Autonomous Jerk Oscillator with Cosine Hyperbolic Nonlinearity: Analysis, FPGA Implementation, and Synchronization by Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Sifeu Takougang Kingni, Gaetan Fautso Kuiate, Victor Kamdoum Tamba, Viet-Thanh Pham

“…A good qualitative agreement is illustrated between the numerical and FPGA results. …”
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Knowledge Driven Machine Learning Towards Interpretable Intelligent Prognostics and Health Management: Review and Case Study by Ruqiang Yan, Zheng Zhou, Zuogang Shang, Zhiying Wang, Chenye Hu, Yasong Li, Yuangui Yang, Xuefeng Chen, Robert X. Gao

“…Furthermore, we present several case studies that illustrate specific implementations of KDML in the PHM domain, including inductive experience, physical model, and signal processing. …”
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Exploring geothermal energy as a sustainable source of energy: A systemic review by Charity M. Nkinyam, Chika Oliver Ujah, Christian O. Asadu, Daramy V.V. Kallon

“…An in-depth literature review explores the evolution of geothermal energy as a clean energy option, illustrating its significant impact and the challenges it faces. …”
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Optimal Scheme for Process Quality and Cost Control by Integrating a Continuous Sampling Plan and the Process Yield Index by Chunzhi Li, Shurong Tong, Keqin Wang

“…The probabilities of Type I and Type II errors are concurrently controlled at the stipulated level with the risk control scheme, which is constructed with two nonlinear inequation based on the accurate distribution of the index Spk. A case study is illustrated to validate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed scheme.…”
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Early Age Hydration Characteristics of Calcium Sulphoaluminate Cement Mortar Cured at a Temperature Range from −10 to 20°C by Zhongyu Chen, Jianhong Fang, Feng Ming, Yuhang Liu

“…The scanning electron microscopy results illustrate that fewer hydrates fill the pores in specimens cured at low temperatures, while more hydrates form at higher temperatures. …”
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Multicriteria Spatial Decision Analysis for the Development of the Italian Minor Airport System by Maria Rosaria Guarini, Anthea Chiovitti, Francesco Rocca

“…In keeping with the national and international airport system development scenarios, the paper illustrates the results of in-depth analyses aiming to construct an integrated GIS-based Multicriteria Decision Analysis evaluation methodology. …”
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Thermo-Mechanical and Wear Properties of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Structural Applications by Mayank Bharadvaj, Jitendra Yadav, Brijesh Gangil

“…The thermo-mechanical analysis (DMA) illustrates that adding marble dust powder results in a decrease in chain mobility, hence enhancing the storage modulus of all samples. …”
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Infectious Aortitis: A Life-Threatening Endovascular Complication of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bacteremia by Seifeldin Hakim, Francisco Davila, Mitual Amin, Ismail Hader, Mitchell S. Cappell

“…The patient is asymptomatic with no complications at 18 weeks of follow-up. This case report illustrates that patients with infectious aortitis from nontyphoidal Salmonella may (1) present with nonspecific and nonlocalizing symptoms and signs except for sepsis; (2) have diagnostic blood cultures and abdominal CT findings; and (3) typically require aggressive, prolonged IV antibiotic therapy and surgery for potential cure of this life-threatening infection.…”
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An Integrated Model for Production Planning and Cell Formation in Cellular Manufacturing Systems by Reza Raminfar, Norzima Zulkifli, Mohammadreza Vasili, Tang Sai Hong

“…A set of numerical examples are provided from existing the literature in order to test and illustrate the proposed model. In order to evaluate and verify the performance of the proposed model, it is compared with a well-known cell formation methods (rank order clustering and direct clustering analysis), using group capability index (GCI) measure. …”
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma of the Trigeminal Nerve and Brainstem: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Halloran E. Peterson, Erik W. Larson, Robert K. Fairbanks, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, Alexander R. Mackay, Jason A. Call, John J. Demakas, Barton S. Cooke, Christopher M. Lee

“…Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for BSMs that prolongs survival and can preserve or in some cases improve neurological function. This case illustrates the use of repeated SRS, specifically Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for management of a unique brainstem metastasis. …”
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Excitable Ras dynamics-based screens reveal RasGEFX is required for macropinocytosis and random cell migration by Koji Iwamoto, Satomi Matsuoka, Masahiro Ueda

“…Remarkably, RasGEFX is also important for Ras/PIP3-driven macropinocytosis in proliferating cells, but RasGEFB/M/U are not. These findings illustrate a specific and coordinated control of the cytoskeletal dynamics by multiple RasGEFs for spontaneous motility and macropinocytosis.…”
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Severe Metabolic Acidosis: A Case of Triple Hit with Ketogenic Diet, Vinegar, and Metformin in an Obese Patient by Abdul Mughees Rana, Kannan Mansoor, Salman Assad, Mahmoud Abouzid, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Ghassan Salim Issa Bandak

“…Many of these diets and supplements may seem harmless, but as our case illustrates, when combined with other risk factors, patients can face serious adverse effects and even require hospitalization. …”
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Fractal-Shaped Metamaterials and Applications to Enhanced-Performance Devices Exhibiting High Selectivity by He-Xiu Xu, Guang-Ming Wang, Chen-Xin Zhang

“…Potential application of these MTM cells are illustrated by two examples, one is the microstrip stepped-impedance transformers (SIT) operating at 3.5 GHz with two edged attenuation poles to introduce selectivity; the other one is the Hi-Lo microstrip low-pass filter (LPF) with cutoff frequency 2.5 GHz exhibiting improved selectivity (77.3 dB/GHz). …”
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Experiments on Optimal Vibration Control of a Flexible Beam Containing Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators by Gustavo L.C.M. Abreu, José F. Ribeiro, Valder Steffen Jr

“…Experimental results illustrate the optimal control design of a cantilever beam structure.…”
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Uncertainties Analysis on the Prediction of Flow and Heat Transfer of Liquid Sodium with CFD Technology by Zhanwei Liu, Xinyu Li, Tenglong Cong, Rui Zhang, Lingyun Zheng, Hang Deng, Yuning Cui

“…The results of sensitivity analysis illustrate that the Nusselt number was negatively correlated with the thermal conductivity and turbulent Prandtl number, while the friction coefficient was positively correlated with the density and Von Karman constant. …”
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Intervention Models in Functional Connectivity Identification Applied to fMRI by João Ricardo Sato, Daniel Yasumasa Takahashi, Ellison Fernando Cardoso, Maria da Graça Morais Martin, Edson Amaro Júnior, Pedro Alberto Morettin

“…In this paper, we suggest an intervention analysis, which includes stimulus condition, allowing a nonstationary modeling. Furthermore, an illustrative application to real fMRI dataset from a simple motor task is presented.…”
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Productization of carbon handprint – A product management perspective by Pukar Jung Kunwar, Janne Harkonen, Harri Haapasalo, Iqra Sadaf Khan, Jukka Majava

“…This study presents illustrative examples involving motor vehicles and building construction and a generic approach to demonstrate how carbon handprints can be integrated into product structures over the engineering lifecycle. …”
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From hinterland granary fort to frontier mountain fortress: Initiation, construction, and expansion of the Diaoyucheng Fortress, Hechuan, China, in the wars during 1125–1279 by Wen Huang, Jiang Feng

“…With the comparisons with the fortifications across Eurasia around the same period, this study illustrates this fortress epitomizes the development of knowledge system for fortification design in ancient China, especially the river defense fortress taking advantage of topography and navy.…”
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Prediction of power generation and maintenance using AOC‐ResNet50 network by Yueqiang Chu, Wanpeng Cao, Cheng Xiao, Yubin Song

“…Based on the exemplar work, a framework is proposed to illustrate this method. Its general application is discussed.…”
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An Eco-Inefficiency Dominance Probability Approach for Chinese Banking Operations Based on Data Envelopment Analysis by Feng Li, Lunwen Wu, Qingyuan Zhu, Yanling Yu, Gang Kou, Yi Liao

“…Then, we develop two pairwise eco-inefficiency dominance concepts and propose the inefficiency dominance probability model. Finally, we illustrate the eco-inefficiency dominance probability approach with 32 Chinese listed banks from 2014 to 2018 to demonstrate the usefulness and efficacy of the proposed method.…”
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