Shock Characteristics of the Opposed Disc Springs (ODS) Shock Isolator with Pretightening under Boundary Friction Condition by An-Min Hui, Ming Yan, Lei Zhang, Ying-Li Jin, Kaiping Wang, Haichao Liu

“…In this study, to solve the problems of shock environment and shock isolation, about which there is still a lack of reasonable description, an isokinetic shock distinguishing method (ISDM), which can quantitatively distinguish between shock and forced vibration state, is presented. …”
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Cortical fold geometry modulates transcranial magnetic stimulation electric field strength and peak displacement by Jinting Wang, Jiayu Zhai, Yiding Wang, JiuGe Lin, Donghua Pan, Liyi Li

“…Furthermore, the identified morphological predictors may expedite coil placement optimization in subject-specific models, improving the efficiency of TMS protocol design.…”
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Autonomous Robotic Path Planning Based on the Gaussian Mixture Model in Complex Manufacturing Environment by Rui Sun, Yuanmin Wang, Wenzheng Zhao, Yinhua Liu

“…The results show that compared with the benchmark methods, the proposed method can improve the planning efficiency, reduce the path length, and be more robust. …”
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Confocal Live Imaging of Reproductive Organs Development in Arabidopsis by Binghan Wang, Amélie Bauer, Andrea Gómez-Felipe, Sylvia Silveira, Daniel Kierzkowski

“…Understanding how multicellular organisms are shaped requires high-resolution, quantitative data to unravel how biological structures grow and develop over time. …”
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Compression of 3D Optical Encryption Using Singular Value Decomposition by Kyungtae Park, Min-Chul Lee, Myungjin Cho

“…The performance is evaluated quantitatively using peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index (SSIM), and peak sidelobe ratio (PSR) as evaluation metrics.…”
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Synthesis of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Zinc Oxide Hydrogel for Drug Delivery Applications by Krithika Ramesh, Jeyanthi Ponnusamy, Pazhanisamy Periasamy

“…Thermodynamic properties of the hydrogel were described quantitatively by the Flory-Rehner method. The results indicate that the synthesized hydrogel exhibits strong antioxidant activity, making it a potential candidate for use in preventing degenerative diseases. …”
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Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk by Wen Yang, Yunbo Zhang, Tian Deng, Chuanyang Liu

“…Ice accretion from the impingement of supercooled water droplets on the rotating components of aero-engines reduces engine efficiency and poses significant in-flight safety risks. …”
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Simulating 3D pedestrian motions in evacuations under high and low perceived urgency levels by Ruihang Xie, Sisi Zlatanova, Jinwoo (Brian) Lee

“…Subsequently, a case study and a sensitivity analysis quantitatively assess the influence of 3D motions. Key findings are: 1) 3D motions may improve evacuation efficiency, particularly under lower urgency levels; 2) 3D motions may offer alternative 3D paths to bypass congestion; and 3) 3D motions’ benefits may diminish as urgency and agent density increase. …”
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Development of the Optuna-NGBoost-SHAP model for estimating ground settlement during tunnel excavation by Yuxin Chen, Mohammad Hossein Kadkhodaei, Jian Zhou

“…The findings provide robust decision support for safety management during tunnel construction and demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of the Optuna-NGBoost-SHAP framework in estimating complex ground settlement scenarios.…”
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Testing the limits of short-reads metagenomic classifications programs in wastewater treating microbial communities by Leandro Di Gloria, Lorenzo Casbarra, Tommaso Lotti, Matteo Ramazzotti

“…Gaining a deeper understanding of the microbial communities underpinning these technologies would enable their optimization, ultimately reducing costs and increasing efficiency. To support this research, we quantitatively compared classification methods differing in read length (raw reads, contigs and MAGs), overall search approach (Kaiju, Kraken2, RiboFrame and kMetaShot), as well as source databases to assess the classification performances at both the genus and species levels using an in silico-generated mock community designed to provide a simplified yet comprehensive representation of the complex microbial ecosystems found in AS and AGS. …”
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Governance mechanism and risk management of Congolese commercial banks by Louison TETE SULA, Yannick NSIESILA MANZANZA, Alain PAYANZO NTSOMO

“…The insolvency indicator is evaluated quantitatively using the CAMELS method, which combines six criteria carried out on a panel of 12 banking institutions between 2010 and 2020. …”
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Differential cellular responses associated with oxidative stress and cell fate decision under nitrate and phosphate limitations in Thalassiosira pseudonana: Comparative proteomics. by Qun Lin, Jun-Rong Liang, Qian-Qian Huang, Chun-Shan Luo, Donald M Anderson, Chris Bowler, Chang-Ping Chen, Xue-Song Li, Ya-Hui Gao

“…In N-limited cells, responsive proteins were related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, oxidative stress responses and cell death, corresponding to a significant decrease in photosynthetic efficiency, marked intracellular ROS accumulation, and caspase-mediated programmed cell death activation. …”
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Thermal state structure in the Tavis-Cummings model and rapid simulations in mesoscopic quantum ensembles by Lane G. Gunderman, Troy W. Borneman, David G. Cory

“…These enable perturbative expansions for thermal properties in terms of the energy shifts of dressed states, called Lamb shifts herein. They enable efficient numeric methods that scale in terms of the size of the spin system. …”
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Model of Dynamic Mechanical Parameters and Vibration Analysis in Hot Rolling by Ming Zhang, Zihao Huang, Yanbo Yang

“…The horizontal-torsion hot rolling vibration model is further established to quantitatively analyze the relationship between process parameters and mill vibration. …”
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Reaction Kinetics of Chlorine Corrosion to Heating Surfaces during Coal and Biomass Cofiring by Yongzheng Wang, Yu Sun, Maozhen Yue, Yungang Li

“…The high content of chlorine in biomass will cause serious ash deposition and corrosion problems on the heating surface in boiler, reduce heat transfer efficiency, and endanger the boiler operation safety. …”
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Livestock metabolomics and the livestock metabolome: A systematic review. by Seyed Ali Goldansaz, An Chi Guo, Tanvir Sajed, Michael A Steele, Graham S Plastow, David S Wishart

“…The purpose of this systematic review is to quantitatively and objectively summarize the current status of livestock metabolomics and to identify emerging trends, preferred technologies and important gaps in the field. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of antimony oxide nanoparticles for the determination of trace cadmium in mulberry leaf tea matrices by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry by Merve Nur İnce, Hakan Serbest, Sezgin Bakirdere

“…All experimental parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were optimized univariately. Under the optimum operational conditions (35 mL sample volume, 0.75 mL of pH 8.0 buffer, 15 mg of sorbent, 5 s vortex and 100 µL of 1.0 M of HNO3), the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) values were determined as 0.27 and 0.89 µg L−1, respectively. …”
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Color image hybrid noise filtering algorithm based on deep convolution neural network by Yongfei Yu, Yuanjian Yan

“…First, the color information of the image is described quantitatively by digital means. The common method is to build color space model. …”
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An automated network-based tool to search for metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer by Luis V. Valcárcel, Edurne San José-Enériz, Raquel Ordoñez, Iñigo Apaolaza, Danel Olaverri-Mendizabal, Naroa Barrena, Ana Valcárcel, Leire Garate, Jesús San Miguel, Antonio Pineda-Lucena, Xabier Agirre, Felipe Prósper, Francisco J. Planes

“…Here, we present gmctool, a freely accessible online tool that allows us to accomplish this task in a simple, efficient and intuitive environment. gmctool exploits the concept of genetic Minimal Cut Sets (gMCSs), a theoretical approach to synthetic lethality based on genome-scale metabolic networks, including a unique database of synthetic lethals computed from Human1, the most recent metabolic reconstruction of human cells. gmctool introduces qualitative and quantitative improvements over our previously developed algorithms to predict, visualize and analyze metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer, demonstrating a superior performance than competing algorithms. …”
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Targeting ocular tissues with intravenously administered aptamers selected by in vivo SELEX by Sonja Korhonen, Katja Stenberg, Umair Seemab, Piia Bartos, Katariina Mäkiniemi, Jørgen Kjems, Daniel Miotto Dupont, Astrid Subrizi

“…Drugs and carrier molecules that penetrate ocular tissues after intravenous administration are needed for more efficient and patient-friendly treatment of ocular diseases. …”
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