Smart Contracts and the Problems Likely to Appear in the Field of Private Law Regarding Its Possible Implementation by Mükerrem Onur Başar

“…In this regard, the most important difference smart contracts based on current technological innovations and blockchain technology is that it is not technically and de facto possible to intervening from outside the blockchain system where the smart contracts are loaded by parties to the contract or any other person, institution, or organization individually is de facto not technically possible.Consequently, within the scope of smart contracts, the creditor is not concerned about whether the debtor will fulfill their obligation or how the court will rule on a lawsuit to be filed in case of a dispute. …”
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Modular shape-changing tensegrity-blocks enable self-assembling robotic structures by Luyang Zhao, Yitao Jiang, Muhao Chen, Kostas Bekris, Devin Balkcom

“…Here, we designed untethered modular robots that are deformable, lightweight, deployable, outdoor-scale, capable of bearing loads, and capable of 3D attachment and detachment. …”
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A Discretized Overlap Resolution Algorithm (DORA) for resolving spatial overlaps in individual-based models of microbes. by Ihab Hashem, Jian Wang, Jan F M Van Impe

“…This approach significantly reduces the computational load, particularly in simulations with large cell populations. …”
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Within-host bayesian joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data of Leishmania infection. by Felix M Pabon-Rodriguez, Grant D Brown, Breanna M Scorza, Christine A Petersen

“…In addition to describing the mechanisms causing disease progression and impacting the risk of death, we also present the model's ability to predict individual trajectories of Canine Leishmaniosis (CanL) progression. …”
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Radiographic detection of welding defects based on neural ordinary differential equations by Wenyong WU, Hongyu CHENG, Qican ZHANG

“…Aiming at the problems of strong subjectivity, high work load, repetitive tasks, and low efficiency in defects evaluation in the process of radiographic testing (RT), a neural memory ordinary differential equations based residual network model was proposed in this paper, for the objective, accurate, and intelligent classification of weld defects. …”
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Immune system and damages of liver at chronic hepatites B and C by V. T. Ivashkin

“…Evaluation of efficacy of antiviral therapy with the help of dynamic assessment of viral load and other viral markers yields only indirect representation of activity of pathological process. …”
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Development of Wellness Culture through corrective gymnastics by Darinka Ignatova

“…The aim is to establish the influence of corrective spinal gymnastics on the development of the wellness culture, through optimal motor load in the tracked age period. Material and Methods. …”
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Classification of Complex Power Quality Disturbances Based on Lissajous Trajectory and Lightweight DenseNet by Xi Zhang, Jianyong Zheng, Fei Mei, Huiyu Miao

“…With the increase in the penetration rate of distributed sources and loads, the sensor monitoring data is increasing dramatically. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Compressive Strength and Slump in High-Performance Concrete Utilizing Machine Learning by Yu Yang, Ye Chen, Peng Zhang, Weining Zhang

“… Compressive strength is important in HPC, for it actually reflects the ability to bear stresses without disintegration. It ensures structural stability and durability and, hence, resistance to various types of external loads, which is critical for infrastructure serviceability over a long period of time. …”
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Correlation analysis of m6A-modified regulators with immune microenvironment infiltrating cells in lung adenocarcinoma. by Wei Ye, Tianpeng Huang

“…Besides, m6A scores were associated with tumor mutational load (TMB) and were able to increase the ability of TMB to predict immunotherapy. …”
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Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Gearbox Based on Mel Spectrogram and Improved ResNeXt50 Model by Xiaojuan Zhang, Feixiang Jia, Yayu Chen

“…In response to the problem of complex and variable loads on wind turbine gearbox bearing in working conditions, as well as the limited amount of sound data making fault identification difficult, this study focuses on sound signals and proposes an intelligent diagnostic method using deep learning. …”
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Identification of the ER-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF145 as a novel LXR-regulated gene. by Emma C L Cook, Jessica K Nelson, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Duco Koenis, Martina Moeton, Saskia Scheij, Roelof Ottenhoff, Boris Bleijlevens, Anke Loregger, Noam Zelcer

“…Herein, the sterol-responsive Liver X Receptors (LXRs) play an important role owing to their ability to reduce cellular cholesterol load. In this context, identifying the full set of LXR-regulated genes will contribute to our understanding of their role in cholesterol metabolism. …”
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Introducing a measure of perceived self-efficacy for proof (PSEP): Evidence of validity by Benjamin Shongwe, Vimolan Mudaly

“…In both samples, the PSEP was found to possess good internal consistency reliability with relatively high factor loadings on a single component. Although the findings in this report represent preliminary validation evidence, it can be concluded that the PSEP is a valid, reliable and sensitive measure of 11th grade students’ perceptions of their ability to construct a proof and may serve as a meaningful outcome in mathematical proof research and classroom proof education.…”
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Eye movements in developing readers: From basic research to classroom application. by Alexandra Spichtig, Christian Vorstius, Ronan Reilly, Jochen Laubrock

“…Jochen Laubrock’s presentation will focus on perceptual span development and explore dimensions of this phenomenon with potential educational implications, such as the modulation of perceptual span in relation to cognitive load, as well as preview effects during oral and silent reading --and while reading comic books.…”
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High-performance energy harvesting and continuous output using nylon-11/BaTiO₃-PVDF triboelectric nanogenerators with strong dielectric properties. by Xiong Dien, Nurulazlina Ramli, Tzer Hwai Gilbert Thio, Cheng Linfeng, Zhang Lin, Yuan Jiang, Yang Zhuanqing

“…Among various emerging energy technologies, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have garnered significant attention owing to their ability to convert environmental mechanical energy into electrical energy through the triboelectric effect and electrostatic induction. …”
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The removal of black ink via Emericella quadrilineata as a green alternative technique to recycling ink waste papers. by Mari Sumayli, Abdullah Mashraqi, A El-Shabasy, Ugur Azizoglu, Sally A Ali

“…SEM, FT-IR, the molecular method, and factors affecting ink eradication were all carried out. The deinking of ink-loaded filter paper, Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms, and A. quadrilineatus enzyme activities were also investigated in this work. …”
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A corpus-based assessment of vocabulary in interpreting textbooks by Dandan Sheng, Xin Li

“…This study addresses this gap by evaluating the English vocabulary of undergraduate interpreting textbooks from the perspectives of vocabulary load, frequency distribution, and repetition patterns. …”
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Spatial working memory in a disappearing object task is impaired in female but not male dogs with chronic osteoarthritis by Melissa Smith, Joanna C. Murrell, Michael Mendl

“…Pain-related impairment of cognitive function could have detrimental effects on an animal’s ability to engage with its owners and environment or to respond to training or novel situations, which may in turn affect its quality of life. …”
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Culicoides midge bites modulate the host response and impact on bluetongue virus infection in sheep. by Nonito Pages, Emmanuel Bréard, Céline Urien, Sandra Talavera, Cyril Viarouge, Cristina Lorca-Oro, Luc Jouneau, Bernard Charley, Stéphan Zientara, Albert Bensaid, David Solanes, Joan Pujols, Isabelle Schwartz-Cornil

“…However nothing is known about the ability of Culicoides midges to interfere with the infectivity of the viruses they transmit. …”
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Stress Determination by IHD in Additively Manufactured Austenitic Steel Samples: A Validation Study by João Paulo Nobre, Maria José Marques, António Castanhola Batista

“…To accomplish this aim, a hybrid experimental-numerical method was implemented to analyze the ability of IHD to determine an imposed stress state. …”
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