Particle focusing in a wavy channel by Mao, Xinyu, Bischofberger, Irmgard, Hosoi, A.E.

“…Experiments in wavy channels with varying amplitudes at channel Reynolds numbers ranging from 5 to 250 are consistent with the predictions of the focusing locations, which are mainly governed by the channel Reynolds number as well as the competition between the inertial lift and the oscillatory straining effects.…”
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Iron- and calcium-based biogrouts for porous soils by Chu, Jian, Ivanov, Volodymyr, Stabnikov, Viktor

“…Therefore, suitable geotechnical applications of the calcium-based and iron-based biogrouts at a precipitated metal content of 1·5% w/w or less would be mainly the bioclogging of porous soils for the sealing of aquaculture or wastewater treatment ponds and landfill sites, and for plugging of the piping in dams and retaining walls in sandy soil.…”
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Stability improvement for three-phase grid-connected converters through impedance reshaping in quadrature-axis by Fang, Jingyang, Li, Xiaoqiang, Li, Hongchang, Tang, Yi

“…In these applications, power converters should always synchronize with the mains grid so that active and/or reactive power can properly be regulated while maintaining desired waveforms of grid currents. …”
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High throughput discovery of effective metal doping in FeVO4 for photoelectrochemical water splitting by Nguyen, Thi Hiep, Zhang, Mengyuan, Septina, Wilman, Ahmed, Mahmoud Gamal, Tay, Ying Fan, Abdi, Fatwa F., Wong, Lydia Helena

“…The replacement of Cr3+ to Fe3+ in FeVO4 crystal lattice helps to mainly improve the catalytic activity for charge transfer, which results in the enhancement of photoresponse of the FeVO4 photoanode.…”
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Effects of infilled wall opening on load resisting capacity of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse risk by Qian, Kai, Lan, Dong-Qiu, Fu, Feng, Li, Bing

“…This could be explained as the first peak load of infilled frames was attributed into equivalent struts of infill walls while the first peak load of bare frame mainly attributed in the flexural action of the beams. …”
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Site characterization of reclaimed lands based on seismic cone penetration test by Wang, Hao, Wu, Shifan, Qi, Xiaohui, Chu, Jian

“…The derived correlations for the fill materials are found to be significantly different from those proposed for intact soils in literature, mainly due to the difference in geological history and material composition. …”
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Evaluating biological inspiration for biologically inspired design: an integrated DEMATEL-MAIRCA based on fuzzy rough numbers by Zhu, Guoniu, Ma, Jin, Hu, Jie

“…Due to the lack of knowledge at the early stage of product design, the risk assessments mainly depend on experts' subjective judgments, which values are vague, imprecise, and even inconsistent. …”
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Continuous thermally regenerative electrochemical systems for directly converting low-grade heat to electricity by Li, Xiaoya, Li, Jia, Yun, Jeonghun, Wu, Angyin, Gao, Caitian, Lee, Seok Woo

“…In this system, two identical electrochemical cells operating at different temperatures are combined in a unit; thus, electricity can be generated continuously by periodically alternating between two temperatures. This concept is mainly demonstrated with a copper hexacyanoferrate cathode and a Cu/Cu2+ anode, with this system achieving an energy conversion efficiency of 1.76% (14.19% of Carnot efficiency) when operated between 10 and 50 °C without heat recuperation effects. …”
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Coion exclusion properties of cation exchange membranes in 2:1 divalent salt solutions by Lim, Zheng Jie, Kho, Marcus, Toh, William, Chen, Xiao, Goh, K. B.

“…Our findings highlight the importance of coion condensation, especially in low-concentration salt conditions where coions are mainly condensed. This effect becomes less significant as the external solution concentration rises. …”
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Stress amplification effect of lung by Zhou, Hongyuan, Ma, Guowei

“…Serious injuries should be mainly found in this thin layer, which can be employed to test whether this amplified effect exists or not. …”
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Development of an application to improve mental health (A) by Khor, Chin Yi

“…As the mental health concern grew, most countries developed new mental health information and phone support lines, offering tips to the public on coping measures. …”
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杜牧“‘秋’意象诗”研究 = Research on Du Mu’s autumn imagery poems by 林宛仪 Lim, Wan Yi

“…Close reading will be used to uncover the emotions between the lines in Du Mu’s poems that may contain feelings other than grief. …”
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The effect of the amyloid-beta peptide on the fluidity of cell membranes : a study by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy by Ng, Justin Wei Qing

“…To this end, we used imaging TIRF-fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (ITIR-FCS) to make measurements of fluidity of one bulk membrane probe, DiI, and two ordered/raft-type membrane probes, a transiently expressed GPI-linked GFP and cholera toxin subunit B, on the membranes of living cells that were exposed to Aβ. Three cell lines – SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma, U87 human glioma and Neuro-2a mouse neuroblastoma – were selected for our study based on their origin in brain tissue and previous use in Aβ-related studies. …”
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Dysregulation of the Pdx1/Ovol2/Zeb2 axis in dedifferentiated β-cells triggers the induction of genes associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition in diabetes by de Jesus, Daniel S., Mak, Tracy C. S., Wang, Yi-Fang, von Ohlen, Yorrick, Bai, Ying, Kane, Eva, Chabosseau, Pauline, Chahrour, Catherine M., Distaso, Walter, Salem, Victoria, Tomas, Alejandra, Stoffel, Markus, Rutter, Guy A., Latreille, Mathieu

“…We carried out loss- and gain-of-function experiments in MIN6 and EndoC-bH1 cell lines. We analysed previously published mouse andhuman T2D data sets.Results:Bulk RNA-seq revealed thatb-cell dedifferentiation is associated with the induction of genes associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prediabetic (2-week-old) and diabetic (12-week-old) Tg7 mice. …”
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A short review of recent advancements in PCM-air hybrid thermal management for batteries by Muppana, Veera Nagendra, Samykano, Mahendran, Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik

“…Each resulted in an overall reduction in the battery’s maximum temperature and a uniform temperature distribution across the entire battery. This review mainly focused on the BTMS using PCMS and air cooling.…”
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Reconstructing Transit Vehicle Trajectory Using High-Resolution GPS Data by Huang, Yuzhu, Abdelhalim, Awad, Stewart, Anson, Zhao, Jinhua, Koutsopoulos, Haris

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Personalized question recommendation for English grammar learning by Fang, Lanting, Tuan, Luu Anh, Hui, Siu Cheung, Wu, Lenan

“…Previous recommendation systems for learning English mainly focused on recommending reading materials and vocabulary. …”
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Design of a special vent component for hydrogen-on-demand system by Lim, Sin Wei

“…The fact that hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity with no pollutants or any of the greenhouse gases, mainly using only hydrogen and oxygen, they are of great appeal as a clean energy source. …”
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Stochastic optimization model for water allocation on a watershed scale considering wetland’s ecological water requirement by Xu, Ye, Wang, Yu, Li, Sha, Huang, Guohe, Dai, Chao

“…Compared with the current operational scheme for water supply, the proposed method could lead to decreased water supply amount at a lower total cost. This is mainly because the design and implementation of existing water supply schemes are dependent on empirical experience and subjective judgment. …”
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Environmental and social factors influencing the spatiotemporal variation of archaeological sites during the historical period in the Heihe River basin, northwest China by Shi, Zhilin, Chen, Tingting, Storozum, Michael J., Liu, Fengwen

“…In the Western Xia-Yuan period (AD 1038–1368), people mainly settled in the lower reaches of the Heihe River basin and only returned to the middle reaches of the Heihe River basin during the Ming and Qing dynasties (AD 1368–1912). …”
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