Evaluating Hand Function in Clients with Trigger Finger by Danit Langer, Adina Maeir, Michael Michailevich, Shai Luria

“…Sixty-three participants with TF and 66 healthy controls were administered the Functional Dexterity Test (FDT), Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT), and Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer (JD) and completed the Disabilities of Arm Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH). …”
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Inversion Calculation Analysis of Operational Tunnel Structure Based on the Distributed Optical-Fiber Sensing System by Jie Zhao, Jiang Feng, Liang Ren

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Human Simulated Intelligent Control with Double-Direction Dead-Zone Compensation for Joint Motion Control of a Large-Sized Boom System by Rongsheng Liu, Yingjie Gao, Yulin Yang, Yanlong Liu

“…Joint motion control of a 52-meter-long five-boom system driven by proportional hydraulic system is developed. It has been considered difficult due to strong nonlinearities and parametric uncertainties, the effect of which increases with the size of booms. …”
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Reliability Assessment of 2400 MWth Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Natural Circulation Decay Heat Removal in Pressurized Situations by C. Bassi, M. Marques

“…This reliability method for passive systems (RMPSs) is based on uncertainties propagation into thermal-hydraulic (T-H) calculations. The aim of this exercise is finally to determine the performance reliability of the DHR system operating in a “passive” mode, taking into account the uncertainties of parameters retained for thermal-hydraulical calculations performed with the CATHARE 2 code. …”
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Stratégies d’adaptation des communautés rurales à la précarité hydrique dans la commune urbaine de Téra, dans le Liptako Nigérien by Yayé Moussa

“…Tensions and conflicts over the resource are likely to appear and develop if political responses in terms of large-scale investment in hydraulic infrastructure is not made in the coming years in rural areas, which seem to be a peripheral territorial category receiving little attention and public action in terms of improving the living conditions of populations and territorial cohesion.…”
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Paysages de l’hydroélectricité, tourisme et protection de la nature en haute montagne : le Valais suisse by Jean-François Rodriguez, Séraphin Hirtz

“…In this initial phase of the energy transition which has become a necessity for Europe and the rest of the world, Switzerland has decided to adopt a strategy for the development of renewable energy by improving and increasing its hydraulic capacity as a part of the energy roadmap for 2050. …”
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Physical-Rules-Based Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inferential Sensor Model for Predicting the Indoor Temperature in Heating Systems by Liang Huang, Zaiyi Liao, Lian Zhao

“…In attempt to improve both the accuracy and robustness of inferential model, this study aims to investigate how to improve the performance of inferential sensors using physical-rules-based ANFIS in prediction of the hydraulic system temperature in order to adapt the good power needed in the dwellings. …”
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Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends by Mohammad Ismail, Abdullah Masoud Ali, Sol-Carolina Costa Pereira

“…This study focuses on the configurations that define geometric parameters, including the angle of attack, height and spacing in relation to the improvement in thermal or hydraulic performance. Strategies such as nanofluids, dimples, Response Surface Methodology analysis and Artificial Neural Networks are crucial to improve VG designs to maximise thermal efficiency and minimise pressure loss. …”
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Mechanical Behaviors and AE Characteristics of Brittle Coal Specimens with Different Fissure Angles by Xuebin Gu, Weiyao Guo, Chengguo Zhang, Chuanqing Guo, Chao Wang, Fangfang Wang, Tongbin Zhao, Yang Chen

“…The test results are helpful to elucidate the mechanical behavior and failure mechanism in underground engineering, such as hydraulic slotting in mines.…”
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On construction of jet-drop optical measuring systems: analysis of optical, dynamic and metrological parameters in visualization of surface of product by E. V. Leun, L. G. Varepo, A. E. Shakhanov, A. V. Nickel

“…The issues of image transmission, focal length control due to the merger of several drops of one or more hydraulic streams are considered. The issues of image transmission by moving and falling drops on the surface of the processed product are discussed. …”
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Les projets de restauration écologique en question : expérimenter un trajet d’instauration sur le fleuve Rhône avec Souriau by Yves-François Le Lay, Fanny Reymond, Emeline Comby, Marylise Cottet, Clotilde Lebreton, Jean-Michel Olivier, Jérémie Riquier

“…To mitigate these, a ten-year program of hydraulic and ecological restoration of the river was launched in 1998. …”
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A Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under Hydrochemical Cyclic Invasion by Lunan Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhe Qin, Tengfei Wang, Sheng Zhang

“…Based on the principle of damage mechanics, a hydraulic-chemistry-mechanics (HCM) coupling damage variable is defined. …”
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A Simple Benchmark to Evaluate the Influence Parameters of the Microstructure of the Masonry Wall on Capillary Water Migration Dynamic by Martial Nde Ngnihamye, Fabien Kenmogne, André Abanda, Michel Mbessa, Jean-De-La-Croix Gnappoun, Didier Fokwa

“…The variation of the compactness of masonry blocks is obtained by compacting the concrete blocks with a hydraulic block press. The investigations consist of the monitoring of moisture front and moisture rate as a function of porosity, obtained by varying the compactness of the masonry wall, and the granular class of sand constituting the masonry. …”
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Heat Transfer and Friction in a Low-Aspect-Ratio Rectangular Channel with Staggered Slit-Ribbed Walls by Jenn-Jiang Hwang, Tong-Miin Liou

“…The rib height-to-channel hydraulic diameter ratio is fixed at H/De=0.081. It is disclosed that the heat transfer coefficient for the slit-ribbed channel is higher than that for the solid-ribbed channel, and increases with rib open-area ratio. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Relationship among the Backfilling Mining Support, Roof Rock Beam, and Gangue Filling Body in Comprehensive Mechanized Filling Mining Process by Zhimin Huang, Lei Zhang, Zhanguo Ma

“…Properly increasing the pushing force of backfilling-coal mining hydraulic support on the filling body can also effectively control the roof subsidence. …”
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Four-Channel Vibrating Testbed Design for Full Vehicle Durability Simulation by Huiqi Du, Shiqing Xu

“…The hardware system consists of three parts: hydraulic mechanical components, sensors, and closed-loop control system, and the software system consists of platform configuration system, platform management system, and basic test system. …”
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Geometric Evaluation of Mobile-Phone Camera Images for 3D Information by Ferruh Yilmazturk, Ali Ersin Gurbak

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Evaluation of Groundwater Recharge Estimates in a Partially Metamorphosed Sedimentary Basin in a Tropical Environment: Application of Natural Tracers by Felix Oteng Mensah, Clement Alo, Sandow Mark Yidana

“…A spatial distribution of groundwater recharge in the area based on the estimated data takes a pattern akin to the spatial pattern of distribution of the hydraulic head, the local topography, and geology of the terrain. …”
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Effect of Matrix-Wellbore Flow and Porosity on Pressure Transient Response in Shale Formation Modeling by Dual Porosity and Dual Permeability System by Daolun Li, Wenshu Zha, Dewen Zheng, Longjun Zhang, Detang Lu

“…Parametric studies are conducted for a horizontal well with multiple infinite conductivity hydraulic fractures in shale-gas reservoir to investigate effect of matrix-wellbore flow, natural fracture porosity, and matrix porosity. …”
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Dynamic Fracture Toughness and Dynamic Tensile Strength of the Rock from Different Depths of Beijing Datai Well by Ke Man, Xiaoli Liu

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