Towards Sensor-Based Health Monitoring Systems for Bridge Decks: A Full-Depth Precast Deck Panels Case Study by Osama Y. Abudayyeh, Joseph Barbera, Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Hubo Cai, Eyad Almaita

“…This system is composed of a remotely accessible on-site data acquisition system and a sensor network of vibrating wire strain gauges to monitor strain and temperature over given time increments. …”
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X-Ray Diffraction Technique for Residual Stress Measurement in NiCrMo Alloy Weld Metal by Vladimir Ivanovitch Monine, João da Cruz Payão Filho, Rodrigo Stohler Gonzaga, Elisa Kimus Dias Passos, Joaquim Teixeira de Assis

“…It is proposed a preliminary surface treatment by rotating steel wire brushing to perform the stress analysis through XRD technique possible for this kind of material. …”
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Improvement of Moderately Loaded Transonic Axial Compressor Performance Using Low Porosity Bend Skewed Casing Treatment by Dilipkumar Bhanudasji Alone, S. Satish Kumar, Shobhavathy M. Thimmaiah, Janaki Rami Reddy Mudipalli, A. M. Pradeep, Srinivasan Ramamurthy, Venkat S. Iyengar

“…Experimental results reveal that the stall margin of the compressor stage increases with increase in the plenum chamber volume. Hot-wire measurements show significant reduction in the turbulence intensity with increase in the plenum chamber volume compared to that with the solid casing at the stall condition. …”
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Comparison of Matrix Pencil Extracted Features in Time Domain and in Frequency Domain for Radar Target Classification by Mahmoud Khodjet-Kesba, Khalil El Khamlichi Drissi, Sukhan Lee, Kamal Kerroum, Claire Faure, Christophe Pasquier

“…The methods are applied on UWB backscattered signal from three canonical targets (thin wire, sphere, and cylinder). MPMFD is applied on a complex field (real and imaginary parts of the signal). …”
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Guiding Maxillary Left Central Incisor to Occlusion and Late Formation of a Supernumerary Tooth in the Upper Left Premolar Region by I. A. Alnaqbi, A. O. Mageet

“…O.A. is an 11-year, eight-month-old male, African patient presented to the orthodontic clinic with a chief complaint “My upper front tooth did not erupt although the dentist attached a wire to pull it with the help of a neighbouring tooth.” …”
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Electromyographic Evaluation of Early-Stage Shoulder Rehabilitation Exercises Following Rotator Cuff Repair by Peter K Edwards, Patrick Wai Hang Kwong, Timothy Ackland, Allan Wang, Cyril J Donnelly, Jay R Ebert

“… # Methods In sixteen active healthy volunteers, surface and fine-wire EMG activity was measured in the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and anterior, middle and posterior deltoid muscles during eight common ROM exercises. …”
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EVALUATION SUBSTATION PROTECTION SYSTEM FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES AT 150KV JATIGEDE SUBSTATION by Taryo Taryo, Ostadz Al Karim, Jajang Nur Sapaat

“…In this study, quantitative methods are used to calculate lightning parameters, substation protection by earthing wires and protection towers, earthing system, mesh voltages, touch voltages and step voltages. …”
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Development of steady arm damper for electrified railway overhead contact line with double pantographs based on numerical and experimental analysis by Wenping Chu, Yang Song, Fuchuan Duan, Zhigang Liu

“…The mechanical wave excited by the leading pantograph affects the contact of the trailing pantograph and the contact wire, which usually deteriorates the current collection quality. …”
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Rapid Switch from Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping to Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support Using Perclose ProGlide by Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Adachi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroshi Wada, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

“…First, a 0.025-inch guidewire was inserted into the IABP wire lumen, and then the IABP catheter together with the 8 Fr IABP sheath was removed, leaving the 0.025-inch guidewire in place. …”
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Effects of Low Reynolds Number on Wake-Generated Unsteady Flow of an Axial-Flow Turbine Rotor by Takayuki Matsunuma, Yasukata Tsutsui

“…The unsteady flow field downstream of axial-flow turbine rotors at low Reynolds numbers was investigated experimentally using hot-wire probes. Reynolds number, based on rotor exit velocity and rotor chord length Reout,RT, was varied from 3.2×104 to 12.8×104 at intervals of 1.0×104 by changing the flow velocity of the wind tunnel. …”
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Stress Corrosion Behavior of Ungrouted Pretensioned Concrete Beams by Velu Saraswathy, Han-Seung Lee, Subbiah Karthick, Seung-Jun Kwon

“…Prestressed concrete beams of size 150 × 150 × 1000 mm were designed, and two bonded cold-drawn 7 mm steel wires were stressed at 70% UTS under service conditions before concreting. …”
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Photocatalytic Properties of Nanotubular-Shaped TiO2 Powders with Anatase Phase Obtained from Titanate Nanotube Powder through Various Thermal Treatments by Nam-Hee Lee, Hyo-Jin Oh, Sang-Chul Jung, Won-Jae Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Sun-Jae Kim

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Real-Time Implementation of a Novel Design Approach for Sub-GHz Long-Range Antenna for Smart Internet of Things Communication by Sneha Bhardwaj, Praveen Kumar Malik, Anish Gupta, Rajesh Singh

“…The antenna is made up of a rectangular feed stub to which a connecting wire is attached. The overall dimension of the antenna is 55 m × 55 m × 1.6 mm. …”
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Class II Correction with Microimplant Supported Molar Distalization: A Report of Two Cases by Zouhair Skaf, Fidèle Nabbout

“…After leveling and alignment, a 0.017”×0.025” stainless steel wire was fitted on the upper arch, and two microimplants were placed bilaterally between the maxillary second premolar and the first molar. …”
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Muscle Activations of the Upper Extremity and Core during Elevation and Rotational Movements in Overhead Throwing Athletes by Liam P Owens, Omid Khaiyat, Ginny Coyles

“…Electromyography (EMG) was recorded for fourteen muscles including: biceps brachii, deltoids (anterior, medial, and posterior), trapezius (upper and lower), pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, infraspinatus, external obliques, and gluteus maximus (all surface electrodes) and supraspinatus (fine wire electrode). Mixed model repeated measures ANOVA and post-hoc analysis assessed mean muscle activity (%MVC) between groups and each movement phase…”
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Use of a Free Vascularized Medial Femoral Condyle Flap for Revision Surgery in a Pediatric Patient with Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Clavicle by Atsuro Murai, Kaoru Tada, Mika Nakada, Masashi Matsuta, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

“…The most common surgical treatment for congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle (CPC) is resection of the pseudarthrosis, placement of an autologous bone graft, and Kirschner wire or plate fixation. However, in some cases, bone fusion cannot be achieved at the first surgery, and an additional surgery is required. …”
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Scaphoid and Lunate Dislocation as a Unit—A Rare Variant of Perilunate Injury: Case Report and Literature Review for Management Recommendations by Ajin Edwin, Vigneswaran Varadharajan, Praveen Bhardwaj, Shanmuganathan Raja Sabapathy

“…The patient was managed by open reduction of the scapholunate (SL) dislocation and K-wire stabilization of the intercarpal and radiocarpal joints, and it resulted in a good functional outcome. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Cable-Supported Barrel Vault Structures with Varying Temperature by Guojun Sun, Mingze Wu, Zhihua Chen, Suduo Xue

“…Steel cables (e.g., steel wire rope cables, steel strand cables, semiparallel steel tendons, and steel rods) are key components of CSBV structures. …”
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Phase Transformation, Microstructures, and Mechanical Properties of α + β Two-Phase Titanium Alloy Deposited Metal by Surfacing Welding by Naiwen Fang, Ruisheng Huang, Kai Xu, Tianli Zhang, Pengbo Wu, Yiming Ma, Hao Cao, Jian Qin, Jipeng Zou

“…The effect of cooling rate on phase transformation, microstructures, and mechanical properties of TC4 titanium alloy deposited metal by laser surfacing welding with filler wire was investigated by in situ observation with a high-temperature laser confocal microscope, XRD, SEM, and through microhardness test. …”
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CircXYLT1 suppresses oxidative stress and promotes vascular remodeling in aging mice carotid artery injury model of atherosclerosis via PTBP1 by Gang Li, Donghui Li, Yajing Li, Bingqi Liu

“…Using a carotid artery wire injury model, we performed adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated knockdown and overexpression of CircXYLT1. …”
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