A Rapid Method of Assessing the Photocatalytic Activity of Thin TiO2 Films Using an Ink Based on the Redox Dye 2,6-Dichloroindophenol by Andrew Mills, Mark McGrady, Jishun Wang, James Hepburn

“…The kinetics of photoreduction also appear linearly dependent on the UVA light intensity with an observed quantum efficiency of ca. 1.8×10−3.…”
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Two-stage photovoltaic power forecasting method with an optimized transformer by Yanhong Ma, Feng Li, Hong Zhang, Guoli Fu, Min Yi

“…Experiments on two public datasets showed that the proposed forecasting method has high accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency. Its RMSE improved by 31.23% compared with that of a traditional transformer, and its MSE improved by 12.57% compared with that of a baseline model.…”
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Effective extraction and detection of aflatoxins in cereals using nitrogen-rich benzodiimidazole linkage magnetic covalent organic framework based solid phase extraction and HPLC-M... by Dan Wei, Jianliang Li, Shuangshuang Zheng, Ming Guo, Jingjing Xu, Qiao Deng, Xu Wang

“…The objective of this study was to develop an efficient extraction materials for rapidly extracting and detecting AFs. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Quercetin and Trans-Resveratrol in Winemaking Waste by Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled to High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence... by Antonella Maria Aresta, Giovanna Mancini, Nicoletta De Vietro, Carlo Zambonin

“…While all of the fibers successfully extracted the target analytes, their efficiencies varied significantly. The PA, PEG, and PDA fibers demonstrated superior performance, exhibiting wide linearity ranges (0.03–1 µg/mL (PA and PEG) and 0.06–1 µg/mL (PDA) for quercetin, 0.01–1 µg/mL for trans-resveratrol); high sensitivity (LODs of 0.01 µg/mL (PA and PEG) and 0.02 µg/mL (PDA) for quercetin, 0.003 µg/mL for trans-resveratrol); and excellent precision. …”
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Low-Voltage Power Restoration Based on Fog Computing Load Forecasting and Data-Driven Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization by Ruoxi Liu, Yifan Song, Yuan Gui, Hanqi Dai, Zhiyong Wang, Chengdong Yin, Qinglei Qin, Wenqin Yang, Yue Wang

“…This forecasting method embeds two weighted ultra-short-term load forecasting techniques of complementary characteristics and mines real-time load to learn incrementally, and thanks to this mechanism, the method can efficiently make predictions of low-voltage loads with trivial computational burden and data storage. …”
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Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Enzyme Activity on the Cell Surface: In Vitro and In Vivo Monitoring of ADP-Ribosyltransferase 2 on T Cells by Peter Bannas, Oliver Graumann, Philipp Balcerak, Kersten Peldschus, Michael Gerhard Kaul, Heinrich Hohenberg, Friedrich Haag, Gerhard Adam, Harald Ittrich, Friedrich Koch-Nolte

“…Etheno-ADP-ribosylated proteins were detected with monoclonal antibody 1G4 and superparamagnetic iron oxide conjugated secondary antibodies (Ab-SPIO). Labeling efficiency was determined with R2 and R2* relaxometry on a clinical 3.0 T scanner. …”
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Theoretical Research on Large Field-of-View Polarization Imaging Based on Dynamic Vision Sensors by Xiaotian Lu, Kunpeng Xing, Siran Li, Ziyu Gu, Lei Xin

“…And the influence of the detection ability is analyzed for three types of incident conditions, namely linearly polarized light, natural light, and partially polarized light. …”
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Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converter (SAR ADC) for Biomedical Applications by Kawther I. Arafa, Dina M. Ellaithy, Abdelhalim Zekry, Mohamed Abouelatta, Heba Shawkey

“…During the past decade, implementation of the high energy efficiency of SAR ADC has become the most necessary. …”
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Novel gas-diffusion microextraction followed by gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry methodology for the determination of fragrance allergens in cosmetic products by Ana Castiñeira-Landeira, Angel Gomez-Feas, Antonia M. Carro, Thierry Dagnac, Paulo J. Almeida, Maria Llompart

“…An efficient sample preparation method using gas-diffusion microextraction (GDME) followed by gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) is proposed for the first time to determine fragrance allergens in both aqueous and alcohol-based cosmetic products. …”
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Why is the Star Formation Rate Proportional to Dense Gas Mass? by Sihan Jiao, Fengwei Xu, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Yuxin Lin, Jingwen Wu, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Zhiqiang Yan, Di Li, Chao-Wei Tsai, Yongkun Zhang, Linjing Feng, Ke Wang, Zheng Zheng, Fanyi Meng, Hao Ruan, Fangyuan Deng, Keyun Su

“…One of the most profound empirical laws of star formation is the Gao–Solomon relation, a linear correlation between the star formation rate (SFR) and the dense molecular gas mass. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Force-Sensitive Resistors and Triaxial Accelerometers for Sitting Posture Classification by Zhuofu Liu, Zihao Shu, Vincenzo Cascioli, Peter W. McCarthy

“…This study presents a posture detection system utilizing four force-sensitive resistors (FSRs) and two triaxial accelerometers selected after rigorous assessment for consistency and linearity. We compared various machine learning algorithms based on classification accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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Design and Simulation of Magnetic Shielding Structure Based on Closed-Loop TMR Current Sensor by Qiuyang Li, Suqin Xiong, Shuo Wang, Xianguang Dong, Haifeng Zhang

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the shielding efficiency of this structure improves by 44.3% compared to a single magnetic ring under a stray magnetic field of 0.1 mT along the sensing axis. …”
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Investigation on variable properties in thermo-electroosmotic peristaltic flow by N. Naheed, S. Noreen, Muhammad Idrees Afridi

“…Variations in temperature conditions clearly influence flow dynamics, heat transfer rates, pressure gradients, and general system efficiency according to analytical solutions to the ensuing nonlinear partial differential equations. …”
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EMHD flow and heat transport in cross ternary nanofluid with gyrotactic microorganisms: A case study on thermophoretic particle deposition by Saleh Chebaane, A.M. Obalalu, Amir Abbas, Fizza Anwar, Adnan, Mouloud Aoudia, Badr M. Alshammari, Mohamed Bouzidi, Lioua Kolsi

“…This research specifically focuses on electromagnetic hydrodynamic (EMHD) flow and heat transport in cross-flow ternary nanofluids containing gyrotactic microorganisms, where thermophoretic particle deposition plays a key role. Efficient thermal management and targeted particle deposition are crucial in advanced applications, including solar collectors and biomedical devices. …”
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Numerical heat transfer analysis considering thermal contact conductance between rough reciprocating sliding surfaces by Yuwei Liu, Jiasong Yang, Zhiqiang Guo, Yanpeng Yuan, Weizheng Zhang, Sichuang Wanyan

“…This research provides a new efficient way to analyze heat transfer in reciprocating sliding contacts and predict the contact surface temperatures.…”
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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…To foster the integration of industrial activities to promote more efficient use of resources from the anthropogenic environment, it requires a better understanding of the constraints and opportunities among relations within a non-linear economy. …”
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Rat Locomotion Analysis Based on Straight Line Detection in Hough Space by José Trinidad Guillen Bonilla, Héctor Guillen Bonilla, Nancy Elizabeth Franco Rodríguez, Mario Alberto García Ramírez, Alex Guillen Bonilla, Maricela Jiménez Rodríguez, María Eugenia Sánchez Morales

“…The MMHTS method consists of representing locomotion of movement based on a system of linear equations and subsequently detecting the straight lines in the Hough transform space. …”
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A new multi objective crested porcupines optimization algorithm for solving optimization problems by Divya Adalja, Pinank Patel, Nikunj Mashru, Pradeep Jangir, Arpita, Reena Jangid, G. Gulothungan, Mohammad Khishe

“…MOCPO is formulated to efficiently manage conflicting objectives in multi-objective optimization problems. …”
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Effects of functional electrical stimulation on cognition rate and gait in neurological patients during single- and dual-task walking by Niklas Bleichner, Daniel W. W. Heitzmann, Jennifer Raynaud, Andreas Stähle, Claudia Weichold, Merkur Alimusaj, Cornelia Putz, Frauke Nees, Herta Flor, Sebastian I. Wolf

“…Cognition rate served as outcome parameter, with high values indicating subjects could efficiently maintain both cognitive task performance and walking speed. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE OBJECTIVES POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PASSIVE HINDRANCES WITH THE DEVICE, BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF THE FARADAY ROTATION ANGLE I... by Volodymyr I. Mirnenko, Evgen A.Yufa A. Yufa, Maxim N. Zhuravskij

“…It is assumed that the transmitting antenna is linearly polarized. In order to determine the operability of the device under various conditions and to evaluate its efficiency, the signal-to-noise ratio at the output of the device is calculated in the case where the backscattering matrix of the target and the matrix of the interference element (for example, dipole, angle reflector, etc.) are not diagonal, m .e. when a cross-polarization component appears when the signal from the target or from the interference element is reflected.…”
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