Mechanical Behavior and Calculation Method for RC Fifteen-Pile Cap of Mixed Passenger and Freight Railway Bridge by Hongmeng Huang, Lu Cui, Wei Lu

“…The thickness, reinforcement, and concrete strength grade of railway caps in China are generally determined according to the force, yet the method for calculating the force is unclear. …”
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Factors Affecting Crash Involvement of Commercial Vehicle Drivers: Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Characteristics in South Korea by Jooyoung Lee, Jiho Yeo, Ilsoo Yun, Sanghyeok Kang

“…Previous studies on commercial vehicle crashes have generally been focused on a single type of commercial vehicle; however, the characteristics of drivers as factors affecting crashes vary widely across types of commercial vehicles as well as across study sites. …”
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Carbon emissions assessment of concrete and quantitative calculation of CO2 reduction benefits of SCMs: A case study of C30-C80 ready-mixed concrete in China by Zuojiang Lin, Guangyao Lyu, Kuizhen Fang

“…The incorporation of SCMs leads to substantial and unstable changes in cement content, but still generally reduces carbon emissions of concrete by 5 %-30 % at the same strength level, and increased transport distances have little effect on this reduction rate, which diminishes to zero only when distance exceeds 4166 km. …”
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Determination of the effect of GA3 applications on plant development, nutrient content change and analysis of root architectural features using ML artificial neural network modelli... by Sari Ömer

“…Although GA3 applications had different effects on root architecture, 200 ppm was generally the most effective. As a result, an increase in plant height, bulb characteristics, bulb number and vase life was achieved in T. saxatilis, which has a relatively small stem length. …”
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‘I roll my cigarette, and cycle to my club’: Playing with Stereotypes and Subverting Anti-Feminism in New Woman Writers’ Contributions to Punch by Katy Birch

“…The article will also explore how these authors, who were both intelligent, independent women who earned money through writing, made use of humour while publishing in a periodical in which such women were generally the targets of humour rather than the originators of it. …”
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Battery Health Monitoring and Remaining Useful Life Prediction Techniques: A Review of Technologies by Mohamed Ahwiadi, Wilson Wang

“…This paper provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the primary approaches employed for battery health monitoring and RUL estimation under the categories of model-based, data-driven, and hybrid methods. Generally speaking, model-based methods use physical or electrochemical models to simulate battery behaviour, which offers valuable insights into the principles that govern battery degradation. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Aloe vera from the Pica Oasis (Tarapacá, Chile) by UHPLC-Q/Orbitrap/MS/MS by Cristina Quispe, Michael Villalobos, Jorge Bórquez, Mario Simirgiotis

“…This is a new and innovative finding since the only part used in traditional medicine is the gel of Aloe, and the peel is generally considered waste and discarded.…”
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Bioretention Design Simulation for Efficient Urban Stormwater Reduction by Ega Fajar Wicaksono, Entin Hidayah, Cantika Almas Fildzah

“…While larger bioretention areas generally resulted in greater runoff reduction, the study underscores the importance of considering location and cost-effectiveness in bioretention design. …”
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Received signal strength difference–based tracking estimation method for arbitrarily moving target in wireless sensor networks by Zixi Jia, Bo Guan

“…The received signal strength difference–based method also has good generality and robustness with respect to the noises with different deviation values and the target following arbitrarily state model.…”
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Assessment of the growing demographic threats to economic security in the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District by P. I. Bostanova, Z. Kh. Ozdoeva

“…Methods of economic analysis were used as follows: generalization, absolute and relative value method, comparison, index and tabular methods, etc. …”
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Creating incentives for petrochemistry development in sanctioned economy by V. Ya. Afanasiev, O. V. Baykova, O. I. Bolshakova, A. A. Romantsov

“…The purpose of the study is to analyze the existing and identify the main possible incentive measures of state support to enhance investment activities in modernization and creation of new production facilities of Russian petrochemical complex.   Methods such as generalization, analysis and synthesis, classification and modeling were used in the work. …”
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Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome: A rare case of hemiatrophy with chronic seizure disorder by Utkarsh Pradeep, Anjalee Chiwhane, Sourya Acharya, Pradeep Kumar, Paschyanti Kasat

“…The patient experienced her first seizure at 6 months of age, followed by recurrent generalized tonic seizures throughout childhood. Despite treatment, she continued to have mild seizure episodes (brief changes in consciousness or less noticeable symptoms) twice a month. …”
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Contrast-Invariant Edge Detection: A Methodological Advance in Medical Image Analysis by Dang Li, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Chi-Kin Lam

“…Each bit plane is used to detect edges in 3 × 3 blocks by the proposed algorithm, and then the edge information from each plane is fused to obtain an edge image. This method is generalized to common types of images. Since CIED is based on binary bit planes and eliminates complex pixel operations, it is faster and more efficient. …”
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A comprehensive scoping review and meta-analysis of upper limb strength asymmetry by Ryan C. A. Foley, Danny H. Callaghan, Garrick N. Forman, Jeffrey D. Graham, Michael W. R. Holmes, Nicholas J. La Delfa

“…Primarily derived from handgrip data, it is unclear if a generalized asymmetry exists across the upper limb. …”
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Drought Occurrence Pattern in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia by A.S. Tefera, J.O. Ayoade, N.J. Bello

“…A statistically significant increasing drought trend was also revealed at all-time scales. Generally, the study has revealed an increasing trend of drought occurrence and spatially variable drought duration, severity, intensity and frequency in the study area. …”
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Biomonitoring with Micronuclei Test in Buccal Cells of Female Farmers and Children Exposed to Pesticides of Maneadero Agricultural Valley, Baja California, Mexico by Idalia Jazmin Castañeda-Yslas, María Evarista Arellano-García, Marco Antonio García-Zarate, Balam Ruíz-Ruíz, María Guadalupe Zavala-Cerna, Olivia Torres-Bugarín

“…We compared frequencies of MNc and NA and fitted generalized linear models to investigate the interaction between these variables and exposition to pesticides. …”
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Formation and Evolution Mechanisms of Severe Haze Pollution in the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China by Xianyu Yang, Yaqiong Lu, Xinsheng Zhu, Jianjun He, Qi Jiang, Kai Wu, Haolin Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Shigong Wang

“…The process analysis results indicated that primary emissions and aerosol processes were the major sources of PM2.5 in these urban regions, whereas vertical transport and dry deposition generally acted as sinks of PM2.5. In the presence of southwesterly synoptic winds, the aerosols emitted from the southern SCB were transported to Chengdu and the surrounding areas through horizontal transport and accounted for 66% of the PM2.5 concentration in Chengdu during Stage III. …”
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Preclinical use of a clinically-relevant scAAV9/SUMF1 vector for the treatment of multiple sulfatase deficiency by Maximiliano Presa, Rachel M. Bailey, Somdatta Ray, Lauren Bailey, Saurabh Tata, Tara Murphy, Pierre-Alexandre Piec, Harold Combs, Steven J. Gray, Cathleen Lutz

“…Methods We engineered a viral vector (AAV9/SUMF1) to deliver working copies of the SUMF1 gene and tested the vector in Sumf1 knock out mice that generally display a median lifespan of 10 days. Mice were injected as pre-symptomatic neonates via intracerebroventricular administration, or as post-symptomatic juveniles via intrathecal alone or combination intrathecal and intravenous delivery. …”
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Identification and interpretive ranking of factors affecting the improvement of agility in business process management by Sadegh Hasani Moghadam, Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Hossein Bazargani, Ali Taheri, Mohsen Miri

“…One of the most critical requirements of such a model is using systems thinking and a soft operations research approach because the methods introduced in the background to achieve the agility of the process management generally include fragmentary optimization because of the one-dimensional view and the lack of a system view to identifying agility variables in process management.Methodology: In this study, an attempt was made to provide a comprehensive model using the interpretative paradigm's capabilities. …”
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Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…In relation to academic misconduct, students generally perceived invigilated exams to restrain such practices; however, the perceived effect was not statistically significant when compared with alternative assessments (. …”
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