Fine-tuning d-p hybridization in Ni-B x cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production by Haoyu Long, Xidong Zhang, Zhenyi Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Jiaguo Yu, Huogen Yu

“…X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy and theoretical calculations reveal that increasing B-atom amount in the Ni-B x cocatalyst gradually strengthens the d-p orbital interaction between Ni3d and B2p , resulting in a consecutive d-band broadening and controllable d-band center on Ni active sites. …”
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Transcutaneous Intraluminal Impedance Measurement for Minimally Invasive Monitoring of Gastric Motility: Validation in Acute Canine Models by Michael D. Poscente, Gang Wang, Dobromir Filip, Polya Ninova, Gregory Muench, Orly Yadid-Pecht, Martin P. Mintchev, Christopher N. Andrews

“…Normalized one-minute baseline and post-neostigmine gastric motility indices (GMIs) were calculated and Pearson correlation coefficients (PCCs) between cutaneous and FT GMIs were obtained. …”
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A Proof-of-Concept for Safety Evaluation of Inhalation Exposure to Known Respiratory Irritants Using In Vitro and In Silico Methods by Nikaeta Sadekar, Holger Peter Behrsing, Tanja Hansen, Vivek Patel, Hazel Paulo, Alex Rae, Detlef Ritter, Katharina Schwarz, Anne Marie Api

“…A > 100-fold margin of exposure was calculated comparing lowest concentrations showing in vitro effects to in silico simulated values. …”
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Modelling Improvements in Cell Yield of Banked Umbilical Cord Blood and the Impact on Availability of Donor Units for Transplantation into Adults by Natasha Kekre, Jennifer Philippe, Ranjeeta Mallick, Susan Smith, David Allan

“…The number of suitable UCB units was calculated based on hypothetical recipient weight of 50 kg, 70 kg, and 90 kg and was repeated for a 10%, 20%, and 30% increase in the fraction of cells surviving storage. …”
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Investigation on steady-state temperature field by a novel laminated tooth for multi-tooth in harmonic gear drive by Wang Shuyan, Chen Hongwei, Zhang Xinyi, Guo Shuming, Lin Zebin, Chen Bingkui

“…In this paper, the internal relationship between instantaneous multi-tooth meshing and single-tooth continuous meshing was first investigated. Calculation methods for tooth load stress, relative speed at meshing points, and friction coefficient in multi-tooth meshing were established, and a long-axis laminated single-tooth meshing model temperature field reflecting multi-tooth meshing was constructed. …”
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Highly Sensitive Amperometric α-Ketoglutarate Biosensor Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanocomposites by Gang Peng, Yadong Yu, Xiaojun Chen, He Huang

“…The recovery and the RSD values were calculated in the range of 97.9–102.4% and 3.8–4.5%, respectively, showing a great prospect for its real application.…”
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Chaos Game Optimization with stacked LSTM sequence to sequence autoencoder for malware detection in IoT cloud environment by Moneerah Alotaibi, Ghadah Aldehim, Mashael Maashi, Mashael M. Asiri, Faheed A.F. Alrslani, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Ayman Yafoz, Raed Alsini

“…IoT devices are linked to cloud-based services offering storage, calculating, and analytics abilities. However, these devices are also exposed to malware attacks that could cause significant damage. …”
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Properties of Wood Powder Sheets Extruded with Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose and Citric Acid after Heating by Hiroyuki Hiratsuka, Xiangyu Tao, Yuki Tokunaga, Hiroshi Nonaka

“…The overall activation energy, calculated from the weight loss during heating, was as low as 46 kJ/mol, indicating that the dehydration and crosslinking of HPMC could occur easily. …”
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Experimental Study on Vibration Reduction Technology of Hole-by-Hole Presplitting Blasting by Jun Ma, Xianglong Li, Jianguo Wang, Zihao Tao, Ting Zuo, Qiang Li, Xiaohua Zhang

“…By comparing the monitored vibration velocity of the two presplitting blasting tests and the forecast results of theoretical calculation, the average reduction rate of the conventional same row blasting vibration is 26.40%, while that of the hole-by-hole blasting vibration can reach 41.45% with a half hole rate of 80.7% and an irregularity of about 130 mm. …”
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Probabilistic assessment of the cumulative risk from dietary heavy metal exposure in Chongqing, China using a hazard-driven approach by Jiahui Chen, Jingrong Chen, Mintao Li, Ping Feng, Mei Qin, Ting Chen, Shuquan Luo, Jian Zhao, Xiaofeng Yan, Jinyao Chen, Xuemei Lian, Huadong Zhang, Jiao Huo

“…The cumulative risk was calculated and evaluated using Monte Carlo modeling and the modified Reference Point Index (mRPI) method. …”
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Towards accurate anomaly detection for cloud system via graph-enhanced contrastive learning by Zhen Zhang, Zhe Zhu, Chen Xu, Jinyu Zhang, Shaohua Xu

“…Finally, GCAD utilizes a reconstruction technique to calculate anomaly scores, facilitating the evaluation of the state of the cloud system at each time point. …”
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The genomic copy number determination of improved Cre in transgenic mice using standards derived from megaprimer PCR constructed tandem repeats by Ge Diao, Min Tian, Runbo Li, Jie Huang, Jian Han, Jianxin Guo

“…The R2 values of the standard curves exceeded 0.99. The calculated CNR value of the quality control sample was satisfactory. …”
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Revised dietary exposure assessment of the food enzyme thrombin from cattle (bovines) and pig's blood by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Daniele Cavanna, Giulio Di Piazza, Yi Liu

“…The dietary exposure was calculated to be below 0.0001 mg total organic solids/kg body weight (bw) per day in European populations. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Mycophenolate Mofetil as Its Charge-Transfer Complexes with Two π-Acceptors by K. B. Vinay, H. D. Revanasiddappa, M. S. Raghu, Sameer. A. M. Abdulrahman, N. Rajendraprasad

“…The apparent molar absorptivity values are calculated to be 1.06×103 and 3.87×103 L mol−1 cm−1, respectively, and the corresponding Sandell’s sensitivities are 0.4106 and 0.1119 μg cm−1. …”
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Research on a Surface Roughness Measurement Under ResNet-Based Roughness Classification and Light-Section With Seam-Driven Image Stitching (RCLS) by Huashen Guan, Qiushen Cai, Xiaobin Li, Guofu Sun

“…Least square was also adopted to calculate the optical band edge curve and contour midline. …”
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Prediction of tuberculosis-specific mortality for older adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by Sihua Wang, Ruohua Gu, Pengfei Ren, Yu Chen, Di Wu, Linlin Li

“…The cumulative incidence function (CIF) was calculated for both TSM and non-tuberculosis-specific mortality (non-TSM). …”
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Antibacterial, Antifungal and Cytotoxic Properties as well as Molecular Docking Evaluation of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles by Mojgan Taebi, Mahnaz Amiri, Niloofar Rashidi, Mahsa Sistani, Sanaz Hadizadeh, Razieh Razavi, Ali Reza Farzinnejad, Meysam Ahmadi Zeidabadi, Somayeh Karami Mohajeri

“…Molecular docking calculations revealed the binding energy between Ag metal and bacteria. …”
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Characteristics of Stress, Crack Evolution, and Energy Conversion of Gas-Containing Coal under Different Gas Pressures by Zhizhen Zhang, Yixin Niu, Xiaoji Shang, Xingguang Liu, Feng Gao

“…In order to study the meso-mechanism of deformation, crack evolution, and energy conversion of gas-containing coal under loads, considering the gas pressure and adsorption expansion, the gas-solid coupling calculation program of MatDEM software was developed, and the triaxial compression process of gas-containing coal under different gas pressures was numerically simulated. …”
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Characterizing vegetation and return periods in avalanche paths using lidar and aerial imagery by Erich H. Peitzsch, Chelsea Martin-Mikle, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Daniel Fagre

“…We implemented a novel approach using lidar, aerial imagery, and a random forest model to classify imagery-observed vegetation within avalanche paths in southern Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. We calculated spatially explicit avalanche return periods using a physically based spatial interpolation method and characterized the vegetation within those return period zones. …”
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Efficient direct formic acid electrocatalysis enabled by rare earth-doped platinum-tellurium heterostructures by Xin Lin, Shize Geng, Xianglong Du, Feiteng Wang, Xu Zhang, Fang Xiao, Zhengyi Xiao, Yucheng Wang, Jun Cheng, Zhifeng Zheng, Xiaoqing Huang, Lingzheng Bu

“…Density functional theory calculations further reveal that Y doping enhances HCOO* intermediate adsorption and suppresses CO intermediate formation, thereby promoting FAOR kinetics. …”
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