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Open AccessDifferent energy storage techniques: recent advancements, applications, limitations, and efficient utilization of sustainable energy
In order to fulfill consumer demand, energy storage may provide flexible electricity generation and delivery. By 2030, the amount of energy storage needed will quadruple what it is today, necessitating the use...
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Open AccessPerformance analysis and modelling of circular jets aeration in an open channel using soft computing techniques
Dissolved oxygen (DO) is an important parameter in assessing water quality. The reduction in DO concentration is the result of eutrophication, which degrades the quality of water. Aeration is the best way to e...
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Open AccessSwitchable tribology of ferroelectrics
Switchable tribological properties of ferroelectrics offer an alternative route to visualize and control ferroelectric domains. Here, we observe the switchable friction and wear behavior of ferroelectrics usin...
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Open AccessFactors that affect consumer trust in product quality: a focus on online reviews and shop** platforms
The growing popularity of online shop** means that consumers must determine product quality after they make a purchase decision and receive the product, a situation that is directly related to the issue of c...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the effect of particulate matter on construction accidents using relative probability
PM10 is known to have a great adverse effect on the human body. However, there is a lack of research analyzing the impact of PM10 on the occurrence of accidents. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to analy...
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Open AccessTime-sequential fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition in elastin-variable 3D hydrogel environments by collagen networks
Fibrosis plays an important role in both normal physiological and pathological phenomena as fibroblasts differentiate to myofibroblasts. The activation of fibroblasts is determined through interactions with th...
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Open AccessGS-DeepNet: mastering tokamak plasma equilibria with deep neural networks and the Grad–Shafranov equation
The force-balanced state of magnetically confined plasmas heated up to 100 million degrees Celsius must be sustained long enough to achieve a burning-plasma state, such as in the case of ITER, a fusion reactor...
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Open AccessAfter cell death: the molecular machinery of efferocytosis
Cells constituting a multicellular organism die in a variety of ways throughout life, and most of them die via apoptosis under normal conditions. The occurrence of apoptosis is especially prevalent during deve...
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Open AccessQBO deepens MJO convection
The underlying mechanism that couples the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) has remained elusive, challenging our understanding of both phenomena. A popular hypothesis ab...
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Open AccessInternalization of apoptotic cells during efferocytosis requires Mertk-mediated calcium influx
Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, called efferocytosis, requires calcium inside and outside of phagocytes. Due to its necessity, calcium flux is sophisticatedly modulated, and the level of intracellular calcium...
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Open AccessDeep learning-based incoherent holographic camera enabling acquisition of real-world holograms for holographic streaming system
While recent research has shown that holographic displays can represent photorealistic 3D holograms in real time, the difficulty in acquiring high-quality real-world holograms has limited the realization of ho...
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Open AccessRisks of complicated acute appendicitis in patients with psychiatric disorders
Acute appendicitis often presents with vague abdominal pain, which fosters diagnostic challenges to clinicians regarding early detection and proper intervention. This is even more problematic with individuals ...
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Open AccessDiffraction-engineered holography: Beyond the depth representation limit of holographic displays
Holography is one of the most prominent approaches to realize true-to-life reconstructions of objects. However, owing to the limited resolution of spatial light modulators compared to static holograms, reconst...
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Can Robots Help Working Parents with Childcare? Optimizing Childcare Functions for Different Parenting Characteristics
Is it true that parents always prioritize educational effectiveness when selecting childcare services? The current study identified the potential requirements of dual-income parents toward social robots’ diver...
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Open AccessOccupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica in municipal household waste collection and road cleaning workers
Despite the increase in the number of cases among South Korean sanitation workers, lung cancer as a result of exposure to occupational carcinogen has not been sufficiently investigated. This study aimed to ide...
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Open AccessCrbn modulates calcium influx by regulating Orai1 during efferocytosis
Calcium flux regulating intracellular calcium levels is essential and modulated for efficient efferocytosis. However, the molecular mechanism by which calcium flux is modulated during efferocytosis remains elu...
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Open AccessQuantum entanglement in inflationary cosmology
We investigate the time-dependent entanglement entropy in the AdS space with a dS boundary which represents an expanding spacetime. On this time-dependent spacetime, we show that the Ryu–Takayanagi formula, wh...
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Open AccessTim-4 functions as a scavenger receptor for phagocytosis of exogenous particles
The phosphatidylserine (PS) receptor Tim-4 mediates phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by binding to PS exposed on the surface of these cells, and thus functions as a PS receptor for apoptotic cells. Some of PS r...
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Open AccessLaser digital patterning of conductive electrodes using metal oxide nanomaterials
As an alternative approach to the conventional deposition and photolithographic processes, the laser digital patterning (LDP) process, which is also known as the laser direct writing process, has attracted con...
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Open AccessObservation of scalable sub-Poissonian-field lasing in a microlaser
Sub-Poisson field with much reduced fluctuations in a cavity can boost quantum precision measurements via cavity-enhanced light-matter interactions. Strong coupling between an atom and a cavity mode has been u...
