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Catalytic Mechanisms of Non-Heme Fe(II) and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Enzymes: A Computational Perspective, Christo Christov, Tatyana Karabencheva-Christova, Sudheesh Devadas, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee, Anandhu Krishnan, and Midhun George Thomas

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A Study on the Performance Limitations and Improvements of a Gasoline-Engine Based VGT Hydrogen Engine Using an Experiment-Based Mean-Value Engine Model, Jae Woo Chung, Si Won Lee, Nam Ho Kim, and Youngchul Ra

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How Does Nanoconfinement Affect the Hydrogen Storage Capacity in MXene Slit Pores?, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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Rheological and fatigue performance of asphalt binder in chloride salt environment considering ageing effect, Zhaoyang Chu, Naisheng Guo, Zhichen Wang, Zhanping You, Chenze Fang, and Simeng Yan

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Bulk absorber acoustic characterization via the two-cavity impedance tube methoda), Anthony Ciletti, Janith Godakawela, Martha Brown, and Bhisham Sharma

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Solving the Right Problem with Multi-Robot Formations, Chaz B. Cornwall and Jeremy P. Bos

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Can We Get There Faster: Tuning Sample-based Path Planners, Chaz B. Cornwall, Casey Majhor, Logan Schexnaydre, Ian Q. Mattson, and Jeremy Bos

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Spectral Rake Filters: An Approach for Real-Time Interharmonic Detection, Flavio Costa

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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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Differential Contributions From Chemo- and Photoautotrophy to Winter Primary Production in a North Temperate Freshwater System, Vanessa Cubillos Tellez, Mari E. Leland, Maci Quintanilla, Mohiuddin Munawar, and Trista Vick-Majors

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Multimodal sequences and their generating functions, Philip Cuthbertson and Robert Schneider

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Heavy-Duty Nonroad Material Handler Electrification Part 1: Real-World Drive Cycle Development, Alexander Czarnecki, Bryant Goodenough, Jeremy Worm, Darrell Robinette, Phil LaTendresse, and John Westman

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Heavy-Duty Nonroad Material Handler Electrification Part 2: Energy Efficiency and Performance Evaluation, Alexander Czarnecki, Bryant Goodenough, Jeremy Worm, Darrell Robinette, Phil LaTendresse, John Westman, David Subert, Matthew Heath, Dylan Kiefer, and Andrew Black

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Mg-Y-Nd alloy biocorrosion behavior in hyperlipidemia models in vitro and in vivo, Carolyn W. Czerniak, Mitchell L. Connon, Elizabeth Wintersheimer, Erico Freitas, Keith W. MacRenaris, Jeremy E. Schaffer, Adam J. Griebel, Le Zhou, Daisy Sahoo, and Roger J. Guillory

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Hardware-Assisted Secure Decentralized Cloud Storage via Self-audit and Self-repair, Josh Dafoe, Niusen Chen, and Bo Chen

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Modeling and analysis of an environmentally friendly CuBi2O4 solar cell with advanced n/p/p+ architecture, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Rajib Kumar Dash, Banda Saisandeep, Subba Rao Polamuri, I. Lakshmi Manikyamba, Hari Jyothula, S. Nagarjuna Reddy, Ch V. Sivaram Prasad, and Kumar Neupane

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Bridging the safety-specific language model gap: Domain-adaptive pretraining of transformer-based models across several industrial sectors for occupational safety applications, Abid Ali Khan Danish and Snehamoy Chatterjee

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Power Transformer Fault Classification Using Industry 4.0-Compliant Machine Learning Under Data Missing Conditions, Ingrid T.A. Dantas, Rodrigo P. Medeiros, Flavio B. Costa, Orivaldo V.S. Junior, Fabio J.P. Sousa, Marcel Wagner, Matthias Klar, and Jan C. Aurich

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Phasor-based secondary arc extinction detection method for shunt compensated transmission lines, Karcius M. C. Dantas, Matheus Alves, Felipe V. Lopes, Flavio Bezerra Costa, and Kleber M. Silva

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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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Special Issue on Considering Boundary Conditions in Structural Dynamic Environmental Testing, J. P. Declerck, T. F. Schoenherr, and C. J. Taylor

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Computational Investigation of the Thermo-Fluid Mechanisms for Aero-Optical Distortions in a Subsonic Compressible Shear Layer, Thomas E. Defoor, R. Mark Rennie, and Andrew A. Oliva

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Carbon availability, soil pH, and microbial allocation to nitrogen acquisition shape grassland heterotrophic respiration in response to a decade of nitrogen addition, Lang C. DeLancey, Qian Zhao, Adrienne B. Keller, Christopher A. Walter, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Melanie A. Mayes, Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, Andrew D.B. Leakey, and Sarah E. Hobbie

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Combinatorial proof of a congruence for partitions into two sizes of part, Eli R. Dewitt and William J. Keith

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PF-DAformer: proximal femur segmentation via domain adaptive transformer for dual-center QCT, Rochak Dhakal, Chen Zhao, Zixin Shi, Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi S. Kaneko, Kuan Jui Su, Hui Shen, Hong Wen Deng, and Weihua Zhou

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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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Marshaled Learning: Bridging Large Neural Networks with Memory-Constrained Trusted Execution Environments in Federated Learning, Shiwei Ding, Xiaoyong Yuan, Zhenlin Wang, Lan Emily Zhang, and Giuseppe Ateniese

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Effects of LOI Content in Fly Ash on Shrinkage and Chloride Penetration Resistance of Mortars, Bao Do Van, Linh Nguyen Ngoc, Warangkana Saengsoy, Somnuk Tangtermsirikul, and Lam Nguyen Trong

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Lunar Site Preparation Technology Development from ASPECT, Christopher B. Dreyer, Andrew Petruska, Neil Dantam, George Sowers, Daniel Johnson, Ian Jehn, Kevin Cannon, Mabel Reed, Rik Banerjee, Hadley Bell, Polina Rygina, Will Hunt, Trenton Fredrick, Thomas Lee, Makoa Shope, Ben Roan, Patrick Cooney, Joseph Lehman, Isabel Casasbuenas, Sander Bouchard, Alanis Matias-Perez, Paul van Susante, Charles Carey, Van Wagner, and A. J. Gemer

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Evaluating the use of uncrewed surface vessels to enhance Lake Erie acoustic prey-fish surveys., Mark R. DuFour, Thomas M. Evans, Lars G. Rudstam, Suresh A. Sethi, Jeremy P. Holden, Heather Luken, Peter Jenkins, Daniel L. Yule, David M. Warner, Steven A. Farha, Timothy P. O'Brien, Andrew Barnard, Steven A. Senczyszyn, Hannah B. Blair, James M. Watkins, James J. Roberts, and Peter C. Esselman

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A Multiwavelength Interpretation of HESS J1857+026 Emission Using the Fermi-LAT, VERITAS, and HAWC Observatories, J. Eagle, S. Kumar, A. Archer, P. Bangale, J. T. Bartkoske, W. Benbow, N. R. Bond, Y. Chen, J. L. Christiansen, A. J. Chromey, A. Duerr, M. Errando, M. Escobar Godoy, J. Escudero Pedrosa, S. Feldman, Q. Feng, S. Filbert, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, W. Hanlon, C. E. Hinrichs, J. Holder, T. B. Humensky, M. Iskakova, W. Jin, M. N. Johnson, E. Joshi, P. Kaaret, M. Kertzman, M. Kherlakian, and D. Kieda

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Q-Aware: A Lightweight Crosscutting Track for Preparing Quantum-Aware Software Developers, Ali Ebnenasir, Görkem Aşllloglü, Ruihong Zhang, Stella Otoo, and Charles Wallace

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Corrosion resistance of micro-arc oxidation coating on laser-treated magnesium alloy, Seyed Alireza Ensaniat, Jaroslaw Drelich, Farid Naeimi, and Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad

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Applications of multimodal large language models in construction industry, Abdolmajid Erfani and Ali Mansouri

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What drives risk similarity across construction projects? An explainable machine learning analysis using GPT-based embeddings, Abdolmajid Erfani and Mohsen Naghdi

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Correlation between Monitoring While Drilling (MWD) Compound Parameters and Undrained Shear Strength of Fine-Grained Soils in Nebraska, Michael N. Erzuah, Yasaman Abdolvand, Mohammadhossein Sadeghiamirshahidi, Nikolas Glennie, Alex Silvey, and Raul Velasquez

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Synthesis of sulfur-cathodes for applications in lithium–sulfur batteries, Martin Chidera Etude, Ransom Okwukwe Uwakwem, Olamilekan Olamibode Owolabi, Elochukwu Okoye, and Bethel Chijioke Iheanacho

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Correction to: Platinum nanoparticles in cancer therapy: chemotherapeutic enhancement and ROS generation (Medical Oncology, (2025), 42, 2, (42), 10.1007/s12032-024-02598-w), Emmanuel Faderin, Terungwa H. Iorkula, Omowunmi Rebecca Aworinde, Raymond Femi Awoyemi, Christopher Taiwo Awoyemi, Edward Acheampong, Peter Agyemang, Gregory E. Onaiwu, and Ikhazuagbe Hilary Ifijen

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On the application of machine learning techniques for quality assurance in an automobile paint shop, Anis Fatima, Shakeel Ahmed, and Muhammad Akif Shan

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Author Correction: Parity–time symmetry and exceptional points in electronic circuits (Nature Electronics, (2026), 9, 5, (467-478), 10.1038/s41928-026-01623-2), Lucas J. Fernández-Alcázar, Qi Zhong, Ulrich Kuhl, Pai Yen Chen, Ramy El-Ganainy, and Tsampikos Kottos

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Parity–time symmetry and exceptional points in electronic circuits, Lucas J. Fernández-Alcázar, Qi Zhong, Ulrich Kulh, Pai Yen Chen, Ramy El-Ganainy, and Tsampikos Kottos

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Long-Term Shoreline Evolution and Anthropogenic Impact: Evidence from 76 Years of Coastal Change in Mazagón, Spain, M. Fernández-Hernández, M. Pastor, L. Iglesias, R. Castedo, and K. S. Sajinkumar

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“No Mining Engineer Could Be a Lady”: A Historical Case Study of Drag and Humor in Technical Writing, 1911–1917, Andrew Fiss

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Genetic markers of polycystic ovarian syndrome: A descriptive review, A. Folorunsho Ajayi, V. Amos, A. Hezekiah Ayodele, W. Adeyemi, L. Oluwatoyin Ajayi, and Oyeniran Oluwatosin Imoleayo

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Building occupancy detection using thermal imaging based edge computing, Navian Francis, Ryan P. Wood, Rutuja Shivarkar, and Ye Sun

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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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The electrifying moment? Electric vehicles and the rural-urban divide in Germany and the U.S., Kayla Gabehart and Christoph H. Stefes

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Thermal infrared and ultraviolet remote sensing of sulfur dioxide gas emitted during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi, Andrea Gabrieli, Christoph Kern, Allan Lerner, Vincent J. Realmuto, Simon Carn, Patricia A. Nadeau, Robert Wright, and John N. Porter

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A Dual-Crosslinked Metallo-elastomer Platform for Architecture-Directed Vascular Remodeling, Narangerel Gantumur, Shuhao Jiao, Xiaochu Ding, Simon Van Herck, Isabella Frangiosa, Emily Kopchick, Caitlin Maureen Purdy, Ty Walker, Aarati Kharal, and Ying Grace Chen

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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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Optimizing Charging Direction Set for Directional Mobile Chargers With Multi-Sectorial Energy Beams, Zhenguo Gao, Qingyu Gao, and Hsiao Chun Wu

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Understanding how fire impacts soil carbon and nutrient cycling: Toward standardized reporting of fire metrics for the integrated plant-soil system, Julia B. Gaudinski, Kate Wilkin, Jasquelin Peña, Mary E. Miller, and Margaret S. Torn

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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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Influence of ribbed surfaces on condensation characteristics of air–water vapor mixture on vertical plate, Minghui Ge, Lei Wen, Zexuan Li, Yulong Zhao, Ying Peng, Tomohiro Sato, Yanzhe Li, and Haiqiao Wei

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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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Psychometric framework for coexistence with large carnivores, Benjamin Ghasemi, Gerard Kyle, Tara Teel, Rebeca Niemiec, Kevin Crooks, Jenny Anne Glikman, Neil H. Carter, John A. Vucetich, Michelle L. Lute, Stewart Breck, Beatrice Frank, Dana Hoag, Jonathan Salerno, Lily M. van Eeden, and Jeremy T. Bruskotter

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Recent advancements in the characterization of archaeological wood, Amir Ghavidel, Reza Hosseinpourpia, and Jianhui Zhou

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Emerging frontiers in perovskite solar cells: Principles, performance, and pathways to commercialization, Souvik Ghosh, Ananda Sharma, Nitumoni Deka, Haraprasad Mondal, Ayush Tara, Ahmet Sait Alali, Jajneswar Nanda, Abhinav Kumar, Ankit Dilipkumar Oza, Sagar Bhattarai, Pratap Kumar Dakua, and Kumar Neupane

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D. Morgan Rees: A Welsh Industrial Archaeologist for Welsh Industrial Heritage, Lucy A. Gibbs, Katherine Loff-Peterson, Mark Rhodes, Mitchell T. Kelly, Grace West, Daisy K. Schwartz, August G. Staples, Troy M. Trepanier, Zachary J. Zurschmiede, and Jennifer Protheroe-Jones

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Micromechanical behavior of copper tailings and sulfide-bearing ore, Odai Gifty and Sai Sandeep Chitta

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Preparing Literacy Educators for Flexible, Equitable, and Inclusive Open-Access Teaching, Joanne Baird Giordano and Holly Hassel

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Rethinking Preclinical Models for Arterial Implants: How Age and Disease Alter Biocompatibility Outcomes, Jeremy Goldman

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FEM-DtN-SIM method for computing resonances of Schrödinger operators, Bo Gong, Takumi Sato, Jiguang Sun, and Xinming Wu

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Evaluating the Impact of Fuel Additives on Stochastic Pre-ignition Using Center for Quality Assurance (CQA) Approved Methodology, Siddharth Gopujkar, Richard Davis, Jeremy Worm, Nic Tuma, Prajwal Shukla, Veronica Reilly, Elana Chapman, Joseph Ciaravino, and Philipp Seyfried

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Measurement Framework for Automated Vehicle Systems Interaction, Edward R. Griffor, Mahima Arora, Zeid Kootbally, and Vinh Nguyen

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Absorption Characteristics of a Passive Damper-Augmented Timoshenko Beam Using a Wave-Decomposition Approach, Samikhshak Gupta and Vijaya V.N.Sriram Malladi

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An LLM-based agentic system for greenwashing detection, Yu Gu, Lanxin Jiang, Jun Dai, and Miklos Vasarhelyi

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Search for Ultra-high-energy Neutrons from Galactic Sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Allekotte, K. Almeida Cheminant, A. Almela, B. Fick, K. Nguyen, and D. Nitz

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ERROR ANALYSIS OF A CONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE MODIFIED ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSION EIGENVALUE PROBLEM, Jiayu Han, Jiguang Sun, and Qian Zhang

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The Effect of Si and Zr on the Formation of Al3X and V-Phase in a 6005A Alloy with Sc—Part 1: Alloy Design and Heat Treatment Selection, Eli A. Harma, Timothy Langan, and Paul Sanders

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The Influence of Sc and Zr Additions on the Extrusion Performance of a 6005A Alloy, Eli A. Harma and Paul Sanders

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The price of ethnic marginalization: the peril of ethnic exclusion in times of public health crisis, William Hatungimana, Leeann H. Youn, Rigao Liu, and Haruka Nagao

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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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New Identities in the Character Table of Symmetric Groups involving Riordan Numbers, David J. Hemmer, Armin Straub, and Karlee J. Westrem

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Microgravity-induced alterations in left atrial hemodynamics and thrombogenic risk: Insights from healthy and atrial fibrillation models, Grace Hoeppner, Ahmad Bshennaty, Brennan Vogl, Ghasaq Saleh, Mohamad Alkhouli, and Hoda Hatoum

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The star employee scale: Conceptualization, scale development, and measurement validation, Michelle C. Hong, Elham Asgari, and Richard A. Hunt

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Polydopamine-Cu(II) Ions Functional Coatings on Zinc Wire: Surface Characterization and Degradation Behavior, Md Tanvir Hossain, Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad, Bashir Ahamed, Erico Freitas, Bruce P. Lee, Jeremy Goldman, and Jaroslaw W. Drelich

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Surface modification and degradation performance of Ag-immobilized polydopamine-coated zinc wires, Md Tanvir Hossain, H. R. Bakhsheshi-Rad, Bashir Ahamed, J. Goldman, and J. W. Drelich

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Surface Modification and Degradation Performance of Ag-Immobilized Polydopamine-Coated Zinc Wires, Md Tanvir Hossain, H R. Bakhsheshi-Rad, Bashir Ahamed, J Goldman, and J W. Drelich

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The role of institutional logic: a new dynamic typology for policy innovation labs, Esti Hoss-Golan, Anat Gofen, and Adam M. Wellstead

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Development of a Generative AI-Based Platform for Construction Education by Integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Xiaoyu Hou, Aakash Walavalkar, Bo Xiao, Hexu Liu, and Shane T. Mueller

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Instructional applications and pedagogical alignment of digital technologies in construction education: A structured review, Xiaoyu Hou, Yifan Wang, Bo Xiao, Hexu Liu, and Shane T. Mueller

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Rainy Day Liquidity, Jing Zhi Huang, Xin Li, Mehmet Saglam, and Tong Yu

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Chronic Paraventricular OX1R Overexpression Induces Oxidative Stress and Hypertension in Rats, Peiying Huang, Nasibeh Yousefzadehkharvanagh, Derrick Simet, Xinqian Chen, Yingli Li, Robert Larson, Lanrong Bi, Qinghui Chen, Bojun Chen, and Zhiying Shan

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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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Model Pirating and Backdoor Injection Attacks in Data-Free Setting, Aolin Hu, Xinyu Lei, Xin Chen, and Xu Zhou

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Multifunctional Graphene-Enhanced Smart Contact Lenses: A New Frontier in Ocular Diagnostics and Protection, Phoebe Hu and Yun Hang Hu

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The utilization of waste cheese whey for retardation in alkali activated slag-based materials: Retarding performance and molecular hydration mechanism, Shuang Hu, Jiaqing Wang, Xin Zhou, Qiang Li, Dongzhao Jin, Dongdong Ge, and Feng Shen

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The Competition of Fairness in AI-generated Face Detection: Methods and Results, Shu Hu, Li Lin, Shail Desai, Aditya Pawar, Guangyu Lin, Xin Wang, Wenbin Zhang, and et al.

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Taming chaos: alkali-catalyzed nano-SiO2 for frictional stability and microstructural reinforcement in slag-based geopolymers, Xinyao Hu, Yizhou Liu, Tongyu Wu, Zhengdong Luo, Xinyu Li, Boyuan Yin, Dongzhao Jin, and Fu Xu

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Generative AI for Open-Set Event Detection and Classification in Power Systems Using Synchrophasor Data, Yi Hu and Zheyuan Cheng

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Plugging in but priced out: Energy justice and the affordability gap in electric vehicle policy in Michigan, United States, Vincent Edache Idoko, Chelsea Schelly, and Roman Sidortsov

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ZnO-Functionalized Cotton Textiles with Enhanced Antibacterial Activity, Moisture Management, and Wear Comfort, Md Ariful Islam, Md Mehedi Hassan, Md Tanvir Hossain, Jakir Hossain Ridoy, and Ahasan Habib

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SignalPath-Finder: Identifying TOR complex downstream target genes via pseudo-peak ranking and autoencoder-based optimization, Md Khairul Islam, Reuben Tayengwa, Anil Kumar, Kaiwen Lv, Yiping Qi, Victor Busov, Gary D. Coleman, and Hairong Wei

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Beyond Histone Demethylation: Mechanisms of N-Alkyl Consecutive Oxidations by the Non-Heme Fe(II)/2-Oxoglutarate Oxygenase KDM6B, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee, Sudheesh Devadas, Midhun George Thomas, Bhargav Varada, Ethan Sommer, Cassandra Talaba, Christopher Schofield, and Christo Z. Christov

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Beyond Histone Demethylation: Mechanisms of N‑Alkyl Consecutive Oxidations by the Non-Heme Fe(II)/2-Oxoglutarate Oxygenase KDM6B, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee, Sudheesh Devadas, Midhun George Thomas, Bhargav Varada, Ethan Sommer, Cassandra Talaba, Christopher Schofield, and Christo Z. Christov

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Efficient and accurate evaluation of the Gauss hypergeometric function, Caleb Jacobs, Cécile Piret, and Bengt Fornberg

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Convective and inertial Marangoni surfing, Saeed Jafari Kang, Esmaeil Dehdashti, Jonathan P. Rothstein, and Hassan Masoud