Epidemiology of Periodontal Disease by Fernando Oliveira Costa, Cristiano Susin, Jose Roberto Cortelli, Isabela Almeida Pordeus

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Planar Monopoles with Different Radiator Shapes for UWB Body-Centric Wireless Communications by Y. Y. Sun, S. W. Cheung, T. I. Yuk

“…This paper presents a study on the performances of a group of planar monopoles using radiators of different shapes, such as triangle, rectangle, square, annual ring, circle, horizontal ellipse, vertical ellipse, pentagon, and hexagon, for ultra-wideband (UWB) body-centric wireless communications. …”
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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Selecting and Maintaining Firewise Plants for Landscaping by Raelene Crandall, Jennifer Fill, Alan Long, Cotton Randall, Douglas Doran

“…It also describes how plants' horizontal and vertical arrangement can affect wildfire ignition and spread near homes, concluding with recommendations for firewise landscaping. …”
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The effect of formal and informal communication on managerial satisfaction and performance by Christopher Orpen

“…Significantly positive relations were formed between unscheduled communications and job satisfaction, especially horizontal communication None of the relations between scheduled or unscheduled communications and job performance were significant …”
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Investigation of the Effects of Anisotropic Flow of Pore Water and Multilayered Soils on Three-Dimensional Consolidation Characteristics by Arpan Laskar, Sujit Kumar Pal

“…Vertical soil layers on two opposite sides of consolidative soil have an immense effect on the horizontal movements of consolidating soil, finally affecting the resultant vertical settlement of soil. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study of At-Rest Lateral Earth Pressure of Overconsolidated Sand by Magdi El-Emam

“…A set of load cells is used to measure the horizontal force at the top and bottom of the facing panel, which is converted to equivalent horizontal earth pressure acting at the back of the wall. …”
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Propagation pattern of cracks around a shale borehole via the cohesive element method by Dexu Sun

“…The greater the minimum horizontal stress is, the more difficult it is for cracks to propagate. …”
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Gender and experiences of retaliation by Kely César Martins de Paiva, Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray, Mariana Branquinho Macedo, Jesuína Maria Pereira Ferreira, Gizelle Souza Mageste, Michelle Regina Santana Dutra

“…We have interviewed 20 call center agents (9 men and 11 women) in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. …”
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Institute of Technology of Metals of the NAS of Belarus by E. F. Baranovskij, V. M. Iljushenko, Ju. V. Petrunja, V. A. Pumpur

“…In the article there is described the setting of horizontal continuously stepping casting of zinc bar.…”
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Mechanical response of deep circular shaft supported by steel frame and sprayed concrete in loess-paleosol sequence: A case study by Jiawei Kang, Guohua Deng, Shengjun Shao, Liqin Wang

“…The main conclusions are as follows: (1) Various physical property indexes, horizontal deformation, and lateral pressure of the shaft lining exhibit fluctuations within the loess-paleosol sequence. (2) The measured maximum horizontal deformation of the shaft lining is less than 10 mm. …”
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Angiotensin-(1-7)/Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/Mas Receptor Axis and Related Mechanisms by Anderson J. Ferreira, Robson A. S. Santos, Mohan K. Raizada

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The Effect of Soluble Ammonium Polyphosphate on the Properties of Water Blown Semirigid Polyurethane Foams by Weiguo Yao, Hanmo Wang, Dongbo Guan, Tao Fu, Tianqi Zhang, Yanli Dou

“…The flame retardant property of SPUF is evaluated by limiting oxygen index (LOI) and horizontal burning test. Also the thermal degradation mechanism is studied by TG and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). …”
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Exame Citopatológico em Minas Gerais: Análise do Indicador do Previne Brasil dos Anos 2022-2023 by Paulo Roberto Mendonça Silva, Lorrainy de Sousa Santos, Giovanna Vieira de Souza, Ana Paula de Lima Bezerra, Vanessa de Almeida, Kátia Ferreira Costa Campos

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Public Knowledge about and Detection of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Urban Divinópolis, Brazil by Carina Margonari, Júlia Alves Menezes, Marcele Neves Rocha, Kamila Nunes Maia, Michael Éder de Oliveira, Amanda Luisa Fonseca, Fabrizio Furtado de Sousa, Eduardo de Castro Ferreira, Ana Paula Madureira, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares

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Impaired Fibrinolysis in Angiographically Documented Coronary Artery Disease by Adriano Basques Fernandes, Luciana Moreira Lima, Marinez Oliveira Sousa, Vicente de Paulo Coelho Toledo, Rashid Saeed Kazmi, Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed, Maria das Graças Carvalho

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Study on Field Test and Seismic Performance of MJS Joint Microdisturbance Reinforcement on Existing Tunnel by Zhanyou Luo, Yongheng Deng, Baoping Zou, Jianfeng Zhu, Mingyao Jiang, Kuangqin Xie

“…The seismic transverse wave significantly affects the horizontal radial convergence deformation of the tunnel, and the seismic-induced horizontal radial convergence deformation of the tunnel increases with the rise in seismic intensity. …”
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Dynamic Beamforming for Three-Dimensional MIMO Technique in LTE-Advanced Networks by Yan Li, Xiaodong Ji, Dong Liang, Yuan Li

“…Three-dimensional MIMO (3D MIMO) is introduced as a promising technique in massive MIMO networks to enhance the cellular performance by deploying antenna elements in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. Radio propagation of user equipments (UE) is considered only in horizontal domain by applying 2D beamforming. …”
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Distributed cross-learning for equitable federated models - privacy-preserving prediction on data from five California hospitals by Tsung-Ting Kuo, Rodney A. Gabriel, Jejo Koola, Robert T. Schooley, Lucila Ohno-Machado

“…Predictive models can be improved by integrating more patient records from different healthcare centers (horizontal) or integrating parts of information of a patient from different centers (vertical). …”
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Seismic Stability of Subsea Tunnels Subjected to Seepage by Xuansheng Cheng, Yi Ren, Xiuli Du, Yida Zhang

“…Second, dynamic time-history analysis is performed by inputting the seismic wave to obtain the maximum horizontal displacement at the model top. Finally, static analysis is conducted by inputting the gravity and the lateral border node horizontal displacement when the horizontal displacement is the largest on the top border. …”
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3-DOF Inertial Piezoelectric Actuator for Angular Positioning of the Optical Mirror by Andrius Ceponis, Dalius Mazeika, Regimantas Bareikis

“…The actuator demonstrated angular resolutions of 2.47 mrad and 1.033 mrad for the vertical and horizontal axes, respectively.…”
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