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Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
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Resilience Oriented Topology Design of Underwater Multimicrogrids: A Bi‐Objective Optimization Framework

Energy Science & Engineering
Connecting independent microgrids (MGs) to multi‐MGs through a reasonable topology design is beneficial for improving the operational stability and power supply capability of isolated MGs in confronting malfunctions.
Yun Liu, Xiao Li, Shanshan Wu, Shui Ji
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Nitride MXenes Beyond Carbides: Bridging the Gap Between Computational Prediction and Experimental Realization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nitride MXenes remain constrained by a persistent gap between computational prediction and experimental realization. This Review identifies the thermodynamic, kinetic, and chemical barriers limiting their synthesis, critically evaluates emerging fabrication routes, and proposes a multidimensional computational‐experimental framework to accelerate the ...
Naresh Varnakavi, Masoud Soroush
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Biodegradable 3D‐Printable and Coatable Antifouling Composites for Marine Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Marine biofouling damages submerged surfaces and raises greenhouse gas emissions. Biodegradable antifouling biocomposites were developed by hot‐mixing beeswax, Tween 80, and calcium stearate or stearic acid. Adjusting the component ratio enables processing via hot‐pressing, 3D‐printing, or dip‐coating.
Gabriele Corigliano, Lorenzo Ravelli, Martina Nardi, Ruowen Tu, Elena Bellini, Valerio Isa, Carlo Filippeschi, Roberta Finazzi, Luca Ceseracciu, Niloofar Paknezhad, Vincenzo Scribano, Paolo Galli, Silvia Lavorano, Simone Montano, Barbara Mazzolai, Marco Contardi, Pietro Cataldi, Athanassia Athanassiou   +17 more
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Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials

, 2018
Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Workforce Investment Council held Friday, June 15, 2018 at the Austin Community College Highland Business Center.
Texas Workforce Investment Council
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LiST modelling with monitoring data to estimate impact on child mortality of an ORS and zinc programme with public sector providers in Bihar, India

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Many interventions have attempted to increase vulnerable and remote populations’ access to ORS and zinc to reduce child mortality from diarrhoea. However, the impact of these interventions is difficult to measure.
Jayachandran A. Ayyanat, Catherine Harbour, Sanjeev Kumar, Manjula Singh   +3 more
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Microfluidic Engineering of Microgels: A Review of Emerging Technologies, Materials, Fabrication Strategies, and Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Recent advances in microfluidic technologies for microgel fabrication are critically reviewed, highlighting the capabilities and limitations of major microfluidic platforms and discussing how platform design, material selection, and crosslinking strategies influence microgel architecture and functionality. Current challenges and future opportunities in
Afshin Abrishamkar, Laura Neely, Cynthia Pham, Nada Ibrahim, Alexis Larios‐Cervantes, Ben A. Kertesz, Todd Hoare   +6 more
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Numerical analyses for three-dimensional face stability of circular tunnels in purely cohesive soils with linearly increasing strength

Scientific Reports
The tunnel face stability in purely cohesive soils with linearly increasing strength was investigated using three-dimensional finite element limit analysis (FELA).
Bing Huang, Daidai Yu, Yinting Zhao, Junfeng Zhu   +3 more
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Analysis on the Performance of New Mountain Gear Rail Train Brake

Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
Objective The maximum slope of the mountain gear rail line can reach 250‰. As the sliding force generated by the component of the gravity is much greater than the maximum friction force between wheel and rail, relying solely on the conventional wheel and
CUI Yin, LYU Changxiu, XU Hongxing, HUANG Long, LIU Chunyang   +4 more
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To Invest Or Not Invest? : Factors affecting IT investment decisions

, 2009
  Introduction Many studies indicate that there are numerous factors that promote or hamper the adoption of IT applications and are a prime concern for many researchers and practitioners (Abrahamson, 1991). Two main factors which need to be examined closely when making decisions about IT investments are the internal and external factors.
Tarabay, Raymond, Eigbire, Raphael
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