Design and modeling of a highly compact negative index floral shape metamaterial for flight navigation applications by M. Pallavi, Praveen Kumar, B. R. Shivakumar

“…The results indicate that the proposed structure retains its DNG behavior in the desired frequency range, regardless of the incident angles. …”
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Técnicas de avanzada en el diagnóstico patológico de edificaciones:: "El Templete" de la Habana Vieja Advanced techniques in building pathology diagnosis:: "El Templete" of Old Hab... by José Armando Chávez Hernández, Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo, Carlos A Recarey Morfa, Fernando Sánchez García, Miguel Angel Maestre Mesa, Noel Pérez Martínez

“…This important building of the city has been suffering unusual structural lesions for a construction with those characteristics: small, robust construction, suitable materials, proper execution, and therefore an excellent structural stability. …”
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Factors influencing the efficiency of building materials self-cleaning with photocatalytically active components by P. I. Kiyko, T. N. Chernykh, V. P. Plesovskikh

“…The influence of added impurities on the structure of the material and the influence of the type and concentration of impurities on the efficiency of self-cleaning were revealed.Conclusions. …”
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High sensitivity tapered fiber refractive index biosensor using hollow gold nanoparticles by Parisa Borjikhani, Nosrat Granpayeh, Mohammad Ismail Zibaii

“…For the structure with HAuNPs thickness (2.5 nm), diameter (50 nm), and the fiber waist diameter of 10 μm, the wavelength sensitivity of 489.8 nm/RIU and full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 50 nm are obtained, which are better than those specifications in some other LSPR fiber sensors. …”
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Striving for an Alternative World Order: The Journey of Cuban Anti-Imperialism from History to Modernity by A. Z. Arabadzhyan

“…The article employs structural analysis to examine the evolution of Cuban antiimperialist ideology. …”
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Modeling of Surface Drainage during the Service Life of Asphalt Pavements Showing Long-Term Rutting: A Modular Hydromechanical Approach by Stefan Alber, Barbara Schuck, Wolfram Ressel, Ronny Behnke, Gustavo Canon Falla, Michael Kaliske, Sabine Leischner, Frohmut Wellner

“…In the second step, information about the long-term material behavior of the asphalt mixtures is integrated on the structural scale via a finite element (FE) tire-pavement model for steady-state rolling conditions and time homogenization in order to achieve a computationally efficient long-term prediction of inelastic deformations of the pavement surface (rut formation). …”
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Freeze-Thaw Performance of Silt Sand Treated with Lignin by Fu Zhu, Jiayu Li, Wenhao Jiang, Shuang Zhang, Weizhi Dong

“…The test results of soil microstructure indicated that, before freeze-thaw, the silt sand and silt sand treated with lignin were structurally compact; after freeze-thaw, the silt sand showed numerous cracks and pores and had a loose soil structure, whereas the silt sand treated with lignin showed fewer cracks and pores, and its soil structure was more compact under the encapsulation and filling action of cementitious materials. …”
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Protective Effect of Exercise Preconditioning on Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats Based on Autophagy by Qiang TANG, Jiyao ZHANG, Hongyu LI, Xue WANG, Xia YIN, Xuedong WANG, Zichen MU, Luwen ZHU

“…The ultrastructure and autophagic bodies of rat cardiac myocytes were observed by transmission electron microscopy, the infarct size was measured by Evans blue-TTC double staining, and the expression ofPI3K-Akt-mTOR signal pathway related proteins was detected by Western blot.Results:In the Sham group, the nuclear membrane was intact and continuous, the myofibrillar bundles arranged orderly, the structure of mitochondria was intact and no edema, the morphology of myocardial cells was normal, and no autophagic bodies were found; in the MIRI group, the myofibrillar bundles were loose and disordered with interstitial edema, mitochondria and myocardial cells were damaged seriously, the structure of cells was disordered, and autophagy was observed in the field of vision; in the EP group, some of sarcoplasmic reticulum was edema and expanding, mitochondrial structure was more complete with slight edema, myocardial cell was less damaged, and autophagy was less. …”
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Reservoir Physical Properties and Micropore Nanocharacteristics of Cores in the Shihezi Formation, Sudong District, Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin by Xin Zhang, Feng Wang, Shuyi Liang, Qintao Guo, Jingchun Tian, Bingyue Shen

“…In this study, the nanopore structure of the reservoir in the study area was analyzed. …”
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The nonlinear viscoelasticity and its asymmetry of UV-cured resin under large amplitude oscillatory axial (LAOA) loading by Qiang Zhang, Yangguang Xu, Rui Xiao, Xiangyu Li

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Community engagement initiatives in primary health care to achieve universal health coverage: A realist synthesis of scoping review. by Daniel Erku, Resham Khatri, Aklilu Endalamaw, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Anteneh Zewdie, Yibeltal Assefa

“…The Donabedian's model for quality of healthcare was used to categorise attributes of CE into "structure", "process" and "outcome".<h4>Results</h4>Themes related to the structural aspects of CE initiatives included the methodological approaches (i.e., format and composition), levels of CE (i.e., extent, time, and timing of engagement) and the support processes and strategies (i.e., skills and capacity) that are put in place to enable both communities and service providers to undertake successful CE. …”
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Older People's Perceptions of Well-Being by I.V. Vasileva, M.V. Chumakov

“… <p>The study is aimed at identifying the structure and content of elderly people's ideas about well-being. …”
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Enhancing peer assessment with artificial intelligence by Keith J. Topping, Ed Gehringer, Hassan Khosravi, Srilekha Gudipati, Kaushik Jadhav, Surya Susarla

“…Its objectives are to give the structure of the theoretical framework underpinning the study, synopsize a scoping review of the literature that illustrates this structure, and provide a case study which further illustrates this structure. …”
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Research on Method of Intelligent Mobile Internet Pipeline Deployment Strategy by Jiaojiao Ren, Jun Zhao

“…Policy deployment scheduling methods and strategies of the mobile internet smart pipe structure refinement were systematically studied.The deficiencies of existing methods were analyzed,and on the basis of the existing method,a fine method of intelligent pipeline deployment strategy was presented.…”
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A Proof of Łojasiewicz’s Theorem by Namhoon Kim

“…A formula defining the indefinite integral of a distribution with a basepoint is introduced, and further structural results are discussed.…”
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Institutional Tools of Innovative Modernization of Russian Megapolis Financial Market by S. A. Roshchektaev, A. N. Pogrebenko

“…It is shown that these institutions are focused on the integration of the economic space of the megapolis and the rational structuring of the financial market.…”
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Latin American States’ Multilateral Diplomacy by S. A. Krylov

“…This article reveals the mechanism of functioning of the multilateral diplomacy of the Latin American and Caribbean States on the subregional, regional level as well as in the biregional format and analizes the perspectives of the integrational processes in the Western hemisphere in the context of formation of a new world structure of the XXI century.…”
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MIMO Passive Control Systems Are Not Necessarily Robust by Jesús U. Liceaga-Castro, Irma I. Siller-Alcalá, Eduardo Liceaga-Castro, Luis A. Amézquita-Brooks

“…Moreover, it is shown that lack of robustness can be exposed via the multivariable structure function.…”
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C. McGinn. Why Is It Good to Be Alive? / trans. from Engl. R. L. Kochnev by R. L. Kochnev

“…It seems that the necessary grounds for such an attitude must be in the ontological structure of life itself. But an impartial analysis shows that the value of life is something external to life itself.…”
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A New Countermeasure against Brute-Force Attacks That Use High Performance Computers for Big Data Analysis by Hyun-Ju Jo, Ji Won Yoon

“…After explaining the statistical code scheme, we describe the structural code scheme, which has not been adopted as widely as the honey encryption.…”
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