Train-Bridge Dynamic Behaviour of Long-Span Asymmetrical-Stiffness Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yuexing Wu, Jianting Zhou, Jinquan Zhang, Qiang Wen, Xuan Li

“…Finally, a LCB with unequal-height towers is applied as a case to illustrate the influence of asymmetrical stiffness on the train-track-bridge dynamic characteristics. …”
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Distorting Electrical Power of the Alternating Current in the Simplest Circuit with a Diode by O. V. Bialobrzheskyi, D. Y. Rod`kin

“…A numerical calculation has been performed with a use of the specified power component distribution. Time diagrams illustrate the process of interaction of the power components, which–in the case of the diode–leads to no change in power over time.…”
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Regional inequality and well-being of households in Kazakhstan: district- level analysis by A. Kudebayeva, A. Sätre

“…The results indicate that decomposition of inequality indicators illustrates that the portion of between groups inequality in total is greater for smaller areas such as districts (rayons) than for provinces (regions). …”
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Simultaneous Classification of Objects with Unknown Rejection (SCOUR) Using Infra-Red Sensor Imagery by Adam Cuellar, Daniel Brignac, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Wasfy Mikhael

“…Most importantly, our method does not require any examples of OOD imagery to be used for training the second network. For illustrative purposes, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method using the CIFAR-10 dataset. …”
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The crane radar: Development and deployment of an operational eco-digital twin by K. De Koning

“…By showing an example of the crane radar, a real-time digital twin of the common crane (Grus grus) migration, this paper illustrates what digital twins could look like in ecology, and which challenges modellers face towards actual deployment of their digital twin in an operational environment.The most important challenges identified here are: ex ante quality and error control of the input data; accounting for time lags between observations and data availability; harmonising the updating frequencies and temporal resolutions of models and data; developing robust model/software code to keep digital twins alive; the necessity of learning new skills for ecological modellers; and effectively communicating digital twin outputs to stakeholders. …”
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Takeover Quality: Assessing the Effects of Time Budget and Traffic Density with the Help of a Trajectory-Planning Method by Fabian Doubek, Erik Loosveld, Riender Happee, Joost de Winter

“…In conclusion, our results illustrate the value of assessing human takeover behaviour relative to optimised behaviour. …”
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Estimation of stability of lifting equipment during excavation of pits in cramped conditions by N. S. Nikitina, N. K. Melnikov

“…Introduction. The paper illustrates the necessity and place of the problem of stability assessment of lifting devices applied for excavation in cramped conditions, which are typical for urban areas with dense urban development when laying underground transport facilities on the example of the open method of works on the construction of the Moscow Metro.Materials and methods. …”
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Therapeutic ultrasound transducer technology and monitoring techniques: a review with clinical examples by Maxime Lafond, Allison Payne, Cyril Lafon

“…Effective combinations of these options are illustrated through descriptions of several clinical indications, including uterine fibroids, prostate disease, liver cancer, and brain cancer, that have been successful in leveraging therapeutic ultrasound to provide effective patient treatments.Results: Despite technological constraints, there are multiple ways to achieve a desired bioeffect with therapeutic ultrasound in a target tissue. …”
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A Ray of New Hope for the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability by Nancy Thakur, Kamli Prakash, Sanchita Pugazhendi, Achla Gaikwad

“…Research literature illustrates that parents of children with intellectual impairments are exposed to a variety of stressful life events while caring for their children with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Postnatal quality of care measures for mothers and newborns at home: A scoping review. by Ann-Sofie Mespreuve, Lise Apers, Ann-Beth Moller, Anna Galle

“…Several additional quality of care domains, characterizing home-based PNC, were identified: i) social and emotional empowerment, ii) assessment of the home setting, iii) early breastfeeding, iv) health education and counseling, v) personal hygiene and prevention of infections, vi) referral to health facility when necessary, vii) thermal care, viii) parent-child relationship and ix) promote economic self-sufficiency. This review illustrates that home-based PNC has a very broad spectrum of care and plays a vital role in improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. …”
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Reversible data hiding scheme based on enhanced image smoothness by Jinghan WANG, Hui ZHU, Helin LI, Hui LI, Xiaopeng YANG

“…With the prosperity of Internet technology and the popularity of social networks, reversible data hiding technology has been widely adopted in concealed information transmission of medical and military fields with its advantages on secret information recovery.Traditional reversible data hiding schemes mainly focus on the enhancement of embedding capacity and the reduction of the distortion rate of stego image, but pay less attention to the understanding of image details with the human eyes.Thus, it is difficult to resist hidden information detection methods.To solve the above challenge, a reversible data hiding algorithm was proposed, which ensured the visual quality of the stego image in the process of data hiding through the image visual smoothness enhancement.Specifically, the original image was divided into reference area and non-reference area.The secret data was embedded through the translation of the difference, which was calculated according to the predicted pixel value and the original pixel value of the non-reference area.To guarantee the visual quality of the image, smoothing mechanism was constructed, in which a Gaussian filter was utilized as a template to filter the predicted value and to add the filter difference into the cover image without loss.The pixel value of the reference region was used as edge information for lossless restoration of the original image.The filtering coefficient in Gaussian function was exploited as the embedded key to ensure the security of secret information.Simulation results regarding a large number of classical image data sets illustrated that the visual smoothness of stego image processed by this scheme was effectively enhanced with lower distortion rate, higher embedding rate, and higher embedding and extraction efficiency.In a typical circumstance, the similarity between the generated stego image and the Gaussian filter image can reach 0.9963.The PSNR and the embedded capacity can be up to 37.346 and 0.3289 BPP, respectively.…”
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A CASE SERIES AND LITERATURE REVIEW: MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR RADIATION-INDUCED ULCERS OF THE CHEST by Elizabeth Kristine, Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Sweety Pribadi

“…Various strategies ranging from modern wound treatment to surgical management have been studied. Case Illustration: Three women presented with varying degrees of ulceration in the chest during or shortly following radiotherapy. …”
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Forest Pedagogy towards the Problem of Polish Educational Monoculture: Projective Pilot Studies by Michał Paluch

“…In both cases, the goal is to accelerate production, artificially stimulated competition, preventing the attainment of full maturity, or replicating an unambiguous and one-dimensional picture of the world. A symbolic illustration of the last phenomenon are the findings of a qualitative pilot study in which two groups of students completing a Forest Pedagogy course were asked to design a forest kindergarten. …”
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Controlled Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Standalone and Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems in Integrated Energy Sectors by Hamza El Hafdaoui, Ahmed Khallaayoun, Salah Al-Majeed

“…A case study in Ifrane, Morocco—a tourism village with significant seasonal energy demand—illustrates the application of the algorithm. Results show optimal scenarios for standalone and grid-connected systems, considering potential grid export opportunities. …”
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From utility to imperial propaganda: (Re)discovering a milestone of Constantine I from the vicinity of Bona Mansio and emporion Pistiros and its significance for the study of the ‘... by Emil Nankov

“…Evidently, all the examples discussed in this article illustrate the existence of a milestone cluster associated with mansio Lissae/Bona Mansio, thereby showcasing the significance of the Western Upper Thrace Valley as an important hub along the ‘Via Diagonalis’. …”
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The Conflicting Soviet Responses to the Lausanne Process (1922-1924) by R. Matos Franco

“…Thus, the handling of the Lausanne Process by the prosecution serves as an illustrative example of how post-Civil War Soviet institutions operated in relation to one another, characterized by intricate dynamics and an entrenched bureaucracy, far from the alleged "totalitarian" tendencies.…”
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IN HEALTHCARE: LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC FEATURES AS A REFLECTION OF SOCIETAL CHANGE by Natalia P. Chikunova, Liliia K. Khalitova

“…Quantitative indicators were used to illustrate the dynamics of linguistic and stylistic changes in the texts. …”
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First-Time Fathers’ Experience of Support from Midwives in Maternity Clinics: An Interview Study by L. Huusko, S. Sjöberg, A. Ekström, E. Hertfelt Wahn, S. Thorstensson

“…The aim of this study was to illustrate first-time fathers’ experiences of support from midwives in maternity clinics as a step in the validation of “The Father Perceived-Professional-Support” (The FaPPS) scale. …”
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Towards the Prediction of the Remaining Lifetime of a Carbon Filter Bed on Hydrogen Cyanide Challenge Using in-Bed Sensors and a Neural Network: Preliminary Findings by P.J.C. Anstice, J.F. Alder

“…The fact that, with no climatic control, simple sensors still permitted this achievement under realistic conditions of intermittent, long-term exposure illustrates the potential of this approach to residual lifetime monitoring. …”
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Comparing imputation approaches to handle systematically missing inputs in risk calculators. by Anja Mühlemann, Philip Stange, Antoine Faul, Serena Lozza-Fiacco, Rowan Iskandar, Manuela Moraru, Susanne Theis, Petra Stute, Ben D Spycher, David Ginsbourger

“…While the considered procedures are not meant to replace fully-informed risk calculations, employing them to get first indications of risk distribution in the absence of at least one input parameter may find useful applications in medical practice. To illustrate this, we use the SCORE2 risk calculator for cardiovascular disease and a data set including medical data from 359 women, obtained from the gynecology department at the Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. …”
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