Numerical Study of Concentric Brace Equipped with the Eccentric Elements for Strengthening Buildings by Asadullah Attal, Mohammad Ali Kafi

“…However, the bracing system suffers a weakness called axial buckling of the brace under critical compressive load, reducing bearing capacity and interrupting energy dissipation. …”
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Dendritic Cell-Like Cells Accumulate in Regenerating Murine Skeletal Muscle after Injury and Boost Adaptive Immune Responses Only upon a Microbial Challenge. by Florian Wirsdörfer, Jörg M Bangen, Eva Pastille, Daniel Schmitz, Sascha Flohé, Beatrix Schumak, Stefanie B Flohé

“…We injected the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA) into the skeletal muscle of injured or sham-treated mice to address the ability of these DCs in antigen uptake, migration, and specific T cell activation in the draining popliteal lymph node (pLN). …”
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Influence of Strand Size on the Bending Properties of Parallel Strand Bamboo by Wenli Zhu, Jiannan Zhou, Guo Chen, Zhenyu Qiu

“…Numerical simulations were performed to reveal the deformation, the failure process, and the load carrying ability of the PSB beams. The first-order anisotropic beam theory was applied to predict the internal forces. …”
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Bioinspired Moisture‐Driven Soft Robotic Actuator by Akshay Balachandran, Nair Abhigith Ravindran, Ghulam Mohd, Irfan Majeed Bhat, Saswati Priyadarshini, Saifullah Lone

“…Testing an energy‐free, moisture‐triggered soft robotic gripper, its ability to lift over 50 times its weight while maintaining sufficient softness for delicate tasks is demonstrated. …”
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Comorbidity and progression of late onset Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review. by Miriam L Haaksma, Lara R Vilela, Alessandra Marengoni, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Jeannie-Marie S Leoutsakos, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert, René J F Melis

“…This systematic review aims to investigate the relation between somatic comorbidity burden and progression in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD).<h4>Methods</h4>We searched four databases for observational studies that examined cross-sectional or longitudinal associations of cognitive or functional or neuropsychiatric outcomes with comorbidity in individuals with LOAD. …”
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A Review of Smart Grid Evolution and Reinforcement Learning: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions by Na Xu, Zhuo Tang, Chenyi Si, Jinshan Bian, Chaoxu Mu

“…This study systematically reviews new challenges and research trends in the field of smart grid optimization, focusing on key issues such as power flow optimization, load scheduling, and reactive power compensation. …”
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Multi-response optimization of CuZn39Pb3 brass alloy turning by implementing Grey Wolf algorithm by Nikolaos Fountas, Angelos Koutsomichalis, John Kechagias, Nikolaos Vaxevanidis

“…Machinability of engineering materials is crucial for industrial manufacturing processes since it affects all the essential aspects involved, e.g. work­load, resources, surface integrity and part quality. …”
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Strength and Conditioning Society (SCS) 7th Annual Meeting, Murcia, Spain, 2024 by Pedro E. Alcaraz, Konstantinos Spyrou, Anthony J. Blazevich, Tomás T. Freitas, Elena Marín-Cascales, Aarón Manzanares Serrano

“…These included strength training in high-performance sports, sport science and training–competition load management in elite environments, biochemistry and exercise physiology and prescription, nutrition and biomechanics, among others. …”
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Effect of Curvature Shape on the Impact Strength of Additively Manufactured Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Parts Produced via Fused Deposition Modeling by Muhammad Fahad, Waseem Raja, Muhammad Naveed Iqbal, Abdul Waheed Awan

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) has greatly revolutionized manufacturing due to its ability to manufacture complex shapes without the need for additional tooling. …”
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Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Sensorimotor-Inspired Grasping Strategy for Dexterous Prosthetic Hands by Ting Zhang, Ning Zhang, Yang Li, Bo Zeng, Li Jiang

“…When grasping objects based on the anticipated load conditions, the human hand adjusts the grasping force in real time based on shear force feedback. …”
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Rab8a restores diverse innate functions in CD11c+CD11b+ dendritic cells from aged mice by Sudhakar Singh, Azeez Tehseen, Surbhi Dahiya, Yuviana J. Singh, Roman Sarkar, Sharvan Sehrawat

“…Abstract Age-related alterations of the immune system compromise the host’s ability to respond to pathogens, but how immune aging is regulated is still poorly understood. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Interfacial Bonding Mechanism of High-Performance ECC in Steel-Concrete Composite Link Slab in Simply Supported Bridges by Chengquan Wang, Rongyang Liu, Kangyu Wang, Yuhan Liang, Yingjie Ning

“…Full-scale tests indicated that under 1.5 times the design load, the crack width of the ECC bridge deck continuity structure is ≤0.12 mm, the maximum deflection is only 5.345 mm, and the interface slip is reduced by 42%, achieving a unified control of multiple cracks and coordinated deformation. …”
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Experimental Study on Fire Resistance of Geopolymer High-Performance Concrete Prefabricated Stairs by Yongjiang Shen, Qilin Wang, Quan Zhou, Xinxing Li, Zhengliang Xiang

“…Geopolymer-based high-performance concrete (GHPC) stairs have been proposed as an alternative solution that fulfills both lightweight and load-bearing requirements for prefabricated stairs. …”
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Assessment of the Impacts of Land Use Changes on Nonpoint Source Pollution Inputs Upstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir by Huicai Yang, Guoqiang Wang, Yan Yang, Baolin Xue, Binbin Wu

“…In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was examined for its ability to assess relationships between land use changes and nonpoint pollutant indexes upstream of the TGR. …”
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Hierarchical deep Q-network-based optimization of resilient grids under multi-dimensional uncertainties from extreme weather by Shimeng Dong, Chao Wang, Yan Zhang, Yanan Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Linrun Guo, Liwei Ju

“…The results underscore the framework’s ability to balance economic efficiency and system reliability while ensuring scalability across diverse operational scenarios. …”
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Advanced AI approaches for the modeling and optimization of microgrid energy systems by Mohammed Amine Hoummadi, Badre Bossoufi, Mohammed Karim, Ahmed Althobaiti, Thamer A. H. Alghamdi, Mohammed Alenezi

“…These results illustrate the ability of AI to power cheap and clean energy systems.…”
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Bearing fault diagnosis for variable operating conditions based on KAN convolution and dual branch fusion attention by Qibing Wang, Chuanjie Yin, Kun She, Qinfeng Tong, Guoxiong Lu, Hongbing Zhang, Jiawei Lu

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the method proposed in this paper achieves an average accuracy of 99.63% in a single load scenario and 99.05% in a variable working condition scenario. …”
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Brain Age Estimation from MRI Images using 2D-CNN instead of 3D-CNN by Muazzez Buket Darıcı, Şüheda Yıldırım, Murat Gezer

“…Since this process requires high memory load with 3D-CNN, 2D-CNN is preferred for the task of Brain Age Estimation (BAE). …”
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Analysis of fast frequency control using battery energy storage systems in mitigating impact of photovoltaic penetration in Ethiopia–Kenya HVDC link by Teshome Hambissa, Getachew Biru, Mehrdad Ghandhari

“…This can increase frequency deviation when there is a load-generation imbalance or unexpected disturbances. …”
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Free Flap Reconstruction in Patients with Traumatic Injury of the Forefoot by Shin Hyuk Kang, Jeongseok Oh, Seok Chan Eun

“…In particular, it is important to assess the ability of the flap to withstand functional weight bearing and maintain sufficient durability under shearing force. …”
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