Investigation of Complex Characteristics of Waterjet Propulsion Device with Intake Grid by Can Luo, Shuaihao Lei, Chuan Wang, Li Cheng, Chenzhi Xia, Di Zhang, Qiang Guo

“…The intake grid installation results in thrust reduction, the progress of velocity-weighted average angle, and the regress of axial velocity uniformity. …”
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Local structure of amorphous sulfur in carbon–sulfur composites for all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries by Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yu Ishihara, Yamato Haniu, Atsushi Sakuda, Akitoshi Hayashi, Kentaro Kobayashi, Satoshi Hiroi, Hiroki Yamada, Jo-chi Tseng, Seiya Shimono, Koji Ohara

“…Despite this standard practice, the local structure of sulfur in these composites remains unclear. Based on small-angle X-ray scattering and pair distribution function analysis, we discovered that sulfur in carbon–sulfur composites formed via melt diffusion is amorphous and primarily comprises S8 ring-shaped structures. …”
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Clinical Whole-Body Gait Characterization Using a Single RGB-D Sensor by Lukas Boborzi, Johannes Bertram, Roman Schniepp, Julian Decker, Max Wuehr

“…., stride time, stride length) and whole-body coordination metrics (e.g., arm swing and knee angle ROM) at different levels of granularity (mean, step-to-step variability, side asymmetry). …”
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Magnifying Endoscopic Features of Follicular Lymphoma Involving the Stomach: A Report of Two Cases by Masaya Iwamuro, Katsuyoshi Takata, Seiji Kawano, Nobuharu Fujii, Yoshiro Kawahara, Tadashi Yoshino, Hiroyuki Okada

“…Esophagogastroduodenoscopy performed six years after the diagnosis revealed multiple erosions in the gastric body and angle. Magnifying endoscopic observation with narrow-band imaging showed that the gastric pits were only partially preserved and were destroyed in most of the stomach. …”
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Multi-Kinects fusion for full-body tracking in virtual reality-aided assembly simulation by Yu Wang, Fuxiang Chang, Yuanjie Wu, Ziran Hu, Lihui Li, Pengyu Li, Pu Lang, Shouwen Yao

“…To evaluate the tracking confidence, the ellipsoidal surface fitting was used to model the tracking accuracy distribution of Kinect, and the relations between the user-Kinect crossing angles and the influences of the self-occlusion on the tracking of different parts of body were studied. …”
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Sutureless Intrascleral Haptic-Hook Lens Implantation Using 25-Gauge Trocars by Zhi-Xiang Hu, HaiShuang Lin, Lingying Ye, Zhong Lin, Tianyu Chen, Ke Lin, Rong-Han Wu

“…The mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.82 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) units preoperatively, and the mean BCVA was 0.44 logMAR units at the 6-month follow-up visit. …”
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Simulation of Self-Occlusion Virtual Dataset Method for Robust Point Matching Algorithm, With Applications to Positioning of Guide Vanes by Fenglin Han, Hang Peng, Xian Wu, Haonan Ren, Yiwei Sun, Bin Su

“…The method can simulate the incomplete vane point cloud obtained by real shooting due to self-occlusion by setting multi-angle virtual cameras on the hemispherical surface wrapped in the CAD model. …”
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Numerical optimization by the PFEMCT-SIF method of the crack propagation of a linear elastic material by Mohammed Bentahar, Noureddine Mahmoudi, Youcef Moulai Arbi

“…Abaqus software was utilized to calculate SIFs and crack orientation angles. Horizontal and inclined cracks were analyzed in a steel plate under tensile loading. …”
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The Influence Mechanism and Optimization of the Sensor Network on the MS/AE Source Location by Nan Li, Maochen Ge, Enyuan Wang, Shaohua Zhang

“…The concept of direction angle of paired sensors is proposed, and the relationship between the source location and the layout of four typical paired sensors is studied. …”
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Advanced IoT-integrated parking systems with automated license plate recognition and payment management by Gulmini Pradhan, Manas Ranjan Prusty, Vipul Singh Negi, Suchismita Chinara

“…Testing under real-world conditions showed 95% accuracy in daylight, 90% in low light, and 93% for plates at 45-degree angles. Detection accuracy reached 88% at distances of 1.5–3 m, ensuring reliable operation even at the camera’s range limits. …”
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Force and Deformation Analysis of H(t)-T Loaded Pile Based on Pasternak Foundation Model by JIANG Jie, CHEN Lijun, CHAI Wencheng, AI Yonglin, OU Xiaoduo, GONG Jian

“…The horizontal dynamic load enhances the torsional bearing capacity of the pile, and the torsional angle of the pile top is reduced by 22.6% when the horizontal dynamic load amplitude increases from 0.2Qu to 1.0Qu. …”
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Investigating Incursion of Transboundary Pollution into the Atmosphere of Dhaka, Bangladesh by Md. Masud Rana, Mastura Mahmud, Munjurul Hannan Khan, Bjarne Sivertsen, Norela Sulaiman

“…Ninety-six-hour backward trajectories with every 3-hour interval were computed and clustered into 06 groups based on angle distance matrix. Probabilities of individual cluster to be associated with different ranges of coarse and fine particles were studied. …”
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Zoom Auxiliary Imaging Lens Design for a Modulation Transfer Function Test System by Yicheng Sheng, Sihan Xu, Caishi Zhang, Binghua Su, Dingxiang Cao, Zhe Chen

“…Compared with the fixed-focus auxiliary imaging lens, the zoom auxiliary imaging lens can simultaneously satisfy the measurement of wide-angle and telephoto miniature lenses without losing measurement accuracy. …”
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Similarities and Differences between ICME-driven Shocks Observed by VEX (∼0.72 au) and WIND (∼1.0 au) by Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Xueshang Feng, Yi Wang, Qi Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Zhengyang Zou, Zhenning Shen

“…In each year, the annual medians of the shock angle for ICME-driven shocks at ∼1 au are consistently larger than those at ∼0.72 au, and the annual medians of the magnetic field ratio for events at ∼1 au are slightly smaller than those at ∼0.72 au. …”
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Evaluating GEMS HCHO Retrievals With TROPOMI Product, Pandora Observations, and GEOS‐Chem Simulations by Weitao Fu, Lei Zhu, Hyeong‐Ahn Kwon, Rokjin J. Park, Gitaek T. Lee, Isabelle DeSmedt, Song Liu, Xicheng Li, Yuyang Chen, Dongchuan Pu, Juan Li, Xiaoxing Zuo, Peng Zhang, Yali Li, Zhuoxian Yan, Xue Zhang, Jiaming Zhang, Xingyi Wu, Huizhong Shen, Jianhuai Ye, Chen Wang, Tzung‐May Fu, Xin Yang

“…GEMS HCHO shows negative bias when observing with a high (>60°) viewing zenith angle (VZA) and overly relies on model correction for observations to the north of 30°N.…”
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Preparation of Superhydrophobic Multiscale Films for Oil-Water Separation in a Harsh Environment by Depeng Li, Jinyang Fan, Jie Chen, Deyi Jiang

“…Thereafter, we analyzed and compared the surface morphology, chemical composition, and wettability of all the materials and found that brine contact angles on hierarchical structure surfaces were above 160° while the diesel was completely diffused. …”
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Acute Exposure to Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Alters Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Swimming Performance Parameters by Luiza Wilges Kist, Angelo Luis Piato, João Gabriel Santos da Rosa, Gessi Koakoski, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos, João Sarkis Yunes, Carla Denise Bonan, Maurício Reis Bogo

“…The results also showed that none of the MC-LR concentrations tested promoted significant alterations in absolute turn angle, path efficiency, social behavior, or whole-body cortisol level. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Corner Lap-45 Types Joined Using Friction Stir Welding by Widia Setiawan, Nugroho Santoso, Felixianus Eko Wismo Winarto, Radhian Krisnaputra, Wirawan Widya Mandala, Jibril Maulana

“…This study analyzes the mechanical properties of a new design of a 90o angle joint joined by friction stir welding. This study connected aluminum 6061 using the friction stir welding method using a rectifying jig and a probe with EMS 45 material. …”
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Efficiency Measurement and Determinant Factors of Marine Economy in China: Based on the Belt and Road Perspective by Yinyin Wang, Conghua Xue, Huimin Li, Kaizhi Yu

“…The research found that (1) the average change of marine economic efficiency is not large, and the efficiency values among most provinces are relatively stable. (2) The center of gravity of marine economic efficiency gradually shifts from the northeast to the southwest; the spatial scope continues to shrink, the level of flatness indicates increase at first followed by decrease, and the direction angle shows a fluctuating trend. (3) The compliance rate of industrial wastewater discharge and the diversification of the marine industry structure have strong explanatory capacity in marine economic efficiency in the coastal areas. …”
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A lightweight prosthetic hand with 19-DOF dexterity and human-level functions by Hao Yang, Zhe Tao, Jian Yang, Wenpeng Ma, Haoyu Zhang, Min Xu, Ming Wu, Shuaishuai Sun, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Liu Wang, Shiwu Zhang

“…The prosthetic hand features real-time sensing of joint angles in each finger, feeding data into a control module for selectively heating or cooling SMA actuators in a closed-loop manner, mimicking the functioning of human muscles. …”
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