Investigation of Nano-Composite Dampers Using Different Nanomaterials in Civil Engineering Structures: A Review by Sandhya. R. Jalgar, Anand M. Hunashyal, Roopa A. Kuri, Madhumati. S. Dhaduti, Shridhar N. Mathad

“…These nanoparticles will eventually replace the large machinery employed to dampen vibrations in buildings due to their small weight, increased mechanical strength, and effective damping properties.…”
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Assessing the impact of pozzolanic materials on the mechanical characteristics of UHPC: analysis, and modeling study by Diar Fatah Abdulrahman Askari, Sardam Salam Shkur Shkur, Azad Abdwlqader Mohammed, Hersh F. Mahmood, Brwa Hamah Saeed Hamah Ali, Soran Abdrahman Ahmad

“…The results indicate that replacing cement with silica fume is more effective in enhancing both the compressive and flexural strengths of concrete compared to other materials tested. …”
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Biocontrol agents in aquaculture: Production and their application by Munti Yuhana

“…They are potential in replacing the use of antibiotic in inhibiting the pathogenic organisms. …”
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Artificial intelligence and digital art: current state and development prospects by Марія Чікарькова

“…At the same time, it is unlikely that artificial intelligence can com-pletely replace a human artist, after which he learns from the previously created ma-terial. …”
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THE REFERENCE GAREVKA GRANITE (YENISEI RIDGE, WESTERN MARGIN OF THE SIBERIAN CRATON): THE FINAL ATTEMPT TO VERIFY PALEOPROTEROZOIC Pb/U ISOTOPIC AGE BY M.I. VOLOBUEV by A. B. Kuzmichev, M. K. Danukalova

“…Thus, to fix the problem, it was necessary to reproduce this analysis using modern isotope techniques. We have dated (SHRIMP) a granite sample collected at the same point. …”
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Neural-Network-Based Prediction of Non-Burial Overwintering Material Covering Height for Wine Grapes by Yunlong Ma, Jinyue Yang, Yibo Chen, Ping Wang, Qinming Sun

“…Due to its adverse effects on soil structure, plant damage, high operational costs, and limited mechanization feasibility, buried soil overwintering has been gradually replaced by no-burial overwintering techniques, which are now the primary focus for mitigating frost damage in wine grapes. …”
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Fed-DPSDG-WGAN: Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation for Loan Default Prediction via Federated Wasserstein GAN by Padmaja Ramachandra, Santhi Vaithiyanathan

“…We investigate the potential of replacing the original data with statistically similar synthetic data to be used as training data to predict loan defaulters. …”
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One step preparation of papyrus culm derived activated biochar using partial air oxidation and its use as a filter for water treatment in aquaponics culture by Sumrit Mopoung, Suthasinee Pantho

“…The activated biochars were analyzed by SEM-EDS, FT-IR, Raman, BET, and XRD techniques. The best product was collected for use as filter material in aquaponics. …”
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Approach to hydrochar as a partial cement substitute in mortars by Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Antonio Luis Marques Sierra, Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, Teresa A. Centeno

“…Pastes with 2.5 wt% cement (CEM I 52.5 N) replaced by hydrochar or biochar were monitored for their hydration over 1 hour to 28 days. …”
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Structural and magneto-elastic properties of samarium doped cobalt–nickel ferrite ceramics obtained by spark plasma sintering by Mario German Ibuado, Renee Joselin Sáenz-Hernández, Carlos Roberto Santillan-Rodriguez, Jose Andres Matutes-Aquino, María Cristina Grijalva-Castillo

“…The present work focused on fabricating and characterizing the magneto-structural properties of pure spinel ferrite nanoparticles and Co0.8Ni0.2Fe2-xSmxO4 (x = 0.01, 0.02) using the sol-gel method, and then producing pellets using the spark plasma sintering technique. The composition, structure, and microstructure of the nanoparticles and pellets were characterized by different techniques such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Comparison of the chondrogenic potential of eBMSCs and eUCMSCs in response to selected peptides and compounds by Boushra Ajeeb, Emi A. Kiyotake, Peggy A. Keefe, Jennifer Nikki Phillips, Jennifer N. Hatzel, Laurie R. Goodrich, Michael S. Detamore

“…Despite the advances in surgical and regenerative techniques, the result in most cases is the formation of a fibrocartilage repair tissue. …”
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Full-Waveform Inversion of Two-Parameter Ground-Penetrating Radar Based on Quadratic Wasserstein Distance by Kai Lu, Yibo Wang, Heting Han, Shichao Zhong, Yikang Zheng

“…Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is one of the most promising techniques in current ground-penetrating radar (GPR) inversion methods. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in UAV Flight Controls: Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Altitude-Hold Strategies for Fixed-Wing UAVs by Hasan Raza Khanzada, Adnan Maqsood, Abdul Basit

“…Finally, a single RL agent replaced both the altitude and pitch angle control loops, unifying control under a single agent. …”
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Searching for More Effective Food Baits for Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Performance of Newly Developed Vial-Lures Relative to Torula Yeast Borax by Walther Enkerlin, Emilio Arevalo, Jose Eduardo Caballero, Thomas Fezza, Esteban Garavelli, Diana Beatriz Martinez, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Todd Shelly, Milthon Edgardo Thomas, Antonio Villaseñor, Salvador Flores

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Ocular Ultrasound as a Key to Diagnosing Uveitis-Masked Syndromes: Tips and Tricks by Valeria Albano, Rosanna Dammacco, Ilaria Lolli, Claudia Ventricelli, Enrico Settimo, Angelo Miggiano, Maria Grazia Pignataro, Paolo Ferreri, Francesco Boscia, Silvana Guerriero, Giovanni Alessio

“…It compares well with other diagnostic imaging techniques, such as MRI, but this does not mean that it replaces them; it can offer added value in multimodal imaging.…”
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Digital Etching of Molybdenum Interconnects Using Plasma Oxidation by Ivan Erofeev, Antony Winata Hartanto, Muhaimin Mareum Khan, Kerong Deng, Krishna Kumar, Zainul Aabdin, Weng Weei Tjiu, Mingsheng Zhang, Antoine Pacco, Harold Philipsen, Angshuman Ray Chowdhuri, Han Vinh Huynh, Frank Holsteyns, Utkur Mirsaidov

“…Manufacturing at this scale requires exceptional precision and consistency, so many metal processing techniques must be reconsidered. In particular, present direct wet chemical etching methods produce anisotropic etching profiles with significant surface roughness, which can be detrimental to device performance. …”
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Food Iminosugars and Related Synthetic Derivatives Shift Energy Metabolism and Induce Structural Changes in Colon Cancer Cell Lines by Thomas Montebugnoli, Charlotte Grootaert, Alessandra Bordoni, Andreja Rajković, Elien Alderweireldt, Jeltien Rombaut, Sofie L. De Maeseneire, John Van Camp, Maarten Lieven De Mol

“…Iminosugars have a carbohydrate-like backbone in which the ring oxygen is replaced by nitrogen. They are naturally found in foods such as rice, buckwheat, mulberries, and fermented vegetables, and are reported to exert anti-hyperlipidemic and anti-hyperglycemic effects due to the inhibition of cellular glycosidases. …”
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A lightweight hybrid model for accurate ammonia prediction in pig houses by Jacqueline Musabimana, Qiuju Xie, Hong Zhou, Ping Zheng, Honggui Liu, Tiemin Ma, Jiming Liu

“…Recently, deep learning techniques have proven potential in predicting ammonia concentration by capturing complex temporal dependencies. …”
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Multifunctional vitamin D-incorporated PLGA scaffold with BMP/VEGF-overexpressed tonsil-derived MSC via CRISPR/Cas9 for bone tissue regeneration by So-Yeon Park, Jun-Kyu Lee, Sang-Hyeok Lee, Da-Seul Kim, Ji-Won Jung, Jun Hyuk Kim, Seung-Woon Baek, Seungkwon You, Dong-Youn Hwang, Dong Keun Han

“…One of the effective therapeutic approaches involves using transgene-expressed stem cells to treat tissue destruction and replace damaged parts. Among the various gene editing techniques for cells, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) is considered as a promising method owing to the increasing therapeutic potential of cells by targeting specific sites. …”
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Unveiling the thermal and structural characteristics of synthesized CoFe2-XNdXO4:SiO2 nanocomposites by Meenakshi Bansal, Dharamvir Singh Ahlawat, Amrik Singh, ShishPal Rathee, Anjali Maan, Manjeet Singh Goyat, Jasvir Dalal, Vijay Kumar

“…Synthesis of CoFe2-xNdxO4:SiO2 nanocomposites at various concentrations of Nd3+ ions doping is carried out by sol-gel method and structural as well as thermal parameters have been evaluated by using XRD, FTIR, TEM, and TGA- DTG analysis techniques. Enhancement in XRD peak intensity may be due to an increase in crystallite size which could be attributed to the larger ionic radius of Nd3+ (0.995 ​Å) replacing Fe3+ ions (0.67 ​Å). …”
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