Direct observation of intra-grain defect formation during local solid-phase epitaxy by Manabu Tezura, Takanori Asano, Riichiro Takaishi, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Masumi Saitoh, Hiroki Tanaka

“…By analyzing the sequential formation of Si atomic planes with a time resolution of 10 ms, we found that crystal growth at the local c-Si/a-Si interfaces proceeded via either continuous solid-phase epitaxy (SPE) or discontinuous SPE—a newly identified growth mode. Continuous SPE represents an ideal mode of layer-by-layer growth, resulting in defect-free Si grains. …”
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Life cycle assessment of additively manufactured elastocaloric Ni-Ti heat pump/refrigeration components and the effect of design geometry on the environmental impact categories by Anesu Nyabadza, Karthikeyan Tamil, Lehar Asip Khan, Sujith S. Kumar, Corné Muilwijk, Greg McNamara, Kevin O'Toole, Lorna Fitzsimons, Dermot Brabazon

“…The powder bed fusion machine's standby mode consumes more energy and Ar gas than the printing process, presenting an opportunity for mitigation. …”
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ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHING OF THE MAIN OPTICAL AXIS OF A FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SPIRAL NANOSTRUCTUREIN A PLANAR-ORIENTED DISPLAY CELL by E. P. Pozhidaev, T. P. Tkachenko, A. V. Kuznetsov, I. N. Kompanets

“…At the same time, experimental results and calculations based on classical electro-optics of crystals indicate that electrooptical switching in the IPS mode is a natural and intrinsic feature of a conventional (with continuous electrodes) display cell with a planar-oriented layer of the ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC), in which the effect of the deformed (by the electric field) helix FLC nanostructure is realized (DHF effect). …”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Hot-Pressed Al2O3-Ni-P Composites Using Ni-P-Coated Al2O3 Powders by Hyeong-Chul Kim, Jae-Kil Han

“….% were synthesized via the Ni-P electroless deposition process. The as-received Al2O3-Ni-P composite powders were composed of Ni-P particles and Ni-P coating layer. …”
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CONDITION OF PHOTOCOMPOSITION REFLECTION OF TOOLS IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF LIGHT POLYMERIZATION OF ADHESIVE SYSTEM by O. A. Udod, O. M. Borisenko

“…The smallest number of complications was observed in patients who, during the recovery, applied the adhesive system to two layers, each of which was irradiated with a light flux of a high-intensity constant photoconductive photoconductor. …”
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Motivating Police Reform Through Multimodal Sensegiving<subtitle>How Change Was Promoted Through Videos in the Swedish Police Reorganisation</subtitle> by Robert Kihlberg, Oscar Rantatalo

“…These messages were reinforced visually using stereotypical images and by layering multiple modes of communication. The paper contributes to the literature on organisational change and police reform by describing how change can be motivated and legitimised through persuasive portrayals of the present and the future. …”
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THUNDER: A Titan Orbiter Mission Concept for the New Frontiers Program Designed at the JPL Planetary Science Summer School by Cassandra Seltzer, Rudi Lien, Brandon T. Radzom, Ella Mullikin, Kimberly Bott, Gwendolyn Brouwer, David G. Burtt, Chloe Gentgen, Jewel Abbate, Victor Gandarillas, Austin P. Green, Tristen Head, Jonathon R. Hill, Jennifer N. Larson, Nicholas J. Montiel, M. Regina A. Moreno, Nicholas L. Wagner, Piyumi Wijesekara, James Tuttle Keane, Alfred E. Nash, Jennifer Scully

“…THUNDER's focused geology and geophysics mission could achieve full surface mapping to complement both the Cassini–Huygens and Dragonfly missions using gravity science, radar with three operational modes, and a visible-to-infrared spectrometer. These instruments together could give us the first look at Titan as a fully connected and geologically active world, revolutionizing our understanding of icy bodies, fluvial and atmospheric processes, and habitability across geologic time. …”
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Manufacturing and impact resistance of Large-Scale stacked fibre metal laminates by Ding Tang, Haoyang Huang, Yitong Fan, Huamiao Wang, Yinghong Peng

“…Increasing the composite layer thickness shifted the initial failure mode from bottom fracture to shear failure of the middle layer, resulting in decreased energy absorption and increased bending modulus. …”
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Design of Jetty Piles Using Artificial Neural Networks by Yongjei Lee, Sungchil Lee, Hun-Kyun Bae

“…To overcome the complication of jetty pile design process, artificial neural networks (ANN) are adopted. …”
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Effect of photoinduction in PANi/TiO2 heterogeneous structure on conductance of PANi component by Huyen Ngoc Duong, Tan Van Le

“…It has been found that in response to the excitation light, the conductance of the PANi component in the PANi/TiO2 heterostructure exhibits a distinct mode to be different from that of a single pristine PANi layer. …”
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Comparative study on the thermal performance of dry and wet radiant floor heating under the characteristics of intermittent energy use by ZHOU Wenjie, ZHU Wentao, ZHU Yide, LI Tao

“…The method of CFD simulation is used to analyze the heat dissipation characteristics and thermal comfort of the two floors processes by changing the pipe spacing, the thickness of the filling layer and the heating interval time. …”
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Laser Treatment of Titanium Alloys by V.V. Girzhon, O.V. Smolyakov, V.L. Greshta, V.V. Yemelianchenko, and A.Sh. Razzokov

“…As shown, the mentioned types of treatments lead to an increase in the surface-layers’ microhardness values. The influence of the surrounding gas atmosphere and the titanium-alloy chemical composition on the structure-formation processes during their laser melting and on the microhardness value of the treated layers is analysed. …”
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Analysis of the thermal conditions of pulse impact avalanche transit-time diodes by M.S. Sorokin, A.V. Arkhipov

“…The nonstationary problem of the thermal process for the pulse mode of impact avalanche transit-time diodes is solved. …”
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Study of the Current–Voltage Characteristics of Membrane Systems Using Neural Networks by Evgenia Kirillova, Anna Kovalenko, Makhamet Urtenov

“…CVC is the most important characteristic of the mass transfer process in electro-membrane systems (EMS). CVC is used to evaluate and select the optimal design and effective operating modes of EMS. …”
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Multi dimensional segmented hydraulic fracturing impact ground pressure control and loss reduction technology for deep buried thick coal seam hard roof by Yi TAN, Yu WANG, Manchao HE, Hui LI, Wenbing GUO, Linmao LI, Weidong LIU, Shaopu ZHANG

“…According to this method, the fracturing target layer of 2305 working face is determined to be 14.50 m thick coarse sandstone; A numerical calculation model for strain softening under fluid structure coupling mode was constructed, and a comparative experiment was designed with and without directional segmented hydraulic fracturing in the target layer. …”
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Un/Detectability in Times of “Equality”: HIV, Queer Health, and Homonormativity by Jan Huebenthal

“…As medical advances have made HIV survival possible, narratives of “undetectable” viral loads often fail to account for the multiple layers of racial and political privilege that animate and sustain them. …”
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Laser powder bed fusion of bio-inspired rotational lattice metamaterial with advanced mechanical performance by Jiankai Yang, Zihang Huang, Luhao Yuan, Weidong Li

“…Based on the experimental and simulated compression, it is found that the incorporation of the twist angle effectively eliminates the shear bands of the Octet lattice and provides a more homogeneous stress distribution in R-Octet, leading to a shift in the deformation mode from the layer-by-layer buckling of Octet to the global buckling of R-Octet. …”
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Parallel visualization of reservoir models with ParaView by Oleg Kovalevskiy, Michel Cancelliere

“…Moreover, it can run in client–server mode, where heavy processing and rendering are executed on a powerful multi-node cluster. …”
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Highly sensitive salinity sensing using annular one-dimensional photonic crystals by Hassan Sayed, Ashour M. Ahmed, Ali Hajjiah, M. A. Abdelkawy, Arafa H. Aly

“…The study describes the simulation process that uses the COMSOL Multiphysics technique and the Finite Element Method (FEM) to create annular 1D PCs, underscoring the criticality of precise management of layer thickness and uniformity. …”
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PVDC multilayer sorting challenge: A spectroscopy study and on field application by Stefano Radice, Domenico Ferrari, Stefano Millefanti, Marco Gregori

“…There are many activities for solving the challenges of sorting complex objects in a general waste stream; in this study we used Vibrational Spectroscopy and the most recent NIR technologies to demonstrate the sortability of multilayered samples containing PVDC layers. The NIR results find scientific baseline in the fundamental normal modes observed in IR and Raman spectroscopy and the relative discussion and assignments. …”
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