Three-Dimensional Modeling of Spatial Reinforcement of Soil Nails in a Field Slope under Surcharge Loads by Yuan-de Zhou, Kai Xu, Xinwei Tang, Leslie George Tham

“…Soil nailing has been one of the most popular techniques for improving the stability of slopes, in which rows of nails and a structural grillage system connecting nail heads are commonly applied. In order to examine the spatial-reinforcement effect of soil nails in slopes, a three-dimensional (3D) numerical model has been developed and used to back-analyze a field test slope under surcharge loading. …”
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Controlling the Boundaries of Morality: The History and Powers of Ayelala Deity by Oluwafunminiyi Raheem, Mike Famiyesin

“…Though Ayelala worship is pervasive among the Ilaje, Ikale and Ijaw-Apoi communities of Ondo state, Nigeria, the deity is also linked with other neighboring and distant communities which highlight the unifying tendencies of a common religion and deity belief among different sub-ethnic groups. …”
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Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning for UAV Based on Improved RRT Algorithm by Fan Yang, Xi Fang, Fei Gao, Xianjin Zhou, Hao Li, Hongbin Jin, Yu Song

“…Obstacle avoidance path planning capability, as one of the key capabilities of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to achieve safe autonomous flight, has always been a hot research topic in UAV research filed. As a commonly used obstacle avoidance path planning algorithm, RRT (Rapid-exploration Random Tree) algorithm can carry out obstacle avoidance path planning in real time and online. …”
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Seismic Analysis of Coupled High-Speed Train-Bridge with the Isolation of Friction Pendulum Bearing by Xinmin Hong, Wenhua Guo, Zihao Wang

“…The dynamic responses of the train running on the bridge with the isolation of FPB and with the common spherical bearing (CSB) under earthquake are studied. …”
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AReLU: Agile Rectified Linear Unit for Improving Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks by Fu Chen, Yepeng Guan

“…It shows that CE-AReLU gains remarkable performance in common visual classification benchmarks. Moreover, CS-AReLU shows its capacity of capturing dependencies among different samples in a batch, achieving higher recognition accuracy on fine-grained classification task.…”
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Application of Microbial Biopolymers as an Alternative Construction Binder for Earth Buildings in Underdeveloped Countries by Ilhan Chang, Minkyung Jeon, Gye-Chun Cho

“…Earth buildings are still a common type of residence for one-third of the world’s population. …”
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Cardiac Pacing in Cienfuegos from 2005 to 2009 by Yanier Coll Muñoz, Brandy Viera González

“…The main action taken was that of a first implant using the cephalic vein dissection. The most common causes of implant were blocks the atrioventricular conduction and sinus node disease. …”
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Characterization and recognition of edge intersection graphs of trichromatic hypergraphs with finite multiplicity in the class of split graphs by T. V. Lubasheva

“…A hypergraph is called k-chromatic if its vertex set can be partitioned into at most k pairwise disjoint subsets when each subset has no more than two common vertices with every edge of the hypergraph. …”
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Deep Learning-Enabled Variational Optimization Method for Image Dehazing in Maritime Intelligent Transportation Systems by Xianjun Hu, Jing Wang, Chunlei Zhang, Yishuo Tong

“…Image dehazing has become a fundamental problem of common concern in computer vision-driven maritime intelligent transportation systems (ITS). …”
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POTENTIALLY OF PURPLE LEAVES TO INCREASE OSTEOBLASTAT ALVEOLAR BONE RAT INDUCED PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS by Pramita Wahyu Dyasti, Atik Kurniawati, Peni Pujiastuti

“…Background: Periodontal disease are common dental and oral health problems in the community. …”
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A Giant Euthyroid Endemic Multinodular Goiter with No Obstructive or Compressive Symptoms by Ahmed Nada, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed, Ramon Vilallonga, Manuel Armengol, Ibrahim Moustafa

“…However, in some geographical areas they are still relatively common and can cause compressive symptoms involving the trachea, oesophagus, and recurrent laryngeal nerve. …”
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Intracranial Gliofibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patricia Gargano, Graciela Zuccaro, Fabiana Lubieniecki

“…Gliofibroma is a rare tumor with biphasic morphology, commonly occurring in the first two decades of life. …”
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Fracture Healing with Minimal Post Fracture Stiffness through Jingini Taila Bandage: A Case Study by Sreenadh P., T.S. Dudhamal

“… Metatarsal fractures are a common type of foot injury that can significantly impact a patient's daily activities. …”
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Simple UV Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Fluvastatin Sodium in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulations by J. Saminathan, A. S. Sankar, K. Anandakumar, T. Vetrichelvan

“…The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of FVS in pharmaceutical formulations without any interference from common excipients. The relative standard deviations were ≤ 0.937%, with recoveries of 98.60% -101.70%.…”
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Differential Sensitivity of Nitrogen-Fixing, <i>Azolla Microphylla</i> to Organochlorine and Organophosphate Insecticide by W Raja, P Rathaur, R Ashiq

“…In this work the effect of the insecticides on Azolla microphylla resulted in growth inhibition, a decline of physiological and biochemical activities but the highest effect was shown in case of organochlorine insecticide which is commonly used in the rice fields.…”
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Chylous Ascites and Pleural Transudate: Rare Presentations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Old Age by Guan-Liang Chen, Deng-Ho Yang, Wen-Hsiu Hsu

“…Peritoneal involvement by ascites is common in the initial presentation of SLE. However, chylous ascites is uncommon in SLE patients. …”
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Experimental analysis of flashover characteristics for overhead power lines based on the lightning fractal model by ZHAN Jintao, YANG Tianyi, GUO Jun

“…In this paper, a 1 ∶40 scaled experimental platform based on the equivalence between simulation experiments and natural lightning is constructed, with the ZB6T type tower commonly used in 500 kV transmission lines as the research object. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Introduction: Cannabis has consistently been the third most commonly abused drug among drug arrestees in Singapore over the past few years. …”
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An evaluation of surgical excision versus steroid injection for the management of ganglion cysts by Karpaka Vinayakam Gopalakrishnan, Kawushik Kumar Prabhakaran

“…Abstract Ganglion cysts are benign soft tissue tumors that commonly occur in the joints, especially the wrist. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha: A Link between Neuroinflammation and Excitotoxicity by Gabriel Olmos, Jerònia Lladó

“…As microglial activation and upregulation of TNF-α expression is a common feature of several CNS diseases, as well as chronic opioid exposure and neuropathic pain, modulating TNF-α signaling may represent a valuable target for intervention.…”
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