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Reinforced concrete wall buildings with force‐limiting connections: Modeling effects and uncertainty propagation by Mayorga, C. Franco, Tsampras, Georgios

“…Abstract This paper assesses the effects of (1) the gravity load‐resisting system (GLRS) modeling approach, (2) the seismic force‐resisting system (SFRS)…”
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Global Land Grabbing and Political Reactions 'From Below' by Borras, Saturnino M, Franco, Jennifer C

“…Contemporary large-scale land deals are widely understood as involving the expulsion of people who, in turn, struggle instinctively to resist dispossession…”
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Soil Quality Indexing Strategies for Evaluating Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil by Cherubin, Maurício R, Karlen, Douglas L, Cerri, Carlos E P, Franco, André L C, Tormena, Cássio A, Davies, Christian A, Cerri, Carlos C

“…Increasing demand for biofuel has intensified land-use change (LUC) for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) expansion in Brazil. Assessments of soil quality (SQ)…”
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Reactive nitrogen species in cellular signaling by Adams, Levi, Franco, Maria C, Estevez, Alvaro G

“…The transduction of cellular signals occurs through the modification of target molecules. Most of these modifications are transitory, thus the signal…”
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Quantum transport simulations in a programmable nanophotonic processor by Harris, Nicholas C., Steinbrecher, Gregory R., Prabhu, Mihika, Lahini, Yoav, Mower, Jacob, Bunandar, Darius, Chen, Changchen, Wong, Franco N. C., Baehr-Jones, Tom, Hochberg, Michael, Lloyd, Seth, Englund, Dirk

“…Environmental noise and disorder play critical roles in quantum particle and wave transport in complex media, including solid-state and biological systems…”
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Resolving Photon Numbers Using a Superconducting Nanowire with Impedance-Matching Taper by Zhu, Di, Colangelo, Marco, Chen, Changchen, Korzh, Boris A, Wong, Franco N. C, Shaw, Matthew D, Berggren, Karl K

“…Time- and number-resolved photon detection is crucial for quantum information processing. Existing photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors usually suffer from…”
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Harnessing high-dimensional hyperentanglement through a biphoton frequency comb by Xie, Zhenda, Zhong, Tian, Shrestha, Sajan, Xu, XinAn, Liang, Junlin, Gong, Yan-Xiao, Bienfang, Joshua C., Restelli, Alessandro, Shapiro, Jeffrey H., Wong, Franco N. C., Wei Wong, Chee

“…Quantum entanglement is a fundamental resource for secure information processing and communications, and hyperentanglement or high-dimensional entanglement has…”
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Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation by RIIS, TENNA, KELLY-QUINN, MARY, AGUIAR, RANCISCA C., MANOLAKI, PARASKEVI, BRUNO, DANIEL, BEJARANO, MARÍA D., CLERICI, NICOLA, FERNANDES, MARÍA ROSÁRIO, FRANCO, JOSÉ C., PETTIT, NEIL, PORTELA, ANA P., TAMMEORG, OLGA, TAMMEORG, PRIIT, RODRÍGUEZ-GONZÁLEZ, PATRICIA M., DUFOUR, SIMON

“…Fluvial riparian vegetation (RV) links fluvial and terrestrial ecosystems. It is under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities, and, therefore, the…”
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The rise of flex crops and commodities: implications for research by Borras, Saturnino M., Franco, Jennifer C., Isakson, S. Ryan, Levidow, Les, Vervest, Pietje

“…As a concept and phenomenon, 'flex crops and commodities' feature 'multiple-ness' and 'flexible-ness' as two distinct but intertwined dimensions. These key…”
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Metropolitan Quantum Key Distribution with Silicon Photonics by Bunandar, Darius, Lentine, Anthony, Lee, Catherine, Cai, Hong, Long, Christopher M., Boynton, Nicholas, Martinez, Nicholas, DeRose, Christopher, Chen, Changchen, Grein, Matthew, Trotter, Douglas, Starbuck, Andrew, Pomerene, Andrew, Hamilton, Scott, Wong, Franco N. C., Camacho, Ryan, Davids, Paul, Urayama, Junji, Englund, Dirk

“…Photonic integrated circuits provide a compact and stable platform for quantum photonics. Here we demonstrate a silicon photonics quantum key distribution…”
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Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes by Hoffmann, William A., Geiger, Erika L., Gotsch, Sybil G., Rossatto, Davi R., Silva, Lucas C. R., Lau, On Lee, Haridasan, M., Franco, Augusto C.

“…Fire shapes the distribution of savanna and forest through complex interactions involving climate, resources and species traits. Based on data from central…”
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Photon-efficient imaging with a single-photon camera by Shin, Dongeek, Xu, Feihu, Venkatraman, Dheera, Lussana, Rudi, Villa, Federica, Zappa, Franco, Goyal, Vivek K., Wong, Franco N. C., Shapiro, Jeffrey H.

“…Reconstructing a scene’s 3D structure and reflectivity accurately with an active imaging system operating in low-light-level conditions has wide-ranging…”
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Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas by Faria, N. R., Quick, J., Claro, I.M., Thézé, J., de Jesus, J. G., Giovanetti, M., Kraemer, M. U. G., Hill, S. C., Black, A., da Costa, A. C., Franco, L. C., Silva, S. P., Wu, C.-H., Raghwani, J., Cauchemez, S., du Plessis, L., Verotti, M. P., de Oliveira, W. K., Carmo, E. H., Coelho, G. E., Santelli, A. C. F. S., Vinhal, L. C., Henriques, C. M., Simpson, J. T., Loose, M., Andersen, K. G., Grubaugh, N. D., Somasekar, S., Chiu, C. Y., Muñoz-Medina, J. E., Gonzalez-Bonilla, C. R., Arias, C. F., Lewis-Ximenez, L. L., Baylis, S. A., Chieppe, A. O., Aguiar, S. F., Fernandes, C. A., Lemos, P. S., Nascimento, B. L. S., Monteiro, H. A. O., Siqueira, I. C., de Queiroz, M. G., de Souza, T. R., Bezerra, J. F., Lemos, M. R., Pereira, G. F., Loudal, D., Moura, L. C., Dhalia, R., França, R. F., Magalhães, T., Marques, E. T., Jaenisch, T., Wallau, G. L., de Lima, M. C., Nascimento, V., de Cerqueira, E. M., de Lima, M. M., Mascarenhas, D. L., Neto, J. P. Moura, Levin, A. S., Tozetto-Mendoza, T. R., Fonseca, S. N., Mendes-Correa, M. C., Milagres, F. P., Segurado, A., Holmes, E. C., Rambaut, A., Bedford, T., Nunes, M. R. T., Sabino, E. C., Alcantara, L. C. J., Loman, N. J., Pybus, O. G.

“…Virus genomes reveal the establishment of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas, and provide an appropriate timeframe for baseline (pre-Zika) microcephaly in…”
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First-Photon Imaging by Kirmani, Ahmed, Venkatraman, Dheera, Shin, Dongeek, Colaço, Andrea, Wong, Franco N. C., Shapiro, Jeffrey H., Goyal, Vivek K.

“…Imagers that use their own illumination can capture three-dimensional (3D) structure and reflectivity information. With photon-counting detectors, images can…”
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Metabolomics analysis reveals a modified amino acid metabolism that correlates with altered oxygen homeostasis in COVID-19 patients by Páez-Franco, José C., Torres-Ruiz, Jiram, Sosa-Hernández, Víctor A., Cervantes-Díaz, Rodrigo, Romero-Ramírez, Sandra, Pérez-Fragoso, Alfredo, Meza-Sánchez, David E., Germán-Acacio, Juan Manuel, Maravillas-Montero, José L., Mejía-Domínguez, Nancy R., Ponce-de-León, Alfredo, Ulloa-Aguirre, Alfredo, Gómez-Martín, Diana, Llorente, Luis

“…We identified the main changes in serum metabolites associated with severe (n = 46) and mild (n = 19) COVID-19 patients by gas chromatography coupled to mass…”
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Application of directional importance sampling for estimation of first excursion probabilities of linear structural systems subject to stochastic Gaussian loading by Misraji, Mauricio A., Valdebenito, Marcos A., Jensen, Héctor A., Mayorga, C. Franco

“…•First excursion probability is estimated taking advantage of linearity.•Simulation is carried out by means of Directional Importance Sampling.•Small failure…”
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Global Land Grabbing and Trajectories of Agrarian Change: A Preliminary Analysis by BORRAS JR, SATURNINO M., FRANCO, JENNIFER C.

“…‘Land grab’ has become a catch‐all phrase to refer to the current explosion of (trans)national commercial land transactions mainly revolving around the…”
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Unconditional security of time-energy entanglement quantum key distribution using dual-basis interferometry by Zhang, Zheshen, Mower, Jacob, Englund, Dirk, Wong, Franco N C, Shapiro, Jeffrey H

“…High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HDQKD) offers the possibility of high secure-key rate with high photon-information efficiency. We consider HDQKD…”
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B Cell Subsets as Severity-Associated Signatures in COVID-19 Patients by Sosa-Hernández, Víctor A, Torres-Ruíz, Jiram, Cervantes-Díaz, Rodrigo, Romero-Ramírez, Sandra, Páez-Franco, José C, Meza-Sánchez, David E, Juárez-Vega, Guillermo, Pérez-Fragoso, Alfredo, Ortiz-Navarrete, Vianney, Ponce-de-León, Alfredo, Llorente, Luis, Berrón-Ruiz, Laura, Mejía-Domínguez, Nancy R, Gómez-Martín, Diana, Maravillas-Montero, José L

“…SARS-CoV-2 infection represents a global health problem that has affected millions of people. The fine host immune response and its association with the…”
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Pathogen and Particle Associations in Wastewater: Significance and Implications for Treatment and Disinfection Processes by Chahal, C, van den Akker, B, Young, F, Franco, C, Blackbeard, J, Monis, P

“…Disinfection guidelines exist for pathogen inactivation in potable water and recycled water, but wastewater with high numbers of particles can be more…”
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