Performance Analysis of Cardioid and Omnidirectional Microphones in Spherical Sector Arrays for Coherent Source Localization by Chibuzo Joseph Nnonyelu, Meng Jiang, Marianthi Adamopoulou, Jan Lundgren

“…Modal strength analysis demonstrates that cardioid microphones in open spherical sectors enhance nonzero-order strengths and eliminate the nulls associated with spherical Bessel functions. We find that the spatial resolution of spherical cap arrays depends on the array’s maximum order and the limiting polar angle, but is independent of the microphone gain pattern. …”
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Influence of thiourea on the corrosion resistance of mild steel immersed in simulated concrete pore solution by Krishnasamy Vigneswari, Karunaivel Kavipriya, Brintha Arockiasamy Santhiya, Veerapandian Velkannan, Gurmeet Singh, Hashem Abdulhameed Al, Anitha Nilavan, Susai Rajendran, Časlav Lačnjevac

“…Polarisation study reveals that thiourea system functions as anodic inhibitor. AC impedance spectra reveal that a protective film is formed on the metal surface. …”
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Exploring the impact of HAp on the surface morphology, mechanical, wettability, and biodegradation rate of PVA-collagen nanofiber bone scaffolds by Hartatiek, M I Wuriantika, W E S Ayu, Yudyanto, S E Rahayu, Nazriati

“…FTIR and SEM were used to analyze the functional groups on their surface and observe the morphological characteristics of those particles. …”
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Revealing orbital texture of grey arsenic through linear dichroism in multidimensional photoemission spectroscopy by Jingwei Dong, Jiuxiang Zhang, Zailan Zhang, Dan Luo, Yongguang Zhang, Zhesheng Chen, Runze Liu, Azzedine Bendounan, Zhongwei Chen

“…Furthermore, by combining the experimental results with first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT), we reveal that both the surface and bulk states of grey arsenic contain 4 s, 4p x , 4p y and 4p z orbitals, but the orbital ratios are different. …”
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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld-surface analysis of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3,3-bis(methylsulfanyl)prop-2-en-1-one by Thaluru M. Mohan Kumar, Besagarahally L. Bhaskar, Papegowda Bhavya, Thayamma R. Divakara, Holehundi J. Shankara Prasad, Hemmige S. Yathirajan, Sean Parkin

“…The title compound, C11H11FOS2, is a fluorinated chalcone derivative with potential applications in medicinal chemistry and functional materials. The molecular structure includes a planar 4-fluorophenyl ring linked by a carbonyl group and an ethenyl spacer to an approximately planar bis(methylsulfanyl) moiety (r.m.s. deviations from planarity are 0.0106 and 0.0315 Å, respectively). …”
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Jointed rock slope stability evaluation based on PEM-JFEM method by XIAO Shu, WU Shun-chuan, GAO Yong-tao, HAN Guang, ZHOU Yu, CHENG Ai-ping

“…A probability model was established,which puts the mean and standard deviation of rock material strength parameters(friction angle and cohesive) as input variables and the safety factors as output variables,and the point estimation state functions were solved by the jointed finite element method. …”
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Strain-induced superconductivity in RuO2(100) thin-films by Neha Wadehra, Benjamin Z. Gregory, Shuyuan Zhang, Noah Schnitzer, Yusuke Iguchi, Yilin Evan Li, Betül Pamuk, David A. Muller, Andrej Singer, Kyle M. Shen, Darrell G. Schlom

“…We show that while density functional theory predicts the T c of strained RuO2(100) films to be even higher than the RuO2(110) films, our transport and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements find the T c to be about 1 K in strained RuO2(100) films grown on TiO2(100) substrates. …”
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An Optimized Drude's Equation For Polarization Measurement in the Visible Region and Concentrations Estimation by Yu Lei, Hongzhi Jia, Xun Xu, Shixin Jiang

“…The calculation is based on the linear functional relation and fitting parameters of total rotation without knowing the ranges of concentrations and setting constraints. …”
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Generating synthetic images for construction machinery data augmentation utilizing context-aware object placement by Yujie Lu, Bo Liu, Wei Wei, Bo Xiao, Zhangding Liu, Wensheng Li

“…First, the inpainting algorithm was applied to generate pure backgrounds, followed by multi-angle foreground capture within the UE. Then, the Swin Transformer and improved loss functions were integrated into PlaceNet to enhance the feature extraction of construction backgrounds, facilitating object placement accuracy. …”
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PyGAMD: Python graphics processing unit‐accelerated molecular dynamics software by Jialei Xu, Shenghong Guo, Miaolan Zhen, Zhuochen Yu, Youliang Zhu, Giuseppe Milano, Zhongyuan Lu

“…It essentially includes an interpreter of molecular dynamics (MD) which supports secondary programming so that users can write their own functions by themselves, such as analytical potential forms for nonbonded, bond, angle, and dihedral interactions in an easy way, greatly extending the flexibility of MD simulations. …”
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Flexible metal-organic framework films for reversible low-pressure carbon capture and release by Sumea Klokic, Benedetta Marmiroli, Giovanni Birarda, Florian Lackner, Paul Holzer, Barbara Sartori, Behnaz Abbasgholi-NA, Simone Dal Zilio, Rupert Kargl, Karin Stana Kleinschek, Chiaramaria Stani, Lisa Vaccari, Heinz Amenitsch

“…Herein, we explore the low-pressure CO2 uptake and release within flexible Zn-based MOF film structures with diverse ligand functionalities, employing quartz crystal microbalance, synchrotron radiation-based infrared spectromicroscopy and grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements. …”
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An Improved NSGA-II-Based Method for Cutting Trajectory Planning of Boom-Type Roadheader by Chao Zhang, Xuhui Zhang, Wenjuan Yang, Jicheng Wan, Guangming Zhang, Yuyang Du, Sihao Tian, Zeyao Wang

“…We develop a kinematic model for coordinate transformations and design a simplified cutterhead and constraint model to generate feasible cutting points. Bi-objective functions—minimizing cutting trajectory length and turning angle—are formulated as a bi-objective traveling salesman problem (BO-TSP) with adjacency constraints. …”
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Investigation of the Measurement Systems’ Suitability for the Non-Destructive Measurement of Complex Polymer-Based Micro and Nanostructures by Selina Burkert, Lukas Schwörer, Tim Schubert, Jana Grundmann, David Stein, Andreas Heinrich

“…Different measurement techniques can measure the structure geometry directly or via its functionality indirectly. This study investigates various measurement techniques aimed at assessing these structures from 200 nm up to 20 µm. …”
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Circular orbits and thin accretion disk around a quantum corrected black hole by Yu-Heng Shu, Jia-Hui Huang

“…The dependence of the observed radiation flux on the polar angle on the observation plane and the observed radiation flux of the direct image of the quantum black hole are illustrated. …”
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Refined Time-Domain Buffeting Analysis of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge in Mountainous Urban Terrain by Bo Wu, Liang-Liang Zhang, Yang Yang, Lian-Jie Liu, Zhi-Jun Ni

“…The aerostatic force coefficients (AFCs) and aerodynamic admittance functions (AAFs) are experimentally tested in a wind tunnel. …”
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Super Yang-Mills on branched covers and weighted projective spaces by Roman Mauch, Lorenzo Ruggeri

“…More precisely, we claim that this partition function agrees with the one computed on a certain branched cover of CP 2 $$ {\mathbbm{CP}}^2 $$ upon matching conical deficit angles with corresponding branch indices. …”
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FEATURES OF CALIBRATION OF INFRARED RADIOMETERS WORKING IN WINDOW OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE ATMOSPHERE 8-14 MICRONS by A. P. Velichko

“…This will allow a simpler way to register the radiation fluxes of the atmosphere at different zenithal angles without taking into account the hardware function of the radiometer. …”
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Security Paper Design with Frequency-Selective Structure for X-Band Electromagnetic Detection System by Sang-Hwa Lee, Min-Sik Kim, Jong-Kyu Kim, Jong-In Lim, Ic-Pyo Hong

“…A stable detection performance of the security paper can be ensured by improving the incidence angle stability for incident waves and reducing the reflection loss. …”
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Chest Compression Skill Evaluation System Using Pose Estimation and Web-Based Application by Ryota Watanabe, Jahidul Islam, Xin Zhu, Emiko Kaneko, Ken Iseki, Lei Jing

“…Future work will focus on enhancing real-time feedback functionality and improving the user interface of the web application.…”
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Virtual Instrument for a Multi-illumination Dome System by M. A. Khanesar, H. Corcoran, L. MacDonald, V. Pawar, S. Robson, S. Piano

“…The reliability of the blender environment is investigated for simulating the functions of components of this system. The high-precision three-dimensional (3D) mesh of an object measured with a laser tracker equipped with an AS1 scanner is used as a digital object within this virtual instrument. …”
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