A simple and efficient eight node finite element for multilayer sandwich composite plates bending behavior analysis by Khmissi Belkaid, Nadir Boutasseta, Hamza Aouaichia, Djamel Eddine Gaagaia, Badreddine Boubir, Adel Deliou

“…Difficult C1-continuity requirement is overcome efficiently by choosing seven degrees of freedom for each element node: two displacements for in-plane behavior and five bending unknowns namely: a transverse displacement, two rotations and two shear angles, which results in the approximation formulation having only first order derivative requirement. …”
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Madrid selon Basilio Martín Patino : le charme discret de l’imperfection by Bernard Bessière

“…Thus, Martin Patino offers the spectators a loving and mythical vision of a city which is deeply faithful to its culture, its popular art and its tradition of freedom fighting.…”
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Obstetric care under the military health system: An analysis of active-duty women’s and female spouses’ online discussions by Amanda M. Rebhi

“…Spouses generated themes of positive connotation with TRICARE Select, including low costs, freedom of choice, and proximity to care and negative connotation with TRICARE Prime, such as difficulty getting care, process bureaucracy, and deficient care. …”
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Concept, features and types of civil legal relations by K. S. Naumenko

“…Attention is drawn to the fact that civil legal relations are regulated not only by the rules of civil law, in particular, this is indicated by such a principle as freedom of contract in civil law. In other words, the content of civil law contracts may go beyond the legal relations provided for by the Civil Code of Ukraine. …”
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Kinematics and Transmission Performance Analyses of a 2T2R Type 4-DOF Spatial Parallel Manipulator by Haiyan An, Bin Li, Shoujun Wang, Weimin Ge

“…Firstly, the number and property of degrees of freedom (DOF) of the SPM are analyzed by screw theory. …”
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Safeguarding accuracy for CT imaging with industrial robots: Efficient calibration methods for arbitrary trajectories by Anton Weiss, Simon Wittl, Gabriel Herl, Simon Zabler, Anna Trauth, Markus G. R. Sause

“…In order to be able to scan an arbitrary Region of Interest (ROI), regardless of the position, size and weight of the specimen, conventional industrial robots can be used as flexible 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) manipulators. For example in a twin robot computed tomography system, acquisition geometries with arbitrary tool poses can be realized. …”
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From occupation to independence: contemporary East Timorese history and identity in Portuguese picturebooks by Ana Margarida Ramos

“…Children’s Literature depicted the theme of this period of oppression in East Timor, as well as the recognition of its independence and its right to freedom, in a picturebook selected for the White Ravens List in 2003 called East Timor – Island of the Rising Sun (2001), by João Pedro Mésseder and André Letria. …”
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Legal ideas of Kazan University professors A.T. Bazhanov and N.S. Zakharov: Problems of consolidating the rule of law and order by I.A. Tarkhanov, N.G. Muratova

“…The researcher analyzed the experience of development of judicial institutions and focused on the role of examining judges, magistrate judges, and freedom of judicial protection in the criminal process. …”
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Bifurcation Analysis with Aerodynamic-Structure Uncertainties by the Nonintrusive PCE Method by Linpeng Wang, Yuting Dai, Chao Yang

“…An aeroelastic model for airfoil with a third-order stiffness in both pitch and plunge degree of freedom (DOF) and the modified Leishman–Beddoes (LB) model were built and validated. …”
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Design and Analysis of Backplane Mechanism for New Nursing Bed Chair by Zhongren Zhou, Chengtao Yu, Xiangyu Zhou, Xuebin Sun

“…A serial backplane spatial combination mechanism is formed by connecting multiple mechanisms with single function，and its spatial freedom is analyzed to meet the motion demand. The target size is parameterized，and the optimal position of the support connecting rod，backplane and support frame hinge is obtained using the minimum inclusive area method. …”
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A High-Precision Calculation Method for Internal Trajectory of Underwater Weapon Launch by Chun YANG, Kaifu LI, Weibin CHEN, Lutian LI, Yinlong LI

“…The sliding grid was used to simulate the single degree of freedom weapon launch in the water area, so as to realize the high-precision calculation of internal trajectory, which could make up for the defects of large theoretical calculation error and high cost of fluid simulation. …”
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Comparing Two Strategies to Model Uncertainties in Structural Dynamics by Rubens Sampaio, Edson Cataldo

“…This will be done using the simplest model possible: a two d.o.f. (degrees of freedom) dynamical system. A simple system is used because it is very helpful to assure a better understanding and, consequently, comparison of the strategies. …”
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Some Episodes from E. Turauskas' Life and Activities by Aldona Vasiliauskienė

“…He lived and worked for Lithuania; he fought for its freedom and independence... The paper reviews the most prominent periods of E. …”
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Collision detection and external force estimation for robot manipulators using a composite momentum observer by Benaoumeur Ibari, Mourad Hebali, Baghdadi Rezali, Menaouer Bennaoum

“…Simulation results, conducted using a 2-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) robot manipulator, attest to the efficacy of the proposed approach.…”
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Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of the Main Drive Gear Transmission System of a Large Shield Machine Considering Non-uniform Load Conditions by Deng Shuzhi, Xu Lixin, Long Bin, Su Cuixia

“…In order to investigate the dynamic characteristic of the parallel gear transmission system of the main drive of a large shield machine with multiple sources (including 16 sets of drive chains) under the load of non-uniform load condition, a bending-torsion coupled equivalent dynamics model of the main drive gear transmission system of a large shield machine with 230 degrees of freedom is established. In the modeling, the cutter torque and the overturning moment under the deflection load condition are calculated. …”
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Dynamic Behaviors Analysis of a Chaotic Circuit Based on a Novel Fractional-Order Generalized Memristor by Ningning Yang, Shucan Cheng, Chaojun Wu, Rong Jia, Chongxin Liu

“…The order, as an important parameter, can increase the degree of freedom of the system. With the change of the order and parameters, the circuit will exhibit abundant dynamic behaviors such as coexisting upper and lower limit cycle, single scroll chaotic attractors, and double scroll chaotic attractors under different initial conditions. …”
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AMBIGUOUS JANUS OF MODERN DEMOCRACY by Volodymyr V. Khmil

“…Possible threats for human freedom that hinder the way to targeted prospects of mankind have been considered in the paper. …”
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Fabrication of periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides for broadband nonlinear photonics by Furkan Ayhan, Markus Ludwig, Tobias Herr, Victor Brasch, Luis Guillermo Villanueva

“…In the last decade, nanophotonic waveguides have not only boosted the efficiencies of nonlinear effects but also unlocked new degrees of freedom in the design process and enabled the monolithic integration of multiple nonlinear devices. …”
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Numerical Study on Pounding between Two Adjacent Buildings under Earthquake Excitation by H. Naderpour, R. C. Barros, S. M. Khatami, R. Jankowski

“…In this paper, the case of pounding between two adjacent buildings is studied by the application of single degree-of-freedom structural models. Impact is numerically simulated with the use of a nonlinear viscoelastic model. …”
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Adaptive Control Design for Human Handwriting Process Based on Electromyography Signals by Imane Mahmoud, Ines Chihi, Afef Abdelkrim

“…Based on this analysis, we can consider the hand as a robot with two arms (two degrees of freedom) moving on (x, y) plane. However, these signals are very sensitive to many disturbances and are generally unpredictable in time, type, and level. …”
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