Structural and Theoretical Studies of 2-amino-3-nitropyridine by N. S. Al-Hokbany, A. A. Dahya, I. Kh. Warad, N. M. Abd El-Salam, S. T. Akriche, M. Rzaiguib, U. Karamac, R. M. Mahfouzc

“…Geometrical parameters (bond lengths, bond angles and torsion angles) were computed and compared with the experimental values obtained using X-ray single crystal measurements of the title compound. …”
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Division of the inferior pulmonary ligament during upper lobectomy does not improve postoperative pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies... by Boyang Chen, Weifeng Tang, Junhai Chen, Mingqiang Kang, Jinbiao Xie, Wu Wang, Tianbao Yang, Shijie Huang

“…Postoperative changes in lung volume, bronchial angle, and drainage time (chest tube removed time), incidence of dead space, and postoperative pneumonia were assessed using Review Manager 5.4.1. …”
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Detecting Disease in Radiographs with Intuitive Confidence by Stefan Jaeger

“…The angle for which sine and cosine are equal (45°) represents the state of equilibrium between Yin and Yang, which is a state of nonduality that indicates neither normality nor abnormality in terms of disease classification. …”
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Salt Spray Corrosion of 2060-T8 Al–Li Alloy in an Aggressive Environment by Zhengquan Zhang, Yuling Wang, Li Liangfeng

“…It was found that the corrosion product growth rate can be divided into three stages: the main phases of corrosion product were Al2O3, Al(OH)3, and AlOOH phases; as the increasing of salt spray time, the phase angle of A12O3 shifts slightly to the left at 31.8°; and the phase angle of A12O3 first shifts to the left, then to the right at 38.6°. …”
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Optical Properties of Thick TiO₂-P25 Films by Grazia Giuseppina Politano

“…In this study, TiO₂-P25 films on FTO substrates were synthesized using the sol-gel process and studied using Variable Angle Spectroscopy Ellipsometry (VASE) to determine their optical constants and thickness. …”
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Effects of Clay and Moisture Content on Direct Shear Tests for Clay-Sand Mixtures by Muawia A. Dafalla

“…The direct shear test using shear box is commonly recommended by practicing geotechnical engineers to obtain the cohesion and angle of internal friction for granular soils. The clay liners involve sand as a main constituent with added clay of variable proportions. …”
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Combined Magnetohydrodynamic and Geometric Optimization of a Hypersonic Inlet by Kamesh Subbarao, Jennifer D. Goss

“…The control parameters for the optimization include the MHD effects in conjunction with ramp angle changes. To enhance the MHD effects different ionization scenarios depending upon the alignment of the magnetic field are considered. …”
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The MINOS Experiment: Results and Prospects by J. J. Evans

“…A search for νe and ν-e appearance has enabled a measurement of the mixing angle θ13. A measurement of the neutral-current interaction rate has confirmed oscillation between three active neutrino flavours. …”
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Study on Initial Disturbance of Airborne Missile’s Horizontal Backward Derailment under Continuous Gust by Xiao Pan, Yi Jiang, Xinlin Wei, Mingjun Li

“…It is found that the longitudinal fluctuation of the launching platform is similar to that of the gust but lags behind, and the missiles under the fluctuating platform have longer separation time, lower derailing speed, and greater derailing pitch angle and descending distance.…”
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Researches on Crack Propagation of the Two Filled Noncoalescent Coplanar Flaws under the High Strain Rate Loading by means of AUTODYN-Based Simulation by Guangming Zhao, Chongyan Liu, Cheng Pan, Xiangrui Meng

“…The simulation results show that under uniaxial dynamic loading, differences are found in initiation position, angle, and coalescence mode for specimens with cracks filled or otherwise. …”
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Wetting and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Prepared via Anodic Oxidation of E-Beam Evaporated Ti Thin Films by Soon Wook Kim, Hong Ki Kim, Jong Won Yun, Eui Jung Kim, Sung Hong Hahn

“…The TNAs prepared at an anodizing voltage of 30 V have a high roughness of 30.1 nm and a low water contact angle of 7.5°, resulting in a high photocatalytic performance. …”
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Frequency Diverse Array Target Localization Based on IPSO-BP by Qinghua Liu, Kai Ding, Bingsen Wu, Quanmin Xie

“…In addition, the decoupling of angle and distance with single frequency increment is well solved. …”
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Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil by Fernando Villalpando, Marcelo Reggio, Adrian Ilinca

“…This investigation focuses on the application of the computational fluid dynamics tool FLUENT to the study of flows over the NACA 63–415 airfoil at various angles of attack. With the aim of selecting the most suitable turbulence model to simulate flow around ice-accreted airfoils, this work concentrates on assessing the prediction capabilities of various turbulence models on clean airfoils at the large angles of attack that cause highly separated flows to occur. …”
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Numerical Study on Crack Propagation by Using Softening Model under Blasting by Rong Hu, Zheming Zhu, Jun Xie, Dingjun Xiao

“…The charge structure and incident angle of the blasting experimental model were the same as those in the numerical models. …”
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Influence of External Factors on Airborne Missile’s Horizontal Backward Launching by Xiao Pan, Yi Jiang, Dong Hu, Huihui Guan

“…By comparing the finite element model, it was confirmed that the all rigid body model and partly rigid body model are inaccurate in calculating the pitch angle and pitch velocity of the missile separation. …”
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On the crack path under mixed mode loading on PUR foams by L. Marsavina, E. Linul, T. Voiconi, D. M. Constantinescu, D. A. Apostol

“…In this paper are presented the crack initiation angles obtained in polyurethane (PUR) foams under mixed mode loading. …”
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A Study of the Flow Field Surrounding Interacting Line Fires by Trevor Maynard, Marko Princevac, David R. Weise

“…The interaction of converging fires often leads to significant changes in fire behavior, including increased flame length, angle, and intensity. In this paper, the fluid mechanics of two adjacent line fires are studied both theoretically and experimentally. …”
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Simulation and experimental study on olive drop injury by Weike Lan, Haotian Mu, Di Xin, Shijia Pan, Yuncai Yan, Wen Gao, Zijie Niu, Dongyan Zhang, Jun Zhang, Yongjie Cui

“…The drop test data showed that the damaged area of the olive increases gradually with an increase in fall height, the damage area of a drop on cushioning material is smaller than that on non-cushioning material, and the damage areas produced by different drop angles are different. The optimum fall height was below 1.05 m, the contact material was a foam board, and the collision angle was 49.05 °. …”
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Wearable Loop Sensors for Knee Flexion Monitoring: Dynamic Measurements on Human Subjects by Ian Anderson, Christopher Cosma, Yingzhe Zhang, Vigyanshu Mishra, Asimina Kiourti

“…A calibration mechanism is developed to derive the sensor-measured angles. These angles are then compared to gold-standard angles simultaneously captured by a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) depth camera using root mean square error (RMSE) and Pearson's correlation coefficient as metrics. …”
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Numerical parametric study of a Kaplan turbine incorporated with a sub runner considering analysis of hydraulic dissipation by Amirhossein Khoddami, Mojtaba Tahani, Fathollah Pourfayaz, Alireza Riasi, Khalil Allah Sajadian

“…The sub runner, consisting of some blades, performs the task of passive control of the main runner blades' adjustment angle through a control mechanism, attached to the sub runner shaft and its blades, in case of altered operating condition. …”
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