Preparation and Tribological Performance of the Ag/BN Nanocomposite as Additives for Lithium-Based Grease by Yijun Chen, Chuan Li, Xiaodong Wang, Li Zhang, Xu Tan, Yubin Peng, Xiaoyong Xu

“…The chemical composition, structure, micromorphology, and tribological properties of the Ag/BN nanocomposite were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and a high-speed reciprocating tribometer. …”
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Research on the Preparation of Modified TiO₂ Composite Coatings with Anti-Fouling and Flashover Resistance by ZHANG Jie, ZOU Junwen, LIU Xueguang, LI Xiaoying

“…In order to effectively reduce the occurrence of pollution flashover accidents caused by surface contamination of transmission line insulators， a new fluorocarbon coating material was prepared by combining modified nano-TiO2， PTFE and fluorocarbon resin FEVE using compressed air spraying technology.The optimum addition amount of modified TiO2 particles was discussed.The microstructure was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).The hydrophobicity， self-cleaning properties and anti-ultraviolet aging resistance were analyzed using a contact angle measurement instrument.The results showed that the optimum addition amount of modified nano-TiO2 was 4%，the adhesion of the coating reached grade 0，and the maximum static contact angle was 121°.The surface of the anti-pollution flashover composite coating prepared with modified TiO2 exhibited numerous micro-nano scale columnar cone tip structures， resulting in higher roughness.Its hydrophobicity， self-cleaning ability， and anti-ultraviolet aging resistance were improved， demonstrating excellent antipollution flashover performance.…”
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Genetic Diversity of Echinococcus granulosus in Southwest China Determined by the Mitochondrial NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 2 Gene by Jiahai Wang, Ning Wang, Dandan Hu, Xiuqin Zhong, Shuxian Wang, Xiaobin Gu, Xuerong Peng, Guangyou Yang

“…We evaluated genetic diversity and structure of Echinococcus granulosus by analyzing the complete mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene in 51 isolates of E. granulosus sensu stricto metacestodes collected at three locations in this region. …”
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Using Flexible Polyimide as a Substrate to Deposit ZnO:Ga Thin Films and Fabricate p-i-n α-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells by Fang-Hsing Wang, Cheng-Fu Yang, Min-Chu Liu

“…The cross-section observations really indicated that the GZO thin films deposited at 200°C and below had different crystalline structures. The value variations in the films’ optical band gap (Eg) of the GZO thin films were evaluated from plots of  (αhν)2=c(hν-Eg), revealing that the measured Eg values increased with increasing deposition temperature. …”
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Delayed Awareness of the History of Barium Examination: Perforated Barium Appendicitis by Susumu Saigusa, Masaki Ohi, Satoshi Oki, Takashi Ichikawa, Minako Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Inoue, Chikao Miki

“…The resected specimen demonstrated that the appendix contained a fecalith, and histopathological examination showed the crystal structure of barium sulfate in the lumen of the appendix. …”
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Detectability of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis with Transient Elastography and Controlled Attenuation Parameter in Residents of St. Petersburg by V. P. Kovyazina, K. L. Raikhelson, M. K. Prashnova, E. V. Pazenko, L. K. Palgova, E. A. Kondrashina

“…Hepatic steatosis of predominantly high degree was revealed in 44.7%, combined fibrosis and steatosis — in 28%; isolated fibrosis of various stage — in 2.5%, no structural changes — in 24.8% individuals. The growth of body mass index and waist circumference significantly correlated in women with pronounced liver changes. …”
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Enzymatic β-Mannosylation of Phenylethanoid Alcohols by Lucia Černáková, Peter Haluz, Vladimír Mastihuba, Zuzana Košťálová, Elena Karnišová Potocká, Mária Mastihubová

“…They are characterized by a structural core formed by a phenethyl alcohol, usually tyrosol or hydroxytyrosol, attached to β-D-glucopyranose via a glycosidic bond. …”
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Efficient Hardware Implementation of a Multi-Layer Gradient-Free Online-Trainable Spiking Neural Network on FPGA by Ali Mehrabi, Yeshwanth Bethi, Andre van Schaik, Andrew Wabnitz, Saeed Afshar

“…ODESA is the first network to have end-to-end multi-layer online local supervised training without using gradients and has the combined adaptation of weights and thresholds in an efficient hierarchical structure. This research shows that the network architecture and the online training of weights and thresholds can be implemented efficiently on a large scale in hardware. …”
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Exploring the potential of AI-driven food waste management strategies used in the hospitality industry for application in household settings by Quintana M. Clark, Disha Basavaraja Kanavikar, Jason Clark, Patrick J. Donnelly

“…This study employs an instrumental case study approach, utilizing semi-structured interviews with representatives from these companies to gain insights into the technologies and strategies that have proven effective in hospitality. …”
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Accounting deviations between the measured and simulated impact pressures in high-density snow avalanches by Rakesh K. Aggarwal, Ranjan Das, Hemendra S. Gusain

“…Based on experimentations and simulations carried out in the current work, the measured and simulated avalanche impact pressures were correlated, which can be used to estimate the avalanche impact pressures on the structures for the dense flow of avalanches. The root mean square error between the currently proposed model and the measured data is nearly 10.74, which is significantly less than the existing models for the estimation of the avalanche impact pressures on the obstacles. …”
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DNA Nanotweezers with Hydrolytic Activity for Enzyme-Free and Sensitive Detection of Fusion Gene via Logic Operation by Yongjie Xu, Xiangrong Luo, Nana Geng, Mingsong Wu, Zhishun Lu

“…However, the addition of fusion genes would cause structure alterations of the tweezer from open to close and further DNAzyme activation with the assembly of two reporting subunits. …”
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STICI: Split-Transformer with integrated convolutions for genotype imputation by Mohammad Erfan Mowlaei, Chong Li, Oveis Jamialahmadi, Raquel Dias, Junjie Chen, Benyamin Jamialahmadi, Timothy Richard Rebbeck, Vincenzo Carnevale, Sudhir Kumar, Xinghua Shi

“…Although various methods have been widely adopted for genotype imputation, it remains challenging to impute certain genomic regions and large structural variants. Here, we present a transformer-based framework, named STICI, for accurate genotype imputation. …”
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Removal of Textile Dyes from Aqueous Solution by Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Reaction Using Modified PAN Nanofiber Fe Complex as Catalyst by Xueting Zhao, Yongchun Dong, Bowen Cheng, Weimin Kang

“…Some main factors affecting dye degradation such as Fe content of catalyst, irradiation intensity, H2O2 initial concentration, the solution pH as well as dye structure, and initial concentration were investigated. …”
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Curing simulation and data-driven curing curve prediction of thermoset composites by Chenchen Wu, Ruming Zhang, Pengyuan Zhao, Liang Li, Dingguo Zhang

“…Abstract Molding has been widely used to manufacture thermoset composite structures in the aerospace and automotive industries owing to its efficiency in reducing the number of parts and the manufacturing cost. …”
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Bolt Loosening Detection Method Based on Improved YOLOv8 and Image Matching by Peihe Jiang, Yuhang Geng, Zhongqi Sang, Lifeng Lin

“…Bolt connections are widely used as structural connections in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and bridge construction. …”
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Efficacy of Larimichthys crocea TASOR protein-derived peptide FAM286 against Staphylococcus aureus by Ritian Jin, Guanglei Wei, Rong Lin, Wenfeng Lin, Jude Juventus Aweya, Duo Liang, Wuyin Weng, Shen Yang

“…FAM286 could also bind the bacterial DNA in an embedded manner, disrupting the structure of DNA and leading to the death of bacteria. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC by Shanza Bibi, Callum W. Breeze, Vusqa Jadoon, Anum Fareed, Alina Syed, Rebecca L. Frkic, Habiba Zaffar, Muhammad Ali, Iftikhar Zeb, Colin J. Jackson, Tatheer Alam Naqvi

“…AzrC was crystallised and MG was captured within the active site in a Michaelis complex, providing structural insight into the reduction mechanism. Altogether, this work identifies a bacterium capable of aerobically degrading a major industrial pollutant and characterizes the molecular basis for this activity.…”
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Large N limit of the Yang–Mills measure on compact surfaces II: Makeenko–Migdal equations and the planar master field by Antoine Dahlqvist, Thibaut Lemoine

“…This paper considers the large N limit of Wilson loops for the two-dimensional Euclidean Yang–Mills measure on all orientable compact surfaces of genus larger or equal to $1$ , with a structure group given by a classical compact matrix Lie group. …”
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CLINICAL EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF LIPOFILLING WITH DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION by A. D. Zikiryakhodzhayev, A. A. Masri, A. S. Sukhotko, F. N. Usov, M. V. Starkova, V. V. Ratushnaya, N. V. Evtyagina

“…The purpose of this procedure was to improve the quality of cover fabrics in postoperative scar on the anterior chest wall right after comprehensive treatment, including also a cover for the such aggressive tissue treatment, as radiotherapy.It is proved that mesenchymal stromal cells, or cell-messengers that are present in all the fatty tissues, contribute to its regeneration by forming new blood vessels, or act directly on the damaged or exposed to aging structure — restore and rejuvenate the field of lipofilling. …”
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Exploring the role of Energy Communities: A Comprehensive Review by M. Asim Amin, Renato Procopio, Marco Invernizzi, Andrea Bonfiglio, Youwei Jia

“…The present review aimed to investigate and examine the significance of EC structures and to start an inclusive foundation for the broader implementation of EC for energy decentralization to figure out the research gaps and ensure that Machine Learning (ML) based solutions are essential tools to study and further discussed the several ML-based algorithms based on their objectives. …”
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