Prenatal Cytogenetic Findings in 13.466 Cases of High-Risk Pregnant Women in One Laboratory by Leyla Özer, Evrim Ünsal, Özge Ayvaz, Aşkın Şen, Volkan Baltacı

“…Of sex chromosomal abnormalities, monosomies were the most common abnormality (3.3%). Of structural rearrangements translocations were the most common abnormality (2.3%). …”
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Predictive Model for Deformation of Adjacent Pipelines Caused by Tunnel Boring in Twin-Lane Tunnels in Soft Ground Layers by Kezhong Wang, Qianjiang Zheng, Maowen Hang

“…To create a discretized prediction model for the deformation of an adjacent pipeline, the pipeline structure is discretized, the differential equations governing the longitudinal deformation of the pipeline are inferred, and the displacement expressions and the solution methods of the virtual nodes of each unit are provided after discretization. …”
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Damage Mechanism of Mineral Admixture Concrete under Marine Corrosion and Freezing-Thawing Environment by Yan Li, Lianying Zhang, Chao Ma, Bing Li, Jiong Zhu

“…In this study, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), chloride ion concentration (CIC), microstructure, and pore structure of admixture concretes were tested to study the mechanical properties and microscopic characteristics under the single marine corrosion, the single freezing-thawing, and the coupled marine corrosion and freezing-thawing conditions. …”
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A Dual-Port Dual-Wideband Dual-Sense Circularly Polarized DRA With a Novel Feeding Mechanism by Li Zhang, Jian-Wei Liu, Bo Chen, Liang-Yong Yi, Dian Liu, Zi-Bin Weng, Yong-Chang Jiao

“…The proposed antenna is composed of a cylinder DR, a ground plane with a double cross-slot and two rectangle slots, and a novel feeding structure. In the lower band, the DR is fed by two vertical metal probes, and the antenna can be fed by a novel feeding method in the upper band. …”
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A Nonstationary Daily and Hourly Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall Frequency Considering Climate Teleconnection in Coastal Cities of the United States by Lei Yan, Yuhan Zhang, Mengjie Zhang, Upmanu Lall

“…The implications for the time-varying design rainfall in coastal areas are considered, whether this corresponds to a structural design or the duration of a contract for a financial instrument for risk securitization. …”
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Ball-milled synthesis of biochar-MOF nanocomposite for the concurrent recovery of mixed contaminants from wastewater by Sefiu Olaitan Amusat, Temesgen Girma Kebede, Edward Ndumiso Nxumalo, Simiso Dube, Mathew Muzi Nindi

“…SEM-EDS confirmed the successful synthesis, while X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) indicated an amorphous structure with thermal stability up to 300 °C. FTIR and XPS analyses identified functional groups such as C=C, C-H, –COOH, C=O, –OH, C-O, and Fe-BTC. …”
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Evaluation of the Zirconium Hydride Morphology at the Flaws in the CANDU Pressure Tube Using a Novel Metric by Alexandra Ion Jinga, Mărioara Abrudeanu, Vasile Radu, Alexandru Niţu, Livia Stoica, Denisa Toma, Mircea Ionuţ Petrescu

“…This work’s findings are beneficial for the investigation of CANDU fuel channels’ structural integrity.…”
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Tungsten impurity reduction by ICRH in a high power injection and high performance H-mode discharge on EAST by Zhen Zhou, Shengyu Shi, Ling Zhang, Tao Zhang, Xiaohe Wu, Yunxin Cheng, Wenmin Zhang, Chaowei Mai, Shengyu Fu, Yifei Jin, Xiang Jian, Kaixuan Ye, Lin Yu, Ziqiang Zhou, Jiuyang Ma, Shuqi Yang, Kangning Geng, Gongshun Li, Jia Huang, Fei Wen, Yunfeng Liang, Xiang Gao

“…Under this condition, the intensity of W unresolved transition array spectral structure in the region of 45–70 Ǻ (which is composed of W ^27+ -W ^45+ line emissions) and W ^44+ density through spectroscopy in the Extreme Ultraviolet region decreases markedly. …”
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Study of Chemical Intermediates by Means of ATR-IR Spectroscopy and Hybrid Hard- and Soft-Modelling Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least Squares by Junxiu Ma, Juan Qi, Xinyu Gao, Chunhua Yan, Tianlong Zhang, Hongsheng Tang, Hua Li

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the ability of online attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy combined with the novel approach of hybrid hard- and soft-modelling multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (HS-MCR) analysis to monitor and detect changes in structural properties of compound during 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole (DAT) synthesis processes. …”
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A Miniaturized Broadband and High Gain Planar Vivaldi Antenna for Future Wireless Communication Applications by Permanand Soothar, Hao Wang, Chunyan Xu, Yu Quan, Zaheer Ahmed Dayo, Muhammad Aamir, Badar Muneer

“…The proposed antenna structure consists of an aperture tapered profile and cavity stub fed with a simple 50 Ω strip line feeding network. …”
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Similarities and Differences between ICME-driven Shocks Observed by VEX (∼0.72 au) and WIND (∼1.0 au) by Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Xueshang Feng, Yi Wang, Qi Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Zhengyang Zou, Zhenning Shen

“…In each year, the annual medians of the shock angle for ICME-driven shocks at ∼1 au are consistently larger than those at ∼0.72 au, and the annual medians of the magnetic field ratio for events at ∼1 au are slightly smaller than those at ∼0.72 au. Planar magnetic structures (PMSs) downstream of ICME-driven shocks are also analyzed. …”
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Miniaturized Inset-Fed Microstrip Patch Sensor Based on Meander-Line Slot for Water Measurement Applications by Aya Khalid Hadi, Mahmood Farhan Mosleh, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed

“… This article introduces a high-sensitive microstrip-patch sensor-based meander-line slot structure for water measurement applications. The HFSS software tool is employed to design and simulate the proposed system. …”
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Image Transmission Utilizing Amplitude Modulation in Rydberg Atomic Antenna by Peng Zhang, Shaoxin Yuan, Mingyong Jing, Jinpeng Yuan, Hao Zhang, Linjie Zhang

“…The pixel information of the color image obtained by atomic demodulation realizes the high-fidelity digital color image transmission, with a root mean square error of 4.806, a mean square signal-to-noise ratio of 1.627, a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 29.998 and a structural similarity index of 0.9589. This study establishes an experimental groundwork for the utilization of Rydberg atomic antennas in ultra-wideband wireless communication and measurement.…”
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Bifunctional Electromagnetic Manipulation of Surface Waves Using Metasurfaces Under One Circularly Polarized Incidence by Min Kang, Lixing Chen, Shuaipeng Qin, Liang Ma, Aoxiang Rui, Shiqing Li

“…Constructed using carefully selected and arranged meta-atoms that possess both structural resonance and a geometric phase, this kind of meta-device can exhibit two distinct SPP manipulation functionalities in both co- and cross-polarized output channels under one CP incidence. …”
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Determination of Land Suitability Criteria for Maize Hybrid in Boalemo Regency Based on Optimum Yield and Selected Land Quality by null Nurdin, Asda Rauf, Yunnita Rahim, Echan Adam, Nikmah Musa, Fitriah Suryani Jamin, Suyono Dude, Rival Rahman, Hidayat Arismunandar Katili

“…A partial least square of structural equation model (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS 8.0 was used to select a robust land quality controlling hybrid maize yield, while the boundary line method was used to determine optimum yield and differentiating of land suitability criteria. …”
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An Investigation of Soil Profile Depth Change on Site Response Analysis by Fatma İlknur KARA, Barış Şahin

“…However, the application of this provision is almost difficult especially for the large span structures, and it requires additional cost. In this context, the soil profile evaluation has been made within the borders of Konak district of İzmir province for soil class "ZF" considering four different depths. …”
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Design and Analysis of Helical Cone Coil Heat Exchanger for Low Grade Heat Recovery by Ajay Hundiwale, Lokpriya Gaikwad, Sandeep Joshi

“…These coils feature a secondary fluid flow running in planes parallel to the primary flow within their helical structure. This study focuses on designing and analyzing a shell and helical cone coil heat exchanger, highlighting its ability to reduce unit size compared to a standard shell-and-tube heat exchanger operating under the same thermal load. …”
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Prediction Model of Phosphorus Content at the End Point of Electroslag Remelting Based on MI and XGBoost Algorithms by Liu　Yuxiao, Dong　Yanwu, Jiang　Zhouhua, Chen　Xi

“…Grid search cross-validation is employed for model structure adjustment and hyperparameter optimization. …”
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Characterization of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum GP258 by Prashantkumar Siddappa Chakra, Aishwarya Banakar, Shriram Narayan Puranik, Vishwas Kaveeshwar, C. R. Ravikumar, Devaraja Gayathri

“…The experimental outcomes confirmed the presence of hexagonal wurtzite-structured ZnO NPs with an average size of 10 nm. The colloidal system demonstrated excellent stability with a zeta potential of −60 mV. …”
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A multi-band dual-layer encoded microwave absorber with angle selectivity by Senfeng Lai, Jingyi Luo, Junxian Tan, Huiyuan Fu

“…To meet the pressing demands of modern wireless communication systems for controllable, angle-selective, transparent, and multi-band microwave absorbers, the designed absorber consists of upper and lower transparent coded structures with an intermediate air layer.Further analysis of the absorber’s operating principle revealed that under normal incidence conditions, the absorber exhibits four resonant peaks at 13.1 GHz, 25.0 GHz, 33.5 GHz, and 35.6 GHz, with absorption rates exceeding 99.8 %.Ultimately, we fabricated samples and measured their absorption performance within the frequency range of 0–26 GHz under experimental conditions. …”
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