Mechanical and microstructural characteristics of high-strength self-compacting concrete (HSSCC) with optimal silica fume and fly ash cement replacement by Aliyu Azare, Ahmed, Mohd Haziman, Wan Ibrahim, Faisal Alshalif, Alshalif, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Nindyawati, Nindyawati

“…It was also observed that the best-performing mix was obtained with 5% silica fume and 20% fly ash by the quantity of cement with a water-binder ratio of 0.33. …”
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Numerical simulation on flow and heat transfer characteristics of a single-loop oscillating heat pipe with variable pipe diameter ratios by Lu, Hongkun, Noor, M. M., Ning, Shuigen, K., Kadirgama

“…As the diameter ratio increases to 1.25 and 1.5, the turbulent disturbances in the region where the working fluid flows from the adiabatic section to the evaporation or condensation section intensify, facilitating the temperature exchange within the OHP. …”
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Optimizing thermal energy storage using multi-walled carbon nano tube infused polyethylene glycol composites: An experimental and simulation study by Yadav, Aman, Mahendran, Samykano, Kalidasan, B., Sharma, Kamal, Pandey, A. K.

“…The composite’s optimum latent heat and melting point were 41.5 ◦C & 140 J/g, respectively. Additionally, the composite retained its thermal and chemical performance after being subjected to 500 thermal cyclic studies. …”
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Sustained exposure to Helicobacter pylori induces immune tolerance by desensitizing TLR6 by Zhang, Xiulin, He, Yang, Zhang, Xiaolu, Fu, Bo, Song, Zidai, Wang, Liang, Fu, Rui, Lu, Xuancheng, Xing, Jin, Lv, Jianyi, Guo, Meng, Huo, Xueyun, Liu, Xin, Lu, Jing, Du, Xiaoyan

“…In this research, we detected the expression of TLRs and inflammatory cytokines in GES-1 cells upon sustained exposure to H. pylori or H. pylori lysate from 1 to 30 generations and in Mongolian gerbils infected with H. pylori for 5 to 90 weeks. We found that the levels of TLR6 and inflammatory cytokines first increased and then dropped during the course of H. pylori treatment in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Mobile Robotic Platform for Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring by Huang, Hen-Wei, Chen, Jack, Chai, Peter R., Ehmke, Claas, Rupp, Philipp, Dadabhoy, Farah Z., Feng, Annie, Li, Canchen, Thomas, Akhil J., da Silva, Marco, Boyer, Edward W., Traverso, Giovanni

“…To enable accurate, contactless measurements on a mobile system without a static black body as reference, we propose novel methods for skin temperature compensation and respiratory rate measurement at various distances between the subject and the cameras, up to 5 m. Without compensation, the skin temperature MAE is 1.3°C. …”
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Tilted biorthogonal ensembles, Grothendieck random partitions, and determinantal tests by Gavrilova, Svetlana, Petrov, Leonid

“…We also propose a procedure for getting Nanson-like determinantal tests for matrices of any size 𝑛≥, which appear new for 𝑛≥5. By placing the Grothendieck measures into a new framework of tilted biorthogonal ensembles generalizing a rich class of determinantal processes introduced by Borodin (Nucl Phys B 536:704–732, 1998), we identify Grothendieck random partitions as a cross-section of a Schur process, a determinantal process in two dimensions. …”
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Batch-to-Batch Variation in Laser-Inscribed Graphene (LIG) Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing by Tang, Yifan, Moreira, Geisianny A., Vanegas, Diana, Datta, Shoumen P. A., McLamore, Eric S.

“…Hydrophobicity and electrochemical screening (cyclic voltammetry) indicate that LIG electrode batch-to-batch variation is less than 5% when using a commercial reference and counter electrode. …”
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Yeast-laden Hydrogel Capsules for Scalable Trace Lead Removal from Water by Gokhale, Devashish, Stathatou, Patritsia M., Athanasioud, Christos E., Doyle

“…The yeast-laden capsules exhibit an uptake capacity of 21 mg g−1, comparable to free yeast under the same conditions, reaching equilibrium within the first 5 minutes of contact. We assess the mechanical robustness of the yeast-laden capsules, and construct a lab-scale proof-of-concept packed-bed biofilter, capable of treating trace lead-contaminated water and meeting USEPA drinking water guidelines while operating continuously for 12 days, to demonstrate the scalability of our approach. …”
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A wireless, battery-free device enables oxygen generation and immune protection of therapeutic xenotransplants in vivo by Krishnan, Siddharth R, Liu, Claudia, Bochenek, Matthew A, Bose, Suman, Khatib, Nima, Walters, Ben, O’Keeffe, Laura, Facklam, Amanda, Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G

“…Through systematic in vitro studies with primary cell lines and cell lines engineered to secrete protein, we demonstrate device performance in preventing hypoxia in ambient oxygen concentrations as low as 0.5%. Importantly, this device has shown the potential to enable subcutaneous (SC) survival of encapsulated islet cells, in vivo in awake, freely moving, immune-competent animals. …”
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On Lie Theory in the Verlinde Category by Kannan, Arun S.

“…We also show that in characteristic 5 a new algebraic structure we call a "weak Jordan algebra" arises. …”
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CAD-Based Geometry Representations for Monte Carlo Fusion Neutronics Methods and CSG vs. DAGMC Performance Tradeoffs in OpenMC by Du, Katelin

“…Fusion reactors utilizing deuterium and tritium fuel produce high-energy 14.1 MeV neutrons, necessitating a thorough understanding of their behavior for effective reactor design. …”
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Site-specific chemical and topological modifications to augment mRNA therapeutic potential by Aditham, Abhishek J.

“…Despite clinical demonstrations of mRNA for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, mRNAs remain limited in application by their susceptibility to nucleases and overall short expression lifetime in vivo. …”
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3D carbon/cobalt-nickel mixed-oxide hybrid nanostructured arrays for asymmetric supercapacitors by Zhu, Jianhui, Jiang, Jian, Sun, Zhipeng, Luo, Jingshan, Fan, Zhanxi, Huang, Xintang, Zhang, Hua, Yu, Ting

“…This asymmetric supercapacitor can reversibly cycle at a high potential of 1.8 V, showing excellent cycling durability and also enabling a remarkable power density of ∼13 kW/kg with a high energy density of ∼19.2 W·h/kg. …”
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Environmental perspectives of recycling various combustion ashes in cement production – a review by Yin, Ke, Ahamed, Ashiq, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…It was unveiled that pozzolanic contents were predominant which highly fluctuated in their composition based on the ash type, limiting the replacement at maximum of 5–10 wt%. Considering total metal criteria, heavy metal contents posed challenges as secondary raw materials for blended cements. …”
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Influence of active subsystems on electric vehicle behavior and energy characteristics by Shyrokau, Barys, Savitski, Dzmitry, Wang, Danwei

“…The vehicle configuration includes (i) friction brake system, (ii) individual-wheel drive electric motors, (iii) wheel steer actuators, (iv) camber angle actuators, (v) dynamic tire pressure system and (vi) actuators generating additional normal forces through external spring, damping and stabilizer forces. …”
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Visual hull based 3D reconstruction of shocks in under-expanded supersonic bevelled jets by Lim, Desmond Haoxiang, New, Tze How, Mariani, Raffaello, Cui, Y. D.

“…This is key to achieving accurate and high-resolution reconstructed shock waves for both axisymmetric and asymmetric test cases with an average of 2.5% error when validated against raw schlieren images. …”
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Play beyond the screen : nurturing a healthier child with lesser screen time by Woo, Annabelle Xue Qi, Pam, Cheryl Bei Yee, Chew, Wen Yie, Lim, Amelia Xiu Min

“…This paper presents ​Play Beyond The Screen, a pioneering health communications campaign aimed to encourage parents with children aged 1-5 to actively mediate their children’s screen time usage and employ alternative measures to educate and entertain them. …”
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AI based stock market trending analysis by Goon, Redmond Aldric Yonghao

“…BERT was implemented and evaluated using accuracy, precision, recall, and f1 score against 5 other baseline models for multi-class sentiment analysis (i.e. positive, negative, neutral). …”
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Technical aspects of marine plastic litter treatment by pyrolysis, for material and energy recovery by Wu, Xinyi

“…The presence of large fractions of ethylene, propylene, C4 and C5 hydrocarbons suggested the ability of non-condensable pyrolysis gas to be converted into CNTs via CCVD. …”
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Neutrophil‐mediated enhancement of angiogenesis and osteogenesis in a novel triple cell co‐culture model with endothelial cells and osteoblasts by Herath, Thanuja D. K., Larbi, Anis, Teoh, Swee Hin, Kirkpatrick, C. James, Goh, Bee Tin

“…As shown by the osteogenic gene arrays, neutrophils significantly regulated major osteogenic markers such as BMP2, BMP3, BMP4, BMP5, TGF‐β2, RUNX2, and ECM proteins. Significantly higher mineralization was observed in triple cell co‐culture compared with controls. …”
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