Investigation of Apparatus Reliability Applied for Protection of Power Networks in Emergency Operational Cases at Dwelling Sector of the Republic of Belarus by G. T. Kulakov, A. N. Kukharenko

“…On the basis of statistic data analysis it has been established that nearly 10 % of fires that oc­curred in the dwelling sector of the Republic of Belarus in 2006 are related with emergency regime of electric equipment, electric devices and power networks. …”
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On the return process with refractoriness for a non-homogeneous Ornstein-Uhlenbeck neuronal model by Virginia Giorno, Serena Spina

“…An asymptotic analysis of the process modeling the number of firings and the distribution of interspike intervals is performed under the assumption of exponential distribution for the firing time.Some numerical evaluations are performed to provide quantitative information on the role of the parameters.…”
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Persistently increased post-stress activity of paraventricular thalamic neurons is essential for the emergence of stress-induced alterations in behaviour. by Anna Jász, László Biró, Zsolt Buday, Bálint Király, Orsolya Szalárdy, Krisztina Horváth, Gergely Komlósi, Róbert Bódizs, Krisztina J Kovács, Marco A Diana, Balázs Hangya, László Acsády

“…Attenuating PVT/CR+ neuronal activity for only 1 h after the stress event rescued both the protracted increase in PVT/CR+ firing rate and the stress-induced behavioural alterations. …”
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Analisis Dampak Kabut Asap dari Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan dengan Pendekatan Text Mining by Zuliar Efendi, Imas Sukaesih Sitanggang, Lailan Syaufina

“…Haze is one of the consequences that arise from forest fires and the environment. Anxiety about haze and forest fires is a trending topic on social media Twitter. …”
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The effect of plasticizers on rheological, physical and mechanical properties of low cement high alumina gunning refractories by Mohammad Mobasheri, Ali Mohammad Hadian, Yasaman Mohammadi, Behzad Azimi, Mehrnoosh Kamali

“…Moreover, the sample containing 2 wt% of H19 (a commercially available binder) has the optimum properties because of its highest strength for the samples fired at 1100 °C. For the mixtures fired at 1550 °C, the more amount of silica has caused higher cold crushing strength due to the presence of the low melting point phases which are not desired and therefore, the mixtures with less silica can be used.…”
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Size Effects in Ruthenium-Based Thick-Film Resistors: Rutile vs. Pyrochlore-Based Resistors by M. Prudenziati, F. Sirotti, M. Sacchi, B. Morten, A. Tombesi, T. Akomolafe

“…Size effect can be suppressed with Pt/Au-based terminations provided that no Bi is contained and with Au-metallorganic-based contact provided that the peak firing temperature is not too high.…”
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'Traveling wave'' solutions of Fitzhugh model with cross-diffusion by F. Berezovskaya, Erika Camacho, Stephen Wirkus, Georgy Karev

“…The FitzHugh-Nagumo equations have been used as a caricatureof the Hodgkin-Huxley equations of neuron FIring and to capture, qualitatively,the general properties of an excitable membrane. …”
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Glazed Pottery Throughout the Middle and Modern Ages in Northern Spain by Ainhoa Alonso-Olazabal, Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo, Maria Cruz Zuluaga, Luis Ángel Ortega

“…The microstructure of the interfaces indicates a single firing process for the glazed pottery from Tudela and a double firing process in the rest of the sites. …”
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Noise and Synchronization Analysis of the Cold-Receptor Neuronal Network Model by Ying Du, Rubin Wang, Jingyi Qu

“…Different types of firing synchronization are diagnosed by a correlation coefficient and the ISI-distance method. …”
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Alkali Activation of Oil Shale Ash Based Ceramics by A. Hamadi, K. Nabih

“…Timahdit oil shale was subjected to firing transformation via ceramics processing followed by alkali activation to synthesis a materials combining the mechanical properties of ceramics and Zeolites. …”
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Prefrontal cortex synchronization with the hippocampus and parietal cortex is strategy-dependent during spatial learning by Francisca García, Maria-José Torres, Lorena Chacana-Véliz, Nelson Espinosa, Wael El-Deredy, Pablo Fuentealba, Ignacio Negrón-Oyarzo

“…When mice used spatial strategies specifically in searching stage, hippocampal and parietal oscillations synchronized gamma oscillations (60-100 Hz) and neuronal firing in the mPFC. This coincided with an increase in the incidence of gamma and task-stage-related changes in firing patterns in the mPFC. …”
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Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy Strangles Research and Do-Gooder Intentions Ablaze by Shauna M. Haley

“…Nature starts the news week by chronicling epidemiological researchers’ wrath over how Britain’s General Medical Council (GMC) has implemented the nation’s 1998 Data Protection Act. Science fires up its news with coverage of the torching of two plant labs in the northwestern U.S. by ecoterrorists.…”
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Intelligent Integrated Approach for Voltage Balancing Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Predictive Models by Jasim Ghaeb, Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Malek Alkayyali

“…The optimum firing angles are then used to train the GPR and SVM regression models. …”
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Integrated Regulation of Signal Coding and Plasticity by NMDA Receptors at a Central Synapse by Egidio D'Angelo, Paola Rossi

“…Moreover, during LTP, both NMDA and non- NMDA receptor currents are potentiated, thus establishing a feed-forward mechanism that ultimately enhances spike firing. Thus, NMDA receptors exert an integrated control on signal coding and plasticity. …”
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Reliability Prediction of Ontology-Based Service Compositions Using Petri Net and Time Series Models by Jia Li, Yunni Xia, Xin Luo

“…The framework includes the following steps: obtaining the historical response times series of individual service components; fitting these series with a autoregressive-moving-average-model (ARMA for short) and predicting the future firing rates of service components; mapping the OWL-S process into a NMSPN model; employing the predicted firing rates as the model input of NMSPN and calculating the normal completion probability as the reliability estimate. …”
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RISK FACTORS OF WORK STRESS ON FIREFIGHTERS by Kristiani Sianturi, Rini Handayani, Putri Handayani, Cut Alia Keumala Muda

“…Background: Firefighters.are often under pressure and get complaints from the public when extinguishing fires. They are often having heavy workloads and time targets to extinguish fires. …”
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Analysis of Hydrogen Use in Gas Turbine Plants by V. A. Sednin, A. V. Sednin, A. A. Matsyavin

“…Various schemes with hydrogen-fired gas turbines with a pressure up to 35 MPa and a temperature of 1500–1700 °C were considered. …”
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Greener Method for the Application of TiO2 Nanoparticles to Remove Herbicide in Water by Hoang Hiep, Pham Tuan Anh, Van-Duong Dao, Dang Viet Quang

“…Accordingly, TiO2 nanoparticles (10–45 nm) were synthesized and grafted on lightweight fired clay to generate a TiO2-based floating photocatalyst. …”
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Plasticity of Neuron-Glial Transmission: Equipping Glia for Long-Term Integration of Network Activity by Wayne Croft, Katharine L. Dobson, Tomas C. Bellamy

“…We speculate that this equips glia with a mechanism for monitoring average firing rates in the synaptic network, which is suited to the longer term roles proposed for astrocytes in neurophysiology.…”
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The Impact of Endoscopic Linear Stapling Device Stability in Thoracic Surgery: A Delphi Panel Approach by Daniel Miller, Diego Gonzalez Rivas, Kellie L. Meyer, Ryan S. Clark, Tadasu Kohno

“…Panelists unanimously agreed that: 1) an endoscopic linear stapling device with improved stability would result in less stress/concern for critical firings, surgeries where a fellow is trained, and robot-assisted surgeries requiring an assistant; 2) reduced unintentional tissue/structure damage and reduced tension on tissue being fired upon may result from use of an endoscopic linear stapling device that provides improvement in stability; and 3) endoscopic linear stapling device stability had more clinical importance in video-assisted thoracic surgery compared to open thoracic surgery. …”
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