Development of a Novel Fluorescence Assay Based on the Use of the Thrombin-Binding Aptamer for the Detection of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase Activity by Maria Tintoré, Anna Aviñó, Federico M. Ruiz, Ramón Eritja, Carme Fàbrega

“…The sequence also contains a fluorophore (fluorescein) and a quencher (dabsyl) attached to the opposite ends. In the unfolded structure, the fluorophore and the quencher are separated. …”
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Ga@MXene-based flexible wearable biosensor for glucose monitoring in sweat by Wensi Zhang, Shuyue Jiang, Hongquan Yu, Shilun Feng, Kaihuan Zhang

“…The three-dimensional porous structure of the Ga@MXene/CS biosensor ensures excellent conductivity and flexibility, making it suitable for a variety of applications.…”
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Three-Point Bending Behaviour of a Fabricated Concrete Connection with Steel Plate Hoop and Bolts by Dawei Yuan, Qingning Li, Jianpeng Sun, Jiaolei Zhang, Weishan Jiang

“…As the development of building industrialization and housing industrialization is speeding up in China, the application of precast concrete structure has been the research focus. The connection of prefabricated components is one of the key technologies in prefabricated concrete structure. …”
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Robust angle estimation method for noncircular targets in MIMO radar with mutual coupling by Xianpeng WANG, Yuehao GUO, Mengxing HUANG, Chong SHEN, Chunjie CAO, Wenlong FENG

“…A robust angle estimation method for noncircular targets based on unitary tensor decomposition with mutual coupling in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar was proposed.Firstly,utilizing the banded symmetric Toeplitz structure of the mutual coupling matrix to eliminate the influence of unknown mutual coupling in tensor field.Then a special augmented tensor was constructed to capture the no circularity and its inherent tensor multidimensional structure of noncircular signals.And taking advantage of the centro-Hermitian characteristic of the augmented tensor to transform the sub-tensor into real-values tensor by the unitary transformation.Finally,the signal subspace estimation based on tensor was obtained by taking advantage of the higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) technology,and then the direction-of-departure (DoD) and direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation was obtained by utilizing the real-values subspace technology.Due to the consideration of both the noncircularity and multidimensional structure,the proposed algorithm has better recognition performance than the existing angle estimation methods.At the same time,the proposed algorithm only requires real-valued operations and has lower computational complexity.Simulation experiments verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithm.…”
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Coupling Ratio-Based Design and Seismic Performance of Modular Prefabricated Hybrid Coupled Walls by Yun Shi, Yumin Zhang, Jianbo Dai, Guangyuan Weng

“…A CR-based seismic design procedure is determined such that the structure utilizes the lateral stiffness of the shear wall, which is necessary to avoid structural damage under frequently occurring earthquakes. …”
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Identifying Ambiguous Causal and Interfering Factors in Information Storage and Retrieval Systems by Mohammad Zamani, Mitra Ghiasi, Safiyeh Tahmasebi Limooni

“…Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, and analysis was performed using MAXQDA 20 software.Findings: "Inherent ambiguity" emerged as the most significant causal factor (25%), while "intentional ambiguity" and "sentence structural ambiguity" were the least significant (8.4%). …”
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Numerical Analysis of Dynamic Characteristics of Thermowell Based on Two-Way Thermo-Fluid-Solid Coupling by Yongchao Zhang, Lilin Ding, Mei Qi, Guangxia Bei

“…The improvement measures were studied by conducting a two-way thermal fluid-structure coupling simulation. The results of this study show that after installing the interference device and optimizing the installation angle the displacement deformation of the thermowell and the equivalent stress is reduced by 57.2% and 72.1%, respectively, which indicates the safety improvement of the thermowell structure and the effectiveness of the method. …”
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Water cycle modelling strengthened by probabilistic integration of field data for groundwater management of a quite unknown tropical volcanic hydrosystem by Dumont, Marc, Plagnes, Valérie, Lachassagne, Patrick, Guérin, Roger, Nugraha, Bayu, Mohamad, Febriwan, Oudin, Ludovic, Fadillah, Arif, Valdès, Danièle, Brocard, Gilles, Bonjour, Jean-Luc, Saadi, Mohamed, Esneu, Anne-Sophie, Muhammad, Aswar, Hendarmawan, Dörfliger, Nathalie

“…The structure of the aquifers was revealed with electrical resistivity tomography. …”
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Small-Scale Fishing and Salmon Farming en Aysén. Itinerary of a Critical Investigation into Development in Southern Chile by Gonzalo Saavedra Gallo

“…We referin particular to the dynamics of practical structuring, which reveal other—unconventional— anthropological dimensions to the process. …”
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Effectiveness of composite jacket strengthening of reinforced concrete columns under eccentric load after fire exposure by Mohammed Salah Dimia, Ahmed Rafik Belakhdar, Rachid Rabehi, Mohamed Baghdadi, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Julio Cesar Costa Campos

“…The results showed that the columns that were repaired and strengthened after the fire with the steel structure casing led to a significant increase in resistance. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Directional Solidification of DD5 Nickel-Based Single-Crystal Turbine Blades by Jianhui Wei, Min Lu, Libo Pi, Huan Zhao, Qian Lei

“…Two models with a wax module tree structure were employed for directional solidification simulation. …”
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Study on Sensitivity of Uncertainty Factors in Seismic Demand Analysis of Continuous Girder Bridges with Seismic Isolation Design by Ruotong Wang, Meng Liu, Junjie Wang

“…In order to clarify the influence of the uncertain parameters of a bridge numerical model for seismic isolation design on the calculation results of structural seismic demand and to improve the accuracy of bridge seismic isolation design, a refined numerical model of a seismic isolation continuous girder bridge was established. …”
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Vibration Characteristics and Power Flow Analyses of a Ship Propulsion Shafting System with General Support and Thrust Loading by Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du, Chuan Tian

“…Numerical study on power flow analysis is also conducted to investigate the characteristics of vibrational energy transmission in such practical structure. Results show that the stiffness of spatial bearing support has significant influence on vibrational energy transmission and thrust force will greatly affect the total input power into such structure.…”
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Unstructured Grid Solutions for Incompressible Laminar Flow over a Circular Cylinder Using a Particular Finite Volume-Finite Element Method by Mahdi Yousefifard, Parviz Ghadimi, Rahim Zamanian

“…Results have been compared with the structured grid results, both cases with equal cell numbers and same strategy for the mesh refinement. …”
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Exploratory Methods for the Study of Incomplete and Intersecting Shape Boundaries from Landmark Data by Fathi M. O. Hamed, Robert G. Aykroyd

“…Structured spatial point patterns appear in many applications within the natural sciences. …”
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Measuring the dark triad: a meta-analytical SEM study of two prominent short scales by Lukas A. Knitter, Jerome Hoffmann, Michael Eid, Tobias Koch

“…This research examines the factor structure and psychometric properties of two well-known Dark Triad personality trait questionnaires: the Short Dark Triad (SD3) and the Dirty Dozen (DD). …”
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON JIWA YANG BERSEDIH SONG LYRICS by Ida Ayu Putri Gita Ardiantari, Anak Agung Ayu Dian Andriyani, Ida Bagus Made Satya Swabawa

“…The data were then analyzed using discourse analysis theory which includes language, structure and context of song lyrics. This research used theory by Paltridge (2006) in analyzing discourse elements and Mitchell (2023) in analyzing the lyric structure. …”
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Managing negative linear compressibility and thermal expansion through steric hindrance: a case study of 1,2-bis(4′-pyridyl)ethane cocrystals by Ewa Patyk-Kaźmierczak, Kornelia Szymańska, Michał Kaźmierczak

“…Multicomponent crystals have great scientific potential because of their amenability to crystal engineering in terms of composition and structure, and hence their properties can be easily modified. …”
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A Speed Control Method for Underwater Vehicle under Hydraulic Flexible Traction by Yin Zhao, Ying-kai Xia, Ying Chen, Guo-Hua Xu

“…Sliding mode variable structure control theory for the nonlinear system allows an improved control effect for movements in “sliding mode” when compared with conventional control. …”
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Mesoscopic Numerical Computation of Compressive Strength and Damage Mechanism of Rubber Concrete by Z. H. Xie, Y. C. Guo, Q. Z. Yuan, P. Y. Huang

“…This paper presents the results of a study, based on the Walraven equation of the production of a mesoscopic random aggregate structure containing various rubber contents and aggregate sizes. …”
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