Microstructure and Fatigue Properties of 6061 Aluminum Alloy Laser-MIG Hybrid Welding Joint by Cong Fan, Shanglei Yang, Minqi Zhu, Yishan Bai

“…The grain size of HAZ is larger than that of base metal (BM) due to the influence of welding heat cycle. Snowflake-like equiaxed grains were found in the upper, middle, and lower parts of the welded joint (WJ). …”
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Rotor Fault Diagnosis Method Based on VMD Symmetrical Polar Image and Fuzzy Neural Network by Xiaolong Zhou, Xiangkun Wang, Haotian Wang, Linlin Cao, Zhongyuan Xing, Zhilun Yang

“…As well, the reconstructed signal is transformed into a two-dimensional snowflake image through using the symmetrical polar coordinate method. …”
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Application of Deep Learning and Symmetrized Dot Pattern to Detect Surge Arrester Status by Meng-Hui Wang, Shiue-Der Lu, Chun-Chun Hung

“…Then, the partial discharge signal was measured and extracted using a high-speed data acquisition (DAQ) card, while a snowflake map was established by SDP for the features of each fault type. …”
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Magnetic pickup coil systems on the HL-3 tokamak by A. Wang, S. Y. Liang, T. F. Sun, M. Y. He, J. M. Gao, J. Z. Zhang, R. Ma, X. Q. Ji, W. Chen

“…After calibration, the magnetic field measurements are supplied for real-time equilibrium reconstruction and plasma control, e.g., with snowflake-shaped divertor configuration reconstruction. …”
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André Bazin's Eternal Returns: An Ontological Revision by Jeff Fort

“…If Bazin says that the photograph is a flower or a snowflake, he also implies that, like photographs, these are likewise a kind of technical artifact, an auto-mimetic reproduction of nature. …”
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Marine communities on oil platforms in Gabon, West Africa: high biodiversity oases in a low biodiversity environment. by Alan M Friedlander, Enric Ballesteros, Michael Fay, Enric Sala

“…At least one potential invasive species, the snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei), was observed on the platforms. …”
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Hydrometeor Classification of Winter Precipitation in Northern China Based on Multi-Platform Radar Observation System by Yichen Chen, Xiang’e Liu, Kai Bi, Delong Zhao

“…Three particle categories, including snow, graupel and the mixture of snow and graupel are also detected in the winter precipitation cloud system, and there are three vertical layers identified from top to bottom, including the ice crystal layer, snow-graupel mixed layer and snowflake layer. Overall, this study has the potential for improving the understanding of microphysical processes such as freezing, deposition and aggregation of ice crystal particles in the winter precipitation cloud system.…”
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Sensitivity of detachment extent to magnetic configuration and external parameters by Lipschultz, B, Parra Diaz, F, Hutchinson, I

“…Increasing flux tube length and thus volume in the divertor, through poloidal flux expansion (as in the snowflake or x-divertor configurations) or length of the divertor, also increases the detachment window, but less than the total ux expansion does. …”

Improving snow albedo modeling in the E3SM land model (version 2.0) and assessing its impacts on snow and surface fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau by D. Hao, G. Bisht, K. Rittger, E. Bair, C. He, H. Huang, C. Dang, T. Stillinger, Y. Gu, H. Wang, Y. Qian, L. R. Leung

“…This study improves the snow radiative transfer model in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 2.0 (E3SM v2.0) Land Model (ELM v2.0) by considering non-spherical snow grain shapes (i.e., spheroid, hexagonal plate, and Koch snowflake) and internal mixing of dust–snow, and it systematically evaluates the impacts on the surface energy budget and water cycle over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). …”
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Recent Advances and Perspectives in Deep Learning Techniques for 3D Point Cloud Data Processing by Zifeng Ding, Yuxuan Sun, Sijin Xu, Yan Pan, Yanhong Peng, Zebing Mao

“…Furthermore, the emergence of transformative methodologies like PoinTr and SnowflakeNet is examined, highlighting their contributions and potential impact on the field. …”
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Tailoring WRF and Noah‐MP to Improve Process Representation of Sierra Nevada Runoff: Diagnostic Evaluation and Applications by Nataniel M. Holtzman, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Jonathan S. Cohen, Melissa L. Wrzesien, Jonathan D. Herman

“…Errors can be traced to process representations; specifically, we modify the representation of snowflake formation in the Thompson microphysics scheme and subsurface runoff generation in the Noah‐MP land surface model, including a correction representing effects of groundwater storage. …”
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Solidified characteristic and enhanced properties of Al0.5MnFeNiCu0.5/Al–Ni functionally gradient coating fabricated by laser cladding on AZ91HP by Y.L. Gao, P.Y. Lu, S.C. Bai, S. Jiang, M. Jie

“…Al–Ni remelting layer crystallized as the fine snowflake-like grain. Al–Ni layer presented coarse needle-like grain morphology. …”
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Mechanism study on the synergistic coupling of the double-dish solar latent heat storage system to enhance heat transfer by Xinyu Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Yannan Zhang, Jiakun Xu, Xiao Guo

“…Compared with the six-longitudinal and snowflake fin structures, the gradient tree-shaped fin structure shows a 52.13% and 27.73% reduction in the complete melting time and a 52.16% and 9.53% increase in thermal storage efficiency. …”
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An Effective Method for Compute the Roughness of Fractal Facades Based on Box-Counting Dimension (Db) by Al-Janabi Israa Mohsin Kadhim, AL-Mammori Zahraa Ahmed, Abd Mosehab Sabah Mohammed, ALaaraji Fatin.H., Hussein Aqeel Abdulhasan, Naser Raghda A., AL-Rubaie Noor

“…Atypical example of a fractal body is the “snowflake curve” (invented by Helga von Koch (1870-1924) in 1904. …”
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Fault Diagnosis for PV Modules Based on AlexNet and Symmetrized Dot Pattern by Meng-Hui Wang, Chun-Chun Hung, Shiue-Der Lu, Zong-Han Lin, Cheng-Chien Kuo

“…Next, we used SDP to process the signal and create images with specific snowflake-like features. These images were used as a basis for fault diagnosis. …”
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Peripheral and posterior pole retinal changes in highly myopic Chinese children and adolescents by Wenli Zhang, Fan Yang, Shirong Chen, Tingkun Shi

“…Results The mean spherical equivalent refraction of the subjects was − 8.74 ± 2.86 D, and the mean age was 11.45 ± 3.02 years. Snowflake retinal degeneration (27.5%), white without pressure (27.5%), snail-track degeneration (15%), and lattice degeneration (15%) were the most common peripheral retinal changes, while tessellated fundus (84.17%), optic nerve crescents (78.3%), and posterior staphyloma (11.7%) were the most common posterior changes. …”
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Simultaneous Electrochemical Determination of Chlorzoxazone and Diclofenac on an Efficient Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode by Lanthanum Oxide@ Copper(I) Sulfide Composite by Bahar Baniahmad, Hadi Hassani Nadiki, Shohreh Jahani, Najmeh Nezamabadi-Pour, Ali Toolabi, Mohammad Mehdi Foroughi

“…This study synthesized a La2O3@snowflake-like Cu2S composite to fabricate an electrochemical sensor for sensitively simultaneous detection of diclofenac and chlorzoxazone exploiting an easy hydrothermal approach, followed by analysis with XRD, FE-SEM, and EDX methods. …”
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Dry Laser‐Induced Graphene Fractal‐like ECG Electrodes by Yann Houeix, Denice Gerardo, Francisco J. Romero, Víctor Toral, Lidia Hernandez, Almudena Rivadeneyra, Encarnación Castillo, Diego P. Morales, Noel Rodriguez

“…This one‐step mask‐less manufacturing process enables the simple fabrication of natural and optimized fractal‐like shapes inspired by actual snowflake patterns. To ensure a reliable and standardized connection to the measurement unit, the electrodes are equipped with a snap terminal. …”
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Bruch's Membrane Calcification in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum by Sara Risseeuw, MD, PhD, Matthew G. Pilgrim, PhD, Sergio Bertazzo, PhD, Connor N. Brown, PhD, Lajos Csincsik, PhD, Sarah Fearn, PhD, Richard B. Thompson, PhD, Arthur A. Bergen, PhD, Jacoline B. ten Brink, BAS, Elod Kortvely, PhD, Wilko Spiering, MD, PhD, Jeannette Ossewaarde–van Norel, MD, PhD, Redmer van Leeuwen, MD, PhD, Imre Lengyel, PhD

“…The snowflake-like calcification in BM of an aged comparison eye differed markedly from the extensive calcification in PXE. …”
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Mitigation of Shape Evolution and Supercapacitive Performance of CuCo₂S₄ Electrodes Prepared via a Simple Solvent Variation Approach by Sagar M. Mane, Komal S. Wagh, Aviraj M. Teli, Sonali A. Beknalkar, Jae Cheol Shin, Jaewoong Lee

“…When water and ethylene glycol was used as a solvent, the surface of Ni-foam seemed to be covered with a snowflake-like architecture. On the addition of glycerol instead of ethylene glycol, the growth of spongy rectangular prisms from mud-like bricks was initiated. …”
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