Vertebral Stenting and Vertebroplasty Guided by an Angiographic 3D Rotational Unit by Escobar-de la Garma Víctor Hugo, Jorge-Barroso Henry Luis, Padilla-Vázquez Felipe, Balderrama-Bañares Jorge Luis

“…Use of interventional imaging systems in minimally invasion procedures such as kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty gives the advantage of high-resolution images, various zoom levels, different working angles, and intraprocedure image processing such as three-dimensional reconstructions to minimize complication rate. …”
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The influence of morphology and crystal orientation of spangles on hot-dip Zn-0.5Sn alloy coating by Zhai L., Peng H -P., Liu Y., Lei Y., Deng S., Su X.-P.

“…The crystal orientation of spangles affects their morphology, leading to the formation of feathery, ridged, and orthogonal dendrite arm spangles. When the angle among the <0001> orientation of the spangle crystal and the normal of the steel base surface changes from 0° to 90°, feathery spangles change to orthogonal dendrite arms spangles. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

“…Meanwhile, tunnel excavation also has an “activating” effect on the preexisting fissures. (2) The stability of circular-shaped tunnel is the best, while horseshoe shaped tunnel is worse, and the “U”-shaped tunnel is the worst. (3) Fissures with small and large dip angles have the greatest influence on the stability of tunnel excavation. …”
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Predicting Tipping Points in a Family of PWL Systems: Detecting Multistability via Linear Operators Properties by Joaquin Alvarez-gallegos, Sishu Shankar Muni, Hector Gilardi-velázquez, Rıcardo Cuesta-garcía, J. L. Echenausía-monroy

“…The linearized system of the model is analyzed, the stable and unstable manifolds are taken to be real vectors in space, and the changes suffered by these vectors as a result of the modification of the parameter are examined using such simple metrics as the magnitude of a vector or the angle between two vectors in space. The results obtained with the linear analysis of the system agree well with those obtained with the numerical resolution of the dynamical system itself. …”
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Facile Method for Obtaining Gold-Coated Polyester Surfaces with Antimicrobial Properties by M. Drobota, M. Butnaru, N. Vornicu, O. Plopa, M. Aflori

“…The changes induced in the treated polymer samples were investigated in terms of AuNp adsorption efficiency on polyester film by contact angle, profilometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) measurements. …”
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Performance and Characterization for Blend Membrane of PES with Manganese(III) Acetylacetonate as Metalorganic Nanoparticles by H. Abdallah, M. S. Shalaby, A. M. H. Shaban

“…The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images have displayed a typical asymmetric membrane structure with a dense top layer due to the migration of Mn(acac)3 nanoparticles to membrane surface during the phase inversion process. Contact angle measurements have indicated that the hydrophilicity of the membrane was improved by adding Mn(acac)3. …”
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Characteristics of Typhoon “Fung-Wong” Near Earth Pulsation by Xiujun Li, Yongguang Li, Jianting Zhou, Qian Wang, Xu Wang

“…Wind characteristic parameters such as mean wind speed, wind direction angle, turbulence intensity, gust factor, peak factor, coherence function, and autocorrelation were analyzed, and the wind field characteristics during the typhoon were summarized. …”
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Lauric Acid-Modified Nitraria Seed Meal Composite as Green Carrier Material for Pesticide Controlled Release by Bo Bai, Xiaohui Xu, Jingjie Hai, Na Hu, Honglun Wang, Yourui Suo

“…The structure of the obtained samples was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and contact angle measurements. The results indicated that LA-NSM products had a well-defined hydrophobic surface and irregular holes for efficient loading of pesticide molecules. …”
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A tunable encoder with circular dichroism and polarization encoding function based on a layered metastructure in the GHz range by Chuan-Qi Wu, Jun-Yang Sui, Qi Chen, Xing-Zhou Tang, Hai-Feng Zhang

“…The linear polarization waves (LPWs) are elected as incident waves. The incident angle and external magnetic field intensity are θ and HO. …”
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Behavior of Lime-Stabilized Red Bed Soil after Cyclic Wetting-Drying in Triaxial Tests and SEM Analysis by Zhengmin Song, Dewen Zhang, Yuncheng Mao, Yanhu Mu, Kun Zhang, Qinglong Zhang

“…The test results showed that, with the increase in the added lime, the shear strength, strength parameters (including the cohesion and the internal friction angle), and the shear modulus of red bed soil increased gradually. …”
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Constraint of Different Knee Implant Designs Under Anterior–Posterior Shear Forces and Internal–External Rotation Moments in Human Cadaveric Knees by Saskia A. Brendle, Sven Krueger, Joachim Grifka, Peter E. Müller, William M. Mihalko, Berna Richter, Thomas M. Grupp

“…Therefore, this study investigated the constraint of three different implant designs (symmetrical implants with and without a post-cam mechanism and an asymmetrical medial-stabilized implant) under anterior–posterior shear forces and internal–external rotation moments at different flexion angles in human cadaveric knees using a six-degrees-of-freedom joint motion simulator. …”
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Effect of the Reinforcement Phase on Indentation Resistance and Damage Characterization of Glass/Epoxy Laminates Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring by C. Suresh Kumar, K. Saravanakumar, P. Prathap, M. Prince, G. Bharathiraja, S. Kannan, S. Madhu, P. Kumaran

“…AE parameters including normalized cumulative counts (NCC), normalized cumulative energy (NCE), rise angle (RA), and felicity ratio (FR) were analyzed. …”
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Damping Effects Induced by a Mass Moving along a Pendulum by E. Gandino, S. Marchesiello, A. Bellino, A. Fasana, L. Garibaldi

“…The system consists of a disk travelling along an oscillating pendulum: large swinging angles are reached, so that its equation of motion is not only time-varying but also nonlinear. …”
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The Design and Development of an Atraumatic Soft Robotic Surgical Retractor by Gavril Yong En Tan, Shaun Mahesh Buxani, Benjamin Wee Keong Ang, Chao Yu Chen, Raye Chen Hua Yeow, Hung Leng Kaan

“…The study presents a comprehensive evaluation, including bending angle, blocked force measurements, actuation time efficiency, and a comparative analysis with traditional stainless steel Langenbeck retractors. …”
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Flow Measurements Using Particle Image Velocimetry in the Ultracompact Combustor by Levi M. Thomas, Richard D. Branam, Mark F. Reeder

“…Peak vorticity occurred farthest from the cavity vane suggesting the angle of the radial vane cavity is effective in generating increasing flow rotation.…”
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Fabrication and Characterization of Regenerated Cellulose Films Using Different Ionic Liquids by Jin-Hui Pang, Xin Liu, Miao Wu, Yu-Ying Wu, Xue-Ming Zhang, Run-Cang Sun

“…The solid-state cross-polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) 13C NMR spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD) corroborated that the transition from cellulose I to II had occurred after preparation. …”
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Mechanical Characteristics of Coal Samples under Triaxial Unloading Pressure with Different Test Paths by Yang Zhang, Yongjie Yang, Depeng Ma

“…Compared with conventional triaxial compression tests, the cohesion of coal is reduced and the internal friction angle is increased under the condition of triaxial unloading test.…”
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Real-time adaptive optics for high-power laser beam correction in the strong turbulence by A.L. Rukosuev, A.N. Nikitin, I.V. Galaktionov, Y.V. Sheldakova, A.V. Kudryashov

“…It is shown that when only a bimorph corrector is used, the value of wavefront tilt angles increases. This presents a certain problem, since a significant part of the turbulence energy falls on the wave front tilts. …”
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Structure and magnetic properties of epitaxial Sr-LaMnO3 thin films obtained by polymer assisted deposition by Vukmirović Jelena, Piper Danica, Šenjug Pavla, Pajić Damir, Miljević Bojan, Milanović Marija, Joksović Sara, Novaković Mirjana, Srdić Vladimir V.

“…The magnetic properties of the LSMO thin films were measured using SQUID magnetometer in the temperature range of 5-400K with the field applied parallel (in-plane) and perpendicular (out-of-plane) to the film surface. The angle dependence of the magnetic moment in the LSMO thin films at the room temperature was also measured by a vibrating sample magnetometer.…”
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A Partition Spatial Filtering Method for Acoustic Array Configuration by Zhihong Liu, Xilong Zhang, Zunmin Liu, Chuijie Yi, Ming Ma

“…The results provide the method to guide the design of a 64-microphone optimized array with high performance (1.8° spatial angle resolution and 40% Doppler frequency correction over the bandwidth from 800 Hz to 3000 Hz) and fast computing speed (18 s array generated time for 2000 arrays). …”
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