Coupling of Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor with Supercritical Rankine Cycle by Shutang Zhu, Ying Tang, Kun Xiao, Zuoyi Zhang

“…Efficiencies of thermodynamic processes of MHTGR SC plants were analyzed, while comparisons were made between an MHTGR SC plant and a designed advanced passive PWR - AP1000. It was shown that the net plant efficiency of an MHTGR SC plant can reach 45% or above, 30% higher than that of AP1000 (35% net efficiency). …”
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Place-based Guaranteed Minimum Income in Barcelona: (un)intended inclusionary policy for migrants by Laura Colini

“…The scheme, called B-MINCOME, is meant to test the efficacy and effectiveness of combining a passive economic support of cash-transfer and active labour market policies geared toward their inclusion and re-insertion in the labour market. …”
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Retiming dynamics of harmonically mode-locked laser solitons in a self-driven optomechanical lattice by Xiaocong Wang, Benhai Wang, Wenbin He, Xintong Zhang, Qi Huang, Zhiyuan Huang, Xin Jiang, Meng Pang, Philip. St. J. Russell

“…Abstract Harmonic mode-locking, realized actively or passively, is an effective technique for increasing the repetition rate of ultrafast lasers. …”
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A Single Switch High Step-Up DC-DC Converter Based on Tri-Winding Coupled Inductor for Renewable Energy Applications by Mana Hosseinzadehlish, Seyed Majid Hashemzadeh, Saeed Pourjafar, Ebrahim Babaei

“…The used VMC acts as a passive clamp circuit and reduces the voltage stress across the power switch. …”
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Improving Survival in Decompensated Cirrhosis by Amar Nath Mukerji, Vishal Patel, Ashokkumar Jain

“…In non intubated and well controlled encephalopathy, frequent physical mobility by active and passive exercises are recommended. When renal replacement therapy is needed, night-time Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodialysis may be useful in keeping the daytime free for mobility. …”
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Split-Framework in Mandibular Implant-Supported Prosthesis by Danny Omar Mendoza Marin, Kássia de Carvalho Dias, André Gustavo Paleari, Ana Carolina Pero, João Neudenir Arioli Filho, Marco Antonio Compagnoni

“…The use of a split-framework could decrease the stress with a precise and passive fit on the implants and restore a more natural functional condition of the mandible, helping in the longevity of the prosthesis. …”
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Improving the thermal performance of the buildings using a green façade system: An experimental study in a tropical climate by Widiastuti Ratih, Zaini Juliana, Abid Muhammad, Pramesti Previari Umi

“…The findings of the current study led to the conclusion that using a vertical greenery system as a passive cooling design can significantly contribute to the temperature reduction of the buildings.…”
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Enhancing Vibration Reduction on Lightweight Lower Control Arm by Alessandro Messana, Alessandro Ferraris, Andrea G. Airale, Alessandro Fasana, Massimiliana Carello

“…An innovative viscoelastic material has been used to join carbon fiber with steel that has a function of passive constrained layer damper and adhesive simultaneously. …”
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Application of 2-Trichloromethylbenzimidazole in Analytical Chemistry: A Highly Selective Chromogenic Reagent for Thin-Layer Chromatography and Some Other Analytical Uses by Leszek Konopski, Anna Kiełczewska

“…This method was also applied for detection of heteroaromatic pesticides, and the attempts to construct active and passive dosimeters for nicotine were made. In a prechromatographic reaction of aromatic o-diamines with methyl trichloroacetimidate, TCMB or its derivatives were formed in situ. …”
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Hydroacoustic sensing of seismic events during the Tajogaite volcanic eruption (La Palma, Spain) by Jesús Alcázar-Treviño, Guillermo Lara, Eduardo D. Suarez, Manuel Bou, Itahiza Domínguez, Susannah Buchan, Francisco Domínguez, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez

“…This study presents marine passive acoustic monitoring data from a moored hydrophone deployed offshore at a depth of 77 m and 7 km from the volcanic vent, both during and after the eruption. …”
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Qualitative study on nurse preceptors’ preparedness, roles and familiarity with the basic principles of teaching and learning in a district hospital in Ghana by Dorothy Serwaa Boakye, Vida Maame Kissiwaa Amoah, Edward Appiah Boateng, John Antwi, Joyce Yeboah, Jennifer Owusu

“…While demonstrating inherent strengths like using probing questions, prompting techniques and assuming multifaceted roles, including role modelling, coaching and teaching, preceptors expressed uncertainty about over-reliance on passive demonstration-based teaching. Environmental barriers like noise concerns hindered the adoption of more interactive, student-centred pedagogies.Conclusion The study highlights the need for comprehensive preceptor training programmes that provide robust onboarding, set clear expectations and equip preceptors with diverse evidence-based teaching methodologies tailored to healthcare contexts. …”
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The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach by Felix Braeuel, Paul J. Thomassin

“…This paper tests the hypothesis that long-only, passive index trading in agricultural futures markets influences futures prices. …”
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Employees pro-enviromental behavior of hotels in Tangerang and Jakarta during pandemic Covid-19 by Yohana F. Cahya Palupi Meilani, Rudy Pramono

“…Results achieved in this research shows a positive influence of top management commitment, active environmental leadership, and motivation towards employees’ pro enviromental behavior, however passive environmental leadership does not appear to negatively impact employees’ pro enviromental behavior. …”
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Acoustic bubbles: Inducing cell interactions via trapping, patterning, and removal by Jonathan Faulkner, Mengren Wu, Madelyn Wicker, Yuan Gao

“…In this work, a microbubble is passively generated to separate the channels containing two different types of particles and cells. …”
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Effect of Aqueous Extract of Crocus sativus L. on Morphine-Induced Memory Impairment by Sayede Maryam Naghibi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Fatemeh Khani, Motahare Rahimi, Farzaneh Vafaee, Hassan Rakhshandeh, Azita Aghaie

“…The mice were divided into (1) control, (2) morphine which received morphine before the training in the passive avoidance test, (3–5) three groups treated by 50, 150 and 450 mg/kg of saffron extract before the training trial, and (6 and 7) the two other groups received 150 and 450 mg/kg of saffron extract before the retention trial. …”
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Vibration Reduction Design and Test of UAV Load Radar by Jia Fu, Chaohui Fan, Changshuai Yu, Guangming Liu, Haitao Luo

“…According to particular use case, vibration dampers for the radar-mounting platform are designed using passive vibration isolation technology to reduce aircraft vibration transmission to the radar. …”
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Optimization of Energy Consumption in Voice Assistants Through AI-Enabled Cache Implementation: Development and Evaluation of a Metric by Alber Oswaldo Montoya Benitez, Álvaro Suárez Sarmiento, Elsa María Macías López, Jorge Herrera-Ramirez

“…First, the difference in energy consumption between VAs in active and passive states is experimentally verified. Subsequently, a communication architecture and a model representing the behavior of VAs are presented, from which a metric is developed to evaluate the energy consumption of these devices. …”
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A Group Identification Protocol with Leakage Resilience of Secret Sharing Scheme by Ping Li, Shengjun Li, Hongyang Yan, Lishan Ke, Teng Huang, Alzubair Hassan

“…We prove that our scheme is a multiprover zero-knowledge proof system in the random oracle model, which shows that a passive adversary gains no information about the secret key. …”
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Flexible Dual Fe-based Catalyst: MIL-53(Fe) Loaded with Deep Eutectic Solvent for Discontinuous Selective Oxidation of H2S by Fengke Wang, Chaofan Li, Weizhen Kong, Shucan Qin, Qianqian Peng, Lihua Zang, Yunqian Ma, Yi Nie, Guihuan Yan

“…Both elemental sulfur and DES can induce the flexible deformation of MOF as the guest molecule to relieve the passivation of catalyst.…”
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Deformities due to Leprosy in Children under Fifteen Years Old as an Indicator of Quality of the Leprosy Control Programme in Brazilian Municipalities by Francisco Carlos Félix Lana, Angélica da Conceição Oliveira Coelho Fabri, Fabiana Nascimento Lopes, Ana Paula Mendes Carvalho, Fernanda Moura Lanza

“…Prevalence of leprosy cases in children under 15 years old with deformity was higher in males ( CI 95%: 1.09–6.45) and in multibacillary patients ( CI 95%: 3.54–60.87) and lower when the detection mode was passive ( CI 95%: 0.31–1.73). Such context suggests high transmissibility and early exposure to Mycobacterium leprae since a lot of cases were diagnosed in children under fifteen years old and the incubation period of the leprosy bacillus varies from 02 to 07 years. …”
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