Acidic corrosion behaviour of niobium-added welding overlays fabricated by self-shielded metal-cored wires by Liu, Dashuang, Wu, Yucheng, Long, Weimin, Wei, Ping, Wang, Rui, Zhou, Wei

“…In order to determine the amount of ferroniobium addition in the wire to achieve the best corrosion resistance, and find out the mechanism of ferroniobium enhancing the corrosion resistance of the welding overlays, the high-Cr iron-based welding overlays with different niobium addition were fabricated by using self-made self-shielded metal-cored wires and their acidic corrosion resistance in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution + 0.01 mol/L HCl solution were investigated by electrochemical corrosion test. …”
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Design and Analysis of Microfluidic Optical Fiber Device for Refractive Index Sensing by Lim, Jun Long, Hu, Dora Juan Juan, Shum, Perry Ping, Wang, Yixin

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"Better is never better for all” : a study of feminist dystopia in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Lessing’s The Marriages between Zones Three, Four, and Five ; as narrated by The Chroniclers of Zone Three by Eliza, Isa

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Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing : 5th International Conference, ICCSIP 2020, Zhuhai, China, December 25-27, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by ICCSIP (Conference) (5th : 2020 : Zhuhai, China), organiser 642897, Sun, Fuchun, 1964-, editor 600994, Liu, Huaping, 1976-, editor 600996, Fang, Bin, editor 642896

“…This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing, ICCSIP 2020, held in Zhuhai, China, in December 2020. …”

Measurements of the Higgs boson production cross section and couplings in the W boson pair decay channel in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Paulitsch, P., Pitters, F. M., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., Templ, S.

“…Abstract Production cross sections of the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of W bosons are measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 $$\,\text {Te\hspace{-.08em}V}$$ Te V . …”
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Search for the exotic decay of the Higgs boson into two light pseudoscalars with four photons in the final state in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Frühwirth, R., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Paulitsch, P., Pitters, F. M., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R.

“…The observed (expected) limits range from 0.80 (1.00) fb for a pseudoscalar boson mass of 15 GeV to 0.26 (0.24) fb for a mass of 62 GeV at 95% confidence level.…”
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Search for W′ bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark in leptonic final states in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D.

“…The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Good agreement with the standard model expectation is observed and no evidence for the existence of the W′ boson is found over the mass range examined. …”
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Search for heavy neutral leptons in final states with electrons, muons, and hadronically decaying tau leptons in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Hayrapetyan, A. A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., Sonawane, M.

“…The search is performed for HNL masses between 10 GeV and 1.5 TeV. No evidence for an HNL signal is observed in data. …”
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Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings from its production and decay using the WW channel in proton–proton collisions at √𝑠 =13 TeV by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., Sonawane, M., Templ, S., Waltenberger, W.

“…This analysis is performed on proton–proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC during 2016–2018 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138fb−1 . …”
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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

“…Although 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a cornerstone of colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, its efficacy is often limited by resistance. …”
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Search for single-production of vector-like quarks decaying into Wb in the fully hadronic final state in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector by Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Barr, AJ, Bortoletto, D, Bruckler, TL, Celli, F, Chen, M, Conroy, EI, Cooper-Sarkar, AM, Dingley, T, Draguet, MA, Eberwein, GH, Frost, JA, Gallas, EJ, Grabarczyk, RP, Gwenlan, C, Haslbeck, F, Hays, CP, Hodkinson, BH, Huffman, TB, Iizawa, T, Karava, K, Koch, SF, Li, Z, Moser, B, Nagai, K, Nedic, L, Nickerson, RB, Pacey, HA, Rossi, E, Ruggiero, A, Schopf, E, Shipsey, IPJ, Sultan, DMS, Viehhauser, GHA, Weidberg, AR, Yildirim, TP

“…For T quarks, the observed mass limits are 1.4 TeV for κ = 0.5 and 1.9 TeV for κ = 0.7.…”

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection over two epidemic waves in Manaus, Brazil: A serological study of seven thousand blood donors by Alexander, N, Dye, C, Busch, MP, Buss, L, Prete, CA, Brady, OJ, Mee, P, Abrahim, CMM, Crispim, MAE, da Costa, AG, Salomon, T, Mayaud, P, Oikawa, MK, Faria, NR, Sabino, EC

“…Seroconversion was inferred by a mixture model for serial values from the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) IgG assay. We estimated the number of suspected COVID-19 hospitalizations arising from each infection over calendar time. …”

Extractive separations of lithium isotopes with benzo-15-crown-5 and ionic liquids: a comparative study between stirred vessels and small channel contactors by Duan, C, Sun, S, Wang, H, Tarique, M, Tipper, E, Whitfield, T, Gilbert, MR, Angeli, P

“…The separation of lithium and the fractionation of the isotopes by solvent extraction was studied, using benzo-15-crown-5 as an extractant dissolved in a diluent of an ionic liquid and anisole. …”

Modal budaya dan kebergantungannya kepada generasi kedua kelapa sawit: kajian kes pekebun kecil sawit di Jengka 5, Maran, Pahang by Nur Dania Asyiqin Zulkifli, Azima Abdul Manaf

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Restriction analysis and sequencing of the ITS regions and 5.8S gene of rDNA of Ganoderma isolates from infected oil palm and coconut stumps in Malaysia by Latiffah, Z., Harikrishna, K., Tan, S.G., Tan, S.H., Abdullah, F., Ho, Y.W.

“…Restriction analysis and sequencing of the ITS regions and 5.8S gene of rDNA were conducted on 53 Ganoderma isolates from infected oil palm and 15 isolates from coconut stumps to determine their relatedness. …”
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Optimizing Sustainable Concrete Strength With Laminated Waste Glass (Lwg): Insights From Waterto-Cement Ratios And Slump Values (0.35-0.5) by Mohd Roslan, Muhammad Lutfi Fitri, Mohd Zuki, Sharifah Salwa, Shahidan, Shahiron, Mohammad Azmi, Mohamad Azim

“…A series of experiments were conducted to assess the compressive strength, split tensile strength, and slump attributes of LWG concrete with w/c ratios ranging from 0.35 to 0.5 and a 15% replacement of fine aggregate with LWG. …”
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PTEN-opathies : from biological insights to evidence-based precision medicine by Yehia, Lamis, Ngeow, Joanne, Eng, Charis

Subjects: “…Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate…”
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Utilization of biomass pectin polymer to build high efficiency electrode architectures with sturdy construction and fast charge transfer structure to boost sodium storage performan... by Zhao, Jing, Yang, Xu, Zhang, Yu, Loh, Xian Jun, Hu, Xiaodong, Chen, Gang, Du, Fei, Yan, Qingyu

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Early and strong leptin reduction is predictive for long-term weight loss during high-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement: a subanalysis of the randomised-controlled ACOORH trial by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, Schaller, Nina, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Susanne, Toplak, Hermann, Martin, Stephan, Berg, Aloys

“…Strongest weight loss was observed after 6 months (-5.9 ± 5.1 kg in females of the intervention group vs. -2.9 ± 4.9 kg in the control group ( < 0.0001); -6.8 ± 5.3 kg vs. -4.1 ± 4.4 kg ( = 0.003) in males) and in those participants with combined leptin and insulin decrease. …”
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Long-Term Associations between Disaster-Related Home Loss and Health and Well-Being of Older Survivors: Nine Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami by Shiba, Koichiro, Hikichi, Hiroyuki, Okuzono, Sakurako S., VanderWeele, Tyler J., Arcaya, Mariana, Daoud, Adel, Cowden, Richard G., Yazawa, Aki, Zhu, David T., Aida, Jun, Kondo, Katsunori, Kawachi, Ichiro

“…BACKGROUND: Little research has examined associations between disaster-related home loss and multiple domains of health and well-being, with extended long-term follow-up and comprehensive adjustment for pre-disaster characteristics of survivors. …”
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