Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK by Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Oswald, Andrew J., Lockwood, Ben

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What We Should Do Before the Social Bots Take Over: Online Privacy Protection and the Political Economy of Our Near Future by Graeff, Erhardt

“…And nearer the subject of this paper, the legality of search engine bots (web crawlers) has been openly questioned on grounds of intellectual property protection and trespassing (Plitch 2002). …”
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Studies on plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxial growth of GaN-based multilayer heterostructures on Si for photodetector application by Zheng, Yi

“…Clear UV response of 0.01 A/W from the fabricated photodetectors has been demonstrated. The near-IR optical photoresponse observed is at 4.52 µm up to about 50 K.…”
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Spontaneous emission of a quantum emitter near a Chern insulator : interplay of time-reversal symmetry breaking and Van Hove singularity by Lu, Bing-Sui, Arifa, Kathee Zathul, Hong, Xing Ru

“…We consider the generic problem of a two-level quantum emitter near a two-dimensional Chern insulator in the dipole approximation, and study how the frequency-dependent response and electronic density of states of the insulator modifies the transition rate of the emitter between the ground and excited levels. …”
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A multi-beam circularly polarised Fabry-Perot resonator antenna array using SIW for X-Band applications by Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Aribi, Tohid, Sedghi, Tohid, Virdee, Bal Singh

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Damage characteristics and assessment of corroded RC beam-column joint under cyclic loading based on acoustic emission monitoring by Zhang, Xinchen, Li, Bing

“…In this study, the damage characteristics of corroded RC beam-column joints under lateral cyclic loading were inspected by Acoustic Emission (AE) technique. …”
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A novel low-velocity impact region identification method for cantilever beams using a support vector machine by Wang, Fengde, Kang, Yongtian, Xiao, Wensheng, Li, Changjiang, Liu, Qi

“…In this study, a novel low-velocity impact region identification method based on the spectral peak frequency (SPF) and support vector machine (SVM) is proposed to identify the low-velocity impact regions on a steel cantilever beam. A low-velocity impact region identification system of the cantilever beam is established by applying fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, and only 2 sensors are used in this system. …”
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Structural behaviour of 2D post-tensioned precast beam-column sub-assemblages subjected to column loss scenario by Tran, Manh Ha, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Many previous studies have investigated alternative load path (ALP) mechanisms of 2D reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column sub-assemblages under column removal scenarios. …”
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Pricing data tampering in automated fare collection with NFC-equipped smartphones by Dang, Fan, Zhai, Ennan, Li, Zhenhua, Zhou, Pengfei, Mohaisen, Aziz, Bian, Kaigui, Wen, Qingfu, Li, Mo

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Third harmonic generation from mid-IR to near-IR regions in a phase-matched silicon-silicon-nanocrystal hybrid plasmonic waveguide by Huang, Tianye, Sun, Yunxu, Wu, Tingting, Shum, Perry Ping, Shao, Xuguang

“…The conversion efficiency of third harmonic generation (THG) from mid-IR (3600 nm) to near-IR (1200 nm) regions in a silicon-silicon-nanocrystal hybrid plasmonic waveguide (SSHPW) was calculated. …”
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Near-IR and mid-IR (1.55 μm – 2 μm) silicon photonics devices on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform by Zhang, Zecen

“…Many useful applications have been developed in the near-infrared (NIR) data- and tele- communication band (1.3-1.6 µm), such as sensors, switches, modulators, and various passive devices. …”
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Part geometry-driven crystallographic texture control in a 3D-printed austenitic steel – a strategy for near-monocrystalline microstructure generation by Chandra, Shubham, Tan, Xipeng, Kumar, Punit, Ramamurty, Upadrasta

“…We propose and employ a novel X-shaped geometry to strengthen the 〈001〉 || z crystallographic texture – distinctive of the electron beam powder-bed fusion technique, for a 3D-printed austenitic stainless steel of type 316 L. …”
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Waste to wealth: near-infrared/pH dual-responsive copper-humic acid hydrogel films for bacteria-infected cutaneous wound healing by Zha, Kangkang, Xiong, Yuan, Zhang, Wenqian, Tan, Meijun, Hu, Weixian, Lin, Ze, Cheng, Peng, Lu, Li, Cai, Kaiyong, Mi, Bobin, Feng, Qian, Zhao, Yanli, Liu, Guohui

“…In this study, we explore the ability of HAs to modulate the inflammatory response, particularly macrophage polarization, and the potential underlying mechanism. We fabricate a near-infrared (NIR)/pH dual-responsive Cu-HAs nanoparticle (NP)-based poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel film loaded with SEW2871 (SEW), a macrophage recruitment agent, to treat bacteria-infected cutaneous wounds. …”
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Real time monitoring of aminothiol level in blood using a near-infrared dye assisted deep tissue fluorescence and photoacoustic bimodal imaging by Anees, Palapuravan, Joseph, James, Sreejith, Sivaramapanicker, Menon, Nishanth Venugopal, Kang, Yuejun, Wing-Kwong Yu, Sidney, Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai, Zhao, Yanli

“…In this work, we introduced an unsymmetrical near-infrared (NIR) squaraine dye (USq) as an exogenous contrast agent for photoacoustic and fluorescence bimodal imaging of thiol variations in live animals. …”
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Experimental study of steel beam-column joints with novel slot-bolted connections under a central-column-removal scenario by Ma, You-Xin, Chen, Shuang, Tan, Kang Hai

“…A total of five steel beam-column joint specimens with proposed novel SBCs were tested under a central-column-removal scenario. …”
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Growth instability of N-polar GaN on vicinal SiC substrate using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy by Huo, Lili, Lingaparthi, R., Dharmarasu, Nethaji, Radhakrishnan, K.

“…The growth instabilities of N-polar GaN on vicinal SiC substrates with an offcut angle of 4° towards the m-plane using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) were systematically studied. …”
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Nearly total optical transmission of linearly polarized light through transparent electrode composed of GaSb monolithic high-contrast grating integrated with gold by Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario, Wasiak, Michal, Zhang, Dao Hua, Fan, Weijun, Czyszanowski, Tomasz

“…Achieving high transmission of light through a highly conductive structure implemented on a semiconductor remains a challenge in optoelectronics as the transmission is inevitably deteriorated by absorption and Fresnel reflection. There have been numerous efforts to design structures with near-unity transmission, yet they are typically constrained by a trade-off between conductivity and optical transmission. …”
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Automated classification of collateral circulation for ischemic stroke in cone-beam CT images using VGG11: a deep learning approach by Ali, Nur Hasanah, Abdullah, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Saad, Norhashimah, Muda, Ahmad Sobri, Mhd Noor, Ervina Efzan

“…This study presented the automated classification of collateral circulation patterns in cone-beam CT (CBCT) images, utilizing the VGG11 architecture. …”
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Divine assemblies in early Greek and Mesopotamian narrative poetry by Ballesteros Petrella, B

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Differentiating people with schizophrenia from healthy controls in a developing country: an evaluation of portable functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as an adjunct diagnostic tool by Tran, Bach Xuan, Nguyen, Tham Thi, Boyer, Laurent, Fond, Guillaume, Auquier, Pascal, Nguyen, Hao Si Anh, Tran, Ha Thi Nhi, Nguyen, Hung Manh, Choi, Jongkwan, Le, Huong Thi, Latkin, Carl A., Nathan, Kalpana Isabel, Husain, Syeda F., McIntyre, Roger S., Ho, Cyrus S. H., Zhang, Melvyn, Ho, Roger C. M.

“…Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) device as an adjunct diagnostic tool in Vietnam to assess hemodynamics when people with schizophrenia and healthy controls performed cognitive tasks. …”
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