Experimental Strength of Earth-Based Construction Materials in Different Regions of China by Kun Zhang, Bairu Lu, Yihong Wang, Zhijun Lei, Zhanshen Yang

“…Material load-displacement curves were influenced significantly by the plasticity index, but the overall failure processes of the various samples were basically the same.…”
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Essential Guide to Manuscript Writing for Academic Dummies: An Editor’s Perspective by Syed Sameer Aga, Saniya Nissar

“…Writing an effective manuscript is one of the pivotal steps in the successful closure of the research project, and getting it published in a peer-reviewed and indexed journal adds to the academic profile of a researcher. …”
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Unraveling the Relationship between Smoking and Weight: The Role of Sedentary Behavior by Annette Kaufman, Erik M. Augustson, Heather Patrick

“…Research has shown that current smokers have a lower mean body mass index (BMI) than never and former smokers, with former smokers having the highest mean BMI. …”
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The Relationship between Insecure Attachment to Depression: Mediating Role of Sleep and Cognitive Reappraisal by Yige Liu, Hongfan Li, Xiayue Xu, Yukun Li, Zhutao Wang, Huan Zhu, Xia Zhang, Shan Jiang, Naling Li, Simeng Gu, Fushun Wang, Jason H. Huang

“…To explore the role of sleep in the relationships between insecure attachment and depression, we investigated 755 college students with Close Relationship Inventory, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Self-rated Depression Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The results showed that (1) insecure attachment positively predicted poor sleep quality; (2) sleep quality partially affected depression, possibly due the same stress neuromodulators such as norepinephrine and cortisol; and (3) cognitive reappraisal moderated the mediating path leading from attachment anxiety to poor sleep quality. …”
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Hydration Status Is Associated with Aortic Stiffness, but Not with Peripheral Arterial Stiffness, in Chronically Hemodialysed Patients by Daniel Bia, Cintia Galli, Rodolfo Valtuille, Yanina Zócalo, Sandra A. Wray, Ricardo L. Armentano, Edmundo I. Cabrera Fischer

“…A blood pressure-independent regional arterial stiffness index was calculated using PWV. Volume status was assessed by whole-body multiple-frequency bioimpedance. …”
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Damage Evaluation of the Paving around Manholes under Vehicle Dynamic Load by Wenjun Hu, Quanman Zhao, Yao Liu, Zhigang Li, Xianghui Kong

“…After that, the Matlab software was used to obtain the variation law of impact load over time, and the 95% fourth power of the aggregate force was used as the index to evaluate the pavement damage. Finally, many influencing factors on pavement damage were analyzed by the method of grey correlation entropy. …”
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Clustering Vehicle Temporal and Spatial Travel Behavior Using License Plate Recognition Data by Huiyu Chen, Chao Yang, Xiangdong Xu

“…Firstly, several travel characteristics related to temporal and spatial variability and activity patterns are used to identify homogeneous clusters. Then, Davies-Bouldin index (DBI) and Silhouette Coefficient (SC) are applied to capture the optimal number of groups and, consequently, six groups are classified in weekdays and three groups are sorted in weekends, including commuting vehicles and some other occasional leisure travel vehicles. …”
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Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Primary Canine Mast Cell Tumors and Related Regional Lymph Node Metastasis by Alice Corrêa Rassele, Isabella Oliveira Almeida, Maylla Garschagen Gava, Pedro Antônio Bronhara Pimentel, Antonio Giuliano, Felipe Augusto Ruiz Sueiro, Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrigo Barboza de Nardi, Rodrigo dos Santos Horta

“…In this cohort, survival time was correlated with Kiupel grade, mitotic index, tumor necrosis, tumor location, and systemic treatment. …”
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Sinigrin Encapsulation in Liposomes: Influence on In Vitro Digestion and Antioxidant Potential by Ivana Drvenica, Ivica Blažević, Perica Bošković, Andre Bratanić, Branko Bugarski, Tea Bilusic

“…The values of mean diameter, polydispersity index and zeta potential showed satisfactory size uniformity and physical stability of the liposomes containing sinigrin. …”
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Temporomandibular Dysfunction and Oral Parafunctions in Late Adolescence by Liset María Frías Figueredo, Deneb Nerey Arango, Ileana Grau León, Rogelio Cabo García

“…<strong><br />Methods</strong>: A descriptive study was conducted including 86 students from 16 to 18 years old who were studying at Robert Labrada Águila high school from September to November 2010. Helkimo index was applied in order to determine temporomandibular dysfunction frequency. …”
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Travel Time Prediction Model of Freeway Corridor Based on Real-Time Safety Reliability by Huazhi Yuan, Zhaoguo Huang, Hongying Zhang

“…The relative safety braking deceleration was taken as the evaluation index of single-vehicle driving risk. The reliability graph relationship and structure-function between the management unit and subunit were analyzed. …”
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Surrogate-Based Multisource Sensitivity Analysis of TBM Driving System by Wei Sun, Maolin Shi, Jieling Li, Xin Ding, Lintao Wang, Xueguan Song

“…With the vibration response of the key nodes and the dynamic meshing force for the system dynamic characteristic evaluation index, considering the change of input parameters such as external loads, material parameters, meshing parameters, and coupling parameters, the global parameter sensitivity of system dynamic characteristics is analyzed based on the technology of surrogate model. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Six Active Components in Danggui Kushen Pills via Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents by Single Marker by Huiwei Bao, Jihong Chi, Huailei Yang, Fangxin Liu, Kuo Fang, Yang Xu

“…Gallic acid, matrine, oxymatrine, catechin, ferulic acid, and rutin were selected as the indexes for quality evaluation of DKP. The analysis was achieved on an Agilent ZORBAX SB-C18 column (250  mm × 4.6  mm, 5 μm) via gradient elution. …”
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Equally weighted portfolios and “momentum effect”: an interesting combination for unsophisticated investors? by Fabio Civiletti, Carlos Heitor Campani, Raphael Roquete

“…The proposed portfolios’ performances were assessed from January 2009 to December 2018 and compared to the performance of BOVA11 (Exchange Traded Fund which aims to replicate Ibovespa, the main stock market index in Brazil). Transaction costs were considered. …”
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Predictive Shear Strength Models for Tropical Lateritic Soils by Oluwapelumi O. Ojuri

“…This makes a quick evaluation of the shear strength of lateritic soils by using their maximum dry density and group index values possible.…”
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A Hybrid Domain Degradation Feature Extraction Method for Motor Bearing Based on Distance Evaluation Technique by Baiyan Chen, Hongru Li, He Yu, Yukui Wang

“…The vibration signal of the motor bearing has strong nonstationary and nonlinear characteristics, and it is arduous to accurately recognize the degradation state of the motor bearing with traditional single time or frequency domain indexes. A hybrid domain feature extraction method based on distance evaluation technique (DET) is proposed to solve this problem. …”
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A Bearing Performance Degradation Modeling Method Based on EMD-SVD and Fuzzy Neural Network by Jingbo Gai, Yifan Hu, Junxian Shen

“…At last, the output results of the tested data were normalized to the health index (HI) through learning and training of FNN, and then the performance degradation degree could be described by the distance between the test sample and the normal one. …”
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Dynamics of the Exponential Population Growth System with Mixed Fractional Brownian Motion by Weijun Ma, Wei Liu, Quanxin Zhu, Kaibo Shi

“…To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to investigate how the Hurst index affects the exponential stability and large deviations in the biological population system. …”
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A Prospective Clinical Study on the Correlation between Hamstring Graft Size and Anthropometric Parameters in Indian Population by Sandeep Pangavane, Ashutosh Ushir, Vaibhav Pawar, Devesh Asrani, Krishna Anerao, Jay Gujarati, Makarand Surwase, Ajinkya Mohite

“…Preoperatively, we recorded age, gender, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). Intraoperative measurements of the final diameter of the graft using sizing tubes calibrated to 1 mm and length of tendon harvested were taken. …”
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Effect of Recasted Material Addition on the Quality of Metal-Ceramic Bond: A Macro-, Micro-, and Nanostudy by Karolina Beer–Lech, Krzysztof Pałka, Anna Skic, Barbara Surowska, Krzysztof Gołacki

“…The SEM analyses showed good integrity of the metal-ceramic bond. The τb index of all test samples was greater than 45 MPa. …”
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