A 3D-Printed Spherical Dual-Circular Polarized Luneburg Lens Antenna for Ku-Band by Qing Wang, Xiaohai Han, Pu Yu, Jian-Qiang Hou, Zhen-Ya Lei

“…In this paper, we propose a novel three-dimensional-printed Luneburg lens for converting linear polarization to dual-circular polarization and successfully apply it in a multibeam antenna. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF RAWLS’ SOCIAL JUSTICE MODEL: AN ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA by MORRIS K.O. EDOGIAWERIE, INNOCENT O. EKUASE

“…It is against this back drop that this paper is set to examine John Rawls’ theory of justice which is prescribed as an antidote in resolving the problems of injustice and oppression. …”
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Economic diplomacy of Russia towards Venezuela: From H. Chaves to N. Maduro by K. A. Isaev

“…Drawing upon official data, as well as recent findings of Russian and foreign researchers, the present paper examines the evolution of Russian economic diplomacy towards Venezuela during the presidency of H. …”
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What can Siberia export? The Northern Sea Route and concern of the cities and towns of Siberia: 1870–1890 by A. E. Goncharov, N. M. Karelin, D. M. Mednikov

“…This paper discusses the attitude of certain Siberian capitalists to the development of commercial relations on the Northern Sea Route, which had been recorded in the proceedings of the city Dumas of Siberia. …”
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Massless limit and conformal soft limit for celestial massive amplitudes by Wei Fan

“…Recently, the 3pt celestial amplitude of one massive scalar and two massless scalars was discussed in arXiv:2312.08597 . In this paper, we compute the 3pt celestial amplitude of two massive scalars and one massless scalar. …”
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Childhood Injury Prevention: Intervention in the Bedouin City of Rahat by Michal Hemmo-Lotem, Efrat Merrick, Liri Endy-Findling, Aziza Abu Freh, Claudia Jinich-Aronowitz, Liat Korn, Joav Merrick

“…As part of intervention programs in 20 communities around Israel, this paper describes a 1-year, multidisciplinary, multistrategic childhood safety promotion and injury prevention project. …”
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COVID-19 MEDIA DISCOURSE AND STIGMA: INSIGHTS INTO FOOD AVOIDANCE AND TRAVEL INTENTIONS by Mahmoud Ramadan AL-AZAB, Zakaria ELKHWESKY, Sawsan Haider Abdullah KHREIS

“…The main aim of the current paper was to analyze the effect o f stigma associated with COVID-19 on travel intentions to stigmatised countries and food avoidance at stigmatised restaurants. …”
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Goat-derived cell line (<i>Capra hircus</i>) TCh generated by karyological and morphological transformation of YаDK-04 CCL during subcultivation with lanthanide-treated bovine seru... by E. A. Trofimova, S. V. Kononova, I. N. Shumilova, B. L. Manin

“…But it was noted that cell immortalization is associated with chromosomal rearrangements (chromatid morphology) and changes in the number of chromosomes. The paper presents the results of the generation of a new Testis Capra hircus(TCh) cell line, suitable for effective replication of dermatotropic and other types of animal viruses, in order to scale up viral material used for the manufacture of the means for animal disease specific prevention and diagnosis. …”
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Silver-coated PMMA nanoparticles-on-a-mirror substrates as high-performance SERS sensors for detecting infinitesimal molecules by Pei Zeng, Yuting Zhou, Hao Chen, Yifei Fu, Meiyan Pan, Guanying Chen, Xing Yang, Qing Liu, Mengjie Zheng

“…Constructing high-performance SERS substrates with high sensitivity, uniformity and reproducibility is of great importance to put the SERS technology into practical application. In this paper, we report a simple fabrication process to construct dense silver-coated PMMA nanoparticles-on-a-mirror SRES substrates. …”
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Evaluation of Public Welfare Level of Urban Rail Transit considering Operation Management by Ran Meng, Baohua Mao, Qi Xu, Yang Yang

“…An evaluation index system composed of 3 criterion-level indicators and 12 subindexes has been established in this paper. The 3 criterion-level indicators conclude service level, social benefit, and policy loss which are all affected by operation management. …”
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Studies on effective solar photovoltaic integration in distribution network with a blend of Monte Carlo simulation and artificial hummingbird algorithm by Ibrahim Cagri Barutcu, Gulshan Sharma, Emre Çelik, Pitshou N. Bokoro

“…Abstract In this paper, the two level stochastic optimisation approach has been suggested. …”
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Modeling smeared fiber-matrix pullout strength of steel fiber-reinforced concrete with various types of steel fiber and its tensile and compressive strength by Yuxin Xu, Tengfei Xu, Guilin Li, Tianyu Xie

“…This paper presents a novel smeared fiber-matrix pullout strength model for predicting the mechanical properties of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC). …”
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« A Single Tone Coming Out Of A Vast, Empty Space » : John Adams, le contemporain au risque de l’anachronisme by Mathieu Duplay

“…Besides this, there are only vestiges of past musical forms whose relevance has wholly disappeared as they have been turned into meaningless commodities by the American culture industry. The purpose of this paper is to raise once more the question of music and the “contemporary” in the light of Adorno’s argument and in connection with an American composer known for his keen interest in current events. …”
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Comparison on the Horizontal Behaviors of Lattice-Shaped Diaphragm Wall and Pile Group under Static and Seismic Loads by Jiu-jiang Wu, Qian-gong Cheng, Hua Wen, Yan Li, Jian-lei Zhang, Ling-juan Wang

“…Lattice-shaped diaphragm wall (hereafter referring to LSDW) is a new type of bridge foundation, and the relevant investigation on its horizontal behaviors is scant. This paper is devoted to the numerical study of the comparison on the static and seismic responses of LSDW and pile group under similar material quantity in soft soil. …”
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Enhancing Buck-Boost Converter Efficiency and Dynamic Responses with Sliding Mode Control Technique by Salah Hilo Mohammed Al-Attwani, Mustafa Teke, Ethar Sulaiman Yaseen Yaseen, Enes Bektaş, Nurettin Gökşenli

“…This is crucial in power delivery and portable systems, especially in battery-operated systems. The purpose of the paper is to investigate how the efficiency of Buck-Boost converters improves by using sliding mode control when operating under different conditions. …”
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Nonlinear Behaviour of Concrete Buttress Dams under High-Frequency Excitations Taking into Account Topographical Amplifications by Roghayeh Abbasiverki, Richard Malm, Anders Ansell, Erik Nordström

“…Previous studies have mainly focused on low-frequency vibrations in stream direction using a simplified foundation model with the massless method, which does not consider topographic amplifications. This paper therefore investigates the nonlinear behaviour of concrete buttress dams subjected to high-frequency excitations, considering cross-stream vibrations. …”
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Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 5,5-diphenyl-2-[2-(propan-2-ylidene)hydrazin-1-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-4-one N,N-dimethylformamide hemisolvate by Abderrazzak El Moutaouakil Ala Allah, Benson M. Kariuki, Walid Guerrab, Abdulsalam Alsubari, Musa A. Said, Joel T. Mague, Youssef Ramli

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Regenerative therapies for myocardial infarction: exploring the critical role of energy metabolism in achieving cardiac repair by Jiahao Ren, Xinzhe Chen, Tao Wang, Cuiyun Liu, Kun Wang

“…Currently, a large number of studies have focused on changes in metabolic levels before and after the proliferation window of cardiomyocytes, so it is crucial to search for relevant factors in metabolic pathways to regulate the cell cycle in cardiomyocyte progression. This paper presents a review of the role of myocardial energy metabolism in regenerative repair after cardiac injury. …”
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Design and application of a puncture needle support (一种穿刺针支架的设计与应用) by WEI An (魏安), SUN Xiumei (孙秀梅), DU Chunliu (杜春柳)

“…Puncture needle support can effectively improve the efficiency and accuracy of puncture. This paper introduces the design and use method of a utility model puncture needle support, which can effectively improve the puncture effect, reduce the work burden of medical staff and improve the work efficiency. …”
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Observed Performance and FEM-Based Parametric Analysis of a Top-Down Deep Excavation in Soil-Rock Composite Stratum by Gang Lei, Panpan Guo, Fucai Hua, Xiaonan Gong, Lina Luo

“…This paper investigates the performance of a top-down deep excavation in soil-rock composite stratum. …”
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