Ant Colony Optimization Analysis on Overall Stability of High Arch Dam Basis of Field Monitoring by Peng Lin, Xiaoli Liu, Hong-Xin Chen, Jinxie Kim

“…The algorithm performance is satisfactory, and the accuracy is verified. The m groups of feedback parameters, used to run a nonlinear FEM code, and the displacement and stress distribution are discussed. …”
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Automated Pavement Crack Damage Detection Using Deep Multiscale Convolutional Features by Weidong Song, Guohui Jia, Hong Zhu, Di Jia, Lin Gao

“…We train and evaluate the CrackSeg net on our CrackDataset, the experimental results prove that the CrackSeg achieves high performance with a precision of 98.00%, recall of 97.85%, F-score of 97.92%, and a mIoU of 73.53%. Compared with other state-of-the-art methods, the CrackSeg performs more efficiently, and robustly for automated pavement crack detection.…”
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Environmental Geophysical Study of the Groundwater Mineralization in a Plot of the Cotonou Littoral Zone (South Benin) by Yalo Nicaise, Descloitres Marc, Alassane Abdoukarim, Mama Daouda, Boukari Moussa

“…Geophysical investigations comprising electrical resistivity and electromagnetic conductivities methods were deployed in a 350 m2 sector, strewn with 11 wells. Within the framework of an environmental study on a small scale in the south of Benin, the water conductivity of these wells was measured to determine in a direct way mineralization of the coastal water table in the littoral zone. …”
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Determination of Traces of Pd(II) in Spiked Samples by Using 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehydeisonicotinol-hydrazone as a Chelating Agent with UV Visible Spectrophotometer by S. Lakshmi Narayana, C. Ramachandraiah, A. Varada Reddy, Dongyeun Lee, Jaesool Shim

“…The molar absorptivity, Sandell’s sensitivity and detection limit were found to be 0.53×104 L mol-1 cm-1, 0.02 μg cm-2 and 0.0948 μg mL-1, respectively. The correlation coefficient and regression coefficient of the Pd(II)-3,4-DHBINH complex were 1.08 and 0.04 respectively. …”
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GENETIC CONTROL OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF SEEDLINGS, BOLLS, AND SEEDS IN FLAX (LINUM USITATISSIMUM L.) by E. Porokhovinova

“…The pf1 and CSB1 genes demonstrate a 35-cM linkage.…”
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Comparative study of the performance of photovoltaic and photovoltaic thermal solar systems: Case study in El Jadida by El Alami Yassine, Ouerradi Fatima, Bounouar Said, Benhmida Mohammadi, Rhiat Mohammed, Benhala Bachir, Hirech Kamal, Baghaz Elhadi

“…When irradiance reaches a maximum of 1055.6 W/m2, the PVT system generates 3.92% more electrical power than the PV system. …”
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Effect of P doped bimetallic FeCo catalysts on carbon matrix for oxygen reduction in alkaline media by Yuqi Ma, Hyo-Jin Ahn

“…The P0.025-FeCo/C catalyst demonstrated outstanding ORR activity, including an ECSA of 1954.3 cm2, a limited current density of -3.98 mA/cm2, an E1/2 of ~0.84 V, and an Eonset of ~0.94 V. …”
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Preparation of Rangeland vegetation cover map and monitoring its changes in drought and wet periods using NDVI MODIS product (Case Study: Southern Rangelands of Yazd Province) by Hadi Zare khormizie, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…In this study, in order to plot the vegetation cover percentage of the rangelands and monitor its changes in drought and wet periods, NDVI products of MODIS sensor during the years from 2000 to 2017 with a spatial resolution of 250 m and a 16-day time resolution, and The SPI drought index were used. …”
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Study on Pounding Response of Adjacent Inelastic SDOF Structures Based on Dimensional Analysis by Xuyong Chen, Huipeng Guo, Tao Wang, Qiaoyun Wu

“…For the right-side structure with larger mass and stiffness, the amplification of pounding on structural response increases with the increase of mass ratio Πm and decreases with the increase of frequency ratio μ and structural spacing Πd.…”
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COMBATING WEEDS IN MEADOWS WITH REFERENCE TO CIRSIUM VULGARE SPECIES by Lisena Piscoran, Gabriela Calatan, Stefan Bakos, Ioan Lupuț, Teodor Rusu

“…From the results obtained after experimentation, we notice that through agrotechnical methods of correcting the properties of the soil, a reduced number of plants per m2 was obtained, and among the chemical methods used, herbicides based on acid 2.4 D, dicamba and clopilarid were the most effective in combating invasive weeds such as Cirsium vulgare.…”
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SED-YOLO based multi-scale attention for small object detection in remote sensing by Xiaotan Wei, Zhensong Li, Yutong Wang

“…Experimental results demonstrate that this improved network achieves an mean Average Precision (mAP) of 71.6% on the DOTA dataset, surpassing the original YOLOv5s by 2.4%, effectively improving the accuracy of small object detection.…”
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Direct Quantitative Detection and Identification of Lactococcal Bacteriophages from Milk and Whey by Real-Time PCR: Application for the Detection of Lactococcal Bacteriophages in G... by Mai Huong Ly-Chatain, Loïc Durand, Véronique Rigobello, Annabelle Vera, Yann Demarigny

“…The real-time PCR program was specific and with the detection limit of 102 PFU/mL. The curve slopes were −3.49, −3.69, and −3.45 with the amplification efficiency estimated at 94%, 94%, and 98% and the correlation coefficient (𝑅2) of 0.999, 0.999, and 0.998 for c2, 936 and P335 group, respectively. …”
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A Cytokine That Is Involved in Immune Responses in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Patients by Noor R. Abady, Zeana Shakir Al-Al Hindi

“…Materials and Methods: There were four groups in the study: asymptomatic HBsAg carriers (n = 42), chronic hepatitis B (CHB, n = 57), liver cirrhosis (LC, n = 59), and the normal control group (n = 80). an Enzyme-Linked was used to measure the amounts of IL-17, while reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to find IL-17 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). …”
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Impact of Curing Periods on the Evaluation of Thermal, Mechanical Properties, and Energy Consumption of Concrete Buildings by Abdallah Talhaoui, Naima Fezzioui, Adel Benidir

“…In the experimental section, concrete specimens were created using regular concrete with a dosage of cement of 350 Kg/m³, and curing periods were varied (without curing, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days) to assess thermal conductivity, density, ultrasonic pulse velocity, and compressive strength at 28 days. …”
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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor Associated with Carboplatin in Treatment of Metastatic Nasal Carcinoma in Dog by Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves, Aline Gonçalves Corrêa, Fabiana Elias, Sabryna Gouveia Calazans

“…Chemotherapy was established with carboplatin 300 mg/m2 intravenously—four cycles with intervals of 21 days—and firocoxib 5 mg/kg orally every 24 hours for 7 months. …”
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Bioimpedance assessment of body composition in the first adulthood period of somatic types residing in highland by Kozuev Kadyr, Tulekeev Toktogazy, Dzholdubaev Sagynbek, Toichieva Zarina, Abdullaeva Zhypargul

“…Study design: a comparative bioimpedance assessment of body types according to the Heath and Carter’s scheme was performed to identify somatic types and body weight composition in healthy men of the 1st adulthood period living in high mountains (2469–3325 m above sea level). Somatotypical features of body composition have been established. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, Molecular Docking, and In Silico ADME Study for Some New Different Derivatives for Succiniohydrazide by Asmaa A. Maryoosh, Oday H. R. Al-Jeilawi

“…In the first step, after synthesis of their precursor, it has been prepared di benzoyl succinohydrazide using a two-step process that involved reacting (o,m,p)-chloro benzoic acid with thionyl chloride to obtain freshly prepared substituted benzoyl chloride derivatives that were then reacted with succinohydrazide, or by a second method, directly reacting substituted benzoyl chloride with succinohydrazide to give benzoylsuccinohydrazide derivatives. …”
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Genesis of national legislation and scientific thought development regarding criminal liability for perjury by K. A. Romanauskas

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On-Farm Mitigation of Transmission of Tuberculosis from White-Tailed Deer to Cattle: Literature Review and Recommendations by W. David Walter, Charles W. Anderson, Rick Smith, Mike Vanderklok, James J. Averill, Kurt C. VerCauteren

“…The objectives of our study were to review the present state of knowledge on M. bovis excretion, transmission, and survival in the environment and the interactions of wildlife and cattle with the intention of determining if the current recommendations by MDARD on farm practices are adequate and to identify additional changes to farm practices that may help to mitigate the risk of transmission. …”
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PG102 Upregulates IL-37 through p38, ERK, and Smad3 Pathways in HaCaT Keratinocytes by Hyun-keun Kim, Seonung Lim, Min-Jung Bae, Wonwoo Lee, Sunyoung Kim

“…PG102 increased the expression of IL-37 at both mRNA and protein levels presumably by enhancing the phosphorylation of Smad3, ERK, and p38. …”
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