Boosting Li-Ion Battery Pack Lifespan with Active On-Load Balancing by Salam S. Hussein, Ahmed J. Abid, Adel A. Obed, Ameer L. Saleh, Reheel J. Hassoon

“…This approach provides crucial insights for the future development of improved battery systems. Therefore, Given the linearly decreasing target SoC, the average error over all time points is approximately 4.29%. …”
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Specific Features of Heatand Mass Transfer Processes in Road Dressings by B. M. Khroustalev, Tingguo Liu, V. D. Akeliev, Yu. H. Aliakseyeu, Jicun Shi, V. V. Zankovich

“…The road dressings are considered as open heterogeneous thermodynamic systems. Their deformations occur under various climatic conditions due to heat and mass transfer processes and interaction of transport flows and road surface. …”
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Behavioral intention to receive self-financed and fully-subsidized herpes zoster vaccines among community-living older adults in Hong Kong: A random telephone survey by Xue Liang, Erdi Gu, Doug H. Cheung, Danhua Ye, Fuk-Yuen Yu, Yuan Fang, Phoenix K.H. Mo, Zixin Wang

“…These findings highlight the need to promote HZ vaccination among older adults with similar health systems and immunization policies, even when vaccines are available for free to older adults.…”
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Analysing individual racism portrayal in Hanna Alkaf’s novel The Weight of Our Sky by Shue Wenn Yeoh, Mansour Amini, Kam-Fong Lee, Hu Oumeng

“…The depiction of individual racism in the novel encompasses overt and subtle forms of prejudice, although it does not extensively delve into systemic issues. The paper investigates the methods of implicit and explicit characterization, particularly in the protagonist who grapples with OCD, showcasing Melati’s psychological struggles. …”
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Parametric Study and Experimental Validation of Acoustic Leaky Wave Antenna in Spatial Localization by Alejandro Fernandez-Garrido, Maria Campo-Valera, Elena Abdo-Sanchez, Ruben Pico, Antonio-Javier Garcia-Sanchez, Rafael Asorey-Cacheda

“…This technology, applicable to underwater and airborne communications, offers compact and energy-efficient solutions, which facilitate the development of the “Underwater Internet of Things” and autonomous communication systems for underwater vehicles. This work presents a parametric study of this type of antennas with axisymmetric geometry by means of a numerical solution based on the Finite Element Method. …”
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Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigen Combinations: Antibody Detection in Dogs with Blastomycosis by Alex R. Boyd, Jamie L. VanDyke, Gene M. Scalarone

“…The systemic fungal infection, blastomycosis, which infects both humans and animals has presented a diagnostic challenge for clinicians for many years. …”
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A review of simulation and modeling approaches in microbiology by A. I. Klimenko, Z. S. Mustafin, A. D. Chekantsev, R. K. Zudin, Yu. G. Matushkin, S. A. Lashin

“…Bacterial communities are tightly interconnected systems consisting of numerous species making it challenging to analyze their structure and relations. …”
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Prepartum Vaccination Against Neonatal Calf Diarrhea and Its Effect on Mammary Health and Milk Yield of Dairy Cows: A Retrospective Study Addressing Non-Specific Effects of Vaccina... by Caroline Kuhn, Holm Zerbe, Hans-Joachim Schuberth, Anke Römer, Debby Kraatz-van Egmond, Claudia Wesenauer, Martina Resch, Alexander Stoll, Yury Zablotski

“…Further research is recommended to investigate potential non-specific vaccine effects on other organ systems, infectious diseases, and production metrics of the dairy cow.…”
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A Lightweight Network with Domain Adaptation for Motor Imagery Recognition by Xinmin Ding, Zenghui Zhang, Kun Wang, Xiaolin Xiao, Minpeng Xu

“…The results demonstrated the potential advantages of this method for practical applications in motor imagery recognition systems.…”
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Virtual Power Plant and Multi-prosumer Hybrid Game Strategy Based on Energy Sharing by QI Lei, GAO Yang, AI Qian

“…When constructing new power systems，the increasing number of prosumers with varying sizes，such as microgrids and commercial buildings，has to be considered. …”
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Fractal Characteristics of the Spatial Distribution of Mine Earthquake Sources in the Vicinity of a Fault: A Case Study in the Ashele Copper Mine by Congcong Zhao, Shigen Fu, Yinghua Huang

“…This study aims to introduce fractal theory to characterize the spatiotemporal activity fractal characteristics of induced faults intersecting the mining site and roadway during the mining process of the Ashele copper mine in China. Using microseismic systems and fractal theory, a spatiotemporal fractal model of the fault slip process is constructed, and a fractal analysis method is proposed. …”
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CEACAM5 exacerbates asthma by inducing ferroptosis and autophagy in airway epithelial cells through the JAK/STAT6-dependent pathway by Si Liu, Li Chen, Yunxiao Shang

“…Objectives Asthma, a prevalent chronic disease, poses significant health threats and burdens healthcare systems. This study focused on the role of bronchial epithelial cells in asthma pathophysiology.Methods Bioinformatics was used to identify key asthmarelated genes. …”
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Study on Molecular Recognition between Euphorbia Factor L713283 and β-Tubulin via Molecular Simulation Methods by Shan Chang, Hong-qiu He, Ren Kong, Zhen-jian Xie, Jian-ping Hu

“…In addition, we compared the binding pocket and motion modes of L713283-free and L713283-bound β-tubulin systems. It is proposed that L713283 may bind to β-tubulin and favor the formation of αβ-tubulin dimmer. …”
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Augmented electrical conductivity of hybrid graphene nanoplatelets carbon nanotubes polymer nanocomposites by the electro-magnetic field induced subbands by Mojtaba Haghgoo, Reza Ansari, Mohammad Kazem Hassanzadeh-Aghdam

“…The performance of polymer-based micro-electronic systems can be evolved by introducing hybrid graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) carbon nanotube (CNT) into the polymer matrix. …”
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A Secure and Reliable Fog-Enabled Architecture Using Blockchain With Functional Biased Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithm for Healthcare Services by charu awasthi, Satya Prakash, Prashant Kumar Mishra

“…Fog devices can process an enormous volume of information locally, are transportable, and can be deployed on a variety of systems. Because of its real-time processing and event reactions, it is ideal for healthcare. …”
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Multi-feature enhancement based on sparse networks for single-stage 3D object detection by Zunwang Ke, Chenyu Lin, Tao Zhang, Tingting Jia, Minghua Du, Gang Wang, Yugui Zhang

“…Despite the efficiency of pillar-based coding for onboard systems, it falls short in terms of accuracy and the reduction of incorrect positives. …”
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Michigan tobacco cessation champions: A rapid qualitative analysis by Devin C. Tomlinson, Chelsea Wilkins, Natalie Bayrakdarian, Frank Dolecki Jr., Erin E. Bonar, Anne Fernandez, Golfo Tzilos Wernette, Lara N. Coughlin

“…Conclusion: Across the themes identified in the present report, champions identified myriad areas for improvement in the tobacco cessation landscape, including: Appeal, accessibility, and the functionality of current systems. The community should strive to improve trust and relationships between providers and patients, as the trust established between these parties is imperative for promoting tobacco cessation. …”
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Rotational Flocking with Spontaneous Directional Changes by Xiaolu Liu, Guanbo Shao, Yudong Tang, Duxin Chen

“…To verify the theoretical derivation, we use high-resolution spatiotemporal GPS data of a flock of thirty pigeons and study the dynamical evolution mechanism of systemic spins. Therein, we find successful rotational direction transitions requiring a sufficient number of supporters. …”
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Insights from in vivo preclinical cancer studies with histotripsy by Tejaswi Worlikar, Timothy Hall, Man Zhang, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Michael Green, Clifford S. Cho, Zhen Xu

“…Promising preclinical results including local tumor suppression, improved survival outcomes, local and systemic anti-tumor immune responses, and histotripsy-induced abscopal effects have been reported in various animal tumor models. …”
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Unzipping of knotted DNA via nanopore translocation by Antonio Suma, Cristian Micheletti

“…DNA unzipping by nanopore translocation has implications in diverse contexts, from polymer physics to single-molecule manipulation to DNA–enzyme interactions in biological systems. Here we use molecular dynamics simulations and a coarse-grained model of DNA to address the nanopore unzipping of DNA filaments that are knotted. …”
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