Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging by Du, Wenya, Zhang, Lin, Suh, Emma, Lin, Dabin, Marcus, Colin, Ozkan, Lara, Ahuja, Avani, Fernandez, Sara, Shuvo, Ikra Iftekhar, Sadat, David, Liu, Weiguo, Li, Fei, Chandrakasan, Anantha P., Ozmen, Tolga, Dagdeviren, Canan

“…The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In <jats:sub>1</jats:sub> <jats:sub>/2</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -Pb(Mg <jats:sub>1/</jats:sub> <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>2/3</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -PbTiO <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> ] (Yb/Bi-PIN-PMN-PT) exhibits a sufficient contrast resolution (~3 dB) and axial/lateral resolutions of 0.25/1.0 mm at 30 mm depth, allowing the observation of small cysts (~0.3 cm) in the breast. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…In this thesis, I propose a conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) consisting of a one-dimensional (1D) phased array and a nature-inspired patch design, which offers large-area, deep tissue scanning and multi-angle, repeatable breast imaging while avoiding the drawbacks of conventional ultrasound imaging technologies. I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Nonlinear wave evolution with data-driven breaking by Eeltink, D., Branger, H., Luneau, C., He, Y., Chabchoub, A., Kasparian, J., van den Bremer, T. S., Sapsis, T. P.

“…It determines the properties of a sea state and plays a crucial role in ocean-atmosphere interaction, ocean pollution, and rogue waves. Owing to its turbulent nature, wave breaking remains too computationally demanding to solve using direct numerical simulations except in simple, short-duration circumstances. …”
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Unusual Temperature Dependence of Water Sorption in Semicrystalline Hydrogels by Liu, Xinyue, Zhang, Lenan, El Fil, Bachir, Díaz‐Marín, Carlos D, Zhong, Yang, Li, Xiangyu, Lin, Shaoting, Wang, Evelyn N

“…In particular, capturing moisture at elevated temperatures is highly desirable to prevent dehydration and to enlarge the tunability of water uptake. However, owing to the thermodynamic limit of conventional materials, sorbents inevitably tend to capture less water vapor at higher temperatures, impeding their broad applications. …”
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Microneedle Sensors for Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics by Hu, Yubing, Chatzilakou, Eleni, Pan, Zhisheng, Traverso, Giovanni, Yetisen, Ali K.

“…Microneedle sensors have received considerable attention as an emerging technique to evolve blood‐based diagnostics owing to their direct and painless access to a rich source of biomarkers from interstitial fluid. …”
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In vitro assessment of combined Doppler ultrasound and CFD modeling in arterial blood flow quantification by Skote, M., Susanto, Swandito, Chauhan, Sunita

“…However, relatively large deviation of the blood flow measurement from the actual value is expected, owing to a number of contributing factors. The research work expounded here attempts to ameliorate the accuracy of the blood flow output quantification by combining the Doppler measurement with the computational fluid dynamics modeling based on Navier–Stokes equation. …”
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The design and synthesis of hollow micro-/nanostructures : present and future trends by Yu, Le, Yu, Xin Yao, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Hollow micro-/nanostructures have attracted tremendous interest owing to their intriguing structure-induced physicochemical properties and great potential for widespread applications. …”
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Emerging soft conductors for bioelectronic interfaces by Gao, Dace, Parida, Kaushik, Lee, Pooi See

“…In the past decade, the scope of flexible/ stretchable electronics has been broadened into bioelectronics owing to the need of implementation of various biocompatible soft conductors. …”
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Atomic layer deposition of metallic tri-layer for alloy formation by Yong, Sidney Kwong Roong

“…Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has become a topic of interest owing to its high compositional control, down to the atomic level. …”
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3D surface analysis of coral microatolls by Gautam, Rohan

“…Coral microatolls are also valuable paleo-sea-level indicators owing to both their vertical precision and the fact that they can grow and respond to sea level changes for decades to centuries, unlike other short-lived organisms. …”
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Mechanistic study and applications of lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials by Wei, Wei

“…Owing to the unique spectroscopic properties of lanthanide (Ln) elements, the successful employment of lanthanide-based upconversion (UC) nanomaterials as luminescent biolabels heralds a new era of bioimaging technology. …”
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Preparation of plasmonic metal / semiconductor hybrid nanostructures : Ag @ TiO2 @ Cu2O nanoprisms by Yong, Si Jie

“…Hybrid plasmonic metal / oxide semiconductor core-shell nanostructures have garnered extensive attention owing to their unique properties and limitless potential applications. …”
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Effect of abutment width on scour hole characteristics around abutment in compound channel by Lian, Lian

“…This study investigates the effect of width of 〖45〗^owing wall abutment and time on scour hole characteristics and maximum scour depth. …”
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A critical review of experimental results on low temperature charge transport in carbon nanotubes based composites by Bhatia, Ravi, Kumari, Kiran, Rani, Reena, Suri, Anil, Pahuja, Ushma, Singh, Devinder

“…Owing to their low density, high aspect ratio and excellent charge transport properties, Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are proven to be one of the best reinforcing materials in the fabrication of composite materials. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characteristics of local yeast isolates with proteolytic capability obtained from traditional processed Indonesian duck eggs by Pratama, Andry, Gumilar, Jajang, Putranto, Wendry S., Rukayadi, Yaya

“…Yeast has a great biotechnological potential owing to its extracellular enzymatic activity. Therefore, it is important to study yeast species, especially those from food sources and the environment. …”
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Impact of pyridyl moieties on the inhibitory properties of prominent acyclic metal chelators against metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae : investigating the molecular... by Sosibo, Sphelele C., Somboro, Anou M., Amoako, Daniel G., Osei Sekyere, John, Bester, Linda A., Ngila, Jane C., Sun, Darren Delai, Kumalo, Hezekiel M.

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An artificial neural network model for multi-flexoelectric actuation of plates by Fan, Mu, Yu, Pengcheng, Xiao, Zhongmin

“…Case studies showed that the flexoelectricity induced stress mainly concentrate near the probe, the size and shape of the flexoelectric patch have limited effect on the actuation, hence, only the actuator positions were choosing as the input of the ANN model. Using the prediction of the neural network model, the driving effect of a large number of actuators at different positions can be quickly obtained, and the optimal position of the actuator can be analyzed more accurately.…”
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Optimizing fundamental design of soft magnetic layer to improve the energy conversion efficiency of airport pavement induction heating by Chen, Feng, Li, Yue, Gu, Gonghui, Han, Chengjia, Ma, Tao

“…Artificial neural network (ANN) method was adopted to constructed the prediction model of the heat flux within heat generation layer considering the influence of magnetic permeability, thickness and position of soft magnetic layer and the external excitation, which provides application support for the soft magnetic layer design. …”
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Estimating global demand for land-based transportation services using the shared socioeconomic pathways scenario framework by Nkiriki, J, Jaramillo, P, Williams, N, Davis, A, Armanios, DE

“…The global demand for transportation is growing owing to accelerated socioeconomic development worldwide. …”

Trends and Determinants of Location of Death Due to Colorectal Cancer in the United States by Sonal, Swati, Jain, Bhav, Bajaj, Simar S., Dee, Edward C., Boudreau, Chloe, Cusack, James C., Kunitake, Hiroko, Goldstone, Robert, Bordeianou, Liliana G., Cauley MD, Christy E., Francone, Todd D., Ricciardi, Rocco, Qadan, Motaz, Berger, David L.

“…Relative to White decedents, Black, Asian, and American Indian/Alaska Native decedents were less likely to die at home and in hospice compared with hospitals. …”
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