradation of NOx Gas and Methyl Orange Dye by Daily Maria Magdalena Gallegos Florez, Rivalino Benicio Guzman Ale, Albeniz Ferdinand Huaracallo Idme, Luis Antonio Lazo Alarcon, Edgar Apaza Huallpa, Yolanda Castro, Pierre Giovanny Ramos Apestegui, Juan Martin Rodriguez Rodriguez

“…In this work, a SiO2-TiO2 coating, composed of different numbers of TiO2 and SiO2 layers, was fabricated by a spray-coating technique. …”
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Antipenetration Performance of Honeycomb Shelter under Two Repeat Projectile Strikes by Qifan Wang, Liusheng Chu, Jie Li, Jianhu Sun, Sheng Luo, Lei Mao

“…Among them, there are two kinds of test targets: cylindrical honeycomb structure target and reinforced concrete target; a numerical simulation target is a honeycomb-structure target composed of hexagonal honeycomb unit, and the size of the target is the same as that of the honeycomb-structure target in test. …”
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Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Breast with Rhabdoid Features by Karl Grenier, Gulbeyaz Altinel, Zari Dastani, Atilla Omeroglu

“…Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast is a rare biphasic tumor composed of intermixed malignant epithelial and myoepithelial components. …”
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Effects of High-Density Pulse Currents on the Solidification Structures of Cu-SiCp/AZ91D Composites by Xi Hao, Weixin Hao, Guihong Geng, Teng Ma, Chen Wang, Fuqiang Zhao, Hao Song, Yugui Li

“…The Cu-SiCp/AZ91D composites prepared without high-density pulse currents were mainly composed of α-Mg, β-Mg17Al12, and a small amount of Mg2Si phases, with coarse grains and uneven structures. …”
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Polyethylene oxide matrix tablet swelling evolution: The impact of molecular mass and tablet composition by Draksler Petra, Mikac Urša, Laggner Peter, Paudel Amrit, Janković Biljana

“…This article describes the designing of matrix tablets composed of polyethylene oxides (PEOs) with relative molecular masses of 1 × 106, 2 × 106, and 4 × 106. …”
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Ultrabroadband absorptive refractory plasmonics for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions by Myeongcheol Go, Inju Hong, Dasol Lee, Sanghoon Kim, Junho Jang, Keon-Woo Kim, Sangmin Shim, Kijung Yong, Junsuk Rho, Jin Kon Kim

“…Here, we report the fabrication and characterization of an ultrabroadband absorber for the photocatalytic HER. The absorber is composed of titanium nitride and titanium dioxide heterostructures deposited onto a porous anodized aluminum oxide template. …”
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FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS IN INNOVATIVE 3D PRINTING SANDWICH PANAELS FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE by Sadiq Emad Sadiq, Hayder Zuhair Zainy, Roaa Mohammed Muneer, Luay S. Al-Ansari

“…Sandwich panel structures are composed of three layers: core and two facings. The configuration of the core deeply influences the mechanical properties of the sandwich panel. …”
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Corrosion Behavior and Microhardness of a New B₄C Ceramic Doped with 3% Volume High-Entropy Alloy in an Aggressive Environment by Alberto Daniel Rico-Cano, Julia Claudia Mirza-Rosca, Burak Cagri Ocak, Gultekin Goller

“…The aim of this paper is to study both the mechanical and chemical properties of a new material composed of B₄C doped with 3% volume of CoCrFeNiMo HEA by the spark plasma sintering technique. …”
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Challenges in classifying human chromosomal heteromorphisms using banding cytogenetics: From controversial guidelines to the need for a universal scoring system by Sílvia Pires, Paula Jorge, Thomas Liehr, Natália Oliva-Teles

“…Abstract Chromosomal heteromorphisms (CHs) are morphological variations predominantly found in constitutive heterochromatic regions of the genome, primarily composed of tandemly repetitive sequences of satellite DNA. …”
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The Metabolic Features of Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Opportunities for Immunotherapy? by Sonja S. Mojsilovic, Slavko Mojsilovic, Victor H. Villar, Juan F. Santibanez

“…Besides transformed cells, the tumors are composed of various cell types that contribute to undesirable tumor progression. …”
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Adjusting White OLEDs with Yellow Light Emission Phosphor Dye and Ultrathin NPB Layer Structure by Jun Wang, Weizhi Li

“…The ultra thin layer be composed of 4,4′-bis[N-1-naphthyl-N-phenyl-amino]biphenyl (NPB) or 4,4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl : NPB mixed layer with blue light emission. …”
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Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Liver: A Case Report by Eduardo Cambruzzi, Enilde Eloena Guerra, Hamilton Cardoso Hilgert, Herbert Jorge Schmitz, Vinícius Lopes Silva, Daniel Marini Milani, Ricardo Pedrini Cruz, Raul Pruinelli

“…On the histopathology, a tumor composed of small round blue cells with little cytoplasm and round nuclei was identified. …”
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Soft Robotics: Biological Inspiration, State of the Art, and Future Research by Deepak Trivedi, Christopher D. Rahn, William M. Kier, Ian D. Walker

“…Muscular hydrostats (e.g. octopus arms and elephant trunks) are almost entirely composed of muscle and connective tissue and plant cells can change shape when pressurised by osmosis. …”
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Analysis of Resonance Response Performance of C-Band Antenna Using Parasitic Element by M. R. Zaman, M. T. Islam, N. Misran, J. S. Mandeep

“…A novel dual-band antenna for C-band application covering 5.7 GHz and 7.6 GHz is designed and fabricated. The antenna is composed of circular parasitic element with unequal microstrip lines at both sides and a rectangular partial ground plane. …”
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A Unified Analysis for the Free Vibration of the Sandwich Piezoelectric Laminated Beam with General Boundary Conditions under the Thermal Environment by Guohua Gao, Ningze Sun, Dong Shao, Yongqiang Tao, Wei Wu

“…Meanwhile, elastic boundary conditions composed of an array of springs are introduced, and the displacement variables and external potential energy of the beam are expressed as wave functions. …”
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