Multimode hybrid gold-silicon nanoantennas for tailored nanoscale optical confinement by McPolin Cillian P. T., Vila Yago N., Krasavin Alexey V., Llorca Jordi, Zayats Anatoly V.

“…High-index dielectric nanoantennas, which provide an interplay between electric and magnetic modes, have been widely used as building blocks for a variety of devices and metasurfaces, both in linear and nonlinear regimes. …”
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Application of fitball aerobics means in the system of physical education of female students of non-sporting specialties by A. V. Symonik, O. Ye. Chernenko, A. Ye. Chernenko, D. G. Serdyuk, B. V. Kokarev, S. M. Bulakh, A. M. Hurieieva

“…Results: It was developed the experimental program of a fitball aerobics training considering the specific physiologic features of an organism. It was applied the selection of a fitball aerobics means of aerobic and power blocks of four modules. …”
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Control system for noise-resistant electronic speed controller of a brushless electric motor for an unmanned aerial vehicle by M. V. Parinov, A. N. Yurov, Ya. V. Skitskiy

“…The aim of this work is to develop a method for the software control of electric motors. This includes block diagrams and invariant algorithms and methods for the calculated selection of parameters of the main microcontroller of the electronic speed controller.Methods. …”
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Research on the Design of Pressure Compensator in Deep-sea ROV by CAO Gang, WANG Hongfei, ZHANG Dinghua

“…By analyzing and comparing the weight of the ROV valve blocks and valve box shells made of different materials but exhibiting the same volume, it was found that the valve blocks and valve box shells made of stainless steel and titanium alloy met the pressure resistance requirements, in the absence of pressure compensators. …”
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Experimental Study on the Influence of Snow-Melting Agents on Fiber-Reinforced Cemented Soil under Freezing-Thawing Cycles by Lina Xu, Xu Ding, Shuang Sun, Hao Gu, Lei Niu, Yang Chen

“…Notably, as the number of freezing-thawing cycles increases, the strength of the test block decreases to varying degrees. After the fifth freezing-thawing cycle, the strength of the block without fiber decreased by 61.30%, 70.22%, and 81.58% in clear water, potassium acetate, and magnesium chloride solution, respectively, while the test block in sodium sulfate solution lost its bearing capacity. …”
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Assessing genetic diversity and heritability of effective traits on the yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under rainfed condition by sayyed Saeed Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi, Farzad Kian-ersi, Davood Ahmadi-Dehrashid

“…According to the results, the traits of biomass and pod number per plant were recognized as the best suitable traits for indirect grain yield selection.…”
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Radial Basis Neural Network Construction and Training for Telegraph-Code Structure Reception by D. A. Chistoprudov, V. A. Kozlov, M. R. Bibarsov, D. A. Potyagov, N. Ya. Karasik

“…Recognition comparative results for the selected pair of symbols are given. On the basis of these results the code distance is determined, which ensures the minimum recognition error probability. …”
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Determination of Forage Yield and Quality Characteristics of Annual Ryegrass Lolium multiflorum Lam. Lines by Tamer Yavuz, Mustafa Sürmen, Sebahattin Albayrak, Necda Çankaya

“…lines developed by using half-sib family selection breeding method. The study was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications between 2009 and 2011 years in Samsun, Turkey. …”
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Glomerular endothelial cell senescence drives age‐related kidney disease through PAI‐1 by Camille Cohen, Océane Le Goff, Frédéric Soysouvanh, Florence Vasseur, Marine Tanou, Clément Nguyen, Lucile Amrouche, Julien Le Guen, Oriana Saltel‐Fulero, Tanguy Meunier, Thao Nguyen‐Khoa, Marion Rabant, Dominique Nochy, Christophe Legendre, Gérard Friedlander, Bennett G Childs, Daren J Baker, Bertrand Knebelmann, Dany Anglicheau, Fabien Milliat, Fabiola Terzi

“…In vitro, blocking PAI‐1 in supernatants from senescent endothelial cells prevented podocyte apoptosis. …”
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Bacterial evolution during human infection: Adapt and live or adapt and die. by Matthew J Culyba, Daria Van Tyne

“…Adapt-and-die mutations can provide rich information about selection pressures in vivo, yet they can easily elude detection because they are short lived, may be more difficult to sample, or could be maladaptive in the long term. …”
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Can the positions of the spastic upper limb in stroke survivors help muscle choice for botulinum toxin injections? by André Luiz Salcedo Gomes, Francisco Falleiros de Mello, Jorge Cocicov Neto, Marcelo Causin Benedeti, Luis Felipe Miras Modolo, Marcelo Riberto

“…Treatment with botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) is indicated for focal spasticity and requires knowledge of biomechanics and anatomy to best select muscles to be injected in the limb. Objective: We aimed to describe the frequency of posture patterns in a Brazilian sample of stroke survivors and correlate them with recommendations of muscle selection for treatment with BoNT-A. …”
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Microtensile test in dental research. controversial aspects in statistical analysis (experimental unit and premature failures) by Daphne Camara Barcellos, Clovis Pagani, Mayra Cardoso, Ivan Balducci

“… Aims: The aim of this study was to present the controversial aspects in performing inferential statistical analysis with regard to selection of the experimental unit and procedures adopted in the case of pre-test failures. …”
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System Identification Based Proxy Model of a Reservoir under Water Injection by Berihun M. Negash, Lemma D. Tufa, M. Ramasamy, Mariyamni Bt. Awang

“…Simulation of numerical reservoir models with thousands and millions of grid blocks may consume a significant amount of time and effort, even when high performance processors are used. …”
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Urban–Rural Continuum in the Gonda District, India: Quantifying Rurality Using Modified Fuzzy AHP by Ashutosh Shukla, Hiroko Ono

“…A comprehensive survey of 1300 experts guided the selection and prioritization of 21 factors across six domains: education, infrastructure, employment, agriculture, healthcare, and social index. …”
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Stability Analysis of Slope with Multiple Sliding Surfaces Based on Dynamic Strength-Reduction DDA Method by Shuhong Wang, Chengjin Zhu, Pengyu Wang, Zishan Zhang

“…The present study aims to elucidate the problem of a rock mass structural plane with a range of damage degrees and the numerical model selection for analysis of a slope with multiple sliding surfaces. …”
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The stakeholders’ role in informal mentoring: a qualitative descriptive study of nurses and midwives working in acute care settings by Tracy Alexis Kakyo, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Diane Chamberlain

“…Results Five overarching themes were identified reflecting nurses’ and midwives’ perceptions on building blocks of successful mentoring; approaches to mentor/mentee selection; varied strategies for mentoring in hospital environments; responsibilities of the stakeholders; and mentoring being a win-win for all stakeholders. …”
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Effect of coarsely quantization on next generation systems with low-density parity check codes by Ehsan Mostafapour, Changiz Ghobadi, Javad Nourinia

“…This study investigates the optimal selection of quantization bits for 5 G systems, examining the impact of bit resolution on both power consumption and error performance. …”
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Robotic surgery in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer: a case report by O. A. Saprina, M. A. Kropotov, E. A. Zanozina

“…However, careful selection of patients for this type of treatment is necessary.…”
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Traffic Structure Optimization in Historic Districts Based on Green Transportation and Sustainable Development Concept by Qiuping Wang, Hao Sun

“…Firstly, the logit model reflecting the sharing rate of the traffic mode is established by using the generalized cost method to quantify all the factors that influence the travel mode selection. Accordingly, a dynamic game model of complete information is established for the trip mode of historical districts, taking into account the economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and social sustainability of the traffic development. …”
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Evaluation method of shale reservoir fracability based on double sweet spots by SHI Can, LIN Botao, XIE Bobo, PAN Yuting, ZHANG Jiahao

“…This method leverages on-site geology and engineering parameters to calculate GSI and ESI, and then constructs the reservoir fracability index (FI) and regional compressibility evaluation plate, which facilitates a rapid and quantitative assessment of the fracability of single wells. By selecting the geological and engineering parameters of 10 shale gas wells in the Weiyuan block of the Sichuan Basin, GSI, ESI, and FI are calculated using the established method. …”
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