Coupled Vibration Behavior of Hot Rolling Mill Rolls under Multinonlinear Effects by Rongrong Peng, Xingzhong Zhang, Peiming Shi

“…A coupled vibration model of hot rolling mill rolls under multiple nonlinear effects is established by considering the nonlinear spring force produced by the hydraulic cylinder, the nonlinear friction between the work rolls, the dynamic variation of rolling force, and the effect of external excitation as well as according to the structural constraints of a four-high hot rolling mill in the vertical and horizontal directions. …”
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Neighbourhood, crime and fear: Exploring subjective perception of security in Serbia by Marković Aleksandra, Filipović Božidar

“…We focus on the respondents' perceptions of security in four regions (Bel-grade, Vojvodina, Šumadija and West Serbia, and South and East Serbia) operationalised through the question "How safe do you-or would you-feel walking alone in your neighbourhood after dark?". …”
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Clinical and dosimetric feasibility of sparing submandibular gland in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma by Yi-Peng He, Ping Zhou, Li-Mei Guan, San-Gang Wu

“…Level II was the most common site of metastasis (n = 94, 89.5%), followed by level IB (n = 37, 35.2%), level III (n = 26, 24.8%), level IA (n = 3, 2.6%), and level IV (n = 2, 1.9%). A total of 50 metastatic lymph nodes were located at the level IB, of which 18 (36.0%), 29 (58.0%), and 3 (6%) were located in the lateral, anterior, and inferior aspect of the SMG. …”
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Quality and Nutritional Value of Functional Strawberry Marmalade Enriched with Chia Seed (Salvia hispanica L.) by Tuğba Özbek, Neşe Şahin-Yeşilçubuk, Birsen Demirel

“…During the development of marmalade formulations, sweetener type and chia content in the strawberry marmalade were decided by two-step sensory analysis. In the first step, four different formulas were prepared separately by using sorbitol, isomalt, commercial Stevia™ powder, and isomalt together with sorbitol. …”
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Influence of irrigation with oxygen plasma treated metal contaminated water on plant growth by Sayma Khanom, Nobuya Hayashi

“…The treatments were: (i) Control, (ii) Zn water, (iii) Zn + O3(30 min), and (iv) Zn + O3(60 min). Arabidopsis plant exhibited maximum growth in the Zn + O3(30 min) treatment. …”
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The Relationship between Land Subsidence and Water Use in Yazd-Ardakan Plain Using Sentinel-1 Images by Mohammadreza Goodarzi, Maryam Sabaghzadeh, Amirreza Rajabpour niknam

“…This study aimed to quantify and compare the extent of subsidence using four Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images of the C-band from the Sentinel-1 satellite and the radar differential interferometry method from 2017 to 2021. …”
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Electrochemical Properties of Ce0.5Sr0.5 (Co0.8Fe0.2)1−xZrxO3−δ Cathode Materials for Low Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (LIT-SOFCs) Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method... by Beyene Tesfaw Ayalew, P. Vijay Bhaskar Rao

“…The results of electronic conductivity analyzed by the four-probe dc technique show that the conductivity of synthesized materials increases with the increment of both dopant concentration and temperature by the decrement of area specific resistances. …”
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Spatial decision-making model for priority development of Indonesia coast guard stations by Novianto Hary Adiatmaja, Winnie Septiani, Triwulandari Satitidjati Dewayana, Martino Luis

“…The most suitable alternative stations to be prioritized were determined by integrating the three methods which were classified as cost-effective for decision-making. Model was based on four criteria, including distance to Archipelagic Sea Lanes (ASL), Distance to the port, vulnerability coverage, and vessel density coverage. …”
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English major students' satisfaction with ELSA Speak in English pronunciation courses. by Vi Thi Tuong Pham, Anh Tuan Pham

“…Two hundred and five English major students at a Vietnamese higher education institution were surveyed by a 23-item questionnaire classified into four variables: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, confirmation, and satisfaction. …”
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Influence of Roughness on the Asymmetric Flow Field of a Slender Body by Kai Wei, Shaosong Chen, Yihang Xu, Dongdong Tang

“…The flow fields of the four models with the surface roughness of 0, 0.8, 5, and 100 are compared. …”
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长非编码RNA GAS5在卵巢癌患者中的低表达及其临床意义 by 李银广, 陈爱月, 李珠玉, 侯文汇, 游泽山

“…【结果】在卵巢癌瘤体组织中GAS5 表达显著下降（P = 0.0004）；GAS5 的表达与 瘤体体积呈负相关（d < 5 cm vs. d > 5 cm，P < 0.000 1）；GAS5 的表达与肿瘤期别呈负相关（Ⅰ~Ⅱ grades vs. Ⅲ~Ⅳ grades， P = 0.0086）。采用Kaplan-Meier分析表明，GAS5表达水平越低患者预后和生存越差。…”
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Ethnobotanical study of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) landraces in Benin by Vincent Ezin, Ulrich Herbert Gbemenou, Gazali B. T. A. Sanni, Adam Ahanchede

“…Results Varietal diversity on a municipal level varied from two to four. Pumpkin was mainly cultivated by men and about 15% were cultivated in cultural association with maize, cassava, cowpea and groundnut. …”
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The Analysis of E-Government Services Adoption and Use in Slovenian Information Society between 2014 and 2017 by Mitja Dečman

“…The research uses the data provided by Slovenian annual survey Use of Information and Communication Technology in Households and by Individuals of the last four years. The analysis of this data, presented in the paper, exhibits that changes for the better are detected in Slovenian society, but the situation in public-sector services is not optima. …”
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Cyclic Testing of Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Steel Tubular Column to Steel Beam Joint with RC Slab by Dongfang Zhang, Junhai Zhao, Shuanhai He

“…Five half-scale specimens were designed, including four composite joints with RC slab and one bare steel beam joint, and were tested under a constant axially compressive force and lateral cyclic loading at the top end of the column to evaluate their seismic behavior. …”
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Evaluation of flood determination with various methods: Case study of Ayamama Creek by Orkan Özcan

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the most used methods including i) Multi Criteria Decision Analysis, ii) Hydraulic Modeling, iii) Information Diffusion Theory and iv) SCS-CN (Soil Conservation Service Curve Number) in flood analysis. …”
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Foresight of urban management of Marand through the Oregan Model by Hamid Pir Alilou, Bashir Beg Babaei, Parviz Norouzi sani

“…The Oregan model is a process composed of four steps, each of which is built on the basis of a simple question: Where are we now? …”
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Coevolutionary dynamics in the grass-livestock social-ecological system of China's alpine pastoral areas: A case study of the Qilian Mountains region in China. by Ligan Cai, Junhao Zhao, Jian Chen

“…This paper uses a system dynamics approach to construct a simulation model of the grass-livestock system in alpine pastoral areas, simulating the long-term dynamic co-evolution of the socio-ecological system in the Qilian Mountains region of China. Four optimization schemes were proposed, and the synergistic development of the grass-livestock system in alpine pastoral areas under each scheme was simulated. …”
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Circularity in textile waste: Challenges and pathways to sustainability by Saloua Biyada, Jaunius Urbonavičius

“…The outcome of this study reveals that: i) the production of textile waste has increased significantly with the increase in clothing production; ii) the lack of rigorous environmental legislation related to the textiles production can further exacerbate the problem and contribute to increased environmental pollution; iii) the existing textile waste management programmes have proved unsuccessful; iv) clean and sustainable solutions such as biological treatment are required to overcome the harmful effects of textile waste; v) biotechnologies that use these wastes may generate valuable new products, clean energy, etc. …”
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Investigation of chemical, sensory, and rheological properties of Kyrgyz ethnic fermented beverage from cereals during cold storage by Jamila Smanalieva, Janyl Iskakova

“…Rheological measurements carried out at 5, 10, 20, and 30°C also revealed these changes. Four rheological models (Newtonian, Herschel-Bulkley, Ostwald De-Waele, and Casson) were used to describe the flow behaviour of the beverage. …”
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Driving political issues with political brand storytelling on social media: an online brand persona perspective by Helena van Wyk, Charmaine Du Plessis

“…To test this, semi-structured expert interviews were conducted with communication professionals in South African public relations agencies who were responsible for creating content for political parties’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. Four themes that became evident in the data collectively indicate that political brands will successfully drive political issues on social media only when they are able to connect emotionally with the political consumer. …”
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