Soil Creep Effect on Time-Dependent Deformation of Deep Braced Excavation by Panpan Guo, Gang Lei, Lina Luo, Xiaonan Gong, Yixian Wang, Baojian Li, Xunjian Hu, Haibo Hu

“…The effect of soil creep is generally investigated using the observational method and the plain-strain numerical simulation method. …”
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Intestinal Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…All participants underwent a generally accepted range of clinical and laboratory studies, as well as functional respiratory tests. …”
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Nonlinear vibration analysis of a 3DOF double pendulum system near resonance by Asmaa Amer, W. Zhang, T.S. Amer, H. Li

“…Lagrangian equations are employed to derive the differential governing equations of motion (GEOM) based on the system generalized coordinates. The approximate solutions (AS) of these equations are generated through the utilization of the multiple scales technique (MST) at the third-order level of approximation. …”
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Existence of an Intermediate Metallic Phase at the SDW-CDW Crossover Region in the One-Dimensional Holstein-Hubbard Model at Half-Filling by Ashok Chatterjee

“…However the detailed nature of the CDW-SDW transition is still not very well known. It is generally believed that the system undergoes a direct insulator to insulator transition from CDW to SDW with the increase of the on-site Coulomb repulsion for a given strength of the electron-phonon coupling and this is the main bottleneck for the polaronic/bipolaronic mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. …”
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A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF INVENTORY HOLDING COST by BABATUNDE OMONIYI ODEDAIRO, EMILOLA HELEN ALABA, INYENEOBONG EDEM

“…However, due to the absence of a generally acceptable methodology, many practitioners still determine this percentage based on estimates, benchmarks and intuition. …”
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A Step toward Tuberculosis Elimination in a Low-Incidence Country: Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Refugee Clinic by Elissa Rennert-May, Elisabeth Hansen, Toktam Zadeh, Valerie Krinke, Stan Houston, Ryan Cooper

“…Routine screening of this population for latent TB infection (LTBI) is generally considered infeasible. We evaluated the outcome of LTBI screening and treatment amongst refugees. …”
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Vitreous Hemorrhage as Presenting Sign of Retinal Arteriovenous Malformation by Geraldine P. B. M. Accou, Fanny Nerinckx, Bart P. Leroy, Julie De Zaeytijd

“…Retinal arteriovenous malformations are generally considered stable over time. However, complications due to retinal ischemia can occur. …”
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Digital Twins and Road Construction Using Secondary Raw Materials by Sebastjan Meža, Alenka Mauko Pranjić, Rok Vezočnik, Igor Osmokrović, Stanislav Lenart

“…., mining waste, different industrial wastes, construction, and demolition waste) has been recognized as a promising, generally more cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly alternative to the exploitation of natural resources. …”
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Dual Embedding Transformer Network for Hyperspectral Unmixing by Huadong Yang, Chengbi Zhang

“…Experimental results on synthetic and real datasets demonstrates the generalization performance of the proposed method, and the ablation experiments confirm the effectiveness of the TVA and BGF modules.…”
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Utilization of spatial technology in making land suitability class map for mango (Mangivera indica L.) plants in south langowan district, Minahasa East Coast by Pakasi Sandra, Rotinsulu Wiske, Todingan Melisa

“…While the criteria for temperature and rooting media are included in the land suitability class S2 (Moderately suitable) and for the criteria for water availability and the level of erosion hazard are generally included in class S3 (Marginally suitable). …”
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Two-Stage Treatment of Enterocutaneous Fistulas by V. Yu. Struchkov, S. V. Berelavichus, E. A. Akhtanin, D. S. Gorin, M. V. Dvukhzhilov, A. A. Goev, A. I. Burmistrov, P. V. Markov, A. G. Kriger

“…Two-stage treatment including multicomponent therapy (nutritional support, infection generalization control, local wound treatment) and reconstructive surgery allowed to reduce mortality rates to 3.4 %, which proves the effectiveness of this method.…”
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Designing hydrogel for application in spinal surgery by Rongpeng Dong, Shuang Zheng, Xueliang Cheng

“…Current treatments for spinal diseases are predominantly limited to surgical interventions, drug injections, and conservative treatments. Generally, these treatment modalities have limited or no long-term benefits. …”
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Answer Distillation Network With Bi-Text-Image Attention for Medical Visual Question Answering by Hongfang Gong, Li Li

“…Consequently, the accuracy of predictions for open-ended questions is generally lower than that for closed-ended questions. …”
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Rare Manifestation of a Rare Disease, Acute Liver Failure in Adult Onset Still’s Disease: Dramatic Response to Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy—A Case Report and Review by Nalini Valluru, Venkata S. Tammana, Michael Windham, Eyasu Mekonen, Rehana Begum, Andrew Sanderson

“…Here, we present a case of 22-year-old woman with no significant medical history who initially came with fever, arthralgias, myalgias, generalized weakness, and sore throat. Laboratory data showed mildly elevated transaminases and markedly elevated ferritin levels. …”
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Earth Pressure of Three-Dimensional Stress States under Different Strength Criteria and Its Application by Yu Zhang, Jin Liu, Te-Jia Fan, Chen-Yang Xu, Tian-Yi Meng, Yang Zhao, An Su

“…The formulas are derived on the basis of the Mohr–Coulomb, spatially mobilized plane (SMP), σ3 SMP, Lade–Duncan, axisymmetric compression- (AC-) SMP strength, and generalized Mises (Gen-Mises) criteria and then extended to clay. …”
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Novel Application of Statistical Methods to Identify New Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors by Theophilus O. Ogunyemi, Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Suzan Arslanturk, Kim A. Killinger, Ananias C. Diokno

“…To test their utility in mining large data sets, and as a preliminary step to creating a predictive index for developing UI, logistic regression, generalized estimating equations (GEEs), and proportional hazard regression (PHREG) methods were used on the existing MESA data. …”
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Green Supply Chain Management, Environmental Degradation, and Energy: Evidence from Asian Countries by Yi Yu, Wanwan Zhu, Yuan Tian

“…The purpose of this study is to test the relationship among green logistics, environmental degradation, and energy demand. The system generalized method of moment (system GMM) is used to study the data of Asian countries and four subregions in Asia. …”
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The Relevance of the Practice of Ifá Divination in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame by Olusegun Olu-Osayomi, Babatunde Adebua

“… The custom of Ifá divination is common among the Yorùbá of Western Nigeria, and among Africans generally. This paper attempts an evaluation of the relevance of the practice of Ifá divination in the selected play of Ola Rotimi to Yorùbá culture and metaphysics. …”
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Inhibition of zinc dendrite growth by a preferential crystal surface modulation strategy by Weihua Zhou, Junrun Feng, Zhuo Chen, Ziming Wan, Haoyu Feng, Lin Sheng, Zhuo Peng, Wenyuan Zhang, Zhangxiang Hao

“…Considering that Zn (002) promotes the uniform deposition of Zn while Zn (100) is generally more stable and less reactive, adjusting the ratio of active Zn (002) to Zn (100) can significantly enhance the stability and reversibility of Zn metal. …”
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Accuracy Improvement Capability of Advanced Projectile Based on Course Correction Fuze Concept by Ahmed Elsaadany, Yi Wen-jun

“…Improvement in terminal accuracy is an important objective for future artillery projectiles. Generally it is often associated with range extension. …”
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