Development a simple and sensitive method for determination low trace of nickel by local surface plasmon resonance of citrate capped silver nanoparticles by Hamed Azimi, Seyyed Hamid Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Manafi, Syed Hossein Hashemi Moosavi, Mostafa Najafi

“…As a result of aggregation, local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) band of silver nanoparticles around 395 nm decreased and a new peak appeared in 550 nm. Control experiments with 10 other ions carried out and did not a distinct change in color or spectrum. …”
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Evidence-based numerical building model enhancement and building energy efficiency evaluation in the case of Morocco by Niima Es-sakali, Samir Idrissi Kaitouni, Imad Ait Laasri, Mohamed Oualid Mghazli, Moha Cherkaoui, Moritz Bühler, Jens Pfafferott

“…The validation process has been undergone in a set of controlled experiments – a free-float period, and steady-state internal temperatures. …”
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Elucidating Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions Through Omics-Enabled Metabolic Modelling Using Synthetic Communities by Ashley E. Beck, Manuel Kleiner, Anna-Katharina Garrell

“…Synthetic communities are a major asset in reducing the complexity of these systems by simplifying to dominant components and isolating specific variables for controlled experiments, yet there still remains a large gap in our understanding of plant microbiome interactions. …”
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Effects of snow cover on urban light climate environment in the high latitudes of northeast China by Fan Zhang, Nan Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Yue Chu, Shiwen Wang, Yutao Huang

“…In this study, the effect of snow on daytime and nighttime light levels was quantified using comparative field observations and controlled experiments in artificial climate chambers, combined with analysis of variance and model fitting. …”
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<i>Aspergillus niger</i> as a Biological Input for Improving Vegetable Seedling Production by Gustavo de Souza Marques Mundim, Gabriel Mascarenhas Maciel, Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes

“…Seven vegetable species were evaluated in independent experiments carried out in 2² + 1 factorial schemes, with two doses of conidia (10² and 10⁶ per plant) applied in two inoculation methods (seed treatment and in-furrow granular application), plus an uninoculated control. Experiments were carried out in a greenhouse. Growth parameters evaluated were shoot length, stem diameter, root volume, total root length, shoot and root fresh mass, shoot and root dry mass, and total dry mass. …”
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Investigation on the Formation Mechanism of Crack Indications and the Influences of Related Parameters in Magnetic Particle Inspection by Long Li, Yun Yang, Xiang Cai, Yihua Kang

“…In addition, a single variable control experiment was conducted to study the effects of crack images. …”
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Development and Optimization of a Silica Column-Based Extraction Protocol for Ancient DNA by Marianne Dehasque, Patrícia Pečnerová, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Erik Ersmark, Gleb K. Danilov, Peter Mortensen, Sergey Vartanyan, Love Dalén

“…Here, we present a new silica column-based extraction protocol, where optimizations were tested in controlled experiments. Using relatively well-preserved permafrost samples, we tested the efficiency of pretreatment of bone and tooth powder with a bleach wash and a predigestion step. …”
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Time of day and sleep effects on motor acquisition and consolidation by Charlène Truong, Célia Ruffino, Jérémie Gaveau, Olivier White, Pauline M. Hilt, Charalambos Papaxanthis

“…Furthermore, two control experiments (G8awake and G8sleep) supported the idea that a night of sleep contributes to the skill consolidation of the evening group. …”
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Feasibility Analysis and Implementation of Head-Mounted Electrical Impedance Respiratory Monitoring by Hongli Yan, Xudong Yang, Yanyan Liu, Wanting He, Yipeng Liao, Jiejie Yang, Yueming Gao

“…Finally, we conducted controlled experiments to verify the effectiveness of this electrical impedance sensing system for extracting respiratory rate. …”
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Surface damage from perpendicular and oblique bullet impacts in stone by Oliver Campbell, Tom Blenkinsop, Oscar Gilbert, Lisa Mol

“…Controlled experiments were conducted to investigate the surface damage caused by perpendicular and oblique impacts of bullets into sandstone and limestone targets. …”
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Algae as Feedstuff for Ruminants: A Focus on Single-Cell Species, Opportunistic Use of Algal By-Products and On-Site Production by Diogo Fleury Azevedo Costa, Joaquín Miguel Castro-Montoya, Karen Harper, Leigh Trevaskis, Emma L. Jackson, Simon Quigley

“…Despite the clear potential benefits, large-scale algae-livestock feedstuff value chains have not been established due to the high cost of production, processing and transport logistics, shelf-life and stability of bioactive compounds and inconsistent responses by animals under controlled experiments. It is unlikely that algal species will become viable ingredients in extensive grazing systems unless the cost of production and practical systems for the processing, transport and feeding are developed. …”
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A prior knowledge-embedded reinforcement learning method for real-time active power corrective control in complex power systems by Peidong Xu, Jun Zhang, Jixiang Lu, Haoran Zhang, Tianlu Gao, Siyuan Chen

“…Considering the infrequent corrective control actions in practice, the double-prioritized training mechanism combined with the λ-return is further developed to help the agent lay emphasis on learning from critical control experience. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method prevails over the conventional deep reinforcement learning methods in training efficiency and control effects, and has the potential to solve the complex active power corrective control problem in the future.…”
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Unveiling Dopant‐Induced Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics in Mn/Yb Codoped Perovskite Nanocrystals by Weifan Niu, Ruidan Zhang, Zhibin Wang, Feng Huang, Daqin Chen

“…Importantly, energy transfer processes from host to Mn2+ and Yb3+ activators emerge as competition, and the ET probability of exciton‐to‐Mn2+ is higher than that of exciton‐to‐Yb3+. Finally, control experiments further prove that tunable Mn2+ orange emission and Yb3+ NIR emission are achievable via elaborate adjustment of the dopant concentrations.…”
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Impact of Assimilating Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer Data on the Precipitation Bifurcation Forecast: A Case Study in Beijing by Yajie Qi, Shuiyong Fan, Jiajia Mao, Bai Li, Chunwei Guo, Shuting Zhang

“…For this purpose, two experiments were set. The Control experiment only assimilated conventional observations and radar data, while the microwave radiometers profilers (MWRPS) experiment assimilated conventional observations, the ground-based microwave radiometer profiles and radar data into the RMAPS-ST model. …”
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<i>Withania somnifera</i> Extracts Promote Resilience against Age-Related and Stress-Induced Behavioral Phenotypes in <i>Drosophila melanogaster;</i> a Possible Role of Other Compo... by Helen Holvoet, Dani M. Long, Alexander Law, Christine McClure, Jaewoo Choi, Liping Yang, Luke Marney, Burkhard Poeck, Roland Strauss, Jan F. Stevens, Claudia S. Maier, Amala Soumyanath, Doris Kretzschmar

“…To perform maximally controlled experiments, we used plant extracts analyzed for their composition and stability. …”
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Novel Concentric Magnetic Continuum Robot with Multiple Stiffness Modes for Potential Delivery of Nanomedicine by Na Li, Daojing Lin, Junfeng Wu, Quan Gan, Xingyue Hu, Niandong Jiao

“…The C-MCR allows substantial curvature bending owing to its difference in stiffness, and its detachable nature allows it to have four working modes to adapt to specific application requirements with improved stiffness controllability. Experiments demonstrate the ability of the C-MCR to navigate complex pathways and deliver nanomedicines over long distances to specific areas via its internal channels using a large homemade eight-coil electromagnetic system. …”
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ANTHELMINTIC EFFICIENCY OF NEW PHENASAL FORMULATIONS BASED ON SUPRAMOLECULAR, NANOSCALE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR ANOPLOCEPHALIDOSIS IN HORSES by Yu. B. Limova, K. M. Sadov, E. V. Korogodina, I. A. Arkhipov, S. S. Halikov

“…The efficacy of preparations was estimated in control experiment according to the results of coproscopy using the flotation method before and 14 days after treatment. …”
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Studying the Anti-Virulence Activity of Meta-Bromo-Thiolactone against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and MRSA Phenotypes by Rihaf Alfaraj, Esra K. Eltayb, Bashayer M. AlFayez, Amjad Abohamad, Eram Eltahir, Naifa A. Alenazi, Sandra Hababah, Hamad Alkahtani, Thamer A. Almangour, Fulwah Y. Alqahtani, Fadilah S. Aleanizy

“…Biofilms were observed by scanning electron microscopy, which showed that the bacterial cells in the control experiment were enclosed in thick biofilms. In the presence of mBTL, the bacterial cells remained disordered and did not form a biofilm. mBTL-loaded-ChNPs represent a potential approach to overcoming antimicrobial resistance in the treatment of MRSA infection.…”
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Integrated Evaluation of the Water Deficit Irrigation Scheme of Indigowoad Root under Mulched Drip Irrigation in Arid Regions of Northwest China Based on the Improved TOPSIS Method by Zeyi Wang, Hengjia Zhang, Yucai Wang, Chenli Zhou

“…In this study, drip irrigation under plastic film was used to achieve an optimal water deficit irrigation (WDI) scheme for the cultivation of indigowoad root (<i>Isatis tinctoria</i> L.). Field water control experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017. Evaluation of WDI schemes was carried out by considering five indices: water consumption, yield, water use efficiency (WUE), indigo, and (R,S)-goitrin. …”
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A Novel Method of Hyperbola Recognition in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) B-Scan Image for Tree Roots Detection by Xiaowei Zhang, Fangxiu Xue, Zepeng Wang, Jian Wen, Cheng Guan, Feng Wang, Ling Han, Na Ying

“…To validate the effectiveness of this approach for tree root detection, a mixed dataset was made, including synthetic data from gprMax as well as field data collected from 35 ancient tree roots and fresh grapevine controlled experiments. From the results of hyperbola recognition as well as the estimation for the radius and position of the root, our method shows a significant effect in root detection.…”
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