UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES by A. Kapustin, B. Khabriev

“…Charter and the normative array of recommendatory norms of the U.N. General Assembly. …”
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Multi-head deep Q-learning for continuous beamforming with selective MC-CDMA operation in V2X highway communications by Nguyen Huu Trung, Nguyen Thuy Anh, Fuqiang Liu

“…When equipped with a large-scale antenna array, the system ensures continuous beam tracking and substantially outperforms conventional RL-based techniques. …”
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Modification of Adomian decomposition technique in multiplicative calculus and application for nonlinear equations by Farooq Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Waseem, Alexey Mikhaylov, Gabor Pinter

“…Multiplicative calculus is a mathematical system that offers an alternative to traditional calculus. …”
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Discovery of core biotic stress responsive genes in Arabidopsis by weighted gene co-expression network analysis. by Katherine C H Amrine, Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Dario Cantu

“…Using Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) we constructed an undirected network leveraging a rich curated expression dataset comprising 272 microarrays that involved microbial infections of Arabidopsis plants with a wide array of fungal and bacterial pathogens with biotrophic, hemibiotrophic, and necrotrophic lifestyles. …”
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Robust Beamfocusing for Secure NFC with Imperfect CSI by Weijian Chen, Zhiqiang Wei, Zai Yang

“…., transmitter (Alice) and receiver (Bob), in the presence of an eavesdropper (Eve) in a near-field communication (NFC) system. Notably, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) arrays significantly increase array aperture, thereby rendering the eavesdroppers more inclined to lurk near the transmission end. …”
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What Horses and Humans See: A Comparative Review by Jack Murphy, Carol Hall, Sean Arkins

“…On the one hand, it would appear that the horse is best served by a system that can keep “half an eye” on everything, while the human benefits from focussing on more specific aspects of the visual array. …”
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Predicting the frost heaving of bottom ash value for road design by A. A. Lunev, D. A. Razuvaev, V. V. Golubenko, M. G. Chakhlov

“…SibADI specialists compared the results obtained with earlier studies to determine the relative deformations of frost heaving of fine-grained ash slabs samples, and analyzed the entire array of data obtained.Results. As a result of joint work, an empirical model was obtained that makes it possible to predict the amount of frost heaving of ash and slag material depending on its degree of compaction, initial moisture content (when working in a closed circuit or moisture in freezing through an open system), particle size distribution and freezing temperature. …”
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Synchronization of pulsed and continuous-wave IMPATT oscillators in the millimeter wavelength range. Part 1. Generator designs and a generalized model of their external signal sync... by Mykola Karushkin

“…Synchronized diode generators used in transmit/receive module for active phased array antennas, coherent low-power radar stations, etc. show great promise. …”
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Dopaminergic signaling to ventral striatum neurons initiates sniffing behavior by Natalie L. Johnson, Anamaria Cotelo-Larrea, Lucas A. Stetzik, Umit M. Akkaya, Zihao Zhang, Marie A. Gadziola, Adrienn G. Varga, Minghong Ma, Daniel W. Wesson

“…The nature of sniffing being integral to both olfaction and motivated behaviors implicates this circuit in a wide array of functions.…”
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Silver Nanoparticles and Mitochondrial Interaction by Eriberto Bressan, Letizia Ferroni, Chiara Gardin, Chiara Rigo, Michele Stocchero, Vincenzo Vindigni, Warren Cairns, Barbara Zavan

“…Several different types of nanoparticles have been engineered to be employed in a wide array of applications due to their high surface to volume ratio that leads to unique physical and chemical properties. …”
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Clinical ultrasonography in patients who inject drugs (the CUPID protocol): an illustrated case series by Stephanie C. DeMasi, Laura E. Goyack, Erin F. Shufflebarger, Erik P. Hess, Rachel M. Skains, Maxwell A. Thompson, Samuel Luke Burleson, John P. Gullett, David C. Pigott

“…The increasing population of injection drug use patients is at risk for serious morbidity and mortality from an array of disease states amenable to ultrasound‐based diagnosis. …”
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Real-Time 262-Mb/s Visible Light Communication With Digital Predistortion Waveform Shaping by Weishu Xu, Min Zhang, Dahai Han, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Pengfei Luo, Yongjian Zhang

“…A digital predistortion waveform shaping scheme combined with a blue filter is proposed to optimize both the rise and fall times of a light-emitting diode (LED) and the optical receiver current of the signal of the real-time visible light communication (VLC) system. The proposed scheme is implemented on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and a digital-to-analog converter based test bed, which is flexible and reconfigurable by programming the FPGA to match different LED characteristics and varied data rates. …”
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Pico-Scale Digital PCR on a Super-Hydrophilic Microarray Chip for Multi-Target Detection by Qingyue Xian, Jie Zhang, Yu Ching Wong, Yibo Gao, Qi Song, Na Xu, Weijia Wen

“…In this study, we present a super-hydrophilic microarray chip specifically designed for dPCR, featuring streamlined loading methods compatible with micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Utilizing hydrodynamic principles, our platform enables the formation of a uniform array of 120-pL independent reaction units within a closed channel. …”
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Effect of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate coating on digestive stability and intestinal transport of green tea catechins by Jae-Hwan Chung, Sang-Jun Lee, Jin-Oh Chung, Yu-Jin Oh, Jeong-Ah Hwang, Young-Kyung Kim, Sanghoon Ko, Soon-Mi Shim

“…An in vitro gastrointestinal model system coupled with Caco-2 cells was used for estimating the bioavailability of GTCs. …”
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A Power-Efficient 0.5668 TOPS/W Digital Logic Accelerator Implemented Using 40-nm CMOS Process for Underwater Object Recognition Usage by Chua-Chin Wang, Shih-Heng Luo, Hsin-Che Wu, Ralph Gerard B. Sangalang, Chewn-Pu Jou, Harry Hsia, Lan-Chou Cho

“…The proposed DLA is also featured with 2-dimensional PE (processing element) array to increase the processing throughput by the enhancement of parallelism. …”
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Underthrusting of Tarim Lower Crust Beneath the Tibetan Plateau Revealed by Receiver Function Imaging by Chenglong Wu, Tao Xu, Xiaobo Tian, Ross N. Mitchell, Jiyan Lin, Jianfeng Yang, Xin Wang, Zhanwu Lu

“…Abstract The left‐lateral Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) system is the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau resulted from the India–Eurasia continental collision. …”
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A novel frequency-domain approach to the range migration algorithm for efficient medical image processing: Application in tumor detection and identification by Jaouad El Gueri, Ibtisam Amdaouch, Badiaa Ait Ahmed, Juan Ruiz-Alzola, Otman Aghzout

“…The algorithm was validated using an antenna array system and a custom built phantom model. To further reduce noise and image artifacts after RMA application, Hamming, Gaussian, and Median filtering techniques were applied and compared. …”
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Depth-dependent Metagenome-Assembled Genomes of Agricultural Soils under Managed Aquifer Recharge by Júlia Brandão Gontijo, Laibin Huang, Elad Levintal, Cristina Prieto García, Christian B. Erikson, Adolfo Coyotl, William R. Horwath, Helen E. Dahlke, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues

“…Through this process, we assembled 146 medium and 14 high-quality MAGs, uncovering a wide array of archaeal and bacterial taxa across different soil depths. …”
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A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, Sarah Hartman, Jonas Jägermeyr, Deepak Ray, Tariq Ali, Kate A. Brauman, Qinyu Deng, Wei Xie, Kyle Frankel Davis

“…Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding of how spatial patterns of global crop cultivation have recently evolved and which crops have contributed most to these changes. …”
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Harnessing Smartphone Sensors for Enhanced Road Safety: A Comprehensive Dataset and Review by Amith Khandakar, David G. Michelson, Mansura Naznine, Abdus Salam, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Khaled M. Khan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Mohamed Arselene Ayari, Hamid Menouar, Julfikar Haider

“…Smartphones, with their array of built-in sensors, offer a practical and affordable solution for road-sensing. …”
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