Experimental and CFD Investigation on Flow Behaviors of a NPP Pump under Natural Circulation Condition by Weitong Li, Lei Yu, Jianli Hao, Mingrui Li

“…Considering that the flow behaviors of stopped pump pose a significant effect on natural circulation, both experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods were performed to investigate the flow behaviors of a NPP centrifugal pump under natural circulation condition with a low flow rate. …”
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Analysis of ADR reports of cetuximab based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Shuai Zhao, Yan Wang, Xiaoli Deng, Xi Chen, Zhaoyi Lu

“…The application of cetuximab resulted in AEs in 22 system organ classes (SOCs), which preserved 176 significant disproportionality preferred terms (PTs) through the computation of four algorithms. The main SOCs (Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders, investigations, metabolism and nutrition disorders, and blood and lymphatic system disorders) accounted for 58.63%. …”
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Trends in Air Pollution in Europe, 2000–2019 by Wenche Aas, Hilde Fagerli, Andres Alastuey, Fabrizia Cavalli, Anna Degorska, Stefan Feigenspan, Hans Brenna, Jonas Gliß, Daniel Heinesen, Christoph Hueglin, Adéla Holubová, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Augustin Mortier, Marijana Murovec, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Julian Rüdiger, David Simpson, Sverre Solberg, Svetlana Tsyro, Kjetil Tørseth, Karl Espen Yttri

“…Abstract This paper encompasses an assessment of air pollution trends in rural environments in Europe over the 2000–2019 period, benefiting from extensive long-term observational data from the EMEP monitoring network and EMEP MSC-W model computations. The trends in pollutant concentrations align with the decreasing emission patterns observed throughout Europe. …”
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Effect of dupilumab on otitis media associated with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis by Seiichiro Kamimura, Keisuke Ishitani, Ryota Morozumi, Eiji Kondo, Takahiro Azuma, Go Sato, Yoshiaki Kitamura

“…The EOM disease status was compared using the EOM severity score, temporal bone shadow on Computed Tomography (CT), and standard pure tone audiometry. …”
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Spiking Neural Networks for Energy-Efficient Acoustic Emission-Based Monitoring by Federica Zonzini, Wenliang Xiang, Luca de Marchi

“…More specifically, both the continuous and the discrete WT alternatives have been explored to find the best compromise between time-frequency resolution and computational complexity in view of extreme edge deployments. …”
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The Sub 2-h Official Marathon is Possible: Developing a Drafting Strategy for a Historic Breakthrough in Sports by G. D. Fernandes, Nazir Laureano Gandur, Dioser Santos, Victor Maldonado

“…Results In this study, the drag of a realistic model of a male runner is calculated by computational fluid dynamics for a range of velocities. …”
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FANT: Flexible Attention-Shifting Network Telemetry by Mingwei Cui, Yufan Peng, Fan Yang

“…For scenarios requiring rapid computation, FANT can accelerate algorithm execution <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mn>10</mn><mn>5</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>× by setting acceleration factors, with only a 6.4% performance loss.…”
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Study of the models of large-scale atmospheric circulation system model on intesify rainfall in Ardebil plain by sahar Nasiri, Boroumand Salahi, aliakbar rasouli, faramarz khoshakhlagh

“…The frequency of circulation types over different periods is computed and described. Five circulation types are most recognised in this study: E, SE, A, C and CSE. …”
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Optimization problems in liquefied natural gas transport and storage for multimodal transport companies by Hongyu Zhang, Yiwei Wu, Lu Zhen, Yong Jin, Shuaian Wang

“…To assess the efficiency of the linear model, we conduct computational experiments on small-scale instances with five inland cities, medium-scale instances with 15 inland cities, and large-scale instances with 60 inland cities. …”
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An Inverted Residual Cross Head Knowledge Distillation Network for Remote Sensing Scene Image Classification by Cuiping Shi, Mengxiang Ding, Liguo Wang

“…The experimental results indicate that the proposed IRCHKD outperforms than some state-of-the-art RSSC approaches with a large margin in lower computational complexity.…”
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Whole-Body Biodistribution, Dosimetry, and Metabolite Correction of [C]Palmitate: A PET Tracer for Imaging of Fatty Acid Metabolism by Nana L. Christensen MLS, Steen Jakobsen PhD, Anna C. Schacht PhD, Ole L. Munk PhD, Aage K. O. Alstrup DVM, PhD, Lars P. Tolbod PhD, Hendrik J. Harms PhD, Søren Nielsen MD, PhD, Lars C. Gormsen MD, PhD

“…Introduction: Despite the decades long use of [ 11 C]palmitate positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography in basic metabolism studies, only personal communications regarding dosimetry and biodistribution data have been published. …”
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Association Between Maternal Physical Activity From Pre-pregnancy to Child-rearing and Their Children’s Physical Activity in Early Childhood Among Japanese by Aya Yamada, Haruki Momma, Nozomi Tatsuta, Kunihiko Nakai, Takahiro Arima, Chiharu Ota, Nobuo Yaegashi, Ryoichi Nagatomi

“…Cumulative physical activity level in mothers was computed based on the categories (low, moderate, and high) of physical activity from five time points (pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, 1.5, 3.5, and 5.5 years postpartum). …”
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Establishment of Early Multi-Indicator Prediction Models of Moderately Severe Acute Pancreatitis and Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Shan-Shan He, Dan Li, Qi-Yong He, Xiao-Ping Chen, Yong-Xu Lin, Yun-Wen Yu, Feng-Lin Chen, Jian Ding

“…The unwScore (AUC=0.854) and wScore (AUC=0.837) were superior to the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score (AUC=0.526), the bedside index for severity in AP score (AUC=0.766), and the Ranson score (AUC=0.693) in predicting MSAP and SAP, which were equivalent to the modified computed tomography severity index score (AUC=0.823). …”
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18F-FDG-PET/CT can be used to predict distant metastasis in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Shinsuke Suzuki, Satoshi Toyoma, Tomoe Abe, Tentaro Endo, Teppei Kouga, Yohei Kaswasaki, Takechiyo Yamada

“…The role of the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), which was assessed via pretreatment 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), and computed tomography (CT) was examined, for predicting distant metastasis and survival. …”
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Fifteen-Year Follow-Up of a Patient with Acinar Cystic Transformation of the Pancreas and Literature Review by Xiaoyun Wen, Jela Bandovic

“…A 10-year-old female initially presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a cystic lesion in the region of pancreatic head on computed tomography scan. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy, and the intraoperative biopsy of the cyst wall showed a true pancreatic cyst without malignancy. …”
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A proposed methodology for the definition of background and reference values for trace elements in fluvial sediments by F. Barrio-Parra, R. Álvarez, H. Serrano-García, M. Izquierdo-Díaz, A. Ordóñez, C.C. García-Fernández, E. De Miguel

“…We argue that background and reference values can be computed as the upper limits of the one-sided 95 % confidence interval for the median and for the 90th percentile, respectively. …”
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Experiences of Emergency Surgical Treatment for a COVID-19 Patient with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury at a Regional Trauma Center: A Case Report by Jung-Ho Yun

“…Lacerations were observed in the left eyebrow area and preauricular area, with hemotympanum in the right ear. Brain computed tomography showed a contusional hemorrhage in the right frontal area and an epidural hematoma in the right temporal area with a compound, comminuted fracture and depressed skull bone. …”
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Validating a UK Geomagnetically Induced Current Model Using Differential Magnetometer Measurements by J. Hübert, C. D. Beggan, G. S. Richardson, N. Gomez‐Perez, A. Collins, A. W. P. Thomson

“…For the ground electric field computations we used recent magnetotelluric (MT) measurements recorded close to the DMM sites. …”
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Simulation-Based Framework for Estimating Crash Modification Factors (CMFs): A Case Study for ITS Countermeasures by Plaban Das, Seri Park, Parth Bhavsar

“…While researchers are utilizing advanced computing and communication tools to reduce number of crashes on the roadways, there is still an absence of appropriate method to evaluate the safety performances of these advanced technologies in the planning stage. …”
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Improved urban runoff prediction using high-resolution land-use, imperviousness, and stormwater infrastructure data applied to a process-based ecohydrological model. by Jonathan Halama, Robert McKane, Bradley Barnhart, Paul Pettus, Allen Brookes, Kevin Djang, Vivian Phan, Sonali Chokshi, James Graham

“…., impervious surfaces, curbed roadways, stormwater routing) and refinement to the computational representations of evapotranspiration by adding impervious surface evaporation. …”
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