The evolution and fate of waste plastics in landfills subject to physical and biochemical processes — implications for microplastics by Lu, Xuhong

“…Microplastics (MPs), a recently identified group of pollutants with dimensions below 5 mm, raise apprehensions about potential toxicity and their ability to transport other contaminants like heavy metals through adsorption and dissociation mechanisms. …”
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Design and analysis of passive phase shifters using controllable defected ground structures in 65nm CMOS technology for 77-81 GHz automotive radar by Wu, Jiaqi

“…Active phase shifters like vector summing type employing active devices consume large amount of power and the phase accuracy is normally low due to the active components. …”
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Information fusion and cooperative control for target search and localization in multi-agent sensor networks by Hu, Jinwen

“…A nonlinear transformation of the probability map is introduced to simplify the computation by linearizing the Bayesian update. A consensus-like distributed fusion scheme is proposed for multi-agent map fusion. …”
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Efficient storage codes for non-volatile memories by Chua, Melissa Wan Jun

“…As an example, the Apple QuickTake 100 launched by Apple in 1994 contained an image sensor with only 0.3 megapixels [2], nowadays cameras like Sony, possess a sensor with a resolution 24.6 megapixels [3]. …”
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Unsupervised bayesian generative methods by Li, Shaohua

“…The topic embeddings modify the word distributions in a way like “latent words”. This model can be viewed as a countinuous counterpart of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), with a few advantages.…”
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Study on muscle remodeling using in vivo microscopy of drosophila metamorphosis and quantitative image analysis by Kuleesha

“…However unlike other cells like hela, muscle cells in Drosophila pupae are surrounded by dead sequestered muscles (debris), which makes it difficult to extract muscle boundary with high accuracy. …”
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中国东北人移民新加坡后的语言变化及其社会意义 = Study of the language changes of Chinese Northeastern immigrants as a socio-linguistic Indicator in Singapore by 李思 Li, Si

“…The thesis is also investigated the lexical changes by doing social experiment like “asking the way”. Besides that, it collects data about northeastern immigrants’ personal background, language attitude and social attribution in order to analyse their language changes with reference to 5 different variables such as family background, occupation, education level, age and the length of residence in Singapore. …”
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Improving the diagnostic yield of whole genome sequencing: neurodevelopmental and epilepsy disorders by Hashim, M

“…Additionally, there was a significant reduction in the mutant's capacity to generate filopodia-like extensions, possibly leading to phenotypes observed in patients with Jeavons syndrome. …”

Towards A Robust Integrated Urban Mobility System: Public Transit and Ride-Sharing Systems by Guo, Xiaotong

“…While the advent of shared mobility platforms such as Uber and Lyft, along with Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand (AMoD) services like Waymo and Cruise, have revolutionized urban travel, public transit systems remain the backbone of urban mobility. …”
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Hybrid sensor fusion for unmanned ground vehicle by Guan, Mingyang

“…Typically, the SLAM system relies on the information collected from the sensors, like LiDAR, camera and IMU, which either suffers from accumulated localization error due to the lack of global reference, or requires more time to detect the loop closure yet reduces the efficiency. …”
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Enhancing tensile and fatigue properties of additively manufactured alloys by post-processing heat treatment by Radhakrishnan, Jayaraj

“…The fraction of defects (like pores and δ-ferrite) in the alloy were controlled either by process parameters, or by post-processing heat treatments. …”
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Semantic scene understanding on 3D point clouds by Dong, Shichao

“…While standard methods like rotations and flips have been common, they often lack high-level diversity. …”
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Development of highly efficient organic and perovskite solar cells by Li, Xianqiang

“…Flexible organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells can be fabricated by a simply printing process like newspapers and have potential to be applied on various substrates, such as curved roofs, uneven roads and clothes. …”
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Effects of positive education approach on academic boredom, intrinsic motivation, positive emotions and thought-action repertoire among private college students in Shaanxi Province... by Jie, Zheng

“…Additionally, those intervention studies only aimed to reduce academic boredom, while few studies examined the effects of interventions on both reducing academic boredom and increasing positive constructs like intrinsic motivation and positive emotions. …”
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Hybrid free space optics/radio frequency communication for next generation wireless networks by Sharma, Shubha

“…However, the FSO link is highly susceptible to atmospheric effects like pressure and temperature, which cause atmospheric turbulence along the propagation path. …”
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High p16 expression and heterozygous RB1 loss are biomarkers for CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance in ER+ breast cancer by Palafox, Marta, Monserrat, Laia, Bellet, Meritxell, Villacampa, Guillermo, Gonzalez-Perez, Abel, Oliveira, Mafalda, Brasó-Maristany, Fara, Ibrahimi, Nusaibah, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Mina, Leonardo, Herrera-Abreu, Maria Teresa, Òdena, Andreu, Sánchez-Guixé, Mònica, Capelán, Marta, Azaro, Analía, Bruna, Alejandra, Rodríguez, Olga, Guzmán, Marta, Grueso, Judit, Viaplana, Cristina, Hernández, Javier, Su, Faye, Lin, Kui, Clarke, Robert B., Caldas, Carlos, Arribas, Joaquín, Michiels, Stefan, García-Sanz, Alicia, Turner, Nicholas C., Prat, Aleix, Nuciforo, Paolo, Dienstmann, Rodrigo, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Lopez-Bigas, Nuria, Scaltriti, Maurizio, Arnedos, Monica, Saura, Cristina, Serra, Violeta

“…Combination of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib with the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib showed antitumor activity in estrogen receptor-positive non-basal-like breast cancer patient-derived xenografts, independently of PIK3CA, ESR1 or RB1 mutation, also in drug de-escalation experiments or omitting endocrine therapy. …”
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21A.230J / WGS.456J The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004 by Jackson, Jean

“…We next examine how the family is currently defined in the U.S., discussing different views about what families should look like. Class and ethnic variability and the effects of changing gender roles are discussed in this section. …”
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Growth performances, carcass yield and meat quality of free range village chickens fed on diet containing dehydrated processed food waste by Shanaghi, Hossein

“…As panelists preferred, chicken meat from T4 (60% DPFW) had the highest liking rate of 6.6 (P<0.05) while the last one was control group (0% DPFW) with the rate of 6.06 (like slightly) (P<0.05). …”
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Perfect IMPERFECTIONS : HONOURING FLAWS AS HUMAN NATURE / by Ummu Ahmadain, author 655822

“…With each chapter, we’re reminded that perfection is not the goal; rather, it’s in our flaws that our true essence shines brightest. Whether grappling with self-doubt or seeking validation, this book offers solace and guidance, reminding us that our imperfections are not shortcomings, but rather, they are the threads that weave the rich tapestry of our humanity. …”

The effect of temperature on permittivity measurements of aqueous solutions of glucose for the development of non-invasive glucose sensors based on electromagnetic waves by Jayanthi, Renu, Virdee, Bal Singh, Lubangakene, Innocent, Ganguly, Priyanka, Mariyanayagam, Dion

“…The rise in thermal energy normally causes dipolar liquids like water to vibrate and rotate disrupting the alignment of the dipoles in response to an electric field thereby reducing its permittivity. …”
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