Exploring the Performance of Different On-Demand Transit Services Provided by a Fleet of Shared Automated Vehicles: An Agent-Based Model by Senlei Wang, Goncalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Hai Xiang Lin

“…Comparing the TVTS system, which has inconvenient access in peak hours, with the PTS systems, which always makes available door-to-door transport, we conclude that the latter could achieve a similar system performance as the former in terms of average waiting time, service time and system capacity.…”
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Hybrid surgery for aneurysm of the arch and descending part of the aorta. Right-left subclavian bypass as a variant of subtotal debranching by O.V. Zelenchuk, A.V. Khokhlov, A.Yu. Shkandala, K.S. Boiko, O.Yu. Polishchuk, Z.V. Press, B.M. Todurov

“…However, the endovascular approach requires certain anatomical features that allow the correct placement of the stent-graft, which is not always possible. Thus, when the brachiocephalic arteries are involved in the pathological process, artificial blood circulation is required with the use of additional methods to protect the brain, such as cerebral perfusion and hypothermia. …”
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Voltage and Current Balancing of a Faulty Photovoltaic System Connected to Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter by Kamel Djermouni, Ali Berboucha, Salah Tamalouzt, Djamel Ziane

“…A healthy operation of photovoltaic installations (similar to all electrical systems) is always limited by breakdown, degradation due to aging, or imbalance caused by weather conditions. …”
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Is hypercalcaemia immediately life-threatening? A prospective study by David Trewick, Mathilde Le Borgne, Julie Regnault, Camille Guimard

“…Three patients had indeed a life-threatening neurological complication but always had at least one other major factor that could severely alter mental status, such as profound metabolic acidosis.…”
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Validation of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) ITS sequences and five new species based on multi-marker phylogenetic and morphological analyses by Yoonhee Cho, Dohye Kim, Yoongil Lee, Juhwan Jeong, Shahid Hussain, Young Woon Lim

“…Abstract Although there is a continuous increase in available molecular data, not all sequence identities in public databases are always properly verified and managed. Here, the sequences available in GenBank for Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales) were validated. …”
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Using a Synthetic Borehole Model to Determine the Pore Aspect Ratio Dependence of Velocities from Acoustic Well-Logging Data by Xiao Feng, Tianyang Li, Bingrui Du, Wenxin Kong

“…Revealing the elastic wave properties of carbonate rocks with complex pore structures and improving the reliability of carbonate reservoir descriptions have always been a global challenge in the field of carbonate geophysical exploration. …”
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On the Effect of the Patient Table on Attenuation in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging SPECT by Tamino Huxohl, Gopesh Patel, Wolfgang Burchert

“…The percentage difference is highest in the lower part of the phantom, but it always remains below 17.5%. Polar maps from patient studies also look qualitatively similar. …”
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Explanation of Water Indices and Criteria in the Urban Landscape in Order to Improve the Quality of Urban Environments by Zeynab khaleghi, Farah Habib, Hossein Zabihi

“…Water as one of the most essential natural elements of landscape and consequently urban landscape from yesterday till today has had a great impact on the formation and effectiveness of urban spaces and its various effects have always stimulated human tendency towards beauty. It should be noted that the existential values ​​of water are not merely aesthetic, rather it goes back to the deepest and innermost part of nature. …”
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PSO-Aided Inverse Design of Silicon Modulator by Zijian Zhu, Yingxuan Zhao, Zhen Sheng, Fuwan Gan

“…Optimizing doping profiles has always been a key approach to enhance the performance of silicon modulators. …”
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Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase and Its Laboratory Detection: A Case Report by Goda Aleknavičiūtė-Valienė, Linas Černiauskas, Mantas Riauka, Dalius Vitkus

“…In the case of an isolated elevation of AST activity with no clinical indications of liver disease, diagnostic work-up for macro-AST should always be considered by physicians. …”
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An analysis of the position of Islam and Islamic standards in the legal systems of Malaysia and Egypt by Mohammad Yosefzadeh, Mahdi Zare, Mohammad Mazhari

“…The dominance of the Muslim population in Islamic countries and the institution of Islam as the central foundation of people's lives has always led to the integration of religion with the management of jurisprudence in governance. …”
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Linking citation and retraction data reveals the demographics of scientific retractions among highly cited authors. by John P A Ioannidis, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Antonio Cristiano, Stefania Boccia, Jeroen Baas

“…However, caution is needed when interpreting retractions, as they do not always signify misconduct; further analysis on a case-by-case basis is essential. …”
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Crashworthiness Design and Multiobjective Optimization for Hexagon Honeycomb Structure with Functionally Graded Thickness by Ruixian Qin, Junxian Zhou, Bingzhi Chen

“…Higher energy absorption efficiency and better crashworthiness performance are always the key objectives for different energy absorbing structures applied in numerous industries including aerospace, rail equipment transportation, and automotive. …”
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Analysis for Overburden Destruction on Lateral Boundary of Stope Based on Viscoelastic-Plastic Finite Element Method by Zengde Yin, Jinxiao Liu, Yongle Liu, Wenxin Li

“…In longwall mining, the deformation and destruction of overlying strata always lag behind coal extraction. The overlying strata characteristics at the lateral boundary of the stope can be classified into four categories, i.e., Hard-Soft, Soft-Hard, Hard-Hard, and Soft-Soft. …”
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Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum by Gu Q, Zhou L, Shen X, Xu L, Wu G, Pan W, Lin W, Lv D, Lin L, Yan S

“…A review of the literature, together with clinical experience, indicates that conventional empirical treatment for Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection may not always be effective due to the escalating rate of drug resistance. …”
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A New Unified Solution for Deep Tunnels in Water-Rich Areas considering Pore Water Pressure by Hao Fan, Lianguo Wang, Shuai Wang, Chongyang Jiang

“…Results show that the tangential stresses are always larger than the radial stress. The radial stress presents a gradually increasing trend, while the tangential stress presents a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, and the maximum tangential stress appears at the interface between the elastic and plastic zones. …”
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Use of Silica Fume and GGBS to Improve Frost Resistance of ECC with High-Volume Fly Ash by Yushi Liu, Xiaoming Zhou, Chengbo Lv, Yingzi Yang, Tianan Liu

“…Unfortunately, the frost resistance of ECC with high-volume FA has always been a problem. This paper discusses the influence of silica fume (SF) and ground-granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) on the frost resistance of ECC with high volume of FA. …”
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Impact of Cell Size Effect on Nutrient-Phytoplankton Dynamics by Tiancai Liao, Hengguo Yu, Chuanjun Dai, Min Zhao

“…Mathematically, we show that the existence and stability of the equilibria in the deterministic model can be determined by cell size: the smaller or larger cell size can lead to the disappearance of the positive equilibrium, but the boundary equilibrium always exists and is globally asymptotically stable; the intermediate cell size is capable to drive the positive equilibrium to appear and be globally asymptotically stable, whereas the boundary equilibrium becomes unstable. …”
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Salmonella enteridis Septic Arthritis: A Report of Two Cases by Esat Uygur, Krishna Reddy, Feyza Ünlü Özkan, Salih Söylemez, Özlem Aydin, Serkan Şenol

“…Therefore, Salmonella species must always be kept in mind for the differential diagnosis of septic arthritis in a clinically relevant setting.…”
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Analysis of Liquid Migration as a Manifestation of Migration-based Lifestyle in the Third Millennium Using a Qualitative Approach by Ebrahim Mohammadpour, Tavakkol Aghayari Hir, Hacı Duran, Mohammad Abbaszadeh

“…Immigration, as a social phenomenon, has always held a significant place in the sociology literature. …”
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