Patients Walking Faster After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Have More Gait Asymmetry by Rachel J. Knobel, Naoaki Ito, Elanna K. Arhos, Jacob J. Capin, Thomas S. Buchanan, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“…Variables of interest were peak knee flexion moment (pKFM) and angle (pKFA), knee flexion and extension (KEE) excursions, peak knee adduction moment (pKAM), and pMCCF. …”
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A review of artificial intelligence techniques for optimizing friction stir welding processes and predicting mechanical properties by Roosvel Soto-Diaz, Mauricio Vásquez-Carbonell, Jose Escorcia-Gutierrez

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, including artificial neural networks (ANN) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS), were utilized to predict mechanical properties such as ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and optimize pivotal welding parameters, such as rotational speed, feed rate, axial force, and tilt angle. These methodologies enabled precise real-time control, thus improving the quality and consistency of the resulting welded joints. …”
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Role of Albumin as a Nutritional and Prognostic Marker in Elective Intestinal Surgery by Christian Galata, Linda Busse, Emrullah Birgin, Christel Weiß, Julia Hardt, Christoph Reißfelder, Mirko Otto

“…Preoperatively, albumin levels were correlated with both markers for nutritional status and inflammation, with phase angle (PA) (p=0.004) and C-reactive protein (CRP) (p<0.001) as independent factors predicting the albumin levels in multivariable analysis. …”
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Insights into selection and application of carbohydrate-based carriers for microencapsulation: Stability and functional properties of maltodextrin, gum Arabic, and β-cyclodextrin i... by Pegah Mehrali, Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust, Amir Akbarmehr, Khashayar Sarabandi

“…The physical characteristics of spray-dried (SD) powders including bulk and tapped densities (packing ability), Hassner ratio, angle of repose and Carr index (powder flowability) were influenced by the type of carriers used. …”
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Nanoconfined Gas Flow Behavior in Organic Shale: Wettability Effect by Shan Wu, Xiaorui Wang, Ying Yu, Yao Yu, Liang Zhang, Ran Mao

“…Notably, wettability effect in this article is described by using a macroscopic form, surface contact angle, facilitating the model applicability. In addition, both the bulk-gas flow model and surface-diffusion model, developed in this research, are able to achieve excellent agreements compared with the existed documents, clarifying the reliability of the proposed model. …”
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Application of GA-BP Neural Network Optimized by Grey Verhulst Model around Settlement Prediction of Foundation Pit by C. Y. Liu, Y. Wang, X. M. Hu, Y. L. Han, X. P. Zhang, L. Z. Du

“…After the correspondence between real-time excavation depth and the excavation time is obtained, the internal friction angle, cohesion, bulk density, Poisson’s ratio, void ratio, water level changes, permeability coefficient, number of supports, and excavation depth, which can influence the settlement, are taken to be considered in this study. …”
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Multiple Parameters Determination Method of Hardening Soil Model Based on Particle Swarm Optimization by Jingfeng Xiao, Qunwei Wang, Qianhui Zhang, Yunpeng Hei, Youliang Zhang

“…The objective function entails quantifying the disparity between stress–strain curves obtained from various parameters and experimental curves while iteratively searching for five crucial parameters of soil-hardening models: effective internal friction angle φ, effective cohesion, failure ratio Rf, stiffness level-dependent power exponent, and standard triaxial-drained test secant stiffness E50ref. …”
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The wolf (Canis lupus) in the north of Central Polissia: diet, ecological niche width, and selective predation by Sergiy Zhyla

“…Specimens from the territory of Ukraine have a more elongated mandibular base and a larger area of the coronal, articular, and angular processes, while skulls from the species’ native range have a larger angle between the mandibular base and the coronal process, which, in turn, has a greater inclination relative to the articular process, and a smaller area of the angular process.…”
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Research on the Operational Parameters and Performance of Key Components of an Industrial Hemp Harvester and Drier by Chao Feng, Changxi Liu, Bosheng Wang, Hang Shi, Hao Sun, Yufei Li, Jun Hu

“…Field experiments validated the optimal combination of key operational parameters for the industrial hemp harvester as follows: forward speed of 2.1 m/s, cutting speed of 2.5 m/s, conveyor speed ratio of 2.2, coefficient of variation for the laying angle of 6.88%, coefficient of variation for the laying thickness of 4.11%, and cutting height of 10.4 cm. …”
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Overall Stability Analysis of Xiluodu High Arch Dam Based on Fine Three-Dimension Numerical Modeling by Tianhui Ma, Zhiqiang Feng, Chun'an Tang, Peng Lin, Kedar Prasad Yadav

“…The model fully reflects the measures of dam shape structure design, angle fitting structure design, and foundation concrete replacement in the Xiluodu arch dam technical design stage. …”
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Accurate inversion of chlorophyll content based on PROSPECT-LSROGF-BAS-BP method by Shengfan Zhu, Jin Zhang, Dan Wang, Rui Ding

“…This enhanced model incorporates the optical reflection characteristics of the leaf surface, expands the range of light source incident angles, and more accurately describes radiative transfer within the leaf. …”
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Six-Year Real-World Outcomes of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monotherapy and Combination Therapy for Various Subtypes of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy by Jingyuan Yang, Mingzhen Yuan, Song Xia, Youxin Chen

“…Mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) using logarithm of minimal angle resolution and imaging morphological features was compared. …”
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Strength Abilities and Serve Reception Efficiency of Youth Female Volleyball Players by Damian Pawlik, Wioletta Dziubek, Łukasz Rogowski, Artur Struzik, Andrzej Rokita

“…The measurements of the shoulder joint IR peak torque were performed under isometric (at 10°, 35°, and 65° rotation angles) and isokinetic (at 60°/s, 180°/s, and 300°/s) conditions. …”
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Evaluation and Design of Power Controller of Two-Axis Solar Tracking by PID and FL for a Photovoltaic Module by Joel J. Ontiveros, Carlos D. Ávalos, Faustino Loza, Néstor D. Galán, Guillermo J. Rubio

“…This is possible because it has a gyroscope on the surface of the module that determines its position with respect to the hour angle and altitude of the sun; a data acquisition card is developed to implement voltage and current sensors, which measure the output power it produces from the photovoltaic module throughout the day and under any weather conditions. …”
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Rib Spalling 3D Model for Soft Coal Seam Faces with Large Mining Height in Protective Seam Mining: Theoretical and Numerical Analyses by Shuai Liu, Ke Yang, Tong Zhang, Chunan Tang

“…The results show that the failure is mainly related to the roof load, coal cohesion, internal friction angle, coal seam inclination, and sidewall protecting force. …”
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A Point Cloud-Based Feature Recognition and Path Planning Method by Changhong Chen, Shaofeng Wang, Shunzhou Huang

“…The experimental results show that the positioning accuracy of the feature of the hole to be inspected by the vision system is 0.107 mm, the aperture extraction accuracy is 0.002 mm, the cylinder fitting accuracy is 0.04 mm, and the calculation accuracy of the angle between the two axes is within 0.4. When the number of features to be inspected is different, the average moving distance can be saved by 10.7% by using the end effector after path optimization. …”
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Effects of marble waste on shear strength and pullout resistance of sand reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars by Shabir Hussain, Irshad Ahmad, Fasih Ahmed Khan, Waqas Ahmad, Beenish Jehan Khan

“…For instance, sand with the optimum addition of MP, MR, and MP+MR showed improvements of 8.2 %, 15 %, 23.4 %, 15.9 %, 21.2 %, and 24.5 % in the peak and ultimate angles of internal friction, respectively. Additionally, the peak pullout resistance of a 12 mm TW-GFRP bar embedded in the optimum MWS samples increased by 105 %, 126 %, and 139 %, compared to the bar embedded in the pure sand sample. …”
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Numerical Test Research on Loading Rate Effect of Rock Mass with Transfixion Sawtooth Structural Plane by Dongsong Li, Yanhong Du, Feng Chen, Tianhui Ma

“…When the loading rate is 0.002 or 0.005 mm/s, the failure mode of the numerical specimen C is an inclined linear fracture zone located in the middle and lower part of the rock mass; however, when the loading rate rises to 0.008, 0.02, and 0.05 mm/s, the fracture zone of the numerical specimen C is located in the middle and upper part of the rock mass, and its inclination angle is about 60 degrees. The peak strength, residual strength, and stress drop of the specimens A, B, and C increase with the addition of loading rate; the peak strength and stress drop of the sample C are higher than those of the other two samples. …”
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Soil-Rock Slope Stability Analysis under Top Loading considering the Nonuniformity of Rocks by Huang Xian-Wen, Zhi-Shu Yao, Wang Bing-Hui, Zhou Ai-Zhao, Peng-Ming Jiang

“…Then, considering different slope angles (50°–60°), rock contents (0%–60%), and rock shapes (round and angular), the ultimate loading increasing multiple N of soil-rock slopes under high loadings was calculated and suggested for engineering designs. …”
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Shear Strength and Pull-Out Response of Tire Shred-Sand Mixture Reinforced with Deformed Steel Bars by Beenish Jehan Khan, Irshad Ahmad, Hassan Nasir, Abdullah Abdullah, Qazi Khawar Gohar

“…Large-scale direct shear test indicated higher internal friction angle and cohesion values for tire shred-sand mixtures (30/70) with 100 mm tire size (38.5° and 19 kPa) as compared with sand-only backfill material (30.9° and 0 kPa). …”
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