Tactile perception of pleasantness in relation to perceived softness by Pasqualotto, Achille, Ng, Megan, Tan, Zheng Yee, Kitada, Ryo

“…Thus, we investigated the psychophysical link between softness and pleasantness. Pieces of human skin-like rubber with different compliances were pressed against participants’ fingers. …”
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Hydrodynamics of random-organizing hyperuniform fluids by Lei, Qun-Li, Ni, Ran

“…Disordered hyperuniform structures are locally random while uniform like crystals at large length scales. Recently, an exotic hyperuniform fluid state was found in several nonequilibrium systems, while the underlying physics remains unknown. …”
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Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…In short, it is now clear that solely lowering the detection limit of the ion-selective electrodes does not guarantee development of successful sensors that would meet the requirement of environmental matrices over long term usage. More pressing challenges of the properties and the performance of the potentiometric sensors must be addressed first before considering extending their sensitivity to low analyte concentrations. …”
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Unified assessment of mass loss behaviors in soluble, biodegradable, and internally erodible geomaterials by Guo, Yuliang, Zhao, Budi, Pi, Xiaoqing, Fei, Xunchang

“…This study collected additional data from twelve soil dissolution tests and five long-term MSW biodegradation tests. We then established a comprehensive mass loss behavior dataset based on the available studies and the supplementary data obtained from this study. …”
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Ball with hair: modular functionalization of highly stable G-quadruplex DNA nano-scaffolds through N2-guanine modification by Lech, Christopher Jacques, Phan, Anh Tuân

“…Various chemistries including small modifications (N2-methyl-guanine), bulky aromatic modifications (N2-benzyl-guanine), and long chain-like modifications (N2-6-amino-hexyl-guanine) are tested and are found to be generally compatible with G-quadruplex formation. …”
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Myristoylation restricts orientation of the GRASP domain on membranes and promotes membrane tethering by Heinrich, Frank, Nanda, Hirsh, Goh, Haw Zan, Bachert, Collin, Lösche, Mathias, Linstedt, Adam D.

“…The mammalian Golgi reassembly stacking protein (GRASP) proteins are Golgi-localized homotypic membrane tethers that organize Golgi stacks into a long, contiguous ribbon-like structure. It is unknown how GRASPs undergo trans pairing given that cis interactions between the proteins in the plane of the membrane are intrinsically favored. …”
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On the investigation of ash deposition effect on flow-induced vibration energy harvesting by Wang, Junlei, Gu, Shanghao, Yurchenko, Daniil, Hu, Guobiao, Wei, Ronghan

“…In contrast, the horn-like bluff body can benefit energy harvesting by reducing the galloping cut-in wind speed and increasing the voltage output. …”
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Paradoxical attenuation of early amyloid-induced cognitive impairment and synaptic plasticity in an aged APP/Tau bigenic rat model by Emmerson, JT, Do Carmo, S, Lavagna, A, Huang, C, Wong, TP, Martinez-Trujillo, JC, Cuello, AC

“…We investigated the longitudinal pathological effects of combining human-like amyloidosis and tauopathy in a novel transgenic rat model, coded McGill-R-APPxhTau. …”

论王畿的 “三教合一” 观 = Wang Ji's thought and "Unity of the Three Teachings" by 陈碧琪 Tan, BiQi

“…Even though Wang Ji inherited most of Wang Yangming’s thoughts and teachings, there were still places where they differed from each other, like how Wang Ji focused on the emptiness of liangzhi while the latter focused on liangzhi’s heavenly principles. …”
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Pre-failure strain localization in siliclastic rocks: a comparative study of laboratory and numerical approaches by Bianchi, Patrick, Selvadurai, Paul Antony, Zilio, Dal Luca, Vásquez, Antonio Salazar, Madonna, Claudio, Gerya, Taras, Wiemer, Stefan

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Multi-colony coral skeletal Ba/Ca from Singapore’s turbid urban reefs : relationship with contemporaneous in-situ seawater parameters by Tanzil, Jani Thuaibah Isa, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Sin, T. M., Chen, Mengli, Fabbro, Gareth Nicholas, Boyle, E. A., Lee, A. C., Toh, K. B.

“…This implies that (1) the incorporation of terrestrially derived humic-like substances into the coral is independent of Ba, and (2) it is likely factors other than freshwater discharge/flood events are driving the poor reproducibility of Ba/Cacoral and disconnect with BaSW at our study sites. …”
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Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba by Cervantes-Pérez, Sergio Alan, Yong-Villalobos, Lenin, Florez-Zapata, Nathalia M. V., Oropeza-Aburto, Araceli, Rico-Reséndiz, Félix, Amasende-Morales, Itzel, Lan, Tianying, Martínez, Octavio, Vielle-Calzada, Jean Philippe, Albert, Victor A., Herrera-Estrella, Luis

“…DNA methylation was determined using a novel strategy based on long-read DNA sequencing with the Pacific Bioscience platform and confirmed by whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. …”
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SCHOOL OF THIEVES / by Sabrina Ismail, author 655830, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…It’s her father, who had long abandoned Amra and her family. Out of hatred, Amra plans to rob her rich father’s house but gets caught red-handed. …”

TIM: a time interval machine for audio-visual action recognition by Chalk, J, Huh, J, Kazakos, E, Zisserman, A, Damen, D

“…<p>Diverse actions give rise to rich audio-visual signals in long videos. Recent works showcase that the two modalities of audio and video exhibit different temporal extents of events and distinct labels. …”

Local-flexural interactive buckling of S690 high strength steel slender welded I-section columns: testing, modelling and design by Sun, Yao, Liang, Yating, Su, Andi, Zhao, Ou

“…A testing programme, adopting two S690 high strength steel slender welded I-sections, was firstly conducted and included initial geometric imperfection measurements and ten pin-ended column tests. The testing programme was accompanied by a numerical modelling programme, where finite element models were developed and validated against the test results and then employed to perform parametric studies to generate further numerical data over a wide range of cross-section dimensions and member effective lengths. …”
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Plateau by Png, Hui Min, Goh Timothy Wei Wen

“…Amid creating the pleasure moments with each other and the family, negative feelings do not get to withdraw too; like how there is plus and minus sign, like how there is north and south, everything coexist. …”
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Molecular dynamics simulation studies of salting effects and ion-mediated molecular interactions by Li, Weifeng

“…A general goal of this research is to obtain an atomic level understanding of the structure, dynamics and thermodynamics of co-solutes (including typical ions like Na+, Mg2+ and complex molecules like urea, guanidinium chloride) and their effects on molecular and electrostatic interactions in protein folding/unfolding and DNA packaging. …”
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The Curve of Inflation Expectations and Firms’ Investments by Perinelli, Giuditta

“…Starting from empirical evidence embedded in firms’ inflation expectation curve, we obtain 3 main findings: (1) firms extrapolate for long forecasting horizons, (2) inflation forecasts overreact (underreact) at long (short) forecasting horizons, (3) long-term inflation expectations impact investment decisions. …”
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HYPERION: A HYdrogen PERmeatION Experiment to Quantify Hydrogen Transport in Fusion-Relevant Molten Salts by Cota, Jaron F.

“…The measurement of hydrogen transport properties of molten salts like FLiBe is crucial for the development of advanced nuclear technologies like lithium-bearing liquid immersion breeding blankets for fusion reactors. …”
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Experimental study on sediment clump by Yang, Yang

“…While the sediment cloud with thermal-like formation has been researched extensively, information is lacking in the wake-like formation. …”
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