Microwave-Promoted Synthesis of Sulfonated Metallophthalocyanines and Aggregation in Different Solvents by Zhenhua Cheng, Na Cui, Shengjuan Jiang, Hongxiao Zhang, Lijun Zhu, Daohong Xia

“…Compared to the conventional method of synthesis in terms of reaction time and yields, the microwave-promoted synthesis is preferred with high product yield and short reaction time. …”
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Measuring self-control in a wild songbird using a spatial discounting task by Ella McCallum, Rachael C. Shaw

“…Abstract Self-control allows animals to resist instant gratification and invest more time and/or energy in better outcomes. However, widespread temporal self-control tasks lack ecological validity for many species, and few studies have explored whether self-control can be measured in the wild. …”
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Recurrent Patterns of User Behavior in Different Electoral Campaigns: A Twitter Analysis of the Spanish General Elections of 2015 and 2016 by S. Martin-Gutierrez, J. C. Losada, R. M. Benito

“…By computing and analyzing the time series of daily activity, we have found a significant linear correlation between both elections. …”
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A Stable Routing Protocol for Vehicles in Urban Environments by Hyun Yu, Sanghyun Ahn, Joon Yoo

“…In the proposed mechanism, each vehicle computes the real-time traffic density of the road to which it belongs from the beacon messages sent by vehicles on the opposite lane and its road information table. …”
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A New Approach for Studying Nonlinear Dynamic Response of a Thin Plate with Internal Resonance in a Fractional Viscoelastic Medium by Yury A. Rossikhin, Marina V. Shitikova, Jean Claude Ngenzi

“…A new approach proposed in this paper allows one to uncouple the linear parts of equations of motion of the plate, while the same method, the method of multiple time scales, has been utilized for solving nonlinear equations. …”
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Impact of Vein Wall Hyperelasticity and Blood Flow Turbulence on Hemodynamic Parameters in the Inferior Vena Cava with a Filter by Jafar Moradicheghamahi, Debkalpa Goswami

“…Using fluid–structure interaction (FSI) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques, the investigation focuses on three hemodynamic parameters: time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), and relative residence time (RRT). …”
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GPTOR: Gridded GA and PSO-based task offloading and ordering in IoT-edge-cloud computing by Arezou Mahmoudi, Leili Farzinvash, Javid Taheri

“…One of the primary challenges in edge computing is determining whether to execute computation-intensive and time-sensitive tasks locally, or to offload them to edge and cloud computing resources, as well as to order them for execution according to their deadlines. …”
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Prediction of Wear Rate by a New Direct Method Using the Friction Coefficient Curve by Ester Villanueva, Joseba Albizuri, Patricia Caballero, Teresa Guraya, Iban Vicario

“…Using techniques such as laser scanning confocal microscopy can take a long time to estimate the wear of the experimental alloys in situ. …”
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Shockwave-Based Automated Vehicle Longitudinal Control Algorithm for Nonrecurrent Congestion Mitigation by Liuhui Zhao, Joyoung Lee, Steven Chien, Cheol Oh

“…With a continuous wavelet transform (CWT) method, the algorithm detects abnormal speed drops in real-time and optimizes speed to prevent the shockwave propagating to the upstream traffic. …”
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Modeling the hydrodynamics of the OWC device placed over an undulated seabed in the presence of ocean current by Santanu Kumar Dash, Kshma Trivedi, Santanu Koley, Shrabani Mondal

“…Moreover, the study in the time domain is carried out in order to illustrate the variations in free surface elevations at different time instances by considering the influence of both following and opposing currents. …”
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THE EFFECT OF DECELLULARIZATION TECHNIQUE ON COLLAGEN TYPE II AND MATRICES POROSITY OF CARTILAGE BOVINE SCAFFOLD by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Ika Benny Kartika Sari

“…Results: In the preparations with the highest concentration and the longest immersion time of 5% SDS for 72 hours, the decellularization process occurs perfectly. …”
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Development of Embedded Boot Software for a Satellite Instrument Control Unit: Lessons Learned by Jesús Fernández-Conde, Jaime Gómez-Saez-de-Tejada, David Pérez-Lizán, Rafael Toledo-Moreo

“…The development of this kind of embedded software is special in many senses, primarily due to its criticality, real-time expected performance, and the constrained size of program and data memories. …”
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Cardiovascular Complications in a Patient with COVID-19. A Case Report by Leonardo Maikel Gómez Carcassés, Yenisey Quintero Méndez, Eddy Pereira Valdés

“…The aim of this research is to present the case of a patient who suffered from respiratory symptoms as an initial presentation of the infection, for which a real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed, which was positive for SARS-CoV- 2.…”
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Analysis and Discussion of Atmospheric Precursor of European Heat Summers by Christine Träger-Chatterjee, Richard W. Müller, Jörg Bendix

“…However, using this index as predictor would lead to one false alarm and one missed event in the time series analysed (1958–2011). Hints are found that the disturbance of the “dipole-summer” connection is due to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). …”
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Canine Rise Method: A Conservative Approach for Worn Teeth Rehabilitation with Different Adhesive Restorative Materials by Hamid Kermanshah, Aws Alzwghaibi, Maitham Al-Tufaili, Sholeh Ghabraei

“…This method significantly reduces the overall treatment time, and additional steps are required to restore the worn-out teeth and/or occlusion using the canine rise method.…”
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Research on the Preparation and Performance of Binary Modified Maltodextrin Water-Reducing Agent by Jingzhi Wu, Min Qiao, Zhifeng Lyu, Qianping Ran

“…The results show that the optimal conditions of sulfonation were the MD of DE 15, m (sulfonated agent)/m (MD) of 1.4, the catalyst amount of 1% by mass MD, and the reaction time of 12 h; the optimal conditions of esterification were m (esterified agent)/m (SMD) of 0.6, the reaction temperature of 90°C, and the reaction time of 4 h. …”
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Monitoring and Controlling Electric Power Stations Using GSM Network by Goran Ismail, Bilal A. Mubdir, Asso Majeed, Asaad Mubdir Jassim Al-Hindawi

“…The delivery time to receive new analog and digital inputs data is about 14.125 seconds, while the control of the circuit done after 4.68 seconds. …”
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STRESS AND STRAIN STATE OF REPAIRING SECTION OF PIPELINE by V. V. Nikolaev

“…On the base of complex analysis of pipelines there were determined stresses and time-deflection relation for two types of soils with different rheological properties.…”
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Effect of Potassium Salt Addition on Silver Precipitation During Hydrothermal Synthesis of Argentojarosites by Olga Cheremisina, Roman Vasiliev, Aleksei Fedorov

“…This study was conducted within a temperature range of 105–200 °C, with experiment durations varying and a maximum dwell time of 300 min. The zero-time value was defined as the moment the autoclave reached the required temperature. …”
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Juvenile delinquency in the 1960s and the activities of the militia to prevent it by V. A. Grechenko

“…The intensification of the activities of commissions on juvenile affairs, as stated in the policy documents of the authorities of the time, was also supposed to contribute to this work. …”
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