Real-Time Experimental Demonstration of Hybrid FSO/Wireless Transmission Based on Coherent Detection and Delta-Sigma Modulation by Xueyuan Ao, Qirun Fan, Linsheng Zhong, Tianjin Mei, Yuanxiang Wang, Qi Yang, Xiaoxiao Dai, Chen Liu, Mengfan Cheng, Lei Deng, Deming Liu

“…Moreover, sensitivity of the real-time coherent receiver is lower than −48 dBm under the 7% forward error correction limit with bit error rate of 3.8e-3.…”
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Multi-Objective Optimization in Single-Shot Drilling of CFRP/Al Stacks Using Customized Twist Drill by Muhammad Hafiz Hassan, Jamaluddin Abdullah, Gérald Franz

“…However, existing twist drill bits exhibit rapid wear upon the drilling of composite-metal stack layers in single shot, due to the widely contrasting properties of the composite-metal stack, which causes poor surface quality. …”
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Study of four-body decays $$B_{(s)} \rightarrow (\pi \pi )(\pi \pi )$$ B ( s ) → ( π π ) ( π π ) in the perturbative QCD approach by Da-Cheng Yan, Zhou Rui, Yan Yan, Ya Li

“…The leading-order PQCD calculations of the $$\mathcal{B}(B^+\rightarrow \rho ^+\rho ^0)$$ B ( B + → ρ + ρ 0 ) , $$\mathcal{B}(B^0\rightarrow \rho ^0\rho ^0)$$ B ( B 0 → ρ 0 ρ 0 ) and the $$f_0(B^0\rightarrow \rho ^0\rho ^0)$$ f 0 ( B 0 → ρ 0 ρ 0 ) are a bit lower than the experimental measurements, which should be further examined. …”
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OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR HISTORIC MAPS CLASSIFICATION by P. Zatelli, S. Gobbi, S. Gobbi, S. Gobbi, C. Tattoni, N. La Porta, N. La Porta, N. La Porta, M. Ciolli

“…The map is a high resolution scan (230 DPI, 24 bit) of the original map and has been used in several ecological studies, since it provides detailed information not only about land property but also about land use. …”
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<i>P</i>²FEViT: Plug-and-Play CNN Feature Embedded Hybrid Vision Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Classification by Guanqun Wang, He Chen, Liang Chen, Yin Zhuang, Shanghang Zhang, Tong Zhang, Hao Dong, Peng Gao

“…Finally, extensive experiments are conducted on the public and challenging remote sensing scene classification dataset of NWPU-RESISC45 (NWPU-R45) and the self-built fine-grained target classification dataset called BIT-AFGR50. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>P</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>FEViT can effectively improve the feature description capability and obtain outstanding image classification performance, while significantly reducing the high dependence of ViT on large-scale pre-training data volume and accelerating the convergence speed. …”
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Adherence to Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring and Subsequent Clinical Interventions for Patients With Multiple Myeloma in Outpatient Care: Longitudinal Observational Study by Jens Lehmann, Kelly M de Ligt, Stefanie Tipelius, Johannes M Giesinger, Monika Sztankay, Sandra Voigt, Lonneke V van de Poll-Franse, Gerhard Rumpold, Roman Weger, Ella Willenbacher, Wolfgang Willenbacher, Bernhard Holzner

“…Most patients (55%) reported the calls in response to alerts gave them “quite a bit” or “very much” of an added feeling of security during therapy. …”
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Network-Based Approach and IVI Methodologies, a Combined Data Investigation Identified Probable Key Genes in Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease by Mohd Murshad Ahmed, Safia Tazyeen, Shafiul Haque, Ahmad Alsulimani, Rafat Ali, Mohd Sajad, Aftab Alam, Shahnawaz Ali, Hala Abubaker Bagabir, Rania Abubaker Bagabir, Romana Ishrat

“…We started with GEO2R/R program (version 3.6.3, 64 bit) to get DEGs by comparing gene expression microarray data from CVD and CKD. …”
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Changes in transcriptomic and behavioural traits in activity and ventilation rates associated with divergent individual feed efficiency in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) by Josep Calduch-Giner, Enrique Rosell-Moll, Mathieu Besson, Alain Vergnet, Jean-Sébastien Bruant, Frédéric Clota, Paul George Holhorea, François Allal, Marc Vandeputte, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez

“…Fish were then grouped on the basis of their individual FCR and they grew up until behavioural monitoring and gene expression analyses were done at 420 dph. The AEFishBIT datalogger (externally attached to operculum) was used for simultaneous measurements of physical activity and ventilation rates. …”
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Bio-Friendly Alternatives for Xylene – Carrot oil, Olive oil, Pine oil, Rose oil by Sugunakar Raju Godishala Swamy, Surapaneni Rateesh Kumar Nandan, Pavan G. Kulkarni, Thokala Madhusudan Rao, Pavan Palakurthy

“…Each sample of tissue was cut into 5 bits (40x5=200 total bits) which were subjected for dehydration in differential alcohol gradients. …”
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MTD-DHJS: Makespan-Optimized Task Scheduling Algorithm for Cloud Computing With Dynamic Computational Time Prediction by Pallab Banerjee, Sharmistha Roy, Anurag Sinha, Md. Mehedi Hassan, Shrikant Burje, Anupam Agrawal, Anupam Kumar Bairagi, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

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Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Mobile EEG-Based Brain–Computer Interface by Alexander Craik, Juan José González-España, Ayman Alamir, David Edquilang, Sarah Wong, Lianne Sánchez Rodríguez, Jeff Feng, Gerard E. Francisco, Jose L. Contreras-Vidal

“…The EEG amplifier operates with 24-bit resolution up to 500 Hz sampling frequency and can communicate with other devices using 802.11 b/g/n WiFi. …”
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A New Book about Hittites by Alemko Gluhak

“…As to Matasović’s treatment of “Hittite religion and mythology” (pp. 93–106), it sometimes seems that a bit more information would help. In regard to Hittite literature, Matasović provides us with a selection of eighteen literary works (pp. 109–174), including laws, inscriptions, literature and various prayers.…”
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A metabarcode based (species) inventory of the northern Adriatic phytoplankton by Lana Grižančić, Ana Baričević, Mirta Smodlaka Tanković, Ivan Vlašiček, Mia Knjaz, Ivan Podolšak, Tjaša Kogovšek, Martin Pfannkuchen, Daniela Marić Pfannkuchen

“…In terms of genetic diversity, results were a bit different: a great majority of sequences with one nucleotide tolerance (ASVs, Amplicon sequence variants) assigned to species or genus level were dinoflagellates (83.8%), 13.7% diatoms and 1.6% Chlorophyta, respectively. …”
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EFFECT OF CRYPTOTANSHINONE ON APOPTOSIS OF LIVER CANCER CELLS AND ITS MECHANISM OF ACTION by ZHANG Haixia, LI Kangkang, CHENG Mingyang, CHEN Xuehong

“…Conclusion CPT can effectively inhi-bit the viability of HepG2 cells through autophagy-mediated apoptosis.…”
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The Reported Use of Nosebands in Racing and Equestrian Pursuits by Dominic Weller, Samantha Franklin, Glenn Shea, Peter White, Kate Fenner, Bethany Wilson, Cristina Wilkins, Paul McGreevy

“…Across all respondents (<i>n</i> = 2332), the most common Anatomical reason given was to <i>prevent the horse’s tongue from moving over the bit</i> (20.8%, <i>n</i> = 485), the most common Consequential reason was to <i>improve the appearance of the horse</i> (20.4%, <i>n</i> = 476), with <i>aligning with the rules of the sport</i> (30.2%, <i>n</i> = 705) the most popular Passive reason. …”
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Optical OFDM for SiPM-Based Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Links by Taha Essalih, Mohammad Ali Khalighi, Steve Hranilovic, Hassan Akhouayri

“…For instance, for the considered SiPM and LED components, a spectral efficiency of ∼1 bps/Hz with a data rate of 20 Mbps, a link range of 70 m, and a target bit-error-rate (BER) of <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, ACO and LACO allow a reduction of about 10 and 6 mW, respectively, in the required <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>P</mi><mi>Txe</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, compared to DCO-OFDM. …”
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Bouldering psychotherapy reduces depressive symptoms even when general physical activity is controlled for: A randomized controlled trial by Eva-Maria Stelzer, Stephanie Book, Elmar Graessel, Benjamin Hofner, Johannes Kornhuber, Katharina Luttenberger

“…PA was assessed during the first 16-week period via FitBit Zip accelerometers. Results: Altogether, 47 complete cases (20 men and 27 women) were included in the final analyses. …”
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Hydrophilic Reduction-Resistant Spin Labels of Pyrrolidine and Pyrroline Series from 3,4-Bis-hydroxymethyl-2,2,5,5-tetraethylpyrrolidine-1-oxyl by Mikhail S. Usatov, Sergey A. Dobrynin, Yuliya F. Polienko, Denis A. Morozov, Yurii I. Glazachev, Sergey V. An’kov, Tatiana G. Tolstikova, Yuri V. Gatilov, Irina Yu. Bagryanskaya, Arthur E. Raizvikh, Elena G. Bagryanskaya, Igor A. Kirilyuk

“…Both pyrrolidine and pyrroline nitroxides demonstrated low rates of reduction with ascorbate, pyrrolidines being a bit more stable than similar pyrrolines. The decay of positively charged nitroxides in the rat liver homogenate was faster than that of neutral and negatively charged radicals, with lipophilicity, rate of reduction with ascorbate and the ring type playing minor role. …”
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Photopatterning of hydrogel scaffolds coupled to filter materials using stereolithography for perfused 3D culture of hepatocytes by Neiman, Jaclyn A. Shepard, Raman, Ritu, Chan, Vincent, Rhoads, Mary G., Velazquez, Jeremy J., Bashir, Rashid, Hammond, Paula T., Griffith, Linda G., Raredon, Micha Sam Brickman, Dyer, Rachel Lee

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R &D of back-end electronics for improved resistive plate chambers for the phase 2 upgrade of the CMS end-cap muon system by Kou, H., Liu, Z.-A., Zhao, J., Song, J., Hou, Q., Diao, W., Cao, P., Gong, W., Wang, N., Samalan, A., Tytgat, M., Sawy, M. E., Alves, G. A., Marujo, F.

“…Results The joint test results of the BEB with iRPC and Front-End Board (FEB) show a Bit Error Rate of the transmission links less than $$1\times {10^{-16}}$$ 1 × 10 - 16 , a time resolution of the FEB Time-to-Digital Converter of 16 ps, and the resolution of the time difference between both ends of 160 ps which corresponding a spatial resolution of the iRPC of approximately 1.5 cm. …”
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