Investigation of customized total knee implant with articular cartilage under loading conditions using finite element analysis. by Shady A Alshewaier, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar, Ali Ahmed Ali Almakrami, S Sabarunisha Begum, Ahmad Alassaf, Ibrahim AlMohimeed, S Meenatchi Sundaram, Dheeraj Poojary, Natteri M Sudharsan, Eddie Y K Ng

“…West Asians, who frequently engage in activities involving bending and kneeling during their prayers, tend to exhibit distinct bone anatomy compared to the Caucasian population. …”
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Influence of a Two-Stage Sintering Process on Characteristics of Porous Ceramics Produced with Sewage Sludge and Coal Ash as Low-Cost Raw Materials by Esam Al-Qadhi, Gaiye Li, Yaxing Ni

“…The properties investigated are apparent porosity, bulk density, compressive strength, and linear shrinkage. On the one hand, the results show that the major content of the raw materials is silica (SiO2). …”
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Green synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic performance of Co-Doped CuO nanoparticles for efficient degradation of synthetic dyes and water splitting by Daniel Masekela, Lovedonia K. Kganyakgo, Kwena D. Modibane, Tunde L. Yusuf, Sheriff A. Balogun, Wilson M. Seleka, Edwin Makhado

“…The optical and electrochemical properties, including the energy band gap, transient photocurrent response (TPR), and charge-transfer resistance (Rct), were assessed using chronoamperometry (CA), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), respectively. …”
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Altered Brain Activity and Effective Connectivity within the Nonsensory Cortex during Stimulation of a Latent Myofascial Trigger Point by Xinglou Li, Meiling Luo, Yan Gong, Ning Xu, Congcong Huo, Hui Xie, Shouwei Yue, Zengyong Li, Yonghui Wang

“…The parameter wavelet amplitude (WA) was used to describe cortical activation, EC to show brain network connectivity, and main coupling direction (mCD) to exhibit the dominant connectivity direction in different frequency bands. An increasing trend of WA and a decreasing trend of EC values were observed in the PFC. …”
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Synthetic Method and Oil Displacement Capacity of Nano-MoS2 by Liang Zhang, Fujian Zhou, Guofa Lei, Bingyu Ge, Yuan Li, Guolin Yu, Longhao Zhao, Bojun Li, Erdong Yao

“…The layer gap reaches to 0.7 nm, and the number of stacked layers is 3~4 layers. Strong Raman bands are observed at 137 cm-1, 291 cm-1, and 391 cm-1, which indicates that the synthesized product is 1T MoS2. …”
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Effects of nitrogen fertilizer application rate on lodging resistance for rice (Oryza sativa L.) stem by Yuya Lu, Jiehao Cui, Shuying Bao, Weiyang Liu, Yanqiu Geng, Xuanhe Liang, Shangze Li, Liying Guo, Xiwen Shao

“…Concurrently, the fracture bending point (s) and lodging resistance of the rice stem exhibited a gradual decline. …”
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Image-Driven Hybrid Structural Analysis Based on Continuum Point Cloud Method with Boundary Capturing Technique by Kyung-Wan Seo, Junwon Park, Sang I. Park, Jeong-Hoon Song, Young-Cheol Yoon

“…Unlike the finite element method (FEM), it can avoid aligning boundary nodes with regression points. A three-point bending test of a rubber beam was simulated to validate the developed technique. …”
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Cohort profile: Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Study, a prospective cohort study of older adults in England by Sarah E Lamb, Christian D Mallen, M Watson, Julie Bruce, S Dutton, S Petrou, Lesley Ward, Maria T Sanchez Santos, Esther Williamson, Angela Garrett, Alana Morris, O Conway, F Darton, D Hagan, D Haywood, A Hewitt, I Marian, L Nevay, P Nicolson, M Slark, K Vadher, E Williamson, N Arden, K Barker, G Collins, J Fairbank, J Fitch, D French, F Griffiths, Z Hanson, C Hutchinson

“…The majority of participants (n=5367) also consented for research team to access their UK National Health Service (NHS) Digital and primary healthcare records.Findings to date Mean participant age was 74.9 years (range 65–100); 51.5% (n=2784/5409) were women. 94.9% of participants were white, and 28.8% lived alone. …”
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A Comparative Study of Coprecipitation and Solvothermal Techniques for Synthesizing Pure and Cu-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles by Chnar I. Hussain, Yousif M. Hassan, Farah A. Abed

“…When we doped SnO2 with 4% Cu, this band gap energy decreased to 3.75 eV and 3.9 eV. …”
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Effects of Homogeneous Doping on Electron–Phonon Coupling in SrTiO₃ by Minwoo Park, Suk Bum Chung

“…This motivated us to apply density functional theory to Nb-doped STO to analyze how the phonon band structures and the electron–phonon coupling evolve with doping. …”
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Influence of mechanical stress on biomass allocation in three species (Pachira aquatica Aubl., Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff and Simarouba amara Aubl.) with contrasting postur... by Barbara Ghislain, Sabrina Coste, Grégory Faure, Jocelyn Cazal, Jonathan Prunier, Bruno Clair

“…This study evidenced that the restoration of verticality does not imply an overall cost for trees but modifies growth kinetics and biomass allocation to organs and tissues, improving the posture control of the trees in the three species. Context All trees need a motor system to correct their position through the generation of asymmetric tensile stress around the stem, leading to active bending. …”
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Enhancing cracking resistance in semi-flexible pavements using an interfacial immersion method by Xiaoyu Liu, Kuanghuai Wu, Giovanni Giacomello, Yunpeng Yue, Fengming Ren, Xu Cai, Marco Pasetto

“…Three strengths of grout materials were applied to investigate the cracking resistance of SFP through the dynamic modulus and four-point bending fatigue tests after the interface modification. …”
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Beta oscillations predict the envelope sharpness in a rhythmic beat sequence by Sabine Leske, Tor Endestad, Vegard Volehaugen, Maja D. Foldal, Alejandro O. Blenkmann, Anne-Kristin Solbakk, Anne Danielsen

“…With the current EEG study, we show that the predicted sharpness of the amplitude envelope is encoded by pre-target neural activity in the beta band (15–25 Hz), and has an impact on the temporal perception of target sounds. …”
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Conjugated Polyvinyl Alcohol Modified SnO2 for Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI) by Shaojie Chen, Yuanyuan Luo, Yuhan Xu, Ying Chen, Yinxing Jiang, Zhao Li, Lin Tian, Furong Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Jing Li

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Investigation of Reinforced Concrete Column Containing Metakaolin and Fly Ash Cementitious Materials by R. Dharmaraj, Sudhir Singh Bhadauria, K. Mayilsamy, J. Thivya, Alagar Karthick, I. Baranilingesan, V. Mohanavel, M. Muhibbullah, Sameh M. Osman

“…All small columns were tested with concentrated compression, whereas long columns were investigated with little concentration and uniaxial bending. The compressive strength of HPC with 7.5 percent metakaolin and 10 percentage fly ash (MR6) is 59 MPa, 7.34% greater than the compressive strength of reference concrete.…”
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Cracked components under anti-plane loading: recent outcomes and future developments by F. Berto

“…Calculation of the SED shows that the position of the maximum SED is independent of plate thickness. …”
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Using Passive BCI for Personalization of Assistive Wearable Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Asghar Mahmoudi, Morteza Khosrotabar, Klaus Gramann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Maziar A. Sharbafi

“…However, personalizing the assistance to individual preferences and needs remains a challenge. Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) offers a promising solution for this personalization problem. …”
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Enhanced Photo-Catalytic Degradation of MB Dye over Hydrothermal Grown-Up of ZnO/SnO2 Catalyst by Govinda Dharmana, Santhosh Kumar Nadikatla, Thirumala Rao Gurugubelli, Balaga Viswanadham

“…The optical band gaps of ZnO (3.37 eV), SnO2 (3.6 eV), and Z-S heterostructure (2.84 eV) are inferred by UV-DRS analysis, together with evidence for the red shift. …”
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D-Shaped Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Structure in Bridge Engineering by Yuan Liu, Wei Wang, Changqing Wang, Shuosong Bi, Jianming Zhu

“…In this study, the D-shaped concrete-filled steel tube member was used as the research object, and the load-displacement curve of the D-shaped concrete-filled steel tube compression-bending member was analyzed by the fiber model program. …”
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Time-resolved Hubble Space Telescope UV Observations of an X-Ray Quasiperiodic Eruption Source by T. Wevers, M. Guolo, S. Lockwood, A. Mummery, D. R. Pasham, R. Arcodia

“…Their multiwavelength properties are poorly constrained, as studies have focused almost entirely on the X-ray band. Here, we report on time-resolved, coordinated Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet (FUV) and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the shortest period X-ray QPE source currently known, eRO-QPE2. …”
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