Layout Optimization of Rail Expansion Joint on Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge for High-Speed Railway by Xiaopei Cai, Wanli Liu, Kaize Xie, Wenjun Zhu, Xiyuan Tan, Yongjie Gao

“…Taking the pile-soil interaction into account, the finite element model of CWR on the long-span cable-stayed bridge is established based on the bridge-track interaction theory. …”
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Fuzzy Filtering Method for Color Videos Corrupted by Additive Noise by Volodymyr I. Ponomaryov, Hector Montenegro-Monroy, Luis Nino-de-Rivera, Heydy Castillejos

“…In contrast to other state-of-the-art algorithms, during the first spatial step, the eight gradient values in different directions for pixels located in the vicinity of a central pixel as well as the R, G, and B channel correlation between the analogous pixels in different color bands are taken into account. These gradient values give the information about the level of contamination then the designed fuzzy rules are used to preserve the image features (textures, edges, sharpness, chromatic properties, etc.). …”
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Maternal–Foetal Effects of Exposure to Bisphenol A: Outcomes and Long-Term Consequences by Henrique Eloi Costa, Ines Medeiros, Melissa Mariana, Elisa Cairrao

“…Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), one of the most widely produced plasticisers, can have a major effect on the growing embryo and the mother during pregnancy; as this is the most vulnerable period, the cutoff established in the legislation does not take this factor into account. Thus, this narrative review aims to highlight the consequences for the foetus and the pregnant woman of maternal and foetal exposure to BPA by analysing epidemiological and experimental studies on humans. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Association between Physical Activity and Visceral Adipose Tissue Accumulation in a Multiethnic Cohort by Iris A. Lesser, Ann C. Yew, Dawn C. Mackey, Scott A. Lear

“…When ethnic differences in PA were taken into account, there were no longer any differences in VAT between the Chinese and European groups, while VAT remained higher in South Asians than Europeans.…”
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Short bowel syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment by Anna F. Sheptulina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, O. S. Shifrin

“…SBS prophylaxis is feasible and, taking into account of high disability and mortality rates of such patients, is essential both at preoperative stage, and during surgical intervention. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship between Changes in Meteorological Conditions and the Variation in Summer Ozone Levels over the Central Kanto Area by Mai Khiem, Ryozo Ooka, Hong Huang, Hiroshi Hayami, Hiroshi Yoshikado, Yoichi Kawamoto

“…In summer, up to 84% of the long-term variation in peak ozone concentrations may be accounted for by changes in the seasonally averaged daily maximum temperature and seasonally averaged wind speed, while about 70% of the recent short-term variation in peak ozone depends on the daily maximum temperature and the daily averaged wind speed. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Speed Predictor for Distributionally Robust Eco-Driving by Rajan Chaudhary, Nalin Kumar Sharma, Rahul Kala, Sri Niwas Singh

“…This predicted speed is then used to optimize the ego vehicle’s speed plan through a distributionally robust Model Predictive Controller (MPC), which accounts for uncertainties in the prediction, ensuring operational safety. …”
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Results of long-term follow-up of patients with chronic gastritis after <i>H. pylori</i> eradication by T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychny, E. R. Nasretdinova, I. M. Kartavenko, A. V. Paraskevova, Ye. Yu. Yur’yeva, O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Monitoring of 62 year-old male patient after successful eradication for 5 years has shown stable morphological pattern without progression of premalignant lesions. Taking into account both severe atrophy and intestinal metaplasia of antral region and mild atrophy of body of the stomach, as well as positive family history, esophagogastroscopy with biopsy is recommended once per year to this patient.Conclusion. …”
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On-Farm Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for the Determination of Nutrients in Liquid Organic Manures: Challenges and Opportunities by Charlotte Höpker, Klaus Dittert, Hans-Werner Olfs

“…The influencing factors should therefore be taken into account. The reliability of NIRS systems for the on-farm analysis of liquid manure is verified by the German Agricultural Society. …”
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Abdominopelvic Tuberculosis Secondary to a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium in an Immunocompetent Patient by Beng Kwang Ng, Kembang Aziah Yakob, Wendy Yin Ling Ng, Pei Shan Lim, Rahana Abd Rahman, Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim, Ani Amelia Zainuddin, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy

“…Extrapulmonary TB is uncommon and only accounts for 10–20% of overall TB disease burden. Abdominopelvic TB is the sixth most common location of extrapulmonary TB. …”
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Simulation and Optimization of Dynamic Fracture Parameters for an Inverted Square Nine-Spot Well Pattern in Tight Fractured Oil Reservoirs by Le Jiang, Peng Gao, Jie Liu, Yunbin Xiong, Jing Jiang, Ruizhong Jia, Zhongchao Li, Pengcheng Liu

“…In this study, the inverted square nine-spot well pattern model is established by taking fractured reservoir’s heterogeneity and its threshold pressure gradients into account. This simulation model optimizes the various parameters in a tight fractured oil reservoir with dynamic fractures, that is, the intersection angle between the dynamic fractures and the well array, the number of dynamic fractures, the penetration ratio, and the conductivity of the oil well’s hydraulic fractures. …”
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A comprehensive review on nutritional composition, health benefits, and industrial applications of Jackfruit Seeds by Simran Dhani, Hamid, Nomali Ziphorah Ngobese, Sunny Sharma, Amit K. Jaiswal

“…Therefore, this review aims to consolidate the findings and create a comprehensive account of the potential of jackfruit seeds for the food industry.…”
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Morphological analysis of cold-water coral skeletons for evaluating in silico mechanical models of reef-scale crumbling by Marta Peña Fernández, Josh Williams, Janina V. Büscher, Janina V. Büscher, J. Murray Roberts, Sebastian J. Hennige, Uwe Wolfram, Uwe Wolfram

“…At smaller length scales, mechanical surrogate models need to explicitly account for the statistical morphological differences in the skeletal structure. …”
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Towards 6G: Spectrally efficient joint radar and communication with radio frequency selection, interference and hardware impairments (invited paper) by Aryan Kaushik, Evangelos Vlachos, John Thompson, Maziar Nekovee, Fraser Coutts

“…The rate expressions for communication and radar operations are defined, and the joint spectral efficiency is maximised via optimising the number of RF chains using an efficient selection algorithm taking into account the interference of one operation to the other and system hardware distortion. …”
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Effect of Colonoscopy Volume on Quality Indicators by David Pace, Mark Borgaonkar, Muna Lougheed, Curtis Marcoux, Brad Evans, Nikita Hickey, Meghan O’Leary, Darrell Boone, Jerry McGrath

“…Endoscopists were divided into quintiles based on annual case volume. To account for potential confounding variables, univariate analyses followed by multivariable logistic regression were used to identify variables independently associated with CCR and ADR. …”
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THE TECHNIQUE FOR MAKING AESTHETIC ACRYLIC RESIN REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES IN AN ANTERIOR CROSS BITE CASE by Okti Setyowati, Sujati, Sri Wahyuni, Nevy Istibasyarotul Pratiwi, Endang Kusdarjanti, Eny Inayati, Mia Laksmi Lita Rosa

“…The artificial teeth were arranged in edge-to-edge bite position in order to obtain a harmonious occlusion while taking into account of the labial arch of the adjacent tooth as well as occlusion with the opposing tooth.…”
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Excitons in nonlinear optical responses: shift current in MoS2 and GeS monolayers by J. J. Esteve-Paredes, M. A. García-Blázquez, A. J. Uría-Álvarez, M. Camarasa-Gómez, J. J. Palacios

“…Additionally, computational methods to calculate nonlinear conductivities in real materials are still not widespread, particularly taking into account excitonic interactions. We present a methodology to calculate the excitonic second-order optical responses in 2D materials relying on: (i) ab initio tight-binding Hamiltonians obtained by Wannier interpolation and (ii) solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation with effective electron-hole interactions. …”
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Spectrum of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Children: A Report from PICU of a Resource Limited Country by Qalab Abbas, Qurat ul Ain Merchant, Bushra Nasir, Anwar ul Haque, Basit Salam, Gohar Javed

“…Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in children is a rare but disabling disease that accounts for almost half cases of stroke. We report our experience of ICH in children. …”
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Assessing factors influencing adolescent sexual debut in Nigeria: a multi-cluster survival analysis approach by Fabio Mathias Correa, Peter Enesi Omaku, Joseph Odunayo Braimah, Joseph Odunayo Braimah

“…IntroductionEarly sexual debut is an area of concern in Nigeria with implications for reproductive health.MethodsThis study addresses this by proposing a more effective survival model—one that incorporates both independent and identically distributed (IID) and Besag intrinsically conditional auto-regressive (ICAR) random effect priors, using a generalised additive model that accounts for both individual and spatial influences on age at first sex. …”
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A Priori Assessment of Algebraic Flame Surface Density Models in the Context of Large Eddy Simulation for Nonunity Lewis Number Flames in the Thin Reaction Zones Regime by Mohit Katragadda, Nilanjan Chakraborty, R. S. Cant

“…A parameterisation of D is proposed such that the effects of Lewis number are explicitly accounted for. The new parameterisation is used to propose a new algebraic model for FSD. …”
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