Robust quantum spin liquid state in the presence of giant magnetic isotope effect in D3LiIr2O6 by T. Takayama, A. S. Gibbs, K. Kitagawa, Y. Matsumoto, K. Ishii, A. Kato, R. Takano, S. Bette, R. Dinnebier, H. Takagi

“…Nevertheless, the quantum liquid state is robust against the deuterium isotope exchange in contrast to the theoretical prediction that the Kitaev spin liquid is stable only for a limited phase space of magnetic interactions. …”
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Enhancing Compressed Earth Block Performance: Effects of Gelatinized Starch and Fiber Reinforcement on Mechanical Properties by Gabo Cyprien Bailly, Yassine El Mendili, Athanas Konin, Eliane Khoury

“…Cement stabilization, though providing the highest strength with a factor of 7, poses greater environmental challenges due to its high energy consumption and carbon emissions. In contrast, starch and natural fibers offer promising, eco-friendly alternatives that enhance CEB performance while reducing environmental impact. …”
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Equilibrium and Dynamic Osmotic Behaviour of Aqueous Solutions with Varied Concentration at Constant and Variable Volume by Ivan L. Minkov, Emil D. Manev, Svetla V. Sazdanova, Kiril H. Kolikov

“…The established equilibrium values of the osmotic pressure are in agreement with the theoretical expectations and do not exhibit any evident differences for both regimes. In contrast, the obtained kinetic dependences reveal striking divergence in the rates of the process at constant and varied solution volume for the respective solute concentrations. …”
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The Impact of the Characteristics of Local Governments and the Results of BPK Audits on the Performance of Governance in Papua and West Papua by Adolf Z. D. Siahay, Rezianof R. Siahay

“…Regional wealth, fiscal dependence, and audit opinions all have a positive and significant impact on local government performance. In contrast, regional size and regional expenditure, which were expected to exert a positive impact, have a negative but statistically non-significant effect. …”
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Mechanisms on the Injection Conformance Reversion during Polymer Flooding of Offshore Heterogeneous Heavy-Oil Reservoirs by Zhijie Wei, Xiaodong Kang, Yuyang Liu, Hanxu Yang

“…The peak value and scope of conformance reversion decrease and reversion timing is advanced as oil viscosity or permeability contrast increases, or polymer concentration or relative thickness of low permeable layer decreases, which compromises the ability of polymer flooding to improve the volumetric sweep and lower suction of the low permeable layer. …”
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A Common DC Bus Circulating Current Suppression Method for Motor Emulators of New Energy Vehicles by Haonan Sun, Dafang Wang, Qi Li, Yingkang Qin

“…In contrast to the conventional topology, wherein the Device Under Test (DUT) controller and the electric motor emulator (EME) are powered by the DC (Direct Current) voltage source independently, the common DC bus topology necessitates a single power supply. …”
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A Comparison of Autometrics and Penalization Techniques under Various Error Distributions: Evidence from Monte Carlo Simulation by Faridoon Khan, Amena Urooj, Kalim Ullah, Badr Alnssyan, Zahra Almaspoor

“…High levels of multicollinearity adversely affect the performance of Autometrics. In contrast, shrinkage methods are robust in presence of high multicollinearity in terms of potency, but they tend to select a massive set of irrelevant variables. …”
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Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Associated Health Benefits of Oat (Avena sativa) Grains and Oat-Based Fermented Food Products by Getaneh Firew Alemayehu, Sirawdink Fikreyesus Forsido, Yetenayet B. Tola, Endale Amare

“…Oat grain has a unique protein composition, with globulins serving as the primary storage protein, in contrast to other cereals, where prolamins are the main storage proteins. …”
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Gestural communication in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) by Felipe Villa-Larenas, Miquel Llorente, Katja Liebal, Federica Amici

“…Our results showed that younger spider monkeys were more likely than older ones to use tactile gestures. In contrast, we found no inter-individual differences in the probability of producing visual gestures. …”
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Detection of Prosthetic Knee Movement Phases via In-Socket Sensors: A Feasibility Study by Amr M. El-Sayed, Nur Azah Hamzaid, Kenneth Y. S. Tan, Noor Azuan Abu Osman

“…Piezoelectric sensors could identify the movement of midswing and terminal swing, pre-full standing, pull-up at gait, sit to stand, and stair ascent. In contrast, FSR could estimate the gait cycle stance and swing phases and identify the pre-full standing at sit to stand. …”
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PERILAKU OKSIDASI ISOTERMAL PADUAN 68,5Fe-14Ni-9Al-7,5Cr-1Mo PADA TEMPERATUR 800, 900, DAN 1000°C by Fadhli Muhammad, Eddy Agus Basuki

“…The clustered grain morphology was observed at the sample's surface oxidized for 150 h at 800°C. In contrast, the sample oxidized at 900°C exhibited a hair morphology, and the sample oxidized at 1000°C exhibited a wrinkled morphology. …”
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TCTEX1D2 is essential for sperm flagellum formation in mice by Ryua Harima, Kenshiro Hara, Kentaro Tanemura

“…Further, the localization of cytoplasmic dynein 2 subunits was abnormal in in Tctex1d2 −/− mice. In contrast, the motile cilia of Tctex1d2 −/− mice were normal. …”
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Afrika’s Cause Must Triumph: Towards the Hegemony of Lembede’s “Afrika for the Afrikans” as a Political Philosophy of National Liberation in “South Africa”. by Masilo Lepuru

“…This paper seeks to foreground Lembede’s exclusive idea of Afrika in contrast to Mda’s idea of “broad nationalism” and inclusive idea of Afrika. …”
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Study of polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals for reflective displays in active matrix driving by Kuan-Wu Lin, Jhih-Yi Lu, Heng-Yi Tseng, Chien-Yi Lin, Liang Ying Huang, Yi-Ling Lin, Huan-Hsuan Chang, Tsung-Hsien Lin

“…The research demonstrates that PSCLCs can operate within a 15 V driving voltage range while maintaining a good bright-dark state contrast ratio (>10) and a response time of less than 42 ms. …”
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Online energy consumption forecast for battery electric buses using a learning-free algebraic method by Zejiang Wang, Guanhao Xu, Ruixiao Sun, Anye Zhou, Adian Cook, Yuche Chen

“…Based on the algebraic derivative estimation, we present a novel method to forecast the energy consumption in real time. In contrast to the mainstream machine-learning-based methods, the proposed method does not require access to the historical energy consumption data. …”
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Identification of a Multicriteria Decision-Making Model Using the Characteristic Objects Method by Andrzej Piegat, Wojciech Sałabun

“…After identifying a multicriteria model, this method can be used to compare any number of decisional objects (alternatives) and select the best one. In the COMET, in contrast to other methods, the rank-reversal phenomenon is not observed. …”
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Are Nuclear Star Clusters the Precursors of Massive Black Holes? by Nadine Neumayer, C. Jakob Walcher

“…We find the following. (1) The MBH-σ relation cannot flatten at low masses, but may steepen. (2) The MBH-Mbulge relation may well flatten in contrast. (3) The MBH-Sersic n relation is able to account for the large scatter in black hole masses in low-mass disk galaxies. …”
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Wettability of Polar and Apolar Liquids on Metal Surfaces by Mohanad Khairi, Zoltán Erdélyi, Peter Baumli

“…Also, we observed that the cosine of the oil/metal contact angle increases with the increase in the atomic radius of the pure metal substrate, and Becker’s broken bond model proved this linear relation. We then contrast this behavior with the wetting characteristics of water and glycerin on the same metals using the same conditions.…”
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Observation and Simulation of Chorus Waves in Middle Magnetotail (r > 20 RE) by W. D. Fu, H. S. Fu, Y. F. Wu, X. Tao, Y. Yu, W. Z. Zhang, J. B. Cao

“…Abstract Whistler‐mode chorus waves, characterized by repetitive frequency‐chirping elements, have traditionally been considered to be confined to near‐planet dipolar magnetic fields. In contrast to this long‐held belief, here we present the first observation of whistler‐mode chorus waves in the middle magnetotail beyond 20 RE from Earth, based on MMS measurements. …”
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The Impact of LED Colour Rendering on Reaction Time of Human Eyes in Tunnel Interior Zone by Li-Li Dong, Qi Lou, Peng Liu, Wen-Hai Xu

“…The calculation results indicated that the contrast of targets had a positive correlation with CRI2012 and had a negative correlation with CCT. …”
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