Denoising deep brain stimulation pacemaker signals with novel polymer-based nanocomposites: Porous biomaterials for sound absorption by Baraa Chasib Mezher AL Kasar, Shahab Khameneh Asl, Hamed Asgharzadeh, Seyed Jamaleddin Peighambardoust

“…It investigated the noise reduction properties of PP nanocomposites, specifically in the outlet gate of the pacemaker. This research aimed to find the ideal ratio of clay to GNs in the PP matrix. …”
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Decarbonizing gas emissions from petrochemical production using microalgae by F. Shevlyakov, A.B. Laptev, O.R. Latypov, D.R. Latypova

“…Gases discharged from isoprene production were passed through the bioreactor. Inlet and outlet gas compositions were monitored by chromatography.FINDINGS: Absorption of gases discharged from isoprene production by microalgae was studied for the first time. …”
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Study on Flow Structure Characteristics Along the Latticework Duct Subchannels and Classification Boundary Prediction by Minlong Li, Huishe Wang, Ke Yang, Rongguo Yu, Jingze Ton

“…There were five kinds of flow structures along the subchannel: transverse vortex zone (entrance of the inlet section), uniform flow zone (inlet section), longitudinal vortex generation zone (turning channel section), longitudinal vortex zone (turning channel section), and longitudinal vortex free development zone (outlet section). This finding provides support for the selection of empirical formulas for each module in the one-dimensional modeling of subchannels. …”
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Evaluation of Water Quality of Water Storage Cisterns in Apartments (Case Study of Kermanshah City) by Mohana Faraji, Milad Roshanbas, Mitra Javan

“…In 86% of cisterns with a volume of more than 1000 liters, water stagnation occurs due to the inlet and outlet being located on the same side. Therefore, legal follow-ups and periodic visits to the cisterns of buildings are essential.…”
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Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Secondary Overheating Parameters in Turbo-Expander Plants on Low Boiling Working Fluids by A. V. Ovsyannik, V. P. Kliuchinski

“…The research was carried out for two typical turbo-expander cycles: with a heat exchanger at the outlet of the turbo-expander, intended for cooling an overheated low-boiling working fluid, and without a heat exchanger. …”
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'Sanctifying Sex': Exploring 'Indecent' Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices by Sarojini Nadar, Johnathan Jodamus

“…Drawing on Foucault's challenge to the repressive hypothesis, where he suggests that so-called repressed sexuality finds 'appropriate' outlets in spaces such as psychiatry and prostitution, this essay suggests a third outlet, namely Pentecostalism. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Fluid Flow through the Screen Embedded between Parallel Plates with High Reynolds Numbers by Abid A. Memon, Hammad Alotaibi, M. Asif Memon, Kaleemullah Bhatti, Gul M. Shaikh, Ilyas Khan, A. A. Mousa

“…The validity of results is doing with the asymptomatic solution for stream-wise velocity at the outlet of the channel with screens available in the literature. …”
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Study on the Atomization and Dust-Reduction Performance of a New Type of External Pneumatic Vortex Fog Curtain Dust Removal Device in Fully Mechanized Excavation Face by Deji Jing, Rina An, Jingxu Chen, Shaocheng Ge, Liying Sun

“…It is found that the new type of external pneumatic vortex fog curtain dust removal device is relatively stable when the air volume at the pressure outlet is less than 400 m3/min. The dust-reduction efficiency of the new type of external pneumatic vortex fog curtain dust removal device was investigated through the dust-reduction experiment, and it is found that the new type of external pneumatic vortex fog curtain dust removal device had better dust removal performance under the condition that the ventilation conditions did not interfere with the integrity of the vortex fog curtain.…”
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Effectof Unit Hydrographs and Rainfall Hyetographs on Critical Rainfall Estimates of Flash Flood by Fanzhe Kong, Wei Huang, Zhilin Wang, Xiaomeng Song

“…To obtain critical rainfall (CR) estimates similar to the rainfall value that causes minor basin outlet flooding, and to reduce the flash flood warning missed/false alarm rate, the effect of unit hydrographs (UHs) and rainfall hyetographs on computed threshold rainfall (TR) values was investigated. …”
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Prediction of runoff in the upper reaches of the Hei River based on the LSTM model guided by physical mechanisms by Huazhu Xue, Chaoqiang Guo, Guotao Dong, Chenchen Zhang, Yaokang Lian, Qian Yuan

“…In addition, the closer the subbasin was to the outlet of the basin, the better the effect of the PG-LSTM model. …”
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Water Model Study on Alloy Melting and Mixing in RH Refining Process by XU Zhibo, CHEN Chao, WANG Jia, LI Yihong, CAO Ruiyun, ZHAO Yansong, XUE Liqiang, FAN Jinping

“…When the volume of the solution or the mass of particle increases, the first peak concentration of the scheme of salt solution at the outlet of the down-snorkel is larger and the peak time is shorter. …”
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Fabrication of zinc oxide/sodium alginate nanocomposite for effective catalytic degradation of Direct Yellow 44 dye: A sustainable approach by Shumaila Kiran, Abdulaziz Bentalib, Alina Javaid, Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Zubair Khaliq, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Zaryab Rashid

“…Maximum decolorization (44.3 %) for the inlet and outlet textile industrial effluent (50.5 %) was found at 60 minutes. …”
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The Influence of Coupled Thermomechanical Processes on the Pressure and Temperature due to Cold Water Injection into Multiple Fracture Zones in Deep Rock Formation by Bruno Figueiredo, Chin-Fu Tsang, Auli Niemi

“…Some very useful analytical solutions have been applied for a quick estimate of the water outlet temperature and injection/production pressures in this enhanced geothermal system (EGS), but they do not take into account the influence of thermomechanical and hydromechanical effects on the time evolutions of the pressure and temperature. …”
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The Effect of Airflow-Assisted Parameters on Droplet Deposition on Soybean Leaves at the V7 Growth Stage by Yuefu Guo, Hao Wang, Wenfeng Sun, Yongli Sun, Rui Xing, Kaige Zhang, Xiaocheng Fang, Bin Sui, Jiehao Xu

“…The results indicated that the optimal operational parameters were an initial airflow speed of 20 m/s, an outlet-to-canopy distance of 0.45 m, and a forward airflow deflection angle of 32°. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based approaches for multi-station modelling of dissolve oxygen in river by G. Elkiran, V. Nourani, S.I. Abba, J. Abdullahi

“…The data used are dissolved oxygen, pH, biological oxygen demand and water temperature at upper, middle and downstream of the river. To predict outlet of dissolved oxygen of the river in each station, considering different input combinations as i) 11 inputs parameters for all three locations except, dissolved oxygen at the downstream ii) 7 inputs for middle and downstream except dissolved oxygen, at the target location and lastly iii) 3 inputs for downstream location. …”
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Assessment of the Efficiency of Thermal Waste Regeneration in the Blown Impassable Channels of Heating Mains by V. A. Sednin, T. V. Bubyr

“…The following conditions in this case were accepted: the air flow rate is not higher than 8 m/s, the length of the heat pipeline section ensures the air temperature at the outlet of the channel at which there is no increase in heat losses from mains water pipelines to the ground under normal operating conditions of heating networks. …”
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Radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign Disease by D. O. Kavanagh, C. O'Riain, P. F. Ridgway, P. Neary, T. C. Crotty, J. G. Geoghegan, O. Traynor

“…The major presenting features included jaundice (five), pain (two), gastric outlet obstruction (one), and recurrent gastrointestinal haemorrhage (one). …”
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Characterization of upper airway airflow dynamics in young adults with isolated Robin sequence: An exploratory investigation by Maria Noel Marzano-Rodrigues, Sergio Henrique Kiemle Trindade, Ivy Kiemle Trindade-Suedam

“…The total airway volume exhibited a strong negative correlation with airway resistance (−0.899) and the inlet-to-outlet pressure drop (−0.899). The minimal cross-sectional area of the pharynx at the retroglossal level showed a strong negative correlation (−0.912) with the area-weighted average velocity magnitude of the airflow and with k production (−0.924). …”
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Experimental analysis of the exergetic performance of a solar air heater using separate liquid and solid sensible thermal storage media by Harikrishnan M, R Ajith Kumar, Rajesh Baby, Dani Percy, S. Ajith Kumar

“…For every mass flow rate taken into consideration, it was found that SAHRR-WPBS and SAHRR-WTH55 had more exergy efficiency than SAHRR. The outlet air temperature of SAHRR-WPBS and SAHRR-WTH55 stayed above the ambient temperature for 150 and 180 min, respectively, after operating for 2 h at 1000 W/m2 with a flow rate of 0.01 kg/s, following which the solar simulator was switched off. …”
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Preliminary study on mercury pollution affecting soil bacteria near a mercury mining area by Jianxiong Du, Yili Yuan, Jianfeng Li, Shuqing Zhang, Yuxiang Ren

“…In order to further explore the effect of mercury contamination soil (nearly 20 years) near a mercury mining area (Tongren, Guizhou, China) on the diversity and structure of the soil bacterial communities, five groups of soil samples (SMO2, SMO20, SMO30, SMO500, and SMO650) were collected at distances of 2, 20, 30, 500, and 650 m, respectively, from the only sewage outlet of a mercury mining area (Guizhou, China). …”
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