Invasive Plant <i>Alternanthera philoxeroides</i> Benefits More Competition Advantage from Rhizosphere Bacteria Regardless of the Host Source by Xu Li, Yi Zhang, Fang-Li Kong, Misbah Naz, Jian-Yu Zhou, Shan-Shan Qi, Zhi-Cong Dai, Dao-Lin Du

“…We conducted a control experiment to test the effects of these bacteria on the growth and competition of the two plant species using sterile seedlings. …”
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Critical role of electrons in the short lifetime of blue OLEDs by Jaewook Kim, Joonghyuk Kim, Yongjun Kim, Youngmok Son, Youngsik Shin, Hye Jin Bae, Ji Whan Kim, Sungho Nam, Yongsik Jung, Hyeonsu Kim, Sungwoo Kang, Yoonsoo Jung, Kyunghoon Lee, Hyeonho Choi, Woo Youn Kim

“…Here, we show that electron-induced degradation reactions play a critical role in the short lifetime of blue organic light-emitting diodes. Our control experiments demonstrate that the operational lifetime of a whole device can only be explained when excitons and electrons exist together. …”
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A real-world dataset of group emotion experiences based on physiological data by Patrícia Bota, Joana Brito, Ana Fred, Pablo Cesar, Hugo Silva

“…Emotion recognition with physiological data shows promising results in controlled experiments but lacks generalization to real-world settings. …”
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Amide C–N bonds activation by A new variant of bifunctional N-heterocyclic carbene by Yuxing Cai, Yuxin Zhao, Kai Tang, Hong Zhang, Xueling Mo, Jiean Chen, Yong Huang

“…By using mercaptan as a catalyst turnover agent, the resulting thioester synthon can be transformed into several interesting atropisomers. Both control experiments and theoretical calculations reveal the crucial role of the hybrid NHC-HBD skeleton, which activates the amide via H-bonding and brings it spatially close to the carbene centre. …”
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Hysteresis Modelling and Feedforward Control of Piezoelectric Actuator Based on Simplified Interval Type-2 Fuzzy System by Peng-Zhi Li, De-Fu Zhang, Jun-Yan Hu, Barry Lennox, Farshad Arvin

“…Based on the analytic inverse of the developed model, feedforward control experiment for tracking sinusoidal trajectory of 20 Hz was carried out. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Solvent Bonding for Polymethyl Methacrylate Microfluidic Device by Chia-Wen Tsao, Chang-Yen Chang, Po-Yen Chien

“…The bonding performance, such as bonding coverage, geometry stability, and bonding strength (tensile) were observed and compared with the oven-heating and non-heating control experiments under the same force applications. Results showed that the microwave-assisted solvent bonding method presents a high bonding yield (maximum > 99%) and bonding strength (maximum ~2.77 MPa) without microchannel distortion, which can be used for various microfluidic applications.…”
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Emergence of a Euglena bioconvection spot controlled by non-uniform light by Hiroshi Yamashita, Touya Kamikubo, Kazuki Muku, Nobuhiko J. Suematsu, Nobuhiko J. Suematsu, Shunsuke Izumi, Makoto Iima

“…To reveal the formation of this bioconvection spot in a cylindrical container, position-control experiments were designed in a non-uniform light environment. …”
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Assessment of FY-3D SST Data on Typhoon In-Fa Simulation by Chun Yang, Jingyu Li

“…Compared to the control experiments with SST data from Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) data, the replacement experiments with FY-3D SST data significantly improve the forecast of typhoon central sea level pressure, track, and precipitation. …”
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Permutation entropy-based characterization of speckle patterns generated by semiconductor laser light by Giulio Tirabassi, Maria Duque-Gijon, Jordi Tiana-Alsina, Cristina Masoller

“…This makes a semiconductor laser with feedback an ideal system for conducting controlled experiments to test data analysis tools to detect and characterize transitions. …”
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Directed in Vitro Evolution of Therapeutic Bacteriophages: The Appelmans Protocol by Ben H. Burrowes, Ian J. Molineux, Joe A. Fralick

“…After 30 rounds of selection, phages were isolated from the evolved cocktail with greatly increased host range. Control experiments with individual phages showed little host-range expansion, and genomic analysis of one of the broad-host-range output phages showed its recombinatorial origin, suggesting that the protocol works predominantly via recombination between phages. …”
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Friction torque field distribution of a permanent‐magnet spherical motor based on multi‐physical field coupling analysis by Haolin Li, Guoli Li, Qunjing Wang, Bin Ju, Yan Wen

“…Finally, the friction torque compensation in a closed‐loop control experiment is completed by using the friction data. …”
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Noninvasive Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity In Vivo using a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with a Solubility Switch by Martin Lepage, William C. Dow, Marco Melchior, Ying You, Barbara Fingleton, C. Chad Quarles, Claude Pépin, John C. Gore, Lynn M. Matrisian, J. Oliver McIntyre

“…Our compound PCA7-switch detects the activity of the secreted matrix-degrading proteinase matrix-metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) in living, tumor-bearing mice. Control experiments were performed using an agent that was not cleaved by MMP-7 (PCA7-scrambled), an agent that could be cleaved by MMP-7 but lacked the solubility switch (PCA7-B), and a standard contrast agent (gadolinium–diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid). …”
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Constructing multiple active sites in iron oxide catalysts for improving carbonylation reactions by Shujuan Liu, Teng Li, Feng Shi, Haiying Ma, Bin Wang, Xingchao Dai, Xinjiang Cui

“…Combined characterizations disclose the formation of oxygen vacancies. Control experiments and density functional theory calculations demonstrate the selective combination of the three Fe sites is vital to improve the catalytic performance by catalyzing the elemental steps of PhI activation, CO insertion and C-N/C-O coupling respectively, endowing combinatorial sites catalyst for multistep reactions.…”
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A Multi-Objective Trajectory Planning Method for Collaborative Robot by Jiangyu Lan, Yinggang Xie, Guangjun Liu, Manxin Cao

“…Finally, the algorithm simulation experiment is completed in MATLAB, and the robot control experiment is completed using the Robot Operating System (ROS). …”
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Experiments and Modeling on the Stain-Controlled Time- and Temperature-Dependent Cyclic Ratchetting Plasticity of the Nickel-Based Superalloy IN100 by Carl Fischer, Sophie Schackert, Thomas Seifert, Christoph Schweizer, Martin Fuchs

“…In this paper, the time- and temperature-dependent cyclic ratchetting plasticity of the nickel-based alloy IN100 is experimentally investigated in strain-controlled experiments in the temperature range from 300 °C to 1050 °C. …”
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Maintaining eye fixation relieves pressure of cognitive action control by Anika Krause, Christian H. Poth

“…Likewise, in urgent situations, the additional task reduced performance impairments due to stimulus-driven processing overpowering cognitive control (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that maintaining eye fixation locks attentional resources that would otherwise induce spatial cognitive conflicts. …”
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Very Low Crosstalk Measurement of Substrate Integrated Coaxial Line (SICL) by Cheng Lu, Liang Yang, Xiaoxing Yin, Hongxin Zhao, Leilei Liu

“…By adjusting the layout of the structures and implementing controlled experiments, interference caused by the presence of leaks and radiation at the interface and structural transitions is effectively suppressed. …”
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Reward modulates the effect of visual cortical microstimulation on perceptual decisions by Nela Cicmil, Bruce G Cumming, Andrew J Parker, Kristine Krug

“…Psychophysical control experiments showed this result was not explained by a selective change in response strategy on microstimulated trials. …”
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Quantification and description of photothermal heating effects in plasmon-assisted electrochemistry by Md. Al-Amin, Johann V. Hemmer, Padmanabh B. Joshi, Kimber Fogelman, Andrew J. Wilson

“…Our study reveals the role of temperature gradients in plasmon-assisted electrochemistry and details a simple control experiment to account for photothermal heating.…”
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An efficient and green synthesis of 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones via t-BuONa-mediated oxidative condensation of 2-aminobenzamides and benzyl alcohols under solvent- and transition... by Nguyen Vy T. B., Tran Dat P., Nguyen Tung T., Nguyen Khoa D., Le Ha V.

“…Importantly, the study scope was expanded toward successfully producing various 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives in moderate-to-good yields. Furthermore, control experiments proposed that the conversion involved the initial partial oxidation of benzyl alcohol to the benzaldehyde intermediate under basic conditions, followed by the condensation, intramolecular nucleophilic addition, and oxidative dehydrogenation to 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one.…”
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