Testing, modelling and design of high strength concrete-filled high strength steel tube (HCFHST) stub columns under combined compression and bending by Zhong, Yukai, Sun, Yao, Tan, Kang Hai, Zhao, Ou

“…The evaluation results generally indicated that the European code and Australian/New Zealand standard slightly overestimate the failure loads for HCFHST stub columns under combined loading, while the American specification offers accurate, consistent and safe failure load predictions when applied to eccentrically loaded HCFHST stub columns.…”
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Effective H₂S control during chemical looping combustion by iron ore modified with alkaline earth metal oxides by Wang, Haiming, Liu, Guicai, Veksha, Andrei, Giannis, Apostolos, Lim, Teik-Thye, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…The AEM oxides, especially BaO, were found to improve the CLC performance of IO greatly due to the formation of AEM ferrites, which promoted the lattice oxygen activity. When using the pristine IO, less than 10% of the input H2S could be removed with the remaining being released from the reactor mainly in the form of SO2. …”
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Retarding effect of concentration of cementation solution on biocementation of soil by Lai, Han-Jiang, Cui, Ming-Juan, Wu, Shifan, Yang, Yang, Chu, Jian

“…The retarding effect will dominate increasingly when CCS is higher than 1.0 M and the amount of calcium carbonate precipitation will reduce for the given amount and type of bacteria used in this study and become zero with CCS of 2.5 M. …”
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Chrysanthemum-like Au@Polydopamine synthesized using one-pot method and its advantage in immunochromatographic assay by Zhang, Gang-gang, Lai, Xiao-cui, Ding, Neng-shui, Xiong, Qirong, Hou, Shuai, Duan, Hongwei, Lai, Wei-hua

“…The limits of detection (LOD) of ICA based on AuNC@PDA, AuNS, and AuNF@PDA were 1.59, 9.58, and 5.13 mIU/mL, respectively, when human chorionic gonadotropin was detected as the target. …”
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An event-triggered model predictive control for energy efficiency and thermal comfort optimization in buildings by Yang, Shiyu, Chen, Wanyu, Wan, Man Pun

“…This study proposes an event-triggered mechanism (ETM) for MPC, which conducts the optimization only when there is a triggering event that necessitates it. …”
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Tube-based robust model predictive control of multi-zone demand-controlled ventilation systems for energy saving and indoor air quality by Li, Bingxu, Wu, Bingjie, Peng, Yelun, Cai, Wenjian

“…Experimental results show that, in the presence of uncertainties, the proposed strategy can reduce IAQ cost by 10% and energy consumption by 14% compared with the strategy adopting conventional feedback control scheme. When compared with the baseline strategy without optimization, the proposed strategy can reduce IAQ cost by 38% and energy consumption by 30%. …”
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Exploring differential-based distinguishers and forgeries for ascon by Gerault, David, Peyrin, Thomas, Tan, Quan Quan

“…Automated methods have become crucial components when searching for distinguishers against symmetric-key cryptographic primitives. …”
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A cationic thorium-organic framework with triple single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation peculiarities for ultrasensitive anion recognition by Li, Zi-Jian, Lei, Min, Bao, Hongliang, Ju, Yu, Lu, Huangjie, Li, Yongxin, Zhang, Zhi-Hui, Guo, Xiaofeng, Qian, Yuan, He, Ming-Yang, Wang, Jian-Qiang, Liu, Wei, Lin, Jian

“…Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation of metal-organic frameworks has been met with great interest, as it allows for the creation of new materials in a stepwise manner and direct visualization of structural transitions when subjected to external stimuli. However, it remains a peculiarity among numerous metal-organic frameworks, particularly for the ones constructed from tetravalent metal cations. …”
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Label-free assessment of differentiation efficiency in iPSC-derived spinal cord progenitor cells via Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) by Tan, Jerome Zu Yao, Chen, Jiahui, Roxby, Daniel, Chooi, Wai Hon, Nguyen, Tan Dai, Ng, Shi-Yan, Chew, Sing Yian, Han, Jongyoon

“…Furthermore, SCPCs harvested at the end of the differentiation containing higher levels of residual pluripotent markers have lower T2 relaxation times when compared to SCPCs with lower levels of these markers. …”
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EN-79AB surface disinfection by UV & effect of repetitive organisms exposure on self disinfecting chemicals by Enkisra, Irfan

“…The study also found that disinfection can be carried out effectively when the bacteria is in the exponential growth phase. …”
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Bayesian neural network language modeling for speech recognition by Xue, Boyang, Hu, Shoukang, Xu, Junhao, Geng, Mengzhe, Liu, Xunying, Meng, Helen

“…They are prone to overfitting and poor generalization when given limited training data. To this end, an overarching full Bayesian learning framework encompassing three methods is proposed in this paper to account for the underlying uncertainty in LSTM-RNN and Transformer LMs. …”
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OAM-based reconfigurable doppler shifts enable PAPR reduction for multi-carrier doppler diversity by Zhao, Yufei, Ge, Yao, Yang, Zhaojie, Ju, Gaohua, Ma, Lu, Lu, Yilong, Guan, Yong Liang

“…In a recent study, we discovered that even when the transceivers are stationary, a specific spatial Doppler shift can be generated by rotating the wavefront structure of the OAM helical beams. …”
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Asymmetric prefrontal cortex activation associated with mutual gaze of mothers and children during shared play by Azhari, Atiqah, Bizzego, Andrea, Balagtas, Jan Paolo Macapinlac, Leng, Kelly Sng Hwee, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Findings suggest that mothers and children may employ divergent prefrontal mechanisms when engaged in symmetrical behaviours such as mutual gaze. …”
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Ectomycorrhizal community composition, diversity, and their environmental drivers across common UK temperate woodlands by Ong, Wei Sern

“…While overall ECM richness/diversity was higher among the ancient semi-natural broadleaved habitats than the coniferous-dominant planted woodlands, coppicing and monoculture growth did not appear to reduce ECM richness when compared against their non-coppiced woodlands and mixed conifer woodlands counterparts. …”
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Microfluidic plasma extraction from blood using wash-free pneumatic system by Lin, Yun Jia

“…This process ensures that the plasma is extracted quickly and efficiently, reducing the risk of hemolysis, which can occur when blood cells break down and release their contents into the plasma. …”
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A machine-learning-based event-triggered model predictive control for building energy management by Yang, Shiyu, Chen, Wanyu, Wan, Man Pun

“…This paper proposes an event-triggered mechanism (ETM) that only runs optimization when triggering events occur. Contrary to conventional ETMs that only considers the current information (e.g., room conditions), the ETM proposed is based on a cost function that covers the past, current, and future information. …”
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Topological transitions with an imaginary Aubry-André-Harper potential by Zhu, Bofeng, Lang, Li-Jun, Wang, Qiang, Wang, Qi Jie, Chong, Yidong

“…The edge states arise when the period of the imaginary potential is a multiple of four lattice constants. …”
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Dynamics of time-modulated, nonlinear phononic lattices by Kim, Brian L., Chong, Christopher, Hajarolasvadi, Setare, Wang, Yifan, Daraio, Chiara

“…The propagation of acoustic and elastic waves in time-varying, spatially homogeneous media can exhibit different phenomena when compared to traditional spatially varying, temporally homogeneous media. …”
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Multifunctional electrochromic devices for energy applications by Kandpal, Suchita, Ghosh, Tanushree, Rani, Chanchal, Chaudhary, Anjali, Park, Jinwoo, Lee, Pooi See, Kumar, Rajesh

“…Electrochromic devices that assimilate these energy functionalities, along with bias-induced color modulation, are very promising as they not only help in energy conversion and storage but also help in energy saving when used as smart e-curtains for application in buildings and vehicles. …”
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Bolstering functionality in multilayer and bilayer WS₂ via focused laser micro-engraving by Chan, Si Min, Poh, Eng Tuan, Leong, Jin Feng, Goh, Johnson Kuan Eng, Sow, Chorng Haur

“…Herein, we report a newfound property of the laser-thinned regions to adhere strongly to the underlying substrate when lasered down to the monolayer limit. Upon a brief sonication in various solvents, the surrounding pristine multilayers can be lifted off, solely leaving behind the post-lasered monolayer patterns. …”
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