Onboard energy storage in rail transport: Review of real applications and techno‐economic assessments by Emanuele Fedele, Diego Iannuzzi, Andrea Del Pizzo

“…Ultimately, onboard storage systems are compared with other solutions for energy‐saving and catenary‐free operation, with particular focus on their current techno‐economic attractiveness as an alternative to diesel propulsion.…”
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Heat Index Based Optimisation of Primary Process Parameters in Friction Stir Welding on Light Weight Materials by Stephen Leon Joseph Leon, N. Manikandan, R. Santhanakrishnan, Mohsin O. Al-Khafaji, Hayder Mahmood Salman, Harishchander Anandaram, R. Malkiya Rasalin Prince, L. Karthick, R. Rajesh Sharma

“…Weld speed is the key parameter through which generated heat can be regulated towards optimum heat supply to attain defect-free weld in the stir zone. Effective heat input also has obvious effect on grain growth and corresponding property eradication in the heat affected zone. …”
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Fluxless Direct Soldering of Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCOs) to Copper by Lung-Chuan Tsao, Cheng-Kai Li, Yu-Kai Sun, Shih-Ying Chang, Tung-Han Chuang

“…Due to the combined advantages of low cost, good soldering properties, and appropriate melting temperature range, novel Sn8Zn3Bi1Mg active solder was developed for direct soldering of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) ceramic targets with oxygen-free copper at 200°C in air. The TCO specimens have aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) ceramics. …”
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FedEx and UPS Network Structure and Accessibility Analysis Based on Complex Network Theory by Changsong Zhao, Chunliang Xiu, Guanyi Yu

“…The results suggest that (1) the structure of the FEPS air cargo network is in the highly developed states and has the typical “small-world” and “scale-free” network characteristics; (2) the degree centrality values for the nodes in the FEPS network suggest that the network complexity has increased; (3) airports in Memphis (MEM), Louisville (SDF), Indianapolis (IDN), and Ontario (ONT) are the major hubs with both high centrality values and air cargo accessibility; and (4) the FEPS network presents a unique hub-and-spoke structure compared with the passenger counterpart.…”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of eribulin versus dacarbazine in patients with advanced liposarcoma by Miaomiao Zhang, Jinlong Huang, Xiaochun Zheng, Ping Huang, Xiuli Yang

“…Abstract A subgroup analysis of a randomized study demonstrated that patients with advanced or metastatic liposarcoma treated with eribulin had longer overall survival and progression-free survival compared to those treated with dacarbazine, suggesting eribulin as a therapeutic option for advanced liposarcoma. …”
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Forecasting of Surface Currents via Correcting Wind Stress with Assimilation of High-Frequency Radar Data in a Three-Dimensional Model by Lei Ren, Stephen Nash, Michael Hartnett

“…Additionally, the improvements of RMSE for vector direction over domain were significant compared with the “free run.”…”
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Arthroscopic-Assisted Treatment of a Reversed Hill-Sachs Lesion: Description of a New Technique Using Cerament by S. Bark, F. Renken, A. P. Schulz, A. Paech, J. Gille

“…At that time the patient was pain-free (VAS 0) and satisfied with the outcome (Constant score: 78, Rand-36 score: 84, Rowe score: 81) with a good ROM. …”
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Modelling and Analyzing the Potential Controls for Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle Using an Epidemic Approach by Yue Liu, Ioannis Magouras, Wing-Cheong Lo

“…The conditions for the global stabilities of disease-free and endemic equilibria are investigated with analytical solutions and geometric approach. …”
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The Impact of Listening to Quran Recitation during Pain-Inducing Procedure among Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation Support: An Interventional Study by Mohammad Rababa, Shatha Al-Sabbah, Audai Hayajneh

“…Several nonpharmacological therapies, including listening to Quran recitation, have never been tested for their pain relief effects among intubated patients, despite these therapies being cost-effective, easy to implement, and free of adverse effects. This study aimed to examine the pain-relieving effect of listening to Quran recitation during pain-inducing procedures in patients receiving mechanical ventilation support. …”
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Primary quantum thermometry of mm-wave blackbody radiation via induced state transfer in Rydberg states of cold atoms by Noah Schlossberger, Andrew P. Rotunno, Stephen P. Eckel, Eric B. Norrgard, Dixith Manchaiah, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Samuel Berweger, Matthew T. Simons, Dangka Shylla, William J. Watterson, Charles Patrick, Adil Meraki, Rajavardhan Talashila, Amanda Younes, David S. La Mantia, Christopher L. Holloway

“…This represents a calibration-free SI-traceable temperature measurement, for which we calculate a systematic fractional temperature uncertainty of 0.006, corresponding to 2 K at room temperature when used as a primary temperature standard.…”
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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Cross-Linked Co-poly(itaconic anhydride-methyl methacrylate): The Effects of the Molar Ratio and Cross-Linking Agent on the Thermal Stability by Ali Aldalbahi, Mostafizur Rahaman, Ayman El-Faham

“…In the present work, a new series of cross-linked copolymers based on itaconic anhydride and methyl methacrylate were prepared employing free radical copolymerization in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator and 2-butanone as a solvent under microwave irradiation. …”
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A Conceptual Approach to Eliminate Bypass Release of Fission Products by In-Containment Relief Valve under SGTR Accident by Taeseok Kim, Wonjun Choi, Joongoo Jeon, Nam Kyung Kim, Hoichul Jung, Sung Joong Kim

“…To mitigate the consequence of the SGTR accident, this study was conducted to devise a conceptual approach of installing In-Containment Relief Valve (ICRV) from steam generator (SG) to the free space in the containment building and it was simulated by MELCOR code for numerical analysis. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of the Combination of Transarterial Chemoembolization with Camrelizumab plus Apatinib for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study of 38 Patient... by Jin-Xing Zhang, Yu-Xing Chen, Chun-Gao Zhou, Jin Liu, Sheng Liu, Hai-Bin Shi, Qing-Quan Zu

“…The objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) according to modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs) were evaluated. …”
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Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Pyelopyelostomy for Retrocaval Ureter without Excision of the Retrocaval Segment: Experience on Three Cases by Y. El Harrech, O. Ghoundale, E. H. Kasmaoui, D. Touiti

“…All patients were symptom-free after surgery and had reduction of hydronephrosis in control imagery. …”
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Microwave Irradiation Enhances the Germination Rate of Tartary Buckwheat and Content of Some Compounds in Its Sprouts by Wang Shunmin, Wang Jianfei, Guo Yubao

“…The exposure at 600 W for 30 s stimulated the total flavones content, reduced the sugar and soluble protein contents, and increased the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity. The highest free amino acid content (11 mg/g) was observed in 5-day sprouts exposed to 800 W for 10 s. …”
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Efficacy of Nivolumab in a Patient with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis: Case Report and Literature Review by Jawaher Ansari, Muhammad Ali, Ashraf Farrag, Arwa M. Ali, Abdulaziz Alhamad

“…We report the case of a 72-year-old gentleman with mRCC and ESRD on dialysis who received second-line nivolumab therapy and achieved an excellent symptomatic and radiological response, remaining progression-free for over 22 months. In addition, we have reviewed the pharmacokinetic data and published retrospective case studies to review the management options for patients with mRCC and ESRD on dialysis.…”
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A New High-Performance Digital FM Modulator and Demodulator for Software-Defined Radio and Its FPGA Implementation by Indranil Hatai, Indrajit Chakrabarti

“…The modulator and demodulator contain an optimized direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) based on quarter-wave symmetry technique for generating the carrier frequency with spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of more than 64 dB. The FM modulator uses pipelined version of the DDFS to support the up conversion in the digital domain. …”
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A multiscale model for heterogeneous tumor spheroid in vitro by Zhan Chen, Yuting Zou

“…The ellipsoid-based discrete component is capable of incorporating mechanical effects and deformability, while keeping a minimum set of free variables to describe complex shape variations. …”
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PERFORMANCES OF INSURANCE MARKET IN MONTENEGRO IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS by Miljana Novićević, Vladimir Kašćelan, Julija Cerović

“…Therefore, the control of business of insurance companies, licensed brokers and insurance agents, directing insurance companies to invest free funds into nonrisky forms of property and adequate promotion of insurance activities can provide reduction in negative impacts of economic events, i.e. affect insurance companies so that they realize the best possible business results in this and later period. …”
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Defective antigen presentation by monocytes in ESRD patients not responding to hepatitis B vaccination: impaired HBsAg internalization and expression of ICAM-1 and HLA-DR/Ia molecu... by J. Stachowski, C. Barth, M. Pollok, J. Michalkiewicz, K. Madalinski, J. Maciejewski, C. A. Baldamis

“…It was found that in uraemic non-responders, (1) the internalization of HBsAg by monocytes was significantly decreasjed—HBsAg complexed with specific IgG or as immune complex isolated from patients is better internalized compared with free HBsAg; (2) during antigen presentation the expression of adhesion (ICAM-1) and accessory (HLA-DR/Ia) molecules was significantly decreased in uraemic patients, especially in non-responders; and (3) impaired internalization of HBsAg as well as a decrease in ICAM-1 and HLA-DR/Ia expression, correlated well with the blunted proliferation of CD4+ T cells stimulated by autologous monocytes induced by HBsAg.…”
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