Active Terahertz Polarization Converter Using a Liquid Crystal-Embedded Metal Mesh by Tomoyuki Sasaki, Yuki Nishie, Masaatsu Kambayashi, Moritsugu Sakamoto, Kohei Noda, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Hiroshi Ono

“…The metal mesh has subwavelength apertures that function as a bandpass filter in the THz spectral range. …”
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Control of Unipolar/Ambipolar Transport in Single‐Molecule Transistors through Interface Engineering by Na Xin, Xianghua Kong, Yu‐Peng Zhang, Chuancheng Jia, Lei Liu, Yao Gong, Weining Zhang, Shuopei Wang, Guangyu Zhang, Hao‐Li Zhang, Hong Guo, Xuefeng Guo

“…These results provide crucial information for precise control of the interfaces in molecular junctions, new insight into building multifunctional graphene–organic hybrid electronic devices, and the design of functional organic materials.…”
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Reinterpretation of the rod-and-frame illusion: a virtual reality study by Michał Adamski, Miroslaw Latka

“…IntroductionIn the Rod-and-Frame Test (RFT), participants align a pivoted rod with the vertical while viewing a tilted, coaxially mounted frame. …”
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Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource by Chrissy Spencer, Aakanksha Angra, Kata Dósa, Abigail Jones

“…However, participants spent significantly less time on task when using the shorter, learning objective-aligned OER readings, particularly for jargon-heavy DNA content. …”
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Experimental Analysis on Hairpin Curves by Paolo Discetti

“…The disparity between design and operating speeds has been shown, in fact several different studies were undertaken to predict the operating speed in different conditions as a function of the alignment features: horizontal and vertical curves, combinations of tangent sections of horizontal and vertical curves; sections prior to or following horizontal curves. …”
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Using computer-generated protein models to analyze mutations linked to Amelogenesis Imperfecta. by Nazlee Sharmin, Jerald Yuan, Ava K Chow

“…Knowledge of 3D protein structure is essential to studying protein function. However, crystallized complete protein structures related to teeth and oral development are rare in the Protein Data Bank. …”
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Assessing the Practical Cybersecurity Skills Gained Through Criminal Justice Academic Programs to Benefit Security Operations Centers (SOCs) by Lucy Tsado, Jung Seob "Scott" Kim

“…The concept of centralized function within an organization to improve an organization’s security posture has attracted both the government and the private sectors to either build their own SOCs or hire third-party SOC companies. …”
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DDD++: Exploiting Density map consistency for Deep Depth estimation in indoor environments by Giovanni Pintore, Marco Agus, Alberto Signoroni, Enrico Gobbetti

“…Our model generates a spherical depth map from a single gravity-aligned or gravity-rectified equirectangular image, ensuring the predicted depth aligns with the typical depth distribution and structural features of cluttered indoor spaces, which are generally enclosed by walls, floors, and ceilings. …”
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What is the Gold Standard for Advanced Hallux Rigidus? Minimum 10 Year Follow-Up Comparison of Interposition Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis Shows Similar Outcomes by Jeffrey E. Johnson MD, FAAOS, Andrea R. Phinney MD, Mary Hastings PT, DPT, MSCI, ATC, Hyo Jung Jeong PT, PhD, MS, Ling Chen, Andrew P. Thome MD, Jeremy J. McCormick MD, FAAOS, Jonathon D. Backus MD FAAOS

“…The purpose of this study is to compare long-term outcomes (patient satisfaction, radiographic alignment, MTPJ walking kinematics, and plantar pressure) between the MOKCIA and 1st MTPJ arthrodesis. …”
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The protocol for a multicentre prospective randomized noninferiority trial of surgical reduction versus non-surgical casting for displaced distal radius fractures in children: Chil... by Daniel C. Perry, Juul Achten, James Mason, Daphne Kounail, Nicolas Nicolaou, David Metcalfe, Mark Lyttle, Elizabeth Tutton, Duncan Appelbe, Phoebe Gibson, Matthew L. Costa

“…Conclusion: At six weeks, and three, six, and 12 months, data on function, pain, QoL, cosmesis, and satisfaction with care will be collected. …”
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Monitoring fibrous scaffold guidance of three-dimensional collagen organisation using minimally-invasive second harmonic generation. by Robin M Delaine-Smith, Nicola H Green, Stephen J Matcher, Sheila MacNeil, Gwendolen C Reilly

“…The biological and mechanical function of connective tissues is largely determined by controlled cellular alignment and therefore it seems appropriate that tissue-engineered constructs should be architecturally similar to the in vivo tissue targeted for repair or replacement. …”
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Automatic PET-CT Image Registration Method Based on Mutual Information and Genetic Algorithms by Martina Marinelli, Vincenzo Positano, Francesco Tucci, Danilo Neglia, Luigi Landini

“…In this paper, we present a registration algorithm that is able to automatically align PET/CT cardiac images. The algorithm bases on mutual information (MI) as registration metric and on genetic algorithm as optimization method. …”
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Effect of Rising Time on AC Stress-Induced Performance Degradation in a-ITGZO Thin-Film Transistors by Mingu Kang, Kyoungah Cho, Sangsig Kim

“…These experimental results align with a stretched exponential model, which attributes the <i>V</i>_TH to electron trapping in bulk dielectric states or at interface traps. …”
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Ethnomathematical test for mathematical creative thinking by Suherman Suherman, Tibor Vidákovich

“…Specifically, it sought to determine whether the data align with the Rasch model measurement, assess the MCT abilities of a sample of Indonesian secondary school students, and investigate how test items function differently based on gender. …”
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Symmetries, universes and phases of QCD2 with an adjoint Dirac fermion by Jeremias Aguilera Damia, Giovanni Galati, Luigi Tizzano

“…In these specific cases, we explicitly determine the IR partition function, identify the symmetries, and explore relevant deformations. …”
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A model for shale gas well production prediction based on improved artificial neural network by LIN Hun, SUN Xinyi, SONG Xixiang, MENG Chun, XIONG Wenxin, HUANG Junhe, LIU Hongbo, LIU Cheng

“…The small batch gradient descent method（MBGD） is adopted as the training function to develop an improved artificial neural network prediction model for shale gas well production. …”
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Instructional potential of questioning in ukrainian secondary school english textbooks: an analytical framework by Валентина Паращук, Тамара Кавицька

“…Through a comprehensive analysis of 315 questions from two eleventh-grade English textbooks for secondary school, this research investigates how questions function as planned scaffolding tools within educational materials. …”
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“We don’t know Romani, we speak Hungarian”: Language use among Hungarian Roma by Zuzana Bodnárová, Márton A. Baló

“…We have relied on primary and secondary sources, both published and unpublished, and unstructured sociolinguistic interviews in particular, when looking at the speakers, lexicon, use and function of this speech form. ERR is a form of colloquial Hungarian enriched by some Romani vocabulary and various other ethnolectal features. …”
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APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN CALCULATING A VALUE OF LAND UNDER A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY OF THE CADASTRE ASSESSMENT by S. Zenchenko, Y. Radyukova, V. Sutyagin

“…As part of the research, using regression analysis, 10 different factor models for calculating the share of land and recommendations for their use were given. The alignment was carried out on the basis of a linear function, the quality of the obtained functions was assessed using the indicators of the correlation coefficients, determination, average approximation error and Fisher's F-test). …”
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Bank sustainability: Do corporate governance and internal audit quality matter? by Prince Gyimah, Richard Owusu-Afriyie

“…Furthermore, internal audit quality, assessed through audit experience, internal audit presence, and audit function size, emerges as a critical determinant of sustainability outcomes. …”
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