CKF-Based Visual Inertial Odometry for Long-Term Trajectory Operations by Trung Nguyen, George K. I. Mann, Andrew Vardy, Raymond G. Gosine

“…The estimation error accumulation in the conventional visual inertial odometry (VIO) generally forbids accurate long-term operations. Some advanced techniques such as global pose graph optimization and loop closure demand relatively high computation and processing time to execute the optimization procedure for the entire trajectory and may not be feasible to be implemented in a low-cost robotic platform. …”
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Study on Damage Constitutive Model of High-Concentration Cemented Backfill in Coal Mine by Baogui Yang, Haigang Yang

“…In order to construct the damage constitutive model (DCM) of high-concentration cemented backfill (HCCB) in coal mine, the generalized Hoek-Brown strength criterion was used as the failure criterion. …”
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La Seguridad en la Producción de Alimentos en la Granja: Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas y Buenas Prácticas de Manejo – Salud e Higiene de los Trabajadores by Federico G. Caro, Alexandra Chang, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…Las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) y las Buenas Prácticas de Manejo (BPM) abarcan los procedimientos generales que los productores, empacadores y procesadores de frutas y verduras frescas deben seguir para garantizar la seguridad de sus productos. …”
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Real-time discrimination of earthquake signals by integrating artificial intelligence technology into IoT devices by Zhi Geng, Yanfei Wang, Wenyong Pan, Caixia Yu, Zhijing Bai, Hongzhou Zhang

“…Trained on raw seismic waveforms from Utah, USA, MCU-Quake demonstrates its generalization capability across a global natural earthquake dataset. …”
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Optimization on Nonlinear Dynamics of Gear Rattle in Automotive Transmission System by Mingxuan Liang, Ying Wang, Tian Zhao

“…Recently, gear rattle noise is gradually becoming a nonignorable issue involving comfortableness in automotive transmission for a car. Generally, the rattle noise is influenced by nonlinear dynamic of multiple pairs of idler gears in the multistage gear transmission system. …”
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Two-dimensional stationary soliton gas by Thibault Bonnemain, Gino Biondini, Benjamin Doyon, Giacomo Roberti, Gennady A. El

“…This (2+0)D reduction enables the construction of the spatial analog of the kinetic equation for the stationary gas of KP solitons by invoking recent results on (1+1)D bidirectional soliton gases and generalized hydrodynamics of the Boussinesq equation. …”
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Physical Effects of Maternal Deaths on Midwives’ Health: A Qualitative Approach by Anita Fafa Dartey, Ellemes Phuma-Ngaiyaye

“…The findings indicated that generally, as a result of grieving over the deaths of their patients, midwives experienced physical health sufferings. …”
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Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of a Steel-Concrete Hybrid Structure with Buckling Restrained Braces by Liang Li, Guoqiang Li, Tianhua Zhou

“…The damage to a concrete wall caused by a strong earthquake is generally concentrated at the bottom of the concrete wall, which seriously threatens the safety of the steel-concrete hybrid structure and is very difficult to repair after an earthquake. …”
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Quadratic magnetic gradients from seven- and nine-spacecraft constellations by C. Shen, G. Zeng, R. Kieokaew, Y. Zhou

“…Estimating the linear magnetic gradient requires at least 4 simultaneous magnetic measurements, while calculating the quadratic gradients generally requires at least 10. This study focuses on deriving both linear and quadratic spatial gradients of the magnetic field using data from the nine-spacecraft (9S/C) HelioSwarm or seven-spacecraft (7S/C) Plasma Observatory constellations. …”
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Changes in Immunoreactivity of Sensory Substances within the Enteric Nervous System of the Porcine Stomach during Experimentally Induced Diabetes by Michał Bulc, Katarzyna Palus, Jarosław Całka, Łukasz Zielonka

“…Using double immunofluorescent labelling, it was found that acute hyperglycaemia led to significant changes in the chemical coding of stomach enteric neurons. Generally, the response to artificially inducted diabetes depended on the “kind” of enteric plexus as well as the stomach region studied. …”
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Spectral Assessment of the Effects of Base Flexibility on Seismic Demands of a Structure by J. Borzouie, J. G. Chase, G. A. MacRae, G. W. Rodgers, G. C. Clifton

“…Linear and nonlinear spectral analyses show that increasing base flexibility generally increases frame lateral displacement and top moment of the column. …”
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Evaluation of the psychosocial impact and received care in patients with gestational trophoblastic disease – a qualitative interview based study by Blok L.J., Eysbouts Y.K., Bastiaans S., Sweep F.C.G.J., Ottevanger P.B.

“…Coping strategies included seeking emotional support, accurate information, peer connections and distraction. Women were generally satisfied with care, emphasizing personalization, empathy, medical expertise and feeling heard as important aspects. …”
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Weed Control in White Bean with Pethoxamid Tank-Mixes Applied Preemergence by Nader Soltani, Lynette R. Brown, Peter H. Sikkema

“…Six field experiments were conducted during 2015 to 2017 in Ontario, Canada, to determine the efficacy of pethoxamid applied alone, and in combination with broadleaf herbicides, for the control of annual grass and broadleaved weeds in white navy bean. Visible injury was generally minimal (0 to 8%) with herbicide treatments evaluated. …”
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A Modified Fully Convolutional Network for Crack Damage Identification Compared with Conventional Methods by Meng Meng, Kun Zhu, Keqin Chen, Hang Qu

“…However, these machine learning (ML) methods still have some defects, such as it being inaccurate or not strong, having poor generalization ability, or the accuracy still needs to be improved, and the running speed is slow. …”
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China primary school students' STEM views, attitudes, self-concept, identity and experiences: A pilot study in Shandong province by Feiyue Wang, Tang Wee Teo, Shoubao Gao

“…The findings showed that students generally responded positively to the five constructs. …”
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A Practical Review of Cytomegalovirus in Gastroenterology and Hepatology by Ali Y. Fakhreddine, Catherine T. Frenette, Gauree G. Konijeti

“…Immunocompetent patients generally develop a benign, self-limited mononucleosis-like syndrome whereas gastrointestinal tissue-invasive disease is more frequently seen in immunocompromised and inflammatory bowel disease patients. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Statistically Measuring Anxiety using Wireless Electromyography Sensor via Wireless Personal Communication by Ikram-e-Khuda, Tahira Rafique, Maria Amjad, Syed Sheraz Ul Hasan Mohani

“…It was then statistically analyzed to finally provide a generalized linear model for measuring anxiety. The procedure proposed in this research requires an EMG sensor to be placed on the subject’s frontalis muscles and the muscular movements are the quick responses to the stress stimulus. …”
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Effects of alloying elements on elastic properties of Al by first-principles calculations by Wang J., Du Y., Shang S.L., Liu Z.K., Li Y.

“…The effects of alloying elements (Co, Cu, Fe, Ge, Hf, Mg, Mn, Ni, Si, Sr, Ti, V, Y, Zn, and Zr) on elastic properties of Al have been investigated using first-principles calculations within the generalized gradient approximation. A supercell consisting of 31 Al atoms and one solute atom is used. …”
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Metabolic Pathways Associated with Kimchi, a Traditional Korean Food, Based on Modeling of Published Data by Ga Hee Shin, Byeong-Chul Kang, Dai Ja Jang

“…This complex semantic network of several entities and connections was generalized to answer complex questions, and we demonstrated how specific disease pathways are related to kimchi consumption.…”
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Where lol Is: Function and Position of lol Used as a Discourse Marker in YouTube Comments by Célia Schneebeli

“…Lol is probably one of the most popular words in computer-mediated communication. It is generally taken to be the acronym of “laughing out loud”, but it is not always used to indicate a humorous response; rather, it is multifunctional. …”
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