A FRET-ICT Dual-Modulated Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensor for Monitoring and Bio-Imaging of Cellular Selenocysteine by Zongcheng Wang, Chenhong Hao, Xiaofang Luo, Qiyao Wu, Chengliang Zhang, Wubliker Dessie, Yuren Jiang

“…Since the fluctuation of cellular selenocysteine (Sec) concentration plays an all-important role in the development of numerous human disorders, the real-time fluorescence detection of Sec in living systems has attracted plenty of interest during the past decade. In order to obtain a faster and more sensitive small organic molecule fluorescence sensor for the Sec detection, a new ratiometric fluorescence sensor <b>Q7</b> was designed based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) strategy with coumarin fluorophore as energy donor and 4-hydroxy naphthalimide fluorophore (with 2,4-dinitrobenzene sulfonate as fluorescence signal quencher and Sec-selective recognition site) as an energy acceptor. …”
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Micromechanical behaviors related to confined deformation in pure titanium by Li Runguang, Wang Youkang, Liu Xiaojing, Li Shilei, Tan Qing, Liu Wenjun, Fang Xing, Wang Yan-Dong

“…Confined deformation, e.g. mechanical twinning, shear banding, and Lüders banding, etc. was extensively observed in metals and alloys with low stacking-fault energies, especially under complex loadings, governing the mechanical properties. …”
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Functional Data Analysis for Imaging Mean Function Estimation: Computing Times and Parameter Selection by Juan A. Arias-López, Carmen Cadarso-Suárez, Pablo Aguiar-Fernández

“…In the field of medical imaging, one of the most extended research setups consists of the comparison between two groups of images, a pathological set against a control set, in order to search for statistically significant differences in brain activity. …”
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Temperature-Dependent Vibrational Dynamics of Rutile (TiO₂) from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Two-Dimensional Correlation Analysis Techniques by Ljupcho Pejov, Petre Makreski, Gligor Jovanovski

“…The static DFTB calculations of the vibrational force field of the rutile reproduced excellently the experimental data and allowed for more exact assignments of the corresponding experimental IR/Raman spectral bands. Through the detailed analysis of the synchronous and asynchronous 2D spectra computed on the basis of MD-generated anharmonic spectra, we have provided new insights into the couplings between the modes in the studied system, as well as into the sequential character of the temperature-induced changes in the vibrational force field. …”
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Electro-Fenton method for the removal of Malachite Green: effect of operational parameters by Maryam Teymori, Hassan Khorsandi, Ali Ahmad Aghapour, Seyed Javad Jafari, Ramin Maleki

“…At optimum conditions and a reaction time of 15 min, MG was completely removed without any significant variation in the corresponding maximum wavelengths or new absorption bands. Due to formation of intermediates, almost all the organic compounds were completely mineralized (95.3%) to CO2 and water at reaction time of 30 min. …”
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Detecting Areas Vulnerable to Sand Encroachment Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Nouakchott, Mauritania by Diego Gómez, Pablo Salvador, Julia Sanz, Carlos Casanova, Jose Luis Casanova

“…Said index is based on the geo-physical characteristics of the area (wind direction and intensity, slope and surface height, land use, vegetation or soil properties) with Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques that can support local authorities and decision-makers in implementing preventive measures or reducing impact on the population and urban infrastructures. In order to validate this new index, we use two remote sensing approaches: optical-Sentinel 2 and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)&ndash;Sentinel 1 data. …”
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Multi-Scale CNN-Transformer Dual Network for Hyperspectral Compressive Snapshot Reconstruction by Kaixuan Huang, Yubao Sun, Quan Gu

“…Coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging (CASSI) is a new imaging mode that captures the spectral characteristics of materials in real scenes. …”
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The influence of Ba2+ and Sr2+ ions with the Dy3+ ions on the optical properties of lead borate glasses: experimental and Judd–Ofelt comparative study by Aly Okasha, A.M. Abdelghany, S.Y. Marzouk

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CQTDs/SiO2NPs nanocomposite for Pb2+ and Cd2+ remediation and reuse applications in LFP detection and photocatalysis by B.G. Fouda-Mbanga, K. Pillay, T.N. Zikhona

“…The bending vibration of Si–O–Si/Si–O–C and Si–OH are responsible for the FT-IR bands that were detected in the nanocomposite at 1041 and 954 cm−1, respectively. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Statistical Characterization of Boundary Kinematic Phenomena of Triaxial Sand Specimens by Yichuan Zhu, Zenon Medina-Cetina, Alma Rosa Pineda-Contreras

“…Moreover, it allows to add a new understanding on the effect of uncertainty on the mechanistic interpretation of sands’ kinematic phenomena.…”
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Finite element analysis of shells with layers by Hiller, Jean-François, 1974-

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Dislocation interactions during low-temperature plasticity of olivine and their impact on the evolution of lithospheric strength by Wallis, D, Hansen, LN, Kumamoto, KM, Thom, CA, Plümper, O, Ohl, M, Durham, WB, Goldsby, DL, Armstrong, DEJ, Meyers, CD, Goddard, RM, Warren, JM, Breithaupt, T, Drury, MR, Wilkinson, AJ

“…High-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction maps reveal the presence of geometrically necessary dislocations with densities commonly above 1014m&#x2212;2 and intragranular heterogeneities in residual stress on the order of 1 GPa in both sets of samples. Scanning transmission electron micrographs reveal straight dislocations aligned in slip bands and interacting with dislocations of other types that act as obstacles. …”

Adaptive multi-parent crossover GA for feature optimization in epileptic seizure identification by Al-Sharhan, Salah, Bimba, Andrew

“…In order to stabilize the classifier of the channels, feature selection is very important. …”

Newborns and preterm infants at term equivalent age: A semi-quantitative assessment of cerebral maturity by Marie P. Pittet, Lana Vasung, Petra S. Huppi, Laura Merlini

“…We studied the visibility and the pattern of these structures in healthy term newborns compared to preterm infants at term equivalent age in order to investigate if they can be included in a new MRI score system. …”
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Frequency-aware rate adaptation and MAC protocol by Rahul, Hariharan Shankar, Edalat, Farinaz, Katabi, Dina, Sodini, Charles G.

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Intelligent Identification of Pine Wilt Disease Infected Individual Trees Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Imagery by Haocheng Li, Long Chen, Zongqi Yao, Niwen Li, Lin Long, Xiaoli Zhang

“…Deep learning techniques can use rich multidimensional data to mine deep features in order to achieve tasks such as classification and target identification. …”
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PARAMETERS OF MACROSTRUCTURE OF INSOLUBLE PRODUCTS OBTAINED BY THERMOLYSIS OF RESINS AND ASPHALTENES OF THE USINSKAYA OIL by Vladimir R. Antipenko, Andrey A. Grinko

“…Their Raman spectra contain bands in the region of 1350 and 1580 cm–1 (D- and G-bands) and their overtones lying in the region of 2700 and 3400 cm–1 are characteristic of carbon materials with a low degree of order. …”
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Recent Applications of Landsat 8/OLI and Sentinel-2/MSI for Land Use and Land Cover Mapping: A Systematic Review by Michel E. D. Chaves, Michelle C. A. Picoli, Ieda D. Sanches

“…Recent applications of Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (L8/OLI) and Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (S2/MSI) data for acquiring information about land use and land cover (LULC) provide a new perspective in remote sensing data analysis. …”
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Development and characterization of treated kaolin filled polypropylene/kaolin nanocomposites by Yahaya, Shehu

“…This research work focused on producing modified kaolin filler in polypropylene/kaolin (PP/K) nanocomposite by melt compounding process in order to improve its mechanical and thermal properties for industrial applications. …”
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Stable isotope geochemistry of the Ulldemolins Pb-Zn-Cu deposit (SW Catalonian Coastal Ranges, Spain) by P. ALFONSO, C. CANET, Joan-Carles Melgarejo i Draper, J.M. MATA I PERELLÓ, A.E. FALLIK

“…Two mineralisation styles can be differentiated: a) banded and b) irregular. Fluid inclusions and stable isotope compositions of sulphur in sulphides (sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite) and carbon and oxygen in carbonates (calcite and dolomite) were studied in order to constrain the genesis and the source of mineralizing fluids. …”
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