A Precipitation Phenomenon of Titanium Compounds in Aluminum Melts and the Refinement Fading Mechanism of the Al-5Ti-0.62C Master Alloy by Wanwu Ding, Wenjun Zhao, Tiandong Xia

“…The process of remelting and refining of commercially pure aluminum was conducted, and precipitation samples with different heat-treatment times were obtained. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy (OM), and other techniques were used to analyze the microstructure of the precipitates at the bottom of the samples so as to explore the fading mechanism of Al-Ti-C alloy refinement. …”
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Nitrogen Retention in Headwater Streams: The Influence of Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange by S.A. Thomas, H.M. Valett, P.J.. Mulholland, C.S. Fellows, J.R. Webster, C.N. Dahm, C.G Peterson

“…Groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) interaction lengthens hydraulic residence times, increases contact between solutes and biologically active surfaces, and often creates a gradient of redox conditions conducive to an array of biogeochemical processes. …”
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Preface by Susanne Ditlevsen, Petr Lansky

“…Great progresshas been made since those times and through the decades this fruitfulcombination of disciplines continue. …”
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A Review of Full-Body Radiography in Nontraumatic Emergency Medicine by S. P. Whiley, G. Mantokoudis, D. Ott, H. Zimmerman, A. K. Exadaktylos

“…Reports show that the fast, full-body, and low-dose scanning capabilities of the Lodox system make it well suited to these applications, with the same or better image quality, faster processing times, and lower dose to patients. In particular, the large format scans allowing visualisation of a greater area of anatomy make it well suited to VP shunt monitoring, ERA, and the detection of foreign bodies. …”
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Energy Efficiency Performances of LVDC Nanogrids Powered Buildings by Anis Ammous, Ammar Assaidi, Abdulrahman Al Ahdal, Kaiçar Ammous

“…The Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) system concept has been growing in the recent times due to its characteristics and advantages like renewable energy source compatibility, more straightforward integration with storage utilities through power electronic converters, and distributed loads. …”
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Effectiveness of scapular retraction exercises and kinesio taping in individuals with protracted shoulders: A randomized control trial by Divya Gohil, Mokshi Koul, Gaurang Baxi

“…Data were collected four times: pretreatment on day 1, immediate posttreatment on day 1, posttreatment on day 14, and on day 24. …”
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Enhancing corporate competitiveness: leveraging CSR, creative self-efficacy, and behavior for competitive advantage by Abdulalem Mohammed, Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi, Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi, Ataul Karim Patwary

“…Abstract The relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and competitive advantage (CA) has become more critical than ever for firms, particularly in the hospitality and other service industries, during times of crisis. This study sought to investigate the correlation between CSR and CA, with the mediating role of creative behaviour (CB) and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy (CSE). …”
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Improvement of the Method of Calculating Plates for Punching by N. N. Trekin, V. V. Krylov, K. R. Andrian

“…The magnitude of these moments for the most common spans is large and, in an elastic setting, exceeds the span by two times. Taking into account the redistribution of forces and the most likely formation of cracks in the stretched zone, it can be argued that in the operational stage, the support sections of the plates have compressed and stretched zones. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Bottom Shape on the Flow Field and Particle Suspension in a DTB Crystallizer by Hao Pan, Jun Li, Yang Jin, Bo Yang, Xing Li

“…Volume fractions of three sections were monitored on time, and effect on particle suspension could be obtained by analyzing the variation tendency of volume fraction. …”
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Application of Vibration Signals for the Quantitative Analysis of the Optimal Threshold of Bearing Failure by YaoChi Tang, Kuohao Li

“…The vibration signals measured during the bearing operation were used for prognostics. First, the time-domain signal of vibration was calculated through generalized fractal dimensions, and the relationship diagram of generalized fractal dimensions and time was obtained. …”
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Superradiant phononic emission from the analog spin ergoregion in a two-component Bose–Einstein condensate by Berti, Anna, Giacomelli, Luca, Carusotto, Iacopo

“…Our results confirm the potential of two-component condensates as analog models of rotating space-times in different regimes of gravitational interest.…”
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An application of potential function in robot path planning and three optimized formulas for equivalent resistance by Jianwei Dai, Xiaoyu Jiang, Yanpeng Zheng, Xing Zhang, Zhaolin Jiang

“…For the non-regular $ m \times n $ cobweb resistor network with arbitrary longitude, we found that by introducing Chebyshev polynomial of the second class, the precise equivalent resistance formulas could be optimized effectively. …”
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A Modified Strain‐Wedge Model for Small Strain Rigid Piles in Sand by Yisheng Yin, Dongyuan Wang, Kai Cui

“…Its accuracy in a small‐strain regime to predict the pile rotation points and the maximum bending moment is almost three times that of other models. With the increase of the soil strain, the accuracy of the MSW decreases. …”
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The thermal evaluation of snow line and identification of potential areas of snow falling in the Alborz Mountains with NOAA-AVHRR images by Dariush Yarahmadi, Amanolah fathnia, Mehdi Sherafat

“…Since the satellites are able to imaging a surface at different times, this will allow snow survey studies to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of snow. …”
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PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE STYLES IN THE PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING: EMPLOYEE PERCEPTION IN THE TURKISH PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION by Ali Osman Öztürk, Elif Genç Tetik

“…Indeed, the vast majority of the previous studies emphasise that the concept has become much relevant with the strategy-making process in the public organizations, which mainly needs to be consistent with the culture types of organization. In times of change, the consistency between culture and strategy is key to create a sustainable organizational structure. …”
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Evaluation of Land Use Change Trends Using Landscape Measurements (Case Study: Pakdasht City) by Alireza Thernasab, Leila Ebrahimi, Ameneh Haghzad, Mehrdad Ramezan Por

“…Today, urban and rural planning and management programs need to obtain accurate spatial information at successive times about land use changes. The main purpose of this study is to study and evaluate land use changes due to physical development with respect to 4 land uses in Bayer, agricultural lands, water zones and man-made lands in Pakdasht. …”
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Boosting Chickpea Production by Optimizing Inter-Row and Intrarow Spacing at Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Almaz Meseret Gezahegn, Bizuwork Tafes, Sisay Eshetu

“…The experiment was carried out in a split-plot design replicated three times. The two varieties (Habru and Arerti) were assigned as a main plot and factorial of three inter-row spacing (20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm) and three intrarow spacing (5, 10, and 15 cm) as subplot treatments. …”
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Habsburg Hunting Palace in Vistula – An Attempt at Architectural Reconstruction by ROSŁON-MAZGAJ Katarzyna, SOKÓŁ Małgorzata

“…Few photos and plans have survived to our times. Therefore, this residence is an architectural mystery. …”
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Modeling of Information Diffusion in Twitter-Like Social Networks under Information Overload by Pei Li, Wei Li, Hui Wang, Xin Zhang

“…View scope is introduced to model the user information-processing capability under information overload, and the average number of times a message appears in view scopes after it is generated by a given type user is adopted to characterize the information diffusion efficiency, which is calculated theoretically. …”
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The utilization of microbial cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing for the detection of human herpesvirus-8 in a quaternary care center by Rebecca Berger, Jennifer Jacobe, Fernando H. Centeno, Todd Lasco, Mayar Al Mohajer

“…Results: The clinical and laboratory turnaround times of mcfDNA NGS were 3 and 1 days, respectively (8.5 and 7 days for immunohistochemistry vs 5.5 and 2 days for serum HHV8 polymerase chain reaction). …”
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