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Do hints make students become curious about boring content?
Curiosity—intrinsic motivation to understand—is an integral part of learning. However, empirical evidence on how and when students’ curiosity is piqued is noticeably lacking, especially for boring learning mat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Feasibility Study on the Utilization of Underground Facilities for the Disposal of Chemical Agents
In this study, a disposal method was developed, and the effects of using underground facilities for CBR hazard toxics, especially chemical agents, were investigated. Chemical agent disposal is a sensitive, tim...
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Protocol
Co-immunoprecipitation for Assessing Protein–Protein Interactions in Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Expression System in Nicotiana benthamiana
The characterization of protein–protein interactions (PPI) often provides functional information about a target protein. Yeast-two-hybrid (Y2H) and luminescence/fluorescence-based detections, therefore, have b...
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Open AccessTwo-step hybrid process of movable part inside glass substrate using ultrafast laser
We demonstrate a two-step hybrid process for fabricating movable parts inside glass substrate using the selective laser-induced etching (SLE) process that is consisted of laser-direct writing and wet chemical ...
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High-Throughput Targeted Transcriptional Profiling of Defense Genes Using RNA-Mediated Oligonucleotide Annealing, Selection, and Ligation with Next-Generation Sequencing in Arabidopsis
Tracking RNA transcription has been one of the most powerful tools to gain insight into the biological process. While a wide range of molecular methods such as northern blotting, RNA-seq, and quantitative RT-P...
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Equivalent Circuit Analysis of Induction Motors Considering Magnetic Saturation for Automotive Applications
This paper deals with the characteristics analysis of 3-phase induction motors for electric power steering applications by combining finite element analysis with an equivalent circuit model. Induction motors f...
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Magnetization Analysis for Outer Rotor Brushless DC Motors Using Polar Anisotropic Ferrite Ring Magnets
Ferrite-bonded magnets have been extensively used in small brushless DC (BLDC) motors for low torque applications such as fans and pumps. In particular, some motors of them with ferrite-bonded magnets, frequen...
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Open AccessHomo Curious: Curious or Interested?
This review aims to clarify four perennial issues surrounding the concept of curiosity: its nature, conceptual distinction from situational interest, types, and educational implications. First, we argue that h...
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Open AccessComparison of cytotoxicities and anti-allergic effects of topical ocular dual-action anti-allergic agents
To investigate the cytotoxicities of the topical ocular dual-action anti-allergic agents (alcaftadine 0.25%, bepotastine besilate 1.5%, and olopatadine HCL 0.1%) on human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs) and t...
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Open AccessTunable quantum critical point and detached superconductivity in Al-doped CrAs
The origin of unconventional superconductivity and its relationship to a T = 0 K quantum critical point (QCP), which is hidden inside the dome of a superconducting state, have long been an outstanding puzzle in s...
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Simulated experiments with TiO2 particles using a lab-designed single-stage impactor to evaluate impaction characteristics of particles leaked by steam generator tube rupture
If a steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) occurs during a severe accident in a nuclear power plant, radionuclides can be released to the atmosphere as an aerosol. The release of radioactive compounds can be pre...
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Semantic Hashtag Relation Classification Using Co-occurrence Word Information
Users using social networking service (SNS) may express their thoughts and feelings using simple hashtags. Hashtags are related to other hashtags and images that are used together in the user’s other posts. Un...
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Open AccessOrigin of extremely large magnetoresistance in the candidate type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2−x
The recent observation of extremely large magnetoresistance (MR) in the transition-metal dichalcogenide MoTe2 has attracted considerable interest due to its potential technological applications as well as its rel...
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Analysis of the electroviscous effects on pressure-driven flow in nanochannels using effective ionic concentrations
The selection of proper boundary conditions is one of the most critical issues when predicting electroviscous effects. Despite numerous studies of the electroviscous effects in micro- and nanochannels with ove...
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Experimental study on heat transfer performance of a two-phase single thermosyphon using HFE-7100
In this study, the heat transfer performance of a two-phase single thermosyphon was experimentally measured and compared with respect to the aspect ratio and filling ratio. For the control experiments, we prep...
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Characterization of 0.18-μm gate length AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on SiC fabricated using two-step gate recessing
We fabricated a 0.18-μm gate-length AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on SiC substrate fabricated by using two-step gate recessing which was composed of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etchi...
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Estimation of the vibration serviceability deflection limit of a high-speed railway bridge considering the bridge-train interaction and travel speed
The static and dynamic displacements of high-speed railway bridges, which are determined by the load conditions, travel speed, and span, may cause passenger discomfort when they are excessive. In the Korea Rai...
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Open AccessNiclosamide inhibits leaf blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae in rice
Rice leaf blight, which is caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), results in huge losses in grain yield. Here, we show that Xoo-induced rice leaf blight is effectively controlled by...
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DC and RF characteristics of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on SiC with gate recessed by using ICP etching of BCl3/Cl2
We fabricated a 0.17-μm gate-length AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on SiC recessed by using ICP gate etching with a gas mixture of BCl3/Cl2. The ICP gate recess process exhibited an etch rate ...
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Characteristics of a field plate connected to T-shaped gate in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
An AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with a T-shaped gate employing a gate-foot-connected field plate is presented. Similar to other devices with gate connected field plates the device describ...
