Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses by Merle Greif, Ivan Calandra, Stephan Lautenschlager, Thomas M. Kaiser, Mohammed Mezane, Christian Klug

“…The teeth show strong tooth wear with deep horizontal as well as vertical scratches. Dental microwear texture analysis, a well-established method for the reconstruction of diet and commonly used in terrestrial vertebrates, was applied for the first time, to our knowledge, to Palaeozoic vertebrates in this study. …”
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Development method of determining angle of the railway contact network support inclination by I. A. Shnyptev, R. S. Kurmanov, Yu. M. Sosnovsky, A. A. Kuznetsov

“…In the method under consideration, it is proposed to measure angles and distances with six laser scanning rangefinders installed in threes on horizontal and inclined planes on an unmanned aerial vehicle. …”
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Multi‐Mechanism Collaborative Bionic Fixation Technique Between a Wide Range of Solid Interfaces by Shixun Fu, Jun Sun, Zhiyong Hu, Yongjin Zhao, Tianchang Yao, Xipeng Wang, Yuanming Ji, Kai Deng, Keju Ji

“…The detachment work (max. 5.7 and 5.5 J) and pull‐off force (max. 377 and 175 N) are evaluated on sandpaper of different roughness under vertical and horizontal pulling respectively. By analyzing the detachment process and experimental curves, the cooperative principle of the multi‐mechanism is identified. …”
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Evaluation of Optical Low Coherence Reflectometry Parameters in Patients with Exfoliation Syndrome by Emrullah Beyazyıldız, Özlem Beyazyıldız, Süleyman Günaydın, Emrah Kan, Mert Şimşek, Pelin Yılmazbaş, Faruk Öztürk

“…Anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), axial length (AL), central corneal thickness (CCT), horizontal corneal length (HCL), and pupil diameter (PD) parameters were measured by OLCR (Lenstar LS 900, Haag-Streit) and compared between groups. …”
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A economia política do fundo de participação dos estados: Uma visão histórico-institucional by Kleber Pacheco de Castro, Ana Carolina da Cruz Lima

“… O Fundo de Participação dos Estados (FPE) sofreu uma série de modificações em sua legislação, cujo intuito era alterar o volume de recursos que compunham o fundo (distribuição vertical) ou a regra de distribuição destes recursos (distribuição horizontal). No primeiro caso, é determinante o contexto político de maior ou menor centralização de poder na União. …”
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Cognição corporificada e linguagem na sala de aula de matemática analisando metáforas na dinâmica do processo de ensino de gráficos de funções by Janete Bolite Frant, Jorge Acevedo, Vicenç Font

“…., “o eixo das abscissas é horizontal”, (2) movimento fictivo, “o gráfico da função é o rastro de um ponto que se move sobre o gráfico”, (3) metáforas ontológicas e (4) montagens conceituais. …”
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Experimental Study of the Reduction of the Dose to the Radiographic Operator Using an Additional Rectangular Collimator and Detector Holder During Handheld Exposure with a Portable... by Yusei Otaka, Yasuo Harata, Maki Izawa, Noriyoshi Shiba, Nobutoshi Takahashi, Shinji Kito

“…Stray radiation from the phantom and the X-ray device was measured at 15-degree intervals in horizontal and vertical circles with radii of 50 cm and 100 cm from the center of the phantom. …”
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Collaborative forecasting management model for multi‐energy microgrid considering load response characterization by Huiyu Bao, Yi Sun, Jie Peng, Xiaorui Qian, Peng Wu

“…It proposes multiple iterations of data, fits the dynamic environment of MEMG by continuously improving the long short‐term memory (LSTM) neural network based on knowledge distillation (KD) architecture, and then optimizes the MEMG state space by considering the knowledge of load response characteristics, Furthermore, it combines multi‐agent deep deterministic policy gradient (MADDPG) with horizontal federated (hF) learning to co‐train multi‐MEMG, addressing the issues of training efficiency during co‐training. …”
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Evaluate the Impact of Regional Ionospheric Data Assimilation Model on Precise Point Positioning by Yan‐Shen Chen, Chia‐Hung Chen, Ming Yang, Feng‐Yu Chu

“…Additionally, it can significantly reduce horizontal positioning errors and shorten the error convergence time more than 52% for static PPP, even during geomagnetic storm events. …”
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Bridge Responses Induced by Adjacent Subway Station Construction Using Shallow Tunneling Method by Jie Su, Qian Fang, Dingli Zhang, Xiaokai Niu, Xiang Liu, Yunming Jie

“…The Huayuan Subway Station of line 6, constructed crossing between #7 and the #8 piers of the bridge by the shallow tunneling method, is approximately perpendicular to the existing Huayuan Bridge. The minimum horizontal distance between the pile foundation and the subway station is only 0.08 m. …”
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Behavior of an Innovative Square Composite Column Made of Four Steel Tubes at the Corners and Corrugated Steel Batten Plates on all Sides by Chengquan Wang, Zou Yun, Jinxin Kang, Yuan Zhou, Ming Chen, Yichao Wu

“…The research showed that FE models can accurately simulate the deformation, stress, and failure states of the ISSCC column under axial pressure and horizontal low cyclic load. Furthermore, the ISSCC column performed good ductility and energy dissipation capacity, and the seismic performance index was better than the reinforced concrete column and had better seismic performance. …”
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Metamorphopsia and Morphological Changes in the Macula after Scleral Buckling Surgery for Macula-Off Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by Sisi Xu, Ling Wang, Kangjie Kong, Gang Li, Yingqin Ni

“…Both the vertical and horizontal M-scores improved significantly after SB surgery. …”
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The Effect of Vertical Earthquake Motion on Steel Structures Behaviour in Different Seismic Zones by Fatma Peker, Ercan Işık, Aydın Büyüksaraç

“…It was determined that the vertical earthquake effect did not significantly change the results obtained for the horizontal direction in this study.…”
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Identification of a Non-Linear Landing Gear Model Using Nature-Inspired Optimization by Felipe A.C. Viana, Valder Steffen Jr., Marcelo A.X. Zanini, Sandro A. Magalhães, Luiz C.S. Góes

“…As an illustration, experimental drop test data, obtained under zero horizontal speed, were used in the non-linear landing gear model updating of a small aircraft.…”
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Computational Behavior of Second Law Poiseuille Flow of Micropolar Fluids in a Channel: Analytical Treatment by Priya Mathur, S. R. Mishra, Mahesh Bohra, D. L. Suthar, S. D. Purohit

“…The present analysis explores an analytical treatment for the computation of Poiseuille flow of a micropolar fluid in a channel placed in between two horizontal parallel plates. Both the plates are placed at constant wall temperatures. …”
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Study on the Deformation Mechanism of the Bottom Plate along the Empty Lane of Deep Mining and the Control Technology of the Bottom Drum by Dongdong Pang, Xingang Niu, Kai He, Chuanming Li, Dawei Pang, Tao Hu, Zhongqi Chen, Xiaolong Luo

“…The deformation of the surrounding rock is mainly based on the bottom, and the horizontal stress on the bottom plate along the empty lane is mainly generated by the horizontal strain that occurs after the lower rock layer of the filling body and the coal gang is subjected to the supporting pressure transmitted by the top plate. …”
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Review of Factors Influencing the Performance of Hot-Applied Joint Sealant by Haydar Raheem Hmoud, Nabeel N. Salman, Dmytro Mansura

“…The purpose of this work, therefore, is to review and investigate the factors affecting the performance of thermoplastic hot-applied joint sealers which are mostly used in horizontal joints of rigid pavements as shown by the literature reviewed in this study. …”
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Features of Adjusting the Frozen Soil Properties Using Borehole Temperature Measurements by Mikhail Semin, Lev Levin, Aleksandr Bogomyagkov, Aleksei Pugin

“…The study aimed at this question included analysis of heat transfer in two horizontal layers (sand and chalk) for two shafts under construction using artificial ground freezing. …”
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Reviews and locate the access of citizens in Shirvan city To medical treatment by mohammad motamedi

“…Therefore, for prospective plans and according to the horizontal development of the city, assessment of these bases it is also a good idea to suggest places to establish clinics. …”
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Multiple Time-Scales Analysis to Predict the Quasiperiodic Oscillatory Response of a Thin-Walled Beam Subjected to 1:1:1 Simultaneous Resonance by Ali Kandil, Y. S. Hamed, Jan Awrejcewicz, Nasser A. Saeed

“…This paper introduces a study on the horizontal and vertical deflections of the cross section of a thin-walled rotating beam. …”
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