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Andrew Gayle, Sebastian Engmann, Ran Tao, Andrew Korovich, Polette Centellas, Yvonne Gerbig, Christopher Soles, Chris Michaels
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Harold Hatch, Christina Bergonzo, Marco Blanco, Guangcui N. Yuan, Sergei Grudinin, Mikael Lund, Joseph E. Curtis, Alexander Grishaev, Yun Liu, Vincent Shen
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As a part of the 21st INTERPOL International Forensic Science Managers Symposium, this work explores the latest scientific developments, methodologies, and...
Isabel Vinterbladh, Jordan Bye, Robin Curtis, Harold Hatch, Sergei Grudinin, Mikael Lund
Computing molecular thermodynamic properties is instrumental in multiple scientific disciplines, such as statistical physics, N-body simulations, and molecular...
Zongze Li, Aaron Cornelius, Gonzalo Reyes, Edward Kinzel, Ryuta Sato, Gregory Vogl, Robert Landers
Machine tool deformations due to thermal loads from motors and part processing, as well as from changing ambient temperature, can dominate the machine tool's...
Dominick Scaletta, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Marta Musso, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, Heather Hill, Dean Jarrett, Massimo Ortolano, Curt Richter, David Newell, Albert Rigosi
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Accurate prediction of Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) at metal-semiconductor (M-SC) interfaces is essential for understanding charge injection in electronic...
Albert Rigosi, Hansjorg Scherer, Mathieu Taupin, Luca Callegaro, Hans He, Susmit Kumar, Ali Eichenberger, Mattias Kruskopf, Yanfei Yang, Martina Marzano, Stephen Giblin, Sergiy Rozhko, Takehiko Oe, Dong-Hun Chae, Pierre Gournay
Arvid Gynna, Maja Sidstedt, Kevin Kiesler, Adam Staadig, Carolyn Steffen, Peter Vallone, Johannes Hedman
Unique molecular identifiers can be used in forensic STR sequencing to reduce the level of artefacts, and are thus expected to improve sensitivity for minor...
Katherine Shaw, Zachary Bramble, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Matthias Egger, Matthew Iacchei, Jennifer Lynch, K David Hyrenbach
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Sarala N. Padi, Kinjal Mondal, David Hoogerheide, Frank N. Heinrich, Mihaela Mihailescu, Jeffery Klauda, Antonio Cardone
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Ali Rad, Alexander Schuckert, Eleanor Crane, Gautam Nambiar, Fan Fei, Jonathan Wyrick, Richard Silver, Mohammad Hafezi, Zohreh Davoudi, Michael Gullans
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