Estimating the Asphalt Binder Film Thickness Using Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy by Fazli Karim, Jawad Hussain, Imran Hafeez

“…Development of state of the art technology and Superpave specification requires the study of actual asphalt binder film thickness at micro-level. This study estimates asphalt binder film thickness at micro-level and compares results with those obtained through analytical models from the previous studies. …”
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Monitoring of vegetation and land use changes process using Landsat data (Case study: Sarvestan plain) by sara kaviani ahangar, Rasool Mahdavi, gholamreza zehtabian, hamid gholami, Ashok K Chapagain

“…According to the results of the monitoring classification, from 1993 to 2016, irrigated areas decreased from 7.11 hectares to 0.7575 hectares, on the other hand, the level of saline lands increased from 143.99 hectares to 223.83 hectares and the level of cultivated lands increased. …”
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Local and Distributed fMRI Changes Induced by 40 Hz Gamma tACS of the Bilateral Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: A Pilot Study by Lucia Mencarelli, Lucia Monti, Sara Romanella, Francesco Neri, Giacomo Koch, Ricardo Salvador, Giulio Ruffini, Giulia Sprugnoli, Simone Rossi, Emiliano Santarnecchi

“…Over the past few years, the possibility of modulating fast brain oscillatory activity in the gamma (γ) band through transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) has been discussed in the context of both cognitive enhancement and therapeutic scenarios. …”
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Experimental Study on Separated-flow Transition on a High-lift Blade by S. Yang, F. Tian, C. Teng, B. Xu

“…The increasing loading level for high-lift blades in low-pressure turbines leads to a laminar separation bubble (LSB) formed on the surface, resulting in a greater profile loss. …”
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Could LC-NE-Dependent Adjustment of Neural Gain Drive Functional Brain Network Reorganization? by Carole Guedj, David Meunier, Martine Meunier, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane

“…The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system is thought to act at synaptic, cellular, microcircuit, and network levels to facilitate cognitive functions through at least two different processes, not mutually exclusive. …”
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Novel Terthiophene-Substituted Fullerene Derivatives as Easily Accessible Acceptor Molecules for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells by Filippo Nisic, Alessia Colombo, Claudia Dragonetti, Alessandra Cominetti, Andrea Pellegrino, Nicola Perin, Riccardo Po, Alessandra Tacca

“…In addition, they have a relatively high LUMO level and a low band gap that can be easily tuned by an adequate design of the link between the fullerene and the terthiophene. …”
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Broadband SiN Interleaver With a Ring Assisted MZI Using a Tapered MMI Coupler by Laaya Sabri, Ranim El Ahdab, Frederic Nabki, Michael Menard

“…The experimental performance of a silicon nitride based interleaver with a channel spacing of 0.8 nm in L-band is reported. The device shows a crosstalk level below 15 dB over a wavelength range of 85 nm.…”
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CTAB-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Bi2Sn2O7 Photocatalyst and Its Highly Efficient Degradation of Organic Dye under Visible-Light Irradiation by Weicheng Xu, Zhang Liu, Jianzhang Fang, Guangyin Zhou, Xiaoting Hong, Shuxing Wu, Ximiao Zhu, YunFang Chen, Chaoping Cen

“…Close investigation revealed that the size, the band gap, the structure, and the existence of impurity level played an important role in the photocatalytic activities.…”
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Nonlinear memristive computational spectrometer by Xin Li, Jie Wang, Feilong Yu, Jin Chen, Xiaoshuang Chen, Wei Lu, Guanhai Li

“…This approach overcomes traditional limitations, such as constrained Fermi level tunability, persistent dark current, and limited photoresponse dimensionality through dynamic energy band modulation driven by palladium (Pd) ion migration. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behavior of Beishan Granite considering Heterogeneity by Z. H. Wang, Y. L. Tan, S. M. Li, T. Z. Wang, X. C. Wu

“…Disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) deep underground is one of the most challenging research subjects in rock engineering. …”
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A Novel Linear Sparse Array with Reconfigurable Pixel Antenna Elements by Ming Li, Haiping Wei, Jiahao Zhao, Qingchang Tao, Zheng You

“…Simulation results show that the gain fluctuation and sidelobe level of the array during beam scanning have significant advantages over the previous phased array, and the generation of antenna grating lobes is avoided. …”
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A Systematic Approach to Identify Sources of Abnormal Interior Noise for a High-Speed Train by Jie Zhang, Xinbiao Xiao, Xiaozhen Sheng, Zhihui Li, Xuesong Jin

“…Sound pressure contributions, either in terms of frequency band or in terms of facing area, are analyzed. Order analysis is also carried out. …”
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Mitigation Strategy of Land Use Mix for Jobs-Housing Mismatch by Zhuangtian Liu, Shaohua Wu, Canying Zeng, Yunxiao Dang

“…Central urban areas are relatively balanced, while residential areas band around the center, and employment areas are scattered both centrally and on the outskirts. …”
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A comparative study of EEG microstate dynamics during happy and sad music videos by Ashish Gupta, Chandan Kumar Srivastava, Braj Bhushan, Laxmidhar Behera, Laxmidhar Behera

“…This study delved into the emotional responses of happiness and sadness triggered by music videos, employing microstate analysis and eLoreta source-level investigation in the alpha band. The results of the microstate analysis showed that regardless of gender, participants during happy music video significantly upregulated class D microstate and downregulated class C microstate, leading to a significantly enhanced global explained variance (GEV), coverage, occurrence, duration, and global field power (GFP) for class D. …”
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Integration of a hybrid vibration prediction model for railways into noise mapping software: methodology, assumptions and demonstration by Pieter Reumers, Geert Degrande, Geert Lombaert, David J. Thompson, Evangelos Ntotsios, Pascal Bouvet, Brice Nélain, Andreas Nuber

“…Following modern vibration standards and guidelines, the vibration velocity level in a building in each frequency band is expressed as the sum of a force density (source term), line source transfer mobility (propagation term) and building correction factor (receiver term). …”
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The impact of temporary occupation and hostilities on the water conditions of the North Crimean and Kakhovka Main Canals by K. Borovyk, S. Gapon, I. Pyshnograiev

“…The deep learning model “Water Body Extraction (SAR) – USA” based on Sentinel-1 C band SAR GRD VH data was applied. The normalised difference water index was used to detect water surfaces. …”
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First-principles study of structural, elastic, electronic, transport properties, and dielectric breakdown of Cs2Te photocathode by Gaoxue Wang, Jinlin Zhang, Chengkun Huang, Dimitre A. Dimitrov, Anna Alexander, Evgenya I. Simakov

“…Cesium telluride (Cs2Te) is a widely used photocathode material and it is presumed to offer resilience to higher gradients because of its wider band gap compared to other semiconductors. Despite its advantages, crucial material properties of Cs2Te remain largely unknown both in theory and experiments. …”
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Assessing brain-muscle networks during motor imagery to detect covert command-following by Emilia Fló, Daniel Fraiman, Jacobo Diego Sitt

“…Results Kinesthetic motor imagery produced decreases in the mu-beta band compared to resting state, and a small correlation was found between mu-beta power and the kinesthetic imagery scores of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised Second version. …”
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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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Investigations on Shaped Mirror Systems in Quasi-Optical Mode Converters Based on Irradiance Moments Method by Hai Wang, Zejian Lu, Xiaoming Liu, Junsheng Yu, Yuan Yao, Xiaodong Chen, Limei Qi, Zhijiao Chen

“…Numerical and experimental comparisons reveal the conclusion that enhancing surface precision and increasing moments order can improve main lobe levels.…”
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