Forecasting Disastrous Characteristics of Highway Landslides Using the Material Point Method: A Surcharge-Induced Perspective by Jian Wang, Wei Zhang, Chao-yang Xie, Qian Xiao, Yu-chen Zhu, Bo Pan

“…In this paper, taking the surcharge-induced landslides as an example, we developed the models of the material point method (MPM), a novel meshless numerical method, to calculate the large deformation of the highway landslides, with the affordable computing power. After convincing verification of the MPM model to simulate a surcharge-induced soil landslide, 32 typical postfailure scenarios were analyzed to obtain the highway landslide run-out processes and disastrous characteristics, such as the sliding distance and speed of the leading edge and sliding body morphology. …”
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Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Rupture of Bladder Diverticulum: A Rare Cause of Peritonitis by Ahmed Ibrahimi, Adil Kallat, Idriss Ziani, Hachem El Sayegh, Lounis Benslimane, Yassine Nouini

“…The diagnosis was suspected in the presence of generalized peritonitis associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and was confirmed accurately and promptly by a computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis. …”
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Regarder, représenter, comprendre by Florence Robert, Frédéric Bœuf

“…The proliferation of images, the availability of new computer tools, and the ease with which it is possible to edit images and produce photomontages results in a blurring of ideas. …”
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Hepatosplenic Abscesses and Osteomyelitis of the Spine in an Immunocompetent Adult with Cat Scratch Disease by D. Knafl, F. Lötsch, H. Burgmann, G. Goliasch, W. Poeppl, M. Ramharter, F. Thalhammer, C. Schuster

“…All specific laboratory investigations for identification of a specific etiology, including blood cultures and autoantibodies, were inconspicuous. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple hypodense hepatosplenic lesions and osteomyelitis of the thoracic and lumbar spine with base plate fracture. …”
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Initial Diagnosis and Detection of Very Late Local Recurrence of a Ductal Prostate Cancer due to a Ureteral Stone by Manolis Pratsinis, Charlotte Düwel, Olivia Köhle, Annette Enzler-Tschudy, Hans-Peter Schmid, Patrick Betschart

“…The ensuing follow-up is planned with regular flexible cystoscopy and computed thoracoabdominopelvic CT scans.…”
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Transient State Estimation for Power System Based on Deep Transfer Learning by JIAO Hao, ZHAO Jiawei, WEI Lei, ZHU Weiping, MA Zhoujun, ZANG Haixiang

“…Simulations demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits a higher estimation accuracy and computational efficiency than that of deep neural networks without transfer learning，particularly during power system failures.…”
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Quantum Algorithms for the Physical Layer: Potential Applications to Physical Layer Security by Toshiki Matsumine, Hideki Ochiai, Junji Shikata

“…Meanwhile, as an alternative to cryptographic methods, physical layer security (PLS) has been extensively studied as a means to realize secure wireless communication that is resistant to attacks by both classical and quantum computers, i.e., quantum-safe. While the prevailing approach to PLS has been based on classical algorithms, this could potentially be accelerated by the application of quantum algorithms. …”
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An Improved Method for Estimating the Domain of Attraction of Passive Biped Walker by Yu Wang, Heng Cao, JinLin Jiang

“…However, the Poincare mapping is usually computationally expensive and time-consuming due to the complex dynamical equation of the passive biped walker. …”
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Fetal Vibroacoustic Stimulation in Computerized Cardiotocographic Analysis: The Role of Short-Term Variability and Approximate Entropy by Maria Laura Annunziata, Mariamaddalena Scala, Natascia Giuliano, Salvatore Tagliaferri, Olga Carmela Maria Imperato, Francesca Giovanna Esposito, Marta Campanile, Andrea Di Lieto

“…Fetal heart rate was recorded using a computer-assisted equipment. Baseline FHR, accelerations, decelerations, STV, long-term irregularity (LTI), ApEn, and fetal movements (FMs) were calculated for defined observational periods before VAS and after 10 minutes. …”
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False Positive Radioiodinated Metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) Uptake in Undifferentiated Adrenal Malignant Tumor by Hee Soo Jung, Seok Jun Moon, Yun Mi Kim, Hye Rim Kang, Seok Mo Lee, Soo Jin Jung, Seok Jin Choi, Tae Kyoon Kim, Min Jeong Kwon, Jeong Hyun Park, Soon Hee Lee

“…A 67-year-old male patient was admitted with epigastric pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a heterogeneous left adrenal mass 6 cm in diameter; following hormone testing, 123I-MIBG scintigraphy was performed to determine the presence of pheochromocytoma, which confirmed eccentric uptake by a large left adrenal gland mass. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Diffusion Process for the Leakages of a Tunnel LNG Pipeline by Chunyan Kong, Derong Zhang, Rong Cai, Shuangshuang Li, Rongjun Zhu

“…Taking a practical project as an example, based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD), standard k-ε model and finite element method, a mathematical model for the diffusion due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline leakage in a tunnel was established, and the diffusion process was numerically simulated for three LNG leakage cases. …”
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Free Vibrations of a Trapezoidal Plate with an Internal Line Hinge by María Virginia Quintana, Ricardo Oscar Grossi

“…The domain of the plate is transformed into a rectangular domain in the computational space by using nonorthogonal triangular coordinates and the transverse displacements are approximated with a set of simple polynomials automatically generated and expressed in the triangular coordinates. …”
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Recognizing human activities from smartphone sensors using hierarchical continuous hidden Markov models by Charissa Ann Ronao, Sung-Bae Cho

“…This kind of system architecture not only enables the use of different feature subsets on different subclasses, which effectively reduces feature computation overhead, but also allows for varying number of states and iterations. …”
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Neutrino Emission from Magnetized Microquasar Jets by Theodoros Smponias, Odysseas Kosmas

“…This distribution gradually sweeps aside the surrounding winds, during the jet advance through the computational grid. As a first step, in the present work, the neutrino energy spectrum is extracted from the model jet, facilitating a range of potential dynamical simulations in currently interesting microquasar jet systems.…”
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The Performance Assessment of a Semisubmersible Platform Subjected to Wind and Waves by a CFD/6-DOF Approach by Hongbo Zhu, Dai Zhou, Zhaolong Han, Jin Ma, Yan Bao, Shixiao Fu

“…The present work investigates the properties of different platform component designs based on their towing and motion performances under wind and waves by using an integrated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The joint application of RANS and a VOF/6-DOF solver compiled in a new Fluent UDF Library is adopted for the main calculation. …”
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Advanced imaging techniques in crystal arthritis by Victor Laurent, Georgios Filippou, Silvia Sirotti, Tristan Pascart

“…Advanced techniques, namely ultrasound and dual-energy computed tomography (DECT), are being increasingly used in the diagnosis and management of gout and CPPD diseases, and their role is now well recognized in classification criteria and in recommendations for the diagnosis and management. …”
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Blending physics with data using an efficient Gaussian process regression with soft inequality and monotonicity constraints by Didem Kochan, Xiu Yang

“…Additionally, the probabilistic aspect of the method leads to reduced computational expenses and execution time. Further, we present an adaptive learning algorithm that guides the selection of constraint locations. …”
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Readiness for Perception and Action: Towards a More Mechanistic Understanding of Phasic Alertness by Christian H. Poth

“…As a result, the discussion provides us with a research program yielding the theoretical and empirical basis for mechanistic and computational models of phasic alertness and its neurophysiological underpinnings.…”
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Suprapubic Catheter Migration: A Review of a Rare Complication by Amr Elmoheen, Mahmoud Saqr, Waleed Salem, Khalid Bashir, Ayman Hagras

“…Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) showed a semifilled urinary bladder and moderate hydronephrosis on the left side. A computed tomography scan (CT scan) of the abdomen was performed and showed migration of the suprapubic catheter’s tip into the left vesicoureteral junction, causing ureteral obstruction dilation of the ipsilateral pelvicalyceal system. …”
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Stress Analysis of Osteoporotic Lumbar Vertebra Using Finite Element Model with Microscaled Beam-Shell Trabecular-Cortical Structure by Yoon Hyuk Kim, Mengying Wu, Kyungsoo Kim

“…The compressive strength and stiffness results revealed that we had developed a valid model that was consistent with the results of previous experimental and computational studies. The von-Mises stress, which was assumed to predict the risk of a burst fracture, was also determined for the three age groups. …”
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