Design of a 0.5 V chopper-stabilized differential difference amplifier for analog signal processing applications by Fan, Xinlan, Gao, Feifan, Chan, Pak Kwong

“…Operating with a supply voltage of 0.5 V, a three-stage DDA has been employed to achieve an open-loop gain of 89 dB, while consuming just 0.74 μW of power. …”
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A homogenized model for free vibration analysis of finite phononic crystal rods using strain gradient theory by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Zhao, Ou, Du, Jianke

“…While extensive research has been conducted on elastic wave propagation in infinite phononic crystal (PC) rods, practical applications often involve PC rods of finite length. …”
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Assessing the permeability of supersaturating drug delivery system of amorphous drug-polyelectrolyte/protein nanoplexes in Caco-2 cell monolayer by Tran, The-Thien, Cheow, Wean Sin, Chua, Angeline, Yang, Guang, Poenar, Daniel Puiu, Hadinoto, Kunn

“…Their permeability across intestinal membrane, however, had not been assessed. The present work evaluated the membrane permeability of amorphous drug-polyelectrolyte/drug-protein nanoplexes across Caco-2 cell monolayer in comparison to the native drugs. …”
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A newly developed chemical locomotory booster for cyborg insect to sustain its activity and to enhance covering performance by Lin, Qifeng, Kai, Kazuki, Nguyen, Huu Duoc, Sato, Hirotaka

“…Terrestrial insect-machine hybrid robots have long been discussed as alternatives to artificial centimetre-scale mobile robots. …”
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Self-pretraining of 3D transformer variations with masked autoencoders for multiple instances in medical image analysis by Li, Linyuan

“…Deep learning, including deep neural networks, has the advantage of automatically and implicitly learning features directly from medical images, so it has been gradually applied in a variety of medical image analysis tasks and has made certain achievements. …”
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All it takes is empathy: how virtual reality perspective-taking influences intergroup attitudes and stereotypes by Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua, Ibasco, Gabrielle C.

“…In the perspective-taking literature, both affective and cognitive mechanisms have been theorized and identified as plausible pathways to prejudice reduction. …”
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Bio-catalyzed oxidation self-charging zinc-polymer batteries by Pan, Jun, Liu, Yanhong, Yang, Jian, Wu, Jiawen, Fan, Hong Jin

“…The low efficiency of self-charging has been the key challenge at present. Here, a more efficient autoxidation self-charging mechanism is realized by introducing hemoglobin (Hb) as a positive electrode additive in the polyaniline (PANI)-zinc battery system. …”
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Design and implementation of a smart Internet of Things chest pain center based on deep learning by Li, Feng, Bi, Zhongao, Xu, Hongzeng, Shi, Yunqi, Duan, Na, Li, Zhaoyu

“…The resulting data are saved in the chest pain patient database and uploaded to the national chest pain center. The system has been used in Liaoning Provincial People's Hospital, and its subsequent assistance to doctors and nurses in collaborative treatment, data feedback and analysis is of great significance.…”
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Equilibrium β-limits dependence on bootstrap current in classical stellarators by Baillod, A., Loizu, J., Qu, Zhisong, Arbez, H. P., Graves, J. P.

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Suppressing condensation frosting using micropatterned ice walls by Zuo, Zichao, Zhao, Yugang, Li, Kang, Zhang, Hua, Yang, Chun

“…In latest decades, both active de-frosting and passive anti-frosting methods have been developed. In this work, we adopt the concept of three-dimensional overlapping dry zones by patterning microscopic ice walls on a smooth substrate, engendering a sustainable frost coverage of less than 13 %. …”
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How do we make sense of our self-worth through customization and virtual embodiment of photorealistic avatars? by Koek, Dominic Wei Jie

“…There has been sustained interests in the development of technologies and applications that enable users to generate and customize photorealistic avatars. …”
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Attention-based sound classification pipeline with sound spectrum by Tan, Ki In, Yean, Seanglidet, Lee, Bu-Sung

“…Machine learning models have been used extensively to classify sounds where the input sound data, commonly in wave form, needs to be collected in its full frequency spectrum. …”
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A human-centred review on maritime autonomous surfaces ships: impacts, responses, and future directions by Li, Xue, Yuen, Kum Fai

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Cognitive versatility and adaptation to fluid participation in hospital emergency department teams by Aggarwal, Ishani, Mayo, Anna T., Murase, Toshio, Zhang, Evelyn Y., Aven, Brandy, Woolley, Anita Williams

“…Role-based frameworks have long been the cornerstone of organizational coordination, providing clarity in role expectations among team members. …”
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Analysis and design recommendations for structures strengthened by prestressed bonded Fe-SMA by Li, Lingzhen, Wang, Sizhe, Chatzi, Eleni, Motavalli, Masoud, Ghafoori, Elyas

“…A bonded Fe-SMA strengthening solution with partial activation has been proposed. However, an analytical model for assessing the strengthening efficiency was lacking, due to the unique nature of the employed prestressing mechanism involving heating. …”
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Digital skilling of working adults: a systematic review by Mendoza-Chan, Joji, Pee, Loo Geok

“…The body of research on digital skills that working professionals need to thrive in an uncertain and ever-evolving workforce is fast accumulating. Although there have been literature reviews on the nature and types of such digital skills, an integrative overview of how digital skills are acquired remains lacking. …”
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Retinal projection near-eye displays with Huygens’ metasurfaces by Song, Weitao, Liang, Xinan, Li, Shiqiang, Moitra, Parikshit, Xu, Xuewu, Lassalle, Emmanuel, Zheng, Yuanjin, Wang, Yongtian, Paniagua-Domínguez, Ramón, Kuznetsov, Arseniy I.

“…To address this problem, a proof-of-concept solution based on retinal projection technology has been developed to provide accommodation-free virtual images by using a small aperture (360 µm × 360 µm) transparent Huygens’ metasurface hologram as the display device. …”
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Leveraging imperfect restoration for data availability attack by Huang, Yi, Styborski, Jeremy, Lyu, Mingzhi, Wang, Fan, Kong, Adams Wai Kin

“…To counter this, various Data Availability Attacks (DAAs) have been devised to make data unlearnable for such models by subtly perturbing the training data. …”
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Aluminium(I) anion-supported zero-valent palladium complexes by Yan, Chenting, Koshino, Kota, Zhu, Lizhao, Kinjo, Rei

“…Although transition-metal complexes bearing group 13 ligands are accessible via salt metathesis with these anions, zero-valent transition-metal complexes have never been reported. In the present study, the synthesis, isolation and characterization of palladium complexes in the zero-oxidation state featuring one, two and three anionic aluminium ligands are reported. …”
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A fast correction approach to tensor robust principal component analysis by Zhang, Zhechen, Liu, Sanyang, Lin, Zhiping, Xue, Jize, Liu, Lixia

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