15th-century printed Italian editions of Aesopian texts by Malaspina, M

“…</p> <p>Chapter I introduces the main features of the manuscript transmission of those among Aesopian texts, which ended up in print in the first years after the introduction of the new medium. …”

Assessing the odd secondary structural properties of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences (18S) of the twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) by Gillespie, J, McKenna, C, Yoder, M, Gutell, R, Johnston, J, Kathirithamby, J, Cognato, A

“…Despite the extraordinary variability in sequence length and composition, this insertion contains the conserved sequences 5′‐AUUGGCUUAAA‐3′ and 5′‐GAC‐3′ that immediately flank a putative helix at the 5′‐ and 3′‐ends, respectively. The longer sequence has the potential to form a nine base pair helix with a sequence in the variable region 2, consistent with a recent study proposing this tertiary interaction. …”

Dataset: Optical fabrication and characterisation of SU-8 disk photonic waveguide heterostructure cavities - version 2 by Taylor, R, Nuttall, L, Lennon, S, Reid, B, Brossard, F

“…<br><br> More information and details of file formats is contained in the following files:<br> readme.txt<br> asc_file_format.txt<br> fig2/readme.txt<br> fig3/readme.txt<br> <br> Note that those .txt files use unix-style line endings (LF), not Windows-style ones (CRLF). They may not display correctly in Notepad. …”

Predictors for severe persisting pain in rheumatoid arthritis are associated with pain origin and appraisal of pain by Baerwald, CG, Stemmler, E, Gnüchtel, S, Jeromin, K, Fritz, B, Bernateck, M, Adolf, D, Taylor, PC, Baron, R

“…The former two subgroups ended the study at week 24. The latter continued until week 48. …”

Practitioner, patient and public views on the acceptability of mobile stroke units in England and Wales: A mixed methods study by Moseley, L, McMeekin, P, Price, C, Shaw, L, Laws, A, Allen, M, Ford, GA, James, M, McCarthy, S, McClelland, G, Park, LJ, Pearn, K, Phillips, D, White, P, Wilson, D, Scott, J

“…Survey data were descriptively analysed while content analysis was used on open-ended questions. Qualitative data were thematically analysed, prior to triangulation using a convergent coding matrix. …”

Seen and heard: combining in-depth interviewing with social messaging to study the lived experiences of gifted youth in high power distance cultures by Wan Mohd Nor, Sofiya, Krauss, Steven, Roslan, Samsilah, Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina

“…Specific techniques employed included using a conversational interview style, self-disclosing personal information to build trust, and validating participants’ feelings and experiences are discussed. Open-ended WhatsApp diary prompts and an extended time provided a sense of anonymity which allowed participants to recall their past and discuss sensitive experiences. …”
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Lightweight salient object detection in optical remote sensing images via feature correlation by Li, Gongyang, Liu, Zhi, Bai, Zhen, Lin, Weisi, Ling, Haibin

“…By reducing the parameters and computations of each component, CorrNet ends up having only 4.09M parameters and running with 21.09G FLOPs. …”
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Prioritizing problems in and solutions to homecare safety of people with dementia: supporting carers, streamlining care by Car, Lorainne Tudor, El-Khatib, Mona, Perneczky, Robert, Papachristou, Nikolaos, Atun, Rifat, Rudan, Igor, Car, Josip, Vincent, Charles, Majeed, Azeem

“…We then invited 185 North-West London clinicians via an open-ended questionnaire to identify three main problems and solutions relating to homecare safety of people with dementia. 76 clinicians submitted their suggestions which were thematically synthesized into a composite list of 27 distinct problems and 30 solutions. …”
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Stability improvement and control optimization of isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter systems by Feng, Fan

“…The analysis results offer instructive implications to fine-tune the design rules of the DAB converters. Bearing the mind that the impedance model of the DAB converter is closely related to the modulation schemes, the impacts of three typical modulation methods on the DAB impedances are analyzed and compared. …”
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Motivations for watching videos on mobile phones while driving in parking lots and while waiting at intersections in the United States by Gao, Jingkang, Jackson, Jason, Zhao, Jinhua

“…The qualitative survey yielded open-ended responses on drivers’ salient beliefs about watching videos on mobile phones while driving. …”
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Net section fracture of aluminium alloy angle-to-plate connections: testing, modelling and design by Jiang, Ke, Li, Shuai, Guo, Tong, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…Twenty tension tests were conducted on aluminium alloy angle-to-plate connections, with each connection specimen consisting of an equal-leg or unequal-leg angle section member bolted to gusset plates by one leg at both ends. The test setup, procedures and key obtained results, including failure loads, load–elongation curves, failure modes and strain distributions at failure cross-sections were reported. …”
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The fabrication and characterization of double waveguide ridge terahertz quantum cascade laser by Li, Jinghao

“…Ridge structure laser is a common type of terahertz QCL, forming a Febry-Perot resonator cavity with the ends of ridge. The ridge QCL laser usually requires a waveguide design. …”
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An analysis of contact stiffness and frictional receding contacts by Parel, KS

“…However, current methods require the distribution of dislocations to be bounded to zero or singular at the ends of the area of application, which is not appropriate to model many receding contacts. …”

Bioinformatics analysis and spatiotemporal distribution of the f lic gene and its protein isolated from Escherichia coli-infected patients in Eastern Algeria by Harrar, Abdenassar, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Hamidechi, Mohamed Abdelhafid

“…Results: Bioinformatics analysis highlighted the strong conservation of the structures of the fliC protein sequences, especially at the two N- and C-terminal ends, and strong variability in the central zone. …”
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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

“…We ask three mixed gender groups of participants (using pen, pencil, and a tablet) to sketch concepts in response to an open-ended design prompt. We hypothesize that participants using tablet and pencil will produce fewer drawings than those using pen due to their ability to erase and focus on perfecting drawings, and we expect participants using the tablet to produce cleaner drawings with smoother strokes due to the tablet’s ability to auto-smooth lines. …”
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Comparison of Finite Element Methods and Satellite InSAR for Monitoring Deformations of a Large Tailings Dam by Fetell, Robert Henry

“…We investigated the accuracy of InSAR over this period, ending in 2019, by analyzing 186 ascending Sentinel-1 C-band images and 219 descending images using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and SARProzTM software, comparing results with two surface geodetic benchmarks. …”
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Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Design: Comparative Study by Shen, Jocelyn, DiPaola, Daniella, Ali, Safinah, Sap, Maarten, Park, Hae Won, Breazeal, Cynthia

“…In addition, we qualitatively coded open-ended feedback about reactions to the stories to understand how and why transparency affects empathy toward human versus AI storytellers. …”
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Engineered cylindrical NiFe magnetic nanoparticles for cancer cell death by Wong, Shawn De Wei

“…Upon relaxation from a magnetically saturated state, a double vortex nucleation consisting of a clockwise and an anticlockwise vortex forms at the opposite ends of the MNP, which gradually extends and is connected via a third vortex core on its curved surface. …”
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Debonding-on-demand Fe₃O₄-epoxy adhesively bonded dissimilar joints via electromagnetic induction heating by Caglar, Hasan, Aksoy, Y. Altay, Idapalapati, Sridhar, Caglar, Baris, Sharma, Mohit, Chian, Kerm Sin

“…DIC revealed the strain distribution of bulk materials to understand the thermomechanical mismatches between the materials and the adhesive joints exhibited high peel stresses at the overlap ends. The low weight content (2 and 5 wt.%) of Fe3O4 exhibited beneficial effects on the mechanical, thermal, thermomechanical, wettability and lap shear strength.…”
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The biggest challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-related work from home in biomedical fields—world-wide qualitative survey analysis by Bezak, Eva, Carson-Chahhoud, Kristin V., Marcu, Loredana G., Stoeva, Magdalena, Lhotska, Lenka, Barabino, Gilda A., Ibrahim, Fatimah, Kaldoudi, Eleni, Lim, Sierin, Da Silva, Ana Maria Marques, Tan, Peck Ha, Tsapaki, Virginia, Frize, Monique

“…(1) Background: This paper aims to present and discuss the most significant challenges encountered by STEM professionals associated with remote working during the COVID-19 lockdowns. (2) Methods: We performed a qualitative analysis of 921 responses from professionals from 76 countries to the open-ended question: "What has been most challenging during the lockdown for you, and/or your family?" …”
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