Synergistic Removal of Cr(VI) Utilizing Oxalated-Modified Zero-Valent Iron: Enhanced Electron Selectivity and Dynamic Fe(II) Regeneration by Song Hou, Jiangkun Du, Haibo Ling, Sen Quan, Jianguo Bao, Chuan Yi

“…XPS and STEM further demonstrated that Cr(VI) was reduced to Cr(III) and uniformly co-precipitated with Fe(II/III)-oxalate complexes, effectively immobilizing chromium. The synergy between the protective semiconductor layer and the ligand-enhanced electron transfer endows nFe_oxa with superior reactivity. …”
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A quantitative analysis of the factors that influence clinical blood demand in the Suzhou area by Shuhong Xie, Mingyuan Wang, Longhai Tang, Yiming Jin, Yan Cao, Wei Gao, Yu Yan, Qi Xiao, Weibin Yan

“…The results revealed a three-layer model in which factors were categorized by temporal impact. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SURFACE DEFECTS OF ALUMINUM AND ITS ALLOYS WITH A SCANNING KELVIN PROBE by A. K. Tyavlovsky, A. L. Zharin, O. K. Gusev, R. I. Varabei, N. I. Muhurov, G. V. Sharonov, K. U. Pantsialeyeu

“…Currently, the use of probe electrometry in non-destructive testing is constrained by the complexity of measurement results interpretation. An output signal of electrometric probe depends on a number of physical and chemical parameters of surface including chemical composition variations, stresses, dislocations, crystallographic orientation of a surface, etc. …”
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Effect of Protein Concentration on the Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys by MA Yucong, WANG Pengjie, OUYANG Zhengzheng, Mohd TALHA, LIN Yuanhua

“…When magnesium alloy is used in the human physiological environment， it will be affected by protein.In this work， the corrosion mechanism of a magnesium alloy in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing various concentrations of bovine serum albumin (BSA) (0，0.5， 1.0， 1.5， 2.0， 3.5 and 5.0 g/L) was systematically investigated.Surface characterisation was carried out by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)， scanning electron microscopy (SEM)，energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and contact-angle measurements，whereas electrochemical behaviour was evaluated through potentiodynamic polarisation， electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM).Complementary immersion tests were performed to corroborate the electrochemical findings.To elucidate the time-dependent effect of protein concentration， the electrochemical response and corrosion products of specimens immersed for 1， 3 and 7 d in solutions containing 0， 2.0 and 5.0 g/L BSA were also examined.Results showed that the presence of BSA up to 2.0 g/L reduced the corrosion rate， and the minimum corrosion current density occurred at 2.0 g/L，whereas a higher concentration (5.0 g/L) of BSA significantly accelerated localized corrosion of magnesium alloy surface.In the later stages of immersion， the overall corrosion resistance of the alloy deteriorated.When the BSA concentration was kept below 2.0 g/L， protein molecules formed a monolayer via chemisorption on the alloy surface， leading to a continuous decrease in corrosion rate with increasing BSA concentration.During prolonged immersion， this non-dense adsorbed layer was penetrated by the corrosive medium and consequently lost its protective effect.At 5.0 g/L BSA， protein molecules chelated the metal ions released from the alloy， forming soluble complexes that accelerated corrosion.With further immersion， the continual deposition， detachment and chelation of high-concentration BSA further intensified the dissolution of the magnesium alloy.…”
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Evaluation of a double-lens dielectric radome using a microstrip patch antenna for electromagnetic applications by Taehoon Kim, Sathish Kumar, C.V. Ravikumar, Shafiq Ahmad, Karuna Yepuganti, P. Srinivasa Varma

“…The advancement of increasingly powerful antennas has increased the complexity of radome electromagnetic (EM) design and analysis. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach for Cell Segmentation in Phase-Contrast Images by Basma A. Mohamed, Nancy M. Salem, Walid Al-Atabany, Lamees N. Mahmoud

“…Models were tested with ResNet50, ResNet101, and ViT-B/16 backbones, and ablation studies assessed the effects of backbone architectures and layer fine-tuning strategies. Results demonstrated that CNN-based backbones with ResNet101 achieved higher performance compared to the ResNet50 and ViT-B/16 backbones. …”
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Schizophrenic urbanism: a quantitative approach for monitoring deviation in neighbourhood’s planning standards by Islam Sallam, Mohamed Faisal Al-Kazee

“…The lack of consensus adds a layer of complexity to understanding the subject matter. …”
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Biochar-mediated changes in nutrient distribution and leaching patterns: insights from a soil column study by Elif Gunal

“…However, the study also highlights the complexity of biochar-soil interactions and the need for further research to optimize biochar application practices for specific soil and crop systems.…”
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Video Coding Based on Ladder Subband Recovery and ResGroup Module by Libo Wei, Aolin Zhang, Lei Liu, Jun Wang, Shuai Wang

“…To optimize the performance of the LadderConv framework, particularly in detail recovery and high-frequency information extraction tasks, this paper designs an innovative ResGroup module. By using multi-layer convolution operations along with feature map compression and recovery, the ResGroup module enhances the network’s expressive capability and effectively reduces computational complexity. …”
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Fast Anomaly Detection for Vision-Based Industrial Inspection Using Cascades of Null Subspace PCA Detectors by Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Shehzad Hanif

“…Instead of combining features across layers, we treat the local features extracted from each layer as independent stages within a cascade. …”
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5G New Radio for Non-Terrestrial Networks: Analysis and Comparison of HARQ and RLC ARQ Performance Over Satellite Links by Riccardo Tuninato, Gabriel Maiolini Capez, Nicolo Mazzali, Roberto Garello

“…In the second part, we consider the 5G NR alternative retransmission solution, RLC ARQ, which is available at the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer. This method might be interesting for satellite links, because it adds minimal complexity to the receiver side, but it provides less enhancement to signal reception capabilities and more latency. …”
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Combination of fluorescent reagents with 2-(4-aminophenyl) benzothiazole and safranin O was useful for analysis of spore structure, indicating the diversity of Bacillales species s... by Ritsuko Kuwana, Kiyoshi Ito, Hiromu Takamatsu

“…APBT fluorescence co-localized with specific spore structures and aligned with the GFP fused strains, which were used as marker proteins for the spore structural components, such as the outermost spore layer (crust), inner spore coat, cortex, and inner spore membrane. …”
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A Deep-Learning-Based Detection Method for Small Target Tomato Pests in Insect Traps by Song Wang, Daqing Chen, Jianxia Xiang, Cong Zhang

“…Thirdly, the feature fusion part takes the P2 feature layer into account and adds a P2 small target detection head. …”
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Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound images using transformer models with masked autoencoder pre-training by Yi Xiang, Rajendra Acharya, Quan Le, Jen Hong Tan, Chiaw-Ling Chng

“…Future work will focus on scaling up data, pre-training cross-attention layers, and exploring hybrid architectures to further boost segmentation performance.…”
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SCL-YOLOv11: A Lightweight Object Detection Network for Low-Illumination Environments by Shulong Zhuo, Hao Bai, Lifeng Jiang, Xiaojian Zhou, Xu Duan, Yiqun Ma, Zihan Zhou

“…First, the StarNet architecture is introduced into the Backbone to enhance the extraction of shallow image features and significantly reduce computational complexity. Next, Star Blocks from the StarNet framework are employed to optimize the C3k2 module in the Neck stage, thereby improving the localization accuracy of deep features without increasing network complexity. …”
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A METHOD OF LOADING UNIT FORMATION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MASS, LOAD-BEARING STRENGTH AND SURFACES OF PACKING UNITS by Kamil POPIELA, Mariusz WASIAK

“…The problem of loading unit formation is computationally complex in nature. This article presents a heuristic algorithm of forming unit loads, which can be applied to unit load arrangement on unit load devices. …”
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Electrophysical properties of the diazonium salt solutions in the solid polymeric matrixes by P.O. Kondratenko, Yu.M. Lopatkin, T.N. Sakun

“…It is shown that the ionic conductivity as well as the hole one occurs in polymeric layers.…”
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Lightweight YOLOv8s-Based Strawberry Plug Seedling Grading Detection and Localization via Channel Pruning by CHEN Junlin, ZHAO Peng, CAO Xianlin, NING Jifeng, YANG Shuqin

“…To improve the detection efficiency and reduce the model's computational cost, the layer-adaptive magnitude-based pruning(LAMP) score-based channel pruning algorithm was applied to compress the base YOLOv8s model. …”
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An allelic atlas of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable regions reveals antibody binding epitope preference resilient to SARS-CoV-2 mutation escape by Weiqi Deng, Weiqi Deng, Xuefeng Niu, Ping He, Ping He, Qihong Yan, Qihong Yan, Huan Liang, Yongping Wang, Yongping Wang, Lishan Ning, Lishan Ning, Zihan Lin, Zihan Lin, Yudi Zhang, Xinwei Zhao, Xinwei Zhao, Liqiang Feng, Linbing Qu, Ling Chen, Ling Chen

“…Binding affinity and neutralizing activity were determined using bio-layer interferometry and pseudovirus neutralization assays. …”
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A Jurisprudential and Legal Inquiry into the Foundations and Limits of the Liability of Manufacturers of Internet of Things Devices by Zahra Sadat Mirhashemi, Fatemeh Najib Zadeh, Moein Gholamalipour

“…Failure to detect defects can render them liable for damages, which introduces an additional layer of accountability and encourages rigorous regulatory oversight.     …”
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