Design Variations on Planar Differential Antenna with Potential for Multiple, Wide, and Narrow Band Coverage by Domenico Pepe, Luigi Vallozzi, Hendrik Rogier, Domenico Zito

“…This paper presents three practical antenna implementations based on variations of one general planar differential antenna topology originally proposed for ultrawideband (UWB) applications. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“…This document is EENY-197 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 2), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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miRNAs and Melanoma: How Are They Connected? by Adriana Taveira da Cruz, Miriam Galvonas Jasiulionis

“…It is characterized as a complex disease, originated from a malignant transformation of melanocytes. …”
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Examining the Colonial Legacies of the Hunterian’s Mineralogical and Petrological Collection: New Perspectives on Geoscience Collections by Erika Anderson

“… The origin of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery’s mineralogical and petrological collection can be traced back to Sir William Hunter’s bequest of his collections to the University of Glasgow upon his death in 1783. …”
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L’actualité ou le rapport de force autour de l’objet de valeur de l’Histoire by Anne-Lise Santander

“…Ces rapports de force, perceptibles notamment à travers les modalités discursives sollicitées, décrivent la trajectoire tensive propre aux événements et la dimension passionnelle de cette force à l’origine de ce qui fait l’Histoire.…”
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Formation interdisciplinaire à la pédagogie dans l’enseignement supérieur : de l’expérience individuelle à la dynamique collective pour impulser une transformation pédagogique... by Catherine de la Fouchardière, Laure Abiad, Moussa Laanani, Marine Lanteri, Morgane Maridet, Annabelle Tenenbaum, Isabelle Colombet

“…Our purpose is to describe this original and interdisciplinary experience, by describing the characteristics of our group of teachers, the CertifiENS program that we followed and pedagogical transformations that we made in our teaching. …”
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An Extended FMEA Model for Exploring the Potential Failure Modes: A Case Study of a Steam Turbine for a Nuclear Power Plant by Huai-Wei Lo, James J. H. Liou, Jen-Jen Yang, Chun-Nen Huang, Yu-Hsuan Lu

“…The subjectivity and uncertainty in FM assessment are adjusted through the rough number method. The original risk priority number (RPN) can be expanded by including the entropy weights in the risk index. …”
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Optimal Control for a Family of Systems in Novel State Derivative Space Form with Experiment in a Double Inverted Pendulum System by Yuan-Wei Tseng, Jer-Guang Hsieh

“…It turns out that novel differential Lagrange multipliers must be used to adjoin SDS system constraints (namely, the dynamical equations of the control system) to the integrand of the original cost functional which is a function of state derivatives. …”
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Applications of artificial neural networks in health care organizational decision-making: A scoping review. by Nida Shahid, Tim Rappon, Whitney Berta

“…Articles were published from 1997-2018 and originated from 24 countries, with a plurality of papers (26 articles) published by authors from the United States. …”
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Urban Land Grabbing: Analyzing Zones for Community Uses in Hong Kong by Mark Hansley Chua, Lawrence Wai Chung Lai

“…This study, as a contribution to the research on urban land grabbing (grabs) as a global phenomenon, seeks to evaluate the populist belief that developers swallow up urban land originally zoned for community purposes under Government, Institution and Community (GIC) zoning, thus depriving communities of space for their own benefit. …”
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Normal wiggly probabilistic hesitant fuzzy-based TODIM approach for optimal solid waste disposal method selection by Jawad Ali, Dragan Pamucar

“…The normal wiggly probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set (NWPHFS) enhances the conventional probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set (PHFS) by capturing not only explicit probabilistic information but also critical underlying details that may be hidden in the original inputs provided by decision-makers (DMs). …”
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Peripartum Ruptured Uterine Angioleiomyoma by Nora Mohamed, Ayman Almasalma

“…Angioleiomyoma is a benign vascular tumor that originates from the blood vessels. Although exceptionally they can be found in the uterus, they are commonly reported in the lower extremity. …”
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The Effects of COVID-19 Measures on Air Pollutant Concentrations at Urban and Traffic Sites in Istanbul by Ülkü Alver Şahin

“…The clearest reductions at the traffic stations were in NO2 which originates primarily from vehicle exhaust. The reduction of NO2 at the traffic station on the European side was found higher comparing the Asian side. …”
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Typology of risks of territories of advanced development by M. A. Arzumanyan, O. I. Larina, N. V. Moryzhenkova

“…The authors propose their position on the classification of risks for the territories of advanced development proceeding from the environment of their origin. The developed classification will help stimulate the PPP market from a practical point of view in different sectors. …”
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Mathematical model of methane driven by hydraulic fracturing in gassy coal seams by Weiyong Lu, Bingxiang Huang

“…The space–time distribution rules of methane saturation are contrary to those of the water saturation. (3) The free methane driven by hydraulic fracturing includes the original free methane and the free methane desorbed from the adsorption methane. …”
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A non-linear procedure for the numerical analysis of crack development in beams failing in shear by P. Bernardi, R. Cerioni, E. Michelini, A. Sirico

“…In more details, a constitutive model originally proposed by Ottosen and based on non-linear elasticity has been here incorporated into 2D-PARC in order to improve the numerical efficiency of the adopted algorithm, providing at the same time an accurate prediction of the structural response. …”
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Die Königsprivilegien vom XVI–XVIII Jahrhundert als Quelle der Geschichte des Buchdrucks in Litauen by Irena Petrauskienė

“…Die Privilegien sind im Original, in Kopien oder in einigen nach Lizenz gedruckten Ausgaben erhalten geblieben. …”
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Effect of a yogic stress management technique (cyclic meditation) on stress, mindfulness, and well-being: A systematic review by K. Ranisha, Sony Kumari

“…Cyclic meditation (CM) is a unique form of guided meditation that alternates between yoga postures and relaxation techniques to achieve a state of deep relaxation. Originating from ancient yogic wisdom and developed by SVYASA University, CM has gained popularity as an effective method for stress management and overall well-being which can be practiced by even beginners to induce the meditative state. …”
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Correlation between cystoscopy findings and symptom severity in painful bladder syndrome by Devdatt Purushottam Palnitkar, Prakash Patankar, Suresh Patankar

“…This discrepancy may stem from the subjective nature of symptom scoring, the multifactorial origins of PBS symptoms, and the potential influence of functional disorders. …”
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Distribution and Bioaccumulation of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Xiamen Coastal Waters by Zhineng Dai, Fansheng Zeng

“…However, the study of PFAs in Xiamen could be a beneficial complement, for its unique geologies of no rivers that originate from other cities to influence the concentration of PFAs in this area. …”
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