The Creep Test Study and Macro-Detail Analysis of Argillaceous Red Sandstone in Different Water-Containing States by Shuntao Guo, Shujie Wen, Hongyu Guo, Helin Fu

“…In order to study the creep characteristics and failure mechanism of argillous red sandstone in a water-bearing state, uniaxial creep tests of argillous red sandstone under dry and saturated states are carried out under fractional loading. Burgers model is used to fit the test results and identify the parameters, and scanning electron microscopy is carried out on the cross section of the damaged sample. …”
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Orientation Mapping of Extruded Polymeric Composites by Polarized Micro-Raman Spectroscopy by Xiaoyun Chen, M. Anne Leugers, Tim Kirch, Jamie Stanley

“…Larger scale orientation mapping was also carried out over the entire cross-section (12.7 cm × 2.54 cm). …”
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Pengembangan dan efektivitas model konseling behavioral teknik penguatan positif serta teknik modeling untuk meningkatkan kemandirian anak usia dini by Komang Sukma Pertiwi Dialektika, I Ketut Gading, Ni Ketut Suarni

“…This study aims to produce a design of a counseling guide, determine the validity of the contents of the guidebook, find out the practicality of the guidebook and know the effectiveness of the behavioral counseling guidebook with strengthening techniques and modeling techniques to increase early childhood independence. …”
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Virtual Submerged Floating Operational System for Robotic Manipulation by Qin Zhang, Jialei Zhang, Ahmed Chemori, Xianbo Xiang

“…The primary aim behind its development lies in carrying out simulated underwater manipulation experiments in an easier and safer way. …”
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The Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Inbal Avisar, Dan D. Gaton, Hirsch Dania, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish

“…All consenting women included in this study filled-out a screening questionnaire aimed at identifying women at risk for PCOS. …”
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Why Is Participation Low in Referendums? Lessons from Latin America by Eli Gavin Rau, Radha Sarkar, Susan C. Stokes

“…We demonstrate that, in clientelistic systems, party operatives have particularly weak incentives to get their constituents out to the polls.…”
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Russian higher education problems through the comparative analysis of journal publications from 2011 to 2012 by Galina I. Saganenko

“…Permutation, alphabetic and frequency dictionaries were used.This work was carried out for the purpose of comparison of two «social products» - two annual information arrays of the journal titles for revealing of significant social characteristics of modern Russian education. …”
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The effects of citrulline supplementation on athlete´s performance: systematic review by Silvia Burgos, Aysu Dursun, Valentin Emilio Fernández Elias

“…However, four out of ten studies found that taking L-citrulline or citrulline malate only has a minor or nonexistent advantage. …”
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Assessment of level of knowledge and satisfaction of website about cleft lip and palate by Melissa Picinato-Pirola, Raíssa Gomes Magalhães, Marilia Gabriela Gonçalves Ribeiro, Thiago Pestillo Seles, Camila de Castro Corrêa

“…The research consisted of three stages: filling out a pre-program questionnaire, accessing the website (http://fissuralabiopalatina.unb.br/) developed by the researchers and filling out a post-program questionnaire. …”
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Forward and Reverse Process Models for the Squeeze Casting Process Using Neural Network Based Approaches by Manjunath Patel Gowdru Chandrashekarappa, Prasad Krishna, Mahesh B. Parappagoudar

“…Two different neural network based approaches have been proposed to carry out the said task, namely, back propagation neural network (BPNN) and genetic algorithm neural network (GA-NN). …”
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Design of the robot mechanism for quality acceptance of insulator installation in 500 kV transmission lines by LI Yu, ZHANG Zhongjie, ZHOU Xiaofa, CHEN Shufan, SUN Boyang, XIA Yanfeng, FAN Diqing, FANG Yu

“…Then, in order to solve the problem of the robot’s stable crawling on insulator strings with different tilt angles, the optimization of the robot’s driving structure was carried out, and kinematic simulations were carried out on insulator strings with three different tilt angles of 5°, 10° and 15°. …”
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Phenotypic detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in clinical isolates at a tertiary care hospital by Astha Sinha, Mamta Gour, Riti Jain Seth

“…Results: This study was conducted from February 2021 to August 2022. Out of 379 Enterobacterales, 70 (18.47%) were CRE, out of which maximum carbapenem resistance of 23.53% was shown by Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. …”
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STRESS AND STRAIN STATE OF REPAIRING SECTION OF PIPELINE by V. V. Nikolaev

“…Comparison results shows that the calculation error is not more than 3 %.Analysis of stress-strain state change of pipeline’s section was carried out with development  of  this  model,  which  indicates  the  enlargement  of  span  deflection  in  comparison with problem’s solution in elastic approach. …”
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Modeling of the COVID-19 Cases in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Using ARIMA and MA-ARIMA Models by Rahmatalla Yagoub, Hussein Eledum

“…To compute the best parameter estimates, each model was fitted for 90% of the available data in each country, which is called the in-sample forecast or training data, and the remaining 10% was used for the out-of-sample forecast or testing data. The AIC was applied to the training data as a criterion method to select the best model. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR THE CONTROL SYSTEMS QUALITY by Г. І. Манко

“…An analysis of the approaches currently used for uncertainty assessment is carried out. The use of the informational approach for this purpose is substantiated. …”
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Adsorption, X-ray diffraction, photoelectron, and atomic emission spectroscopy benchmark studies for the eighth industrial fluid properties simulation challenge by Richard B Ross, David B Aeschliman, Riaz Ahmad, John K Brennan, Myles L Brostrom, Kevin A Frankel, Jonathan D Moore, Joshua D Moore, Raymond D Mountain, Derrick M Poirier, Matthias Thommes, Vincent K Shen, Nathan E Schultz, Daniel W Siderius, Kenneth D Smith

“…Several concurrent studies were carried out for the BAM-P108 activated carbon. These are included in the current manuscript for comparison.…”
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Higher Body Mass Index Is Associated with Subjective Olfactory Dysfunction by Z. M. Patel, J. M. DelGaudio, S. K. Wise

“…Chi-square testing was used. Results. 48 out of 60 patients (80%) in the olfactory dysfunction group fell into the overweight or obese categories, compared to 36 out of 60 patients (60%) in the control group. …”
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Nonsyndromic Generalized Radiculomegaly of Permanent Dentition: A Rare Case Report by Mohammed Alhussain, Naif Almosa, Hourya Alnofaie

“…A cephalometric X-ray was performed on the patient to rule out any dentofacial deformity. History and physical examinations were negative for ocular or cardiac anomalies. …”
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What is the implementation practice of schools as learning organisations from the perspective of local governments? by Inese Lusena-Ezera, Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča

“…The aim of the study was to find out the practice of the school as a learning organisation approach in education institutions in Latvia from the perspective of Latvian local governments. …”
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Study on Three-Dimensional Digital Expression and Robot Bending Method of Orthodontic Archwire by Jingang Jiang, Xuefeng Ma, Yongde Zhang, Biao Huo, Yi Liu

“…The archwire bending experiment is carried out with the maxillary information of a patient. …”
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