Novel Nanocomposite Optical Plastics: Dispersion of Titanium in Polyacrylates by Gunjan Suri, Mukti Tyagi, Geetha Seshadri, Gurcharan Lal Verma, Rakesh Kumar Khandal

“…Moreover, TiO2-containing polyacrylate is of light weight. TEM, SEM, and IR analysis confirms the in-situ formation of nanoparticles of TiO2. …”
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Heat Index Based Optimisation of Primary Process Parameters in Friction Stir Welding on Light Weight Materials by Stephen Leon Joseph Leon, N. Manikandan, R. Santhanakrishnan, Mohsin O. Al-Khafaji, Hayder Mahmood Salman, Harishchander Anandaram, R. Malkiya Rasalin Prince, L. Karthick, R. Rajesh Sharma

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Facile Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube/ Nanohybrids with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity by Yunlong Xie, Huanhuan Qian, Yijun Zhong, Hangming Guo, Yong Hu

“…We demonstrate a facile and novel chemical precipitation strategy for the accurate coating of TiO2 nanoparticles on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to form CNT/TiO2 nanohybrids, which only requires titanium sulfate and CNTs as starting materials and reacts in the alkaline solution at 60°C for 6 h. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of E.Coli Bacteria by Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation by Zahra Ahmadi Panah, Reyhaneh Dehghan, Mehran Bijari, Afsaneh Shahbazi

“…Photocatalytic technology offers novel solutions for wastewater treatment using visible light. …”
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Photostimulation decreases fearfulness, but improves growth performance and egg quality of breeder Pekin ducks by E.M. Oluwagbenga, J.M. Schober, M.M. Bergman, D.M. Karcher, C. Chavez, G.S. Fraley

“…Lighting is a critical environmental factor that influences production performance and welfare of poultry, however Pekin ducks can typically be housed under 24 h (24 h) of light. 460 hatchlings were randomly allocated to 4 rooms with two pens in each room. …”
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CONCEPTUAL MAPPING MODEL ACROSS LANGUAGES: A TEST IN VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE by Vi Thong Nguyen

“…Each participant judged (on a Likert scale of 1-7) the levels of acceptability and interpretability of three conceptual metaphors in Vietnamese: LIFE IS A BOOK, HAPPINESS IS LIGHT, and LOVE IS FIRE. Each conceptual metaphor consists of six types of sentences, including (a) Literal pair to B, (b) Conventional metaphor, (c) Literal pair to D, (d) Novel metaphor that follows the mapping principle, (e) Literal pair to F, and (f) Novel metaphor that does not follow the mapping principle. …”
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Melasma management: Unveiling recent breakthroughs through literature analysis by Darshan Kumar R, Richa Sood, Prashant Tiwari

“…This review focuses on recent methodological advancements in elucidating the pathophysiology of melasma and the development of novel treatment strategies. Research leveraging histological analyses, genetic profiling, and biochemical assays has elucidated novel therapeutic targets, including oxidative stress pathways and inflammatory mediators. …”
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Extremophilic Exopolysaccharides: Bioprocess and Novel Applications in 21st Century by Chandni Upadhyaya, Hiren Patel, Ishita Patel, Trushit Upadhyaya

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A novel model of photoacoustic and thermalelectronic waves in semiconductor material by M. H. Raddadi, Kh. Lotfy, A. A. El-Bary, A. M. S. Mahdy, E. S. Elidy

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Real-Time Respiratory Monitoring Using a Sparse-Sampled Frequency-Scanning White-Light Interferometry System by Wenyan Liu, Cheng Qian, Kexin Li, Yiping Wang, Xiaoyan Cai, Qiang Liu

“…This study focuses on advancing phase demodulation techniques for ultra-short Fabry–Pérot cavities within limited spectral bandwidths to enhance their application in biomedicine and diagnostics. We propose a novel sparse-sampled white-light interferometry system for respiratory monitoring, utilizing a monolithic integrated semiconductor tunable laser for quasi-continuous frequency scanning across 191.2–196.15 THz at a sampling rate of 5 kHz. …”
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In Situ Curing of a Polymer Film for Light-Proof Coring of Deep Rocks with Preservation of Rock Quality and Moisture by Zhiyu Zhao, Heping Xie, Tao Liu, Yifan Wu

“…In this study, we developed a novel in situ quality-preserving coring method of deep rocks based on an in situ film-forming process. …”
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OLED Fabrication by Using a Novel Planar Evaporation Technique by Fu-Ching Tung, Yi-Shan Wang, Shih-Hsiang Lai, Chien-Chih Chen, Szu-Hao Chen, Ching-Chiun Wang, Jwo-Huei Jou, Sun-Zen Chen

“…Organic light-emitting diode fabrication is suffering from extremely high material wasting during deposition especially using a typical point or even line source. …”
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Investigation of Fe-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Silver Tungstate as a Ternary Visible Light Active Photocatalyst by Eid H. Alosaimi, Nadia Azeem, Noor Tahir, Asim Jilani, Muhammad Zahid, Salman. S. Alharthi, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Yaseen, Zulfiqar Ahmad Rehan, Imran Shahid

“…In the current study, a novel ternary Fe-doped g-C3N4/Ag2WO4 visible light active photocatalyst was fabricated through an ultrasonic-assisted facile hydrothermal method. …”
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A Trap-Assisted Photomultiplication-Type Organic Photodetector With High Detectivity From Visible to Shortwave Infrared Light by Jingwen Chen, Claire Qing-Ying Huang, Xin Zhang, Sheng Dong, Xiye Yang

“…By easily tunning the donor/acceptor ratio in bulk-heterojunction layer consisting Poly([2,6&#x2019;-4,8-di(5-ethylhexylthienyl)benzo[1,2-b;3,3-b]dithiophene]{3-fluoro-2[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl}) (PTB7-Th) and a novel non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) pendant 2,2&#x2019;-(((2,5-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-3,6-dioxo-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo [3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-diyl)bis(thiophene-5,2-diyl))bis(4-oxonaphthalene-3(4H)-yl-1(4H)-ylidene)) dimalononitrile named DPP-QC, the device shows specifically a high external quantum efficiency (EQE) value of 112% and specific detectivity (D*) over <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10^{10}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> Jones at 1200 nm at a light intensity of 0.108 mW/cm2. …”
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Light-YOLO: a lightweight detection algorithm based on multi-scale feature enhancement for infrared small ship target by Ji Tang, Xiao-Min Hu, Sang-Woon Jeon, Wei-Neng Chen

“…Addressing these challenges, this study presents Light-YOLO, a lightweight model for ship small target detection. …”
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Packed bed optofluidic microreactors with Au decorated TiO2 nanoflowers for visible light photocatalytic water purification by Yujiao Zhu, Pui Hong Yeung, Tsz Wing Lo, Yao Chai, Yat Lam Wong, Ying Chen, Huaming Yang, Weixing Yu, Anatoly V. Zayats, Fengjia Xie, Xuming Zhang

“…Optofluidic microreactors can address these constraints, yet optimizing reactor configurations and photocatalyst designs remains challenging. Here, we present a novel planar packed-bed optofluidic microreactor (PPOM) using titanium dioxide nanoflowers (TNFs) decorated with gold nanoparticles (Au/TNFs) and conduct a pilot study on efficient visible light-driven water purification. …”
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Pressure treatment enables white-light emission in Zn-IPA MOF via asymmetrical metal-ligand chelate coordination by Qing Yang, Weibin Wang, Yunfeng Yang, Pengyuan Li, Xinyi Yang, Fuquan Bai, Bo Zou

“…Time delay phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes are fabricated with long emission time up to ~7 s after switching off, providing significant advancements for white-light and time-delay lighting applications.…”
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A Novel Memcapacitor Model and Its Application for Image Encryption Algorithm by Nan Li, Junwei Sun, Yanfeng Wang

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La difficile sortie du placard ou les jeux de la norme et de la transgression dans Maurice de E. M. Forster by Thierry Goater

“…One of the main reasons is certainly to be found in the author’s decision to tackle directly the question of homosexuality, a personal as much as a social taboo. The conflict between light and darkness, expression and silence, desire and convention, characterises all of Forster’s works but reaches a climax in this novel. …”
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Accelerated dynamic light sheet microscopy: unifying time-varying patterned illumination and low-rank and sparsity constrained reconstruction by Marco Tobia Vitali, Alessia Candeo, Andrea Farina, Paolo Pozzi, Alessia Brix, Andrea Bassi, Teresa M Correia

“…To address this limitation, we recently developed spatially modulated Selective Volume Illumination Microscopy, which utilizes a compressed sensing approach to reconstruct the entire imaging volume from measurements where multiple planes are illuminated simultaneously using spatially modulated light. Building on this advancement, we now introduce a novel spatio-temporal patterned illumination strategy and volume reconstruction method that incorporates low-rank and sparsity constraints, effectively leveraging the temporal and spatial redundancy present in sequential volumetric acquisitions. …”
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