Uplifting Behavior of Shallow Buried Pipe in Liquefiable Soil by Dynamic Centrifuge Test by Bo Huang, Jingwen Liu, Peng Lin, Daosheng Ling

“…In the present study, dynamic centrifuge model tests were conducted to study the uplifting behaviors of shallow-buried pipeline subjected to seismic vibration in liquefied sites. …”
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Ion Diffusion Behavior between Fracturing Water and Shale and Its Potential Influence on Production by Yinghao Shen, Zhaopeng Zhu, Peng Shi, Hongkui Ge, Zhihui Yang

“…Water imbibition, conductivity measurements, and ion identification were performed to investigate ion diffusion behavior between slick water and shale for large-scale hydraulic fracturing. …”
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Legged odometry based on fusion of leg kinematics and IMU information in a humanoid robot by Huailiang Ma, Aiguo Song, Jingwei Li, Ligang Ge, Chunjiang Fu, Guoteng Zhang

“…The effectiveness of the legged odometry scheme was demonstrated through simulations and physical tests conducted with the Walker2 humanoid robot.…”
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Limiting Performance of Helmets for the Prevention of Head Injury by Z.Q. Cheng, W.D. Pilkey, J.R. Crandall, C.R. Bass, K. Darvish

“…The optimal characteristics of helmets and the impact responses of the helmeted head are investigated computationally. An experiment is conducted on an ensemble of bicycle helmets. Computational results are compared with the experimental results.…”
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Ion Chromatographic Estimation of Arsenite and Arsenate at Trace Level by Chetan Chavan, Vijayanand Bhate, Chanakya Thaker, Aditi Khandkar

“…This method enables simultaneous determination of arsenite by electrochemical detection and arsenate by suppressed conductivity detection. The applicability of this method was illustrated by determining the inorganic arsenite and arsenate content from bore-well water and river water samples without any special pretreatment. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of a New N"-[(1Z,2E)-2- (Hydroxyimino)-1-phenylpropylidene]-N"'-[(1E)-phenylmethylene]thiocarbonohydrazide and its Complexes with Co(II), Ni(II) and... by Dilip C. Sawant, A. Venkatchallam, R. G. Deshmukh

“…The ligands as well as its metal complexes were characterized using various physicochemical techniques such as elemental analysis, spectral and magnetic measurements and electrical conductivity measurements in case of the metal complexes only. …”
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Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Temporal Bone: Three Cases and a Review of the Literature by Huiqin Tian, Tingting Liu, Cong Wang, Lijun Tang, Zhibin Chen, Guangqian Xing

“…A comprehensive review of the literature on clinical features of the temporal pseudotumor was conducted.…”
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A Case Study on Stratified Settlement and Rebound Characteristics due to Dewatering in Shanghai Subway Station by Jianxiu Wang, Tianrong Huang, Dongchang Sui

“…Based on the Yishan Metro Station Project of Shanghai Metro Line number 9, a centrifugal model test was conducted to investigate the behavior of stratified settlement and rebound (SSR) of Shanghai soft clay caused by dewatering in deep subway station pit. …”
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Investigation of Flexible Textile Antennas and AMC Reflectors by M. Mantash, A.-C. Tarot, S. Collardey, K. Mahdjoubi

“…Prototypes of the antennas on felt and denim are manufactured using conductive textile (called electrotextile) aiming to obtain fully flexible antennas. …”
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Coverage Properties of a Neural Network Estimator of Finite Population Total in High-Dimensional Space by Festus A. Were, George O. Orwa, Romanus O. Otieno, Nicholas Makumi, Ramy Aldallal

“…The coverage properties of a robust finite population total estimator based on a feedforward backpropagation neural network developed with the help of a superpopulation model are computed, and a comparison with existing model-based estimators that can handle high-dimensional datasets is conducted to evaluate the estimator’s performance using simulated datasets. …”
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Identifying Initial Condition in Degenerate Parabolic Equation with Singular Potential by K. Atifi, Y. Balouki, El-H. Essoufi, B. Khouiti

“…A hybrid algorithm and regularization method are proposed, for the first time, to solve the one-dimensional degenerate inverse heat conduction problem to estimate the initial temperature distribution from point measurements. …”
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Discrete and Continuous Optimization Based on Hierarchical Artificial Bee Colony Optimizer by Lianbo Ma, Kunyuan Hu, Yunlong Zhu, Ben Niu, Hanning Chen, Maowei He

“…At the same time, the comprehensive learning method with crossover and mutation operator is applied to enhance the global search ability between species. Experiments are conducted on a set of 20 continuous and discrete benchmark problems. …”
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An action research of student cognative english program: the online activity teaching strategy applications by Han-Kwang Chen

“…The study aimed to examine difficulties encountered by higher education agencies through action research and to integrate "Online Activity" into an after-school english program at a university to optimize their teaching strategy. The study was conducted between October and December 2022. "Online Activity" was chosen as a possible optimization strategy because it assisted teachers in applying online activities to current course materials, improving students' learning motivations and learning outcomes. …”
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Considerations on the Oral Cancer Screening Program from a Scientific, Technological, and Social Perspective by Diosky Ferrer Vilches, Ana Belkys Hernández Millan, Dayamí Medina Quintero, Onelio García González, Regla Martínez de la Cotera

“…For such reasons, we conducted a review of research papers published in electronic journals in SciELO and PubMed databases in order to demonstrate the contribution of the Oral Cancer Screening Program to Cuban public health and its interrelation with science, technology, and society. …”
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Development Assessment of Higher Education System Based on TOPSIS-Entropy, Hopfield Neural Network, and Cobweb Model by Xian-Bei Liu, Yu-Jing Zhang, Wen-Kai Cui, Li-Ting Wang, Jia-Ming Zhu

“…In addition, we applied the model to many countries and chose Vietnam to conduct an in-depth analysis of the model, including reforming policies and evaluating policy effects based on cobweb model. …”
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On Extended Neoteric Ranked Set Sampling Plan: Likelihood Function Derivation and Parameter Estimation by Fathy H. Riad, Mohamed A. Sabry, Ehab M. Almetwally, Ramy Aldallal, Randa Alharbi, Md. Moyazzem Hossain

“…An extensive Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted to assess the performance of the proposed likelihood function, and the efficiency of the estimated parameters based on ENRSS is compared with the well-known ranked set sampling (RSS) plan and some of its modifications. …”
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Leadership and Management in Science and Technology: Competency Model by O. V. Vorobyeva, E. M. Ivannikova, V. V. Malandin, D. S. Sekirinsky, E. V. Karavaeva, A. I. Suleymanova, I. G. Teleshova

“…The competency model is aimed at improving the efficiency of solving the problems of scientific and technological development of Russia by overcoming the lack of personnel which is ready not only to conduct research at the world level, but also to take responsibility for the formation of priorities for scientific and technological development that meet the interests of Russia, as well as for their implementation. …”
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The Nation or The Leader? Exploring the Effect of Framing in News Coverage of International Conflicts by Shu Wang, Xilin Li, Chengyue Huang, Christopher K. Hsee

“…., “Putin invades Ukraine”). Five studies, conducted during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict and involving both field and experimental data, find that readers of nation-framed news about the conflict had worse impressions of the people in the associated nation (Russians) than readers of the corresponding leader-framed version. …”
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Corrosion of Low-Alloy Steel in Ethanolamine Steam Generator Chemistry—The Effect of Temperature and Flow Rate by Iva Betova, Martin Bojinov, Vasil Karastoyanov

“…Interpretation of impedance spectra with a kinetic approach based on the mixed-conduction model enabled estimating the rate constants of oxidation at the alloy–oxide interface, as well as charge transfer and ionic transport resistances of the corrosion process. …”
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Assessment of Protective Effect of Some Modern Agrochemicals against Ozone-Induced Stress in Sensitive Clover and Tobacco Cultivars by Oleg Blum, Nataliya Didyk, Nataliya Pavluchenko, Barbara Godzik

“…All used agrochemicals showed partial protective effects against ozone injury on clover and tobacco. Conducted studies confirmed the effectiveness of modern fungicides belonging to strobilurin group as protectants of sensitive crops against ozone damage. …”
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