Perfect- and quasi- complementary sequences by Liu, Zilong

“…Since binary GCPs are known for certain even-lengths only, we investigate optimal odd-length binary pairs, each displaying the closest correlation property to a GCP. …”
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Photonic engineering of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Liang, Guozhen

“…Two lobes are observed in the far-field emission pattern, each of which has a divergence angle as narrow as ~13˚×7˚. …”
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Dynamics of current-driven magnetic domain walls and skyrmions by Indra Purnama

“…When materials with in-plane anisotropy are considered, the coupling is realized when the nanowires are placed parallel to each other, and the technique can be further utilized to drive several domain walls in the current-free nanowire. …”
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Large-scale capacitive touch panels : sensor pattern design, sampling and interpolation by Akhtar, Humza

“…We apply various one dimensional, two dimensional and iterative subpixel interpolators for the case of a human finger covering more than one sensor in both row and column direction while touching the panel, and compare them with each other in terms of efficiency and accuracy. Finally, at the end, we propose a full framework for capacitive touch panel including an improved sensor, an efficient sampling algorithm and an accurate subpixel interpolator.…”
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Effective and efficient topic mining and exploration from geo-textual data by Zhao, Kaiqi

“…However, most of the existing methods mine topics from check-in datasets from Foursquare. Because each check-in often consists of limited textual information, and most of the users only shared few check-ins, it is difficult to discover meaningful topics of individuals from the check-in data. …”
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Cardiac-sympathetic dysfunction in hypertension by Bardsley, E

“…</p> <p><b>Chapter Two</b> detailed the methodology utilised in each chapter of this thesis. Specifically, sympathetic neuronal culturing and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) were used to measure intracellular cyclic nucleotide generation and protein kinase activity. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…We also calculated burden of stroke attributable to 23 risk factors and six risk clusters (air pollution, tobacco smoking, behavioural, dietary, environmental, and metabolic risks) at the global and regional levels (21 GBD regions and Socio-demographic Index [SDI] quintiles), using the standard GBD methodology. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for each individual future estimate were derived from the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles of distributions generated from propagating 500 draws through the multistage computational pipeline. …”

Effects of Edible bird's nest on quality of Arabian stallion semen and post-breeding induced endometritis in mares by Al-Khaldi, Khalid Obaid Salim

“…In the first experiment, each ejaculate was divided into two groups and diluted into four parts using two extenders (E-Z mixin® and EquiPlus®) and grouped as 0% (control), 0.12%, 0.24% and 0.24% of EBN + seminal plasma (SP). …”
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Biogeochemical cycling and environmental footprints of peatland-derived organic carbon in the coastal ocean in Southeast Asia by Zhou, Yongli

“…Each year, 0.2–0.25 Pg C of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is delivered from land to ocean by riverine transport. …”
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Developments in THz Polaritonics: Towards Integrated Nonlinear THz Spectroscopy by Sung, Eric Rueyhao

“…When the pump rings are imaged onto a thin LT waveguide, coherent superposition of the focusing THz fields excited individually by each pump ring results in a dramatically enhanced THz field at the focus. …”
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Storage and eruption of silicic magma across the transition from dominantly effusive to caldera-forming states at an arc volcano (Santorini, Greece) by Druitt, Timothy H., Fabbro, Gareth N., Costa, Fidel

“…Based on previously published phase diagrams and melt inclusion volatile barometry for the Cape Riva dacite, we infer that in each case crystallization of plagioclase rims and orthopyroxene took place centuries to years prior to eruption owing to volatile-saturated decompression (± cooling) as the dacitic melts (plus entrained plagioclase antecrystic cores) ascended from the middle crust (10–16 km) into the upper crust (4–6 km), where they resided until eruption a few years to decades later. …”
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Optimization and scheduling for a large-scale urban transportation system involving human factors by Zhang, Yi

“…Considering the high-incidence rate of pedestrian violations during Flashing GREEN (FG), an additional Dynamic All RED (DAR) phase is introduced at the end of each FG period, whose duration is adaptively adjusted according to the number of non-compliant pedestrians. …”
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Magic v.3 : an integrated software package for systematic structure-based coarse-graining by Mirzoev, Alexander, Nordenskiöld, Lars, Lyubartsev, Alexander

“…Molecular simulations of many phenomena related to biomolecular systems, soft matter and nanomaterials require consideration of length scales above 10 nm and time scales longer than 1μs, which necessitates the use of coarse-grained (low resolution) models, where each site of the model represents a group of atoms, and where the solvent is often omitted. …”
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High-voltage IR-UWB pulse generator MMIC design and beamforming for indoor-ranging and radar applications by Hussain Ansari Md Arif

“…The systematic circuit analysis is performed, and the effect of coupling capacitors on the amplification factor as well as impedance profile at each stage of pulse former are discussed in detail. …”
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Modelling familiarity : towards age-friendly exergame design by Zhang, Hao

“…Lastly, an applicable familiarity instrument is proposed to easily evaluate the familiarity levels of exergames to each individual. Older adults and their family members can apply this instrument in selecting and playing exergames that are familiar to them. …”
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Using cluster analysis to reconstruct dengue exposure patterns from cross-sectional serological studies in Singapore by Sangkaew, Sorawat, Tan, Li Kiang, Ng, Lee Ching, Ferguson, Neil M., Dorigatti, Ilaria

“…Methods: We explored the use of five distinct clustering methods (i.e. agglomerative hierarchical, divisive hierarchi-cal, K-means, K-medoids and model-based clustering) with varying number (from 4 to 10) of clusters for each method. Weighted rank aggregation, an evaluating technique for a set of internal validity metrics, was adopted to determine the optimal algorithm, comprising the optimal clustering method and the optimal number of clusters. …”
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Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…This model helps to narrow down the strategy pool at each action node in persuasive agent design. This study contributed to the following aspects. …”
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Design of low-power analog filters in WBAN receiver front-ends for hyper/hypothyroidism patients by Wang, Xiaoying

“…Simulations and measurements have been carried out on each design to evaluate the passband tunability and the linearity performance. …”
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Enlightening of the low-dimensional high-TC superconductivity: bond contraction and electron dual polarization [低维高温超导的启示: 键收缩与电子双重极化] by Sun, Chang Qing

“…The O-Cu bonding proceeds in four discrete stages: O2 bonds to one Cu to form the Cu2+-2O- and then each O- bonds to its neighboring Cu in the second layer to form the twin tetrahedron with the production of the lone pairs. …”
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The cellular characterization of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in virus-infected cells using the receptor binding domain binding specific human monoclonal antibodies by Chan, Conrad En-Zuo, Ng, Ching-Ging, Lim, Angeline Pei-Chew, Seah, Shirley Lay-Kheng, Chye, De-Hoe, Wong, Steven Ka-Khuen, Lim, Jie-Hui, Lim, Vanessa Zi-Yun, Lai, Soak-Kuan, Wong, Pui-San, Leong, Kok-Mun, Liu, Yi-Chun, Sugrue, Richard J., Tan, Boon Huan

“…Although similar levels of RBD-binder staining were demonstrated for each isolate, SARS-CoV-2/1302 exhibited slower rates of cell-to-cell transmission. …”
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