Surface Modification of Asymmetric Polysulfone/Polyethylene Glycol Membranes by DC Ar-Glow Discharge Plasma by Chalad Yuenyao, Thawat Chittrakarn, Yutthana Tirawanichakul, Suksawat Sirijarukul

“…Polysulfone/polyethylene glycol (PSF/PEG) membranes were prepared by dry/wet phase inversion method. Effects of direct current glow discharge plasma using argon as working gas on morphological structures and gas separation properties of membranes were studied. …”
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Influence of a new design of brush holders on the service life of traction electric motor brushes of electric locomotives by D. N. Khomchenko

“…Using the example of a new brush contact configuration, it is shown that the brush contact, namely its design and geometric dimensions, has a significant effect on the nature of current commutation in collector traction motors.…”
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Peeling-induced interfacial roughness and charging for enhanced triboelectric power generation by Da Woon Jin, Hyun Soo Ahn, Dheeraj Kumar, Joo Hyeong Lee, Min Su Kim, Yushin Eom, Ji Ho Youk, Huidrom Hemojit Singh, Jong Hun Kim, Jong Hoon Jung

“…Surface-sensitive X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and non-contact current measurements have also revealed the transfer of counter-material and interfacial charging. …”
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Enhancing road safety of PLEVs by novel vehicle concepts: A comprehensive investigation on regulations, accident statistics, and perception of riders in Europe by Michelangelo-Santo Gulino, Susanna Papini, Giovanni Zonfrillo, Peter Miklis, Thomas Unger, Dario Vangi

“…The rise of Personal Light Electric Vehicles (PLEVs), including electric bicycles and electric kick scooters, represents a relevant trend in current urban mobility. PLEVs offer economic, social, and environmental advantages, making them increasingly attractive for short-distance travel. …”
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Project20: Does continuity of care and community-based antenatal care improve maternal and neonatal birth outcomes for women with social risk factors? A prospective, observational... by Hannah Rayment-Jones, Kathryn Dalrymple, James Harris, Angela Harden, Elidh Parslow, Thomas Georgi, Jane Sandall

“…The findings support the current policy drive to increase continuity of midwife-led care, whilst adding that community-based care may further improve outcomes for women at increased risk of health inequalities. …”
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Treatment Adherence to Drug Therapyin Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic by S. Y. Martsevich, Y. V. Lukina, E. D. Zharkova, N. P. Kutishenko

“…In patients with SCAD during the period of home isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic and associated difficulties in contacting the attending physician, there was a decline in adherence and an increase in the number of patients who stopped taking several or all prescribed drugs.…”
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Digital Mapping of Land Suitability for Main Agricultural Crops in Romania by Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Bogdan Roșca, Radu Gabriel Pîrnău, Ionuț Vasiliniuc, Liviu Mihai Irimia

“…However, a methodological revision is necessary to accommodate temperature and precipitation values, which did not manifest in the reference climate period (1961–1990), but which are now part of the current climate of Romania.…”
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Magnetospheric response on impact of solar wind diamagnetic structures borne by eruptive prominence by Parkhomov Vladimir Alexandrovich, Eselevich Victor Grigorieivich, Eselevich Maksim Victorovich, Tsegmed Battuulai

“…The duration of the magnetospheric disturbance (in the form of dayside auroras), global increase in the current systems, charged particle flux enhancement in the radiation belts, and generation of the irregular Pi2-3 oscillations aredetermined by the DSEP size. …”
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Administrator Turnover: The Roles of District Support, Safety, Anxiety, and Violence from Students by Andrew H. Perry, Linda A. Reddy, Andrew Martinez, Susan D. McMahon, Eric M. Anderman, Ron A. Astor, Dorothy L. Espelage, Frank C. Worrell, Taylor Swenski, Kailyn Bare, Christopher M. Dudek, Jared Hunt, Adriana I. Martinez Calvit, Hyun Ji Lee, Xi Liu

“…Findings highlight the importance of district support of administrators for reducing mental health concerns and transfer/quit intentions in the context of student violence against school administrators. …”
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Challenges and Advances in Materials and Fabrication Technologies for the Development of p-GaN Gated E-Mode AlGaN/GaN Power HEMTs: A Critical Review by J. Ajayan, Vakkalakula Bharath Sreenivasulu, N. Aruna Kumari, S. Sreejith, Subhajit Das

“…There has been a lot of investigations done on wide bandgap materials because of the difficulties traditional electronics suffer at high temperatures, such as poor stability and increased leakage current. GaN-based power high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are a popular choice for a variety of power electronic applications due to their excellent efficiency and ability to deliver high power density. …”
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Pantograph Arc’s Energy Characters Under Various Load by 王波, 吴广宁, 王万岗, 高国强, 崔易

“…The results showed that the average arcing duration becomes longer in index with traction current increasing; the arcing duration with inductive load is longer than with resistive load; the arc energy decreases with the rising of load power factor.…”
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Continuing the continuous harvests of food production: from the perspective of the interrelationships among cultivated land quantity, quality, and grain yield by Peng Cheng, Yang Zhang, Ke Liu, Xuesong Kong, Shiman Wu, Huafei Yan, Ping Jiang

“…This successive increase in food production in the context of decreasing acreage and ecological deterioration of CL depend mainly on the amount of chemical fertilizer usage, the total power of agricultural machinery and rural electricity consumption. …”
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Cognitive Outcomes and Functional Performance for Patients After Open Heart Surgery by Mona A. Hassenien, Sahar Y Mohammad, Dalia A. Ameen

“… Context: Open heart surgery is a lifesaving procedure for patients who need coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and heart valve replacement or repair (HVR). …”
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Inhibition Ameliorates Innate Immune Cell Activation, Inflammation, and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension by Hannah L. Smith, Bethany L. Goodlett, Gabriella C. Peterson, Emily N. Zamora, Ava R. Gostomski, Brett M. Mitchell

“…However, the role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has not yet been explored in the context of SSHTN. Previously, we reported that GM-CSF is critical in priming bone marrow-derived (BMD)-macrophages (BMD-Macs) and BMD-dendritic cells (BMD-DCs) to become activated (CD38+) in response to salt. …”
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MHD analysis of couple stress nanofluid through a tapered non-uniform channel with porous media and slip-convective boundary effects by P. Deepalakshmi, G. Shankar, E.P. Siva, D. Tripathi, O. Anwar Bég

“…The current research addresses the peristaltic transport mechanism that propels fluid through a conduit through rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the conduit walls, a phenomenon evident in numerous biological systems, including the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Using a layer based on materials with a metal to semiconductor phase transition for electrothermal protection of solar cells by Alexander Tonkoshkur, Alexander Ivanchenko

“…One of the main problems in ensuring the reliability of solar electrical power sources is local overheating, when hot spots form in photovoltaic cells of solar arrays. It is currently considered that these negative phenomena are caused, among other things, by overvoltage in the electrical circuits of solar arrays. …”
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Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the States of the co-operation council for the Arab States of the Gulf: a systematic review. by Layla Alhyas, Ailsa McKay, Azeem Majeed

“…We aimed to systematically review the current prevalence of T2DM within these states, and also within particular sub-populations.…”
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Study on the Permeability of Weakly Cemented Sandstones by XianZhou Lyu, Zenghui Zhao, Xiaojie Wang, Weiming Wang

“…Hydraulic fracturing effect occurred with the increase of hydraulic pressure in the fracture, which then generates slight normal deformations of the rock masses on both two sides of the fracture surface, decreases the contact area in the fracture, and leads to the increases of both fracture width and permeability coefficient. …”
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Electrical Characteristics of Solution-Based Thin-Film Transistors with a Zinc-Tin Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Stacked Nanocomposite Active Layer by Yong-Jae Kim, Woon-Seop Choi

“…The ZTO/SWNT TFT, fabricated using a stacked structure with ZTO on the top and SWNT at the bottom layer, showed a significant improvement in the field-effect mobility of 15.37 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>cm</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">V</mi><mo>·</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> (factor of three increase) and an I_on/I_off current ratio of 8.83 × <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> with improved hysteresis. …”
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Research on the running-in scuffing of aviation spiral bevel gears based on measured analysis of surface integrity parameters by YIN Feng, YANG Duo, DENG Mingming, TANG Jinyuan, FENG Xin

“…ObjectiveThe primary failure modes of aviation spiral bevel gears include tooth surface scuffing, wear, and scoring. Current evaluation methods for these failures neglect the influence of surface integrity parameters, making it difficult to accurately assess the correlation between the appearance of scuffing and the actual degree of damage. …”
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