Mitigating Temperature Effects in Curved Continuous Steel Box Girders: A Parametric Thermodynamic Analysis and Design Recommendations by Shichao Wang, Gang Zhang, Haoting Liu, Boxing Zhang, Xu Hou, Zhuoya Yuan

“…Curved continuous steel box girders are extensively utilized in bridge construction due to their efficiency and environmental benefits. However, in regions with significant temperature fluctuations, temperature effects can result in cumulative deformation and stress concentration, which may severely impact structural safety and durability. …”
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High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators by Qi Lu, Qiang Liu, Wei Jiang, Jinsong Xia, Qingzhong Huang

“…The pulse propagation results indicate that the spectral fluctuations have a negligible effect on the delayed pulse shape. Using multiple cascaded PIT units, we demonstrate that the group index of the waveguide approaches 36, the 3-dB bandwidth is larger than 21 nm, and a storage efficiency of 0.5 bit/unit can be realized with negligible distortion. …”
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Riverbed Surface Settlement Patterns Induced by Pipe Jacking Construction in River-Crossing Sections by SHENG Song-tao, AN Zi-yue, ZHOU Hong-yun, LIU Jie

“…[Objective] With the advancement of rainwater and sewage diversion projects in cities along the river, trenchless pipe jacking technology has been widely adopted due to its efficiency and environmental advantages. However, pipe jacking in the river-crossing sections faces challenges posed by complex hydrogeological conditions, which can cause riverbed surface displacement and even lead to engineering accidents such as water inrush or blowout. …”
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Green-based anti-biofilm nanoformulations against bacterial contaminations in nosocomial environments by Giovanni Lo Bello, Elena Dellacasa, Giacomo Damonte, Debora Caviglia, Anna Maria Schito, Roberto Raiteri, Orietta Monticelli, Marina Sartini, Maria Luisa Cristina, Laura Pastorino

“…The obtained results demonstrated that the system prepared from the enzyme-conjugated nanoparticles exhibited a significant enzymatic activity and an efficient ability to degrade the protective bacterial biofilm. …”
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Road-Width-Aware network optimisation for bike lane planning by Riccardo Basilone, Matteo Bruno, Hygor Piaget Monteiro Melo, Michele Avalle, Vittorio Loreto

“…However, the challenge of designing an efficient network of protected bike lanes without disrupting existing road networks for motorised vehicles remains unsolved. …”
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Firm’s Performance—Empirical Analysis from Türkiye by Orkhan Ibrahimov, László Vancsura, Anett Parádi-Dolgos

“…The results reveal significant sectoral differences: firms in chemicals and manufacturing outperformed others in ROA, likely benefiting from export incentives and scale efficiencies, while energy and food sectors underperformed, constrained by regulations and cost rigidity. …”
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An approach for heritage settlement classification using block patterns: The study of 37 typical colonial heritage settlements in the Americas by Wei Wei, Liyang Liu, Zhaosong Niu, Hongrui Li

“…For method validation, 37 typical colonial heritage settlements in the Americas is conducted as empirical study through the following process: first, quantifying block morphology; second, identifying block pattern types by K-means clustering; third, applying hierarchical clustering referring to the proportion of block pattern types within each case, resulting in the identification of four categories of “strategic core”, “corridor node”, “resource spot” and “overseas new town”; lastly, three key planning ideologies—“order”, “efficiency” and “practicality”—that shaped these settlements are derived from classification results accordingly. …”
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Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Design for 5G Smartphones Mobile Communications by Atta Ullah, Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Mohamed Abdul-Al, Waqas Manan, Abubakar Salisu, Ibrahim Gharbia, Chan Hwang See, Raed Abd-Alhameed

“… In this research, an innovative L-shape slot that is fed by F-shape dual-band six-Elements multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for mobile phones that operate in a 5G spectrum is demonstrated. …”
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Forced vibration assessment of moderately thick carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates by Reza Setayesh, Shahabeddin Hatami, Mojtaba Gorji Azandariani, Mohammad Zamani Nejad

“…These findings demonstrate the capability and efficiency of the spectral finite element method for analyzing carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates.…”
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Development and characterization of lipopolymeric particles for the encapsulation of a synthetic hydrophilic nature peptide by Maria Angelica Velandia Paris, Jaiver Eduardo Rosas Pérez

“…Results: All systems exhibited a spherical shape, a negative Z-potential, and encapsulation efficiencies ranging from 40.4% to 57.42%, with micrometric sizes for the polymeric (3,080-4,920 nm) and lipopolymeric systems (3,030-3,930 nm). …”
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Mitigating cloud vulnerabilities using a blockchain platform by Dina Zoughbi, Kavitha Venkatachalam

“…Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) has become a critical technology for efficiently searching and retrieving images from large datasets based on their visual content. …”
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Myochromella unveiled: exploring its global distribution through a public database of amplicons by Shuwei Wei, Bao Qi, Xiaozhuo Zhang, Hui Zhang, Dongfang Shi, Qi Wang, Yu Li, Zhanwu Peng

“…Leveraging amplicon sequencing data sets enables precise species diversity assessments, enhancing field collection efficiency and providing novel insights into macrofungal species diversity.…”
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Silver(I)-induced anisotropy in the plasmon-driven growth of nanoscale gold by Asher L. Siegel, Arren J. Mallott, Devanshi N. Patel, Luis Polo-Parada, Gary A. Baker

“…The high extinction in the NIR region of the ‘ideal’ gold nanostars synthesized advocates their use as photothermal therapy agents, supported by a sufficient photothermal conversion efficiency (η = 30.8%) under 808 nm CW laser irradiation. …”
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Research on Brazilian splitting mechanics and acoustic emission characteristics of various types of sandstones in Shendong mining area by Zhiliang Yang, Songpeng Yue, Cun Zhang, Donghui Yang

“…The average fracture toughness are 1.11, 1.00, 0.71, 0.38, and 0.81 MPa m1/2, and the average peak energy efficiency are 1577.8, 2099.0, 1313.0, 233.5, and 4125.8 J m−2, respectively. …”
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An Ultra Wideband Bandpass Filter based on Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons by SHU Yaohui, TANG Yiming, LI Zekun

“…【Objective】Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SSPPs) has the characteristics of low loss, high transmission efficiency, and strong binding ability to electromagnetic waves, which has been widely used in microwave device design. …”
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Lattice Boltzmann Method Simulation of Bubble Dynamics for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer by Pulsed Electric Fields by Xiaoliang Zhao, Sai Guo, Dongwei Zhang, Hailiang Cao

“…To further improve pool boiling efficiency, this study systematically investigates the effects of pulsed electric fields, uniform electric fields, and electric field-free conditions on heat transfer performance using the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). …”
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Broadband high thermal radiation nanoscale near-perfect solar energy metamaterial for thermal applications by Ammar Armghan, Khaled Aliqab, Meshari Alsharari

“…Moreover, the proposed device shows excellent performance under the blackbody thermal radiation curve with a high thermal radiation efficiency of 95 % at 873 K. Further attributes of the proposed device include hardiness to different light wave polarization conditions and incident angles. …”
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Modern Notation of Business Models: A Visual Trend by Tatiana Gavrilova, Artem Alsufyev, Anna-Sophia Yanson

“…This paper provides a new framework for visualizing business models, guided by well-shaped visualization based on a mind mapping technique introduced by Tony Buzan. …”
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Adaptive Toeplitz convolution- enhanced classifier for anomaly detection in ECG big data by Lili Wu, Tao Li, Majid Khan Majahar Ali, Chenmin Ni, Ying Tian, Xiaojie Zhou

“…However, these models often do not explicitly consider the specific patterns in ECG time series, thereby impacting their learning efficiency. In contrast, we adopt a method based on prior knowledge of ECG time series shapes, employing multi-stage preprocessing, adaptive convolution kernels, and Toeplitz matrices to replace the encoding part of the AE. …”
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Analysis of the laser-assisted forming process of CF/PEEK composite corner structure: Effect of laser power and forming rate on the spring-back angle by Dai Zhihong, Miao Qiuyu, Wu Dongjiang

“…The laser-assisted forming process shows potential to enhance the efficiency of forming thermoplastic composites and enabling in situ forming. …”
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