Surface Subsidence Control during Deep Backfill Coal Mining: A Case Study by Baiyi Li, Nan Zhou, Wenyue Qi, Ailing Li, Zhizhong Cui

“…In this study, taking backfill mining area no. 930 in the Tangkou coal mine as background, the probability integral model was adopted to predict the surface subsidence at different mining depths and filling ratios. …”
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Seismic Analysis of Coupled High-Speed Train-Bridge with the Isolation of Friction Pendulum Bearing by Xinmin Hong, Wenhua Guo, Zihao Wang

“…Backward differentiation formula and the mode superposition method are adopted in the calculation of coupling vibration of the train-bridge system. …”
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Stock Price Change Rate Prediction by Utilizing Social Network Activities by Shangkun Deng, Takashi Mitsubuchi, Akito Sakurai

“…In this paper, we propose a hybrid model that combines multiple kernel learning (MKL) and genetic algorithm (GA). MKL is adopted to optimize the stock price change rate prediction models that are expressed in a multiple kernel linear function of different types of features extracted from different sources. …”
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Balancing Long Lifetime and Satisfying Fairness in WBAN Using a Constrained Markov Decision Process by Yingqi Yin, Fengye Hu, Ling Cen, Yu Du, Lu Wang

“…Due to the defect of large implementation overhead in acquiring global channel state information (CSI), we put forward a distributed scheduling algorithm that adopts local CSI, which saves the network overhead and simplifies the algorithm. …”
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Immagini migranti, immagini in-discriminanti Latenze e valenze nell’uso di foto e filmati in ambito migratorio by Alberto Baldi

“…Through the study of some cases dating back to the first half of the twentieth century, in several parts of the Italian region of Basilicata, we try to make an analysis of the specific visual and audiovisual languages adopted by some emigrants whose aim was to portray an image of themselves described with an extreme care and meant to fuel a dynamic of both parting and approaching their place of origin. …”
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Anxiety, Beliefs and Covid-19 in Two Periods of the Pandemic in Brazil: A comparative study by Geovanna Santana de Souza Turri, Renata Elly Barbosa Fonte, Luiz Guilherme Lima-Silva, Andre Faro

“… This research compared evocations regarding the term “coronavirus” during two different periods in the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil in 2020 — March (beginning of the pandemic in the country) and June (Brazil as the epicenter of the pandemic) —, considering the presence or absence of anxiety symptoms in participants. The methodology adopted the free evocation technique and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-2) symptom scale. …”
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An Improved YOLOv7-Tiny-Based Algorithm for Wafer Surface Defect Detection by Mengyun Li, Xueying Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Xiaofeng Hu

“…Finally, the loss function is optimized by adopting IoU with minimum points distance (MPDIoU) to address issues such as small sizes and dense distributions. …”
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Introducing the Canadian Thoracic Society Framework for Guideline Dissemination and Implementation, with Concurrent Evaluation by Samir Gupta, Christopher Licskai, Anne Van Dam, Louis-Philippe Boulet

“…The Canadian Institutes of Health Research ‘Knowledge-to-Action’ process was adopted as the model of choice for conceptualizing KT interventions. …”
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Administrative and Legal Principles for Determining the Legal Regime of Using Forestry Resources as an Important Component of Nature-Oriented Complex of Ukraine by О. Ye. Volkov

“…It has been concluded that it is necessary to improve administrative and legal principles of the use (protection) of the forestry fund objects of the proper legal regulation of relations in this sphere by developing and adopting the Law of Ukraine “On the Forestry Fund of Ukraine”, codification of the forest legislation of Ukraine, systematic review and introduction of relevant amendments to the Forest Code of Ukraine, updating the legal status of the forestry authorities in regard to ensuring the legal regime of the forestry fund. …”
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South Africa’s Weekly Media: Front-Page Reporting 9/11, Preventing Islamophobia by Muhammed Haron

“…This thus caused Muslims in both majority and minority settings to adopt a skeptical view of the role of the secular media. …”
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An Evaluation on the Potential of Large Language Models for Use in Trauma Triage by Kelvin Le, Jiahang Chen, Deon Mai, Khang Duy Ricky Le

“…Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly adopted in various industries worldwide. In particular, there is emerging research assessing the reliability of LLMs, such as ChatGPT, in performing triaging decisions in emergent settings. …”
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TAD-HOC Routing Protocol for Efficient VANET and Infrastructure-Oriented Communication Network by Ranjit Sadakale, N. V. K. Ramesh, Rajendrakumar Patil

“…The evaluation of the existing research stated that Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) is an effective MANET protocol to adopt network changes for significant resource utilization and also provides effective adaptation in the network change. …”
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Participation and Ownership in Community Mental Health Policy and Services: Mixed Methods Study in Ghana by Peter Badimak Yaro, Philip Teg-NefaahTabong, Emmanual Asampong

“…A cross-sectional study that adopted concurrent mixed quantitative and qualitative research methods was undertaken to explore and answer the question. …”
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Substance Abuse Behaviour Among Youths: The Predictive Effects of Social Media and Peer Pressure by Enyelunekpo Roberts, Constance Odumodu N., Uye Emmanuel E

“…Cross-sectional survey design was adopted while data were collected from 234 participants using validated scales. …”
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Innovation Facilitated by Universities: Balancing Enterprise and Regional Demands by Qi Wang, Ling-Na Zhang, Qi Lian

“…With the differences in the two-dimensional cooperation between universities, the government, and enterprises in the mode featuring “triple helix” as a starting point, this article has compared the features of the influence of differences in the quality of higher education on enterprise and regional innovation by adopting the data of listed companies and provincial-level macro-statistical data from 2013 to 2020 to construct the count panel data model. …”
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Meet‐in‐the‐middle attacks on round‐reduced CRAFT based on automatic search by Zhangjun Ma, Manman Li, Shaozhen Chen

“…The strong relations between the round‐subtweakeys were observed and the key‐dependent sieve technique was adopted to reduce the memory complexity of the attack. …”
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Study on Catastrophe Information Characteristics of Water Inrush in Karst Tunnel by Drilling and Blasting Method by Jiaqi Guo, Erbo Wang, Yongbiao Lai, Zhenyu He, Fan Chen

“…In order to study the disaster process of water and mud resistant rock mass with the quasi-masonry structure and the accompanying catastrophe information of water inrush in karst tunnels by the drilling and blasting method, a new method based on the DEM and fictitious joint technology is adopted to simulate the evolution process of water inrush and study the evolutionary characteristics of catastrophe information like seepage pressure and displacement under the conditions of different joint inclination angles, tunnel depths, and thickness of the water and mud resistant rock mass. …”
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Build Strategies Based on Substrate Utilization for 3-Axis Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Process by Ritam Sarma, Sajan Kapil, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…A maximum of 64.34% of the material and 89.17% of build time is saved by adopting proposed build strategies compared with the traditional subtractive process.…”
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Swoistość ludzkiej kultury - wampiryzm by Jacek Tomczyk, Anna Dygudaj

“…Initially many facts were explained with the interference of dark, demonic powers, adopting diverse forms in people’s imagination, thanks to such interpretation of reality the vampire was born to existence. …”
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Analysis on Hover Control Performance of T- and Cross-Shaped Tail Fin of X-Wing Single-Bar Biplane Flapping Wing by Pingxia Zhang, Junru Zhu, Yongqiang Zhu

“…The current flapping wing adopts T-shaped or cross-shaped tail fin to adjust its flight posture. …”
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