Effect of Confining Pressure on Mechanical and Energy Conversion Properties of Gas-Containing Coal under Loads by Zhizhen Zhang, Yixin Niu, Xiaoji Shang, Rui Zhou, Xingguang Liu, Feng Gao

“…The total number of cracks decreases with the increase of confining pressure, while the number of shear cracks increases, and the inclination angle between the formed macroscopic main crack and the horizontal plane gradually decreases. …”
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Internal Limiting Membrane Flap in the Management of Retinal Detachment due to Paracentral Retinal Breaks by Yen-Chih Chen, Chung-May Yang, San-Ni Chen

“…Visual acuity in logarithm of minimal angle of resolution improved from 1.18 ± 0.55 preoperatively to 0.74 ± 0.47 postoperatively (p=0.04). …”
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Class II Correction with Microimplant Supported Molar Distalization: A Report of Two Cases by Zouhair Skaf, Fidèle Nabbout

“…Class I canine and molar relationship were achieved, and an ideal occlusion was established. Both ANB and FMA angles decreased by 1° due to the counterclockwise rotation effect of the maxillomandibular complex. …”
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Numerical study of comparing skirt sandpile with deep cement pile to improve load‒settlement response of circular footing in layered soils: Centric and eccentric effects by Hussein Ahmad

“…Another key innovation is the analysis of soil cohesion and friction angle effects, where increasing these parameters resulted in a reduction in settlement ratios from 36 % to 12 %, with the load-bearing capacity improving from 2 to 3.7. …”
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Experimental Study of the Influence of Excavation Surface Stability and Sand Flowability Caused by Dense Slurry–Earth Pressure Balance Shield Tunneling in Silty Sand Stratum by Yongjin Qian, Fanlu Min, Zhenze Mo, Xihui Fan

“…Silty sand is highly permeable and has a large internal friction angle. To ensure the stable and efficient construction of the Earth pressure balance (EPB) shield in silt stratum, it is necessary to reduce the disturbance to the stratum during tunneling and reduce the risk of spewing and blocking during soil discharge. …”
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Analysis of Visible Light Communication Link’s Performance in Fire Smoke Environment by Yu-Feng Yang, Kang-Kang Chang, Ying Ci

“…Firstly, the variation of background light noise caused by sunlight during a day was analyzed, then signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and bit error rate (BER) of the visible light communication link in fire smoke environment with different visibility were calculated, and finally, the variation of received power with the angle β between the LED optical axis and the communication link (from LED to receiver) was analyzed. …”
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Azimuthal asymmetries in lepton and heavy-quark pair production in UPCs by Daniël Boer, Luca Maxia, Cristian Pisano

“…The modulations in the azimuthal angles of the sum and difference of the transverse momenta of the pair of particles in the final state, as well as of the transverse impact parameter, arise from the collisions of unpolarized and polarized photons. …”
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Effect of Multiple Injection Strategy Under High Ammonia Ratio on Combustion and Emissions of Liquid Ammonia/Diesel Dual DI Engine by Zhenbin Chen, Yudong Wan, Omar I. Awad, Zhiqiang Pan

“…The results showed that under the condition of maintaining the same pre injection diesel fuel and high ammonia energy ratio (80%), with the introduction of multiple injection, the peak cylinder pressure decreased and the peak phase advanced, the combustion start angle (CA10) advanced, the heat release showed a multi-stage pattern. …”
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Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles by Najmeh Izadi, Majid Montazer, Aminoddin Haji

“…At an exposure duration of 3 min, the fabric attained one-way water transfer. The water contact angle (WCA) on the hydrophilic side was 38°, whereas the WCA on the opposing side was 120°. …”
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PReventing Idiopathic SCOliosis PROgression (PRISCOPRO): A protocol for a quadruple-blinded, randomized controlled trial comparing 3D designed Boston brace to standard Boston brace... by Elias Diarbakerli, Anastasios Charalampidis, Allan Abbott, Paul Gerdhem

“…The primary outcome variable is failure of treatment, defined as progression of the Cobb angle more than 6 degrees compared to the baseline x-ray. …”
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Study on the Failure Mechanism of Lower Cambrian Shale under Different Bedding Dips with Thermosolid Coupling by Wentao Wang, Zhonghu Wu, Huailei Song, Hengtao Cui, Yili Lou, Motian Tang, Hao Liu

“…The test results show that (1) the increase in temperature reduced the linear elastic phase of the shale specimens in each group, with a significant reduction in the linear elastic phase of the shale at lamina dips of 22.5° and 45°. (2) The lamination effect decreased slightly as the temperature rose from 30°C to 60°C, and the most significant enhancement of the lamination effect on the shale occurred when the temperature reached 90°C. (3) The shale damage pattern is divided into five types (N, ʌ, v, slanted I-type, and cluttered-type), in which the lamina effect is stronger for high-angle lamina dips, and the lamina surface has a strong dominant effect on the entire shale crack expansion. …”
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Unraveling the Kinematic and Morphological Evolution of the Small Magellanic Cloud by S. R. Dhanush, A. Subramaniam, S. Subramanian

“…We estimate that the inclination i (∼58°–82°) decreases and the position angle Θ (∼180°–240°) increases with age. We estimate an asymptotic velocity of ∼49–89 km s ^−1 with a scale radius of ∼6–9 kpc for the young MS populations, with velocity dispersion of ∼11 km s ^−1 , suggesting a rotation-supported disk structure. …”
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Operational Identification of Resistances of Wires of 380 V Distribution Networks by Automated Accounting Systems by M. I. Danilov, I. G. Romanenko

“…The problem of identifying the resistances of the wires of the distribution network is solved on the basis of the effective values of voltages and currents, as well as of their phase shift angles obtained by the accounting system in the power supply node of the network and from its subscribers for the selected observation intervals. …”
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Low-Frequency Admittance of Capacitor with Working Substance “Insulator–Partially Disordered Semiconductor– Insulator” by N. A. Poklonski, I. I. Anikeev, S. A. Vyrko

“…For such an element, the low-frequency admittance and phase shift angle between current and voltage as the functions on the voltage applied to the capacitor electrodes were calculated at the t-defect concentration of 3∙1019 cm−3 for temperatures of 250, 300, and 350 K and at temperature of 300 K for the t-defect concentrations of 1∙1019, 3∙1019, and 1∙1020 cm−3.…”
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Determination of Appropriate Thresholding Method in Segmentation Stage in Detecting Breast Cancer Cells by Adem Polat, Cihat Ediz Akbaba

“…The images contain-ing cancer cells (tumoroid) used in this study were obtained from the mini-Opto tomography device that creates 3D images by reconstruction of 2D images taken from different angles. It is an electronic, mechan-ical, and software-based device capable of 3D imaging of tumoroids up to 1 cm in diameter in size. …”
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Investigation of the Effects of Evaporation Methods on the High-Temperature Rheological and Fatigue Performances of Emulsified Asphalt Residues by Yang Sun, Jin-Chao Yue, Ri-Ran Wang, Rui-Xia Li, De-Cai Wang

“…The test results show that under the three evaporation conditions, the growth amplitude order of the rutting factor, recovery percent, complex modulus, and fatigue life of emulsified asphalt residues is ASTM D7497-09 > EN13074 > DHM, and as is the attenuation amplitude order of the nonrecoverable creep compliance and phase angle. The results reveal that the evaporation process leads to oxidation and hardening of the residues. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Regeneration with Acellular Nerve Allografts Seeded with Amniotic Fluid-Derived Stem Cells by Xue Ma, Eileen Elsner, Jiaozhong Cai, Thomas L. Smith, Zhongyu Li

“…In vivo gait analysis showed that the ANA plus AFS cell group had significantly advanced recoveries in overlap distance, paw angle degree, paw drag, stance width, axis distance, and sciatic function index (SFI) compared with ANA alone. …”
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Walter Crane : de l’album considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts by Isabelle Guillaume

“…As shown by his toy books and three square books published by Routledge, the former between 1865 and 1876, the latter between 1877 and 1887, it was by being located in the artistically and socially compartmentalized field of children’s publishing that Walter Crane best succeeded in creating and representing works that were apparently diverse but, in reality, conceived from the complementary angles of experimentation, totality and mise en abyme work.…”
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Analysis of Joint Angular Distribution for Nonreciprocal Beams via the Mixture of Gaussian Distribution Based on Ray-Tracing by Jiachi Zhang, Liu Liu, Zhenhui Tan, Kai Wang, Tao Zhou

“…On this basis, we focus on the distribution of the quasiangles, i.e., angles between departure/arrival reflected rays and the line-of-sight (LoS) path. …”
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Geometric morphometric analysis of projectile points from the Southwest United States by Bischoff, Robert J.

“…Traditional analyses of projectile points often use visual identification, the presence or absence of discrete characteristics, or linear measurements and angles to classify points into distinct types. Geometric morphometrics provides additional tools for analyzing, visualizing, and comparing projectile point morphology utilizing the whole or parts of the form in either two or three dimensions. …”
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