Development and Application of Urban Landslide Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Reflecting Social and Economic Variables by Yoonkyung Park, Ananta Man Singh Pradhan, Ungtae Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Sangdan Kim

“…An index-based model is developed to evaluate the life and indirect damage under landslide as well as the resilience ability against disasters. To illustrate the validity of the proposed methodology, physical and socioeconomic vulnerability levels are analyzed for Seoul, Korea, using the suggested approach. …”
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Analytical Study on Inherent Properties of a Unidirectional Vibrating Steel Strip Partially Immersed in Fluid by J. Li, X.H. Guo, J. Luo, H.Y. Li, Y.Q. Wang

“…An example is given to illustrate that the proposed method matches the numerical solution using the finite element method (FEM) very closely. …”
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Species diversity, taxonomy, multi-gene phylogeny, and divergence times of Meruliaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) by Yue Li, Yi-Feng Cao, Karen K. Nakasone, Shi-Liang Liu, Man-Rong Huang, Shuang-Hui He

“…Noblesia is placed as a synonymy of Merulius, whereas Ceriporiopsis and Lilaceophlebia are accepted as synonyms of Mycoacia. Descriptions and illustrations are provided for the new genera and species, and discussions are provided for all 26 genera and new taxa. …”
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Protective Role of Platelets in Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Kornela Hałucha, Alina Rak-Pasikowska, Iwona Bil-Lula

“…This review is aimed at illustrating the present knowledge on the role of platelets in MI and IRI, especially in a context of cardioprotection.…”
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Leveraging Interfacial Electric Field for Smart Modulation of Electrode Surface in Nitrate to Ammonia Conversion by Kouer Zhang, Yifan Xu, Fatang Liu, Qing Wang, Xiaohong Zou, Mingcong Tang, Michael K.H. Leung, Zhimin Ao, Xunhua Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Liang An

“…Overall, combined results illustrated multiple merits of the IEF effect, paving the way for future commercialization of NO3RR in the ammonia production industry.…”
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Behavior of Paussus favieri (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini): A Myrmecophilous Beetle Associated with Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) by Emanuela Maurizi, Simone Fattorini, Wendy Moore, Andrea Di Giulio

“…The occasional interactions of some beetle specimens with the P. pallidula queen were recorded, illustrated, and discussed, indicating the possibility of a more complex strategy of P. favieri involving a chemical mimicry with the queen. …”
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Microtissues in Cardiovascular Medicine: Regenerative Potential Based on a 3D Microenvironment by Julia Günter, Petra Wolint, Annina Bopp, Julia Steiger, Elena Cambria, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Maximilian Y. Emmert

“…In addition, this review will illustrate the unique properties of the microenvironment within microtissues that makes them a promising next-generation therapeutic approach.…”
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Antioxidant Properties of Albumin and Diseases Related to Obstetrics and Gynecology by Kazushi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tomohito Okamoto, Kazumasa Sugiura, Shingo Kawashima, Tetsuro Kimura

“…A growing body of evidence has recently illustrated an additional aspect of albumin’s antioxidant properties. …”
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Noninvasive rejuvenation strategy of nickel-rich layered positive electrode for Li-ion battery through magneto-electrochemical synergistic activation by Haochen Gong, Yu Cao, Baoshan Zhang, Jinsong Zhang, Yiming Zhang, Huili Wang, Shaojie Zhang, Xiaoyi Wang, Yue Mao, Shuo Liu, Chengyu Han, Qianxin Xiang, Chaoyi Zhou, Jie Sun

“…Notably, the method can revitalize an aged Li-ion pouch cell (SiC||NCM811, 8 Ah nominal capacity) via optimizing cation occupancy and increase its capacity by 10% from 6.49 to 7.14 Ah at 1 C, illustrating the benefits of the upcycling process.…”
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A Cu(I)-Based MOF with Nonlinear Optical Properties and a Favorable Optical Limit Threshold by Jing Cui, Zhaohui Yang, Yu Zhang, Zhaoxuan Fan, Jianquan Wang, Xiaoyun Qin, Lijun Gao, Haoran Yang, Shuangliang Liu, Liming Zhou, Shaoming Fang, Zhen Zhang

“…Furthermore, the mechanism of the third-order NLO properties was illustrated as one-photon absorption (1PA). These results investigate the relationship between the structure and the nonlinear optical properties of Cu-bpy, and provide an experimental and theoretical basis for its use in optical limiting applications.…”
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Novel bacteriophages targeting wheat phyllosphere bacteria carry DNA modifications and single-strand breaks by Peter Erdmann Dougherty, Maja Schmidt Pedersen, Laura Milena Forero-Junco, Alexander Byth Carstens, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Leise Riber, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

“…We find close hits to the Erwinia jumbo-phage Kaldavass in a wide variety of plant, food, and wastewater metagenomes including a near-perfect hit from a Spanish spinach sample, illustrating how interconnected geographically distant phages can be.…”
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One-pot low-temperature preparation of thermo-responsive self-ceramifiable glass fiber insulation tiles with exceptional mechanical and ablative properties by Fengchun Ji, Zhihang Peng, Xin Yang, Jian Feng, Yang Xiang, Zeyu Liu

“…The 20 mm thick sample shows low backside temperature only 216 °C, solid overall structure, and near-zero ablation after continuous burning at 1300 °C for 600 s. The detailed illustration of gradient inter-coupling effects among various thermal protection mechanisms is provided. …”
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A Data Quality Control Program for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews by Janet E. Squires, Alison M. Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Bostrom, Kelly Deis, Peter G. Norton, Greta G. Cummings, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…The quality control program comprised three phases: (1) software development, (2) an interviewer quality control protocol, and (3) a data cleaning and processing protocol. To illustrate the value of the program, we assess its use in the Translating Research in Elder Care Study. …”
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Deflection Calculation Based on SDOF Method for Axially Loaded Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Members Subjected to Lateral Impact by Luming Wang, Yanhui Liu, Jiahuan Song, Shichun Zhao, Zhe Wang, Yue Zeng, Xingyu Feng

“…The contrastive investigation is carried out to illustrate the influence of axial load on the variation pattern of impact force for CFST members under various structural and impact parameters, and its result indicates that the impact force-time histories for CFST members with different axial loads are mainly characterized by rectangular pulse and triangular pulse. …”
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Nuclear Fusion Pattern Recognition by Ensemble Learning by G. Farias, E. Fabregas, I. Martínez, J. Vega, S. Dormido-Canto, H. Vargas

“…In order to evaluate and reveal the benefits of rule-based models, an illustrative example has been implemented to perform an online classification of five different signals of the TJ-II stellarator fusion device located in Madrid, Spain.…”
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Strategies to Identify Recognition Signals and Targets of SUMOylation by Elisa Da Silva-Ferrada, Fernando Lopitz-Otsoa, Valérie Lang, Manuel S. Rodríguez, Rune Matthiesen

“…Furthermore, an integrative analysis of known and putative SUMO substrates illustrates an updated landscape of several SUMO-regulated events. …”
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Simultaneously improved strength and ductility in a Ce-doped dual-phase Mg–9Li alloy by Zhonghao Heng, Lijuan Huang, Qianwen Zhang, Xianzhe Shi, Jianghua Shen

“…It is found that the addition of small amount Ce (0.6 wt%) improves over 13% tensile strengths of the Mg–Li alloy without expense of ductility, owing to the formation of Mg12Ce precipitates. To illustrate the toughening mechanism, an in-situ tensile experiment was performed focusing on crack initiation and fracture behavior at local regions such as phase boundaries. …”
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Fast Image Registration for Spacecraft Autonomous Navigation Using Natural Landmarks by Yun-Hua Wu, Lin-Lin Ge, Feng Wang, Bing Hua, Zhi-Ming Chen, Feng Yu

“…CSA is based on image segmentation technology, aiming to find representative blocks, which will be allocated to different tasks to speed up the image registration progress. To illustrate the advantages of the proposed algorithm, PCA-SURF, which is the combination of principle component analysis and SURF, is also analyzed in this paper for comparison. …”
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Sentence Context and Word-Picture Cued-Recall Paired-Associate Learning Procedure Boosts Recall in Normal and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Patients by Rosario Iodice, Juan José García Meilán, Juan Carro Ramos, Jeff A. Small

“…The aim of this study was to employ the word-picture paradigm to examine the effectiveness of combined pictorial illustrations and sentences as strong contextual cues. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Injury-Induced Astrocyte Activation in Spinal Ventral Horn Contributes to Nerve Regeneration by Changhui Qian, Dandan Tan, Xianghai Wang, Lixia Li, Jinkun Wen, Mengjie Pan, Yuanyuan Li, Wutian Wu, Jiasong Guo

“…Herein, we firstly illustrated that astrocytes in the spinal ventral horn were dramatically activated in the early stage following sciatic nerve injury, and these profiles were eliminated in the chronic stage. …”
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