Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Leveling Mortars with Porcelain and Red Ceramic Wastes by Valdir M. Pereira, Gladis Camarini

“…Mortars were studied in the fresh state (fluidity, segregation and/or bleeding, outflow rate, outflow time, and kinetics of temperature) and in the hardened state (compressive strength, flexural tensile strength, capillary water absorption, water penetration height, and air permeability). …”
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Study of charmonium production via the decay to $$p\bar{p}$$ p p ¯ at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\,\textrm{TeV}$$ s = 13 TeV by LHCb Collaboration

“…The differential cross-section is measured in bins of $$p_\mathrm{{T}}$$ p T and, for the first time, of y. Upper limits, at 90% and 95% confidence levels, on the $$\eta _c(2S)$$ η c ( 2 S ) and $$h_c(1P)$$ h c ( 1 P ) prompt production cross-sections are determined for the first time.…”
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Introduksi Teknologi Pengering Tenaga Surya Untuk Meningkatkan Produktivitas Dan Pendapatan Usaha Kerupuk Ubi Di Kecamatan Kamang Magek Kabupaten Agam by Adli Havendri, Dendi Adi Saputra, Eka Satria, Syafi’i Syafi’i

“…The result shows the drying time is 2 times faster than traditional drying process. …”
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Impact of the High-Energy Dynamic Compaction by Multiple Compactors on the Surrounding Environment by Chunlin Jiang, Yanhui Ge, Baoqun Wang, Luchen Zhang, Youbo Liu

“…Under the condition of multiple compactors working with a time interval of less than 10 s, the impact of the superimposed dynamic compaction energy due to the interaction of multiple compactors had to be considered.…”
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An Improved Method for Estimating the Domain of Attraction of Passive Biped Walker by Yu Wang, Heng Cao, JinLin Jiang

“…However, the Poincare mapping is usually computationally expensive and time-consuming due to the complex dynamical equation of the passive biped walker. …”
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Effects of Environmental Factors on the Growth, Optical Density and Biomass of the Green Algae <i>Chlorella Vulgaris</i> in Outdoor Conditions by Lavajoo Fatemeh, Dehghani Mohsen

“…The highest deviation was in atmosphere lux in time 8:30 (± 117.7) and lowest  deviation was in atmosphere temperature in time 15:00 (± 1.0499). …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…The rehabilitation after LAS in professional football players is often still time-based and relies on anecdotal experience of clinicans. …”
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Performance Analysis of Reheat Steam Temperature Control System of Thermal Power Unit Based on Constrained Predictive Control by Xiaoli Li, Jian Liu, Kang Wang, Fuqiang Wang, Yang Li

“…The reheat steam temperature control system of thermal power unit is a complex control object with time-varying parameters and large delay. In order to achieve precise control of reheat steam temperature, the performance of the reheat temperature control system is analyzed according to the data that are obtained based on the constrained predictive control algorithm. …”
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Biodegradation Potential of Oil-based Drill Cuttings Encapsulated with Cement in the Soil Environment by Rim-Rukeh Akpofure

“…Experimental results shows a mass loss of oil base drill cuttings encapsulated with cement slab during the period of the study, indicating approximate linear relationship between mass loss and time. When the log of mass-loss is plotted against time, an approximate linear relationship is obtained confirming a first-order chemical reaction for the biodegradation process. …”
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Distinguishing Ideal and Non-Ideal Chemical Systems Based on Kinetic Behavior by Gregory Yablonsky, Vladislav Fedotov

“…Our approach in distinguishing the ideal and non-ideal systems is based on the properties of the special event, i.e., event, the time of which is well-defined. For the single-step first-order reaction in the ideal system, this event is the half-time-decay point, or the intersection point. …”
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A Hybrid Domain Degradation Feature Extraction Method for Motor Bearing Based on Distance Evaluation Technique by Baiyan Chen, Hongru Li, He Yu, Yukui Wang

“…The vibration signal of the motor bearing has strong nonstationary and nonlinear characteristics, and it is arduous to accurately recognize the degradation state of the motor bearing with traditional single time or frequency domain indexes. A hybrid domain feature extraction method based on distance evaluation technique (DET) is proposed to solve this problem. …”
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Learning Based Genetic Algorithm for Task Graph Scheduling by Habib Izadkhah

“…It also takes into consideration the reuse idle time criterion during the scheduling process to reduce the makespan. …”
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DECONSTRUCTION, APORIA AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF JUDGEMENT by Audronė Žukauskaitė

“…The aporia of ethics is also the aporia of time: ethical judgement as possibility is projected towards the future or as impossibility remains in the past. …”
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Process Optimization for Madhuca indica Seed Kernel Oil Extraction and Evaluation of its Potential for Biodiesel Production by S. Sudalai, S. Prabakaran, M. G. Devanesan and A. Arumugam

“…The oil extraction was varied through the levels of process parameters including extraction temperature (60 to 80°C), solvent-to-seed ratio (3 to 9 wt/wt), and time (2 to 4 h). The experiments were designed following the Central Composite model. …”
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A Distributed Agents QoS Routing Algorithm to Transmit Electrical Power Measuring Information in Last Mile Access Wireless Sensor Networks by Ting Yang, Wenping Xiang, Linqi Ye

“…For electrical power application, the main issue is how to effectively apply self-organized WSNs technology to handle the last mile communication and supply the reliable, real-time transmission. For example, great number of renewable generators' instantaneous voltage and power parameters should be reported in real time to dispatching center, which is the primary guarantee to keep the power system's stability. …”
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Systematic Equation-Based Design of a 10-Bit, 500-MS/s Single-Channel SAR A/D Converter With 2-GHz Resolution Bandwidth by Tetsuya Iizuka, Ritaro Takenaka, Hao Xu, Asad A. Abidi

“…A 10-b self-timed SAR A/D converter is designed in 28-nm FDSOI CMOS to convert at 500 MS/s. …”
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Unusual Warming in the Coastal Region of Northern South China Sea and Its Impact on the Sudden Intensification of Tropical Cyclone Tembin (2012) by Zhe-Wen Zheng

“…Subsequently, Tembin passed over this extreme warming region and its intensity was enhanced drastically and suddenly from Category 1 to Category 3 within less than 1-day time interval. This unusual warming seems to largely prompt the intensification of Tembin. …”
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Photocatalytic Properties of Columnar Nanostructured TiO2 Films Fabricated by Sputtering Ti and Subsequent Annealing by Zhengcao Li, Liping Xing, Zhengjun Zhang

“…The longer the annealing time was, the better the phase transition accomplished from Ti to TiO2 (a mixture of rutile and anatase), and the better it crystallized. …”
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A low-cost autonomous and scalable hydroponics system for space farming by Jae Hyeon Ryu, Jeonghyun Baek, Zarin Subah

“…The result indicates that plant growth is attributed significantly to pH and EC values. A real-time data visualization and sharing platform is another avenue for the space farming ecosystem in the years to come.…”
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An Effective Gear Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Singular Value Decomposition and Frequency Slice Wavelet Transform by Fu-Cheng Zhou, Gui-Ji Tang, Yu-Ling He

“…Then, the denoised signal was further processed by the FSWT to obtain the time-frequency spectrum of the passband. Finally, the detailed analysis was carried out in the time-frequency area with concentrated energy, and the signal was reconstructed by the inverse-FSWT. …”
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