A Perspective Review on Numerical Simulations of Hemodynamics in Aortic Dissection by Wan Naimah Wan Ab Naim, Poo Balan Ganesan, Zhonghua Sun, Kok Han Chee, Shahrul Amry Hashim, Einly Lim

“…This paper presents a comprehensive review of the existing numerical models developed to investigate reasons behind tear initiation and progression, as well as the effectiveness of various treatment strategies, particularly the stent graft treatment.…”
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Mechanical Performance and Design Method of Improved Lead Shear Damper with Long Stroke by Baoshun Wang, Weiming Yan, Haoxiang He

“…The method of calculating damping force is reasonable and accurate. In order to verify the damping effect of ILSD-LS for the structures with long periods under long-period ground motions, the nonlinear time history analysis of a typical high-rise structure with ILSD-LS is carried out. …”
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Assessment of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Static Loading Pile Based on Cusp Catastrophe Theory by Jibao Yang, Xing Huang, Hao Ni, Shilong Hao, Fudong Liu, Zhangrong Liu

“…Determining the ultimate bearing capacity of pile is important for reasonable design of the pile. In this paper, a cusp catastrophe theory-based method was proposed for assessing the ultimate bearing capacity of static loading pile. …”
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Extremism and Non-Development: Utilizing Sustainable Development as an Approach to Combat Extremism by Roya Jafari, Mehdi Zakerian Amiri

“…Researches show non-development and deprivation of soci-economic rights is one of extremism expansion reasons. Focus on sustainable development may employ as a complementary solution in anti-extremist policies. …”
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A Review of Ethnomedicinal Plants as Potential Anthelmintic Agents to Alternatively Control Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Ruminants in South Africa by Lindokuhle Christopher Mhlongo, Cresswell Mseleku, Thando Tenza, Sylvester Werekeh Fomum, Lyndy Joy McGaw, Abubeker Hassen, Ignatius Verla Nsahlai

“…This review sought to understand common GINs infecting ruminants, resistance manifestation in GINs to conventional treatment, reasons communal farmers choose ethnomedicine, and modes of action in anthelmintic plants. …”
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Calculated interdiffusivities resulting from different fitting functions applied to measured concentration profiles in Cu-rich fcc Cu-Ni-Sn alloys at 1073 K by Liu Y., Liu D., Du Y., Liu S., Kuang D., Deng P., Zhang J., Du C., Zheng Z., He X.

“…The calculated diffusion coefficients using the Boltzmann and additive Boltzmann functions are found to be with reasonable errors and show a general agreement with those using other fitting functions. …”
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Degradation of High-Concentration Nitrate Nitrogen in Groundwater: A Laboratory Study by Manxi Liu, Lu Xia, Ruinan Liu, Zongjun Gao, Cong Han, Jianguo Feng, Jing Wang, Wanlong Qu, Tongju Xing

“…To investigate effective and reasonable methods for the remediation of nitrate nitrogen pollution in groundwater, two groups of laboratory denitrification experiments were conducted: one on the effect of native denitrifying microbes in groundwater and another on the effect of artificially added denitrifying microbes. …”
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Cooling down AI regulation controversies: Three closure processes in the Chilean legislative arena by Mónica Humeres, Dusan Cotoras, Renato Moretti, Iñaki Oyarzún-Merino, Teresa Correa, Claudia López

“…According to social studies of artificial intelligence (AI), public AI controversies tend to dissipate relatively quickly despite well-documented risks and harms. The reasons for this lack of controversiality are beginning to be studied. …”
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Additive slacks-based measure of efficiency for dealing with undesirable outputs based on DEA-R model by Javad Gerami, Mohammad Reza Mozaffari

“…In order to obtain a reasonable measure of efficiency, this paper proposes a concept for determining the minimum number of undesirable outputs that a DMU is allowed to generate based on the assertion of weak disposability. …”
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Optimization of Extended Warranty Cost for Multi-Component Products with Failure Interaction by Rongcai Wang, Enzhi Dong, Zhonghua Cheng, Liqing Rong, Qian Wang

“…In order to solve the problem of EW pricing for multi-component systems with failure interaction reasonably, considering the failure interaction characteristics between components of the multi-component systems, under the condition of type II failure interaction, this paper constructed a dependent failure rate model and developed a EW cost model of two-component systems. …”
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Mind wandering enhances statistical learning by Teodóra Vékony, Bence C. Farkas, Bianka Brezóczki, Matthias Mittner, Gábor Csifcsák, Péter Simor, Dezső Németh

“…Despite the significant amount of time dedicated to MW, its underlying reasons remain unexplained. Our pre-registered study investigates the potential adaptive aspects of MW, particularly its role in predictive processes measured by statistical learning. …”
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Preliminary Results of Marine Electromagnetic Sounding with a Powerful, Remote Source in Kola Bay off the Barents Sea by Valery Grigoryev, Sergey Korotaev, Mikhail Kruglyakov, Darya Orekhova, Yury Scshors, Evgeniy Tereshchenko, Pavel Tereshchenko, Igor Trofimov

“…In spite of the fact that, for technical reasons, not all the components were successfully recorded at every site, the quality of the experimental data was quite satisfactory. …”
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Exploiting More Associations Between Slots for Multi-Domain Dialog State Tracking by Hui Bai, Yan Yang, Jie Wang

“…In particular, certain connections may exist among slots in different domains, and their corresponding values can be obtained through explicit or implicit reasoning. Therefore, we use the graph adjacency matrix to determine the correlation between slots, so that the slots can incorporate more slot-value transformer information. …”
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Speed Control Using an Integral Sliding Mode Controller for a Three-Phase Induction Motor by Samar Abdulkareem AL-Hashemi, Ayad AL-Dujaili, Ahmed R. Ajel

“… Induction motors are widely used in commercial and industrial applications due to their robustness, high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and durability among other reasons. Consequently, their speed should be controlled for better performance. …”
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Primary Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma of the Spine: A Case Report of a Rare Entity and a Review of the Literature by Nikolaos A. Paidakakos, Aristides Rovlias, Evaggelos Rokas, Spyridon Theodoropoulos, Patroklos Katafygiotis

“…We report the case of a woman with clear cell chondrosarcoma of the thoracic spine, which has been surgically excised, and review the pertinent literature (PubMed). Although it has a reasonably benign biological behavior, clear cell chondrosarcoma needs to be treated as a malignancy. …”
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Excel as an electronic method for determining thermal diffusivity from experimental data by Camila Rodrigues Carneiro, Mateus Tomaz Neves, Adamu Muhammad Alhaji, Rita de Cássia Superbi de Sousa

“… It is undoubted that, with industrial development, the thermophysical characterization of materials and substances, among other reasons, maximizes the performance of equipment and the efficiency of the most diverse unit operations. …”
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Identification of pathogenic bacteria by biosensors in water and wastewater by Sakineh Hargolzadeh, Soheila Kashanian, Maryam Nazari

“…The irresponsible use of these antibiotics is one of the most important reasons for the emergence of microbial resistance, which has become a global issue. …”
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Analysis of Slope Stability and Disaster Law under Heavy Rainfall by Pengfei Guo, Yadi Yuan, Yanyan Peng, Haijiag Zhang, Yongxu Zhao

“…The physical model experiment and the numerical simulation results are in good agreement, which can provide the basis for slope reinforcement under heavy rainfall conditions and have important scientific significance and social value for the reasonable site selection of housing construction, transportation network, and disaster prevention and mitigation in coastal areas.…”
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Effect of deformation temperature on microstructure and corrosion properties of hot-compressed 347H stainless steel by Qiushuang Wang, Ruidong Li, Junchen Li

“…The changes of grain boundary density and Σ3 boundaries caused by deformation at different temperatures are the fundamental reasons for the fluctuation of corrosion properties. …”
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Critical Appraisal of Pharmaceutical Therapy in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy—Challenges and Prospectives by Elina Khattab, Michaelia Kyriakou, Elena Leonidou, Stefanos Sokratous, Angeliki Mouzarou, Michael M. Myrianthefs, Nikolaos P. E. Kadoglou

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DBCM) has been increasingly recognized as the development of cardiac dysfunction, which is accompanied by heart failure (HF) symptoms in the absence of obvious reasons like ischemic heart disease, hypertension, or valvulopathies. …”
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