Near‐room‐temperature π‐conjugated nematic liquid crystals in molecules with a flexible seven‐membered ring structure by Riki Iwai, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yuki Arakawa, Shunsuke Sasaki, Yuuto Iida, Kazunobu Igawa, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Satoshi Suzuki, Masatoshi Tokita, Junji Watanabe, Gen‐ichi Konishi

“…We attribute this large decrease in the phase transition temperature to large intramolecular conformational entropies that arise from the geometric change of the cyclic structure, which involves rotational motion of single biaryl‐bonds and bending motions along the long molecular axis in the thermal equilibrium state. …”
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Energy feature extraction and visualization of voltage sags using wavelet packet analysis for enhanced power quality monitoring by M. S. Priyadarshini, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…The study decomposes voltage sag signals into different frequency bands to extract key features for disturbance detection. …”
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Effects of UV-B light exposure during automatic milking on vitamin D levels in Holstein Friesian cows by Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Marko Jankovec, Jožica Ježek, Žiga Krušič, Stefan Mitterhofer, Jože Starič

“…UV-B exposure during automatic milking offers a novel, non-disruptive method for enhancing vitamin D levels in dairy cows.…”
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Multi-Temporal Image Fusion-Based Shallow-Water Bathymetry Inversion Method Using Active and Passive Satellite Remote Sensing Data by Jie Li, Zhipeng Dong, Lubin Chen, Qiuhua Tang, Jiaoyu Hao, Yujie Zhang

“…First, a median filter is applied to separate land and water pixels, eliminating the influence of adjacent land and water pixels. …”
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Assessing brain-muscle networks during motor imagery to detect covert command-following by Emilia Fló, Daniel Fraiman, Jacobo Diego Sitt

“…Brain-muscle networks were obtained using non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) of the coherence spectra for all the channel pairs. …”
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Fabrication of Cu: ZnO thin film sensor for ethanol vapor detection by Robin Simkhada, Dalton R. Gibbs, Soma Dhakal, Dipak Oli, Rishi Ram Ghimire, Deependra Das Mulmi, Leela Pradhan Joshi

“…The performance of such sensors is significantly enhanced by appropriate doping of suitable materials into MOS such as ZnO and SnO2. This work showcases the design, analysis, and use of a Cu-doped ZnO (Cu: ZnO) film tailored for detecting traces of ethanol vapor at lower temperatures. …”
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Intelligent Turning Tool Monitoring with Neural Network Adaptive Learning by Maohua Du, Peixin Wang, Junhua Wang, Zheng Cheng, Shensong Wang

“…Based on LabVIEW and MATLAB hybrid programming, the waveforms of signals are observed and the significant characteristics of signals are extracted through the time-frequency domain analysis and then the calculation of the energy proportion of each frequency band obtained using 4 levels of wavelet packet decompositions of the vibration signal as well as 8 levels of wavelet multiresolution decompositions of the AE signal; the ensuing Relief-F algorithm is used to further reextract the features that are most relevant to the tool state as input of neural network pattern recognition. …”
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Amphiphilic Ruthenium(II) Terpyridine Sensitizers with Long Alkyl Chain Substituted β-Diketonato Ligands: An Efficient Coadsorbent-Free Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Ashraful Islam, Surya Prakash Singh, Masatoshi Yanagida, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Liyuan Han

“…These complexes exhibit a broad metal-to-ligand charge transfer absorption band over the whole visible range extending up to 950 nm. …”
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Model Test and Back Analysis of Shield Tunnel Load Distribution in Soft Clay by Haoshuang Niu, Xiaolin Weng, Chao Tian, Deng Wang

“…Artificial clay is prepared by mixing kaolin, bentonite, loess, and river sand in proportions of 4 : 2: 3 : 1. Gypsum, water, and borax are mixed in proportions of 1 : 0.7 : 0.015 to simulate the tunnel lining. …”
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Conformational landscape of soluble α-klotho revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy by Nicholas J. Schnicker, Zhen Xu, Mohammad Amir, Lokesh Gakhar, Chou-Long Huang

“…Recent studies revealed that FGF23 contains two KLA-binding sites. Our computational studies revealed that each site binds separate KLA in the dimer. …”
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Study on Interaction Mechanism of Natural Gas Pipe-Landslide System Reinforced by Micropile Groups Based on Model Test by Wei Guan, Honggang Wu, Daoyong Wu, Lin Tang, Hong Wei

“…The pipeline welding port is the weak position of the pipeline; after the failure of the pile, the pipeline interface is first cracked, along the interface position along the two ends of the tear, and finally completely broken. …”
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Solid Sr2Ti1-xMnxO4 (x = 0; 0,01; 0,025; 0,05; 0,1) solutions with K2NiF4 structure by T.I. Chupakhina, A.M. Uporova, O.I. Gyrdashova, L.Yu. Buldakova, Y.A. Deeva, I.V. Baklanova, M.Yu. Yanchenko

“…Increasing the concentration of manganese in the solid solution composition effectively narrows the forbidden band width of strontium titanate from 3.5 eV to 2.5 eV for Sr2Ti0,9Mn0,1O4. …”
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Surveying the aftermath: a qualitative and semiquantitative study of post-COVID-19 sequelae in the lungs by Kurian C. Eapen, Leena Robinson Vimala, Barney Isaac, Aparna Irodi

“…Conclusion We qualitatively assessed the spectrum of post-COVID-19 sequelae in the lungs. The common findings included ground glass opacities, reticulations, and consolidations. …”
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A warpage-free Si3N4 slurry strategy for vat photopolymerization by Chi Huang, Liya Zheng, Zhilin Tian, Lei Shi, Bin Li

“…Samples with different layer thicknesses were printed, and the optimum thickness of 40 μm was obtained, at which the sintered Si3N4 samples possessed a unique combination of mechanical properties, including a bending strength of 338.29±12.08 MPa and a fracture toughness of 6.94±0.11 MPa·m1/2 for the loading direction perpendicular to the build surface and 5.37±0.99 MPa·m1/2 for the loading direction parallel to the build surface. …”
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Rebound Mechanism and Control of the Hard Main Roof in the Deep Mining Roadway in Huainan Mining Area by Denghong Chen, Chao Li, Xinzhu Hua, Xiaoyu Lu, Yongqiang Yuan, Chen Li

“…According to the criterion of tensile failure, the maximum bending moment of the top beam is 209 mN·m at the side of the working face 3.1 m away from the roadway side when K1 = 0.15 and K2 = 0.10, and the whole hard main roof is in tensile failure except the junction. …”
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Development and Validation of Cloud-based Heart Rate Variability Monitor by Sushma N. Bhat, Ghanshyam D. Jindal, Gajanan D. Nagare

“…Peak positions and spectrum values are validated using Pearson’s correlation, mean error, standard deviation (SD) of error, and range of error. HRV parameters such as total power, mean, peak amplitude, and power in very low frequency, low frequency, and high frequency bands are validated using Mann–Whitney U-test. …”
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Dual-Polarized Wideband Filtering Antenna Array Based on Stacked-PCB Structure by Matti Kuosmanen, Sten E. Gunnarsson, Johan Malmstrom, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Jari Holopainen, Ville Viikari

“…The low-pass filtering in the antenna elements reduces the requirement for the front-end filtering between the antenna and the microwave electronics, resulting in improved overall out-of-band suppression, size reduction, and lower cost. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEUKEMIC EVOLUTION AND UNCOMMON CHROMOSOMAL ALTERATIONS IN PEDIATRIC MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME by Viviane Lamim Lovatel, Beatriz Ferreira da Silva, Eliane Ferreira Rodrigues, Maria Luiza Rocha da Rosa Borges, Rita de Cássia Barbosa Tavares, Ana Paula Silva Bueno, Elaine Sobral da Costa, Terezinha de Jesus Marques, Teresa de Souza Fernandez

“…Methods: The cytogenetic analysis was performed in 200 pMDS patients by G-banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization between 2000 to 2022. …”
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Interindividual Variability Response to Resistance and High-Intensity Interval Training on Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertensive Older Adults by Johnattan Cano-Montoya, Nicolas Hurtado, Carolina Núñez Vergara, Sebastián Báez Vargas, Marcela Rojas-Vargas, Sergio Martínez-Huenchullán, Cristian Alvarez, Mikel Izquierdo

“…RT utilized elastic bands, and HIIT involved cycle ergometers, with three weekly 30 min sessions for 8 weeks. …”
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Harm minimisation for self-harm: a cross-sectional survey of British clinicians’ perspectives and practices by Alexandra Pitman, Nicola Morant, Faraz Mughal, Sarah L Rowe, Aishah Madinah Haris, Evelina Bakanaite

“…Commonly recommended techniques were snapping rubber bands on one’s wrist and squeezing ice. Other techniques, such as teaching use of clean instruments when self-harming, were less likely to be recommended. …”
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