Unraveling the Role of Spicules in Shaping Sponge Body Structure: Evidence from the Early Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation by Xinyi Ren, Yazhou Hu, Luke C. Strotz, Mei Luo, Caibin Zhang, Zhifei Zhang

“…Based on the arrangement of the different spicules, it is proposed that each of the spicule types represents a discrete functional form: monaxons support the overall sponge body plan, pentactines construct the framework of the parietal gaps, and the smaller pentactines or tetractines stabilize the framework of the parietal gaps. …”
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Robust H∞ Filtering for a Class of Complex Networks with Stochastic Packet Dropouts and Time Delays by Jie Zhang, Ming Lyu, Hamid Reza Karimi, Pengfei Guo, Yuming Bo

“…By constructing the proper Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, we acquire sufficient conditions to guarantee the stability of the state detection observer for the discrete systems, and the observer gain is also derived by solving linear matrix inequalities. …”
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Synchronous post-exercise electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, photoplethysmograms and seismocardiogram by Aleksandar Lazović, Vladimir Atanasoski, Predrag Tadić, Natalija Djordjević, Maša Tiosavljević, Marija D. Ivanović, Ljupčo Hadžievski, Arsen Ristić, Vladan Vukčević, Jovana Petrović

“…Abstract Noninvasive electromechanical assessment of cardiovascular function is emerging as a cost-effective method for diagnosis of heart failure and arterial diseases, and for telemedical monitoring of blood pressure and neural disorders. …”
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Volar Locking Plate Breakage after Nonunion of a Distal Radius Osteotomy by Sergi Barrera-Ochoa, Sergi Rodríguez-Alabau, Andrea Sallent, Francisco Soldado, Xavier Mir

“…Volar locking plates have added a new approach to the treatment of distal radius malunions, due to a lower morbidity of the surgical approach and the strength of the final construction, allowing early mobilization and return to function. …”
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A numerical study of added resistance performance and hydrodynamics of KCS hull in oblique regular waves and estimation of resistance in short-crested irregular waves through spect... by Soon-Hyun Lee, Cheolho Kim, Kwang-Jun Paik, Hyeongjun Kim, Jangho Chun

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Stay-in-Place Formwork of TRC Designed as Shear Reinforcement for Concrete Beams by S. Verbruggen, O. Remy, J. Wastiels, T. Tysmans

“…In order to reduce on-site building time, the construction industry shows an increasing interest in stay-in-place formwork with a reinforcement function after concrete hardening, such as CFRP formwork confinement for columns. …”
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Progress in animal model studies on chronic fatigue syndrome in military seafaring operations by Shuqi CAI, Ying HE, Wenhui WU, Ruisang LIU, Yunkai ZHANG, Yong JIAO, Xiaomeng REN

“…The key characteristics of the animal models included, but not limited to, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, impaired cognitive function, psychological stress responses, and abnormal biochemical indicators. …”
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Study on Engineering Application and Degradation Efficiency of Nanoscaled TiO2 Used as Photocatalytic Fog Sealing by Mengchen Li, Zhizhong Zhao, Haizhi Li, Yanmin Wang, Qingliang Wang, Xingxing Zhu, Liang Fan

“…Regression analysis was employed to investigate the influence factors of degradation efficiency, by which formula of function of factors influencing degradation efficiency and degradation efficiency deviation equation are obtained. …”
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Research on the Full Life Cycle Deformation, Stress Response, and Dynamic Fatigue Performance of Concrete Structures in Pump Stations by Min Yuan, Xianhong Zhu, Lei Han, Yongfeng Qi, Zhiqiang Xie, Xi Qin, Yun Dong

“…In response to the current lack of three-dimensional analysis and the exploration of the mechanical behavior and damage evolution processes of concrete structures under variable temperature environmental conditions, this paper relies on the Fenghuangjing Pump Station project involving the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and constructs a concrete thermo-mechanical-fatigue-damage model based on the power exponent function damage constitutive model. …”
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Availability Optimization of Two-dimensional Warranty Products Under Imperfect Preventive Maintenance by Rongcai Wang, Zhonghua Cheng, Liqing Rong, Yongsheng Bai, Qian Wang

“…Aiming at the problem that the availability of the two-dimensional (2D) warranty product is difficult to meet the actual needs of users during the warranty period, this paper makes use of the accelerated failure time (AFT) model to construct the failure rate function of the product based on imperfect preventive maintenance (PM), establishes the 2D warranty availability model and gives an effective solution. …”
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Three-stage sequential targeted nasal drops for correcting abnormal mitochondrial division in microglia by Miaomiao Fei, Qidong Liu, Hui Zhang, Yawei Du, Liang Chen, Juan Wang, Wenguo Cui, Cheng Li

“…In the third stage, the system released DHEA in response to the microenvironment, precisely regulating dynamin-related protein 1 involved in mitochondrial membrane remodeling, which inhibited abnormal mitochondrial division, stabilized mitochondrial morphology and function, inhibited microglial activation. This study demonstrated that three-stage sequential nasal drops efficiently traversed the nose-to-brain pathway via nasal mucosa in both murine (n = 200) and porcine (n = 16) models, while significantly ameliorating anesthesia/surgery-induced cognitive dysfunction in mice. …”
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Electronic and transport properties of Ti3C2O2-based strain sensor: A DFT-NEGF study by Kaiyi Weng, Yawen Dai, Neng Li

“…However, theoretical analysis from a quantum perspective is relatively scarce, which may hinder the development of this emerging field. Based on density functional theory with non-equilibrium Green’s function, we explored the structure, electronic, and transport properties of Ti3C2O2 with and without biaxial strains. …”
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A framework for handweaving robotic textiles with liquid crystal elastomer fibers by Sarah Nicita, James C. Weaver, Hiroshi Ishii, Jack Forman

“…To this end, liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a promising candidate for enabling these reversible actuation behaviors in fabric-based constructs. Drawing on traditional textile manufacturing techniques and through a detailed exploration of the vast woven textile design space, we have demonstrated programmable and reversible curling, puffing, and in-plane shrinkage behaviors by embedding the functionality of LCE fibers into single and multi-layered woven structures. …”
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Effect of Recycled Fibers on the Mechanical Properties and Durability of Sand Concrete by Hamid ALSAYADI, Nacera KHALDI, Houria HEBHOUB, Chaher RIHIA, Mohammed Ichem BENHALILOU, Karima MESSAOUDI

“…In virtue of thus, the results obtained demonstrated a positive evolution of certain properties of sand concrete as a function of the type and percentage of fibers incorporated into the composition of the concrete.…”
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Rapid and high-throughput identification of thermal-responsive genes based on cDNA-library in upland cotton by Biyu Xu, Tao Jiang, Yan Wang, Jiani Chen, Wangshu Liu, Ying He, Zhanfeng Si, Yan Hu

“…The high-throughput heat-screening method utilized in this study was optimized for mining thermotolerant genes including improvement in yeast library construction, screening system, gradient reverse pressure, and sequencing library construction. …”
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Dissecting resilience curve archetypes and properties in human systems facing weather hazards by Chia-Wei Hsu, Ali Mostafavi

“…The results also reveal critical thresholds, such as the bimodal recovery breakpoint at a 20% impact extent (i.e., function loss), at which the recovery rate decreases, and the critical functional threshold at a 60% impact extent, above which recovery rate would be rather slow. …”
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Bombyx mori miR-2845 represses the expression of fibroin light chain gene both in vitro and in vivo. by JingYi Huang, YanHua Chen, Juan Zhu, MeiXian Wang, ShunMing Tang, YongZhu Yi, XingJia Shen

“…To study the regulatory function of Bombyx mori (B. mori) miRNAs (bmo-miR) on the expression of fibroin light chain gene (BmFib-L), the 3'UTR of BmFib-L mRNA was used as the target for online prediction of miRNAs from miRBase using RNAhybrid Software, and miR-2845 was screened out. …”
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ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF QUICK-RETURN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEATING⁃UP SLEY BASED ON MULTIVARIABLE DESIGN by QIU HaiFei

“…For improving the quick‑return characteristics of the sley movement,an optimal mathematical model for maximum curve displacement Sm of the connectingarm pin was proposed through beating‑up principle analysis and mechanism deduction.A multivariable design space was constructed by use of the component length(lc,lh,lr,lf)and crankangleα.The parametric functional model development of the four‑bar beating‑up with short connecting rod was realized,and its kinematic posture and centroid trajectory were analyzed and verified through mechanism simulation.The results of the case study indicate that the variable lc andαhave more greater influence on the sensitivity of the objective function F(X),and multivariable(DV_1,DV_2,DV_3)coupling can effectively enhance the design plasticity of the quick‑return characteristics of the sley.When the maximum curve displacement Sm of the connectingarm pin increases to 71.41 mm,the extreme position angleθand the travel speed ratio coefficient K are increased by 10.96°and 0.131 respectively,and the quick-return motion effect of the sley is obviously improved.The optimization results accord with the conditions of rod length and mechanism transmission requirement,which are conductive to the design innovation and performance improvement of the four‑bar beating‑up system.…”
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Tree networks of real-world data: Analysis of efficiency and spatiotemporal scales by Davide Cipollini, Lambert Schomaker

“…We show that scaleinvariance, i.e., power-law Laplacian spectral density, is a key feature for constructing trees capable of combining fast information flow and sufficiently rich internal representation of information, enabling the system to achieve its functional task efficiently. …”
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Conservative inference for counterfactuals by Balakrishnan Sivaraman, Kennedy Edward, Wasserman Larry

“…But many interesting quantities are functions of the joint distribution. For example, the individual treatment effect is a difference of counterfactuals and any functional of this difference such as the variance, the quantiles and density, all depend on this joint distribution. …”
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