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Open AccessLaser texturing of piston ring for tribological performance improvement
The radial surface coating layer of compression piston rings is used to improve their wear resistance during the internal combustion engine operation. However, at top dead centers, the friction coefficient of ...
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Open AccessDesign, manufacturing, and testing of a laser textured piston ring surface reinforced with a CuCoBe–diamond composite by hot-pressing
A CuCoBe–diamond composite was used to reinforce a laser textured 410 stainless steel piston ring by hot-pressing. Different hot-pressing parameters were used to optimize the sintering process of the CuCoBe pa...
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Cognitive Event-Related Potentials and ADHD Across the Lifespan
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience cognitive impairments across lifespan. Multiple studies have correlated cognitive dysfunction to multiple brain regions and networks based...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Probing the relationship between late endogenous ERP components with fluid intelligence in healthy older adults
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessThe effects of direct current stimulation and random noise stimulation on attention networks
Attention is a complex cognitive process that selects specific stimuli for further processing. Previous research suggested the existence of three attentional networks: alerting, orienting and executive. Howeve...
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Open AccessProbing the relationship between late endogenous ERP components with fluid intelligence in healthy older adults
The world population is rapidly aging, bringing together the necessity to better understand the advancing age. This characterization may be used to aid early diagnosis and to guide individually-tailored interv...
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Design for Additive Manufacturing of Mechanical Connections Toward Hybrid Products
Improving additive manufacturing (AM) products is important since these technologies still have some limitations that restrict production.
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Open AccessFast and efficient microfluidic cell filter for isolation of circulating tumor cells from unprocessed whole blood of colorectal cancer patients
Liquid biopsy offers unique opportunities for low invasive diagnosis, real-time patient monitoring and treatment selection. The phenotypic and molecular profile of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can provide ke...
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Neuromodulating Attention and Mind-Wandering Processes with a Single Session Real Time EEG
Our minds are continuously alternating between external attention (EA) and mind wandering (MW). An appropriate balance between EA and MW is important for promoting efficient perceptual processing, executive fu...
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Open AccessMind Wandering and Task-Focused Attention: ERP Correlates
Previous studies looking at how Mind Wandering (MW) impacts performance in distinct Focused Attention (FA) systems, using the Attention Network Task (ANT), showed that the presence of pure MW thoughts did not ...
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Study adherence in a tDCS longitudinal clinical trial with people with spinal cord injury
Secondary analysis of a clinical trial.
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Open AccessPatterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The objective of the present study was to research the patterns of Default Mode Network (DMN) deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the transition between a resting and a non-rest emotional co...
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Open AccessAnodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulates attention and pain in fibromyalgia: randomized clinical trial
Cognitive dysfunction in fibromyalgia patients has been reported, especially when increased attentional demands are required. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cor...
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Open AccessAcellular Urethra Bioscaffold: Decellularization of Whole Urethras for Tissue Engineering Applications
Patients with stress urinary incontinence mainly suffer from malfunction of the urethra closure mechanism. We established the decellularization of porcine urethras to produce acellular urethra bioscaffolds for...
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Open AccessImmunomodulation in the canine endometrium by uteropathogenic Escherichia coli
This study was designed to evaluate the role of E. coli α-hemolysin (HlyA) in the pathogenesis of canine pyometra, and on the immune response of canine endometrial epithelial and stromal cells. In Experiment 1, t...
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Open AccessFour cases of cell cannibalism in highly malignant feline and canine tumors
Four cases of tumors in which cell internalization was frequently visualized are reported: one feline mammary carcinoma, one feline cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, one canine pulmonary squamous cell carcino...
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Brain activation of the defensive and appetitive survival systems in obsessive compulsive disorder
Several studies have shown that basic emotions are responsible for a significant enhancement of early visual processes and increased activation in visual processing brain regions. It may be possible that the c...
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Cognitive effects and autonomic responses to transcranial pulsed current stimulation
Transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) is emerging as an option in the field of neuromodulation; however, little is known about its effects on cognition and behavior and its neurophysiological correla...
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Improving Tribological Properties of Cast Al-Si Alloys through Application of Wear-Resistant Thermal Spray Coatings
Flame Spray Thermal Spray coatings are low-cost, high-wear surface-treatment technologies. However, little has been reported on their potential effects on cast automotive aluminum alloys. The aim of this resea...
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The Emotional Movie Database (EMDB): A Self-Report and Psychophysiological Study
Film clips are an important tool for evoking emotional responses in the laboratory. When compared with other emotionally potent visual stimuli (e.g., pictures), film clips seem to be more effective in elicitin...
