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Does University Level the Playing Field? Impacts of Spatial Inequalities on the Gap in the Earnings of Similar Graduates: Evidence from the UK
This paper examines if universities in the UK mediate the impacts of spatial inequalities on earnings disparities among similar graduates and provides new evidence on the persistent income inequality at the ne...
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Effects of Bismuth Do** on the Properties of CuOx Thin Films
This paper investigated the influence of deposition parameters such as oxygen content and direct current (DC) power on the characteristics of copper bismuth oxide (CuBiOx) thin films prepared by DC magnetron sput...
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Optimized Electrospinnability and Chemical Crosslinking of Nanofiber Membranes with High-content Hyaluronic Acid for Anti-coagulant Application
Hyaluronic acid (HA)-based nanofibers have been widely used for various biomedical applications such as cosmetics, wound dressing, and tissue engineering scaffolds owing to their large active surface areas and...
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A Social Ladder or a Glass Floor? The Role of Higher Education in Intergenerational Social Mobility: Empirical Evidence from South Korea
Though various measures of mobility rate for colleges, e.g. bottom-to-top mobility rate, status maintenance rate, and middle-class mobility rate, have been introduced, they have rarely been reviewed together t...
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Transportation Mode Detection by Using Smartphones and Smartwatches with Machine Learning
Transportation Mode Detection (TMD) is important in planning new transportation projects as well as improving existing ones. Therefore, this study aims to develop predictive modes of transportation through the...
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Open AccessDoes college level the playing field? Socioeconomic gaps in the earnings of similar graduates: evidence from South Korea
The socioeconomic gap in participation at university is an enduring policy issue in South Korea, as in many other countries. However, less attention has been paid to the socioeconomic gap in the outcomes from ...
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Open AccessStress-induced despair behavior develops independently of the Ahr-RORγt axis in CD4 + cells
Current treatments for major depressive disorder are limited to neuropharmacological approaches and are ineffective for large numbers of patients. Recently, alternative means have been explored to understand t...
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Advanced graphene oxide-based paper sensor for colorimetric detection of miRNA
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), found in blood and body fluids, have emerged as potential non-invasive biomarkers for disease and injury. miRNAs are quantitatively evaluated using typical RNA analysis methods such as the ...
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Open AccessThe ethanol extract of Garcinia subelliptica Merr. induces autophagy
Garcinia subelliptica Merr. is a multipurpose coastal tree, the potential medicinal effects of which have been studied, including cancer suppression. Here, we present evidence that the ethanol extract of G. subel...
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Correction to: Manually scaling ionograms measured by Icheon and Jeju ionosondes over a 2-year period (2017–2018)
A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-021-00232-w
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Manually scaling ionograms measured by Icheon and Jeju ionosondes over a 2-year period (2017–2018)
From 1966 until 2009, the ionosonde at the Anyang station has been monitoring the ionosphere over the Korea, Peninsula, and the ionosondes at the Icheon (37.14° N, 127.54° E) and the Jeju (33.43° N, 126.30° E)...
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Multi-sensor-based detection and tracking of moving objects for relative position estimation in autonomous driving conditions
Moving object detection (MOD) technology was combined to include detection, tracking and classification which provides information such as the local and global position estimation and velocity from around obje...
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Open AccessLiver imaging features by convolutional neural network to predict the metachronous liver metastasis in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients based on preoperative abdominal CT scan
Introducing deep learning approach to medical images has rendered a large amount of un-decoded information into usage in clinical research. But mostly, it has been focusing on the performance of the prediction...
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3,4-Dichloroaniline promotes fatty liver in zebrafish larvae
3,4-Dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA) is a transformation product of herbicides that is commonly used as a reference in developmental toxicity studies (OECD TG 236) (Bonnet et al. in Environ Toxicol 22:78–91, 2007). Howe...
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The exploration of feature extraction and machine learning for predicting bone density from simple spine X-ray images in a Korean population
Osteoporosis is hard to detect before it manifests symptoms and complications. In this study, we evaluated machine learning models for identifying individuals with abnormal bone mineral density (BMD) through a...
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Developmental and reproductive effects of tamoxifen on Daphnia magna
Although medicines are less toxic than other toxicants, increased production and usage of pharmaceuticals have led to many concerns regarding their toxic effects on human and non-target organisms. Additionally...
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Functionalization of Syndiotactic Polystyrene via Superacid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Alkylation
Crystalline syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) was functionalized by superacid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation. Once a tertiary carbocation is generated by the reaction of tertiary alcohols and triflic acid, it s...
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Open AccessWhole-body vibration training improves balance control and sit-to-stand performance among middle-aged and older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Aging is associated with decreased balance, which increases falling risk. The objective of the current study was to determine the feasibility and effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) training on knee extensor...
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Pascal’s triangle-based range-free localization for anisotropic wireless networks
This paper introduces a Pascal’s triangle model to draw the potential locations and their probabilities for a normal node given the hop counts to the anchors according to the extent of detour of the shortest p...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Sound Packing DNA: packing open circular DNA with low-intensity ultrasound
Supercoiling DNA (folding DNA into a more compact molecule) from open circular forms requires significant bending energy. The double helix is coiled into a higher order helix form; thus it occupies a smaller f...
