A Selective Ink Deposition Method for the Cost-Performance Optimization of Inkjet-Printed UHF RFID Tag Antennas by J. Virtanen, J. Virkki, A. Z. Elsherbeni, L. Sydänheimo, L. Ukkonen

“…A selective ink deposition method is proposed for fabricating inkjet-printed passive UHF RFID tag antennas with optimized cost-performance ratios. …”
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Energy Efficient Homes: Landscaping by Terry B. DelValle, Joan Bradshaw, Barbra Larson, Kathleen C. Ruppert

“…Ruppert, describes the important role landscaping plays in modifying the home environment, how to plan, cultivate, and maintain landscapes that are energy efficient, provide wind protection, and contribute active or passive cooling. Includes references. One of an Energy Efficient Homes series. …”
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Off-Road Motorbike Performance Analysis Using a Rear Semiactive EH Suspension by Jorge de-J. Lozoya-Santos, Damián Cervantes-Muñoz, Juan Carlos Tudón-Martínez, Ricardo A. Ramírez-Mendoza

“…The motorcycle dynamics, as well as the passive, and semiactive dampers, and the algorithm controlled shock absorber models are loaded into BikeSim, a professional two-wheeled vehicle simulation software, and tested in several road conditions. …”
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Quelles représentations du quartier idéal à La Réunion ? Une réflexion sur les modes d’habiter et la qualité de vie comme indicateurs de la durabilité urbaine by Amandine Junot, Jean-Philippe Praene

“…The results highlight that the representations were related to outdoor lifestyle where nature and community are crucial and could influence the perception of new sustainable objects as density, passive building, soft mobility or social cohesion.…”
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Sensitivity Analysis of a Physiochemical Interaction Model Undergoing Changes in the Initial Condition and Duration of Experiment Time by EN Ekaka-a, EO Chukwuocha, NM Nafo

“…These results which we have not seen elsewhere are analysed and discussed quantitatively. Keywords: Passivation Rate, Sensitivity Analysis, ODE23, ODE45 J. …”
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Methodology of determining of the transfer function of engagement kinematics of accelerations of an aircraft and its elliptic coordinates in alternative representation by V. V. Legkostup

“…The key feature of the hyperbola navigation method is the ability to reduce the number of navigation positions by one when the on-board navigation equipment operates in a passive mode, carrying out only the reception of navigation information, like consumers of satellite navigation information.…”
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Ciência e resistência em tempos de pandemia by Roberta Ferreira Coelho de Andrade, Aldair Oliveira de Andrade, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Wagner dos Reis Marques Araujo

“…Nesse sentido, convidamos os leitores a fazerem um passeio epistemológico nesta edição. Boa leitura! …”
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Assessment of the Quality of Financial Statements of Government-Owned Enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Amira Pobrić

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Changes in Corticospinal Tract Consistency after Dry Needling in a Stroke Patient by Masoome Ebrahimzadeh, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Iraj Abdollahi, Behnam Akhbari, Jan Dommerholt

“…In terms of wrist mobility, both active and passive extension ROM exhibited favorable improvements, with an increase of 12° for active extension and 16° for passive extension. …”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

“…Diabetes, smoking and passive smoking contribute significantly to the burden of disease and mortality from BC, with diabetes playing a more impactful role than the other risk factors. …”
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Judicious Molecular Design of 5H‑Dithieno[3,2‑b:2′,3′‑d]Pyran‐based Hole‐Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells by Kun‐Mu Lee, Chia‐Hui Lin, Chia‐Chi Chang, Ting‐Yu Yang, Wei‐Hao Chiu, Wei‐Chen Chu, Ya‐Ho Chang, Sie‐Rong Li, Shih‐I Lu, Hsiao‐Chi Hsieh, Kang‐Ling Liau, Chia Hui Hu, Chih‐Hung Chen, Yun‐Shuo Liu, Wei‐Chun Chou, Mandy M. Lee, Shih‐Sheng Sun, Yu‐Tai Tao, Yan‐Duo Lin

“…Furthermore, the HTMs of CF3‐mF and CF3‐oF, which feature fluorine‐substituted triphenylamine, demonstrated excellent film‐forming properties, more suitable energy levels, enhanced charge mobility, and improved passivation of the buried interface between HTMs and perovskite. …”
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Numerical Low-Back Booster Analysis in a 6-Year-Old Infant during a Dolly Rollover Test by I. L. Cruz-Jaramillo, C. R. Torres-San Miguel, L. Martínez-Sáez, V. Ramírez-Vela, G. M. Urriologoitia-Calderón

“…This paper analyzes the possible head and chest injuries, produced in a Hybrid III dummy model of a six-year-old child during a rollover test, while the child uses a passive safety system low-back booster (LBB). Vehicle seats and passive safety systems were modeled with a CAD (Computer Aided Design) software; later, all elements were analyzed using the finite element method (FEM) with LS-DYNA® software. …”
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Reduction of Scarce Materials in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Implications on the Performance in the Field by Sebastian Pingel, Ioan Voicu Vulcanean, Timo Wenzel, Winfried Wolke, Vasileios Georgiou-Sarlikiotis, Philipp Schmid, Henning Nagel, Ulli Kräling, Martin Bivour, Anamaria Steinmetz

“…Considering low light conditions TCO-precursor type with differences in passivation have a strong impact. On module level similar irradiation dependence of the efficiency was found and in temperature-dependent IV-measurements a positive impact of high-quality passivation on the temperature coefficients was found while an increase of the series resistance had a negative impact on the temperature dependence. …”
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Thermal Performance Augmentation of Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger-A Critical Review by Md Atiqur Rahman

“…In striving to present a comprehensive overview, the authors have meticulously gathered information on various enhancement methods, including active and passive. Recent studies exploring passive heat transfer augmentation methods in double-pipe heat exchangers have been summarized. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of African swine fever spread in wild boar population in Russian Federation, 2007–2022 by O. I. Zakharova, A. A. Blokhin, O. A. Burova, I. V. Yashin, F. I. Korennoy

“…The analysis results demonstrated spatial heterogeneity of the outbreak cluster distribution in population of wildboarsdied of the disease and a significant expansion of the passive surveillance geography. Importance and necessity of the enhanced passive surve illance of African swinefever in susceptible animals is demonstrated. …”
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Peruvian health professionals’ leadership styles by Franklin Jhony Julián Méndez, Cecilia Elizabeth Reyes Alfaro, Ericson Felix Castillo Saavedra, Verónica Yamilet Coronel Vega, Sara Isabel Cabanillas Ñaño, Rosa María Salas Sánchez, Julissa Estmilsinia Vargas Vigo

“…Together both sectors, the high-level transformational and transactional leadership styles were present in 28.7 % and 61.7 %, respectively; mid-level corrective/passive/avoidant leadership was present in 72.3 % of the professionals. …”
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Evaluation of Schneiderian First-rank Symptoms in Patients of Psychosis Attending a Tertiary Care Center from North India by Aditi Jain, Abbas Mehdi

“…Conclusions: Only somatic passivity, delusional perception, and thought insertion were extremely specific in distinguishing the patients of schizophrenia from nonschizophrenic patients.…”
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Self-Stabilising Quadrupedal Running by Mechanical Design by Panagiotis Chatzakos, Evangelos Papadopoulos

“…In running robots, simple motor control seems to be effective in the negotiation of rough terrain when used in concert with a mechanical system that stabilises passively. Spring-like legs are a means for providing self-stabilising characteristics against external perturbations. …”
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Energy-efficient concrete roofs for buildings: Integrating macroencapsulated nano-enhanced PCMs for hot climate adaptation by Peerzada Jaffar Abass, S. Muthulingam

“…Latent heat storage with phase change materials (PCMs) offers passive cooling, but nanomaterials are needed to improve their low thermal conductivity. …”
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Experimental and CFD Investigation on Flow Behaviors of a NPP Pump under Natural Circulation Condition by Weitong Li, Lei Yu, Jianli Hao, Mingrui Li

“…Passive safety system is the core feature of advanced nuclear power plant (NPP). …”
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