Experimental evaluation of aluminothermic welds by Lukáš Zeman, Jaroslav Valach, Petr Zlámal, Nela Krčmářová, Veronika Koudelková, Jaroslav Zeman

“…The aluminothermic reaction is a highly efficient welding method due to its exothermic behaviour, however, it places considerable demands not only on the welding technique, but also on the capabilities of the experimental methods used; these limitations are also discussed in the article. …”
Get full text

Morphological divergence driven by predation environment within and between species of Brachyrhaphis fishes. by Spencer J Ingley, Eric J Billman, Mark C Belk, Jerald B Johnson

“…Predation is a well-studied driver of divergence, with predators having a strong effect on the evolution of prey body shape, especially for traits related to escape behavior. …”
Get full text

Robust Stacking Ensemble Model for Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition by Yichen Wang, Qianjin Wang

“…YOLOv8 is renowned for its swift detection capabilities and proficiency in identifying distant objects. However, due to the constraints imposed by its grid cell architecture, it exhibits suboptimal performance in detecting small, close-range targets. …”
Get full text

Genomic and functional determinants of host spectrum in Group B Streptococcus. by Chiara Crestani, Taya L Forde, John Bell, Samantha J Lycett, Laura M A Oliveira, Tatiana C A Pinto, Claudia G Cobo-Ángel, Alejandro Ceballos-Márquez, Nguyen N Phuoc, Wanna Sirimanapong, Swaine L Chen, Dorota Jamrozy, Stephen D Bentley, Michael Fontaine, Ruth N Zadoks

“…Spill-over and spill-back between host species is possible due to adaptation and amplification of GBS in new niches but the evolutionary and functional mechanisms underpinning those phenomena are poorly known. …”
Get full text

Faith, Politics, and Democracy: Unraveling Historical and Contemporary Dynamics in Religious Influences on Electoral Processes by Kurniawan Arif Maspul

“…Results and Discussion: The study reveals the historical dominance of Islamic governance and its subsequent evolution due to various societal and political movements. …”
Get full text

Digital simulation of zero-temperature spontaneous symmetry breaking in a superconducting lattice processor by Chang-Kang Hu, Guixu Xie, Kasper Poulsen, Yuxuan Zhou, Ji Chu, Chilong Liu, Ruiyang Zhou, Haolan Yuan, Yuecheng Shen, Song Liu, Nikolaj T. Zinner, Dian Tan, Alan C. Santos, Dapeng Yu

“…Abstract Quantum simulators are ideal platforms to investigate quantum phenomena that are inaccessible through conventional means, such as the limited resources of classical computers to address large quantum systems or due to constraints imposed by fundamental laws of nature. …”
Get full text

Limitations to Dynamical Error Suppression and Gate-Error Virtualization from Temporally Correlated Nonclassical Noise by Michiel Burgelman, Nattaphong Wonglakhon, Diego N. Bernal-García, Gerardo A. Paz-Silva, Lorenza Viola

“…We explicitly relate these features to the evolution of the bath statistics during the computation, which has not been fully accounted for in existing treatments. …”
Get full text

Storm Surge Clusters, Multi-Peak Storms and Their Effect on the Performance of the Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier (The Netherlands) by Alexander M. R. Bakker, Dion L. T. Rovers, Leslie F. Mooyaart

“…The numbers are, however, uncertain due to the strong sensitivity to assumptions, model choices and the applied data set. …”
Get full text

Ammonothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Lower Valence Cation-Doped LaNbON2 by Chihiro Izawa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kazuhisa Kishida, Tomoaki Watanabe

“…In case of doped LaNbON2 synthesized using conventional method, no hydrogen evolution was observed. This difference is probably due to the higher crystallinity of ammonothermally synthesized LaNbON2. …”
Get full text

Obesity epidemic through the prism of evolutionary processes by O. T. Kim, O. M. Drapkina

“…It takes millions of lives worldwide every year due to its association with numerous diseases and leads to significant social and economic losses. …”
Get full text

Geopolitics of the information age by Robert Białoskórski

“…These changes, in turn, are a consequence of the processes of socio-economic development, especially successive industrial revolutions. It is due to the rapid development of information technology that the activity of political actors in cyberspace has been added to the list of geographical factors influencing political reality. …”
Get full text

Economic and Banking Environment in Romania and E.U. by NICOLETA GEORGETA PANAIT

“…Due to the difficulty of forecasting medium business, and to the macroeconomic context, banks avoid risk taking associated finance investment projects in the long term, preferring financing in the medium term, so that more than half of home loans granted in Romania are for term funding short and medium.…”
Get full text

Entre « chic » et « chien » : les séductions de la Parisienne, de Jean-Jacques Rousseau à Yves Saint-Laurent by Emmanuelle Rétaillaud-Bajac

“…This paper aims to analyse the appearance and evolution of the image of « la Parisienne », a central character in the reputation of the capital of France, often depicted as elitist and pleasure-seeking. …”
Get full text

Le maintien en emploi du salarié handicapé : effets et limites de l’obligation d’accommodement raisonnable en droit québécois by Anne-Marie Laflamme

“…In the first part of this paper, the author exposes the paradigm shift resulting from this evolution in case law, and defines the parameters of the right to reasonable accommodation that the employer must respect for employees unable to perform their duties due to their medical status. …”
Get full text

The history of basilar artery occlusion: when art aids science by Francisco Antunes Dias, Daniel Giansante Abud, Octavio Marques Pontes-Neto

“…To date, the best acute reperfusion therapy for BAO has still not been established, mainly due to the lack of randomized controlled trials in this field. …”
Get full text

Bitcoin as a financial asset: a survey by Daeyun Kang, Doojin Ryu, Robert I. Webb

“…Conversely, Bitcoin exhibits characteristics of a safe-haven asset due to its asymmetric tail dependence and negative correlation within certain asset classes.…”
Get full text

Representação da paisagem em painéis azulejares nas estações e apeadeiros de comboio da Área Metropolitana do Porto e envolvente by Sergio Reyes-Corredera, Paulo Silva

“…For this research, the urban train network of the city of Porto (Portugal) was used due to its quantity and variety of elements for its study.…”
Get full text

A Nexus of Biomolecular Complexities in Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Insights into Key Molecular Drivers by Ligia Gabriela Tataranu

“…Although the intricacy of this pathology is yet to be fully understood on a biomolecular level, it is well known that these lesions develop within a microenvironment that supports their evolution and existence. The role of the tumoral microenvironment in pituitary lesions is pivotal, mainly due to this gland’s distinct anatomical, histological, and physiological structure and function. …”
Get full text

Identity of Linaria × versicolor (Antirrhineae, Plantaginaceae) and typification of its basionym by Nicolas Ruch, Mario Fernández-Mazuecos, Llorenç Saez Goñalons

Get full text

The initiation of the child to breach 2.0. Irresponsible use of ICT by Abraham Fdez. Murcia

“…It is not unreasonable to think that the digital gap created between children and adults may tend to increase, due no doubt to the constant and sometimes exhausting evolution of new technologies and the neuronal plasticity of these children. …”
Get full text