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Effect of the Built-Up-Edge on Tool Wear in Machining of STAVAX
Machining hard materials, such as tool steel and tungsten carbide, involves high cutting forces and temperatures that lead to severe tool wear. Frequent tool changes owing to tool wear increase costs and decre...
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Scheduling offshore cargo handling with operational dynamics including cost composites, downtime periods, and cargo attributes
An efficient cargo logistics service for vessels anchored offshore becomes imperative to meet the increasing demand of transporting dry bulk cargoes and overcome insufficient infrastructural resources of ports...
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Open AccessRole of Madden–Julian Oscillation in predicting the 2020 East Asian summer precipitation in subseasonal-to-seasonal models
The 2020 summer monsoon season in East Asia was unusually long and intense, and the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) has been proposed as an underlying reason. This study analyzes the role of the MJO in the 202...
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Open AccessMutual entity authentication of quantum key distribution network system using authentication qubits
Entity authentication is crucial for ensuring secure quantum communication as it helps confirm the identity of participants before transmitting any confidential information. We propose a practical entity authe...
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Tool Wear Reduction Using Directional Milling Considering Cutting Angle in Carbon fiber Reinforced Plastic Machining
The abrasion of the cutting edge by hard carbon fibers during machining of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) causes severe tool wear. In this process, the tool wear volume exhibits a strong dependence on...
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Open AccessLipocalin-2: a therapeutic target to overcome neurodegenerative diseases by regulating reactive astrogliosis
Glial cell activation precedes neuronal cell death during brain aging and the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Under neuroinflammatory stress conditions, lipocalin-2 (LCN2), also known as neutrophil ...
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Model Parameter Identification of a Machining Robot Using Joint Frequency Response Functions
The utilization of machining robots using industrial six degree-of-freedom (DOF) robot manipulators in the general cutting process is hindered by their cutting instability caused by a significantly lower dynam...
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Inlet Hole Shape Analysis Depending on the Focus Conditions for Electron Beam Micro-hole Drilling
Electron beam micro-drilling processes have some advantages, such as high aspect ratio of 3–10, and applicable usages of difficult-to-cut material. The process has always required some lensing system optimizat...
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Open AccessImmune regulation through tryptophan metabolism
Amino acids are fundamental units of molecular components that are essential for sustaining life; however, their metabolism is closely interconnected to the control systems of cell function. Tryptophan (Trp) i...
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Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluation of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Used as Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure
Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been recently used as therapeutic agents for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recent clinical trials have shown that they are beneficial for reducing the risk of...
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Open AccessA metabolite of the gut microbiota: a facilitator of chemotherapy efficacy in cancer
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The Global/Regional Integrated Model System (GRIMs): an Update and Seasonal Evaluation
The Global/Regional Integrated Model system (GRIMs) is upgraded to version 4.0, with the advancement of the moisture advection scheme and physics package, focusing on the global model program (GMP) for seasona...
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Real-time hand ownership decision in egocentric view using kinematic approach
With the increasing popularity of egocentric vision applications, studies have focused on hand identification or ownership decision, which is the process of disambiguating the hands of the camera wearer and ot...
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Open AccessElectrochemical study of agarose hydrogels for natural convection on macroelectrodes and ultramicroelectrodes
Electrochemical measurements using an agarose hydrogel as a solid electrolyte and ferrocyanide as a redox probe were conducted to analyze transport properties and natural convection effects. The mass transport...
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Optimization of gas shielding for the vacuum laser beam welding of Ti–6Al–4 V titanium alloy
Vacuum laser beam welding, also known as subatmospheric laser welding, is a promising welding process that simultaneously offers deep penetration and sound welding quality. It has both the welding quality of e...
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Open AccessCombined IgE neutralization and Bifidobacterium longum supplementation reduces the allergic response in models of food allergy
IgE is central to the development of allergic diseases, and its neutralization alleviates allergic symptoms. However, most of these antibodies are based on IgG1, which is associated with an increased risk of f...
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Open AccessDevelopment of the UKESM-TOPAZ Earth System Model (Version 1.0) and Preliminary Evaluation of its Biogeochemical Simulations
Earth system models (ESMs) comprise various Earth system components and simulate the interactions between these components. ESMs can be used to understand climate feedbacks between physical, chemical, and biol...
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Real-time tool path modification for machine tool contour error reduction
As the demand for high-speed machining of complex features using computerized numerical control machine tools has increased, various contour control algorithms have been proposed to minimize contour errors. To...
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A constraint programming approach to capacity planning in container vessels
A container vessel carries containers of various characteristics, in terms of size, weight, and contents. The cargo load of a container vessel, being subjected to a set of operational conditions and restrictio...
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Open Access2×N twin-field quantum key distribution network configuration based on polarization, wavelength, and time division multiplexing
Develo** quantum key distribution (QKD) has been recently directed toward distance extension and network expansion for real-world secure communications. Considering a recent report on a quantum communication...
