Perceptual distortion analysis for images by Dong, Li

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Studies on the synthesis of bisindole Aspidosperma alkaloids by Pinto, Taylor

“…We envisioned rapid access to these natural alkaloids from a common, symmetrical precursor assembled by methylenation of a D-ring-oxidized variant of the structurally related natural product (–)-deoxoapodine. …”
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GROUP III permethylindenyl-phenoxy complexes for biorenewable polymer synthesis by Hayden, JA

“…<p>Chapter One introduces the mechanism of ring opening polymerisation of cyclic esters and the importance of biodegradable and renewable polymers have in modern society. …”

A novel approach to designing a guitar distortion effects pedal by Zheng, Luka

“…This was first done by overdriving the tube amplifier beyond its linear region, creating a harmonic distortion characteristic that is dominant in the 2nd harmonics, and changing to odd harmonic distortion as the output voltage swing is limited by the rail voltage. Guitar distortion pedals today seek to recreate the same sound effect of an overdriven tube amplifier with the use of nonlinear I-V characteristics of diodes. …”
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Atomic transistors beyond Moore's law by Li, Haifeng

“…The scope of the study is limited to reducing contact resistance, and future work may include optimizing parameters such as subthreshold swing. Overall, this study demonstrates the development of high-performance BP-based FETs and opens up new opportunities for their applications in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics.…”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…The second half of this thesis focuses on the introduction of degradable bonds into the polymer backbone of vinylic thermosets via radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP). A brief introduction to the current strategies utilized to impart chemical deconstruction to cross-linked polymer networks prepared by radical polymerization is presented (Chapter 4). …”
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Longitudinal associations of clinical and biochemical head injury biomarkers with head impact exposure in adolescent football players by Zuidema, Taylor R., Bazarian, Jeffrey J., Kercher, Kyle A., Mannix, Rebekah, Kraft, Reuben H., Newman, Sharlene D., Ejima, Keisuke, Rettke, Devin J., Macy, Jonathan T., Steinfeldt, Jesse A., Kawata, Keisuke

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Evolutionary origin of the chordate nervous system revealed by amphioxus developmental trajectories by Dai, Y, Zhong, Y, Liu, H, Pan, R, Yuan, L, Du, J, Li, M, Wang, X, Shi, C, Liu, G, Zhu, P, Shimeld, S, Zhou, X, Li, G

“…Our results show three developmental origins for the vertebrate nervous system: an anterior FoxQ2-dependent mechanism that is deeply conserved in invertebrates, a less-conserved route leading to more posterior neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord and a mechanism for specifying neuromesoderm progenitors that is restricted to chordates. …”

Permanent Magnet Hybrid Core Inductors for High Saturation Capability by Yang, Rachel S., Nadler, Andrew B., Sullivan, Charles R., Perreault, David J.

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Investigation on the braking characteristics of tractor-trailer on jackknifing by Gan, Zhilong

“…The results show that when the wheels remains in rolling motion, the brake input needs to be sufficient enough so as to inhibit the translational motion of the vehicle as well as work against the trailer swing motion or tractor spin-out. On the other hand, when the wheels are in sliding motion, the effective braking force exerted on the wheels is reduced and therefore increases the chance of jackknifing again. …”
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Organogel formation by a cholesterol-stoppered bistable [2]rotaxane and its dumbbell precursor by Zhao, Yanli, Aprahamian, Ivan, Trabolsi, Ali, Erina, Natalia, Stoddart, J. Fraser

“…The cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) ring in the [2]rotaxane can be switched between the tetrathiafulvalene and 1,5-dioxynaphthalene recognition units by addressing the redox properties of the tetrathiafulvalene unit. …”
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Design of a low profile omnidirectional antenna for V2X communications by Chen, Xiaoli

“…The antenna consists of a circular radiating disk and one ring or two ring radiating patches that locate at the center of top side of a circular substrate, a ground plane on the bottom side of the circular substrate and a feed point locate at the center of the substrate. …”
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Boosting energy efficiency and selectivity of glucose oxidation toward glucuronic acid in high-frequency ultrasound using multicavity CuO catalytic cavitation agents by Xie, Z, Mahendran, V, Jonnalagadda, US, Fan, Q, Su, X, Fischer, AF, Tan, M, Tao, L, Jérôme, F, Kwan, JJ, Valange, S, Choksi, TS, Amaniampong, PN, Liu, W

“…First, the generation of OH radicals and possibly other reactive oxygen species in the bulk aqueous phase resulted in the formation of gluconic acid, together with other byproducts of C-C bond cleavage and ring opening. Second, the generation of OH radicals in close proximity to CuO resulted in the formation of glucuronic acid with the six membered ring preserved. …”

Whole-cell phenotypic screening of Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box identifies specific inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum late-stage development and egress by Patra, Alok Tanala, Hingamire, Tejashri, Belekar, Meenakshi A., Xiong, Aoli, Subramanian, Gowtham, Bozdech, Zbynek, Preiser, Peter, Shanmugam, Dhanasekaran, Chandramohanadas, Rajesh

“…We identified 90 molecules with EC50 of ≤1 μM, which had significant effect on the ring-trophozoite transition, while 9 molecules inhibited the trophozoite-schizont transition and 21 molecules inhibited the schizont-ring transition (with ≥50% parasites failing to proceed to the next stage) at 1 μM. …”
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A Highly Linear Ultra-Low-Area-and-Power CMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for Autonomous Microsystems by Pacheco, Javier de Mena, Palacios, Tomas, Hempel, Marek, Vallejo, Marisa Lopez

“…It is designed to minimize leakage, limit high peak currents and provide an output whose frequency variation is linear with the input voltage, while allowing rail-to-rail input range swing. The oscillator occupies 592 μm2 , operates in a frequency range from 43 to 53 Hz and consumes a maximum average power of 210 pW at a supply voltage of 1 V and 4 pW at 0.3 V. …”
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An eye tracker application in assistive technology by Lim, Guang Liang

“…Today, some people suffer spinal cord injuries yearly, resulting in paraplegia and quadriplegia. …”
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Cooperative field localization and excitation eigenmodes in disordered metamaterials by Papasimakis, Nikitas, Jenkins, Stewart D., Savo, Salvatore, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Ruostekoski, Janne

“…We investigate numerically and experimentally the near-field response of disordered arrays comprising asymmetrically split ring resonators that exhibit a strong cooperative response. …”
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Insight into actin organization and function in cytokinesis from analysis of fission yeast mutants by Subramanian, Dhivya, Huang, Junqi, Sevugan, Mayalagu, Robinson, Robert C., Balasubramanian, Mohan K., Tang, Xie

“…Some of these cytokinesis mutants helped in dissecting the function of specific actin structures during ring assembly. Further genetic analysis of some of these actin mutants revealed multiple genetic interactions with mutants previously known to affect the actomyosin ring assembly. …”
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Polar curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soot formation by Menon, Angiras, Martin, Jacob W., Bowal, Kimberly, Slavchov, Radomir I., Akroyd, Jethro, Mosbach, Sebastian, Kraft, Markus

“…The earliest (smallest size) onset of curvature integration was found to be a six ring PAH with at least one pentagonal ring. The σ bonding in the presence of pentagons led to curvature, however, the π bonding strongly favored a planar geometry delaying the onset of curvature and therefore the induction of a flexoelectric dipole moment. …”
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Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions of alcohol pro-electrophiles as novel strategies for C-C and C-N bond formation by Rao, Weidong

“…Chapter IV detailed the gold-catalyzed tandem amination/ring expansion of cyclopropyl methanols with sulfonamides as an expedient route to pyrrolidines. …”
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