A two-strain TB model with multiplelatent stages by Azizeh Jabbari, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Fereshteh Nazari, Baojun Song, Hossein Kheiri

“…The mathematical analysis is carried out when the waiting periods are modeled via parametrically friendly gamma distributions, a reasonable alternative to the use of exponential distributed waiting periods or to integral equations involving ``arbitrary'' distributions. …”
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Field—Based Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Hydrocarbons at Industrially Contaminated Sites by Peggy Rigou, Steven John Setford, Selwayan Saini

“…This premise should be viewed alongside the growing trend towards field-based characterisation of contaminated sites for reasons of speed and cost. Field-based methods for the extraction of organic compounds from solid samples are generally cumbersome, time consuming, or inefficient. …”
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A Decentralised Task Mapping Approach for Homogeneous Multiprocessor Network-On-Chips by Peter Zipf, Gilles Sassatelli, Nurten Utlu, Nicolas Saint-Jean, Pascal Benoit, Manfred Glesner

“…The mapping quality of the algorithm can be shown to be within a reasonable range (below 30% mostly) of the reference. …”
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Study on Disease Mechanism and Theoretical Quantification Method of Tunnel Structure by Yu Liu, Chun-an Tang, Peng-yu Wang, Yong-ping Guan, Shu-hong Wang

“…The comprehensive correlation degree of disease grades is combined with the qualitative evaluation and quantitative research of lining structure diseases to construct a health evaluation system for tunnel lining structures, which is convenient for managers to make reasonable decisions. At the same time, combined with the actual test data of tunnel engineering, the calculation and analysis of the extension model are carried out to verify the engineering applicability of the model.…”
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Lateral Condyle Fracture of the Humerus in Children Treated with Bioabsorbable Materials by Véronique Andrey, Stéphane Tercier, Frédéric Vauclair, Aline Bregou-Bourgeois, Nicolas Lutz, Pierre-Yves Zambelli

“…The use of bioabsorbable pins or screws is a reasonable alternative to the traditional use of metallic materials for the treatment of lateral condyle fracture of the elbow in children.…”
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Crisis prevention as a chance for business recovery in the European Union by Đurić Đuro M., Jovanović Vladimir M., Jovanović Marija S.

“…This was done by defining the circumstances that precede the reasons for bankruptcy and by providing instruments to protect the debtor from enforcement. …”
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Simulating the Effects of Noncrossing Block Sections Setting Rules on Capacity Loss of Double-Track Railway Line due to the Operation of out-of-Gauge Trains by Yinggui Zhang, Qiong-fang Zeng, Dingyou Lei, Xinyu Wang

“…Dispatchers often set noncrossing block sections (NCBSs) for railway out-of-gauge train (OGT) running on double-track railway line for safety reasons. In this paper, we will investigate the best location, length, and number of noncrossing block sections to reduce railway capacity loss due to the operation of OGTs. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Changes in Soil Quality at Shooting Ranges: A Case Study in Croatia by Željka Zgorelec, Nikica Šprem, Radovan Abramović, Marija Galić, Iva Hrelja, Domina Delač, Toni Safner, Ivica Kisić

“…The study found high natural soil Cr and Ni content in leptosols and terra rossa due to paedogenic reasons (CFs < 1.3) and soil acidification (a decrease in soil pH_KCl) due to ammunition/target use. …”
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On Mixed Flow Turbines for Automotive Turbocharger Applications by Bernhardt Lüddecke, Dietmar Filsinger, Jan Ehrhard

“…Regarding turbocharged engine simulation, the benefit of wide-ranging turbine map measurement data as well as the need for reasonable turbine map extrapolation is illustrated.…”
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Dynamic mechanical properties and failure mechanism of sustainable lightweight aggregate rubber concrete by Lin Chen, Fei Yang, Yehua Hong, Wanhui Feng, Xin Li

“…Dynamic test results indicate that, with a reasonable proportion of artificial lightweight aggregate and rubber particles, the dynamic specific strength and energy absorption of the resulting concrete are 3% and 6% higher, respectively, than those of normal concrete. …”
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Bilateral Choroidal Metastasis from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Tariq Namad, Jiang Wang, Annemarie Tilton, Nagla Abdel Karim

“…She continued to have a reasonable performance status at that time, except for mild increase in her dyspnea. …”
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Topology optimization design of wing rib based on bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization method by HUANG Chenglei, FAN Qingming, LIU Hongjun, YU Boya

“…The internal materials of the wing fin were added or deleted reasonably according to the element stress, and the optimized wing fin was redesigned. …”
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Application of Optimal Scheduling Model Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm in Electric Power Mobile Operation by Rui Fan, Huiying Jing, Zhixin Jing

“…In the task assignment of the model, the total task completion time is shortened by 3 hours, the task assignment of each team is more uniform, and the path planning of each team is more reasonable. The research utilizes a genetic algorithm to intelligently schedule human resources, automating the scheduling process and achieving the lowest cost for completing the work.…”
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3D versus 2D Systematic Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy: Higher Cancer Detection Rate in Clinical Practice by Alexandre Peltier, Fouad Aoun, Fouad El-Khoury, Eric Hawaux, Ksenija Limani, Krishna Narahari, Nicolas Sirtaine, Roland van Velthoven

“…Conclusion. There is reasonable evidence demonstrating the superiority of the 3D-guided biopsies in detecting prostate cancers that would have been missed using the 2D extended protocol.…”
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Research on the confinement mechanism and calculation method of axial load-bearing capacity of steel-reinforced concrete-filled square steel tubular columns by Cong Peng, Deprizon Syamsunur, Taha Mohammed Jassam, Zhiming Zhang

“…Additionally, the introduction of stress–strain models into finite element analysis, compared with experimental results, demonstrates that the proposed confinement mechanism and the established stress–strain model for steel-reinforced concrete are reasonable and effective. The theoretical calculation results for the ultimate bearing capacity based on this are well aligned with the simulation and experimental values.…”
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Systematic Review of the Relationship between Acute and Late Gastrointestinal Toxicity after Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer by Matthew Sean Peach, Timothy N. Showalter, Nitin Ohri

“…Identification of subjects at high risk for late gastrointestinal injury could allow toxicity prevention trials to be performed using reasonable sample sizes. Acute radiation therapy toxicity has been shown to predict late toxicity in several organ systems. …”
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Upper-Bound Finite Element Adaptive Analysis of Plane Strain Heading in Soil with a Soft Upper Layer and Hard Lower Layer by Jian Zhang, Li Ding, Yu Liang, Jingyao Zong, Zhenya Li

“…The results compare reasonably well with those in the literature and those from the numerical method.…”
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Evaluation of a Rapid Kit for Detection of IgM against Leptospira in Human by Mohan Rao, Fairuz Amran, Nadia Aqilla

“…Test efficiency of this rapid kit is reasonable. It is specific in detecting leptospiral antibody and assures clinician of accurate diagnosis by having higher PPV and NPV. …”
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Online Parameter Identification of the Lithium-Ion Battery with Refined Instrumental Variable Estimation by An Wen, Jinhao Meng, Jichang Peng, Lei Cai, Qian Xiao

“…With the benefit of a series of auxiliary models, the data filtering technology can prefilter the measurement and increase the robustness of the parameters against the noise. Reasonable parameters are possible to be obtained regardless of the noise in the measurement by RIV. …”
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Schema Versioning in Databases: A Literature Review by Zouhaier Brahmia, Fabio Grandi, Barbara Oliboni

“…Changes involving the database schema are unavoidable events that sometimes occur in data-centric systems, due to many reasons like evolution of user requirements, corrective maintenance, improvement of the current schema with the addition of new integrity constraints, implementation of new business rules, or compliance to new regulations. …”
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