Microsegregation and Solidification Shrinkage of Copper-Lead Base Alloys by B. Korojy, L. Ekbom, H. Fredriksson

“…The volume change during solidification was measured for the Cu-Pb and the Cu-Sn-Pb systems using a dilatometer that was developed to investigate the melting and solidification processes. …”
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A UWB Band-Pass Antenna with Triple-Notched Band Using Common Direction Rectangular Complementary Split-Ring Resonators by Bo Yan, Di Jiang, Ruimin Xu, Yuehang Xu

“…The proposed antenna can block interfering signals from C-band satellite communication systems, IEEE802.11a, and HIPERLAN/2 WLAN systems for example. …”
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Erratum to ‘Role of nanotechnology in neurosurgery: A review of recent advances and their applications’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024)100298)] by Javed Iqbal, Evan Courville, Syed Faraz Kazim, Michael Kogan, Meic H. Schmidt, Christian A. Bowers

“…These nanoparticles exhibit significant potential in medicine, including in imaging techniques and diagnostic tools, tissue-engineered constructs, drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical therapeutics, and implants. …”
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Optimal Packet Length for Free-Space Optical Communications with Average SNR Feedback Channel by Ghassan Alnwaimi, Hatem Boujemaa, Kamran Arshad

“…In this article, a method to enhance data rates of free-space optical (FSO) systems using packet length optimization is proposed. …”
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Optimizing Credit Card Fraud Detection: A Genetic Algorithm Approach with Multiple Feature Selection Methods by Sunil Kumar Patel, Devina Panday

“…To protect our financial security, it is crucial to develop robust and accurate fraud detection systems that stay one step ahead of the fraudsters. …”
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State and culture in sustainability transformations: structural power, democracy, and the promise of a Marcusian cultural politics of critical meaning-making by Marit Hammond

“…The concept of sustainability transformation highlights the need not merely for new environmental policies but for transformational change of societal systems in response to the ecological crisis, including a profound shift in values, ideas, and cultural meanings. …”
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Laser Photobiomodulation for a Complex Patient with Severe Hydroxyurea-Induced Oral Ulcerations by Marco Cabras, Adriana Cafaro, Alessio Gambino, Roberto Broccoletti, Ercole Romagnoli, Davide Marina, Paolo G. Arduino

“…In the present study, we report the case of a patient with persistent oral ulcerations, possibly related to long-lasting HU treatment, firstly treated with topic and systemic corticosteroids and then more effectively with the addition of low-level laser therapy. …”
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Phosphorus Dynamics and Impacts on Potato Production in Northeast Florida by Joris Van Zeghbroeck, Guodong Liu, Yuncong Li

“…New fertilizers and management strategies should be researched in the TCAA to find methods that maintain yields while reducing the environmental impact of potato cropping systems.  …”
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Avoiding the Inherent Limitations in Datasets Used for Measuring Aesthetics When Using a Machine Learning Approach by Adrian Carballal, Carlos Fernandez-Lozano, Nereida Rodriguez-Fernandez, Luz Castro, Antonino Santos

“…An important topic in evolutionary art is the development of systems that can mimic the aesthetics decisions made by human begins, e.g., fitness evaluations made by humans using interactive evolution in generative art. …”
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Reidel’s Thyroiditis, a Diagnostic and Management Challenge: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yassine Er-Rahali, Mohammed Massine El Hammoumi, Jad Issouani, Colna Antonio Nfad, Souad El Moussaoui, El Hassane Kabiri, Ahmed Anass Guerboub

“…It may also be associated with different forms of systemic fibrotic disorders. The exact etiology is unknown, but currently, the most favorable opinion is that it is a localized form of the systemic fibrotic process. …”
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The new classification of periodontal and perimplant conditions and diseases from an evolutionary perspective by Carla María García San Juan, Rubén Darío García Núñez, Maria Aurelia San Juan Bosch

“…The articles were identified through the automated search in the SCOPUS and GOOGLE reference systems databases. 16 original articles were selected. …”
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The ABC transporter Opp imports reduced glutathione, while Gsi imports glutathione disulfide in Escherichia coli by Lisa R. Knoke, Maik Muskietorz, Lena Kühn, Lars I. Leichert

“…Glutathione is the major thiol-based antioxidant in a wide variety of biological systems, ranging from bacteria to eukaryotes. As a redox couple, consisting of reduced glutathione (GSH) and its oxidized form, glutathione disulfide (GSSG), it is crucial for the maintenance of the cellular redox balance. …”
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Inflammation and Hypertension: Are There Regional Differences? by Patricio López-Jaramillo, Carlos Velandia-Carrillo, Julie Álvarez-Camacho, Daniel Dylan Cohen, Tatiana Sánchez-Solano, Gabriela Castillo-López

“…The concentration of proinflammatory cytokines is higher in the Latin American population than that reported in developed countries, suggesting a higher susceptibility to develop systemic low-degree inflammation at a given level of abdominal obesity. …”
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Review and Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Array Fault Detection and Diagnosis Techniques by Albert Yaw Appiah, Xinghua Zhang, Ben Beklisi Kwame Ayawli, Frimpong Kyeremeh

“…Consequently, installation and utilization of PV power systems have seen much growth in recent years. Although PV arrays of such systems are robust, they are not immune to faults. …”
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Automatic Identification of Narratives: Evaluation Framework, Annotation Methodology, and Dataset Creation by Jesus M. Fraile-Hernandez, Anselmo Penas, Pablo Moral

“…Keeping in mind the goal of comparing systems performance, we explore how to reduce the annotation time while maintaining the reliability of the evaluation. …”
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Assessment of Learners’ Motivation during Interactions with Serious Games: A Study of Some Motivational Strategies in Food-Force by Lotfi Derbali, Claude Frasson

“…Serious games and intelligent systems can greatly benefit from using these results to enhance and adapt their interventions.…”
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SviaB: Secure and verifiable multi‐instance iris remote authentication using blockchain by Mahesh Kumar Morampudi, Munaga V. N. K. Prasad, Surya Narayana Raju Undi

“…Abstract Homomorphic encryption (HE) is the most widely explored research area in the construction of privacy‐preserving biometric authentication systems because of its advantages over cancellable biometrics and biometric cryptosystems. …”
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Flexible analytic wavelet transform in a EEG based brain computer Interface Paradigm: a study in end users with mo-tor disabilities by Oana-Diana Hrisca-Eva

“…Motor imagery electroencephalogram based brain computer interface systems can help people with disabilities to communicate with an external device and to realize rehabilitation therapies. …”
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Integration of Frequency Domain Wideband Antenna Nulling and Wavenumber Domain Image Formation for Multi-Channel SAR by M. Bucciarelli, D. Pastina, D. Cristallini, M. Sedehi, P. Lombardo

“…A Multichannel Synthetic Aperture Radar (M-SAR) exploiting an antenna nulling based Electronic Counter-Counter Measures (ECCM) technique shall be able to cancel the effects of noise-like interferences over the collected SAR data. Since SAR systems often work with wide bandwidths to provide high resolution images, ECCM technique must account for the presence of wideband interference signal. …”
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Petri Net Model for Serious Games Based on Motivation Behavior Classification by Moh. Aries Syufagi, Mochamad Hariadi, Mauridhi Hery Purnomo

“…Petri nets are graphical and mathematical tool for modeling, analyzing, and designing discrete event applicable to many systems. They can be applied to game design too, especially to design serous game. …”
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