Magnetic Induction Spectroscopy-Based Non-Contact Assessment of Avocado Fruit Condition by Tianyang Lu, Adam D. Fletcher, Richard John Colgan, Michael D. O’Toole

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Effect of ultrasonic treatment on the properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes – polymethylmethacrylate composites: Effect of applied voltage and pressure on conductivity of the... by S. I. Moseenkov, V. L. Kuznetsov, G. V. Golubtsov, A. V. Zavorin, A. N. Serkova

“…It was found that an increase of the sonication time changed the ratio between ohmic and non-ohmic contacts. …”
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Policy Formulations to Establish More Dry Port Infrastructures to Increase Seaport Efficiency, Productivity, and Competitiveness in Bangladesh by Razon Chandra Saha, Khairir Bin Khalil

“…In the findings, 82.50% of participants agreed that existing facilities are not enough and need to establish more dry ports to handle current and future volumes of containers. Moreover, the responses reveal a division of opinion on establishing a dry port outside of Chattogram, with a notable inclination towards opposition. …”
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Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Increases the Levels of Soluble Immune Checkpoint Proteins in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer by Chao Liu, Xiaohui Li, Aijie Li, Wenxue Zou, Rui Huang, Xiaoyu Hu, Jinming Yu, Xiaoling Zhang, Jinbo Yue

“…The levels of soluble T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (sTIM-3) significantly increased during CCRT (P=0.041), while those of the soluble B and T lymphocyte attenuator (sBTLA), sCD40, soluble glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor ligand (sGITRL), sCD80, sCD86, sPD-1, sPD-L1, sCTLA-4, and soluble inducible T-cell costimulator (sICOS) significantly increased after CCRT (all P<0.05). …”
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Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication. by Michael M Magwire, Florian Bayer, Claire L Webster, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins

“…This resistant allele has rapidly increased in frequency under directional selection and is now the commonest form of the gene in natural populations. …”
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Thermal Annealing Behaviour on Electrical Properties of Pd/Ru Schottky Contacts on n-Type GaN by N. Nanda Kumar Reddy, V. Rajagopal Reddy

“…We have investigated the electrical properties of Pd/Ru Schottky contacts on n-GaN as a function of annealing temperature by current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements. …”
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Light absorption and short-circuit current density in plasmonic organic solar cells containing liquid crystal and metal nanowires by Milad Soleimiani, Mohammad Javad Karimi, Hamed Rahimi

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Corrosion characteristic of multi-ring shield tunnel containing rubber concrete invert-filling under direct stray current by Shuo Yu, Hao Jin, Liangjie Gu, Peng Gui

“…Stray current can cause corrosion of underground structural rebar, adding rubber particles to the invert-filling concrete is an effective prevent method to reduce stray current corrosion. …”
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Study on Formation and Control of Resonance Overvoltage of Overhead Contact System in Huaihua Railway Hub Area by Limin FENG

“…Aiming at the accidents of high-voltage electrical equipment in electric locomotive such as burn out of resistance-capacity absorption device, explosion damage of arrester, DC over-voltage of converter led by overhead line resonant overvoltage happening with increasing frequency in Huaihua railway hub area since 2018, through theoretical analysis and field measurement of the contact network environment of the traction power supply and transformation system in the hub area, the causes of harmonic current of the converter on the side of the HX locomotive network and the common locomotive faults, the harmonic control scheme and locomotive protection measures of adding the ground high-order harmonic filtering device and the filtering link of the voltage sensor of the locomotive converter network were put forward. …”
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Current Understandings of Resistance in Relation to Transmission and Preventive Strategies by Ivana Mareković, Manda Markanović, Joško Lešin, Mario Ćorić

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Frequency Domain Sampling Optimization of Cable Defect Detection and Location Method Based on Exponentially Increased Frequency Reflection Coefficient Spectrum by Kuangyi Jiang, Kai Zhou, Xiang Ren, Yefei Xu

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Current optical methods for controlling progressive myopia control in children: a review by T.Ye. Tsybulska, O.Yu. Titkova

“…The prevalence of myopia has been steadily increasing worldwide. The role of optical methods for controlling progressive myopia control in children is still important. …”
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Optimizing the manufacturing process to increase fill factor and elevate efficiency of n-type crystalline silicon TOPCon solar cells by Wenjing Xu, Pengyu Zhou, Qi Xiu, Xianbang Xing

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Increasing reliability of traction electric motors of diesel locomotives taking into account thermophysical parameters of insulation and armature winding conductors by V. I. Kiselev, T. O. Vakhromeeva, A. I. Fedyanin

“…The winding model is represented separately by a conductor and insulation, between which contact conditions are specified. The conductor of the calculation model heats up to 120 °C from the current flow. …”
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Generation of electricity in BFC by the biological product 'Doctor Robik' during the purification of nitrogen-containing wastewater by G.O. Zhdanova, D.I. Stom, N.Yu. Yudina, S.V. Alferov, Z.U. Dzhangidze, A.D. Stom, M.Yu. Tolstoy, I.A. Bogdanova, A.N. Chesnokova

“…The current generation by microorganisms of “Doctor Robik 109” in the BFC was accompanied by an increase in the number of cells of microorganisms, a depletion of the tested substrates, and a decrease in the redox potential of the anolyte. …”
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Determination of the Fault Zone by the Level of Short-Circuit Currents by F. A. Romaniuk, E. V. Buloichyk, M. A. Shevaldin

“…A technique for increasing the reliability of the method for determination the short-circuit zone by the level of emergency currents based on information about the type of damage has also been proposed. …”
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Frequency of weight and body composition increases in advanced non‐small cell lung cancer patients during first line therapy by Philip Bonomi, Hita Moudgalya, Sandra L. Gomez, Palmi Shah, Sanjib Basu, Marta Batus, Levi B. Martinka, Ahmed Abdelkader, Iphigenia Tzameli, Sonia Cobain, Susie Collins, Edmund J. Keliher, Danna M. Breen, Roberto A. Calle, Mary Jo Fidler, Jeffrey A. Borgia

“…One cohort received the current standard of care (CSOC), which consisted of immunotherapy and newer chemotherapy regimens, and the other cohort was treated with the former standard of care (FSOC), consisting only of older platinum‐containing regimens. …”
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Significantly Increased Aqueous Solubility of Piperine via Nanoparticle Formulation Serves as the Most Critical Factor for Its Brain Uptake Enhancement by Li J, Leung SSY, Chan EHY, Jiang C, Ho ETY, Zuo Z

“…The PIP NPs could significantly increase the aqueous solubility of piperine from 0.04 mg/mL to 52.31± 0.9 mg/mL and release piperine with a 12.83-fold higher rate than that from piperine suspension. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…However, most people do not attend these programmes. Objective Increase type 2 diabetes self-management programme attendance. …”
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Antimicrobial properties of copper and its alloys through the prism of the current SARS CoV-2 pandemic by Milica Zdravković, Jovanović Sanja Milutinović

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