Fragmentation Pattern and Removal Mechanism of Concrete Subjected to Abrasive Water Jet Impact by Jialiang Liu, Yujie Zhu, Yongzhi Xue, Hao Sun

“…The failure features and mechanisms of concrete subjected to AWJ impact are fundamental issues of AWJ breaking technology, which are also related to the safety and quality of engineering construction. Based on computed tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and image processing technology, this paper studied the fragmentation pattern and removal mechanism of concrete under AWJ impact. …”
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Relationship between cooling rate and microsegregation in bottom-chilled directionally solidified ductile irons by Chang W.S., Lin C.M.

“…Thermocouples are connected to the computer measuring system to record the cooling curves of the castings at a distance of 0, 30, 60 and 90 mm from the chilled copper mold surface. …”
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Mathematical modeling of continuous and intermittent androgen suppression for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer by Alacia M. Voth, John G. Alford, Edward W. Swim

“…Some clinical studies have introduced various IAS regimens in order to delay the time to relapse, and/or to reduce the economic costs and adverse side effects. We will compute and analyze parameter sensitivity analysis for CAS and IAS which may give insight to plan effective data collection in a future clinical trial. …”
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Weather Radar Image Superresolution Using a Nonlocal Residual Network by Haoxuan Yuan, Qiangyu Zeng, Jianxin He

“…Typically, this is performed by using interpolation schemes, which only use several neighboring data values for computational approximation to get the estimated value regardless of the large-scale context feature of weather radar images. …”
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Efficient Solution Algorithms for Resource Planning and Scheduling in Seasonal Reservation Systems by Uğur Eliiyi

“…A randomized constructive heuristic exploiting problem’s structural characteristics is proposed together with effective improvement procedures. Extensive computational experimentation is conducted in order to test algorithm performance.Findings: The developed approach performs excellently in both solution quality and time. …”
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Estimation of Wheelset Natural Vibration Characteristics Based on Transfer Matrix Method with Various Elastic Beam Models by Pengfei Liu, Hongjun Liu, Qing Wu

“…The increase of the dividing segment number of the flexible axle is helpful to improve the modal solving accuracy, while the computation effort is almost kept in the same level. …”
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On the development and analysis of a comprehensive police patrolling model by Fatemeh Mousapour, Rajan Batta, Jose L. Walteros

“…Numerical experiments are conducted to (a) evaluate the computational efficiency of the proposed methods, and (b) explore sensitivity analysis with respect to key parameters. …”
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Hydrological Excitation of Polar Motion Derived from GRACE Gravity Field Solutions by L. Seoane, J. Nastula, C. Bizouard, D. Gambis

“…Data processing of GRACE data is carried out by several centers of analysis, we focus on the new solution computed by the Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale. …”
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A Study of the Motion Response of Floating Solar PV and Cross-Flow Savonius Turbine in Moored Conditions by Ramsy de Fretes Patrick, Izzuddin Jifaturrohman Mohammad, Putranto Teguh, Aria Pria Utama I Ketut, Huang Luofeng

“…Utilizing a catenary mooring system consisting of anchors, mooring lines, floats, and connectors, the study evaluates various configurations to determine the optimal solution for enhanced motion stability. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are employed to analyze the dynamic response of FPV systems under different environmental conditions, represented on a sea-state scale, with a focus on pure oscillatory motions: heave, roll, and pitch. …”
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A Case of Influenza B and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Coinfection in an Adult by Taro Shinozaki, Kotaro Sasahara, Eri Iwami, Aoi Kuroda, Tatsu Matsuzaki, Takahiro Nakajima, Takeshi Terashima

“…The patient’s fever persisted, and her respiratory condition worsened. On day 5, a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an extension of the consolidation areas in the left lung and new opacities in the right lung. …”
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An efficient loop tiling framework for convolutional neural network inference accelerators by Hongmin Huang, Xianghong Hu, Xueming Li, Xiaoming Xiong

“…Abstract Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been widely applied in the field of computer vision due to their inherent advantages in image feature extraction. …”
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Hyper-Heuristics and Scheduling Problems: Strategies, Application Areas, and Performance Metrics by Alonso Vela, Gerardo Humberto Valencia-Rivera, Jorge M. Cruz-Duarte, Jose Carlos Ortiz-Bayliss, Ivan Amaya

“…Our findings reveal a strong inclination towards selection and perturbative hyper-heuristics, with evolutionary computation emerging as the most commonly employed technique in this context, particularly in job shop and timetabling problems. …”
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Understanding pectin cross-linking in plant cell walls by Irabonosi Obomighie, Iain J. Prentice, Peter Lewin-Jones, Fabienne Bachtiger, Nathan Ramsay, Chieko Kishi-Itakura, Martin W. Goldberg, Tim J. Hawkins, James E. Sprittles, Heather Knight, Gabriele C. Sosso

“…This study employs a multidisciplinary approach, combining molecular dynamics simulations, experimental investigations, and mathematical modelling, to elucidate the mechanism of pectin cross-linking and its effect on cell wall porosity. The computational aspects of this work challenge the prevailing egg-box model, favoring instead a zipper model for pectin cross-linking, whilst our experimental work highlights the significant impact of pectin cross-linking on cell wall porosity. …”
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Unsteady Electroosmotic Flow of Jeffrey Fluid in a Circular Microchannel under the Combined Action of Vertical Magnetic Field, External Electric Field, and Pressure at High Zeta Po... by Meirong Ren, Tiange Zhang, Jifeng Cui, Xiaogang Chen, Bixia Wu

“…By contrast, the Chebyshev spectral method has higher accuracy and less computation. The flow characteristics of Jeffrey fluid at high Zeta potential are analyzed with the numerical solution obtained by the Chebyshev spectral method. …”
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A Case of a Chronic Pancreatic Pseudocyst Causing Atraumatic Splenic Rupture without Evidence of Acute Pancreatitis by P. Moori, E. J. Nevins, T. Wright, C. Bromley, Y. Rado

“…He denied any significant history of trauma and serum amylase levels were normal. An admission computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen confirmed the presence of a PP in direct contact with the spleen. …”
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Virtual Goods Recommendations in Virtual Worlds by Kuan-Yu Chen, Hsiu-Yu Liao, Jyun-Hung Chen, Duen-Ren Liu

“…Virtual worlds (VWs) are computer-simulated environments which allow users to create their own virtual character as an avatar. …”
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Recurrent Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient with Entero-Behçet’s Disease Initially Treated with Mesalazine by Akihiro Nakamura, Tomoya Miyamura, Brian Wu, Eiichi Suematsu

“…A 65-year-old man with entero-Behçet’s disease (BD) being treated with mesalazine was presented to our hospital complaining of dyspnea. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed ground-glass opacities and he was initially diagnosed with mesalazine-induced interstitial pneumonitis (IP). …”
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CFD Simulation of Thermal-Hydraulic Benchmark V1000CT-2 Using ANSYS CFX by Thomas Höhne

“…Plant measured data from VVER-1000 coolant mixing experiments were used within the OECD/NEA and AER coupled code benchmarks for light water reactors to test and validate computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes. The task is to compare the various calculations with measured data, using specified boundary conditions and core power distributions. …”
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Finite element-based nonlinear dynamic optimization of nanomechanical resonators by Zichao Li, Farbod Alijani, Ali Sarafraz, Minxing Xu, Richard A. Norte, Alejandro M. Aragón, Peter G. Steeneken

“…Abstract Nonlinear dynamic simulations of mechanical resonators have been facilitated by the advent of computational techniques that generate nonlinear reduced order models (ROMs) using the finite element (FE) method. …”
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Model-Based Sensitivity Analysis on Aerosol Optical Thickness Prediction by Bo Han, Xiaowei Gao, Xiaohui Cui

“…The experimental results based on the collocated data between MODIS and AERONET from 2009 to 2011 showed that the top 10 insensitive attributes can be screened to speed up prediction model computation with very little loss of accuracy. The results also suggested that the top sensitive attributes are the most informative attributes, requiring the highest precision for accurate AOT prediction. …”
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