Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Ground Shock Coupling Factor for Near-Surface Detonations by Timothy W. Shelton, John Q. Ehrgott, Ramon J. Moral, Michele Barbato

“…This paper presents the results of recent ground shock experiments conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to further investigate the adequacy of the coupling factor approach to shallow-buried or near-surface detonations. …”
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Distribution and Attack Rate of Spodoptera frugiperda on Maize in Sijunjung District, West Sumatera Province by Syafria Syafria, Reflinaldon Reflinaldon, Novri Nelly

“…   The density and attack rates of Spodoptera frugiperda have been reported in various maize cultivation in Indonesia, but there has never been a report in Sijunjung District, West Sumatra. The research was conducted to study the attack level, density, and distribution of S. frugiperda in Sijunjung District. …”
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An Improved Nonhomogeneous Grey Model with Fractional-Order Accumulation and Its Application by Shuanghua Liu, Qin Qi, Zhiming Hu

“…In particular, two examples are conducted to validate the superiority of the proposed model in contrast with other benchmarks, and the experimental results show that the mean absolute percentage error of the proposed approach is 808692% and 6.0706%, respectively, indicating the proposed approach performs better than other competing models.…”
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Thumb Interphalangeal Joint Replacement as an Alternative to Joint Fusion by Laurence Grüber, Georges Kohut, Théa Voser

“…IP joint arthroplasty represents a viable option on the short term; however, further studies should be conducted to ensure their long-term sustainability.…”
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Situational analysis an effective leadership style to improve the Indonesian tax service offices performance in the era of change by Reza Saleh, Mohammad Syamsul Maarif, Lukman M Baga, Herien Puspitawati

“…This study applied descriptive analysis conducted to several Tax Service Offices in Jakarta within the Directorate General of Taxes, with a total of 542 questionnaires distributed to their employees. …”
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Learning transitivity schemas: The role of the number of nominals and word order by Audisio Cynthia Pamela

“…Extensive research has been conducted on the role played by the number and position of argument noun phrases in comprehending simple transitive sentences. …”
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The case of the «Volga Espionage Organization». 1919 by A. V. Ganin

“…The course of the operational development of the case, the conduct of the investigation, the composition of the defendants (among them were the brothers Mikhail and Nikolai Tukhachevsky, who escaped arrest), were analyzed, the features of the sentences passed were discussed.…”
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Wegener Granulomatosis Revealed by Pleural Effusion by Anne-Claire Toffart, François Arbib, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Jean-François Roux, Vincent Bland, Gilbert Ferretti, Samia Diab

“…A diagnosis of WG was conducted and the patient was started on cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone as an initial treatment, with a favorable evolution. …”
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Study on the Relationship between Lithological Differences and Electromagnetic Changes during Mine Water Inrush Relationship between Lithological Differences and Electromagnetic Ch... by Heng Zhang, Bingqing Xue, Xuguo Liu, Jingxuan Wei, Ran Ding, Yan Zhao, Liang Liang, Ziyue Jia

“…The effects of lithology, water saturation, and salinity on the conductivity of five kinds of coal and rock were studied. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE TURNOVER OF HUNGARIAN SPAS by Tímea KŐVÁRI-TÓTH, Anetta MÜLLER, Zsolt KŐVÁRI

“…Over time, we compare how turnover in the sector has evolved over the past decade. We conducted a regression analysis on the trends in revenue and the number of guests at Hungarian spas. …”
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Modulated photovoltaic response in a flexoelectric device using microscopic indentation by E. Coy, K. Załęski, M. Budziałowski, J. Zou, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, I. Fina

“…However, this comes with increased device conductivity, which indicates the unavoidable presence of an increased number of defects. …”
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Biotechnological melanin synthesized from tyrosine vs other precursors significantly affects its electrochemical response by J. Sayago, L. M. Martinez, G. Hernández, G. Gosset

“…In its solid state, it conducts electric charge, shows photoconductivity, switches between high and low resistive states, and under certain conditions retains electric charge. …”
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Chaotic Honeybees Optimization Algorithms Approach for Traveling Salesperson Problem by Pedro Palominos, Carla Ortega, Miguel Alfaro, Guillermo Fuertes, Manuel Vargas, Mauricio Camargo, Victor Parada, Gustavo Gatica

“…Three experiments were conducted to measure the efficiency and quality of the solutions: (1) MBO with chaos to generate initial solutions (MBO2); (2) MBO with chaos in the workers (MBO3); and (3) MBO with chaos to generate initial solutions and the workers (MBO4). …”
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Hydration Heat of Nonshrinkage Concrete in Large-Diameter CFST Arch Ribs Cured at Low Temperatures by Tuo Shi, Nianchun Deng, Dong Pan, Shi Wang

“…A finite element simulation was then conducted to replicate the experimental results. Finally, an improved formula with the parameters related to the diameter, the position, and the retarding time of concrete for predicting the hydration heat generated by non-shrinkage concrete in large-diameter CFST arch ribs cured at low temperatures was proposed. …”
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Research Progress on the Formation Pathway and Regulation of Trans Fatty Acids in Vegetable Oils by LIANG Manzhu, HU Yumeng, LI Zhenyuan, HUANG Xuegang, BELLO Zaki Abubakar, GUO Qin, WANG Qiang

“…In recent years, a number of studies have explored the amount of TFAs generated in different vegetable oils and breakthroughs have been made in understanding the formation pathways and regulatory mechanisms of different TFAs isomers, but a systematic and comprehensive review has not yet been conducted. In this review, a systematic summary of the types and contents of TFAs in different vegetable oils, their formation mechanisms, regulatory measures and mechanisms is presented, with a view to providing references for people’s daily intake of TFAs through vegetable oils as well as subsequent research on TFAs in vegetable oils.…”
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The Influence of Figures in Warning Signs at the Manual Toll Station on the Lane Change Timing of Drivers in the Context of Virtual Reality of High-Proportion ETC Vehicles by Su Zhi, Peng Qunjie, Wang Chaolun, Xiang Wang, Ling Chen

“…Driving simulation experiments were conducted to study the influence of figures in warning signs at the manual toll station on the lane change timing of drivers. …”
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Five-Axis Tool Path Generation of Injection Mold Represented by T-Spline Surface by Ce Shang, Hongyao Shen, Jianzhong Fu, Yangfan Sun, Shuhua Yue, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Actual machining and injection molding experiments have been conducted. The result shows the feasibility of the proposed method, and the final product is in good quality.…”
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Tensile Behavior of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene at Different Temperatures by Jiquan Li, Yadong Jia, Taidong Li, Zhou Zhu, Hangchao Zhou, Xiang Peng, Shaofei Jiang

“…The tensile experiments were conducted at a wide range of temperatures (from 40°C to 130°C). …”
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The marketing of an unsought service through an unobtrusive medium: a content analysis of the websites of members of the National Funeral Directors Association of South Africa by Cerneels Coetzee, Tania Maree, Cornelius van Heerden

“…A quantitative content analysis of the websites in question was conducted to collect the relevant data. The findings indicate that the majority of the websites may be considered satisfactory in terms of their overall ease of use. …”
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Controlling Conical Beam Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum with Transmissive Metasurface by Jun Sun, Ke Chen, Kai Qu, Junming Zhao, Tian Jiang, Yijun Feng

“…For full control of conical radiation, including the cone angle and OAM mode, we introduce both radial and circumferential phase gradients to the proposed metasurface. Experiments are conducted in the microwave region to validate the design method, which shows good agreement with the simulation results. …”
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