This collection highlights works by Michigan Tech authors from across the university community that have been made available Open Access, either through a Creative Commons license or other similar copyright agreement with the publisher.

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Submissions from 2026

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Constraints on axion-like particles from ultra-high-energy observations of M87 with the HAWC observatory, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, A. Andrés, E. Anita-Rangel, M. Araya, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, N. Ghosh, M. Najafi, and et al.

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Selenium-Thioredoxin Axis Contributes to Ferroptosis Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Arslan Amer, Micah Olamide Idowu, Aqsa Ahsan, Alyssa A. Abbas, Tahiyat Alothaim, and Xiaohu Tang

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Integrated decision-support framework for enhancing coastal community resilience against hurricane-induced hazards, Kooshan Amini, Tanmoy Palit, Abigail L. Beck, Jayant Patil, Tao Lu, Himadri Sen Gupta, Yousef Darestani, and et. al

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Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in the Laurentian Great Lakes Ice and Its Contribution to Spring Melt, Anthony J. Arsenault, Nolan J.T. Pearce, Ted Ozersky, Sarah C. D’Amario, Kirill Shchapov, Hunter J. Carrick, Trista Vick-Majors, and et al.

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Novel PtNi single-atom–nanocluster (SA–NC) ensembles promote Tafel kinetics and ampere-class AEM hydrogen evolution, Ahmed Badreldin, Jin Feng, Shiwen Wu, Shaoqin Chen, Carter Racine, Shengyao Wang, Gabby Smith, Mohammad Bilal Minhas, Tao Li, Yun Hang Hu, and Ying Li

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Culvert Retrofit with Green Filter Media for the Removal of Phosphorus from Stormwater Runoff, Somdipta Bagchi, Zhiming Zhang, Olayinka Olayiwola, Bharadwaj Mandala, Rupali Datta, Subhasis Giri, Richard Lathrop, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Three Degree of Freedom Wave Energy Converter Design for Resonant Motion, Greg Ballen, David G. Wilson, Rush Robinett, Shangyan Zou, and Wayne Weaver

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Investigation of material properties of thermoplastic and thermoset polymer materials at cryogenic temperatures using molecular dynamics, Swapnil S. Bamane, Sagar Patil, Khatereh Kashmari, Benjamin D. Jensen, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Evan J. Pineda, Jeffery Hinkley, Ozgur Keles, Jin Ho Kang, and Gregory Odegard

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Challenges and Opportunities in Lentivirus Viral Vector Manufacturing for In Vivo Applications, Eduardo Barbieri and Caryn Heldt

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Dataset for Equity and Justice in Water Pricing and the Effects on Water Distribution System, Brian Barkdoll

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Volcanic plume height during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (La Palma) from two complementary monitoring methods-implications for satellite-based products, África Barreto, Francisco Quirós, Omaira E. García, Jorge Pereda-De-Pablo, Daniel González-Fernández, Andrés Bedoya-Velásquez, Simon Carn, and et. al.

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Understanding Software Engineering Practices and Tools in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students, Prisha Bhatia, Ramzey Burdette, Titilayo Oshinowo, Michelle Jarvie-Eggart, and Stephanos Matsumoto

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Recent progress in the application of graphene in forest-derived products, Papiya Bhowmik, Sheikh Ali Ahmed, Xinfeng Xie, and Reza Hosseinpourpia

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Geospatial analysis of primary healthcare accessibility and qualitative assessment of affordability in rural communities of Twifo Ati-Morkwaa District, Ghana, Peter Ansah Boakye, Daniel Buor, and Francis Tei-Nartey

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The effects of affordability and quality of care on utilization of primary healthcare among rural residents in Twifo Ati-Morkwaa district, Ghana: a qualitative study, Peter Ansah Boakye, Francis Tei-Nartey, and Gideon Owusu

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Leaching of Manganese Using Bio-solubilized Iron Reductant to Prevent Manganese Carbonate Formation, Palas Kamlakar Borkar, Neha Sharma, Atharva Rane, Kwabena Boafo, and Timothy Eisele

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Assessing SMAP for enhanced wildfire danger prediction in boreal-Arctic ecosystems, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Chelene Hanes, Michael Billmire, Karl Bosse, Michael Battaglia, and Andreas Colliander

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Government agencies in the United States are obstructing native species restoration, creating regulatory pits for wildlife, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, L. Mark Elbroch, and John Vucetich

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Translating Graduate Level Engineering Methods for K12 Students, Ahmad Bshennaty, Joey Marano, and Hoda Hatoum

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An ambient acoustic ice-fracturing dataset taken in shallow freshwater, John Case, Andrew Barnard, and Daniel Brown

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Unraveling Patch Size Effects in Vision Transformers: Adversarial Robustness in Hyperspectral Image Classification, Shashi Kiran Chandrappa, Sidike Paheding, and Abel A. Reyes-Angulo

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Role of Piezo1 Channels Expressed in PVN in Regulating Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Arterial Blood Pressure in Rats, Yue Chen, Wei Guo, Jichun Wang, Min Wang, Yuying Yang, Gregory Miodonski, Enshe Jiang, Qing Hui Chen, Yi Yang, and Renjun Wang

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FIRST-PRINCIPLES AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN MXENES, Yi Zhi Chu

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THE EXCESS PATH LENGTH DISTRIBUTION: A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR SAMPLE-BASED PATH PLANNERS, Chaz B. Cornwall

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Anaemic Streams: Iron and Essential Trace Metals Frequently Limit Primary Producer Biomass, David M. Costello, Olufemi J. Akinnifesi, Renn C. Schipper, Paisley Kostick, Jordyn T. Stoll, Scott D. Tiegs, Amy Marcarelli, Sally A. Entrekin, Raven L. Bier, Krista A. Capps, and Dean E. Fletcher

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High thermoelectric power conversion efficiency of an earth-abundant Janus silicon oxy-sulfide monolayer: a first-principles study, Zakariae Darhi, Mounaim Bencheikh, Ravindra Pandey, and Larbi El Farh

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Influences on growth and survival of seedlings planted in black ash stands of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin, Seth W. Davenport, Dustin R. Bronson, Kathryn L. Hofmeister, Randall K. Kolka, Grady J. Boyle, and Fengjing Liu

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SHM FOR INCIPIENT BUCKLING DETECTION IN OVERLOADED STRUCTURES USING NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS ON REDUNDANT DATA SETS, Padmanabh Shridhar Desai

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A Pathfinder Lunar Construction Mission Concept Using Regolith Filled Bags, Cameron S. Dickinson, Fu Nan Shi, Ketan Vasudeva, Rudranarayan M. Mukherjee, Joshua Blanchard, Steve Dubrule, Paul van Susante, and et al.

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Characterizing Cyber Intrusions in Critical Infrastructure Networks Using Discrete-Event Simulation, Lawrence M. Dilworth

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DESIGN, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSCALE CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES ON PLANAR SILICON-BASED MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR SINGLE-ENTITY ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING, Parinaz Eskandari

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Electronic Trap-State Modulation in Sm-Doped SnO Nanofibers Enables Ultrasensitive Hydrogen Sensing, Asky Fungura, Shan Hu, Shuang Gu, and Yixin Liu

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Interactions Between Air Pollution and Weather/Climate From Urban to Global Scales, Meng Gao, Xin Huang, Yucong Miao, Mengmeng Li, and Claudio Mazzoleni

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Predicting oil contamination in water using machine learning on microbial compositions, Tong Gao, Isaac Bigcraft, Stephen Techtmann, and Issei Nakamura

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Neuromarketing research through the years: A bibliometric review of technological advancements and multisensory studies, Md Abu Issa Gazi, Md Mustaqim Roshid, Abdul Waaje, Md Bony Yeamin, Rejaul Karim, Mohammad Bin Amin, Abdul Rahman bin S. Senathirajah, and Judit Oláh

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Restoring the wild east: Predicting public support for cougar and red wolf reintroduction in the eastern United States, Benjamin Ghasemi, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, John A. Vucetich, L. Mark Elbroch, Robyn S. Wilson, Neil H. Carter, Axel Moehrenschlager, Shelby Perry, and Joseph W. Hinton

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MODELING AND TESTING CHAIN TRENCHER EXCAVATOR AND CONE PENETROMETER ROBOTIC PROSPECTING SYSTEMS FOR LUNAR IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION, Marcello C. Guadagno

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Experimental Rate Feedback Control of a Model-Scale Hourglass-Shaped Heaving Point Absorber, James R. Halverson

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Diverse enteric bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogen genes are shed in animal feces in Indiana, Anna A. Heintzman, Ishi Keenum, and Drew Capone

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Microgravity-Induced Alterations in Left Atrial Hemodynamics and Thrombogenic Risk: Insights from Healthy and Atrial Fibrillation Models, Grace M. Hoeppner

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Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale, Sarah R. Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, and John A. Vucetich

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FedDA-TSformer: Federated Domain Adaptation with vision TimeSformer for left ventricle segmentation on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT image, Yehong Huang, Chen Zhao, Rochak Dhakal, Min Zhao, Guang-Uei Hung, Zhixin Jiang, and Weihua Zhou

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Assessment of aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals from multiple utilities in the United States as green sorbents for PFAS, Parisa Javidan, Roxana Rahmati, Zhiming Zhang, Anshuman Satpathy, Steven Larson, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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MODELING DETERMINANTS OF SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE IN THE U.S. MINING SECTOR: A FIXED EFFECTS LOGISTIC REGRESSION APPROACH, Eli Johnson

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Sixty years of observations and future projections of nine declining North American glaciers, Edward G. Josberger, Robert Shuchman, and Ray H. Watkins

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Fully coupled, high-resolution atmosphere–ocean–wave simulations of the offshore wind energy environment during Hurricane Henri (2021), Chunyong Jung, Pengfei Xue, Chenfu Huang, William Pringle, Mrinal Biswas, Geeta Nain, and Jiali Wang

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DESIGNING WITH FORESIGHT: PREMORTEM AND HUMAN-CENTERED EVALUATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, Anusha Kannan

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Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Coordination In Dynamic Environments, Kaushik Kannan

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Qualitatively assessing trade-offs and co-benefits at local scales when considering carbon outcomes among other management goals, Adrienne B. Keller, Ann L. Calhoun, Stephen D. Handler, Maria K. Janowiak, Caitlin E. Littlefield, and Brian Miner

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Least squares as random walks: The general case of arbitrary spacing, Daniel Kestner and Alexander Kostinski

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Demographic response of Rana uenoi to land use near breeding sites: A case study from the Gayasan region, South Korea, Hyun Kim, Hyun Tae Kim, Na Yeong Kim, Soo Dong Lee, and Jared Wolfe

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Constraining orientation statistics of ice crystals in clouds with observations from deep space, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak, and Tamás Várnai

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Breathing Kagome Lattice-Based Nb3I8 Monolayer: Theoretical Insights into Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis, Narender Kumar, Radha Somaiya, Ravindra Pandey, and Nacir Tit

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DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MINIATURIZED PORTABLE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, Justin M. Kurncz

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DISENTANGLING THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ATRIAL CONTRACTION LOSS AND CARDIAC OUTPUT REDUCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, Hailey LaBonte

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Investigating ethical and motivational influences on consumers’ willingness to purchase the refurbished motorcycle parts, Kuei Kuei Lai, Sahilali Saiyed, Vimal Kumar, Naif Almakayeel, Ali Al Owad, and Abdul Waaje

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Nodal elimination for E3 HEMP mitigation: A physics-informed graph theory approach, Connor A. Lehman, Rush Robinett, Quinnlin R. Lehman, David G. Wilson, and Wayne Weaver

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An Autonomous Robotic System for Object Retrieval and Delivery: Enhancing Independence for Users Living with Disability and Older Adults, Jincheng Li, Chenghao Lin, Amna Mazen, and Youssef A. Bazzi

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From time-series generation and model selection to transfer learning: A review and comparative analysis of pixel-wise approaches for large-scale crop mapping, Judy Long, Tao Liu, Sean Alexander Woznicki, Miljana Marković, Oskar Marko, and Molly Sears

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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics, David Luther, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Aline Medeiros, Aidan McCarthy, Emilia Roberts, Xiaoxuan Li, Paulo Bobrowiec, Jared Wolfe, Gabriel Augusto Leite, Tomaz Nascimento de Melo, José W. Ribeiro, Thiago Bicudo, and Konrad Wessels

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The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink, A S. MacDougall, B Vanzant, J Sulik, S Bagchi, D Naidu, T O. Muraina, and E. Hersch-Green

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Sanitizing manufacturing dataset labels using vision-language models, Nazanin Mahjourian and Vinh Nguyen

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Signatures of the Anthropocene: Population Genomic Structure Detected in Pennsylvania Coyotes, Craig A. Marshall, Julia Halo, Kyle Van Why, Yeraldi Loera, Stavi R. Tennenbaum, Casey Burton, Ariana Di Landro, Dominic Dominguez, Daniel Duncan, Madison Machado, Catalina Posada, Stephen J. Gaughran, Madison Lichak, Kristin Brzeski, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, and Bridgett vonHoldt

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Haze processing of atmospheric particles during wintertime in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, Susan Mathai, Amna Ijaz, Tania Gautam, Zezhen Cheng, Nurun Nahar Lata, Harsh Bhotika, David Tseng, Rosalie K. Chu, Lynn Mazzoleni, Claudio Mazzoleni, and Swarup China

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Structural Dynamic Response Assessment of CLT Wall Structure Systems in Wind-Only and Sequential Seismic–Wind Scenarios, Yunxiang Ma, Qingli Dai, and Alexander Zhao

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Investigating confounding factors in shear wave speed measurements of fibrotic liver tissues: a computer simulation study, Emily J. Miller, Yongmei Jin, and Jingfeng Jiang

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Remote Sensing of Dynamic Ground Motion via a Moiré-Based Apparatus, Adrian Ali Moazzam, Nontawat Srisapan, Gregory Waite, Durdu Guney, and Roohollah Askari

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Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Background, Progress, and Perspective, Kumar Neupane, Jeff Kabel, Join Uddin, Raksha Dubey, Rojina Ojha, Dongyan Zhang, and Yoke Khin Yap

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MECHANICAL FRACTIONATION OF WHEAT MIDDLINGS FOR APPLICATION IN PYROLYSIS AND ANIMAL FEED, Okwudili I. Obiakor

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Interfacial Chemistry Involved in Selective Separation of NMC/LMO and LCO/LMO Binary Cathode Materials by Froth Flotation Using Oleic Acid, Richard Kofi Oboh, Kaiwu Huang, Seoung Bum Son, and Lei Pan

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Electrophoretic deposition of chitosan-based coatings on magnesium alloys for implant applications: a review, M. H. Payampur, D. Azimi, W. W. Milligan, M. Razzaghi, H. R. Bakhsheshi-Rad, and J. Drelich

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Bondline quality of Norway spruce (Picea abies) prepared at various gluing conditions, Souvik Ray, Roqeia Al Aid, Nour Aho, Michael Schweigler, Mattias Brännström, and Reza Hosseinpourpia

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Hydrologic History Regulates Microbial Biofilm Diversity and Ecosystem Function, Allison R. Rober, Leah C. Reese, Shawn P. Brown, Katherine D. McMahon, Stilianos Louca, Jillian Cieslik, Evan Kane, Merritt R. Turetsky, and Kevin H. Wyatt

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Natural Protective Mechanisms of Cucumis callosus Leaves in Escherichia Species-Induced Urinary Tract Infection: An Integrated In Silico and In Vivo Study, Meenal Sahu, Tripti Paliwal, Radhika Joshi, Arya Kuhu Vishwapriya, Namita Misra, Smita Jain, Gautam Singhvi, Gulshan Kumar, Devesh U. Kapoor, Dipjyoti Chakraborty, and Swapnil Sharma

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Geochemical fate of lead in contaminated residential soils following application of amendments for lead immobilization, Hadeer Saleh, Washington Braida, Zhiming Zhang, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Multi-Level Energy Optimization for Connected and Automated Vehicles: From Cooperative Multi-Vehicle Control to Individual Powertrain Management, Pruthwiraj Santhosh

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Biomass Demineralization: A Critical Need for Future Biorefineries, Leoncio Santiago-Martínez, Styliani Avraamidou, Alejandro Ayala-Cortés, Ruth Azike, Santanu Bakshi, Chumki Banik, Ezra Bar Ziv, Fei Long, Rebecca Ong, and et al.

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A Theoretical Investigation of the Linear and Nonlinear Optical Responses of Scandium- and Yttrium-Doped (sub-nm) Ag and Au Clusters, Munish Sharma, Mukesh Jakhar, Ravindra Pandey, and Shashi P. Karna

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Intense solar radiation constrains plant species richness in global grasslands, Marie Spohn, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Jonathan D. Bakker, Elizabeth T. Borer, Kari Anne Bråthen, Marc W. Cadotte, Erika I. Hersch-Green, and et al.

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Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (BUV) retrievals of mid-stratospheric aerosols from the 2022 Hunga Eruption, Robert J.D. Spurr, Matt Christi, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Won Ei Choi, Simon Carn, Can Li, and et al.

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A conceptualization of the teaching practice of building, Shari L. Stockero, Blake E. Peterson, Keith R. Leatham, and Laura R. Van Zoest

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Non-Stokes deposition velocities observed under Rayleigh–Bénard turbulence, Kristin Swartz-Schult, Andrew Grace, Andrew Bragg, Jesse C. Anderson, Will Cantrell, Robert Grosz, Hamed F. Sadi, Raymond Shaw, Swafuva Varappillikudy Sulaiman, and et al.

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4-Chlorobenzylamine Containing Maleic Acid Derivatives: Synthesis, In Silico Studies, and Anti-Alzheimer’s Activity, Muhammad Junaid Tariq, Madiha Kanwal, Athar Ata, Humaira Nadeem, and Mahwish Siddiqui

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MODELING, STABILITY, CONTROL, AND PROTECTION OF GRID-FORMING INVERTERS UNDER FAULT RIDE-THROUGH CONDITION, Shipra Tiwari

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Effect of tall oil-based hydrophobic emulsions on the mechanical and water-related properties of high-density fibreboards, John Tosin Aladejana, Sheikh Ali Ahmed, Benjamin Voogt, Valeri Naydenov, Adrien Letoffe, Svante Nordänger, Conrad M. Sala, Piotr Koprowski, Stergios Adamopoulos, Andreas Stephan, and Reza Hosseinpourpia

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Executive functioning in schizophrenia using a novel virtual reality-simulated workplace: validity, test-retest reliability, and links to competitive employment, Ernest Marek Tyburski, Ewa Zawadzka, Adrianna Bober, Ewa Karabanowicz, Piotr Podwalski, Jerzy Samochowiec, Anna Michalczyk, Shane T. Mueller, Michał Szelepajło, Błażej Misiak, Monika Folkierska-Żukowska, Monika Mak, Michał Harciarek, Krzysztof Wietrzyński, and Ashok Jansari

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Statistics of glinting clouds observed by DSCOVR and geostationary satellites, Tamás Várnai, Alexander Marshak, and Alexander Kostinski

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AINet: Integrating Mamba and CBAM for Enhanced Camouflage Object Detection, Henry O. Velesaca, P. Andrea Mero, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo, and Angel D. Sappa

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Improved Performance of Wave Energy Converters and Arrays for Wave-to-Onshore Power Grid Integration, Madelyn Veurink, David Wilson, Rush Robinett, and Wayne Weaver

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HUMAN LOCOMOTION ON SNOW: A CASE FOR THE BICYCLE, Kyle W. Wehmanen

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Energy and fluid balance during a 214-km winter ultraendurance race: a case study, Kyle W. Wehmanen, Brent C. Ruby, Timothy C. Shriver, Michele N. Ravelli, Shalaya Kipp, John McDaniel, Erich Petushek, and Steven J. Elmer

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Artificial intelligence in nuclear cardiology: Technical perspectives, strategic directions, and recommendations from an IAEA expert working group, Christiane Wiefels, Luis Eduardo Juárez-Orozco, Pietro Selemo Craviolatti, Oleksandr Diahiliev, Amir Eskander, Raffaele Giubbini, Weihua Zhou, and et al.

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Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Clarify Relationships Between Soil Properties and Lead Stomach Bioaccessibility, Shehan Wijesinghe, Dibyendu Sarkar, Hadeer Saleh, Khalid Mustafa, Smitha Rao, and Rupali Datta

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Interpretable Machine Learning for Predicting Splitting Strength of Asphalt Concrete: Insights from SHAP Analysis, Jianglei Xing, Xiao Tan, Yihao Li, Dongzhao Jin, Pengwei Guo, Yuhuan Wang, and Huiya Niu

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A Model Intercomparison Study to Investigate Mixing Characteristics in Non-Precipitating Stratocumulus Clouds, Fan Yang, Kyoung Ock Choi, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, Fabian Hoffmann, Pei Hou, Steve Krueger, Chunsong Lu, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Yangze Ren, Shin ichiro Shima, Peng Wu, Chongzhi Yin, Zeen Zhu, and Seong Soo Yum

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Robust Autonomous Driving in Winter Weather: Perception and Integrated Control Under Adverse Conditions, Yiming Yang

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Mechanism and Performance Characterization of Dry-Process Asphalt Mixtures Modified with LDPE/EVA/SBS Composite Particles, Zhengwei Yi, Junhong Jiang, Xiaoxuan Du, Xiangyang Ren, Dongzhao Jin, Tai Sheng, Xiaoxue Li, and Hongfu Liu

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Finite Element Analysis of Tire–Pavement Interaction Effects on Noise Reduction in Porous Asphalt Pavements, Miao Yu, Geyun Lv, Anqi Li, Jing Yang, Zhexi Zhang, Dongzhao Jin, Rong Zhang, and Jiqing Li

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Automatic Segmentation Accuracy and Radiomics-Based Quantitative Reliability in High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Vessel Wall Imaging of Intracranial Aneurysms, Teng Yu

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ETV2 Mediated Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Results in Functional Endothelial Cells for Engineering Advanced Vascularized Microphysiological Models, Shun Zhang, Zhengpeng Wan, Lei Wang, Caihong Wu, Junkai Zhang, Sarah Spitz, Xun Wang, Marie A. Floryan, Mark F. Coughlin, Francesca M. Pramotton, Liling Xu, Ron Weiss, and Roger D. Kamm