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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This article presents the design, modeling, and characterization of air‐pressure–actuated programmable vibroacoustic metamaterials (PVAMM). The study focuses on leveraging air pressure to dynamically tune resonance frequencies for effective noise attenuation.
William Kaal +2 more
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Scientific ReportsSterilizing high-carbon steel medical surgical blades is crucial for public health and safety. To enhance the sterilization efficiency of medical surgical blades, we used the Monte Carlo simulation method to study the effects of gamma irradiation ...
Junwei Bian +5 more
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GRADIENCE IN ANALYSIS: A CASE OF PRESENTATIVE PASSIVE [PDF]
Facta Universitatis Series: Linguistics and Literature, 2008 In this paper, a concept of overlapping grammatical categories in alinguistic analysis is discussed. This overlap has gained recognition in research and is often termed as gradience.
Junichi Toyota
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Agent defocusing in two-participant clauses in Finnish Sign Language
Glossa, 2019 This article investigates what strategies are used for defocusing the agent in two-participant clauses in FinSL. The question is approached by analyzing a set of data that consists of videotaped informational texts.
Sanna Nordlund
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Passive heat transfer control [PDF]
, 1970 Model maintains a preselected temperature in the near vicinity of a variable source of thermal energy. Heat input is controlled by a variable transformer and a voltage drop across the heater is used to calculate power ...
Fitz, F. A.
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Carbon‐free inert anodes are essential for decarbonizing aluminum electrolysis. This study investigates a recyclate‐based MgO‐316L steel composite anode tested under galvanostatic Hall–Héroult conditions in cryolite at 1000°C. Microstructural analysis reveals selective MgO fluorination, spinel and oxide layer formation, electrolyte infiltration, and ...
Serhii Yaroshevskyi +7 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study investigates laser‐based oxide removal of Cu inserts in oxygen‐free conditions and examines long‐term oxidation kinetics and surface chemistry under different atmospheres via X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Al–Cu compound casting with differently oxidized surfaces is performed, and intermetallic phase formation, morphology, and thermal ...
Timon Steinhoff +9 more
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Application of Breathing Architectural Members to the Natural Ventilation of a Passive Solar House
Energies, 2016 The efficient operation of a passive solar house requires an efficient ventilation system to prevent the loss of energy and provide the required ventilation rates. This paper proposes the use of “breathing architectural members” (BAMs) as passive natural
Kyung-Soon Park +2 more
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Why letting die instead of killing? Choosing active euthanasia on moral grounds [PDF]
, 2018 Ever since the debate concerning euthanasia was ignited, the distinction between active and passive euthanasia – or, letting die and killing – has been marked as one of its key issues.
Protopapadakis, Evangelos
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Hydrodynamic Collective Effects of Active Protein Machines in Solution and Lipid Bilayers
, 2015 The cytoplasm and biomembranes in biological cells contain large numbers of proteins that cyclically change their shapes. They are molecular machines that can function as molecular motors or carry out many other tasks in the cell.
Kapral, Raymond, Mikhailov, Alexander
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