Presenting two new methods for solving linear interval optimal control problems using the resilience approach of control signal by Elnaz Hosseini, Mehdi Allahdadi, Samaneh Soradi-Zeid

“…In the second method, we first solve the optimal control problem for the beginning and the end of the interval, and at any time we consider the lowest value as the lower bound and the highest value as the upper bound of the interval solution. …”
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Climate drives the long-term ant male production in a tropical community by Adriana Uquillas, Nathaly Bonilla, Stephany Arizala, Yves Basset, Héctor Barrios, David A. Donoso

“…Short-term changes in the timing of male flying activity were pronounced, and compositionally distinct assemblages flew during the wet and dry seasons. …”
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Subnational trends and inequalities of under-immunisation and zero-dose among children aged 12–23 months in Uganda: a national population-based cross-sectional study by Aluísio J D Barros, Peter Waiswa, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Ronald Wasswa, Thiago M Santos

“…Subnational inequalities in under-vaccination increased over time with widening gaps between regions. While inequalities across wealth quintiles, maternal education levels and places of residence narrowed, children of mothers with lower education levels continued to have the highest under-vaccination rates. …”
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PSO-GWO Optimized Fractional Order PID Based Hybrid Shunt Active Power Filter for Power Quality Improvements by Alok Kumar Mishra, Soumya Ranjan Das, Prakash K. Ray, Ranjan Kumar Mallick, Asit Mohanty, Dillip K. Mishra

“…Hence, a hybrid structure of shunt active and passive filter is designed using MATLAB/Simulink and in real time experimental set up. The compensation process for shunt active filter is different from predictable methods such as (<italic>p-q</italic>) or (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${i}_{d}-{i}_{q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) theory, in which only the source current is to be sensed. …”
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Analytical and Numerical Methods for Circumbinary Disk Dynamics. II. Inclined Disks by Michal Pirog, Siddharth Mahesh, Sean T. McWilliams

“…Furthermore, we identify configurations where there is never a persistent balance between the dynamical and viscous torque densities, as well as cases where the location of this balance oscillates or exhibits other time-dependent behavior over viscous timescales. …”
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Supply chain performance in the age of Industry 4.0 by Tahsina Khan, Md Mehedi Hasan Emon

“…Specifically, Industry 4.0 adoption strengthens DSCI by enabling real-time communication, reducing process fragmentation, and supporting more efficient decision-making. …”
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Accuracy Assessment of Nonlinear Seismic Displacement Demand Predicted by Simplified Methods for the Plateau Range of Design Response Spectra by Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana

“…The accuracy is assessed through comparing the displacement demand computed using nonlinear time-history analysis (NLTHA) with predictions using simplified methods. …”
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Effects of Pristane Alone or Combined with Chloroquine on Macrophage Activation, Oxidative Stress, and Th1/Th2 Skewness by Qiufang Ouyang, Ziyang Huang, Zhenhua Wang, Xiaoqing Chen, Jingqin Ni, Ling Lin

“…And the expression of T-bet/GATA-3 and IL-12/IL-10 mRNA in spleen were analyzed by real-time PCR. We found that pristane treatment for a period of 12 or 24 weeks triggered macrophage activation syndrome, characterized by hemophagocytosis in spleen and peripheral blood, enhanced lipid phagocytosis by peritoneal macrophages in vitro, erythropenia and leucopenia, increased anti-Smith, lactic dehydrogenase, triglyceride, and ferritin, as well as hypercytokinemia of IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-4, and IL-6. …”
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Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens from Stool Samples on Hemoccult Cards by Multiplex PCR by Martin Alberer, Nicklas Schlenker, Malkin Bauer, Kerstin Helfrich, Carolin Mengele, Thomas Löscher, Hans Dieter Nothdurft, Gisela Bretzel, Marcus Beissner

“…Furthermore, card samples were tested after a prolonged time interval simulating storage during a travel duration of up to 6 weeks. …”
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Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending the Diabetic Clinic of the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Asamere Tsegaw, Shitaye Alemu, Abere Dessie, Christopher C. Patterson, Eldryd H. O. Parry, David I. W. Phillips, Elisabeth R. Trimble

“…The prevalence of retinopathy increased with time from diagnosis of T2DM (chi-square for trend, p<0.001) and with increasing HbA1c level (chi-square for trend, p=0.03). …”
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Cohort profile: Swedish families of the 1990s (SWIFT90) by Josephine Jackisch, Viviane S. Straatmann, Tanishta Rajesh, Ylva B. Almquist

“…SWIFT90 compiles administrative data spanning from 1960 to 2022, which reflects the most recent data available at the time of the data request.Findings to date SWIFT90 provides information on 61 982 parents (fathers=31 028; mothers=30 954) with children placed in OHC and their respective children (38,084). …”
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Mechanical properties and energy evolution of outburst coal seams under different load regimes by Zhang Tianjun, Wu Jiaokun, Wang Gang, Chen Yong, Ding Hong, Ma Hongyu, Yang Jie

“…The strength characteristics of coal under different loading rates comply with the Mohr‐Coulomb criterion, and the peak strength is linearly related to the failure time and loading rate. With the increasing confining pressure causes the failure of coal samples to transition from ductile to brittle, and the failure mode develops from local shear to overall splitting. …”
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Genesis of Holocaust history politics: Case study: Republic of Serbia 1945-2020 by Radojković Stefan

“…During the third phase (2011-2020), the explicit naming of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust as well as the Roma victims of Samudaripen persists, on the one hand, while at the same time striving for their (institutional) separation from the victims of the genocide committed against the Serbian people. …”
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Enhanced hemocompatibility, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of biomolecules stabilized AgNPs with cytotoxic effects on cancer cells by Azam Chahardoli, Farshad Qalekhani, Pouria Hajmomeni, Yalda Shokoohinia, Ali Fattahi

“…These hemo-compatible NPs showed good blood-clotting ability by reducing clotting time (6 min relative to the control). These particles excellently inhibited the denaturation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) by 69.3–80.7% at concentrations ranging from 31.25 to 500 µg/mL compared to a reference drug. …”
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Spatial datasets of CMIP6 climate change projections for Canada and the United StatesNRCAN Climate Archives by Daniel W. McKenney, John H. Pedlar, Kevin Lawrence, Stephen R. Sobie, Kaitlin DeBoer, Tiziana Brescacin

“…These data products are based on outputs from the 6th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) and include projections for 13 General Circulation Models (GCMs), three Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSP1 2.6, SSP2 4.5, and SSP5 8.5), four 30-year time periods (2011–2040, 2021–2050, 2041–2070, and 2071–2100), and a suite of climate variables, including monthly maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, climate moisture index, and various bioclimatic summaries. …”
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The characters of fairy tales in the children's book illustration: a dragon and a witch by Ingrida Korsakaitė

“…In Lithuanian children's books, a rather unique picture of the witch (a fairy or a stepmother) has formed. At the same time, a peculiar tradition of its representation has developed, which is quite different from that found in children's book illustrations of other nations. …”
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Debates on Changes in the Foreign Policy of Contemporary China (A Case Study of the English Language Academic Publications) by S. K. Pestsov

“…Since the latter half of 2000s there has been a steady trend in the foreign policy of China towards greater assertiveness. At the same time this transformation ensures continuity of the basic principles of Chinese diplomacy. …”
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The association between perceived student gratitude and teacher family role performance: A moderated mediation model by Shaoqing Su, Yifan Ou, Ying Liao

“…Methods: In this study, data were collected from a sample of 1, 068 teachers and their spouses involved in student management and teaching activities across 21 colleges and universities in northwestern and southeastern China, utilizing a two-wave time-lagged method. The assessment of college teachers was conducted using the gratitude scale, family role performance scale, work-family enrichment scale, and intrinsic motivation scale. …”
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Failure analysis and size optimization of CFRP composite single-lap bonded joints based on the influence of multiple parameters by Kang Yang, Ziyi Liu, Xin Qi, Pengyang Li, Shude Ji, Peng Liu, Zhipeng Liu

“…The microscopic morphology of the fracture surface was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). At the same time, a finite element simulation model was established to simulate the damage initiation and evolution process between layers and in the adhesive layer, and analyze the distribution laws of peel stress and shear stress in the adhesive layer. …”
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Intra-Articular Injection of Human Synovial Membrane-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Murine Collagen-Induced Arthritis: Assessment of Immunomodulatory Capacity In Vivo by Minglu Yan, Xin Liu, Qiujie Dang, He Huang, Fan Yang, Yang Li

“…Cytokine profile analyses were performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction and multiplex analyses. …”
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